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THE FORT MILL TIMES - " '1 ?____ * VOL. XVII. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1908. NO. 33. ~ ' I.. i i. i _ C/\l ITftJ A mm. a m. m. . ?- - - - -?I ?? ? 1 wumiAKULir News of Interest Gleaned Fron Arranged For I Reunion of Orr's Rifles. Abbeville, Special.?The survivors of Orr's regiment held their annual 1 reunion here Friday. The meeting' l had been postponed because of the 11 illness of Gen. K. R. Hemphill. prcs- | t idcut of the association, hoping that Is ho would be able to attend, but his . condition did not warrant him venturing out. ("apt. \V. F. McGill. of Anderson, first vice-president, pre- 1 sided and introduced the various 1 speakeis. 1 The meeting was held in the opera 0 house, which was packed. The child- ? rcn of the graded school and the vet- v erans all marched through the square < to the opera house in a body about < 100 veterans and 400 children being ^ in line. Music was furnished by a ' choir of '24 voices got up for the < occasion. 1 Gen. M. L. Bonham made a very ' tine address indeed in his usual 1 bappv style. Gen. Bonham belongs < to Abbeville and he is always given 1 a warm welcome when he comes here i 4UI 4*11 V UUCUS1UII. ' At the conclusion of the meeting < Dr. Harrison on If of Abbeville f! invited the association to meet here 1 again nexi: year. The invitation was ( received xvitli clivers and accepted at <' once. i" Capt. Mctiill paid his respects to ' the citizens of Abbeville, saying the ' Inst two meetings held here were by I ?ar the hrst and most pleasant they s bad ever held. < The ladies of Abbe\ille through > the Daughters of the ('onfederaoy f served a botmtifnl dinner to all the I old soldiers at Rosenberg's ball. A large number of veterans went 1 over to (icn. Hemphill's home in t Fort Pickens to speak to bint before ?' going borne. Order of Exercises. Prayer by Rev. Rrown, Anderson. Song .*4 America." v Welcome address, bv Dr. J. L. Wil- I son, Abbeville. t Solo, Mrs. ,J. I.. McMillan. , Quartet. < Annual add res >, by (icn. M. I,. 1 Bonhnm, Anderson. Song, *' Auhl l.ang Sync." Solo, by Miss Hammond. i Business Meeting. < Quartet. \ Sopg, "Dixie." < Dinner, Rosenberg's ball. I Dispensary Election is Declared Legal. r Laurens, Special.?The dispensary > election held Tuesday of last week ' was declared legal and in neeord- ' ance with requirements. 'I lie official t ? count showed r?tl(> voles for sale and 1 1.4S0 against sale. As announceil in < u previous despatch, the election was i contested by Attorney ('. P. Sims of c Spartanburg, in behalf of Mr. Hliett ?s Coleman, petitioner, but the nllega- o lions set forth in the petition were not sustained in nnv particular. At the hearing, resume 1 from last Tuesday, a number of witnesses were ex- e amined, chiefly from among tho man- 1 agera of the election, together with t Supervisor Humbert and Mr. \\\ T. f Crews, summoned by the petitioner, r It appears from the testimony, nod t was so argued by Mr. Peat hurst one d for the respondent, that not a single I j allegation set forth in the petition t was substantiated by tho testimony r introduced, r.ot even that Mr. Cole- li man, the petitioner, was a qualified 1 elector and a taxpayer. Further, ev- t cry manager examined testified that y tho law was complied with in every d detail, while the petition alleges that I ihere were numberless irregularities, a Mr. Sims refused to make any argu- j ment because all three members of t the hoard were not present and left t for homo at 2 o'clock, while Mr. n Featherstone's orgument was not a mad? until 3 o'clock. Mr. Sims con- h tended that tho two members pres- h rut could uof pass upon the matter, t The board ruled otherwise. Some t days ago Mr. Sims stated that he h would currv the contest before the b i 1 ? ^ i- - ? -* mnic uwt-iu. mi ii is presumed me t matter is uot ended. r* t] Twenty Votes Not Counted. ii Aiken, Special.?A rather peculiar condition has arisen from the reoenf . municipal election, There appears fo be 20 vdtcs that were not counted, t ^nt least "one name must have been w left off t'rem 20 ballots in count in?, u There were l.'t eandi infos in the field fi for* aldermen. and there were 207 S votes east. As each voter must have p voted for six in order for the ballot < ] to have been legal. there must be >ix V times 297 votes for the total of n those received by the l."