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BEGAN ALL OVER Camf 4f (Cit $3ttW 3%dawd i0 SERVED WITH HAMTON Rabroad Service of the Southern Raunma's Famous First Vice Pres k3ent Interrupted by the War. 4 Daring Which He Readeted Can spicuous wMtary Service to the Seated in an arm-chair at the Metropolitan Club In Columbli Wed nesday night' wa CoL A. EL An drews. trst vle president of the e Southern railwar system Mr. Sam L H. ardwick and I had-alttle argu ment about CoL Andrew' frst rai road experience and we went over to COL Andrews to have. him .ettle the sse The. paint wasdecided In la r or of the newspaper man and, by way of explanation. Co. Andrew took from his trous er pocket two wel rubbed and shin ng Mexican sifver dolars. There were two of them and they had rabbed againist ea tk fo a on time, for there werepeh no com manonpieeuT itwo-Xexlcan eo~ar-imen+-'the w're pos assi!58801 t001 ldreeWShen h lerr the: Confedesate army at the close ~o the strase.neacept two mules. Teu1esandtvo npentM an Drthe loncs 16:bsn di Cot. an begln ins relnnad eriicee? 'I a be tic. Me 4..imzgara oicon s t l i a a - ~ zz~mto cerce *n to sed attbut the ad un ta r siperi tae ~ aUOn -7- . ; en t - :,3 - Mi ta A, ai t r . a s. went -ut at~~ 4~perhin ing lineste foto dre nw'at wnowas, tbefrat vc prsien o the at e nt - une sinet t or the maeh f -uhr vanway a treyt eadt grs etenlo kp b in thve back Z osWentbr. Soeeer as - E;iadshesowed therae been ii ofbt etoim itoa y oter y Tkn hSim aSman of and abD-I wete:atb eerIngwy. or.s Arw ws everlytoundedkr ae w Severa beas~ a ntoh uhsefan told im~a hsr "bt-s woldn sand afull 2esrek." ut. A 4it , la eve now mel to ree vim e lfo doingl t oto muck th' ourse hewa as intrest se nde pe nn''er.~ter*l eitigain. the back wasm4 WheandC. . M. SAbncey who hadledse the sao bye whcht the othr raD5tiwa towakd ah proere "out of them ae mand eaundrtokto develop teandteeb.hSae AthttC. Andrews wtver une Ithe watr. Sytead saaw wha te a abesd.ian d habnanm hais ~ofed woith o hstrohed that rssuthre - Cu int hadve now the ee th ee hanim the crse Indsa IntrethatInat|e w'he a August. Kohnb *y w b --n~e th rnatinb h t Souhie rw ele tok the roetioe erop of ths er' a uneroe. yt theeo thnem'sn reothessubd TherSae. Ashws tie lt Aindreg wen toDer tembenr syste and yea whaeet a ahead, ndme Ios abgatlised t th hiis plahced a S0.1u.t8 Cao aginsthad.not.t8e saee tme an of te ar. The sta future h t went off othed Augut f h streport. * Preidn Tfts mesaporeahe Whndaie webliv th at theouht t shows the areswt theun upew e- v thattie Ispa...10l~.$ FHT BOLL WEVUI HE SOUTIIERN RAILWAY WVI.U HELP DOWN THE PEST. hich in a Few Years Wll inva& This Section of the Southern Cot ton Belt. The cotton boll weevil is steadil arching in this direction, and u few yexrs at best the pest w .1 be In to Invade our cotton Seldi Thi rperlence of th % farmers V2 Teas here the weevildas been for somi ears, demonstrates the fact aat b he adoptlon of proper methods prac ically as larze yields of cotton ca e obtained as before the appea. nee of the weeviL We therefore announce with pleas to that practical steps are being tak n by the Southern Railway an thers to co-operate with officials o be United States agricultural -de artment and the state cmynmnn aa r of agriculture in advising thoU armers living within the territor bat may eventually be reached b he boll weevil as to the best met ds of growing cotton in spite , be presence of this pat. Thse railroad companies are ad ag wIth the view of adopting th most Improved methods In advanc Ct the appearance of the weevi rhich will have the effect, it is be Ivet. of maintaning - the norma troduction of cotton. and the fa TS of thas and ~other sectif9 tha rn soon -be Invaded by the bol reeviL. should make use of the li Ial. offer of ihe Southern and ott r railroads to help them. Aght th otton's worst-enemy. Practical.f3rmers, who have ha Mperlence In dealing with the we PIt wi devote their entire time t -ting any farmers along-the lint Ifthese raiqroads in localities'waC may eventually be reached by, th reevind giving them practical ai rIeo asi hew best to grow cotton un ler lio eevil conditions. 1Elanters and others in these 1 -aiies who are desirous of availi --male of the practical advc rad ansIstance of these men emploi d by the railroads are invIted I1 orrespond with T. 0 Plunkettsgei *rafi ent of the cotton culturb d t Southern aawayaEn aoogIeus. Tere e~ ost wha nwe connected' ith, Ttamdlanlze- the faaru-it -hetwork thetis bg eIon t alroadihav.