The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, October 04, 1905, Image 1
VOL. XX. MANNING. S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4,1905. NO.2.
TAFT TALKS.
He Does Not Paint an Altogether
Rosy Picture of
THE PHILIPPINES
Political Conditons in the Islands Not
Enceuraging. An Outbreak of Lad
ronism Recently. Sentiment for
Immediate Independence,
is Very Popular.
In an interview with an Associated
Press representative, Secretary of War
W. H. Taft, who arrived Wednesday
at San Francisco on the Korea from
the Philippines, after describing var
ious incidents of the trip to Japan, re
ferred to the political situation in the
Philippines, saving:
"The political situatIcn In some re
spects was not as gocd as it ought to
be. A wave of ladronism has swept
over the province of Cavite, and it has
been found necessary to suspend the
writ of habeas corpus 'i the province
of Cavite ard Batang ... 'he neighbor
ing province. The so..: -as true of
Samar, but the use of tr;.: on Samar
and the use of the supre -' court of
the United States and con-: lary In
Cavitehas put an end to this business;
however, there were two or three men
responsible for the keeping up of the
ladronism, who had not been captured.
Complaints were made against the
constabulary and while many of them
were unfuunded, it was probably true
that a chanre in the constabulary
ought to be effected, and it is now un
der consideration by the government.
The distressing agricultural depres
sion, due to the loss of 75 per cent, of
the agricultural cattle, drought, locust
and the cholera, as well as other caus
es, will probably not cease to be for
several years. This natdrally subjects
the government to criticism because
this alien government is much more
likely to be criticizcd for existing con
ditions, however free from blame in
respect to them, than a native govern
ment.
"Some of the younger men of edu
cation have been advccating immed
late independence- It, therefore, be
came necessary to state with consider
able emphasis the policy of the admin
istration on this subject and to say
that in the opinion of the administra
tion there was no pcssible hope for in
dependence short of a generation, be
cause the people could not be fitted
for self governr-s! t m. that time; In
deed, it will prebsdlyj take a much
longer period.
"The party consisted, as is known,
of Democratic as well as Rapublican
senators and congressmen, and their
Interviews represent all sides of the
Philippine question, but, with a self
restraint and maderation which can
not be too highly commended, it was
tacitly agreed between the members
of the congressional party on both sides
that it would be most unwise for them
to discuss before the Filipinos their
differencs of opinion, and therefore
that any statement should be mazie by
-the representative of the ad ministra
tion as to the policy of political ad
ministration. Hence the sight which
sone of the irreconcilable Filipincs
had Loped for, to wit: a constant comn
bat betweeni Republican and Democrat
Ic members, with the Filipino people
as an audience, was not presented,
and I cannot express too emphatically
my appreciation of the patriot'e stand
which our Democratic brethren took
In this matter in remitting a diffusion
of difference of opinion to the proper
representatives in congress.
"While the conditions in the Philip
pines are not as favorable as we would
like to have them and probably will
not be favorable until the depressing
conditions shall be followe d by a pros
perous season, still progress is being
made. The government is more eff
cient; in cecient men are being elimi
nated and things are settling to busi
ness. Economy is being practiced
more and more in the government- Fil
ipinos are being introduced very rapid
ly to the place of Americans and on
the whole, in looking back over two
years, decided steps forward have been
taken.
"Of the questions which were open
when we started on this trig and in
the settlement of which it was hoped
the trip might lend aid, one was the
establishment of a special tribunal for
the hearing of disputed questions mn
relation to possession of churches and
rectories and cemeteries. I am glad
to say that before we reached the isl
ands a satisfactory law had been en
acted, which, it is hoped, will rapidly
dispose of these cases. The law refers
the issues directly to the supreme
court.
"There was also remaining unset
tled a question about the title to one
half of the friar lands- -those owned
previously by the Dominician order.
After a conferen-ce with the represen
tatives of the vendo-rs, a satisfactory
compromnise was effected by whichn
good title to the lands will be Immed
iately conveyed to the government and
possession given, as far as that posses
sion is in the vendors, and the differ
ence as to price, a matter of somE
8200,000, will be left to adjustment bl
arbitration.
Horrible Accident.
A dispatch to the Augusta Chroni
cle says Mrs. Q Cagburn, living abcut
ten miles from Johnston filled a tir
syrup can with hot tomatoes prepar
ing to can same. After pushing or
the top the contents exploded going
into her face, burning her to such ar
extent as to indlict total blindness.
One eye has already been taken out
On account of the face being so swol
len a thorough examination of the
other eye has not been made yet, bul
It is thought by attending physicians
to be out also.
LOOK FOR ADVANCE
Says Nassengale, Who Gives Some
Figures to Show Why
A Further Early Fisa in Cotton is
Sure to Come. This Year's
Crep Earliest in Years.
The follo-ing which we clip from
the Augusta Chronicle will be read
with interest:
NORWOOD, GA., Sept. 26.-As Gro
ver Cleveland once said a "condition
and not a theory now confronts us.'
So the writer says a condition and a
theory confronts the whole world at
this time as regards the cotton situa
tion. The bulls acd the bears are
actively engaged, the one to convince
the world of a short crop of cotton.
