The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, December 21, 1904, Page 8, Image 8
RATIO OF SEXES.
Some Interesting Facts and Con
clusions from the Census.
THE FIGURES SHOW
That the Males Are Ahead in the Rural
Districts, but the Females Are Ahead
in the Cities. The Death Rate,
Males Exceed Females by'
One-Nineteenth.
A study in the proportion of sexes
in t le United States v as publshed by
the bureau of the ceusus Tuesday as
bulletin 14:
T re discussion and analysis appear
ing n Bulletin 14 were written by
Pro . W. F. Willcox, of Cornell uni
verity, the tables tnemselves, de
rived from the main population re
ports of the twelfth census, were pre
pard also under Prof. Wiflecx's ,u
pervision.
Some of the conclusions reached Lre
of scientific and practicil importance,
and maty thus be summarized: Tde
whole population of contiuentia Unit
ed States was first ecunted with d:s
tincticn of sex in 1820. During the
seventy years from 1830 to 1900 tne
absolute excess of males was greater
at eaci census than at any precedi-g
ensus with cne exc'ption, that (.f
1870, -vhen the exces& of males v as
less tean in 1850 and :860.
- This reduction of the e xcess of
males oetween 1860 and 1S70 by about
900,00) was doubtless due to tbe
deaths in the Civil war and the di
minished immigration during the de
eade.
The greatest relative excess of
males was in 1890, when in each 1,
000 people there were 242 more males
than females.
By 1900 this excess bal decreased
to 216 in 10,000, less than the rela
tive excess in 1890 and 1860, but
greater than that at each other
eensus.
In continental United States there
are 1,638,321 more males than fe
males or about two in each 100 people.
Probably in the population of the
world as a whole, and certainly in
that half of it which has been counted
with distinction of sex, there are sev
eral millions more males than females.
In continental United States, how
ever, the relative excess of males is
greater than the average for all coun
tries.
Europe has an excess of females:
every other continent, so far as
known, has an excess of males.
The divisionsof cntinental United
States with the smallest proportion
of males are the District of Colonbia
(47.4 per cent), Massachusetts (48.7
per cent), and Rhode Island (49.1 per
cent); those with theiargest are Wyo
ming (62.9 per cent.) and Mon
tana (61.6 per cent.)
As a rule sparsel' settled regions
have an excess of males and densely
settled regions an e::cess of females.
Between 1890 and .900 the diverg
ence among the several states in this
respect decreased and the proportion
of males and of fern ties In ditfhrent
sections became more nearly equal.
in 1880 aount one-fourth and in
190~0 less than one-sixth of the A meri
car- counties had an e xcess of females.
American cities as a rule have more
finales. In the 1,861 cities, each
having In 1900 at least 2 300 inhabi
tar ts, there were 201,959' more fe
males than males, and this notwith
standing the many Western cities
which had more males than female the
ent rmous number of foreign born in
the country, five-ninths of them mrale
and a large proportion of them living
-in toe cities.
This tendency of American ci 'iES
.: to develop a population having a ma
jor ty of females hat. Increased since
1890 'when, in the 1,490 cities, each
having 'at least 2,500 inhabitants,
thi re were 6,929 more males than
ter iales.
'Thile the excess of 6,929 males in
American cities in 1890 became an
exess of 210,959 females in American
cities in 1900, the excess of 1,519,559
males In country districts in 1890 be
came an excess of 1,840,280 males in
1900.
Or, expressing the facts in ratios,
of each 1,000 inhabitants of such
cities In 1890, 500 were males and in
190'0, 497 wvere males; of each 1,000
inhabitants living outside these cities
in 1890, 519 were males, and in 1900,
520 were males. The difference thus
nirthe number of males or of femrales
between an average thousand of city
and (f country population in 1880
was 19 and in 1900, 23.
This conclusion is not materially
modif ed when a more accurate meth
od Is employed and a comparison
made between the figures in 1890 and.
1900 for the same list of cities, name
ly, all which had at least 2.500 inhab-!
itants at each date.
A marked increasing dissociation of
the sexes between city and coun try
like that in the Unmted States has
been noted also In the leading coun-,
tries of western Europe.
On the other hand, there is a la.ge
excesE of males in the principal cities
of Rusia and India, and in Hongkong
and Kanila.
This excess of females in the cities
of western Europe and eastern United
States Is probably due mainly to the 1
greater opportunity for women to find
employment In those cities and to
their migration city ward in conse
quence.
But even among children under flve
years of age, a slight difference a.p
pears between cities having at least
25,000 inhabitants and the rest of the
country. In such cities there are 503
males to each 1,000 children; outside
of them there are 506 males to each
1,000 children.
These figures support, but do not
prove the theory, that the projporrion
of male children at birth is slIghtly
les in eities than in country districts.
Notwithstantding the great excees
males in the tota.l popnlaticn of the
United States, there are two periods
of life at which the raported number
of females is greater. One, extending
from about 83 years o& age to the end
of life, is prehabiy du e mainly to the!
longer average life of v~oman: the
other, from 16 to 25, is probably up
parent rather than real, and due
mainly to the greater nunber of wo
men who claim, erroneously, to belong:
to this age period.
Among the negroes there are a few
more females than males; among the
Indians, a few more males than fe
mial. The marked excess of males'
among whites and Mongolians is
doubtless due to the Influene of im
zigraticn.
The death rate of males in the reg
istration erea of the United States in
1900 was 19.0 per 1,00, an, that of
females 16.6 per 1.000, tie formeri
having a death rate higher by about
nc-seventh than the later. ,n t'1e 346
registration cities the deat i rate of
males was 20.0 and that of females
172 per 1,000, the male rate exceed
!ng tte female by one-s!xth. In the
ret of the rrghtration erea the male
death rate was 15 8 and that of fe
maler 15 0 per 1,000, the male rate
exceeding the female by one-nine
teenth.