> candidates, w which would he 1.7S2. Ilowevei. t< when the yotes of all .candidates are v. added up, the total is only 17ti2, and tc on th? i'ace,of. this it would appear tt that '20*votes nie uncounted. It is ^ understood thai forpe parties are in- ui pifting on the votes being recounted, pi - Killing In Berkeley. Manoks Corner, Special.?Another homicide occurred near Mr. Holly on t( the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. Mr. p, { H. "E. Brown attempted to arrest a b, negro named. Richard Drayton and n the negro attempted to kill Brown. ^ * "In fact a bullet from 'Drayton's pistol passed through Brown 'a overcoat. t. whereupon Brown suot and killed . A Dravton. 1,1 Wz __ HANtWS lltMS 1 All Sections of the State and 3usy Readers Rays Cited for Contempt. Richmond, Ya., Special.?Judge Pritchnrd Saturday cited Archibald A'. Rav and Duncan (\ Ray, promilcnt attorneys of South Carolina to 1 f? ? ' i ^ ipi>i-ur ocLore mm ai ureenvilte to ihow cause why they should not be tunished for contempt of court. The ase grows out of the action of the ommissioners in connection with the lispensary case of that State. The 'urtlicr complication in the celcbrat1 South Carolina dispensary scandal levelopcd at an allday conference vith Attorneys T. Moultrie Mordecai. >f Charleston, S. C? Frank tarter, if Ashcvillc, X. representing the iVilson Company. A. S. Barnard, of Vsheville. N". and <!. B. Lester, of diurleston, S. representing the '"leischman interests, appeared boore Judge deter C. I'ritehard. of the "nited States Circuit Court. The omplaiuants made a motion that the iay brothers be ruled for contempt n seeking to have Judge I'ritehard's inters in which lie took charge of the lispensary funds set aside or abrogated to such an extent as to allow lietn to recover the amount of the laim upon which A. \V. Kay proaired u writ of mandamus from the Mipnunc Court of South Carolina, fudge I'ritehard's ruie is returnable )eeciuber 'Jlst at fJreenvillc, S rile whole trouble arises out of the nits brought by the Fleisehman 'ompany and others against the eomnissioners appointed to wind up the ilfairs of the old South Carolina disumsarv board of control, on claims or whiskey purchased by the board nun complainants before the iusliution was abolished. The entire nioant involved is about .fSUO.OOO. Negro Killed at Florence. Florence. Special.? Isaac Morgan vas killed last week hv Kugene ( anipicll, alias Son Campbell. Both paries were colored. The killing ocmrred in the western part of the ity. The slayer escaped immediatev after the killing, which occurred I'i.L'. 10 oVii-":. Thomas S 'i m !> was no'lV! about ll.Ii'l a d mmcdintcly called upon Magistral* 'lias. K. Karl.v for a warrant, which va made out. ami tbe sheriff" is now lose behind the fugitive. It seems hat the altercation began by ('ampjell making some remarks about a ister ot' Morgan. When Morgan oik the part of his sister the shootng began. The stories of the affair ire conflicting and as a result Chief >f Police ,1. Koopman has all paries under arrest. So far as can be iscertained, Campbell is a gingerake color, about live feet six inches n height, rather slender, clean shaven me tooth missing in front. When last een he was wearing a suit of blue veral Is. Election Returns Disappear. Wallerhoro, Special.?A mystevl. us theft was committed at the Court louse last week. The canvassers of he State and county election met or the purpose of making up their etuins for the recent election for ho State and county offices. They lid not conclude their labors arid ndourned. leaving all papers appertaining to the election in the jury ooni. The door was left locked, nit in the morning, when Chairman Ireland and Clerk DeTreville came n finish up their reports, all the tapers had mysteriously disappeared luring the night. Fortunately Mr, KTreville had taken home with him copy of the total Votes (?n*r in nndi ircciuct. Tho luw provides that hese pitpetB shall bo forwarded to lit* Governor and Secretary of State, nd it is not known what effect, if nv, this theft will have. There cents to ho no object a person would ave in stealing these papers, except hat it would destroy the validity of he election. There Is no elite as to ow these papers disappeared. The card of canvassers will send tho he return from Mr. DeTreville's opy and will await the decision front lie State authorities as to the legally of the election. Fined, for Cruelty to Horse. Aiken. Special.?