(appealed to thetban at the southIn assistna them . Hsrribnte thelr samphlets. -Thelfoi owing etter has been isent to th aanker& in this and othernStaes th: mave not aet beetinvaded by ti -Gat'me--esicloe a copy of r ettIraddressed. "to th as iofthbe south- a iiunci em Aiw-afan.eatoa r:'Ralroad and thb~folie &Z Oh] bkd nd incorporfiag the@u feeS.fA. Kn pof thi UfIte nsagzlculnal department sal heaibest methodgorowing cottoa .W:hilii~~eandvtl~in~tended pr uyInary -i eittontu der bei nltlon~a-them et1dsof so repsaaiun-and cuttiistinre ths ha/20cmmededhiy Dr". Knap or Inciahligthedield of cotton pi tre.iiihether the weevil Is presentc ioLt.b~y asre,thiefore metho rhich I'believe may~ Advantageousl ~e adopted. by cotton growei hroajhout the~ south. ihave had-a large suppl of.thez -relar ltters printed for distribE :ion to farmers along our lines. hall be4gIneto have yqur co-oper Ion. in this distributlon. ard If ye rould lkafto have.afsupli of ti -rculars t ndout'ltolarmers wI nay visIt your bank or with whoa ro mayothetwise be -in touch, hall belad to have ashnany coph s yon may desire sent to you. Your iu37 * W. W. lnlar, PresMent OAT RDEE EOUSN PROBTIZ 3an Omay Be Sneemnfufly Solved I the Zacal Merchant. After -all the probfem of how nedeminy meet thema.rd ouses rests inainly. with local mei .hse~ Of course In almost ever alace there are some people who Wi >y of. mall order houses jcst b' ans they have a ase far buin at -of town, but the great majorit ft people are reasonable and fairs refer to-deal-with home merchanta But they need to . save brougi ome to them in clear. unmistakabi arm the advantages which bomn rading gives them. As- a rule thi s not done as it snould t~e. Ta nail order firms send to almost et try home their- big Illustrated cata ogues two or three times a year. an hose catalogues are got up In allut ng manner and are full of Illusor barins. The way for the home merchant a meet that is by keeping hones ;oods upon their shelves and thea ell the public about them in gener >us, attractive advertising thai atches the eye. As a rule they d' he first all right, but their goode towever excellent, will remain a heir shelves unsold unless customer re secured. ESTMAT2ES 11,126,000 RaTLR. rational Ginners' Asodation MIak2 Crop Etiate. The annual report 'if the Nations Inner's Association, issued at Memn his. Ten,., Tuesday. shows 10.020. 00 bales of cotton ginned to Decemn er 1st. The total crop estimated b. e Association Is 11.126.000 bales he report by State~s follows: Bales Crop State. ginned, estimate labama . . .1.050.000 1.176.001 rkansas . . . 610.000 694.00' lorida. . . . 53.000 60.001 eorgia . . . .1.612.000 1,757.004 onislana . . . 210.000 232.004 [Issisippi . . 948.000 1.134.004 .Carolina . . 608.00~0 6S4.004 kahoma. . . 827.000 906.00s ,Carolina . .1.031.000 1.166.004 enuessee. . . 242.000 283.004 exas.. ....2770,000 2.974,004 arsiass. . . . 53.000 60,004 Total -~ sammaann 11O Uteos YOUNG CORN RAISERS CAPTURE 4ULT AWARDS AS WML AS Bos' PRMS County mEhiblt Show Unch Cae. Aikem, Basinwen and Carendon Leading in This Respect Mr. L. L. Baker of BlshopVIle, T who has had charge of the promotion of the boys'- exhibition department of the South Atlantic States uorn Ex position, has rason to be proud of the sho-ring made in his department. Approximately 400 tx3::. from 30 dif ferent counties, sent n exhibits. Th3 best county eahibits came from Alk en. Barawell and Clarendon. Several of the boy contestants not only took prizes In their own claim * but captured premiums and r; bons In the adult competitions The boy' 01 pries and the winms theredf arn as follows CI A. te 'Best individual exhibit, limited to one bushel (80 ears) and variety: G F First premium. one pony. Yancey a F Mah. Lee county. $125:>secono o, premium. Jerry Moore, Florence e county. $40; third premium, one rol- h ler top desk. H. C. Brearly. Lee coun- h , $25. tl Clm B. - giest ten-ear exhibit: 9 White prolife variety: Flrst -pr- c mium., one -ton ferztilizer. Jerry -oore. Florence county. $30; second 1 premtm, one Molen 16-shot ruie, n Frank Moore. . Forence county. tl $9.50; third premium, one Diverse Is cultivator. Greenville county. $6&50. t] White single-ear. variety: First t premium.one ton fertllser, -Eldridge b i3lon. Lee county. $30: second pre- *J mium, one pair tailor-made pants. V Tohn. %mith, Clarendon county; $10; t third premium, one