The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, November 25, 1908, Image 1

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VOL. XXIII MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1908 NO.14 PRAISED THEM insurance Commissioner Lauds Mutual Fire Insurance Cos. DOING A GOOD WORK He Says These Companies Have Saved Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars to the State and will Final ly Furnish the Very Cheapest In surance to Our People. Columbia, Nov. 10.--Insurance Commissioner McMaster -yesterday made public that part of his report to the Governor referring to tl'e mutual fire insurance companies of the State, in which he says: "In the statistical part of my report k will be found statements from a s number of mutual fire insurance com- s panies. The majority of the comp:- g nios have been chartered under the 'Mutual Protective Association' Act. Some few, whose charters antedated a this Act, have their organization "under special Acts. The statements n of these companies are remarkable i1 in a way, and the lessons to be Iearl- I, ed therefrom are most encouraging. "I believe these companies show w the way to secure insurance at low- ti est possible cost, and point out the tl means whereby all money in ex- d cess of actual insurance cost may be a: kept at home, and in the pockets a: of the people. Operated heretofore o: without supervision, and without that help and encouragement that la should come from intelligent exam- f< ination, the success of these compa- tt ates has been truly remarkable, and g; they tell a story of honesty and tra- ti ternity that entirely overshadows the ti failures of the few, which have been a: engaged in similar work, chartered under the same Aet, but whose field R of operations extended over the 0 whole State. c< "It is the rule and not the excep- d, tion that where these companies have confined their operations to it the county in which organized, or .. o' that county and one adjoining coun- u ty they have proved successful. This a1 hag been due to an appreciation by is the olicyholdere that they were in .ur as well as insured. They h; have afforded protection at a remark- is ablly low cost, and I believe have n, taught the true principles of insur- is anee, I. e., simple indemnity again3t it loss, and not speculation on fire le risks, as nothing. _else could or would a: have done. Such institutions must $: raise the moral tone of the commu nlties in which they operate, and d, clearly they raise to the highest w standard the 'moral hazard,' that it bane of fire underwriters. n< "The statements of these compa nies are the more encouraging since a: they show the cost of insurance both h IR town and couu~try "Fieven of the companies have ri confined the-ir operations practically u to the country, four have their in- w surance entirely 'in the City of f< Charleston. As will be seen front the statements, the cost of insurance a -has varied practically from about 3?. a cents per $100 to about 80 cents B per $100. fl "Without- meaning to make any p Invidious comparisons, for there are e: others which have done probably just ci as good work, but because of Its g age, and the experiences through s1 which it has passed, the Carolina h Mutual Insurance Copipany, ot Charleston, Is deserving of special o note. This company is now in its li fifty-eighth year. It stands today a with a clean record-all losses paid i and $130,"00 of cash ano invest ments to its credit. This company passed through the great fire of 38831 in Chanrieston. It paid its losst's in full, and the loyalty of its members who, with almost one ac cord., met their* heavy obligations then has been fully repaid by the savings th'e company has af!srded C 'them since. I am informed that this is the oiost mutual fire insur ance comp~lfy in America today. "The Czrolina Mutual and its fel lows, the H-ibernian Mutual, the Cermania Mutual and the Merchants Mutual, all of which confine them se'lves to the City of Charleston. *h?ve been the moans of saving. 1 le:lieve, without exaggeration. hun creds of thous:ands of dollars to the citizens of Charleston. "There are certain amnendmns which I believe should be made to 1he Mutual Protective Association Art. The spirit of mutuality should he~ mphasized by making more spe cific the annual meetings of the poli cy-holders and the election of di rectors by the policy-hoidtrs, re qutiremenfts for stated meeting of the direcer5, who should be repre sentativ'e of the territory covered. and the number of whom should be' proportionate to the amount at risk. "The terms of the Act shouild he extendtd to permit the organization of mutual companies ipsuring live stock, erops and probably health and accident, casualty and liability." The companies which have confin ed themselves practically to one county, and the disbursements, in. chuding losses and expenses for one "ear, and the amount of insurance carried by each are the following: Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual Fire. of Abbeville. amount, $1.541I.93 I. and total disbursements last year, $9.6 67.14. Anderson Mutual Fire, of Ander son. $?.2('522. Carolin1a Mutual Insurance Comn pany, of Charleston. S4.404,090.gndi totai disbursements last year, $8, 649.59. Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Cctmpany. of Gaffney, $509I'.000. Farmers' Muturl Insurance Asso ciation, of WValhalla. $280,00O. Farm rrs' Muttual In sutran cc Asso - cia;ionn of Newherry. 837.% an-1 BIG BAMBERG FIRE COTTON OIL PLANT PRACTICAL LY WIPED OUT. Two Freight Cars and About Twenty five Bales of Cotton Also Destroy ed-Overcome by Heat. Bamberg, Nov. 19.-Another dis strous fire has visited Bamberg and :his afternoon the splendid plant of he Cotton Oil Company, at this )lace. is in ashes. At about half-past twelve o'clock oday fire broke out in one of the )resses of the ginnery. How it got here no one knows, but, the gins and .1 iresses being in motion, the flames t pread to every part of the build- . ng in the twinkling of an eye. S The distress signal was sounded f y the whistle and the fire bells ; ounded the alarm, but before as- r istance could be rendered the whole i: innery was in flames, and the heat i ,as so intense that no one could u pproach near enough to the build- c ig to combat the fire or even to re- r, rove several bales of cotton belong e ig to patrons of the ginnery which 5 Ly In front of the buildings. o These were consumed together ith the ginnery. From the ginnery ie flames leaped to the seed house, c, fence to the office building in one n irection and the hull house in aother, and thence to the oil mill ad finally to the meal house, all m which were completely consumed. r The only building of the plant n ft standing is a small house used c r storing seed cotton. Three oil Ir ns, containing several thousand p llons of oil, also escaped destruc- ti on, though it looked for a long d me as if an explosion would occur t Iy moment. A side track from the Southern a ailway is built out to the mill. h n this two cars--one loaded with d >al and the other with seed-were b istroyed. b: During the fire Mr. G. Moye Dick- i' Lson, assistant manager, became w rerheated and fell to the ground n< aconscious. He was immediately of :tended to by friends and pnysic- tv .ns, but came near losing his life e< The loss is one of the heaviest that tI s ever visited Bamberg, and there p] serious doubt as to whether or 01 t the plant will be rebuilt. It estimated that the loss on build- sc cgs, machinery and stock Is not oc ss than $75,000, while: the inslir- w ce is now thought to be only it 6.000. ci Mr. W. M. Brambham, the presi- e: ant and manager, was at Denmark u hen the fire occurred. but came s' by private conveyance this after- o )on and is using every means pos- w ble to make the salvage on meal SI ad seed as great as possible. He t! as been eminently successful in anaging the mill, ar-d It is greatly g gretted that this disaster has come w~ pon the company just at a tim'e tl hen .the prospect seemed brightest A >r a profitable year. . e The Cotton 011 Company also owns tI plant at Denmark which is ope -- tu :ed under the management of Mir. a rabham. Whatever seed .is saved 'om this fire will probably be shipi- ti ad to that place and crushed. Sev. e: al partons of the ginnery lost sonte d >tton that had been left at at the I< in, and on which there was no in- p irance-twenty or twenty-five bales it aving been burned. t1 The heaviest loser was an industri- Uz s colored man. named Kelly Wil ams. He had six bales at the gin g ed. only one was saved. The less tf lls heav ily upon him. . * SERVED HI RIGHT. s oung Lady Shot and Killed Her Negro Assailant. Kansas City, Mo.. Nov. 16.-Miss 'orinne McCo~wen, 20 years old, ar lerk in a confectionary store In this' iy. shot Newell Ilower. a negro. turday, and he died in half an Miss McCowen was alone in the ore in Westp~oint avenule, when Tower entered and asked for a cigar. \hen she placed some cigars in: rnt of him. it is adieged. he tried o sieze hzr she caught up a revolver Lfnd fired five shots at close ra~nge wo of them taking e~feeet. It w-uI he negroe's fourth visit to the~ *tore withiin a few hmrs. After iis third call. Miss MiCcwon got r itcol and ltaut it within eaer reach. otal dishursements for last year.1 1.21.36. Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance ozpany, of Union, $33S.000, and oa! disursemnrts last ye'ar, $1, Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurane Smpany. of WXinnishoro. $2iW0.000 Farmers' Mutua.l Insurance Asso clation of Ohester. $375.00. and Cotal dishursements last yea Farmers' Mutual Insurance Coum pany, of York. $751.125. and total disbursements last year $2.617.74. Gerania Mutual Fire Insurance Compay. of Charlhston. $l.123.950, and total disbursem'ents last year. $4. .97.9G. Hibernin Mutual Fire Insuirance Company. of Charleston. $1 .E47.800h. and total disbursements last year $7.45 1.25. Merchants' Mutual Fire Insuranie' Company. of Charleston. S234.4 65 and to:ai dirlhnrsemnfts last *ym-P Farmers' Mutual Insurance Ase) cition of Hartsville. $Z65.030. and total disbursements last year. Pee-Dee Mutual Fire Insuranc Association, of Mullins. $34907:. and total disbursements last year. SUDDEN DEATH Reaps Awful Harvest in a Brook lyn Street Friday. TWENTY-FIVE DEAD atestrophe Caused by the Ignition of Gas-Leaking Pipes, Admit ting Flame, Responsible for the Disaster-Fire and Geysers of Wa ter Spurt in Air Through Debris. New York, Nov. 20.-Twenty-five persons are believed to have lost heir lives and an explosion of gas rhich tore up a great section of Gcld treet, Brookiyr., today. It is de nitely knovwn that 15 persons were uried under the hundreds of tons f earth and timbor that were thrown ito the air by the explosion, and 0 more persons are reported as iinsing. The exact number of dead in not be determined until tomor ,, for those working to recover the atomibhd bo'lies m",t did th-ough 0 feet of dirt, rock and a tangle pipes and timbers. Tne expl sien occLrred in an ex- I tation 50 feet d-rep that hid been ade in Gold street between York ad Front streets, where a water air was being laid. The gas main cently sprung a leak and in - anner unknown a spark came in )ntact with escaping ras .today. nmediately there was a terrific ex osien that lifted the surf-:ce of o street for half a block in both rections and hurled dirt, paying ones and debris into the air. When the smoke and dust cleared va it was seen that the street td been opened from doorstep to )orstep over an area of nearly a ock. The loosened earth and de -is had fallen int-> the eznavation, tryini the score of laborers who r-e a- work when the accident he i md. Treat tongues of flames shot it of crevices in the street aid be reen them geysers of water spurt into the air from a water main at had been shattered by the "c o:ion. Two bodies were sticking it of the wreckage. Gold street was j rowded with shool children when the explosion curred, and that scores of children ere not killed or injured was re arkable. A woman and three ildren were almost opposite the cavation when the earth crumbled ader their feet and they were rept down into the hole under tcns wreckage. Two other children ere on the opposite side of the reet when the street caved in and ter lost their lives. Samuel Trout, foreman of the Lng of laborers who were laying the ater main, was near the women and ree children who lost their livesi. s he felt the street tremble he rush forward in an endeavor to save iem, but he lost his life In the at mpt. Trout's body was roasted to. cinder. Only four of the men working 's e excavation escaped and their ape was remarkable. They were gging near th'e opening of a four ot sewer and the force of the ex osion blew them to the entrance of .Arthur Strand was hurled far ierest and he pulled the other threc ten after him. Water from the broken main be an to pour into the sewer and the >ur men, in danger of being drown L started to run toward the river, 'here there was an outlet to the. sw-r. The explosion shook houses for ceks around. Thousands of per -s were attracted to the scene. Wmnlivinug in the neighborhod. -hoe children had bee~n on the ret whe the gas rain blew up. nshed to the seene and ran about r excavation wringing their hands ad calling for their little ones. In an irnstjn ces they fourld their hildren after a brief search, but a umber of boys and girls had been :aken into a school nearby and thei' arents were frantic by the time taey :ere found. The gas and water supplies we urne-id Off shortly after the explo in. A force of 1 00 firemen wa: hen !put to work digging for bodie;. mt the task was necessarily slow he ause of the nature of the wvreckagr. hich had to be removed. Those known to be dead are. ~aueli Trout, foreman; Fred Scheft eyer inspector of sevrrs: Charles ~arrell, forenman of concrete works: ustave Anderson foreman of cay >en ters. issing: Unknown woman who vas with children; unknown girl. bout 5 years of age; John O'Grady, ears old: William Dalton. 6 year.' ': Vincent Doherty. 7 years old: Z'ariee Brady. 9 years old; Alex d~er Johnson. laborer: Chris Cos go. laborer; Emil Bachman, laher r: Francisco Armando. laborer; John Armandlo. laborer: Charles Ne] son. laborer: Gus \Wallo. laborer: F'elix Green. laborer. Gus Kane, lab. arcr: Samuel Abrams, laborer; John Crane laborer: laborer known as Fr.e~sco; two italiant laborers known as No. 51 and 52; laborer known as Christopher. The police arrested seven men wh.