The difference in the death rate of
the sexes is apparently least between
the ages of 5 to 14 and greatest at the
youngest and oldest ages.
Life tables for Massachutts, Eng
land, Prussia, and Norway confirm
these conclusions and make them pre
cise. They indicate that male children
under three years of age have uni
fcrmly a higher death rate than fe
male children.
There is a period between 5 and 21
years of age in which the death rate
of females is slightly higher than that
of males. According to the Messachus
etts life tal.le this period covers sev
ent er n years, 5 to 21; accoriin g to the
Norweigian life table, eleven years, 5
It 15; accordirg to the Prussian life
tab~l, nine years, 8 to 16, and accord
I eig to E:gl'sh life table, eight years,
14 t 21.
A -cordifng to all the life tables the
'ea,,h rate of women between 20 and
30 years of age, at which ages proba
bly four-fifths of the chiltbirths oc
cur. was less than that of males.
FRCZEN IN THE RIGGING. C
Pc caliar Fate of Nember of Wrecked
Schooner's Crew.
The three masted schconer Mon
tana, Capt. Boyce, from Baltimore,
Md., for Charleston, S. C., with a car
go of salt (or probably coal), stranded
at 11 p. m. Sunday night at Pea Is
land, N. C., life saving station, 50
miles north of Cape Hatteras during
a heavy northe:ly gale. Within 20
minutes after the vessel stranded she
was full of water and twash so that
the crew, consisting of Capt. Boyce
and six men, were forced to take to
the rigging, where they remained until
2 p. m. Monday when six cf the seven
men were rescued by crews of Pea Is
land, New Inlet and Bodies Island life
saving stations. One man, Henry E I
wards, was frozen to death and was
lashed in the rigging in such a manner
that he could riot be reached and his
body is sill aboard the ship hanging
in the riggirg head downward. One
other member of the crew was almost
frezyn to death by exposure and ex
haustion when he was rescued by the
members of the life saving crew but
probably will recover although his
condition is very serious. The resoued
crew are now at the Pea Island life
saving station.
Great ditficulty was experienced in
landing the crew owing to the fact
that the vessel had sunk and a heavy
sea was runnirg at the time. The
freezing weather hampered the work
of rescue and the seamen were so over
come by exposure and exhaustion that
only two of the men in the rigging
were able to assist in haulirng the whip
line aboard the vessel. Agaih and again
the line was shot out and one by one
the men were taken off the ship in the
breeches buoy, after a most harrowing
experience of more than 13 lours spent
in the rigging of the sinkirig vessel int
a temperature much below freezingr.
Their clothing was coated with thick
layers of ice when they were landed
safely on the beach of Pea Ishand. An
attempt will be made later to bring
the body of Henry Edwards, the sailor
frozen to death in the rigging of the
Montana ashore. The vessel will be a
tctal loss. It Is understood that the
Montana Is owned in S')mmers Point,
N. J.
CREATES A SENSATION.
President Dismisses Leaders of Let
ter Carriers' Associations.
The president has created a -great
sensation among letter carriers of the
country by dismissing from thaeir po
sitions as letter carriers J. C. Xeller,
of Cleveland, Ohio, president of the
National Letter Carriers' association,
and Frank Cunningham, of Omaha,
Nebraska, president of the Rural
Free Delivery Letter Carriers* associ
ation. Keller has been absent from
duty for a long time without leave
and has been ordered to return.. He
said he could not comply at the time.
He was given three days in which to
explain himself. He did not do so,
and was dismissed Tuesday by the
president.
Cunningham sent in his resignation
several days age, but. it was not ac
cepted, and he, too, was cismnissed on
charges of absence from duty and per
-icious poltioal activity. Cunning
ham, as explained, in dispatches
heretofore, used the Rural Free De
livery Letter Carrie' association in
the November election to try to de
feat several Republican congressmen,
who had not voted in the last con
gress in favor of increasing the sala
r-ies of rural free carriers, and the con
gres.amen made complaints.
The postoffce omcials have an
notmeed that they will dismiss any
letter carrier known to be contribut
ir~g money In maintainig a lobby
here in behalf of legislation, and the
president has approved the announce
ment.
This is a big blow to the: letter car
riers' organizations all over the coun
try., __________
Christmas M[ost Here. -
The fact that Christmas and the
Yule-tide season Is almost here, is evi
dent on all sides this week, and as it
is just a few days over one week ere
Santa Claus makes his yearly round,
there is not much time left tio make
preparation for the coming of Kris
Kringle. All of the stores have open
ed up their holiday stocks and there
is such a display of Christmas goods
as was never seen before in Orange
burg. The city merchants and dealers
in holiday goods have this year excell
ed all previous efforts in their desire
to get the best and to please their cus
tomers. As a result the shopper is be-I
wildered by the variety and largeness1
of the stocks found in every store, all,
of which bears witness to the fact1
that the Yule-tide Is going to be a
memorable one this year, because
everybody is more than ordinarily sup
plied with money and all over the
country there has been a general pros
perity.
Carried to Cievela ad.
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick of Cleveland,
O , who wrecked the Oberl i bank and
swindled other banks, to the tune of
a million and a quarter, was carried
from New York to Cleveland on Tues
day to be tried on five charges, one1
charge being the forging of the nan-e
DISPUTES WILSON.
Eafsengale Thinks Mixson is Very
Probably Right.
PREDICTS HDEER PRICES.
Estimates the Crops at Eleven Mil
lion Two Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Bales for
This Year.