(\ II. Yenahle. he patent medicine salesman, who 'as charged by Mi*. It. M. Weeks ith cruelty to animals was tried and ned $2.*? before Magistnrte W. M. monk. It will he recalled that some ivo weeks ago Mr. Yennhlc was barged with running one of Mr. feck's horses to death, and also of listieating the animal by beating it liilo i' was sick, and compelling i' > travel when unfit to do so. Notice as given b\ the defendant's at>rney of intention to appeal the case > the circuit court. He was repreuited by Claude K. Sawyed. Ksq.. ud Messrs ltatis. Guntcr ?.* Lylcs rosecuted the ea*e against him, Petition for Dispeneary Denied. Orangeburg. Special.?The little >wii of Cope ib not to have a dissnaary. to bos decreed the Orangetrg County dieper.sary board. Sett* tor Ruysor represented the oppo ucn a i a Hearing' he tore tlie boorel, liicli domed the sentiment against 10 establishment of the liquor shop o strong in the community intertcd. CHINA JS AFFLICTED Emperor and Empress Die On Same Day THE PEOPLE TAKE IT QUIETLY Shortly After 5 O'Clock, Saturday, the Emperor Breathed His Last? Prince Chun, His Brother, Now Regent, May Be Accepted as Successor. IVkin. China. By Cable.?The Emperor of China died shortly after 5 o'clock Saturday evening. As cnrlv as A o'clock in tin* afternoon, it was reported that tho Emperor was so low that his dentil was reyarded as iminineiit. The Foreign Board of the gov iTiinunit has cc?ntinned the report eirettlated Friday that the Dowager Empress is also mortally ill. The Kmpoior had beeti ill for a long time and during recent an iienees with foreign representatives he was unable cither to sit up on I lie throne or even in an erect position. It was evident for a long time that he would he unable to withstand a crisis which sooner or later niusl develop in the disease from which he was suffering. Recent climatic extremes caused the devolomelit of fatal complications that resulted in his death. At the moment of death tiie Kmpoior. the Dowager Empress' own death chamber chair was waiting in the courtyard. She, too, had been ?n a serious condition, and word t! at >vas brought her carliei in the da\ that the Empeior was dying. caused her to collapse. T >Is has prevented her tioin yr-nuuiiig the relationship d grand mother to the suercs-or to he thic.-iie. which, nciir ins* !< l!i* hi in so system world er.orr i.?;sly tiiumc ;t lie.' authority. Tiiere is little indication ol emotion a me. is, the people ovei the events which have been 11auspiiinu. I'l.e Emperor's death end the pi ibible death of the Dowag *r Future i'hin a verv sl.ori time have had nit little c lYoc t upon the Chinese, who are pursuit:*; toe even tenor of lien way without signs of inotirnng. K* IT .. I . . . . ' of tlie occasion mil after the ceremonies left for Washington, where lie will meet President Roosevelt. Pushing Work c;i C. C- and 0. Road Fparinnburu, Special.?The contract ore arc puehing the work on tht 0. and 0. Roed. Tliey are receiving steam shovels an 1 all sorts of read machinery and the noise ot the blast:!'-! i< like t! < annonadi if aicund iTicrlihton in *SG-1. only it i; n.oi si? ccu^tant and darsr^rous. Pzcrcnicr Tr*inr Cellidc. .Fnck- villi'- Sll"!- 1 l'n;ci..im.i trains Nos. 30 an I 10, of the* AtIan!if ( oast I.inc. came together ii a head-on collision near (himden, r small station about tc ti miles frcir this <it\ Saturday morning. killing -lames A. King, of SanlV.rd. Fin., a.i< Alenxrnder A. lb II, ??t" I'alatka, hot I negro mail clerks, and slightly injuring several other*. A relief trait was sent out fiom here and the doac and injure I brought to Jacksonville The trains, it i said, had orders U meet at i"umdcn. but No. 30 iv.u bx u*itb U'.c t'r.tcl Ilcrria Kacs r (Suicide. Sep Fi(tnc.i;?co. Special.?'Morris Mnuf. v.Lt> shot I'rtiU-ia J. Hauoy 11v-.1 iuo at b,,c cuu.