> were attar-hed to th" city depart nets in charge of the work being Sucezed to Death. New York. Nov. 19.-Powdered snuff. known as "sneeze," distributed by practical jokers in the saloon of Andrew M.. Taylor, in Paterson, N. J. yesterday, caused the proprietor to neeze and congh so hard that he ruptured a hlood vessel and 'lied sev HALF A BILLION EARNED IN NINE YEARS : STANDARO OIL. Rockefeller Tells of Financial Sit ation of Giant Combine-Agre? ments With Transportation Cor New York, Nor. 20.-For ove five hours today John D. Rock feller, witness for the defense i pue government suit to dissolve Lc Standard Oil Company, faced an ui cearing fire of questions from t': r ederal counsel, Frank B. Kellog and when adjournment was take until Monday he was still bein cross-examined on the charge the the company in early days accep ed rebates to the disadvantage c its rivals. The enormous power of the o ombination was sharply brought or today when Mr. Rockefeller, afte tating that the Standard had pai dividends amounting to 140,000 )00 in 1907, said it had earned a nuch more and that this was adde, .o the company's surplus, which wa ;tated by the government's counse o be $300,000,000. It was furthe tated by Mr. Kellogg that the com any within the last eight year ias earned over half a billion dol ars. The rapid fire interrogations o he prosecutor were always met wit inshaken imperturability and read ness to answer, except when, as Mr oc_<feller explained, "it Is quit mp -ible for me to remembe .fter z5 years. I do not recall." Mr. Rockefeller was Questione< losely regarding rebates which th tandard was charged with receiving ut with the exception of the agree sent with the Pennsylvania railroad rhich Mr. Rockefeller explained ,ave the Standard a rebate because t effected an equalization of oil ship aents. Mr. Rockefeller could no ecall any other rebates, though ho hought it was likely that he migh ave heard of it at the time. "You have been prosperous sinc he beginning?" asked Mr. Kellogi f Mr. Roekefeller when the latte esumed his testimony. "Yes." He was asked about the trus greement of 1882, and whether the rust certificates did not shiow alue of $70,000,000 and the stock eld under the agreement an actua alue of $55,710,698. Mr. Rocke eller said he believed those figure: rere correct. "The -record ehows that up t, 906 the net earnings of the corn any were $551,922,904. What wa: he dividend in 1907?" "I should say about 40 per cent' "That was about $39,000,000?" "That would be a million in favoi f the poor old Standard," said M ~ockefeller. He added that the n.o arnings for 1907 wer e approxi aately $80,000,000. He assented to Mr. Kellogg's fig ires showing that the compan?: arned $490,000,000 from 1899 ti 906. Adding the earnings of 1900 ould give a total earnings of $57u, 00,000. "Then where does the hazard o e business come In?" asked Mr Eellogg.* "In the first place, since the firs efinery was built more than 50 yeart go, we have been prepared at an: noment, day or night, to hear t'1 ire alarm. We are dealing with rery explosive product. Fires a-' on stantly occurring. "But your profits were above you ire losses, which have been charge< .o profit and loss account?" "Yes, sir." Mr. Kellogg then asked Mr. Rocki ~feller about the Standard 011 agree nent with the Pennsylvania railroa, 1877, in which the Pennsylvani; gred to pay back 10 per cent o h freight sales which the Standari aid. ~The witness said this agree nent followed the rate war betwee: he Northern and the Southern line nd that this was an agreemen 'herehy he was to equalize thi imount of freight .dIstributed bE Lweel the different rajiroads. Rplying to a question whethe he. Standard Oil Company was th only one to get the reb-:te, the wi 'less said that the greater volumec bsiness given by the Standard we river, in part for the rebate and I hose days it was the custoni fc 1ar'e shippers to receive conside: "Did you know of the contrat whereby the Stndlard was to ohtai 20 cents a barrel in rebate on ou side shipments?" "I may have known of it generall t the time. I had nothing toc with the contract." The witness said he could not r, eall whether Mr. Cassatt had test fled that these rebates were paid: the American Transfer Company. Mr. Rockefeller said he had out that the tSate of Pennsylvan rotuht suit in 1879 to oust ti United Pipe Line Company from th state on the ground that it was cns~iracy with the Pennsylvana railroad to obtain preferential rat and drawhacks. H-e could not rec: that Mr. Cassatt testified that (1 Pennsylvania railroad paid rebat to the Standard Oil Company, tr American Transfer Company and t United Pipe Line Company. M.': Rockefeller's attention wv 'allei to the agreement with So t Improvement Cornpa ny a te rates provided therein for rebat "I it not a fact that to all othi pa'tis. according to this agreemel were to be charged the full grc "Probably so." "Were you a stckholder oft South Improvement Company?" "I never received the certificai DESIGNS OF JAPAN Y RULERS OF CHINA MADE WA WITH TO FORESTALL THEM. n- Dowager Empress was Assassina e- ed-Japanese Claim it Was fc 1- Part in Old Rebellion. r New York, Nov. 18.