f
GOES FOR ANSEL
Superintendent of Education Mar- 1
tin Gets Sarcastic and
CALLS THE GOVERNOR
A Political Santa Clans nf
Certain Appointments He Made on i
K<iuention Board?Claims That He 1
Had Not Been Consulted Sufllelent- (
ly About the Matter?What Ansel !
Says.
The announcement that Hon. John j
C. Sheppard would probably be ap- ,
pointed a member of the State board
of education to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of J. E. Boland
of Blackville has caused a decidedly
caustic statement to be issued by
Mr. 0. B. Martin, the State superintendent
of education. Mr. Martin
says he has nothing personal against
Gov. Sheppard except that he protests
on the theory that all members
of the board should be educators.
Before issuing the statement Mr.
Martin sent the following letter to
Gov. Ansel:
Gov. M. F. Ansel. Columbia, S. C.
Dear Sir: I am informed that you
have offered the position on the State
board of education from the second
district to a lawyer and ex-governor.
If such be the case, I wish to serve
notice that I exiiect to make a vigorous
protest through the press. Su ch
action will seriously injure the work
of this department, as well as have a
depressing effect upon the schools
and educators of this State. If I am
correct as to the second district, this
will make two appointments on the
State board of education, and the
teaching profession has not been recognized.
I am sure that they will
feel your attitude to them very keenly.
I shall not hesitate to si>cak
frankly in. regard to this matter.
t
oincerciy yours,
0. B. Martin,
State Supt. of Education.
The statement referred to is as
follows:
"I regard the appointment as
political rather than educational.
While 1 have an exalted opinion of
the appointee. I believe this position
was tendered him because of former
association in politics and because of
his political prominence.
'The law says the State board of
education shall constitute an advisory
body with whom the State
superintendent of education shall
have the right to consult when he is
in doubt as to his official duty. There
are other statutes which make the
duties and relations of this board
very close to the State superintendent
of education. The law gives
the governor the power of appointment,
but I think that common decency
and courtesy demand that the
State superintendent of education be
consulted. At least several very distinguished
governors, including that
delightful and considerate gentleman
who adorned that office during the
past four years, have taken this view.
I know that this is the view held by
a very large majority of the educators
of this State.
"In the second district I did not
even know that the name of the distinguished
ex-governor was being
considered for the position until
after the position was tendered him.
I refuse to believe that it was ever
intended that the srovernor should
be a political and paternal Santa
Claus to tender surprise appointments
to a child-like State superintendent,
This same chief executive
made a similar surprise appointment
in the sixth district and I concurred
in the result because I realized the '
necessity of having one excellent
lawyer on the board.
"In the name of the schools of
South Carolina I insist that an educational
board shall consist of educators.
V/hat would be said if teachers
should be put on the pharmaceu- !
tical board or the State board of
medical examiners? Or why not let J
teachers conduct bar examinations?
There has been a decided disposition 1
in the South recently to put educa- <
tors in educational offices. Every
Southern State superintendent of t
education has had experience in ,
teaching. A few years ago this was
not true. States that have political (
boards of education are passing laws 1
reqniring that experienced school *
men shall constitute the membership J
of State boards of education. Bills \
to that effect are now pending in the '
Georgia legislature. They have had
a board of State officers. <
"The State board of education '
prepares all questions for teachers' '
examinations, makes out courses of 1
study, examines reading circle pa- J
pers, selects books for teachers and
cniiaren ana pcriorms other duties '
more or less professional.
"Why a man who is really looking !
for official efficiency ard service to j
the schools does not want people who j
have devoted their lives to that line
of work is more than 1 can see. It !
looks to me like an appointment upon
perfunctory association and patronizing
politics.
"I am speaking plainly in regard
to this matter because it is a luxury
so to speak, and because I am con- '
vinced that educational progress may :
be seriously handicapped by gubernatorial
obtuseness, stupidity and '
selfish political persistency."
THE GOVERNOR'S IDEA.
Gov. Ansel when asked about the
matter had nothing to say in reply to I
the letter except that he considered
Gov. Sheppard a good man and that
his idea was to appoint another lay- :
man who could assist the board in ]
reaching decisions from a legal stand- ]
point. He said that he had no idea
of giving offense and in the appoint- <
ment had the bost interests of the ,
Gov. Sheppard has been in public j
life for many years and the position L
war, tendered him by Gov. Ansel aev-4
DASTARDLY AFFAIR.