English riding b bridle. G. B. Gunthrop,iOconee coun ty, 36.50. - r Tellow variety (singlePorprolife): First premium. one ton fertiliZer, X. t Davis Lever, Richiand county. $30; I second premium, one suit clothes... a g Lowman. sLexington county. $8.50; third premium. one Canooga S 'ough,. F. X Monts, Bihland coan 0 ty, $5.50. Cas C. One-ear exhibit: White onriety (singleo prolitc): First -premium,,one silver cup. Henry % H. Plowden. Clarendon county. $107 r 3econd premm one steelbeam, OH Sver ;aied- plough; Paul' greenvie. ' a$57 third -premium, one Btetsonibat; P H. Wils. Florence eounty$3.50. ellow variety (single oproe!He): First premium. ash, XILowman. R I xington county. $10:second prem umo.roke, Ix e.ih -and county, $5. . To the county superintendent or Seducation from the ..countyma-klny the' best~ exhibit of' Boys' Corn elub work: First primium. one. silver encp, Clarendon 'county, $T75 second Spremnum. one- Royal Standird type- i dwriter, A1ken -county,- $65:-third o remlum. one, hum idor, Barnwell f ounty, SI2. I rio the county maklny the best ex ibit of the Boys'.Corn club work: - irst premium, one agrl ln i - 'brary. Ciarendens ony5scn 5 remium, -one agricultural 'lhrary, f Ien county third prendam, one s gricultural lib rary,'rwi!?on Te 'Ihe teacher whose school makes the tiest'exlibit of the bfs' Corn lub work: Premium. cash, . J. SDargan, $25. STo the school making ihe best er;/ ibit of the Boys' Corn club work' 'Premium, one agrie'tural library. en. Sumtsr MemoriaL icademy. lumter ouft. igY HOUgg BErt~ TH~ ROAD. Haner's Idea1-.dHe was a friend to man. and lived in a house by the side of thearoad. C LT1here are hermit a~als that live vi, hdran - t In the-place of their selfih con tent;t There are souls like stars, that dwell apart 0in a feliowles firmament; There are pioneer souls that blaze "their paths SWhere highways never ran: - LiBut let me live by the side of the road, : And be afriend to man. "Le'~t melivein my house bythe side of the road, - Where the race of men go by; The men that are good and the menT m tataread NAs good andabadiasLI I wouhl not sit In the scorner's seat.~ -Or hurl the cynic's ban: Let me live In a house by t'ie side of Ithe road, SAnd be afriend to man. 'I see from my house by the side orf - the road. By the slae of the highway of life. ~ The men who press with the ardor ~ of hope. The men who faInt with the strife. But I turn net away from their - smiles or their tears., SBoth parts of an infinite plan: Lt mue live In my house by the side of the road. 'And be a friend to man. -C 0 I know there are brook-gladdened ' meadows ahead.. Ard mountains of wearisome E eheight,. And the road pases through theS long afternoon. -And stretches away to the night. T But still I rejoice when the travelers U rejoice. And weep with the strangers that moan. Nor live In my house by the side of the road. -Like a man who dw'ells alone. V A "Let me live in my house by the side I of0 the road. Whe:-e the race of men go by: They are good; they are bad; they a iare weak: they are strong; Wise. foolish, and so am L. Then why should I sit In the scorn. t. er's seat. ~Or hurl the cynic's ban? Let me lIVe in my house by thsd of the road.P GREAT NATION - C er Oa Haded ud OatI i Under de :as ad0 $!r'es. WHAT EACH STATE HAS iere Are Nearly Ninety-Two Mil'n People in the United States Proar'r tj and Over Ten Million People In t' C Philippines, Porto Rico and OtIer Islands. In the United States and all Its a issessions the Stars and Stripes pro- c ct 101,100.000 souls. This enor ous number is the official estimate ' the United Gtates bureau of cen- . a. announced today in connection I th the population statistics of the A >untry as enumuerated In the .thir- E enth decennial cesus. (it Inclules the Philippines. Samoa. I lam. Hawa!, Alaska and the Pan- E na Canal Zone. Within its borders C the North American continent. ( clusive of Alaska. the Nailted States C ts a population of 91,972,266 In- C bitants. During the last ten years C ie States of the Union had an ag- C ,egate increase in population of 15. 