The other to convince the world of a
large crop, and on the bull side I align
myself. Not simply b-cause I am a
Southern man atd interested In my
people's welfare, but bccause I be
lieve in a short crop of cotton for the
years 1905-06 and facts and conditions
bear me out and not theories. From
the best of my knowledge and belief
the crop of American cotton, and
when I say American cotton I mean
cotton raised in the Southern states,
will not reach over ten million one
hundred and sixty-five thousand bales
of five hundred pounds each. While
this is one of the earliest crops per
haps on record it has been time and
again demonstrated conclusively that
an extremely early crop is not indica
tive of a large crcp. Even if a large
acreage was planted neither is an ex
tremely late crop indicative of a large
crop, but a crop between the two gen
erally pans out best.
SOME CROP FIGURES.
The crop of 1898 99 was the largest
crop ever grown (until the crop of
1904-05) and that crop c'nsisting of
only 21,957,000 acres-.nd threw into
sight in September only 982,766 bales
of cotton. Yet the final crop was 11,
235,000 bales, or over a bale to two
acres. That crop was not an early
nor a late crop, but between the two.
What we call an average date crop.
The crop of 1899 and 1900 was a very
early crop, bringing Into sight in
September 1 L9 766 bales," acreage
planted 22,433.000, and -.et only 9,
439,000 bales of cotton were produced.
The crop of 1901 and 19;:2 was a very
late crop, only 713.498 bAles coming
into sight in September; an acreage of
27,874,000 and only 10.425,000 bales
being produced. The Bumper crop of
1904 and 1905 was a medium date
erop, bringing into sight 1.359.545
bales in September and producing 13,
654 029 bales from an acreage of 32,
363,690. So If you will take the cot
ton record for two decades you will see
that the same results follow and the
writer is of the opinion that a million
and a quarter bales of cotton will show
Its snowy bosom this September from
an acreage of abcut 27.000,000, and
if precedent is worth ansthieg you
can look for a short crop.
The world spinning a million and
over bales par month will consume a
crop of 32.000,000 bales, and even ad
mitting that we have a visible supply
of over 2i million bales, where in the
name of all that's fair will you enter
Into next season with any cotton in
sight. It will be shown that the
world's trade is the best for ages. Dai
ly and nightly the hum of the factory
spindles are heard around the world
like England's drum beat. And the
sun will soon not set upon a single
foot of soil where people are not clot-h
ed in cotton goods.
Thie Japanese and Russian war is
closed-Japan, the victor over what
was once considsred the most power
ful empire in the world, both nations
will rise Phoenix-like from their ashes,
and follow along in the march of comn
mercial prospery. In Japan and
Russia cotton manufacturing will at
once commence by leaps and bounds
and in five years from this date China
will consume one hundred million dol
lars of American-manufactured cot ton
goods instead of twenty-five millions.
Aad the watchword will be eastward
she course of cotton goods take its
fight. Clothing always follows civi
lization, not civilization clothing.
These are pregnant words and full of
potent meaning. That Japan, now a
world power, will civilize China, is
beyond davil. And open door assured
in China.
Thirty million bales of cotton will
bring 12k cents, and another reason
why cotton shall and will advance.
The southern farmer has just learned
that he is a power in the world. The
rural free delivery system brings him
in daily coetact with the wh-.de world;
be is no longer a hewer of wood and
drawet of water, but is today well
posted on current events of the day.
He has just learned his p >wer-drawn
his wisdom from the New Orleans
conventior. He resscns if a fourteen
million bale crop brings on an average
of 9 cents per pound, ten millon
should bring bim 13b cents, and by the
first day of March, 1906 middilng cot
ton will sell in A ususta at 13b cents.
M aybe sooner. Tne farmers are pay
ing their debts with 10 cents cotton.
As soozJ as tiaat is done the balance
will be stored away and sheltered.
This crop will be the earliest gath
ered since ''freedom." That's the
way the darkie reckons. And I here
by extend, on the part of the cotton
association of Georgia. an Invitation
to jack frost to come along, as you
can do no harm. Not a bloom sInce
the middle of August
I see now a brighter day for the
south. I see the wand of th~e fairy
wafted over my people, uttering these
worde: "Behold, prosperity I give
you. Sorely have you suffered and
borne the burden of the world, but
peace and plenty shall Illumine your
pathway-13) cents cotton in store
for you. -
Respectfully,
T. E. M'AssENGALE.
WThy Japan MIade Pe~ce.
A dispatch from Tokio says notwith
standing the silence of the government
the real fact is disclosed that Japan
made peace at Portsmouth in fear of
a financial breakdown. Tie war
proved more castly than had bsen cal
culated and the rice and cereal crops
seemed doomed to failure. Six
months more of war would have meant
WHY IHEY WON.
A Lower Mortality in the Japan
ese Arm5 from Disease
THAN IN ANY ARMY
That Has Ever Faced a Foe. They Had
Very Nearly a Perfect Sanitary
System and Well Equipped los
pitals in Which to Treat
Their Sick Soldiers.