Nonstable Valentine Shot and Killed
by a Negro,
rt'lio He Had done to Arrest on the
Charge of Larceny?The Murderer
Made His Escape.
About Ave o'clock Monday morning
Magistrate J. I. Valentine of Cope
sent his constable, H. E. Valentine.
to arrest Pink Franklin, alias Pink
Porter, colored, on a charge of larceny.
Franklin lives on Mr. E. S.
3plres' place about four miles from
Norway.
Constable Valentine pressed into
service to assist him Mr. W. N. Carter
and both went to Franklin's house to
arrest him. On arriving at the house
Valentine went to the front door and
Carter to the back door.
Valentine knocked at the door and
was admitted. Just as he got in the
house the negro drew his pistol and
flred at him. The ball entered his
left side and penetrated the stomach.
In the meantime, the negro
wrenched Valentine's pistol from him
and It is supposed that in getting the
pistol it fired, striking the negro in
the shoulder, also one ball striking
his wife on the arm, making a flesh
wound.
Jlr. Able of Norway and Dr. Jennings
of Cope and Dr. Burton of Cope
attended the wounded man, giving
him all the medical attention possible.
Mr. Valentine is about 27 years of
age and single. H*e is a graduate of
the Osborne Business college of .iugusla.
Ga. Mr. Valentine tiled at 7
o'clock Monday night.
The negro Franklin is at large and
is being chased by a posse of men.
who think they have him located In a
swamp near the place of the shooting.
I iis wife was arrested and carried
to Norway Monday afternoon. It is
stated that she started toward the
wounded man with an axe to kill kim
while he was on the ground.
Two negroes who accompanied
Franklin to the swamp have been
caught and both are in the Norway
guard house. One was severely
whipped to get information, but this
failed.
t'<>MMISS10\ FKOM JAPAN
Coining to Our Pacific Coast to Study
Conditions.
Mail advices received at Washington
from the Far Fast are to the
effect that the Japanese government
has decided to send a commission
to California to study the conditions
of the Japanese on the Pa
cific coast. The fact developed in
the course of an interview between
Foreign Minister Havashi and Mr.
Yamaoka Otokichi representing Japanese
citizens of Seattle, Viscount
Hayashi is also reported to have
said in the course of the interview,
which took place in Tokio, that the
Japanese government had alreadv
rejected a suggesstion from the
United States government for a
treaty mutualy excluding immigrants.
Other advices represent the Chinese
government as making efforts
to reassert sovereignty in Manchuria,,
through demands upon the consul
general at Mukden, for restoration
by Japan or Chinese collieries,
the prohibition of Japanese dealing
in salt (which is a Chinese monopoiy)
the withdrawal of troops in neutral
territories, etc.
The railroads and the public should
get closer together. Then there
would be less trouble. We doubt if
the railroads in the South could be
run successfully at a much less passenger
rate than three cents. It takes
money to operate railroads. They
should be allowed to charge a fair
rate and be required to keep the road
bed and rolling stock in first class
zondition.
Rev. J. L. Sifley, who passed away
at his home in this city last Monday,
WAS nnp r?f thr? mnn tim otm*
knew. He was a consecrated Christian,
and when he closed his eyes on
earth he opened them in heaven. He
belonged to a class of preachors who
made the Methodist Church a power
for good in South Carolina. He is
gone, but his influence will live for;ver.
Too many men spend their time
dttlnK on the anxious seat.
?ral days ago. The latter was out of
:.he city Monday but returned yesterday
when the statement from Mr.
Martin was given out. It was the
iause of considerable comment at the
State capitol when it became known.
The singular part of this controversy
between the governor and the
State su{>erintendent of education is
that they were both elected from
Greenville county. Gen. J. C. Iioyd,
adjutant general, and Maj. Jno. H.
Karle, railroad commissioner, arc
also from Greenville. This is the first
time that any discontent in the happy
family from that county has manifested
itself, although it has been
known for some time that Mr. Martin
and Gov. Ansel have not had the
same yiews on the dispensary question.
althousrh this, of course taa
nothing to do with the case in point.
Although Gov. Ansel has ignored
publicly the fervid statement of Mr.