7,691. which amounts to 21 per I mt over the 1900 figures. Since the first census was taken in -90. the country has grown twenty re times as large. the population jen having been 3.929,214 slightly a-ger than the present population of ie State of Texas. The zrowth of ie country was greater than has sen expected by the expert statis clans who have closely watched ie progress of the country's popula on. Census Director Durand says: -The States showing the lowest tes of increase, falling below 10 er cent, are five in the great Cen al section of the country, namely. awa. Missouri. Kentucky. Indiana d Tennessee; the three Northzrr ew Tngland States and Maryland d Delaware. "The States showing the next high r Increase between 10 and 20 pe ent lie adJacent to those showing be lowest rate and include, in the ddle West. Ohio. Michigan. Wis onsin, IllinoiS, Minnesota, Nebraska d Kansas. and on the other hand , great belt of Southern States. amely. Virginia, North Carolina. orth Carolina, Georgia. Alabama nd Mississippi. "States which show an Increase rom 20 to 30 per cent are. fer the ost, the great manufacturin; tate, including Massachusetts. thode Island. Connecticut, New ork. Pennsyivala and West Virginia. he oly otser States icreasing be ween 20 and 30 per cent are Ar :ansas and Texas. "The States which show an in rease exceeding 30 per cent are. ri the exception or New Jersey and 'orida, all located in the West and ake up a solidi belt comprising ulily one-third of the area of the nited States. South Dakota, Colo ado and Utah had rates at increase etween 30 and 50 per cent. while orth'Dakota. Wyominr, Oregon. !alforna, New Mexico and Arizona cresed between 50 and 100 per ent. and Oklahoma. Idaho and ashington more than 100 per cent. "The greatest chage in rate ol rowth is found in the three Pacific oast tates, and Nevada and New exico, all of which grew far faster uring the ast ten years than during he preceding period. "The population of the Middle At mne States is 19.315,892 and the oth Atlantic States 12.194.395. he percentage of increases of the outh Atlantic States is 16.84. "The fact that the rate of in reases for the country as a whole ras greater from 1900 to 1910 than. urng the precedini decade was due tirely to the added rate of growth the Midile Atlantic. 3fountain and 'acific divisions.. In all six of the ther divisions the increase during b last decade wasi less than during be previous one." . The following is the population by be States: aama.... .......2,138.093 izona.. -... ...205 ~rkansas.. .. ....... .7: alifornia. ... . . . .... .. 'olorado.. .. ....... 904 onnecticut.. . . . .... .5 helaware.. .. . . . ..... 02 dstrict of Columbia . 3.6 loria. .. .. .. . . ....19 Morgia.. .... .. ..... .0. aho.. .... ...... 32.9 linois.. .... ...... 63.9 ~diana.. .. .. .. ..... .0 wa.. .. .. ....... .. ansas.. .. .. ..... 1994 :estcky.. .. ...... 2890 cuisana.. .. ..... 16048 alne.. .... ...... 74.7 aryland.. .. ... ... 29.4 a.s-tchusetts. .. .. .. 33646 Echigan. .. .. . . .... 801 [innesta. . . . . . ..... 0 ississippi. . . .. .. .... .9 issouri.. .. .. .. ... 3.33 ~ontana.. .. .... .. 3703 ebraska.. .. ....... .9. cv amphir........41,574:4 'ewJerey......... 2.37.169 ew exco.........799.04 cvYok.......... 90.3.22 ort Croin....... 23.2069 ............. 4,69.121 kiaoma..........325.5 7egn............. 67.76 bode slan.... .... 52.22,71 ~ut Croina....... 1.0.49 ennsse.......... 2.1S9.905 ~xas............1,606.4S tah............ 37.371 ~rmnt...........33.2956 lrgia....... . ..3306.16 i ~aslnto........ .. 1.14793 I est~'r~nia....... 1..114 iSCflif........ . . . 2 .3356 ycmng...........376.053 eada.... ..........1.95 ert Yo.... ........11.2 S.aNorth Carolina ...... 2.n206.7 oth. Dakaa ~nota. ir . i57.05 i.si 1 nasOklahoma........ .67.15 :n.Arsa.Suth Carolna. .......15 .0 !.~n. etVrginia.... ... .. brasa.61 'a hn tn. . . . . 1.4 .9 I 'e t liBii .. .. .. .. 12 11 STATE POPULATION &NSLS B'REAU GIVES IGRtAN TOTAL OF 1.313,400. atistics by Counties Show Char' av, ton, SpartanbuMrg. Anderson Aw.d Greenville Leding. According to the official con a of to returns of the thirteenth c asus. 1e population of the State of Soutj arolina is 1,515 4oU. as c' pe ith 1.340.316 In -900. ;- 1,15 49 in 1890. The Increa$ & from 964 to 1910. therefore, is 175.084. r 13.1 per cent. as compa red wiLb n increase for the prece' ating de ade of 189.167, or 16.4 p er cent. Population by Conn Aem. County. 1910. 1900. ,bbeville .......4804 33.400 Liken.. .. 41.840 39.032 anderson. . . .69,5 68 55.72S amberg.. .. .....18.544 17.236 larnwell... .....34.,209 35.504 leaufcrt.. .....30.355 35.494 terkeley ........23.487 30.454 Wahoun.. ....-.16,634 ,arleston.. .. ..38.594 88.006 ,herokee. . .....6.179 21.359 'hester. . ......29.425 28.616 'hesterfleld .. ..26.301 20.401 31arennu.......32.188 28.184 .olletoa... .. '..35.390 33.452 )arlIngton.. ...36.027 32.38S llon.. .. .. i..22.615 )orchester.. . .17.891 16.294 dgefleld.. .... ..28.281 25.478 alr eld.. .. ... 