T. E. Massengale, a prominent
Georgia farmer, writes as follows to
the Augusta Chronicle from his home
a,t Norwood, Ga., on the cotton situa
Lion:
Editor Augusta Chronicle:
Falsus in uno-falsus in omnibus, Is
a trite maxim, as o:d as the granite
bills, and that being true, Mr. Secre
cary Wilson havirg acknowledged his
error in the acreage planted prcvlous
ly given out, it stands in reason that
be could have m-ade a most alarming
error in the estimation of the cotton
3rop. That an error in the ginners
rep'rt has teen made is no longer in
loubt, it m:atters not who made it,
"the department of commerce and
Labor known as the bureau of the
ensus, " or Secretary Wilson's report
,:s some claim the letter of Mr. Mix
ion is somewhat mixed up between
the two. Tuat an error has been and
:ould have been made, one can readily
perceive fron the following: In giv
ing the ginning by months to a cer
bain date, the question is asked:
"How much have you ginned to a cer
lAin date in the month?" A number
Af ginners have included tte whole
amount ginned, from the fi,-st com
mencement of tue season. The wri
er saw error of eleven huntred and
twenty bales, made by one o1 our two
;inners here, which, however, was
orrected as so'nr as attenaion was
3alled to same;'but, how many could
have been and were forwarded wrong?
[ have no idea that the amount
alimed ginned was really ginned , and
yet the amount being publ shed, no
loubt influenced the secretary of
agriculture to make his enormous
guess, as it came out sometime before
he agricultural bureau's aerial gues,;
and there is no question about Mr.
ixon receiving the ginnery blanks
[rcm the source be claims, as is evi
:lenced by the same being in the
bands of the Chronicle.
This crop is the earliest crop on
record, as to growth, opewng and
be cotton on account of improved
?inning devices, the quickest ginned
.ver knowv, and the being a truism
and prtcs good-the earliest market
4d. It was much earlier than the
argest crop ever grown of 1890 99,
hen the crop was 11,235,483 bales,
nd yet that year's crop the amount
)f 5,634,381 bales over one half of that
Dumper crop was in sight on Decem
Der 1, an# that being a fact, then it
stands to reason that over one half of
the crop was in sight by December 1
thia year. So I have figured from
that standpoint, and cannot igure
aver eleven and a quarter million
bales. For the sake of argument let's
take the crop of last year, and take
the amount In sight up to December
~, which was 5,705.450 bales. There
was at that tune 56 per cent of the
3rop in, 44 per .zent remaining, the
:grop being 10,216.000, left only 4,510,
~5 bales to come, to make the
amount. We w'l11 now take present
crop and follow tihe same ratio. Oai
December 9, in sight 6,640,605, 56
per cent would indicate a crop of
eleven and thiree quarter million
bales, but take off 60,000 bales, as
that much came in per week, and the
crop was seven cdays anyway, earlier
than last year, arid we have a crop of
ten and three quarter million bales
for this year. Throwing in then a
half million bales to our secretary, to
help him along, and we cannot get
over eleven and a quarter millton, and
like Peter, the apostle, who said:
"Upon this rock I build my house,
and the gates of hell shall not pre
vail against it," and upon~this esti
mate I stake my Teputation, and shall
not give up until the last bale Is
counted, Septemnber, 1905.
There is a growing tendency among
the people that the government Is
"agir 'em," and they will no longer
furnish evidence to Injure themselves.
None of the cereals, nor even tobacco,
are given th~e attention by the govern
ment that cotton receives, and from
the cradle to the grave the balance
of the world makes was upon the
most useful articles In creation. When
the elements and the boll weevil are
still, the speculetors are bombarding
and beating dowr the prices. So vir
tually cotton Is hounded down from
the time a furrow Is made until It's
aut of the hands of tillers of the soil.
&dmitting that Secretary Wilson is in
the main correct, which in the main
[ do not, over three-fourths of a mil
tion bales of cotton will remain in the
hands of farmers able to hald, until
the next crop and would rnot enter,
into the crop of 1904 and 1905; so it
would be the same as if the cotton
was not made. And cotton should
2ot go down, but remain at 10 cents,
>r above, as the world needs every
ale of cotton- raised. Eag and and
she balance of Europe have been de
Vising means in all their possessions
so successfully cultivate cot ton, say
ng that the south could not rais::
mnough. Now when its reported on
loubtful authority that thet crop is
2,000,000 bales they stand aghast,
mnd say you have overdone thie truing.
What's the use of destroying the b.oll
weevil if we can make more than the
world's needs, with him to depredate?
Ef we destroy him what will become
>f us? In the long run he x ay prove
>ur best friend. I look for an ad
rance after the holidays.
Respectfully,
T. E. MAssENGALE.
He Was Insane
Monroe Wells, aged 22, son of a
sarpenter at North Birmingham
Al., secured a pistol Wednesday and
ired at his mother, the bullet nar
owly missing hezr, Miss Addle Beale,
mn aunt, rushed to the rescue of Mrs.
Wells, when the young man shot her
.n the neck inflicting a fatal wound.
E~e then turned the weapon upon him
elf and blew out his brains. Wells
tad but recently been released from
she insane aslyum at Tuscaloosa. He
was committed some time ago, but
was thought to be cured. Miss Beale
s expected to die before night.
H ad a Gun.
L. J Jordan, a fruit tree man, who
Ives at Kershaw, shot and killed ane
tro a few days ag. The account says
'the c~lored man was endeavoring to
>ull bis gun." A 44 pIstol was found
n him after hie was killed.
Will be limpeached.
After a thorough Investigation the
touse of reoreset.tatives has ordered
.he Impeachment of Federal Judge
swayne of Florida for high crimes and
ELLORKE DISENSARY TO CLOSE.
So Decides the State Board of Con
trol on Petition.