Martin, yet it was talked about the
State house yesterday that Gov. Ansel
called upon Mr. Martin as soon as
he heard tnat the State superintendent
of education was worked up
over the situation. Gov. Ansel declined
to make any statement at all,
although it was stated yesterday that
the situation in the second district
had been discussed between Mr.
Martin and Gov. Ansel but all names
proposed were not acceptable for one
reason or another and Gov. Ansel
being responsible for the appointment
named Gov. Sheppard.
It is said that the precedent for
Gov. Ansel's action dates back as for j
as Gov. McSweenev'i^minijjM|j|?i
anyway, for Gov. Jkt^aveeflragS^
St Alt Superintendent , i ?
K,jfl fr' v-p'.-n Q.\, j
MARTIN RETRACTS. I
Writes Letter to Gov. Ansel on \
Sheppard Appointment
Kdgetlcld Hnr Takes Act .on. K^juostN i
Governor Not to Revoke Appointment
Requested by Mr. Slieppard.
Hon. O. B. Martin, State superintendent
of education, Friday wrote <
Gov. Ansel a letter retracting the <
words used in his recent Interview ,
l_u' i
vwtn. 1111(5111 iikvu oeen personally of- L
fenslve to his excellency, although I j
Mr. Martin states that he adheres to I
the principles advocated as to appointments
on the State board ol ed-l'
ucation. 11
It will be recalled that when it was I
stated that Gov. Ansel had tendered 11
to Hon. John C. Sheppard the ap- :
pointment to 1111 the vacancy on tlie 11
State board ot education, Mr. Martini]
gave a statement to the press in ,
which he said tnat the board should
consist of educators and not lawyers
and that it was not intended that sur- 1
prise appointments should be given 1
out by a governor "as a Santa Clans |<
to a child-like State superintendent." I?
The letter sent Gov. Ansel was as p
follows: lj
Columbia, S. C., August 2, 1907. I]
Hon. Martin P. Ansel, Governor, Co- ,
lumbla, S. C. I!
Dear Sir: During my term of service
as State superintendeat of edu- '
cation I have had an abiding desire
for the bettering of educational conditions
in this State. Such disire is I
almost a passion. Naturally 1 have
plans. When I thought that those
plans were being inconsiderately and
ruthlessly upset, I got exasperated to
the point of mental disquietude and
physical discomfort. 1 guess that
means I got mad. 1 do not often do
so. I was harsh. I desire to withdraw
the words which may have been
personally offensive. I apologize for
same.
I adhere to the principles which I
advocated. Sincerely yours,
0. II. Martin,
State Supt. of Education.
In the meantime, another complication
has arisen: Gov. Sheppard, I
who has been prevailed upon by Gov.
Ansel to accept the appointment, has
later asked for his commission to be
revoked since Supt. Martin's fervid |
luner. i< naay tne members of the
Edgefield bar adopted the following
resolutions, which wore forwarded
Gov. Ansel:
To His Excellency. M. F. Ansel, Governor.
Columhiu. S. C.
Whereas. It has come to the
knowledge of the members of the
Edgefield har that ex-Gov. J. (\ Shop
pard has been duly appointed by your
excellency a member of the State
board of education; aiftl
Whereas, We are Informed thai
Gov. Sheppard has requested your excellency
tp revoke said appointment;
and
Whereas, We the members of the
Edgefield bar recognize the high
character, Integrity and ability of our
distinguished citizen and brother
lawyer and knowing bis capacity and
ability eminently lit him for the jkjsition
to which you have appointed
him; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, by the members of the
Edgefield bar in meeting assembled
that we most respectfully request
that your excellency do not revoke
said appointment.
M. H. Wells, Secretary,
J. W. Thurmond, Chairman.
Gov. Ansel when asked about the
resolutions Friday night stated that
he preferred waiting until he could
give the resolutions consideration before
discussing it.
Following is the letter written by <
Gov. Sheppard to Gov. Ansel, which
explains the action of the Edgefield
bar association:
Hon. M. F. Ansel, Columhiu. S. C.
My Dear Governor: When I received
your favor of the 25 inst., in
which you did me the honor to in- '
quire if I would accept an appointment
to till a vachncy on the State 1
board of education, 1 djd not hesi- I
tate to write promptly that I would
cheerfully acquiesce in your wishes;
for I believe it to be the duty of every
good citizen?and among "good citizens"
I expect to lie numbered as \
long as I live?to discharge any pub- '
He duty to which he may be assigned.