29.442 29.42Z Florence .. ...... .35.671 28.4 74 ;eorgetown.. ...22.270 22.846 xreenville ... .. .68,377 53.490 ;reenwood. ... 34.225 28.343 gampton..... ..25.126 23.738 iorry.. .. ....26.995 23.364 Kershaw.. .. ....27.094 24.696 L.ancaster .. .. ..26.650 24.311 Laurens.. .....41.550 ' - 37.382 Lee.. .. .. .. ..25.318 . Lexington.. .. .32.040 27.264 Earion .. .. .. .20.596 35.181 Wariboro.. .. .31.189 27,6 %ewberry.. .....34.586 :30.182 Dconee.. ..... ..27.337 23.634 Drangeburg .:. ..55.893 69.663 Pickens.. .. ..2.5.143 19.37* Rchland .. .-...55.143 45,5832 Salda...: ... ...,20.943 - 8.966 partanburg ... .83.365 65.560 3umter.. ..-...38.47M 51.237 Union.. .. ...29,.911 25.501. WIlliamsburg.. . .37.626 31.68o fork.. .. .. .. .47.718 41.6&4 Former Cesm Reports. Following Is the populatio. of outh Carolia as shown by the Fed eral census taken ,t each decade from the beginning of the Gvern cmet of the United States: 1790.. .....249,073 1800.. .....345.591 '8.7 1810.. .....415.115 4.1 1820...... 502.741 2L1 1830.. .....581.185 25.6 1840.. .... 594.398 2.2 1850...... 468.507 :22.4 1860.. ......'703,708 : 5.2 1870. .... 705.706 0.2 1880.. .. ....95.577 : 4. 1890.. .....1.151.149 . 14. 1900.. .....1340.316 13.6 1910.. .. ...'.515.400 '13. Legislatire Apportlonnest The following statement. carefully prepared by SeMo Lide Of Orange burg County. shows the loses and milns in members of the Legislature by some of the counties in the State under the apportionment of repre sentatives In time State 1.egislature under the new census: Present. New. Abbeville.. -.... ..3 3 Aiken.. .........4 3 Anderson.. .. ... ...5 6 Bamberg.. .. .: . .2 2 Barnwell.. ...... ....3 -3 Beaufort.. ...... .....3 2 Berkeley.. ...... ....3S 2 Calhoun.. .... ......1 1 Charleston.. .. .....8 7 Cherokee .......- . 2 Chester.. .. ...... .. ..3 2 Chesterfiell. .........2 2 , Clarendon.. .. ......3S 2 Colleton.. .. .....-..3 3 Darlington .........3 3 Dillon.. ..........1 2 Dorchester.. .........1 1 Edgefield.. ......'.. ..2 2 Fairfield.. .........3 2 Florence.. ........3 3 Georgetown.. .. .....2 2 Greenville.. .. ......5 6 Greenwcod .........3 3 Hampton.. .. .......2 2 Horry.. ..........2 2 Kershaw.. .........2 2 Lancaster .. ........2 2 Laurehns.. -.......3 3 Lee.. .... .........2 21 Lexington.. .. .......3 3 Marion.. .. .. .. .... Marlboro .. .........3 2 Newberry.. .. .......3 ', Oconee.. .... .......2 2 Orangeburg.. .......4 5 Pickens .. -.. ...2 2 U.chland.. .... .....4 5 Saluda.. .. .. .......2 Spartanburg .. .......6 7 Sumter.... ........3 3 U~nion .... .........2 2 Williamsburg.. .. .....3 3 York.. ...... .....4 4 By the above the counties of Aik hfn. Beaufort, Berkeley. Charleston. hester an$ Fairfield each lose a -epresentative, while the counties of nderson. Dilloxi. Greenville. Orange >urg. Richland and Spartanburg each ;ain one. How foollah i: is to worry oursel Es and others with what cannot be! emedied. or to make onrselves mnis-f -rable because we cannot always! 'ave what we want.I :.ora-. Florida. Maine. Oregton, eoth Dakota. North Dakota. Rho-le s..nd. ~.'ew Hampshire. Montana. :"6. Ve--mont. District of Columrbia. :-Mexico. Idaho. Arizona, Dt.!a v.1e lHwaii. Wyoming. \'evada an-. inlska. Corrected neures issued by the ensus office today -Ire the State of ew York population as 9.ll3.6i4.I nerese l.844.720. or ':5.4 per cent: 'orida 752.619. increase 224.077. or i.4 per cent, and \Maryland 1.295.-, .l. increasre 107.302. or 9 per cent.; Unquestionably it will be necessary a alter the basis of representation: Gongress. At the present ratio of: '.f000 people to each member of1 he H~ouse of Representatives, the: Iiouse would contain about 474 mmer as agais: 't2 at present. It; St he general belief that this num- I er would be unwieldly. Even at: de rate of 220,000 as a basis the 'bic assembly wou: contain 41S! --aar s enxna e.7 sjc VERY SMALL CROP I WILL NOT GO M-ClI OVER TEN AND A IILF MILLION. The Southern 1111s Had Better Wake 'p to- a Realization of the True Situation. , There is no doubt but that the cotton crop of the present year is - short one. Even shorter than was thought a few weeks ago. In a let ter to the Augusta Chronicle Mr. T. E. Massenzale. of Norwood. Ga.. gtves good reasons to bear out the above statement. Here is wh it he says: Convince a man against