-Followir the widespread reports that the la n dowager empress of China was pc .e soned special cable advices fro i- Shanghai state that it is rumort e here that the aged ruler was s-lai , by the anti-Manchu leaders. n Prince Ching opposed the succe gsion of Pu Yi, it is said, and ti .t regent shows reactionary tendencie The -Japanese correspondent I f the Chinese capital insist that tt late emperor was assassinated b 1 officials, who fared chastisement fo t their part in suppressing Kang Y r Wi's movement in 1888. t According to special Washingto - dispatches based on a statemer 3 from a very high official source, th i continuance of peace in China, unde s the regency, rests upon the life o Yaun Shi Kai. r "If," says this authority, "hi enemies, who are the leaders of reform movement, prevail agains him it will be a signal for a mome" tous upheaval." Diplomats in Washington debate with interest the acestion of th attitude of the United States an Japan toward'China, in view of :h developments of the last f r days The Shanghai End. Shanghai, Nov. 18.-It is rumoret here that the dowager empress wa poisoned by the anti-Henchu lead ers. Prince Ching opposed the -suc cession of Pu Yi. There is a financial panic in Pa kin. Fifty native banks have suspend ed. All military maneuveres ar postponed. The regent shows a dispositio1 to consult the reactionary, Chan: Chi Tung. Latest reports from Pekin say th palace gates are closed and guarded and Yuan Shi Kai taken refuge il the British legation. Whether Yual seeks protection from the new ruler or the violence of the reformers th< news lacks verification. A Japanese Plot. Manila, Nov. 18.-From a liig official Chinese source I learned to day that both the emperor and dow ager empress of China were murder ed in the hope that the presence o the American fleet in Orinetal water would save the Chinese empire from an aggressive movement by Japal - during the establishment of a nel regime. -The de'aths of the emperor ani .dowager empress had been expecte4 for many days, as both were knowl .to be in precarious health. For fea that they might survive until aft,. the American fleet had sailed away they were killed in order that th. crisis might be precipitated. Looks to America. In whatever disorders follow th establishment of the new regime China will look to the Americs: warships to protect her from Japa:' The story has occasioned intens excjtement aboard the fleet, and th bare possibility that the fleet may b sent to Chinese waters has arouse: the men to a great pitc~h of enthus asm. There is just enough fightin r spirit in the men to welcome th chance of doing something beside parade service and target practice - BROKE DISPENSARY LAW. SCol. Thompson, of Spa:rtanburg, Coi victed in Sessions Court. i Spartanburg, Nov. 19.-Col Aaro Thompson, a bachelor an'd wealth 1 citizen of this county, was convicte s in the court of general sessions ye! t terday on the charge of sellin e liquor. Sentence has not been in Sposedl as counsel for the defendar has given notice of an appeal. Co r Thompson lives at Inman, in the ui e per section of the county, where 13 -has an elegant country home, an f is famous for enrtertaining hi S friends. Several weeks ago he wt I suspected of being engaged in tt whiskey business, and special coi -stables made out a case against hi: on the evidence which they secure: t The case was to have heen invest 11 gated at Innman. hut was aransferrE t to Magistrate Golightly at Hol Springs. The hearing did not y 'lightly for the colonel was bour " over to court. The case was trie this morning and the jury returne -' a verdict of guilty in fifteen mi: - utes. HUG;E FER~TILIZER TRUST Forming to Give the Farmers Son Taft Prosperity. -New York. Nov. 19.