The Directors of the State. Dispen
sary took an entire new stand Wed
nesday in the matter of lccalities pe
titioning for the removal of their dis
pensa!4es at their meeting in Colum
bia, reversing the position assuried by
former boards in this matter and es
tatishing an? important pre'edent
which it is expected will result in the
removal of a large number of dispen
saries :.hroughout the state, for there
can be no doubt that there are a num
ber of small towns in the States like
Ellorec that would like to get rid of
the di:pensary. Former boards, In
the case of Saluda, Yorkville and
other -'aces refuied majority petitions
seEking to remove their dispensaries,
which resulte-i in the passage by the
last levislatur-- of the Brice bill. which
allows a count i to vote out its dispen.
saries provide! it leved mill tax to en
furce prohibition, but all efforts to ex
tend the prov-sions of the law t^ com
munities failed.
Wednesday. however, in the case of
the dispensar! in the town of Elloree,
in Orangeburg County, which has six
other e ispensaries located in the towns
of Orar geburg. St. Matthews, Branch
ville, Fort Mutte, Livingston and
Springfield, the board, by a two to
one vote. dicided to close the dispen
sary lat Ellcree on and after .anuary
i, and thereby grant the relief asked
for in a number of petitions, although
there was not the slightest intimation
of mismanagement on the part of the
dispEncer, concerning whom all who
appeared before the board in behalf
of the petit!oners spoke in the high
est tcrms and declared that he was
about the best and straightest dis
penser in the state. The action of
the board indicates a determination
on the part of the dispensary people
to let each town decide the dispensary
question for itself.
A t the outset of the hearing Wed
nesday morning Chairman Eva.ns took
the p.osit!on that in view of the fact
that the law did not define the board's
duties in this matter, the board
shoul-i not, in the light of the legisla
ture's action on the Brice bill, vote a
dispensary out of any community
merely on the showing of a majority
petition, for the reason that it had no
right to deny the revenue accruing
from such a dispensary to other por
tions of the county, except upon a
showing that such dispensary is being
mismanaged or otberwise conduct
ed as a nuisance.
Col. Thos. F. Brantley and Hon.
Thos. M. Raysor, State Senator, ap
peared as counsel for the citizens of
Eflcree and surrounding country
who wanted the dispensary closed up,
and Capt. B. Hart Moss represented
Dispenser Weeks and others who
wanted the dispensary to remain.
Messrs. T. W. Ulmer, .Tulian Evans
and B. A. Shuler, intendant of Ello
ree, testified to the overwhelming sen
timent of the community in favor of
the removal of the dispensary.
Messes. Raysor and Brantley, attor
neys for the peti'ioners, disavowed
any fight on Mr. Weeks, the dispenser,
or his m magement of the dispensary
at Ehbree, hut dec'ared that their pe
titi.>ners went deeper than that, went
into the policy of the dispensary itself.
Their petitions presented this question
clearly defined, "Shall the over whelm
ing sentiment of a community ;eeking
to rid itself of its dispensary be re
spect d?" They thought that the
granting of such petitions would not
weake~n the dispensary system, but
would strengthen It with the people.
It 'vas all nonsense to talk about es
tablisaing a dangerous precedent. If
other comunities scught such relief
they shou'd be granted it without
quest on: the board could in itts discre
tion turn down requests of the kind
comir g frcm localitIes which evedent
ly intended to get rid of the dispen
saries merely to give opportatity to
violate the law.
It is said that among the petitions
prese:ited to she board was cne signed
by the intendant of Elloree and all
the wardens, another signed by nearly
every woman living in the town, an
other embrtng the signatures of
forty-six out of the fifty-three voters
in thet town. and still another with
the signatui es of hundreds af mer
living outsid of but near the town.
These petiti ins were supplemented
by le tters f rom several prominent
tren of the community. On the other
side, there was a strong petition,
every signature on which Dispenser
Weei s said he obtained In the dispen
sary from patrons living within nine
miles of the place, and he was sure
he had a majority. This was backed
up by letters from Drs. P. L Felder
and A.'C. Baxter, who said that the
fight against D~spenser Weeks was
taking merely another form, a long
standing movement against the dis
penser was out of j 3alously and pre
judice against him because his dispen
sary was proving a drawing card to
his mercantile business.
A f rer the matter had been fully dis
cussed a vote was taken, which re
suited in a vote of two to one to close
the dispensary. Chairman H H lvans
voted against removal and Messrs.
Towill and Boykin voted In favor of
it. Mr. Evans opposed favorable action
on the ground that the board can act
for cause only and no cause had been
made evident- Mr. B~ykin favored
this action. The dispenser, Weeks,
is a personal friend of his and'!s a good
officer, who has kept the dispensary
stralg at, but Mr. Boykin could not
vote against the wisses of the prople
as expressed in the petition. Mr.
Towil. declared that he would not de
prive the pnople of Elloree of the right
which he would claim for the people
of his own town. Of the 52 resident
voters at Elloree, 46 had signed the
petition.
The array of counsel presented an
anomalous condition. For Capt. Moss
admitted that he does not think any
too kindly of the dispensary and ap
peared merely in response to his duty.
On the other hand Senator Raysor is
not opposed to the dispensary, but on
thet stump he had declared that if any
community wanted to be rid of the
dispensary he would appear in behalf
of that community. Senator Raysor
made a very eloquent speech, appeal
iog for the people of Elloree not to be
denied the right of petition. Col.
Brantley occupied a similar position
to Senator Raysor on the dispensary
question last summer on the stump
when,, candidate fjr +.he Legislature,
and wea are satisfied that he has not
canged his views on the question.
Value of Tast~e.I
The woman who has to be satisfied
wth c ne suit in a season wisely choose
a mat :rial and style which so h srmon
ize an i adapt themselves to her figure
and complexion that the r'bserver will
note she general effect of hi .rmony
and be attracted by It rather t aan by
one It :m of the whole. A woman is
well dressed when she brings about
mmch a resunlt.
COTTON GROWERS MIST.
Claimed That the South is Facing a
Monetary Crisis.