Maj. Louis L. Seaman of New York
was the central figure Thursday at
the convention of Military Surgeons
of the Uited States, at Detroit, Ill.,
when he made answer to the criticisms
of his utterance made las: Tuesday by
Surgeon Charles F. Stokes of the Uait
ed States navy and followed with a
paper on "The Real Triumph of Ja
-an" or "The Cor quest of the Silent
Fe," in which he riterated many of
nis former statements and lauded the
Japanese government for its conduct
f the sanitary and hygienic phase of
the late war.
Dr. Seaman's paper was as follows:
"Mr. President and Gentlemen: The
success of Japan in the recent conflict
with Russia was due preeminently to
three fundamental causes: First, thor
')ugh preparation atd organiz.tion for
war-such preparation as was never
made before; second, to the simple,
nn-rritatlng, and easily digested ra
ions of the Japanese troops; and third,
bo the brilliant part played by the
members of the medical profession in
5he application of practical sanitation,
he stamping out of preventable dis
ases in the army, threby saving its
anits for the legitimate purposes of
war-the smashing of the enemy in
he field.
"It must never be forgotten that in
very great ca-npaign an army faces
wo enemies: First, the armed forces
he opposing fce; second, the far great
r silent foe, disease.
"Of these enemies, the history of
arfare for centuries has proven that
he first kills 20 per cent. of the total
nortality in the connfict, whilst the
;econd kills 80 per cent. This dread ful
md unnecessary sacrifice of life, es
ecialy in conflicts between the An
ro-Saxon racer, is the most ghastly
roposition of the age, and the Japan
!se have gone a long way toward con
uering or eliminating it."
Maj. Seaman cited tables of statis
;cs of battle records for 200 years
ihowing that there has rarely been a
onfict in which at least four men have
2ot perished of disease for one from
ullets. He contidued:
"But the crowning piece of imbeci
Ity was reserved for our late war with
pain, where more than ten were need
essly sacrificed to ignorance and in
3ompetency for every one who died on
the firing line or from bullets. This,
too, in the short campaign of six
weeks.
"All of these statistics were studied
with the minutest care and detail by
the Japanese. Their authorities rec
agnized that, in order to be victorious
>ver a foe like Russia, this great silent
snemy that slaughters S0 out of every
L00 that fall mast be overcome. And
the medical men of the army did it."
The speaker then showed the actual
igures of killsd, wounded and sick in
ee Japanese army from February
1904, to the end of April, 1905, which
sveraged nearly five deaths from bul
ets for one from disease, or 900 per
:ent. better than the average in his
ory. Maj. Seaman says:
"This record is unparalleled and un
pproached and the medical men of
he army achieved it"
How this marvelous result was at
ained, Maj Seaman said was a work
af 10 years, beginning immEdiately af
er tne war with China, when Japan
se statesmen realized Japan would
again have to go to war to preserve
her independence as a nation. The
great amount of illness likely to appear
in the army was taken into considera
tion and the steps for its climination
were taken.
"With this point always in view,"
Maj. Seaman continued, "she sent her
students all over the world to study
the army systems in other lands. Upon
the declaration of war she was pre
pared to house, scientifically treat and
tenderly care for 25,000 sick and
wouned in Japan alone. Twelve sets:
o main hospitals, eac'1 with from cne
to ive attached branch hospitals, were
scattered throughout the empire in
the chief towncs of the 12 military dis
trcts into which the country is divid
"The origi':al 25,000 odd beds were
rapidly increased in number as the
campaign progressed, by the erection
of substantial, though exceediogly
pain, pine buildings running par:.llei
and so constructed that each was a
unit housinhz 100 paitients, but cnnet
ig series by covered walks and ruu
ways. Great elasticity was gained by
this simple form of architecture, for
wards could be tacked on indule'itely
within the limitations oif the property
area.
"Oae and a hali years after the
commencement of this war, or on the
6th of July, 1905. the 12 great mili
tary home hospitals possessed a nor
ma.1 capacitiy of 58,263 available beds.
On this samne day, howvever, only one
half of them were in use, or, to be ex
act, there were 23,561 patients in hos
pital. The apparent hospital over
preparedness sug gests that thbe Japan
ese themselves failEd to realize what
marked successes would attend the en
forcement of their new code of mili
tary hygiene and sanitation, as appii
ed for the first time in the tield.
"Whether the medical department
prepared this immense hospital sys
tem for sick or wounded is of little
importance; the fact, however, beirng
that when the ghastly cortege from
Muden did arrive in Japan in April
there was hospital room for every dis
abled man of the thousands and thou
ands, and instant medical att-endance
and cara and nursing ready and wait
ing.
"The pharnaceutical side of these
military hospitals is an auxiliary ma
chine, workirg in perfect harmony
with tihe whoje. Lik2 the field ser
vice, it. is ilAdisput1bly res;ponslble for
all tne mcdical and surgical supplies,
and is. u.s them upn requisition of
the doctors and surgeons. Besides
this the department is responsible fur
all steriized miik, washing of band
ages and rerolling, disinfection of bed
ding, and the making of chemical
tests of urine.
"Every hospital throughout Japan
and every base and field hospital in
Manchuria has its bacteriological lab
oratcry.
