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WILL SOON LEAD Saatkera Textile Mills Will Soea Oatrank Northern Mills IN COnON CONSUMED I Commissioner Wnt.son Talks Most UiferatUnKly on Industry.?Kays the United States Is Kxporting adi,87K,rt?<? Worth of Cotton Manufactures. "Have you stopped to realise that the United States is only sending to export $31,878,566 worth of cotton manufactures, while she is importing approximately $70,000,000 worth oi cotton manufactured products "^r the uso of her people." This statement is rather signifir nt in its nature and of peculiar In \er it just now on account of the cc'.on situation in this State was c.'ide recently by Commissioner Watsc o. Many of the mills of South Carolina are running on short time and there is a general policy of curtailment on account of the prices in the cotton goods market and the produst. in tho past month more than a half doaen large cotton mills have been chartered in the State. In a recent address the commissioner made several very Interesting statements bearing on the ;?xile industry In thiB country. The poM8ibllities of Southern manufacture are becoming more and more pronounced as he is revealed by a study of the consumption of bales of cotton in the texile plants of this country. However, as early as 1880, the Northerfl states were operating over 10,000,000 spindles, while the Southern Stutes were running but a little more tliun half a million. If was not until 1893 thnt the Southern states had increased the number or Bplndles to 2.000,000, while at tbut time the Northern states were operating 13,400,000 spindles. In 1009 our industry has grown until wo are now running # 10,429,000 spindles against thi North's 17,589,000, and we are using today 2,554,000 bales of cot'.on against the North's 2,687,000. As early as 1890 the Northern mills were using 2,000,000 bales when we were using but half a million. In 1908 the North was using 165,000 more bales of cotton than the South. This year that lead has been reduced to 143,000, and if conditions are not materially changed during this year it is not unlikely that the Sauth will, by the end of 1910, have overtaken the North in the matter of consumption. And remember that we are sending out of the country today $4 17,390,665 worth of domestic cotton, and that we are sending in cold casn to other countries for raw cotton imports the princely sum of about $14,000,000. In South Carolina our progress has beon rapid, for in 1860 we Pad only 30,890 Bpindles and 525 lonnio consuming 3,978,061 pounds of cotton; In 1889 thero was 82,334 spindles and 1,676 looms, consuming 15,610,055 pounds of cotton; then pass by another decade and South Carolina's Industry had developed until the music of 1,431,319 spindles and 4 2,663 looms was being hoard, consuming 230,053,807 ibs. of cotton. Now another nine years has elapsed, and this state today stands sec oikI lu the American Union in textiles, with 3,846,1 17 spindles and 96,281 looms, consuming 327,65 1,099 pounds of cotton. Nowhere u the world has there been such a rapid development. Today millB in this state are consuming 769,966 bales of cotton, or practically four-fifths of the state's entire cotton crop. The texile plants of the nation are turning out about $450,000,000 in product, while in this state alone, something like 175,000,000 worth of cotton manufactured goods is uow being annually produced. Of this country's cotton crop, here in tho South, we are now cons lmill ur in AHS A TV r* /?V It 1 1 An C 1 AO A J ') ? PS ? ? WMI u n II vn.MUirn U,liTO? ?U*> SOO-pouud bales, but wo aro still sending to export 8,889,724 bales o' over 66 per cent of the crop, and we are actually Importing about 175,000 bales of long staple cotton, cotton that we hope Ho be able to raise in the very near future. Again the "Unloaded" (inn. llellovlng that a shot-gun was unloaded, the 6-year-old son of County Commissioner I. D. llarrelson, of FunBtoB, N. C., while playing with three other children. In his father's home, lato Thursday, picked up the weapou, pointed It nt his little sister, aged .four, pulled the trigger, and killed the child instantly. The "Unloaded" tlun. At Athens, Ga., because he did not know It was loaded. Doc Jones, a 6-year-o!d-bo, leveled a gun at his baby sister and