-ty . by s?'!>opt;i;g -mydtlf through ifco heed One reyoit >j-s that the pistol wit! whieh i-fcia* shot hitnsslf was co.i ronled in ffi* shoe where he hid it be tore sluotiuX ^r;'! " Another re port says the "pistol \v.u? secretb passed to Haas btva friends since liii incarceration. ' VL \ I tit UUBflIN ELECTION 3omcz, Liberal Candidate. Elected President By Large Majority. Havana, By Cable?At the close of in election which was conducted with jrcal enthusiasm and complete absence of disorder, it appears practically certain that General Jose Miguel Gomez and Alfredo Znyas have been chosen President and Vice President respectively of the new Cuban republic, with strong liberal majorities in the Senate and House. Throughout the island, according to the reports, an extraordinary heavy vote was east, vastly in excess of that east in the August election where 182,000 failed to vote i:i a total registration of 4-~>0.000. This was especially so in Havana City, where the vote probably will reach U! per cent of the registration against 10 per cent in August. The heavy vote was due, not onlv 10 the prevalence of tine weather, but the strenuous efforts made to bring out the silent vote. The slow incoming >f the returns is attributed partly to the heavy vote an 1 partly to scratched ballots on llepresentnlives. Incomplete official returns from the .preeinet of Havana indicated that the city was overwhelmingly Liberal. Few returns have been received from the provinces but estimates give the island to General Gomez by from 25,000 to 30,00. The Conservative leaders generally admit the defeat of their parly. Nc-ro Killr Li^ht. Okumulgee, Okla.. Special.- Fight persons wire killed and ten others were wounded Sunday in a light between James Deekard, a iug;o desperado and officers. 'i i... a i F.dgai llohiuson. sheriff cif Oknulgcp count\. I teni v K la her. assistant chief of police of Okmulgee. Two lit ^rors nagged Chapman, hrot hoi s. Three unidentified ncgroi s. Tin* tvounded: Stove ({raxsoii. in dan hoy. prohably fatally beaten Victor Fair. chief of Sioux, shot through shoulder; !>? putv SliriilT, arm broken. Sevfn others, slightly wounded. Frcsidcnt-Elcct Taft Invited to Spartanburg Banquet. Spartanburg. S. ('., Special.? President-elect Tat't has been invited by the chamber of commerce to be the most of Spartanburg upon the oe asion of a banquet t" lie given November 20th. celebrating the building ?d tin* 'ai< lina. Cliuchlleld Ly Ohio Kailroui'i t ? this city. A committee of citizens lroin the ehumbei of commerce, the city council and the board of trade will go to Hot Springs and extend the invitations. The banquet will lie attended by !he Clovernois of live States and the presidents of half a dozen railroad OJOil U.' ? Tart Renders Tribute. New Voile, Special.? While cannon boomed, awakening patriotic memories of those sailor and soldier heroes who died in British prison ships in the revolutionary war. the prison ship martyrs monument at Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, was dedicated with impressive ceremonies Saturday in the presence of Presi. dent-elect Taft. Secretary of Wat Wright. Governor Hughes and thousands of people who thronged tlir knoll on which the tall doric column stands. Mr. Taft made the oration i-v ii.i ii^-i k .<n > unci 111 ? was ii |? f nl.le spce! nelc to his : 1 Umlauts. I!i^ feebleness hail rendered him a mi'iv uippei aiul In' luul suffered lon;? nun ill lu-alih. v.hii-h was < ???::!>*it >1 J . th tear a 'it! despair. Latterly he ' dtowod marked siji is of ni'iital disnibnr.rcs, ami even went so I'ar r.st August as to declare Ibr.iscli and. The foreeoinjr ili>patch from IVkin >ets at 1 est the << iflietinir rumors of he past two 'a* s that have ? uited in IVkin and heen pub!:.-lied ..round the world. The Kmp< ror ? !' China is dead. The repaid i V m London of his improvement probably . (Tern"' it. : . t "linoi.