"Too much cannot be sa!d in en
thusiasti. co5mmendation of this side
of the servyi. Undoubtedly tne pains
taking resea:ohes have been the means
of saving thousands of lives by fore
sta'ling possible epidemics, and sav
ing individual life by prompt determi
nation of the trouble. No man suf
fers from temperature but whose blood
goes under the microscope. Malaria is
malaria, and typhoid is typhoid In the
Japanese army. Diseases are not
zuessed at, as they were in Cuba, the
Puilippines and South Africa, where
of ten for a full weak the physicians
attempted to diagnose cases by sleight
of hand and trick of eye.
"The limits of this paper do not
admit of more than the merest refer
ence to the splendid system of sanita
tion followed in the field. Suffice it to
say that during the campaign extend
ing over a year and a half, with from
300,000 to 600,000 soldiers undergoing
the severest hardships and privations
of active service, there are in the
Japanese army 36 men out of every
100 who have never reported at sicx
call; 36 men who never saw the inside
of a hospital or were sick in quarters,
a record absolutely unparalleled. The
war has taught many lessons and de
stroyed many ideals in matters mili
tary, as in matters surgical. In surgi
cal technique, or in the after-treat
ment of the wounded and sick, the
Japanese have taught the foreigner
comparatively little, but in the field
of sanitary science and dietetics they
have demonstrated, what has never
been done before, that preventable
disfases are preventable.
"Tney have prese rv 3d their armies
for the legitimate pt rp -ses for which
a.rmies are enlisted; Le killing or con
quering of an open enemy in the field,
lastead of having four fifths of its
mortality victims to the silent foe.
"It is against this dreadful scourge,
this needless sacrifice, that the Japan
ese have made their hardest fight and
won their most signal victories-vic
Dories that will redound more to their
credit trian even the expulsicn of the
Muscovite aggressor.
"A dispatch received in London on
SEptember 21 from the Tokyo corres
pondent of the London Standard, giv
ing the statistics of the war to tnat
date, reports:
'Killed, 46,180; died of wounds,
10,97t); died from sickness, 15,300.'
Tnis psrcentage of death to sickness
was lass than one-fourth of the total
dead, %hoh is a record not paralleled
in tue annals of war.
"When contemplating these mar
velous figures, wIth what a ghastly
and melancholy smile the hero of
Manila must recall his action In can
soring the cablegram of the chief sur
geon who had requested 50 addItional
moedcal officers and 200 more nurses1
when the hospital wards were over
rowded, because such a dispatch
would prove the falsity of his claim
that he had the situation well in1
hand.' Months afterwards the sur
geons arnd nurses were provided, but.
not unti the horrible condition was
intensified, and taps had sounded the
requiem for many a poor boy who had
jomend the great majority.
"Perhaps the same delight may so
ace the contemplative commander In
the Cuban campaign, when he recalls
his famous order at Tampa, directing
the unload iog of a ship filled wi?.n
medical and ho.apital supplies for San'
iago, and the substitution of a load
of mules instead.
"Or of another major general dur
lg that war, who on being waited
upon by certain medical cffisers with
a protest against the use of certain
water said, In response to their corn
plaint: 'Vi.nta I w'ant your advice, I
wdll send for you; until I do, you can
attend to your own business.'
"Or even if the then secretary of
war, who, when inspecting the camps
at Montauk Point with the president
of the United States, said on looking
at a glass of water furnished the
troops of this infected camp, and
which certain medical men had pro
nounced to contain germs of disease:
'Why, it looks all right to me.
"Until the line and staff officers of
the American army is taught the
necesity of sanitation, and the medi
cal t U:er Is given rank and authority
to enforce It, our medical department
must remain humiliating failure.
Its continuance under present condi
tions is no less than an evidence of
national imbecility."
Battle With a Shark.
The New York American says five
fishermen on Long Island Sound were
chased Wednesday by a big shark,
which viciously attacked their boats
and gave them desperate battle. Oirs
sere used Iifle~ively to beat off the
raventus fish. The fight took place al
most opposite Captain's Island Light
house. The men heard a commotion In
the water and saw a long body with
head submerged coming toward the
beats at a furious rate. Suddenly the
head came above water and the fisher
men saw it was that of a big shark,
which showed fierce-locking teeth. The
monster seemed to be mad from hun
ger. Severai fish were thrown over
board and these the greedy, man-eat
ing fish devoured. Then it made lung
s at the boats and tried to capsize
them. John Smithersez fired two shots
frum a revolver at the shark, but this
did not frighten it, and the fishermen
ad to row for their lives to the Port
Crester shore, fiighting their foe the
entire way. The shark f-ollowed the
boats until the men had almost reach
ed the beach and then disappeared.
Got oft Light.
Columbus W. Walker was convict
ed at Covingtenl, Ga., on Monday of
wife-murder and, the jury having re
commended him to mercy, was sen
tenced to the penitentiary for life.
PLAIN TALK.
A New York Baptist Minister
Calls McCall a Thief
FROM HIS PULPIT.
rhe Preacher Taking for His Text, the
Commandment, "Than Shalt Not
Steal," Said the Insurance Man
Had Violated That Com
maud by his Act.
The New York American says John
A.. McCall, president of the. New
York Life Insurance Company, was
;athingly assailed from the pulpit of
he Riverside Baptist Church Sunday
3y its pastor, the Rev. Dr. A. Lin
oln Moore.