his will, HP is of the same opinion still." Some time back I wrote an article *or your paper on the cotton crop. staUing that the spinnable crop, or ciop from Irst ginning would nct be over the amount stated above. And .0w even with linters and city crop .t will not reach more than 11.004 - '.00 bales. City crop should nevar be counted. Neither sbould linters. I he city crop is .othing but samples having been pahed from bales %I leady weighed aad which are sold and in wareheuses-in transit or in the hands of spinners. And the weights of these bales will show in the average weight of bales by Mr. Hester. And to count them again !n which They agali appear Is a prop osition that seems 11shy. Linters ae fit for mothing that cotton is or can be usesd for, and should not be countsd. But. the bears are hard to con vince.. They had set their hearts and banCis on robbing the Southern ,lanter by announcing a bumper crop from the opening of the sea soma. And there has not been a cetny since September 1st, that wouid have warranted a large yield. The hears, however, are beginning to Lome down from 13 1-2 millions to 12 1-2 and 11 1-2 million-quite a fall. The last census bureau report :.hows bales cotton gined 8.764.153. Now last year the same date cotton! inned 8.112,199, or 80 per cent on the crop that year: which was 10. 072.731 bales. If the same ratio r.ppertains again this season, of 80 ;er cent ginned, we have a crop of .0.517.063 bale, first ginning of :otton, and I can see no reason why *hese figures should not prevall. as 'very sensible person knows that a more propitious fall for gathering was never known, and the ginning facilities never better, and the prise at4tractive. But suppose we go back to the znning of 1908. When 9.595.803 was ginned, leaving 27 per cent to bc ginned (and this was a 'ad fall ior gathering.) The crop that year was 13.086.005. So if we take thi.s year's ginning for this crop yet to be ginned at 27 per cent we only *et a crop of 11.104.0C0 bales o .otton .bat I say that is preposter 'pus. So I still insist that I am emi nantly correct, not only my premises. lent in my co cusions. If I ha' one million dodlars today 1 would zrvest In spot cotton so quick. " twould make your head .swim.** Th. lowest estimate of the Augus La cotton exchanie this season was 10.650.000, IdentIcal with my fig ntres. Two short crops coming on the heel" "f the other means 20 cents cotton Ly Mfarch 1st. and that 'till be cheap. The total consumnp t:on of all kinds cotton'during toe i2 months ending August 31st was. 17.030.51 1 bales, over 211,200.000 1 ',ales of American was spun, and 'w ti.at spun in 1909 over 12.000.002) ci American. Where will the cotton ecme from to supply the demand' As there are 135.000.000 spindles row humming sweet music to ean of the world, where, oh! where. Ic -he cctton coming from to keep the music going? The Southern mills had b- tter1 :ake up to a realization of the fact 'est there it no more cotton in the telds to pick. They are as bare as they will be March 1st. Ginnin; all ov'er our country-having had gin c'ing days sInce November 1st. andi the cotton being gathered up by the Ei.uropean spinners, the smartest -'ill men on earth. They c'ti grea - meetings (always in our cotton< aountry) and pass resolutions that they will shut down before they wi?.' 'ay the price, and while the English -pinner Is holiering "sick him. Tige.' .ind our mill boys drawing their 'nh'es to assassinate the farmer and 'actor, the European spinner Is uletly huying through his atents the cream of the ootton-learing t eur mill men to run around and get :he tall end of the crop, and pay like ' diades for that. This reminds me ' cf the story of the outlaws that called a meeting for prayer, and r while the devout ones were down in the temple on their knees praying for th'e brethren, the outlaws hid zobbed them of their earthly pos -essions and ran away. Now Bulls, give tht Bears vts. Tom '1 i'arret' can Cell you how to do it. Yours truly., T. G. Massengale. Norwood. Ga., Dec. 1. 1910. Robbery at Denmark. The store of Mr. S. S. Ray. a: 'Genmark. was entered by burglary and robbed one night this week. Tue' --ntrance was made by breaking a ,late glass window and from gener si appearance there were more thn:- ~ vi concerned in the robbery. Mr. Ray's store is one of the most prom mnettly located business places in 'own and citizens are astonished at 'he boldness of the thieves. Denmari. 