If he feels that he is qualified to render
efficient service.
11 nt I notice in the papers this
morning that your action is displeasing
to the State superintendent of
education, for the reason as expressed
by him that he regards "the appointment
as political rather than
educational."
Without taking the pains to discuss
the merits of the objection thus
stated by the State superintendent of
education, 1 write at once to relieve
your excellency from any embarrassment
in reference to the matter.
I would not be witting for any consideration
to bo the cause of the lack
of harmony in any department of the
public service?especially In connection
with a matter of such overwhelming
importance as the educational
interests of the State; nor
would I be willing to serve in any
capacity with any official who feels
that the service that I might render
would by possibility seriously injure
the work of his department.
I therefore respectfully request
your excellency to reconsider your action
and revoke the appointment.
Thnnlii i?? v<... oaoln O*- *K~ u
.......... .r, ??<> i"i IUI' UUIIDI
conferred, I r< main with great re- *
spect. Yours very truly, 1
J. C. Sheppard.
CJIIlI/8 HLWKIi A MYKTKKY. J
Body Found in Creek Wiih Ilu!!''* 5
In Head. (
Miss Irene Phillips, about twenty 1
years of age. aim a member of a well ]
known family of Marshal county, N, '
C.. was murdered at her home in the <
ivy section, and her liody was thrown
in Paint Fork branch. <
Miss Phillips' body was found Mon- ]
day with a Imllet hole in tne i. ick of s
the head. The body was cold, and j
indicated that the crime had been
committed se's craJgMujshefore.
The
lated place. 'I he
la complete
Phillips' body
were found.
The
~HORNED LIZARD. F
Vhich Ejects Bio jd From Its Eyes J
at Will.
I Kept lie That Stands t'nlquc Among ?
All tlir Queer Things of the Animal
World.
A letter from St. Louis says no
creature in the world but the horned
lizard can eject blood from its
eyes. That reptile now stands unique
among all the creeping, crawling,
flying, walking things of animal
nature. It is the only animal on
earth whose eve is an offensive* wen
pon, a squirt gun to eject what may j
prove to be a poisonous fluid.
So strange and fantastic is this J
habit of the horned lizard that sober l
scientists pooh-poohed the stories '
told by Indians and "greasers" of j
the Southwest, where on sandy, su- {
per-heated, excessively dry plains the ]
lizard has its habitat. No class of .
men in the world are more conservative
than the scientists. Yet nobody i
better than they appreciates and un- I
ierstands the wonders to be expect- I
ed of nature. They are willing to 1
investigate and study day and night, '
because they know that what infor- [
mation they now have is but a tiny \
portion of the staggering wonders ,
creation yet has to reveal. I
But the story that the horned lizard's
eye is a syringe used to resist I
attacks from its enemies was too <
grotesque, too utterly at variance J
with every other known fact of ana- 1
tomy and physiology to receive con- 1
sideration even from the most in- 1
quisitive of the mature students. ,
Naturally they looked upon such |
unheard-of-tales as vagaries of the ,
ignorant and superstituous or weird i
illusions of men whose brains had i
become unhinged by intense heat and 1
drought in the desert.
Among all creature of which sci- 1
ence had knowledge, the eye had one
function and one function alone,
identical in all cases. The eye is the
organ of vision. There are strange
things to be found in the eyes of animals,
but every peculiarity of the
optic construction is to meet some
peculiar and special need of the particular
creature. All the different
formations and constructions are
based only on laws of ontics. Until
the horned lizard's peculiarity was
seen and verified, no eye had ever j
been heard of which was more than i
a machine for seeing.
But the lizard, when aroused to a I
high pitch of anger or fearful of
great and impending danger, stiffens
itself, makes its eyelids rigid and (
then, exerting some inward force yet j
unexplained, ejects from the corner ,
of its eye a jet of blood that shoots '
many feet and is of volume enough
to spatter big stains on a wall.
The first time this phenomenon
was recently observed by a scientist, i
he was startled and amazed. He had
heard stories about the habit of the
horned lizard, but was skeptical and
had dismissed them from nis mind.