At a meeting Wednesday night of
the Souttern Co';ton Growers' Protec
tive Assouiation, at Shreveport, La ,
presided over by President Hai vie
Jordan, of Georgia, the following es
olution was unanimously adopted: L
"The Southern Cotton Growers'
Protective Association recognzes tat
the South faces a monetary crisis, due
to the recent depression in the price
of her great money staple crop cot
ton."
The resolution speaks of the bear
ish speculative influences and con
tinues:
"We know that at the pre-ent
prices of manufactured cotton goods
and the splendid trade condition
throughout the civilized world, that
the mills can absorb the entire output
of the present crop at 10 cents per
pound, paid to the producers. We,
therefore earnestly call upon the hold
era of spot cotton in the s-)uth to
stand firmly together and demand a
minimum price of 10 c.-nts per pcun]
for the remainder of iwe cottcn crop
in their possession. We earnestly in
voke the aid of the bankers, mer
chants and other allied interests
throughout the south li successfully
resisting the present crisis which
confronts southern agriculture and
commercial indpstries, and we wish to
emphasize our high appreciation of
the voluntary proposition of southern
bankers to finance the present situa
tion.
"We urge the farmers of the south
to organize as speedily as possible in
order that they may have a uniform
system of cooperation and protec
tion.
"We authorize the president of this
association to confer with the official
heads of allied organizations through
out the south for the purpose of hold
ing a southern interstate convention
at the city of New Orleans, or other
conveniently located city in the cot
ton belt, on the fourth Tuestlay in
January. 1905, to consider the best
interests of the producers with refer
ence to the cotton industry of 1905.
"We urge curtailment in produc
tion of cotton and an increased pro
duction of food supply crops. We
congratulate the producers of the
south in the firm and loyal stand they
have taken since D.cembcr 3 and
their financial ability to hold their
cotton and prevent its confiscation at
prices which are illegitimate and be
low the cost of production."
A resolution was also passed com
mending the correctness of the re
ports of the government statistician
at Washington.
VERY LARGS REWARD.
One Thousand Dollars Offered for the
Capture of Adams.
A reward of $1,000 has been offered
for the arrest of J. H. Adams, Col
leton county, who walked out of jail
some time ago whije under death sen
tence and is still believed to be in the
vicinity. This action was taken by the
governor Wednesday after information
had been received In his cif.:e that
Adams was still in the county and
that he had not been captured. The
case is one of the most peculiar that
has come before the governor and the
reward is as high as any ever
offered in the recent years
Governor McSweeney offering the
same amount for Warren, the alleged
Orangeburg desperado, w ho was
charged with robbing an express com
pany'.
Adams was conviced of the murder
of Jas. Jacques In Colleton county
about two years ago and sentenced to
be hung. Both are white men a-3d
both frmilies hive strong friends and
factions. Adams appealed his case to
the supreme court, but lost, and was
sentenced to be hung. Then he escap.
ed and a reward of $500 was offered
for his capture. Since then letters
have been written and received by the
governor to the effect that Adams is
in toe county and the reward was
doubled.
The ease is a rather difficult one for
the governor to face and yet it is one
that under the present law might ne
brought up at any time. Adams, know
ing that he will be hung if caught, is
absolutely desperate, and would as
soon die as be taken back. Tnerefore
should a man go after him it is simply
taking his life into his own hands. On
the other hand the governor has to
means in his power to make a sheriff
do his duty, and the only thing to do
in cases of this kind is to make the
reward such an amount that many
will be tempted to capture Adams.
On Satu-day night, 10th Instant, a
shooting affair took place in Holly Hill.
It seems that about ten o'clock Town
Marshal Syphrett arrested Matthew
Stcutami-e, colored, for cursing on
the street, and sent to the negro's
father, Lewis Stoutamire, for a bond
for the appearence of the son for trial.
Lewis Stoutamnire, who is a colored
merchant of the town, reopend- his
tore, which had been closed, and went
n, but refused to give the bond to the
me ssenger, but wanted the mtrshal to
come in person. Mr. Syphrett, who
seems to be a man absolutely without
fear, left his prisoner in charge of two
deputies and sc'nting trc uble, went
into the dark store, where he was
twice fired upon by Stoutamire, nei
ther shot taking efftet. Syphrett in
stantly returned Stoutamire's fire,
two bullets passing through Stou~a
mre's hat. In the meantime Matthew
Saoutamire escaped, and then the af
fair rested on Saturday night. Mon
day morning Lewis and Matthew
Stoutamire wereifined resp-ctively $25
and $5 by the town cncil. In the
n.eantme each had a warrant sworn
out for the other and appeared before
Magistrate McCoy, when the town
council call for a c'eange of venue to
have the case tried before Magistrate
Wiggins of Eutawvile, who, they claim
resides in a town and knows thee difB
ulties under which a town cuncil
labors.
Wedding Party Slain.
The massacre by Greeks of Lhe
wedding narty near Monastir, Novem
ber 29, thIrteen persons being killed
and five receiving wounds, has led to
a number of sanguinary conflicts be
twecn Bulgariens and Greek bands,
culminating Thursday last in a stub
born battle lasting five hours A
Greek band of ;wenty-elght men and
a body of bulgarians met near the vil
lage of Sarakinovo and the Greeks lost
24 men killed. Many assassinatilons
of Bulgarians by Albanians have teen
reported in the Uskub district. Lo
al authorities, as usual have taken
no action in the matter.
EUGENE Stancill, of Sumter, shot
himself with suicidal intent on Fri
ay with a 38 calibre pistol, while
tder the influence of whiskey. The ,
docatrs thinkr he wil et well.i
STEAMER BURNS.
Two of the Passengers and Seven
of the Crew Perish.
THE BURNED VESSEL
Was Rebuilt from Another Vessel Which
Was Destroyed by Fire Sometime
Ago. An Engineer, Four Fire.
men and Two Deck Hands
Perish in the Hold.