5 mtploys only one officer. but the citi ce will ask council to put or night man. This has been an' epoch-makcin: veek !n the Southland. The Corn : Exposition held in Columbia was an 'vent of great importance. It means he independence of the South in the ' flatter of her bread and meat. She' "ill no longer baye her corn erb mad her amokce house in the West, ibch means ipety and prosper:ty-' 'rithln her borders greater than ever :nown before in bor history. A woman recently whipped a mau n the main street of Mo~bile. Ala.. rith a horsewhip beca use. as she ex~ lained to the police, the man had old! her a lie. I! It becomes gen ral for women toehorsewhip men or telling them !!es, the demand for ,orsewhips is going to be grCely In maaa a PITIABLE STORY rae Mefder of Langford Was Doe o r Eaefdiay Ca . PATHOS WITH TRAGEDY .onditions Surrounding the Harris Girl is Most Heartrending and the Coroner's Jury Verdict Has the Approval of All Familiar With the Evidence Adduced at Hearing. A correspondent of The State,. writing from Brunson, says distaste ful as 13 the task it is best that the story of the killing of J. R. Langford be told and necessarily in the telling Df it there must be related the too tragic story of Mary Harris, the vo-ng white girl who is in the pen! t Columbia. an eye-witness of the killing snd the occasion ot It. There Is ro charle against her. It is possible there . may be one brought-for by her own admission she was ceso.-y after the fact to the murder of Mr. Langford. After hearing of the life and en r!ronment cf this poor child, one can bL.t rcc3l what was traced in the Irst by the fingers of Him who cme i.o save sinners: "He that is with nut sin among ye. let him cast the first stcne." With hardly an exception the pe rie cf this plate and. indeed. all who have beard the details of the c-se. think the coroner's jury which Ixed the killing of Mr. Laniford upon Richard Williams. the negro now In the penitentiary. were right in their f'nding. Two other negroes have been arrested and released under bond to appear as witnesses when the trial is held. They are Ed Rouse and Jake Brown. The evidence adduced at the In quest In brief is: ,On Tuesday morn ing Mr. Lanford. who ran'a hotel at Erunson and also operated a sawmill. left his home in a buggy, about 8 e'clock. He drove by the telegraph nffiee and sent a message which was filed at S:10. This fixes the time cssentially. From there he drove to ward his sawmill at Bopeep. but stopped a short way from the cot porate limits and the house of Bob Harris. where he talked to Mary Har ris. who was cutting wood in the "ard. He drove og a short distance, trrned.ont of the road, tied his home and !ot out of the buggy. The girl having made a fire, crossed the field and Mr. Mr. Langford In the woods. On her way she saw a buggy coming up the road and recognized the co -nets rs Ed. Rouse and Richard Williams. neroes, *both of whom she rrew. She did not know she was followed by Williams. and did not see him again until he was tadln over Mr. Langford with a stick or elub unreised. The blow fell and Gangford's head dronped. Hezgroaued bu tdid not speak, though she -called to him. The negro upbraided her with botur unfaithfuL .She was 'right9eed ard ran h'me. The ne s'o did not follow. She wanted to "el of the crime but was afraid. The g!rl talked freely when, she ild telL. Her story was straightfor wrard au-l despite traps that were Isid ser evidence was never sha'aen in the e'st. The story of the search forMr !anefo-.d 'nd the finding of his body vi a b-gly road In the woods has Meen told. .*rsei-ion fell en Wiliams before '.ary Harris told of the pare she had 'laved in the tragedy. While the. te'rch v's being made for Mr. Lang 'ord. WIiipnms volunteered, the in %-mation that he had seen him on lbe new Fairfax road at an hot~r1 r'he'. it was shown by the evidence >f the oher nevro, corroborating .bat of Mary Harris. that he could th've been in sieht of the road. le did cross the road later in thej Ei. Rouse tesified that he was 'rIvin: to Brnnson and overtook !ae". tal~'rt him in his bugsy 'i?h him. When they got. within Ieh:. of the Harris home, Willams. rho is a torentine scraper, rot out, aying he hn'd left some of his tools n the weo 's and had to ret them. entse d~d not se'e Mr. Langford's 'ore an'd buggr nor did he see the Ia. It is supposed that Williams ,a' both. He described accurately 1r. Lanirford's dress. On this evidence the negro was b'rwed