A demand was made for the im
nediate resignation of Mr. McCall,
nd Dr. Moore declared with passion.
,te earnestness that the head of the
ew York Life had grcssly violated
ihe commandment "Thou shalt not
teal" in taking vast sums of the
,olicy.holders money from the treas
ry of the company and contributing
ibese funds for partisan political
urposes. to
Dr. Moore took as his text Exodus,
:x., 15: "Thou shalt not steal." His
ntire sermon was devoted to drawing
he distinction between honesty and
ishonesty. His unexpected attack
i.pon the president of the New York
:Afe created a sensation in the crowd
id church auditorium.
"We all recognize," said the divine
pressively, "the rights of property,
)e that property great or small-the
ridow's mite or the fortune of the
reatest millionaire. This brings us
o the forgotten commandment, "thou
lbalt not steal."
"It you would always call stealing
tealing, and a thief a thief, there
vould be less stealing and fewer
bieves. If an othce boy steals $100
com the cffice in which he is employ
d, he is prosecuted and sent to jail;
ut if the president of the same com
any flinches a few hundreds of thons
,nds or millions of dollars from the
rporation's funds, he is hailed as a
sapoleon of finance and men will be
ound to scome apologists for his
atioi S.
"The commandment "Thou shalt
Lot steal" should be branded in let
ers of fire in the otsee of every bank,
d'ife insurance company of the
and and in the heart of every man
rho handles other people's money
nd property."
Dr. Moore then electrified his hear
rs by his scathing invective against
?esident McCall, of the New York
Afe. In doing so he quoted largely
rom an open letter that he mailed to
Ir. McCall on Saturday.
"I have read the testimony of John
L. McCall, president of the N~ew
ork Life Insurance Company," said
)r. Moore, "and from reading that
estimony I have concluded that he
as arrogated to himself the power
,nd right to use the investors' money
at his own discretion, unmindful of
he fact that the money so used be
ongs to others.
'Upon what ethical grounds does
his man base his right?" cried the
nlnister. Serving in a fiduciary ca
acity, as a trustee and not the own
ir, the testimony of Mr. McCall, with
ts unbshing confession of misap
ropriation, misrepesentation, mis.
nanagement and possib'e speculation,
'eveals his manifest moral unfitness
or the responsible position that he
olds, an offioe which he has discredi
ied and betrayed. Office Is a sacred
rust, and to betray that trust is the
worst because the meanest kind of
itealing.
"The actions of John A.. McCall
Lre fg'rant violations of the first
)rinciples of honesty and are utterly
ndefesble inlaw,ethicS and business.
'I unhesitatingly attirm that his
ction in taking vast sums of the poli
yv holders money from the treasury
f the company wituout authorty~
ther than his own, and devoting
hose sums to partisan political pur
oses, was a gross violation of the
omandmet, "Thou Shalt Not
"That money was stolen just as
urely as If he had placed his hand
n the policy holder's pockets and fl
hed It from them."
The minister then quoted the fol
owing verse, which is embodied in
s letter to President McCail:
'In vain men call old notions fudge
And bend the conscience to their
dealing;
rhe Eighth Commandment will not
budge
And stealing will continue stealing.
'That money wrongfuity taken, so
rumor says, was undcoubtedly employ
d either directly or indirectly in
yostituting the ballot and debauch
ng American citizenship," continued
r. More, as he pounded is pulpit
ith emphatic earnesrfness.
"Thus wrongdoing is ever .produc
ive of wrongdoing, and the moral in
uence of such men as MoCail and
hose associated with him in the maun
gement, or r ather misnanagement
of the liew York Life Insuracce Com
pany, will inevitably result in a de.:d
yy harvest of wrongdoing throughout
our land. With many, a premium
will be placed upoa dishonesty, and
with others, business integrity will
bcome an empty name.
"I am convinced that the testimony
of Mr. McCall has proved his moral
unfitness fer the respo.1sible office of
president of the New York Life, and
rom this pulpit I demand that he re
sign. T bat resination will be in the
interests of the company in particular
and of morality in general.
"1 am a small poicy holder of the
Nw York Life, and it is my profound
belief that John A. McCall ought to
b compelled to restore the funds he
has removed from the coffers of the
copany, or he ought to be arrested
m a incarcrted.
"There is an universal inclination
to steal, both among the rich as wel
as among the poor. There are two
sorts of stealing; personal and (fflcial.
Under the first head are catalogued
unfair bargains, unfair wages, mis
representatio x of gocds, the evasion
of taxes, refusing to pay outlawed
debts, idleness and dependence. The
sluggard is the very prince of thieves.
"Official stealing is the very mean
est sort of thievery, since it concerns
the stealing of other people's money.
The revelations recently made of the
mismanagement and dishonest meth
cds prevailing in the big life insur
ance companies have astounded this
country. Men regarded as represent
irg all that is best in the business
world, politics and firance have fallen
like shattered idols.
"The monopoly of any commodity
or a combination formed to put up
the price of the necessaries of life is a
flagrant form of stealing. Many
monoplies are organized robbery. Men
determined to raise or lower the price
of Et.cks or to water stocks on the
declaration that the earnings justify
it are thieves.