He was engaged in measuring a fine j
specimen of the lizard when the ani- ]
mal> after exhibiting signs of great
excitement, suddenly grew rigid and <
snot out a stream of blood from its 1
eye. the ejected fluid passing close '
to th c head of the naturalist. It gave J
him a distinct nervous shock, but he 1
felt the thrill of a scientist confront- j
ed by a new discovery.
The man was Raymond L. Ditmars, i
curator of reptiles in the New York ]
Zoo. L;ke other scientists, he had 1
ridiculed the idea of the idea of the '
animal's eye lacing a syringe, but 1
convinced beyond doubt by what he \
witnessed. He ha$ described the ir.- ,
cident in his new contribution to ^
scientific literature, "The Reptile
Rook," just published.
Mr. Ditmars says the lizards are
1/ nnnm oo f '
....unu <w niu RvnuB iniryiiowima OI I
American lizards and that there are. ?
all told, seventeen varities, four of (
which are indigenous to Mexico. In
describing how he learned the won- ;
derful truth about the eyes of these j
lizards, he says: ]
"An unusually large specimen was i
received. 1 photographed the lizard i
and then proceeded to measure it, a (
process which greatly excited the <
creature.
"It finally threw the head slightly *
upward," he says "the neck became
rigid, the eyes bulged from the sock- j
?ts. when there was a distinct sound j
ike that produced if one presses the (
tongue against the roof of the mouth i
and forces a small quantity of air I
forward. I
"This rasping sound, consuming 1
ut the fraction of a second, was ac- 1
lornpanied by a jet of blood at great ?
presure. It hit the wall, four feet t
away, at the same level as that of \
the reptile.
"The durati on of the flow of blood $
appeared to be about one and a half i
seconds, and toward its termination v
the force gradually diminished, as 0
loticed by a course of drops down 1
t.U~ 11 J ? ~
unt: wan ana aiong tne floor to a po- j1
iition almost under the spot where
the reptile had been held.
"The stream of blood seemed to be H
is fine as a horse hair and to issue m
[rom the eyelid, which was momentarily
much swollen. For some time I
ifter the performance the eyes were ?
Lightly closed and nothing could in- ?
iuce the lizard to open them. Withn
two minutes after it was placed on a
the ground the protruding aspect of ^
the eyeballs ana the swelling of the 1
jyelids had disappeared. n
"Most surprising was the amount a
}f blood expended. The wall and o
floor showed a course of thickly sprinkled
spots ahout one-eighth of
in inch in diameter. There were 103
)f these spots.''
What would Darwin have done i
bid he heard of the lizard who spits 1
?od from his eyes? His mind, inwng,
trained, reflective to a de- a
^Bfew scientists ever have attain- i,
ii|w^rht have drawn a hundred
gMM^ths from this startling fac- to
^ les''rt creature. He would
Bgraj^fected manv of the animals. r
uHU have observed them in
haunts. He would have
LIQUOR PROFITS.
[ Notable Variation of the Per
Cent of Profits.
lumtcr County Leads and Hoaufort
county at the Foot of the Profit
Column.
Mr. W. B. WeHt, dispensary audlor,
has, after much tedious work,
:ompiled a table showing the gro s
tales, net profits, breakage and net
jaln of the 93 county dispensaries.
The table is an interesting one and
'or purposes of comparison shows
?xactly how each dispensary is run.
Ve publish below as we fiud it In
The State:
For instance there is only one dlsjensary
In Abbeville county and the
jrofits therefrom amounted to over
16.200, while 10 dispensaries in
Barnwell .nty brought not quite
15,000. The 12 dispensaries in Richand
county brought in over $38,000,
ind 11 dispensaries iu Charleston
nade $11,000. Sumter shows the
argest percentage of gain in profits
md Florence next with Aiken third.
The statement has been compilied
'rom figures submitted and sworn to
jy the respective county dispensary
wards, or their authorized clerks.
However, it might be well to state in
*egard to the breakage account that
the comparisons made are not absolutely
just insomuch as some
wards have returned railroad shortage
as breakage, thus swelling the
breakage account.
This explains the blank for Lexington
county. In many instances
Halms were filed for the shortage
ind have been paid which would
irery materially lessen this account
However, the account is in the main
correct.