--Represent rives of the leading inidependent fc tilizlie companies of this country al e abroad will hold a series of meetin s in this city during ithe next ft 1.day to perfect plans for the form a tion of a $50,000,000 stock compa: uinder the New Jersey law. a-; That the ptrojected corporation w ha he of an international character ad suiggested by the intimation ti e'. Herman Schmietnmann. of Germar ito ha its first president. It w ostated today that the capitalsto t will be dividedl evenly in perferr :5s anid common shares, and that bonds will be issued. The Tennessee Copper Compa h and the banking house of Lewiso Ilrotheri, of this city, are understo -es to be the prime movers int BRYAN LEADS In Late Election All Candidates in This State. r OFFICIAL RETURNS g Received by Secretary of State-Only a Few Counties Are Missing-The I a Bryan-Taft Vote as Compared d With Presidential Vote in 1901. n Some Other Figures. ;- South Carolina gave William Jen e nings Bryan at least 61,288 votes and William Taft 3,847. The Stay says the above figures give nearly u the entire vote of the State, although e the clerks who have tabulated the vote have not yet completed the ad ditional for the Independence and r Socialist party. u In 1904 Alton B. Parker received 52,563 votes and Theodore Roose u velt received 2,554 in South Caro lina. In 1904 D. C. Heyward, Democra * tic nominee for governor, received r 51,907. In 1908 Martin F. Ansel, f Democratic nominee for governor, re ceived 59,986. In 1906, with no s presidential election to bring out the a voters he received in general elec t tion 30,251. The figures given above - for 1908 do not include Hampton county, which is still missing. I The returns are also incomplet e as to the constitutional amendments. I which were voted favorably. With Beaufort, Georgetown, Hampton and Sumter missing, the amendment al lowing the town of Gaffney to in crease its municipal Indebtedness gave 21,000 for the amendment an'd 10,769 against the change. For the amendment to the consti tution changing the name of the office of "adjutant and inspector gen eral" to that of "adjutant general," 21,758 voted for the change and 10,266 voted against it. Votes for the State officers with Hampton county missing were as fol lows: Gov. M. F. Ansel, 59,986; Lieut. Gov. McLeod, 58,909; Attorney Gen eral J. Fraser Lyon, 59,597; Secre tary of State R. M. McCown, 59, 926; State Treasurer Jennings, 59, 661; Comptroller General Jones, 59, 623; State Superintendent of Ed ucation J. E. Swearingen, 59,559; Adjutant General J. C. Boyd, 59, 596; Railroad Commissioner B. L. Caughman, 59,703. These figures as compared with the totals given for solicitors in the 12 circuits and the presidential vote would shod that all of the State officers were scratched to a certain extent. The total vote cast for so lici'tor was 60,501. The congress ional vote, both Democratic and Re publican, fell far behind this, the total being .51,013, of. which the three Republicans received 1,087. The Congressionlal Vote. The vote for congressmen by dis tricts is: First district-Legare. 5,759; Prioleau, 601. Second district-Patterson, 8,440: Myers, 58. Third district-Alken, 10,724. Fourth district-Johnson, 10,806. Fifth district-Finley, 9,468. Sixth district-E11erbe, 9,035. 1Seventh district--Lever, 9,950; Richardson, 998. -The small votes given above in three of the districts are for Repub licans in the hope of securing the $2,000 contest fee. .For Solicitor. The viote for solicitors -resulted as follows: P. T. Hildebrand, 4,708; 3. F. Byrnes, 4,082; P. H. Stoll, 5,650; 3 M. Spears, 3,526; W. H. Cobb, 2,771.: 3. K. Henry, 5,202; T. S. Sease, 6, 929; R. A. Cooper, 6,409; J. H. Peurifoy, 3,619; p. A. Bonham, 7, 648; G. B. Timmerman, 4,885; W. H. Wells, 5,072. SThe order given above shows th2 respective circuits, ther e being no1 ~opposition to any of the nominees of the Democratic party for this po sition. tCOTTON GINNED. Bureau Shows 9,630,563 Bales IGinned up to Nov. 14. s Washington, Nov. 21.-The censns sburcan Iulletin issaeud this m->rning shows 9.63 0,563 bales, counting~ round bales as half bales, ginnedl from the growth of 19.18 to Nov 14, compared with 7.300.665 for ,907 1and 8,5 62,242 for 1906, and 7,501 - 180 for 1905. Trhe propoi tion of the last three crops ginned to November 14 is G6 per cent for 1907, 65.9 for 1906 and d71.5 for 1905. Distribution of running bales by ,States ginnec to November '4th, and active ginneies follows: Alabama.1,027,488 bales and 3, 401 ginneries. Arkansas, 667,248 bales and 2,u15 Ie inneries. Florida, 50,448 bales and 245 ginneries. a- Georgia. 1.566,865 bales and 4. r- 354 ginneries. id Kansas. Kentucky and New Mex pict, 1,155 bales and 5 ginneries. w Louisiana. 341,50)9 bales and 1, a- 605 ginneries. iy Mississippi. 1,090,356 bales an1I 3,367 ginneries. !i Missouri. 28,173 hale's and 69 is. ginneries. at North Carolina, 450.962 bales arid ~. 2,647 ginneries.. a Oklahiomv, :;Z1,233 hales and 95( ad South Carolina, 941,050) bales and ao 3,161 ginneries. Tennessee, 242,778 bales and 62) ry ginneries. a Texas, 2.874.541 bales and 4.06~ a ginneries. he Virginia. 