* i . i or.lv. The lVkin message i? the iirst unqualified otntement to oorvo from the Chinese capital no ! it spec.flea lly {jives i lie t:in ? ? t the pursing away of His Majesty, The regent is Prince (jinn, the Emperor's brother. and it' he is accepted by the government before 111* Dowager Kmtiress dies, the likelihood of | any revolutionary on?break in China | will bo materially reduced. Dovrajcr Empress Bead. t I Pekin. IVv Cr.blc.?Tsr.o llsi An, the Dowager Etr.piess of China, the autocratic hrad of the government, which she directed without success- j fill interference since IStil ami withont protest since 1SH1. died at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon; The announcement of the Dowatrcr Empress' death was ctl'.eial and. followed closely upon the auuouiKwnvnt that Kuang-Hsu, the Emperor, had died Saturday at o o'clock in the afternoon. but it is believed that the cleath of both the Emperor and the j Dowager Empress occurred a considerable time before that set down in the oillcinl statements. An edict issued at S o'clock Sunday morning placed upon the throne Prince Pu-Yi. the tl-year-old son of Prince Chun, the Kcgent of the Empire. i:t necor:lanee with a promise given bv the Dowager Empress goon after the marriage of Prince I lnin in 1903. An edict issued on Friday made Pu-Yi heir presumptive. -prominent ucnicacrr/.c Veteran Drrcl Washington, .Special.? Albert (I. ' Holland, a member of tbc fir?* <onpany organized in Washington t<> f i u 1?t for tbc Con fed nacy, died su denlv in this city Kundav. Mr. Holland t ?;'; part i:i t!:c first battle nf Manassas, i'o'i.lir a pliant! y until captured and Rent t Camp ('u > where be was released at tli^ close of the war. He wn* n member if the linn of Copland &Co.. and it " a:M'i-t jnonufnet tired Hec^ for the redcntl government while it wa?. Hi > I'-im to destroy them during tjir war. InduiUlcl Education to Be Projected Atlanta. Us.. Spwal.?Tho second annual convention of tin* national society for tbc promotion of imhistrial education, the raeabciV.tly of which includes forne of the nto?. liujiuishe'. educators in the civin'rv. will be held i:i Atlanta T'.r'rsdav. Fv;dnv and Saturday of tin's week. !vchibiU f:?m tw nly-thrce iadustrir.! i at;., technical i.'-.o.-l: of t_ io.Hi:n will be displayed in the State eapi- j tal. r FUNERAL OF NR. CARMACK Drep Gloom Fcnracles His Nati7t Cicy?Burirccs Entirely Suspended and Public Buildings Draped. While tin Distinguished Sou is Laid Ajnoai His Fathers. Columbia, Tenn., Special.?Business was cntiiely euspended and t!:c pcopl? of this city and county, together with large delegations from irony other Tennessee counties turned out in force to do honor to the memory of the late Senator Cartnack. Public buildings were draped out of respect to bis memory and a deep gloan pervades :iii.s entire conunttnity. The funeral was help at 11 oVloek in the Methodist huieh. The sarvires were very simple, but impressive, and the seen.- a! the church and at the urave where the distin?u shed state-man was laid to nsl were such as wi'l never be forgotten by the as>0115 hi ago present. a He l;i:ic:a! sen ices :it Hi" church were in chaise of Wov. W. T. P.oali, as or <f !i" F i st Christian < liureli ere. 'i-a church of which Senator famine!. was a m ndo-i. Kev. Lin 'Y.ve, i i Nashville, delivered the adiross at the C!iu:?;!i. At the riave 'lie burial was 'inducted with Masonic honors, the ?loe? used lieinj; an honored ni imbi r of thoi Masonic order. Tin se M- eonie exorcises were presided over b.v Major John Wil 'ioir.si 11. of this rity, past ?raud master. Flora! elYotirys wore sent from all parts i f t!i" Slat-. Tlie olTerinir from . in* eitir i>| C< lamb a ::n 1 Maury oii'itv r;s :? ir:. r.i;li< ient pall, which ovi r< ! tiM> entire cashet. V\*h? n ?! i isiiTal train reached the !:i:I e ; <>r lv at' r 11 n\)o"k, t hero 'a ihitMikc hush over !! < qrreat . mit; i it ion For a full hour before It' tile." for 1! e funerrl vi'tat crowds of ;..?nrvintr it< ii * h Kan to gather 11 the ? 1 .1 r? li :>a,l th" aiulitoriuin was pn ,.