The profit made by some of the
jouniies is somewhat larger than has
!>een reported insomuch as they havt
charged fixtures, bottling outfits, etc.
to the expense account, which wert
not taken in as assets in making uj
statement.
Following is the statement for th?
[juarter ending June 30:
County Gross sales. Net Profit
Abbeville ..$ 21,755.57 $ 6,210.11
Aiken 24.603.91 7,883.8;
Bamberg.. .. 18,468.00 3,841.7',
Barnwell.. .. 29,137.71 4,950.3'.
Beaufort.. .. 18,334.52 2.870.9.'
Berkeley.. .. 7,683.02 1.461.85
Charleston .. 47,505.26 11,187.8?
Chester . . . .22,956.69 6,366.8'
rhMfnrflalil *>1 9 c*
vuvw?^ i . mii ,i>n v. i i> o ( if x. ;*. ?? ?
Clarendon . . . 10.527.63 2,006.8!
Colleton.. .. 12.571.08 2,298.5'
Dorchester .. 14,543.44 4,468.9!
Fairfield. . .. 13,342.98 3,030.71
Florence.. .. 38,990.94 12,510.71
Georgetown.. 36,803.45 9.951.32
Hampton ... 10,526,65 2,511.41
Kershaw. . .. 98,972.49 7,049.41
Laurens .. ..29,339.96 6,330.7!
Lee 12,430.92 3,494.0!
Lexington ... 8.487.29 1,585.41
Orangeburg.. 42,077.77 8,053.51
Elichlnnd . . ..126,936.25 38.691.6'
Sumter .. .. 35,463.03 13,067.8:
Williamsburg. 13,538,56 3,037.4'
647,477.91 166.792.0:
Average per cent, made on all busl
net-s done in the State. 3 4.6.
The breakage figures ure as fol
lows:
Abbeville % 70.2!
Aiken 234.6:
Bamberg 123. <
Barnwell 344.3!
Beaufort 178.8:
Berkeley 65.1 (
Charleston 191.4!
Chester 118.1'
Chesterfield 293.7!
Clarendon 62.0!
Colleton 75.9'
Dorchester 124.9'
Fairfield 14 7.6!
Florence 236.2!
Seorgetown 112.3!
Hampton 63.9 <
Kershaw 162.5!
Laurens 263.6!
Lee 86.0'
GVangeburg 225.7'
Richland 929.2!
Sumter 126.5!
Williamsburg 77.5!
Total . . $4,31 4.4!
The following table gives the num
>er of dispensaries in each count}
md the percentage of profit flgurec
>n the sales of the quarter:
Number. Per cent
Vbheville 1 40
Uken 5 47
Flam berg 5 2(1
Darnwell 10 2 4
leaufort 5 IS
Berkeley 4 22
Charleston 11 30
Chester 1 38
Chesterfield 2 20
Clarendon . . 1 2 4
Colleton 3 22
Dorchester 3 4 4
''airfield 2 2 9
Florence 2 4 8
Ceorgetown 1 3 7
iampton 5 31
<ersliaw 2 3 2
jaurens 2 27
..exlngton 3 23
^ee 1 39
Drangeburg 6 24
tichland 12 43
lumter 3 58
Yilliamshurg 3 29
The total amount of sales was
1647,177.91. of which Richland dis>osed
of $126,936.25, or one-fifth,
vhile Charleston disposed of only
me-third as much liquor as Colum)ia
through the legal channels. It it
ipparent from this that Charleston
s a very temperate place, and that,
>er capita of population and summer
ixcursionists, more liquor is drunk in
i do/en of the other 23 counties.
>lication to the great code of nature
ind its meaning to the science ol
inatomy and physiology.
The evolutionists, when they find
l fact like the one observed in the
lomed lizard, study along two lines,
^irst, the use to which the function
nay be put. Second, to sen; if there
ire rudiments of similar function in
1 her creatures.
This is Headqoarters
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COTTON BAGGING
For Cotton Bales Would Create a
New Demand
For a Half Million Hairs of Cotton
a Year and Use up Ijow tirade
Cotton.
The subject of cotton-bale reform
continues to hold Its place among
the live subjects of cotton-selling
economy. The number of articles
we have already printed on this reform
cannot be better supplemented
this week than by giving our readers
the arguments in favor of cotton bagging
for cotton bales which appeared
in a recent number of the Cotton
Journal.