Nino persons, including two passen
gers and seven of the crew, lost their
lives early Saturday in the burning
st amer Glen Island bound from New
York to New Haven. The steamer
drifted aground on Captains Island,
Long Island sound, and burned to the
water's edge. The vessel left New
York at 9 o'clock Friday night with
ten or twelve pasangers and a heavy
valuable ca'go.
Fire was discovered before midnight
off Execution point, and is believed to
have started in the dining room. One
lost passenger was a man. The other
was a woman, resident of New York.
The Glen Is aud belonged to the Star
in transportation line. The remainder
of the passengers and crew was picked
up by a passing tug and brought to
New York.
The Glen Island was commanded by
Capt. McAllister, who was the last
re e tolkave the wreck. She was con
structed from the City of Richmond.
The latter, curicusly enough, also was
burned.
Four firemen, two deck hands and
Engineer Hendrickscn who perished
were in the hold and could not escape
before the flames swept over them.
Two .passengers reported dead were
missing when the survivors reached
the boats. It is supposed that they
were caught in the cabins and burned
to death. The survivors were In open
boats only a short time, and were on
bca-d te Erastus Corning, bound for
that city about an hour after leaving
the Glen Island.
The property loss is estimated at
$250,000. That more lives were not
sacrificid is undoubtedly.due to the
personal courage of officers and crew
and excellent discipline. When the
steamer vas abandoned she was flame
swept from stem to stern, and yet the
only persons who lost their lives were
those whose escape had been ertirly
cut off by the fire before the alarm
reached them.
Of tuirty-one persons, Including ten
passengers who sailed on the Glen Is
land Saturday night, twenty-two, in
cluding eight passengers, were
brught back Sunday. The dead pas
sengers are an unknown Hebrew wo
man, who is said to reside at New
Haven and an unknown man, suppos
ed to be a New Yorker.
While the guficers and crew were
wrking tnere was a fearful scene of
confusion among the ten passengers.
They ran about in disarray. The wo
man who lost her life had been aro'us
ed by the stewardess and was on the
way to one :.i the life boats when she
suddenly turned and dashed back inte
the flaming cabin. It is supposed that
she went back for her valuables. She
was not seen again and must have
perished. There was no pesiblity ol
waiting for the rescue of those .whc
ailed to appear.
Stand Together, F'armners.
We hope the farmers all over the
South have determined to resist the
effortjhof manipulators to force the
price of cotton down to starvation
prices, and, if they will organize prop
erly and stand together firmly, they
will control the cotton situation and
get fair prices for the cotton they still
have on hand. "But," as the Green
vile News says, "they must not ex
pect too much. Cotton at seventeen
cents was out of the question. It was
not worth that -mnuch, and it would
never have reached that point except
for the speculators, who reaped their
fortune after the bulk of the crop had
been sold and when the bull campaign
was simply calculated to squeeze the
mills. It was with the expectation of
sensationally high prices that lea the
farmers to plant every available acre
in the product, and with the aid of
exceptionally fine seasons they produc
ed a crop which is larger than any
known before in the history of the
world. This tremendous yield natural
ly had its effect, and It will require a
powerful co-operation to prevent a
further crasb. By refusing to unload
In bulk at present quotations, and
with the friendly assistance of mer
chants and bankers, the South may
survive the impending w eck, and it
may find that It is cheaper to hold the
supply than to go on planting when
the world is too heavily stocked. By
the determination of the planters to
decline to sell, and the agreement to
reduce the aereage next spring, the
market will feel the grip of the pro
ducers and it will respond to their
touch."
The Real Roost v it.
The New York Sun feels quite con
fident that the Roosevelt pictured by
the south, dnring the hot campaign,
and founded largely on the Booker
Washington incident, which was mal
adroit, to say the least, Is not the
Roosevelt that is to be. We are to
have the real man, a kind of southern
half of him, and he will visit us and
be pleased. We are to regard him
also more favorably, which is quite
likely. But that mainly depends upon
himself in future demonstration. The
Sun recalls how New England bitterly
bated Andrew Jackson when he visit
ed Massachusetts, presidentially. The
leading families regarded him almost
as "the enemy of his race, his country
and his God." The "smell of sulphur
was in their nostrils," says the Sun,
but he came and conquered." Gov.
Taft's visit to New Crieats and his
ovation there was the prelude of a vis
it from the president. He will be en
thusiastically received and will catch
the inspiration of his environment.
~e will sho w his southern blood and
the chances are that he will capture
and be captured. Already, at the
south, there is a pleasant feeling to
ward the piesident and, with some
Individual exceptions, a predisposition
to let bygones be bygones, as far as
p issible. We should give the presi
dent a chance to know us better and
love us better. The reaction from that
will be a common feeling of respect,
perchance enthusiasm. Greater trans
formation scenes have taken place.
SILAs Worthy, colored, lost his left
band in the oil mill at Jonesville,
r~naln county. on F1Mdav.
ANCIENT FRn EMAONS.
Lilt of the Grand Omcers Elected
and Insta1led.
The Mo3t Worshipful Grand Lodge,
of Ancient Free Masons, of South Car
olina, which met in Charleston last
week, completed its labors Wednes
day, holding morning and afternoon
sessions, and acjourned at 5 p. m., to
meet again at noon on the second
Tuesday of December, 1905. The
work before the grand Lxdge was dis.
posed of in a very satisfactory marner
and many important matters were
discuEsed and decisions reached. Four
portraits of Past Grand Masters were
presented and will be placed in the
Grand Lodge room.
The first session Wednesday was
opened at 11 o'clock, by Grand Mas
ter Bellinger, and after the disposal
of some routine matters several pre
sentations were mada.
M. W. Bro. Orlando Sheppard on
behalf of the Grand L-)dg!. presented
a beautiful silver service to M. W.