* \ to < re: cowing by 10:30 o "chief.. wliile hi'inlre is c ere turned l.vnv. being unable t<? gain admission. Within the chancel was a largo likeuf - <f Ptna'or Carmaek draivd in h'.aek. There w r oion iuenl i<> present, ropu scnting :?!l > el 'u us of Tennessee leading .suppc rd" s and personal friends of the dead Senator. TTcli on Harder Charge. Nashville, T, mi.. Sp acini. A Stale warrant charging him with the murder ?.f former Fnited States Senatoi Ld.vard \V. CarmaeU was served on llohi'i ( i < ner at a hospital. Cooper is now in *?::irre of throe deputy sheriffs. IV* will he removed to the county jail as soon as his condition permits. It developed, ncrorduvg to the physician who is atleiiding young Ceopcr, that two shots were til. d at the young man. one penetrat uig his shoulder, the other going lUlUl'Mil I 'S ; on'. sleeve. The cxeitimcnt in this city over the terrible tragedy Mondnv nfteriiooii in which Ed war I \Y. Carmaek. former IV.itPd S:ates Rennlor from Tennessee, tlii* city, was shot and killed by Kobin Cooper. a voting attorney of Nashville, and son of Col. Duncan B. Cooper, a close personal nud political friend of Governor Malcolm 11. Patterson, has to a certain extent abated, yet the tragedy is still the sole topic of conversation in political circles both in this city and throughout the Slate. Colonel Cooper, who was with his son when the latter shot Mr. Carmuck. has been remanded to iail without bond, charged with murder Young Co(5p?r remains under guard at a local hospital where bis wounded arm is being treated. Uis preliminary trial on the charge of murder will he held as soon as he is able to leave the hospital. Both the Coopers and Senator Carmaek have munv friends here and throughout the State, Cooper's statement is that i he affair was merely a street duel in which both snips met and both began firing. The friends of the Coopers claim they luul tried to r.vold n meeting with Cn::iin<k. it is said, and they were on their wav to the State capital in response to a telephone message from Governor Patterson when the tragedy occurred; that Senator Carmaek had been warned and was expecting trouble. Friends of Senator Carmaek strenuously claim that tho killing was the result of a conspiracy pmo and simple: that wh 11 Senator Carn.uek left The Tenner-pan oliire for his hoarding house the fact was telephoned from a house near The Tennessean ofli?*o and the Co<i "is were notified thai tlit* Sena'or was on k < way and to lie on ilie alevt. It now ' vojop-;. r cfnrd i ii? to friends of M-. <'unpack. f!ia: there was n third parly w'fii the Coopcis inst I?efore the : 'jrotinir. a former county cflieinl wl o i- a r'oso pcrsonal friend of bet It I iio Coo pert* find Patterson. Friends oi' :ii?- <b\ad Senator intimate <! <- t lie re \r'!l bo spiisatioimi development-* within 1 lie noxt day oi so rc^ardir.? live, affair Mistrial In Caro of Postm later. Norfolk, Va.. Special.?The .iur a tiie cn&o o? .Janice T. Read. foirna A? .tan: pof.tmasty; at Xcwpor Ncv.-h, Va.. charjrM with tl:o cmbez r.Ionunt of S'.S 432 in TOrtnsv o:dc fur f!s announced it? boneless .lis nerecinent and was d:?rhnrcH. Tl> [ viry stood nine for conviction an l-iyrc for neon *:n! 1'cnd was ad : mittcd to $1,000 bail for bis appoa: I ance at the next term of the Federa Couit, Uay next. % 1 GREAT YIELD OF CORN A Total Prediction of 2,G12,G37,000 Bushels Indicated in the Preliminary Estimate of the Department of Arri culture. Washington, Special.?An average yield of '20.2 bushels of corn per acre and sn indicated total production of 2fG-?'2.tS7,00n buslu U of corn are preliminary estimates announced in the report of the Department of Agriculture, summarizing corn and tive other ciops. The yield of ioni pot acre in 1007 was '25.0. as llnally estimated and averaged '25.G for ten years while the production is compared .with 2,592,32U,00U bushels dually estimated in 19J7. Quality of corn is 80.9 per icnt., compared with S'2.8 in 1907, and ? !. 3 ten-year average. About '2.7 iHi' rent, or 71.1'24.0(10 bushels, is estimated to have been in fj:e fanners' hands on November 1st, against 4.5 per cent, or 130,005,000 bushel* a year ago, and a ten-year average of 4.