"New Yrk may or may not be a
gay summer resort, but it Is certainly
a watering place. Wall Street is lo
cated under the sign of Aqaarius,
judging from the volume of water
that flows from It.
"Old fashioned honesty has been
supplanted by new-fashioned dishon
esty, and untruth has taken the place
of probity; but the Ten Command
ments of Jehovah will never be out
grown, for the Decalogue must abide
as the stanch and imperishable frame
work of society."
NOTHING BUT VANDALISE.
onumcnts Wrecked in the Catholic
Cemeteries in Wisconsin.
A dispatch from Milwaukee says
the series of raids on Catholic ceme
teries in Northern Wisconsin and up
per Michigan has reached such a
stage that every cemetery in the en
ire district in which Catholice are
burled is under guard. More than
twenty cemeteries have been visited,
-nd the croses on monuments smash
d with sledge hammers, while wood
an crosses on graves have been torn
up and piled in heaps. So thorougly
has the work been done that in sever
al cemeteries the names of those bur
ied are lost.
Bishop Fox, ci the Diocese of Green
Bay. in an interview, says:
"I believe if the monument wreck
r of the Catholic cemeteries in the
areen Bay Diocese were to be found
te would be lynched, so insanse have
he people become over the repeated
des crations. Their anger is at a
white heat, and they will not be likely
ti treat with any leniency the cul
prit should he be found.
"We have absolutely no clue as to
the indentity of the person or persons
who are engaged in this wretched
ork. I believe, and I think the
eneral impresslon that prevails
imong thinking people up there is,
that the work is that of some poor,
lemented person."
A reward of $500 is offered by the
Knights of Columbus for information
that will lead to the arrest of the
monument wreckers who raided St.
Joseph's and St. Anne's cemeteries
and destroyed tombstones worth $4,
000 in Escanaba. An additional re
ward of $200 will be offered by St.
Joseph's Cemetery Association.
Allan V. Classon, an attomney in
Oconto, found in his office a package
rf pamphlets published in the inter
sts of the Seventh Day Adventist
faith. On the wrapper was written:
Pease study up the question of Suc
day laws. You will sometime be cal
led upon to defend religious liberty,
which is fast beiag taken from us.
Will call upon you soon.
Thomas Gallagher, a traveling ped
er, of Battle Creek, Mich., was arrest
ed in Gladstone, Mich., tonight. He
denies any knowledge of the cemetery
deserations, but will be held until
a full investigation is made. His ar
rest followed the discovery made by
the ofiers that the foot prints of
one of the members of the band which
wrecked monuments here on Tues
day night had a small patch on the
bottom of the shoe. A patch similar
o that shown in the footprints was
found on one of the shoes worn by
the prisioner.
Fatal Fight.
A dispatch from Laurens to The
State says John P. South was shot
and instantly killed at 10 o'clock
Tursday at Boyd's mill, 12 miles
west of the city, by Leavell D. Wal
ker. Walker surrendered and was
brought to jail by Dexter Elledge,
acting constable. The men were
neighbors and both industrious young
farmers. It is understood that they
had a previous difficulty, and Ssuth,
who was drinking, seems to have
started out to renew the didfioulty.
After running Mrs. Walker from the
house he proceeded to the field, 200
yards distant, armed wIth a grasa
hook, and told Walker that he pro
posed to kill him. Wiker managed
to get out of the way and ran to his
huse, where he secured a gun and
when South approached he shot Scuth
dead. South was unmarried. Walker
is a married man and has a family.
Each is about 30 years of age anc
both come from good familie s. They
lived in tue Poplar Springs soction of
Stan(d by YourGns
In a letter to Pres.dent Roosevelt
the Hon. W. J. Bryan says: "You
have the contest .of your life before
you, and I desire to render you all the
assistance in my power. You have
asked Congress to enact a law so en
larging the powers of tne interstate
commerce commission as to permit it
to fix and enforce a reasonable freight
rate. And the railroad lobby was
strong enough to stop in the Senate
the bill passed by the House. The
railroad magnates expect to block the
passage of the bill again. Stand by
your guns. You have developed a
reform element in the Republican
party; you must lead it or sufi'er the
humiliation of seeing the leadership
pass to so~ne one else. Go forward.
You owe it to yourself, you owe it t-o
your party, and more than all, you
e it to your country."
LAST YEAR'S CROP.
Some Lteresting Figures Relative to
the Cotton Outp.t.
Williamton Gets zhe Largest Share
of Sou.h Caroliia Cotton-Con
sumption by Mills.
0- Friday the national department
of agriculture gave out some interest
ing information relative to the cotton
of 1903 4.
During the year 1899 and 1900 there
were shipped from South Carolina a
total of 465,328 bale ; 1900 1901, 453,
244 balre; 1901 1902, 423,690 bales;
1902 IS.;. 493.858 bales; 1903-1904,
477. Ui s During the year 1903
190 ' ti. . were shipped into the state
21 .1 oales. During the same time
mi.' in the state bought 569,559 bales.
The total crcp of the state for the
same time was 831.378 bales.