Sro. W. M. Whitehead, in recognition
and remembrance of his services a
Grand Master, 1902 and 1903. Bro.
Whitehead, in accepting this mark of
esteem, made a graceful little speech,
expressing his appreciation.
W. Bro. J. Wright Nash, of Spar
tanburg, presented to the Grand
Lodge a portrait in Oil of P. G. M.
Wm. K. Blake,. on behalf of Sparta
Lodge and the Blake famly.
B. W. Bro. James B. Johnson, of
Charleston, presented an oil prrtralt
of P. G. M. Walter B. Whitehead, on
behalf of Orange Lo-ige, No. 14.
W. Bro. W. W. Wannamaker of
Orangeburg. presented an oil portrait
of P. G. M. Jas. F. Iziar, on behalf of
S -ibboletb Lodge, Vo. 28.
B. W. Bro. R. T. Joynes, of Wal
halla, presented an oil portrait of P.
G. M. Stiles P. Dondy, on behalf of
Blue RAige Lodge, No. 92.
The Grand M ister received the pic
tures with appropriate remarks, and
said that they would be hung in the
Grand Lodge room.
At the hour of noon the Grand
Master announced that the annual
election would b_ held. The result
was a re-election of all Grand officers
Some changes were made, however,
in District Deputy Grand Masters.
The list of officers elected follows:
Grand Master, John I. Bellinger,
of Bamberg.
Deputy Grand Master, F E. Harri
son, of Greenville.
Senior Grand Wa-rden, J. L. Michie,
of Darlington.
Junior Grand Warden, James B
Johnson, of Charleston.
Grand Chaplain, the Rev. W. E.
Thayer, of Bock Hill.
Grand Secretary, Charles Inglesby,
of Charleston.
Grand Treaqurer, Zimmerman
Davis, of Charleston.
Senior Grand Deacons, J. P. Duck
ett, of Anderson, and J. F. Kennedy,
of Marlboro. .
Junior Grand Deacons, J. C. Wat
kins, of Anderson; A. M. Barton, of
Charleston.
Grand Marshall, John Kennedy, of
Eigefield.
Grand Pursuivant, Wm. Murchison,
of Marion.
Grand Stewards, C. H. Roper, of
Laurens; B. H. S.ndlver, of Bock
Hill.
Grand Tiler, W. A. Winkler, of
Charleston.
District Deputy Grand Masters:
1. W. G. Miazyck, Chartlest an.
2. S. H. Fodgers, B- auf ort.
3. J. A. Jenkins. Barnwell.
4. W. A. Giles, Graniteville.
5. L. C. Angel, Ridge Spring.
6. F. L. Morrow, Abbevile.
7. T. C. Walt->n, Anderson.
8. E. T. Joynes, Walbaila.
9. A. S. Rowell, Piedmont.
10. B3. B. Bishop, Inman.
11. J. T. Darwin, Blacksburg.
12. L. C. Harrison. Lancaster.
13. J. E. McDonald, Winnsboro.
14. W. C. Davis, Manning. -
15. J. H. Bead, Georgetown.
16. W. E, James, Darlngton.
.17. J. S. Sellers, Latta.
18. W. L. Glaze, Orangeburg.
The Cotton Growers.
The cotton growers convention that
met at Shreveport, La., last week,
was an important body, and we hope
its deliberations and conclusions will
benetit the cotton growers of the
South generally. During the sessions
Gf the body a number of government
experts were listed to speak. Taese
experts declare the weevil a great evil
and ineradicable. They tell of the de
struction wrought by the pest and
next assert that cotton can be produc
ed In spite of it. One of the speakers,
not on the program, got to the floor
by special permission, of the conven
tion and argued in favor of his con
tention that by using Paris green the
weevil can be exterminated. The
trend of opinion is that the weevil
will survive until its mission shall
have been accomplished. All that can
be done is to fortify against it or fight
it. An element in the convention fa
vor something in the nature of mar
tial law over the Infested districts re
quiring the land to be turned out and
thus cut off the pest of food supply
A feature of the government ex
perts remedy is diversification of
crops. As quite all of these gentle
men are from the North and West,
they see the plan as something-whol
ly new in the section of the country.
That was the method which prevailed
throughout the South up to 1863.
Then cotton was made a surplus
money crop and the plan made the
South a country of wealthy planters
and farmers. By far the most impor
tant action taken by the convention
was that with reference to holding
cotton for 10 cent. The members ex
pressed themselves as more than de
lighted with the unanimous action of
the convention on this subject, and
pledged themselves to carry it out.
A Startling Revelation.
A special from Winston-Salem, N.
C., says: Evidence has been discover
ed tending to show that the reservoir
disaster by which Dine people lost
their lives here on November 2, was
caused by dynamite used by parties
unknown. it is stated that a dyna
mite cartridge was found a few days
after the bursting of the reservoir
near the broken walls, and that It is
now In the possession of a city official.
An investigation has been proceeding
for some time, but its results have
not been made public.
Three Perish In Fitre.
Three persons were killed and sev
eral injured, two fatally, in a fire
aused by the explosion of an oil stove
in tbe three-stcry brick residence at
~o. 184 South Ninth street, Williams
burg, N. Y. The dead are: Alice
Swinson, Arden Reynolds, aged 40.
and Charles Lincoln, painter. Most of
hose killed were canght In upper
stres, from which there were DO fire
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
A Young White Man Accused of
Making Counterfeit Coin.
Sp-eial Government Agent H. E.
Thomas, of Charlotte, N. C., came
here on ]ast Thursday and arrested
Mr. Ned. Oliver, a young white man,
on the serious charge of making coun-.
terfeit coins Mr. Th mas was sent
bere In resperrse to a complaint lodged
witti the Unt! ei States secret serv'ce
aut orities at Wasbington, by Mr.