*) p r rent. The jveTniinnrv figures for important States;, giving i*1 hnshi Is tlie yield per acie and total product ion, respectively. include: Missouri 27 and 203,034,000. Texas 25.7 and 20l.S4S.000; Kentucky 25.2 and S4.S2d.000; Tennessee 24.8 and 74.747,000; Georgia 1*2.7 :nd 5(5.438,000; Alabama 14.7 ana 44,855,000; Virginia 20 and ,48.82S.OOO; North Carolina 18 ami 50,100,000; Arkansas 20.2 and 52.540,000. Tlie preliminary estimates of potatoes. tobnrr-o and rice prowiup average yields per acre and comparisons with final estimates for 1007 and Tor periods of years as follows; Potatoes - yield S5.fi bushels against 05.4 in 1007 and len-vcar average 85.(5. Production 274,(500.000 husliels airainst 204,020,000 in 1007. Quality S?5i par cent, airainst 83.3 last year, and ten-year average of 1 87.(5. Tobacco ? yeild 825.2 pounds apnius.st 8.50.5 pounds in 1007 and ten-year average 7!J7.(1. Production 020.(">4.000 pounds against (508.12(5,000 in 1007. Quality 87.0 pel* cent a? against 00 a vrnr ago and a ten-yeai average of 8.5 8. I.'ye?yield 34.7 bushels against 20.0 in 1007 and a ten-year average of 30.fi. Production 22,718,000 bushels in 1007 and a ten-year average of 30.0. Production 22,718.000 bushel* (gainst 18,738,000 in 1007. Cotton Ginned to November 1. Washirgton, Special.- There were 20,20.5 active ginneries and 8,100,782 bales of cotton ginned from tin; growth of l'JOS to November 1st. These figures, announced by the Census Bureau arc against '215.0(50 ginneries and (5.128,50*2 bales at the corresponding date in 1007; 27.370 giunerI ies and (5,00(5,305 bales in 100(5, and 1 27,802 ginneries and 0,457.505 bales in 1005. The report counts round bales as halt' bales and includes 149,1140 round bales i'or 1!MIS; 1 25,785 for 1907. and 1(59,741 for 11)0(5, and 183,870 for 1905. The number of Scu Island bales included for 1008 is 45,495; for 1907, 33.331 ; for 190(5. 21.700 and for 1905, 49,1(51. The corrected figures of the quantity of cotton, ginned this season to October 18th i are 6.296,166 bales. The number of bales and active ' ginneries respectively by States ou ! November 1st, 1903. followa: State. Bales. Ginneries. i Alabama 894.123 3,363 I Arkansas 43.005 241 Florida 43,005 241 Georgia 1,385,810 4,321 Kentucky 954 4 Louisiana 290,099 1,559 Mississippi 893,546 3,309 Missouri 30,409 09 New Mexico .. .. 954 4 North Carolina .. 373,188 2,000 Oklahom 219.800 941 South Carolina .. 822.909 3,133 Tennessee 199,021 005 Texas 2,504.880 4,040 Virginia 4,607 83 Great riayr-iirht Sardon Dead. Paris, liv Cable.?France's greatest 'playwright and one of tho greatest the world lies lias ever known is tho general verdict heard regarding M. Victoria Snrdon. who lies dead at iiis Paris apartments. Rarou died Sunday of congestion of the lungs. He was 77 years old. For fifty-eight years Snrdon wrote plays for the "French stage. ( t r~ r* *- ' ? cr ,:1:1c dtcc?. New Orleans, I.e. Special.?The Now Orleans exchange passed resolutions eallinpr upon Congress to reduce the present tariff on jute bacr.uitur used for baling cotton. "This tax is a dirc.t bnrdon on the cotton raisin.? industry of the South for ti e "hcneSt of a low manufacturers who are enabled to thrive at the expense of the most important class of flgrirultiunlists in this: country,'1 declares ; Ibc resolution. Tho Cxse cf E. Cliy Pierce. Austin. Tex., Kpeei?l.~*-Arrensre1 rcents Ijovq been msdo fcr the trial i f II. C.iav Pierce, head of tbo t M'aters-PiTf o Oil Company. a Standard anjuliory, who was indicted in p <hi? roun's* 'u the charge of f*l*e swcr.ri *.?. The case will hi "ailed c"r>?p le'i.rc Calhoun of the Fif-y* .. third court, hut it is believed that ] an effort muI be made to got a change of venue* A10 CENT MINIM Set By Convention cf Southern Cclton Growers ''NIGHT RIDING" IS CONDEMNED Hi Governor Patterson, of Tenncttee. Wclccxr.cs Dcle2atc.-j.,to . MettnMa Officers of Conference Chosen. ' \ I V Memphis, Term., Special.?The Southern Cotton Confe'venve was called here last week. Gov. M. K. Pat lerson welcomed the delegates. The responses were made" bv Charles flay, of Montgomery, and llarvie Jordan, of Atlanta, president of ti e Southern Cotton Growers* Assoc.; tion. Governor Noel, of Mississippi, also spoke. llarvie Jordan vivas mad" permanent thaii mad. and George Hoppo, of Memphis, ami W. Jl. Gilbert, of Chiclet. Ark., were ehosau secretaries. .v . An address bv Bishop Thomas ! '. Jniuor, e{' the Kpiseonal Diocese of Pop Moceiwi *??? 