6,662 bales and 90 gin THE SOLID SOUTH CHAS. FRANCIS ADAMS TELLS WHY IT EXISTS And Intimates That the Taking Away the Franchise From the Ne gro Only Can Dissolve It. Mr. Chas. Francis Adams, of Bos ton, Mass., recently made a remark able speech at Richmond, Va., from which we make the extract below. Mr. Adams said: "And now at last I come to the matter which brings me here-the political fact of a solid South, in volving as it does the Afro-American race problem. c "The raison d'etre of a solid South I is not far to seek. We all are cog- i: nizant of It. It is founded in the t hateful memory of what Is known as the reconstruction period; and in lurking apprehension of action in the shape of new force bills, o: a reduction of political power under t the possible operation of the Four teenth amendment to the constitu tion. The Republican party, it is believed, still feels a secret hanker- c ing for the negro vote. -T "And new I come to the delieate n ground. I, a New Englander, a Yan- 0 kee of the Yankees, an anti-slavery man from my birth, an ex-officer of the union army, -a lineal descendant o of a signer of the Declaration of b Independence, brought up in the n faith-I, being all this by tradition. experience and environment, am to 0 talk to you of a problem largely In e its present form the creation oi t those of whom I am one, and a s< problem which you have always with you. "In the North and in the commu nity to which I belong, a great fi ehange in opinion, and consequent W feeling, on this grave problem has 01 been steadily going on for many p years. I have watched the ehange Is -I have undergone it, and observ ed its process in myself. It is inter- t esting. To understand it we must go back about two generations, or, a say sixty years, into the scriptural, t and, so to speak, "Uncle Tom" pe riod. The African was then a broth- C er-descended from a ' common an tester-to-wit, Noah. t "Coming at once to the point as to speak, taking the bull by the horns-let me say that I fully con cur in the remark of some observ ing Englishman-John Morley,, i h think, now Lord Morley-made a U year or two ago as the result of what 9 he saw and heard during a stay in cl this country. He pronounced the 01 African race problem in America as C being as nearly isoluble as a human race could be. It is; and so far as 01 we in. the United States are con- 0 cerned, Its Insoluability rests in the s fact that it offers a negative-gives the lie direct-to fundamental prin iple of our social and political life ' nd material deve-lopment. The Is Amerloan.. system, as we all know. was founded on the assumed basis 0: f a common humanity. That is,n absence of abisolutely fundamental F racial characteristics was accepte3 a s an established -truth. Those oft ll races were welcome to our shores. s T'hey came, aliens; they and their ~ escendants would become citizens frst, natives afterwards. It was ae process .first of assimiliation, and 0 then of absorption. On this all de- 0 pended. There could be no perina- u nent divisional lines. The theory 0 was now plainly broken down. We are confronted by obvious fact,- asr undeniable as if as hard, that the d African will only partially assim- * iate, and that he eannot be ab sorbed. He remains a distinct ali-en 0 element in the body politic; an ele ment from smallness of quantity negligible In the South. What is to a be the outcome? What is to be U done? A foreign substance, it can neither be assimilated nor thrown 0 off. "This was only fifty years ago. 1 yet the discussion and contentions of d the day seem now strangely remote, e achiac even. There is no qu'es tion, however, that, absurd as it sounds to us, the reconstruction sys temn was rested on that as a hasis.t So Robert E. Lee was disfranchised, 0 while the ballot was conferred on the freemen he had himself liber ated. Further comment would be superfluous. I am glad to rememn er that I am separated from the Republican party on that Issue. "Meanwhile the subtle change of thought was going slowly on. The scientific was gradually, impercept-t ably superseding the scriptural; ther Ham and Japhet and brotherhood of man theory of descent was re-e ceding-was, :neleed, no longer C gravely advane i rwin's "Origin 1 of Species'' we - ; blished in 1S59, his "Descent Man'' in 1871, and f in the light a. his researches and I the influences .-essarily drawn from them, the AL -American race proh- I 1em assumed a new shape. -Hayti i and Jamaica also have served as ob ject lessons. The solution of the problem became in the eyes of some, and those a constantly and diflicut 1 proposition. After all, the promis-1 cus conferring of the ballot had not t solverl it, for from so doing, it had j only served to complete what be fore was at best terribly confused. As it now presents itself it is simply this-to devise some practical sys temn, other than one of slavl ry, whereby two races of widely dif ferent interests, attainments andJ ideals can live together in peace and harmony under a Republican form of government." Shot Down Officer. Bellefontaine, 0.. Nov. 16.