If the foreign spinners are satisfled
that cotton bagging can be safely
used, provided the American bale is
iM?jpuny compressed at the initial
l?oint, that is the local gin, it does
seem to us that the cotton growers
should let no grass grow under their
feet in advocating the change from
jute to cotton.
The following weighty reasons are
given why the cotton covering should
he adopted at the earliest possible
date:
If we could cover the cotton crop
of the South with cotton bagging,
and introduce the use of cotton bags
in the place of jute bugs, as at pres(
ent used in the South, we would"
create an instantaneous new demand
for nearly half a million of our crop.
Figuring a consumption of ten thous
and bales for each mill engaged in
i the maufacture of the necessary nm
terial to supply this demand, it would
1 require the erection and equipment
. of fifty new mills in the South to eni
gage in an entire new industry.
If cotton bagging should be utlliz?
ed in the place of jute, the cloth
s could be treated with chemicals,
; which are already in use, to keep the
, bagging from becoming mildewed
) when exposed to the weather, so as to
) preserve the marks and numbers, and
also to make the bagging fire proof.
J The cloth to be made for nagging
should weigh fourteen ounces to the
. yard, and be strickly uniform in
1 width and length,, so as to make the
tare on each bale the same.
i Another very important feature in
1 connection with the adoption and use
> of cotton begging is, that there would
I be an immediate demand for all the
? very low-grade cotton from each crop.
1 which is now being used to tender
1 on contracts in the big exchanges to
) depress prices of the higher, spinnaI
ble grades. Cotton bagging and eot1
ton bags for commercial fertilizers
? would solve the problem of profitably
I disposing of the very low grades each
1 season and keep such cotton from
* being nsed as a hammer to depress
* the cotton market. The spinners
? contend that good cotton bagging can
5 be manufactured out of these low
"> grades, and a satisfactory market
3 thereby established for them. We
t ? ? **
Iimv h''> UIIV u 1 IHU VIIIirilL'S UI I III*
Jute Hugging Trust. The present
heavy, loosely-woven jute which we
have been so many years using, has
proven a most costly burden to the
farmers, and is most objectionable to
both the foreign cotton handlers and
spinners of our cotton.
We have been for years importing
jute fiber from the distant lands of
India, and paying enormous profits to
the jute trust to manufacture the
fiber into bagging as a covering for
our cotton. We have paid all the
freight and handling of the material
from India to the South, and again
the freight on the bagging covering
each bale from the gin-house to all
parts of the world.
We have paid for the high-priced
bagging and the freight both ways
and never received one cent of our
money back. The bagging and ties
on a bale of cotton is now, and has
always been, an absolute net loss to
the farmer, although many of them
have been deluded into the false idea
that when they sold a bale of cotton
by the gross weight, they also got
pay for the bagging and ties at the
market price offered them for the
cotton.
Hut be not deceived by the methods
employed by the cotton buyers.
The spinners will tell you that the
price for thirty pounds is always deducted
from the gross weight of each
bale and added to all the other fixed
. charges that come off front the spinners'
price in order to make the market
price for the stable sold on a
gross weight basis. This is where
the deduction of six per cent for tare
comes in.
If a farmer only puts twenty
pounds of a bagging and ties on a
naie, no ot course loses whatever he
pays for the bagging and ties, plus
the weight of the same both ways,
and also ten pounds of his lint. Now
this old, primitive method of doing
business should be abolished. We
can get rid of it by encouraging the
adoption of compresses at the local
gin that will compress our cotton into
a nice neat package, to the required
shipping density, and cover the bale
with cotton bagging. Under this
plan, we can at once arrange to have
our cotton bought and sold on the
actual net weight basis, as the tare
would l?e uniform and the 6 per cent
discount would cease to exist, and
i that burden would be thrown ofT.
Besides all these enormous savings,
, we would be using our own material
and developing new home Industries
in.the South,
i The introduction of these ecouomi
ic features is, of course, difficult, and
almost impossible with our present
' heavy, cumbersome, loose bale, which
has to he re-packed before it c.tn be
made ready for transportation
? abroad. But the time is now ripe
for inaugurating the desired changes,
\ and foreign handlers and spinners
' are extremely anxious to see these
reforms, as they have already been
| applied to cotton baled in other coun?
tries.