'PI. - I.* < 1 ' I'll * lit- l\l > HUH" Ol IIH* Conference" concluded (he formal addresses of the oprninp session. Mr. Jordan, in his remarks as clinirinan. said it was lilting that t '? conference ? should lie assembled i.i this, the largest interior cotto.; .market in the worlil. "We liave nssrmlded." lie eontinned, "to safeguard and protect the preat staple crop of the South j from the artificial and depressing inlluences of federated interests which operate to the detriment of every business interest pi this section of America. We face a serious condition, and whether we wTM rise eipial to tiie onierpcr.ev and proteeoyr interests is men . of brain au<t business sapacity. or indilTan ntlv at eept the situation ?nd parade In fore the worl 1 our vtduntnry weakness the issue which presents itself to this < ouvention.'' Mr. Jordan said raw cotton is the only prrat staple tommodity in the word today which is soiliup below the cost of production, not wit list a. id inp the fa< t that it represents one ol the world's preatest necessities. "That this preat staple sliould ever sell at a price to tlie cotton p rower v. of less than lit cents a pound." Air. Jordan continued, "is a reflection upon the manhood and intellipenee of the Southern people. If the cotton prowers, hankers. merehanls and illir.l business interests ol' tJie Sontii will detei'mhie that thc,fpri<'c ol spot cotton must ami shall ?o hack, to l't cents before November passes, that price will lie protected the financial future of the South will he save . and not a -pindle in the world will he injured." Mr. Jortlau stronply condemned "nipht ritlinp" and ttrped that the eon vent ion pive it* attention to the lioll weev'l menace. lie also reeonimcyiilet th.e formation of a chain of warehousis wherefrom receipts conhl be issued which would he aocept.ahle as collateral for short-time loans l>v the lend p lir.aneial institutions in this ctiuufry and in Kufope. Ten Cents aa a Minimum. Memphis Tonn.. Speeial. Denunciation i>f M night-riding," an.! u limy defense of (he ' night-ridefs" threw the convention of the Southern Cotton tirowers' and Gingers' Assocouti*'ii into disorder mid nearly terminated the session hefctre the program had fnirlv begun. While exoitod delegates hurl d ehaigcs ^ajnd ,rountei' charges. T. I*. Si*sou, of Mft&lssippi, moved that the eonvehtion adjoin :l si no die. President .Jordan liniilly brought n emblanee of quiet and made a plea ! for order. ^H??gj?s i The gi oral committee on resolu- ^^BigaK lions pre cnted their report, which I was unanimously , adopted, reeoni ^^B mending li.at so far as pos-ible in 91 each individual case, none of the croo i i jHUS, > 'll in the ownership of tlm pioducer. ho sohf below 10 cents pn pound for short staple cotton, and urging pr.iweis to hold the orop so as to prevent selling in excess of one. tenth pen month of tho remaining ? !? p of lit; s. The cotton growers ore uracil to applv to the local hanks for loans secured by warehouse re. j cc'pls reprcK. .ting cotton to he held i 'or 1'ie purpose of being marketed i ::l\ wi-c-i demanded for actual co;:- ^ "uirptinn. Crcr TOO Men Entombed. >" Westphalia. Germany, llv Cah'e. The greatest mine disaster in it-.iuty ytr.is in O Tin any occurred T nr.- nv inorniipr in the Haillxxj mine. n!x it lljroc mil's f.'om lliis T!"'i c u ;>s :i hpjivv c.vdosinn 11 I'f t -ic likottf 1 o'flocl, and : <>M i; () '!:it<rlv the mine took lire. TW.-'ve i !? <:> minor- working unclf' 1 li;< ( '.u <! at thy time and only si : '! without injury. Tiiiriy-fl'r were taker, out wlijrht'v injured and T>7 were (had when brought !.? Ih? :r?t> i; ii of t! - pit. Tin* rrtuftin:n$r JUll have L".v n given up for lnwr. Tug Sinkt in Pamlico Scitjid?Crcr: Esracs. Norfolk, Va.. Sper i! ?Kows |ja? reached ;io city el tlx mnkitri: of Uia tug Hampton in Pai-iioj >\o.iud. X. C., during th" nrc-volcncv of i ?ove.?? nort liver coif, and of Mi" loss t ? Cap*a':i "" X T!- o> . eonirnandcr. The i'V rsraprn. i'l \;m hound from Nn ft !!: t<? M. 1> in. towing tlirtv lumber laden barges. The safety of the barges is still in doubt, I