So much of the South Carolina crop
is taken by its own mills and those of
Georgia and North Carolina that the
bulk cf what remains Is distributed
through few corernrcial channels
than the crops of some other states.
Wilmi gton gets a much larger share
of the Scuth Carolina crop than any
other port, being 156,446 bales, but
the receipts for 1903 4 were 2,768
bales less than the Drevious year.
Tue most notable change in port
receipts occurs 'at Charleston where
tbe decrease amcu-ited to 40,4'j2 bales.
1899 i900 Charleston received 98,881
bale3; 1900.1901 shie recaived 97,416
baleF; 1901 2 she rec ived 93,937 bales;
1902 3 she received 128,672, and in
1903 4 88,180 bales, there were
practically no ship nents t: New
Orleans in 1903.4 against 4,430 bales
the previous years. Norfolk show a
gain of 20,494 bales frcm South Caro
lina, her figures being for 1899 -1900
16,169; 1900 1, 48.677; 1901-2, 24,387;
1902 3, 18.529. and 1903 4, 39 023.
SavannahU. has gained 6,000 from
South Csrclina, her figures being,
1899 1900,43 534;19V0 1,53 696;1901
2, 36,617; 1903-4, 42,&9. New Yo k
has gained 797 cales, her figures being
1899 1900. 1.370; 1900.1, 4,452; 1901
2, 631; 3902 3, 6 462 1903 4,. 7,259.
Baltimore has lost 894 bales, her fig
ures belng, for 1902 3, 1,012 bales, and
for 1903 4, 118 bales. The shipments
to Augusta Increased 4.9S9 bales, her
dgure-i being for 1902 3, 77,138, and
for 1903 4, 82,127, and to North At
lantic ports (vla Georgetown) 1,140
bales.
The Inland movement to domestic
mills shows the folwing changes; an
increase of 3 466 bales to New England
mills, and 899 to Virginia mills, and a
decrease of 5,084 biles to North Caro
lina mills aod 1,480 bales to Georgia
mills. The total movement from the
itate in 1903 4 was 477,007 bales, or
16.851 bales less than in 1902 3, and
the average movement for the five
years is 462,625 bales. The average
commercial crop for the same period
is 834,371 bales.
The following is the number of
bales shipped from the principal
points In South Carohna in 1903-4:
Abbeville, 2,748; Aiken, 5,217; Allen
dale, 3,281; Anderson, 7,819; Bam
berg, 5,172; Barnwell, 3,849; Ben
nettsville, 6,676; Bishopvile, 10.572;
Backville, 4,710; Branchvilie, 3,031;
Camden, 4,059, -Chester, 6 816, Clio,.
7,124; Columbia, 63,177; Darlington,
9,369; Denmark, 6 810; Edgefield, 5,
540: Greenville, 14,594; Greenwood;
16,977; Newberry, 17,131; Orangeburg
8,618; Sumter, 45 319; Spartanburg,
3,035; Yorkville, 6.306
In addition to the above shipment
from railway stations in South Carc
lina there were shipp~ed by boats from
coastwi:se points in the state to Char
leston 14,815 bales, and from Savan
nah river landings 647 bales to Au
gusta and 1,218 to Savannah. Tuere
originated on plantations in Aiken
and Edgefield counties 17,988 bals,
16,198 bales, of which were delivered
at Augusta by wagons, and 1,790 bales
by canal boats.
Fought a Snake at Sea.
A badly lacerated crew arrived at
New York Wednesday on the steamer
Indramayo, guarding a cargo of wild
animals from Chinese and Japanese
ports. S..x leopards and two big snakes
caused_ most of the irajuries which
were inficted by the animals during
an exciting voyage. Besides these
animals the Indramayo sta'ted ott
with an elephant, six monkeys of a
large and savage species and some
smaller animals. The leopards from
their cazes succeeded in lacerating the
arms and I~gs of six sailors who at
tempted to feed them on the rolling,
ptchng ship. In the Re i sea, one
of the snakes, which weighed 200
paunds, and was twenty-three feet
long, escaped from his c-ige and
crawled out upon the deck about
darn. During mnost of the forenoon
te entire crew fought and rolled
about the deck in a strugile to get
he snake back into his cage. They
finally succeeded.
Atrltnde of the Spinnrsr.
C. W. McAra, president of the
Master Cotton Spinners' Association
of Great Britain says the spinmers had
o quarrel with American cotton plant
.rs, had no desire to inter'ere with
teir legitimatte profits and had no ob
jection to the riuctuations brought
shout by a small or a large yield. As
a matter of ifeac, tho grower would be
well rewarded in an ordinary sEason.
by a return of 8 cents& per pound. By
gabing operrIn-n, however, the
price had been advanced for several
sesons to 14 cents per pound and
siger, which meant an advfarc3 on
'2o d's crop of $480,000,000. The
Arican spinner, Mr. McAra adds,
s as bad:y tandicapped as the Europ
an spinners, the c:et of tlic carriage
of cotton to New E:ngland mills being
as great as the cost of carriage by sea
to Lancashire.
MLade a a.
Burglers entered the banking house
of C. P. Burnett & Sons at El Dorado,
Ill., early Thursday mornirng, wrecked
tae safe and carried away between 88.