pulled the trigger. The baby's head was blown completely off, hurled through a door and portions were plastered on a wall twenty feet distant. MANY WERE SHOT AX INS AN E MAX KILLS HIS FAMILY AND A FIREMAN. Discharged Member of San Diego Department Shoots Former Comrades and Then Slays* Wife and CIdld. Shooting himself through the head after killing three persons, in Ktu ofjfo .an.I oh (1/1 mnrf o 11 v UID TT liv utiu V-IIIIU, U*v? v? wounding a fourth and seriously wounding a fifth, Mert. S. Durham, a discharged employe of the San Diego, California, fire department, Monday ended the hunt for him. ilia death was almost instantaneous. Durham nursed a grudge against Capt. Sampseil of the fire depart ment, under whom he had formerly worked as engine driver, and upon whoBe complaint he had been discharged from the services for insuoordination. Durham Monday morning sent in a false alarm from the outskirts of the city, and when Cap* Sampseil and the engine crew drove up he opened fire upon his former workmen with a revolver. At the first shot Fireman Don Grant fell from his seat dead, with a bullet in the head. At the second shot Horseman Guy Elliott pitched to the ground with a bullet through the stomach. Durham then leveiien his revolver at Sampseil and fired twice, both bullets piercing Sampsell's lungs. Two more shots fired at other members of the crew went v/ild. Durham then drew another revolver and with it he covered his retreat as he started to run from Assistant Chief Senocador, who had driven up in answer to the fire alarm. As he disappeared in vhe darkness, Durham shouted back to the chief: "Tell my wife I am going to kill myself." The victims of the shooting were rushed to St. Joseph's hospital in one of the hose wagons. Operation* were performed on Sampseil and Elliott. The surgeons say Sampseil suffered a severe hemorrhage and 'ho hold out no hopes of Lis recovery. Elliott has a chance. Within half an hour after the shooting, a score of police officers and deputy sheriffs were ou the scene in automobiles and had begun a man hunt. Durham eluded the pursuers and reached home. Af'er slaying his family, the mad man ran out and escaped. During his service in the department, which terminated some time ago, he had a reputation for being quarrelsome. Firemen with whom he worked though him insane. At a hospital it was said Sampsell will die, but that there may be some hope for EWiott. HI'HAL DELIVERY IN DANGER. Movement to Abolish it for vhe Old Star Routes. The R. F. D. News, published at Washington as the national organ of the Rural Letter Carriers' Association, sounds an alarm in these terms. "Right now preliminary plans are being made to abolish rural free delivery service and provide in its stead a daily delivery to the farmer by what is known as the star-route, r%r nont root ?,.n?'PL i^ ?? ? I w> v>?iivi uv.v oj oiuui. i uit* pian niis been the subject of serious consideration by thePost master General for more than six or eight months past ( atid .he hopes to be able to furnish President Taft wll ample reasons for I the change before the latter sends his annual message to Congress next September. It is the belief of many postal officials that President Taft will readily approve of the suggestion of the Postmaster General in the ( matter, and for the sake of economy, make a recommendation to Congress to enact the necessary laws for the change. Already Postmaster , General Hitchcock has consolidated the division of star-mail routes and division of rural free delivery into what will hereafter be known as the division of rural mails. This is the first step toward making the two ser! vices similar.'" WARSHIPS UK COM K JUNK. Cruisers Minneapolis mid Coliiinbiu , Are Useless. A naval board by Rear Admiral ' Thomas, began the task at the Phil ad?'l|>hla navy yard Tuesday of passing upon the fate of three cruisers which but a few years ago were the undisputed leaders in their classes. The vessels are the armored cruiser Brooklyn and the protected cruisers Columbia and Minneapolis, built as the commerce destroyers of the navy. The three cost over $S,r>00,000, exclusive of theirj armament. The Columbia and Minneapolis are in danger of being consigned to the i junk pile. The Brooklyn, Admiral Schley's flagship in the Spanish- ! American war, is in better shape and is likely to be ordered overhauled 1 and modernized. Three Americans killed. News was received of the assaa- s sination on July 22 in the Yaquai 1 valley near Coccorit. Mexico, of Mrs. 1 Jennie Shoudeler, an American wo- ( man, and her two sons. i MOB AFTER HIM= Clash Between as Editor aod a Preacher Causes Serious Row. EDITOR DRAWS HIS GUN On a Mob That Followed Him to Hi* Home.?Sermon in Answer to Continued Kditorinl Attacks I'recipiated the Trouble, and Came N'ea.