Walck lTnol. 1
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A PAUPER'S SON.
Gov. Johnson, of Minnesota, Came
From Low Rank.
FATHER A DRUNKARD.
Ho Is Now a Prominent Democrat
and May He His Party's Nominee
for the Presidency Next Year?Ho
Is Very Popular With All Classes
And Was Elected Governor of His
State Twice.
Gov. John A. Johnson, of Minnesota,
is the son of a pauper father.
He is now serving his second term as
chier executive of the state and is
0110 of the most nonular nlBcoi-. n?..*
Minnesota lias known. He Is a Democrat
In a state that is overwhelmingly
republican. In his election Roosevelt
carried the state as a candidate
for tho presidency by a majority of
161,4 64. Johnson ran 92 "53 ahead
of his ticket and was elected by a
majority of 7,826. In the election
last fall his opponent was not "in the
|running," though all other Republicans
on the state ticket were elected.
Gov. Johnson is 44 years of age.
He started life handicapped by odds
that would have proved insurmountable
obstacles for a man or boy with
less stamina and direct ambition. His
father was a blacksmith, a descendant
of the peasantry of Sweden. In
1852 he emigrated to this country In
Ian effort to get away from his old
I habits. For several years he lived
I without touching whiskey and marIried,
but it whs not long before ho
I began to drink worse than ever and
I his family became a burden on tho
Icommunity. Finally Johnson was deI
clared a pauper and taken to tho
I poorhouse, where he died from alIcoholism.
Then the mother began to
I struggle for the life of the family,
lit is a matter of record that In Gov.
I Johnson's tirst. campaign for the govlernorship
his opponents carried signs
I which read, "liis Father was a PauI
per," apd "His Mother took in
I Washing."
While a boy Johnson aided his
J mother before and after school hours,
I until he reached the High school, at
113 years of age. Then he declared
I he would learn a trade and prepared
I to become a druggist. From that
I time he was the chief support of tho
I family. In all those years the undertaker
was the only creditor of tho
I family. Three deaths served to take
I all the spare money from the family
land ruined Johnson's opportunity of
I taking a course In pharmacy. Hater
the sought employment in a departI
nient store, a position which yielded
I better pay, but less opportunity for
(study. At one time he sought emI
ployment outside of his home town,
I the village of St. Peter, but he doIclared
he would live down the repultatlon
of his father and remained at
I home with his mother. The day
Icame when he was enabled to pay off
I the mortgage on his father's old cotIt.nge
and pay for the education of his
I brother and sister.
After several years a friend interIosted
Johnson In the St. Peter llcr|
aid, a Democratic newspaper In a
nepuuucan community. .lonnson took
up with the proposition and became
editor of a country newspaper, lie
became an olilcer in the State Press
association. Here began his political
aspirations. Twice he was defeated
as candidate for state senatorship.
On his third trial he was elected. Ills
record as a minority member brought
him into prominence, and later into
the chair of the ceief executive. Ho
is the idol of the people of the state
he is serving, simply, because as ho
puts it?"I just tried to make good."
Men who are good whistlers am
usually poor workers.
It's difficult to generate philosophy
on an empty stomach.
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Tliey Ileal the Skin and Take Away
Its Impurities.
Sulphur baths heal Skin Diseases,
and give the body a wholesome glow.
Now you don't have to go off to a
high-priced resort to get them. Put
a few spoonfuls of Hancock's l.tqftid
Sulphur in the hot water, and you
get a perfect Sulphur bath right in
your own home.
Apply Hancock's Liquid Sulphur
to the affected parts, and Eczema and
other stubborn skin troubles are
quickly cured. Dr. R. II. Thomas,
of Valdosta, CJa., was cured of a painful
skin trouble, and ho praises it in
the highest terms. Your druggist
sel.18 it.
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Gives a soft, velvety skin.
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Stricture, Gleet, Varicocele, H ydrocele, Kidne)
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vate Diseases, sent free ou request.
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exnerience. To those who write about theli
rase we will advise fully, free of rliarfte, correspondence
strict I y con Aden tial. Also n bonk
'<>r women and one on brain nuil nrrvr rjhnm
inn of tnore than ordinary value and interest.
5j(-^ Kither of these sent free
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