by the coroner's jury with he crime. There is pathos immeasurable in he story of Mary Harris and thouth2 he mind revolts from degradation :;eh as she has crufessed to yet it] .rst be said tnat she is not all bad nd is the result of an environment hieh is deplorable, and a poverty of1 e direst. r~e shon:id "impute the fault e a soul i' the fnd. so starved by icnor-~nce. tinted of warmth, it will not blow this year or recoznize the orb which spring nowers know." Dwelling In a house so open that, it was described by a resi-ent ere, the birds can dly through it. ary Harris, he-sel' only iS or 20 'rs old row, the eldest of a family forur girls, has had to work like a erro and with negroes. Her moth died t-.-o years ago. and her fath ,a simn;,e half-witted unfortunate. uve elo'uent testimony that there a great deal of gcod in the girl. D)on't keep Mary long." said the >or m~an the night she was taken omn home. "She has been daady :d m'ammny both to these egirls. vern'sen .vears I ha' worked for cey Tuten far wages and I are worn .Mary's a good daughter." That iis trrec there is abundant testi on'v in Pr::rnsan. iM -Hrris is described not as 1M-wit:ed but as less than that. His fe is said to have been not much ove her husband in intelligence. ic chii Iren are intelligent, even ihr. They are small. In Brunson !: is s-ali that Macy -1 -'ris. :n all probability. gar - her- r if rm'. , c crty and no'. 'r .:.'4 y~rdr.ess. She had sms se::"o A ft .can read and write and :e, ars b.ack the c'h:Idren came L> S.:: y se':ool in Brunran. Mary has rkcd hard for Mr. Tuten. wLc Royal is the only baking powder made^ from Royal Girape Cream of Tarta ROYAL Baking, Powder Leavening Efficiency ...I Makes Hot Urea lunits. *ince she has grown to o large enoun sbe has labored a the rctton fields with the negroes, been h~dced from one field to another with the minl the same wagon, and fCor some years netroes have been at r~ost her only asociates. Ja35a 'crowns wife has been gocd t' bai. she said pathetically when asked why~ -,he went to the negro's honsee. With: the care of her young sisters tored Itzpon her without the association ofa sry white woman. is it any wonder'. this wrctched and forsakn chd'. ..rned to this negro woman who had* known her from her infancy? "She was the only one 1 could go. to for advice; when she told me no~ t. do things I followed her direc tions," sad the girL -She was gooJ to me." Battling against such odds, no mother, no friends, a partly helpleeus father who never was or full inteWli gence and who had been whipp'ed. n -'e battle with poverty, herself -tak tcur cthers to feed and clothe, can one greatiy wcuder that this child strayed from the right path? And rhen she haa strayed where was~ there one to direct her to Him who raidl to another errin' woman: "Go and sin no more. Ti. sins are tor ;Iven thee?" There be some "blind mouths~ who condemn utterly and talk ez travagantly, but let it be said that It ' as not due to fear of any violence teing ogered that the girl was taken to Columbia. She was as safe in -iampton jail as she Is behind the ~ralls of the penitentiary, but to pre sent her being talked to by tue mor bi"ly curlous the isheri~g thought ft. Ibcsi. to send her away. Mieantime the three little sisters and the father who has worked 17 ears for wages are without the girl erho "was a good daughter and both r'ammy and daddy" to her mother's 'hlldren.,* !'he News andt Courier says "there oust be a general recognition among he white people of the South that heir own welfare demands that they oterest themselves actively ia doing ai tnat they can not only to Increase ne efficiency of the negro as a work aan. but to inculcate in him sound aorals." The white people of the outh have been doing that very hing as far as the negroes would flow them. Whether at sea or on shore the "rmands of the worker for better ving conditIons are usually reast. i bly, however Intemperate may ometimes be the exprersion of thes., emands. The vas: d!fe~rence be ween the daily wagte of the laborer nd the untold milions of profit reap 4 by: a few corporations is not just nd the-efore Is prej::dicial to the e't lnterests of the state. Our relations with Japan are bad strained again. Severa! YOung~ la Iaes of P.,ader~a. Cal.. have recently afused to aept invitations to a ball Iven in honor of .Japanese naval of eers of high rank. re'ause they did at wiah to me-at th.-m ini a soe'sl as' Several murders have been comn