Wi.liam Edwins O;'ver was bora ansi
raised r ear Timmosville, but has
lived in 0 -angeburg for the past two
or three yeairs. At one t me he was
er.gaged ii ihe paotograih business,
but for the last several months he was
engaged in th.e brokerage busn(sas on
a small scale.
Friday morning Oliver was given a
p-eliminary hearing before Robt.
Lide, Esq., Uaited States Commis
8ioner, who decided that the evidence
was sufficient to commit Oliver for
trial in the United States Court.
Commissioner L de fixed the amount
of b.til at five hundred dollars, which
was prcmptly funrnished by the de
fendant, his uncle, Mr. T. J 0:iver,
of Darlington County, signing .the
bone. Mr. O:iver came over from
Darhington to see his nephew through
his trouble. Messrs. Wolfe & Berry
represented 011-er bfore Commis.
stoner Lide, and will conduct the cawe
in the United States Court when iD
comes up for trial.
It seems that for some time after
coming to Orangeburg O1 ver. the de
fendant., boarded with Mr. William
EIwins, and, it is said, fell behind
with his board bill on account of bard
luck in selling g-oos. This caused
him to leave Mr. Edwins and get
board elsewhere. When he left Mr.
E Iwins, he left a trunk as security for
the board bill he was unable to pay at
that time, but which he hoped some
time to be able to pay. This toccurred
about four mi nths ago, and as Oliver
did not settle the over due b.ard bill,
Mr. Elwins concluded to open the
trunk, which he did about ten days
ago in the presence of witnesses, an
nouncing at the time that he proposed
to sell O:iver's effects which he had in
his possssion to satisfy the unpaid
board bill.
It is claimed that a purse contain
ing nine counterfeit half dollar pieces
was found in the tray of the trunk
when it was opened. This And caused
Mr. Edwins to communicate with the
secret service department at Wash
ington, which resulted on the coming
of Special Agent Thomas and the ar
rest of Mr. O Iver on the serious
charge of counterfeiting. The above
facts were testified to substantially by
Mr. William Edwins, and Mr. M. J.
Edwins, his son, testified that Oliver
had requested him to help him make
and dispose of counterfeit money.
Edwins testtied that he refused to en
ter into the scheme proposed by 01.
ver to him, but said nothing about it
at the time.
If young Oliver is guilty of the
crime he is charged with, he has do
ceived a lot of folks here, who regarded
him as an honest, hard workingyoung
man. He denies the whole story told
by Mr. Edwins and claims that he did
not put the spurious coins In his
trunk . s claimed was found there.
Some f.. , onths ago Oliver married
a Miss Jkennington, an exc .llent young
lady of this city. She, of course, seaits~
the idea of her hu->band being a coun
terfeiter, and is confident of tis abili
ty to establish Lis innocence when the
case comes to trial.
' i.wo or~ a.tid.
The News and'Courier says: "The
plight of two of the distinguished'
members of the Republican party -
shall we quAlify by saying 'in South
Carolias ?'-llustrateis the d~re neces
sity that B 'publican itatesmen die
criminate. The Hon. George Wash
ington Murry, formerly member of
congress from - South Carolina, has
been convicted of forgery. If his ap
peal for a nsw trial be denied, his one
chanc i for emarncipation will be in the
leniency of a Dem'cratic governor.
The Hon. Aaron Priolean, twice a
candidate and a'oretime a contestant
for a seat in congress, has been con
victed of tampering with the maila.
With Republican penetration and
sagacity the Hon. Aaron chose a focd
eral statute to violate, and with par
donable pride and exultation may
point the Hon. George W. to the par
doning power In Wa hington, lodged
In the breast of the supreme exalted
keeper of the key to the "Door of
Hope"-wich in this case happens to
be the key to Sing Sirg prison. But
the spectacle Is most piteous and
brings the unbidden tear-for crowd
ing, surging and tumubing pell mel
over each other conre visions of thous
ands of other distinguished Republi
can personages who also would be on
their way to prison If poor, abused
and discredited justice could only have
her due." That Is true, as the recent
rascality uneartshed in the postoffee
department at Washington amply
proves. ________
Value of an Eye. -
At Milwaukee, for the loss of an
eye, Miss E. Olwell was granted a
verdict for $12 000 against Frank and
Joseph Skcobis, contractors, n Judge
Ludwig's court. Miss Olwell, a ste
nographer, sustained the ij ty as she
was entering the Pab:,t BuiLding at
the time repairs were being made to
the iron work, a chip of iron flying In
her eye. This was the secoad trial
of the case, the oiiginal suit having
been commenced over a year ago, and
the amount asked for was $20,000.
The late Frederick Pabst was named
in the first case as o defendant; but
in the amended complaint his name
was left out. Thejury disagreed on
the first trial.
Kilied by Dynamite.
Three skiffloads of nitro-glycerinze
enroute from Northpole, W. Va., a
short distance beyond Sisteresville, to
Maryville, Ky., exploded at Cliffside
Park Wednesday afternoon. There
were two men in each skiff. Some
pieces of flesih and bone were picked
up by some boys on the bank, but
there is absolutely nothing to be seen
of the skiffs. Gr:at damage was done
to property In Ashland, Cittleburg
and Huntington, some buildings hav
ing every window broken. The nitro
glycerine was Intended for use In rail-,
road construction near Maysvlle.
Ser ve d Him R'ght.
At Baltimore Md., to escape mar
rying a man she did not love, who was
to have wedded her Wednesday, Miss
Beatrice E. Patterson, went to Wash
ington Saturday and married the man
of her choice, Charles E. Scarlett.
rhe mran who had been selected by
Miiss Paterson's parents was W. G.
Dronshaw, Jr., a well known ycung
:lubmnan of New York. He arrived
Lt Baltimore to visit his bride aaid
prepare for the weedding, and was
mnuch put out when a telegram reach
id the Patterson home froan the bride,