000 and 810,000 in curency and gold.
A number of citizens were awakened
when the safe was blown open and they
arrived at the bank as the robbers
were leaving. The gave pursuit and
several shots were excha~nged, but no
one was hit. Bloodbounds have been
put on the track of the burglars.
WHITE OURAW.
Bryan County Teriorized by A
Desperado Named Simms.
IS HEAVILY ABMED.
Large Section of One Georgia County
Terrorized by Him. le Makes Peo
pie Contribute to His Nceds.
He Has Already Killed
Two Men.
A dispatch from Savannah, Ga..,
says while Will E. Simms heavily .
armed, stood in plain sight, a coro
ner's jury Wednesday found him guil
ty of murder.
Blabell Is in Bryan county, 24
miles from Savannah, and that vicini
ty is in a state of terror because of
the acts of Simms, a white desperado,
who has already killed two men, has
notified others that he will kill thei
on sight, and, who, for the last three
weeks, has openly defied the officers
of the state and county, being, it is
said, sheltered and supplied with
ammunition by relatives and openly
levied contributions of food and money
from various persons of the communi
ty, enforcing compliance with his
wishes at the point of a Winchester.
Wednesday, a coroner's jury delib
erated on the death of a negro, the
latest victim of Simms. The mur
dierer was so near the scene and so
ze-ll posted as to the proceedings that
before a verdict had been reached, he
nd addressed an open letter to -all
who were against him, defying them
to do their worst, and Inviting them
to come in the woods and look for
him.
Four weeks ago Simms shot ard
killed Jlius Lansburg, a freight train
conductor on the Seaboard Air Line,
'or no other reason, it is reported,
;ban that Lansburg had refused him
prrmisslon to come to Savannah on
his train. After this crIme he dis
appeared for a-few days, but did not.
leave the vicinity of E labell, merely
keeping out of sight in the day time.
Friday he kiiled an old negro man and
seriously wounded his son. He open
ly admitted the deed to some of his
relatives, and gave as his reason the
fact that the negro had told of the
place where Simma was in the habit
of spendirg the nights.
It was for his latest crime that
Wednesday's inquest was held. The
man who gave the most damagmg
testimony against Simms immediate
ly left the vlelnity, fearing the ven
geance of the murderer, and numbers
of negroes likewise are fleeing from
the country, being in a state of abject
fear that they, too, may become vie- --
tims of Simma' unerring rifle. A
posse, led by the sheriff, Is searching
Simms' haunts, with the intention of
taking him dead or alive, If he can be
found.
Simms is armed with a Winchester
and two revolvers. He is a sure shct.
He was within sight of the court
house, where the itquaest was held,
but so great is the, terror his name In
spires that none would dare go to cap
;ure him.
At the hearing, Sher'.f James Par
rish, upbraided these who have been
giving food and snelter to the outlaw
A dispatch from Klabelle, Ga.,
says that Will B. Sims, the desperado .'
who has terrorized Bryan county, -
Thursday afternoon paid the penalty
for kiling Conductor Julius Larnds
'burg, of the Seaboar.i Air Line. -He
is alleged, too, to have killed ,Tames
Perry, a negro.
Sheriff Parish and Deputles Gibson
and Dukes of this county, followed
Sims into Liberty county this morn
ing. They found him at the home of
a man named Parker, his father-In
law. A child shouted the alarm to
Sims as the onicers approached, and
the outlaw sprang from the be' in
which he was sleeping seizel his rifle.
He fired twice at Sheriff Parish, but
missed. Sheriff Parish fired once and
mssed, but Deputy Gibson's first shot
struck Sims and he went to his knee.
All three officers continued to fire
rapidly, and SIms sank to the ground.
For"rteen bullet wounds in his body
were shown by an eznmination. Sims
killed Landsberg here because the
nndu-'tor would not let him ride to
Savannah on his freight train. Perry
was killed, it is alleged, because Sims
had heard that the negro had been
aarrying reports about him to the
aineers. There is great belief in
Bryan county that Sims is no longer
alive to threaten with death all who
oppose him.
Broke His Neck.
A dispatch from Waterloo, S. C., to
the Augusita Chronicle says Mr. Van
B. Roberson, a p-ominent farmer of
that plase, was the victim of a sad
and at the same time peculiar acci
dent. Mdr. Roberson was helping
some hands load some cotton at his
gin house when suddenly the wagon
moved cif, tharowing him to the.
ground on his head with terrible
forcs. Mr. Robinson was picked up
and carried to his home a few yards
away, and it was found that his neck
was broken. He lived only a few
minutes. He was a c..nfederate sold
ler and esteemed by everyone. A wife
and three children Fu-vive him.
Bank R.-bber.
A mran named J. M,. Massey, claim
ing to be from Atlanta, was convicted
of vagrancy at Clinton on Saturday
and sentenced to 30 days In Laurens
ail or a fine of 350. He took the days.
Wheh searched a complete diagram of
the Bailey bank was found In his pock
ets-leading to the belief that he is a
bank-robber.
Typhoon.
A destructive typhoon swept over
Manila on Monday, killing five per
ons, injuring 200 and renderIng 8,000