-Rob bers blew open the postoffice safe, shot Marshal John Tripp, who sur prised them while at work, stole a horse and buggy and escaped froni a pursuing party. of business men, wh', MILL GO TO JAIL lather Than Pay Fine If Con victed of Contempt DECLARES GOMPERS either Would He Allow the Fedeum tion of Labor to Pay It for Him. Supreme Court Decision Makes Union Conspirades in Bestraint of Trade. Denver, Col., Nov. 16.-President tamuel Gompers, at today's session f the Convention of the Ainerlnak ederation of Labor, declared that he were found guilty and ined In hle contempt proceedings against im at Washington he would go to al before he would pay his inn or efore he would allow the Federa ion to pay the Ine for him. This statement was made during e discussion of the report of the )mmittee on the treasurer's report. he committee recommended that Im tediately following the adjournment r the Convention, the executive corn dittee shall take up the proposition e placing its funds where they may a removed from danger of attack Lent. Several suggestions were made; se being that the funds be deposit I in Canada and another the cer ficates of deposits be taken out- in >me other name than the treasurer. D. G. Ramsey, of the electrisal orkers, declared: "We had a chance to place our inds beyond tbereack of these who ould take them, but we let it pa a November 3. The enly way to *otect our money is to ,ehinge the Mr. Gomipers warned the dlegates Lat if a way were found to hide the Inds, the Courts would thereafter )point a receiver, not neesesarily secure in some way the hidden Inds, but to get the money being >ntributed. By request Mr. Gompers explained e status of the D.-bury hat case. "Our standing Is menaeed by the urts of law," he said. "The matter of the application of te Sherman anti-trust law to unions as reached Inal adjustment by the nited States Supreme Court. No atter how the Danbury ease is de ded that will not alter the status ie jot. The United States Supreme )urt has said tbe final word and Le law of this country is that labor -ganizations of this country are now . =nspiracies and combinations in re raint of trade. "Under the Sherman anti-trust w business canuct be eenducted, uch less honest straightforward bor organizations. With reference the caue against me in the District Columbia I want to say that I will ~ver consent that the Ameria ederation of Labor shall ever pay 10 cent of flue f-or me. I don't want go to jail, but I will not tamely ibmit to the Federation being ulcted for me." Mr. Gompers declared that t-he de sions of the Supreme Court had but 2e effect, namely, to tie' the men labor to their work, cripple the en of labor in their right to work ' their right not to work. "These decisions," he said, "will msult in fettering men today in or ar to enslave them for all tine to. )me. "I am not in touch with the Dem 2:ratic party; second, I am not a 'emocrat, and third, I am confident never will be a Democrat. I owe llegiance to no party. I ain a trades nionist. "When the Democratio party made ur contentions its own," said Mr. ompers, "it would not only .have een Ingratitude but cowardice to esert them. If Bryan had been lected with the hosts of organized thor back of him it would have iven spirit to human freedom." The report of the committee on de treasurer's report, with its rec minendations, was unanimously con urred in. ENTERS YOUNG LADES ROOM. he Fiendish Act of a Vegro as Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga., Nov. 18--At 2 o'clock his morning a negro entered the oom of two young ladies at the State :ormal School, and badly frieghten d them. It was in an upper story f what is known as Old Rock col ege. The young ladies were badly rightened as the negro at one time Lad each of them by the throat and .ttempted to choke them. It is b's leved the negro's purpose was crim nal assault. One of the young la ties is prostrated from the nervous hock. This morning Sheppard Harris, vho has been panitor for ten. years, was arrested at his home in Morris own. He was lodged in the county ail until he can be -identified. DISPLAYED EGRET'S PLUM)E. spartanburg Milliner Fined for Vio lating State Game Law. Spartanburg, Nov. 1 9.-J. Mc ioodlett, proprietor of a fashionable East End millinery store, against whom a case was made on the charge of displaying in his shoW window a hat trimmed with a plume from the snowy egret, which is a non-game bird, in violation of thie laws of the State, appeared before~ Magistrate Coan this morning and pleaded ga'ilty. A fine of two dol lars was imposed, which Mr. Mc Gonnl1tt paid.