- Causing a Riot. Klizahe'h City, N. C., was the 8eeue of a sensational affair on last Sunday nipht In which an editor and a preacher participated. "Stand back or 1 will shoot to kill," wete the words said by W. O. Saunders, editor of The Independent, as ne stood in his yard with a pistol after firing five times in the air. This was said to have occurred Sunday night, following the close of service at Blackweil 'Memorial Baptist church when Pastor I. N. Loftin hud preached upon "The Independent, the King Around it, and W. O. Sautiders." At the morning service Mr. Loftin had preached on sensational subjects dealing principally with Saunders and his paper. Many reports are in circulation and it *s impossible to get accurate information. Saunders was present at both services. As he left church that night and started toward his home many peoplo were on the ^streets returning home. One report had it that several of Saunders' bitterest enemies followed him and when he had gotten inside the yard yelled out some threats about giving him a certain time to get out of town. Immediately five or seven shots rang out and Saunders ordered his alleged pursuers to keep back. Women and children were panic-stricken and rushed to cover, some fainting, and the greatest excitement prevailed. Some claim that Saunders was Bhot at by some party on the street. However, no one wns hit and the police soon disperced what little crowd was left after the shooting. Saunders was next morning arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. O. W. Gilbert, proprietor of a big department store and brother-in-law of Loftin, was arreBted on the same charge, together with some five or six others for following Saunders with intent to assault and disturb the peace. They were bound over to trial justice court Tuesday morning. The unfortunate fall-out between Saunders and Pastor Loftin is said to have come from Saunders' continued bitter attacks on Loftin on acount of a certain seduction case some months ago in court. A lady of the city was brought into dispute and it narrowed down to the veracity of either the lady or the pastor The deacons of Blackwell Memorial sustained Pastor Loftin and expelled the lady. Saunders went at thi.action with unheard of editorials, giving Loftin unfavorable notoriety Pastor Loftin decided to preach upon the great evil that Saunders and his paper were to Elizabeth City : and crowds gathered from every section of the city and even from ih< county to hear his arraignment Printod circulars were distributed ali over the city Saturday and the sensational subjects were the source 01 much comment. Many citizens freely predicted that bloodshed or at least trouble would result. The unfortunate trouble is deeply deplored by all citizens and It is hoped that thP lnur will 1 A * * . in uc uiiuwbu 10 xuKe it1 course. SUCTION HANI) KILLED. Struck by Knglne, While Standing oe Knd of Crosstle. Arthur Alexander, a colored sec tlon hand on the Southern Railway, was knocked down and fatally in jured by Passenger Trniu No. 4 6. at Mrawley street crossing In Spartanburg Tuesday morning. The negro, with other hands, stepped aside to let the train pass, but stood on the and of the crosstie and did not get out of the reach of the engine. At *xcity, where be died a few hours later. Shot the Sheriff. Qhoriff L'l uuiuuuu uuii, or Monroe, M1ch., who was shot by an uuidentifled negro near Krie, Mich , is near death in a local hospital. Dull tried to arrest the negro for robbery when the latter shot him three times, ile made his escape. Shot Her Suitor. Annoyed by his persistent demand that she become his wife, Miss Ros> Perrino, aged 15, of Chicago, 111., i shot and perhaps fatally wounded Antonio Rossi. He is in the hospital and is expected to die Drought Itroke.n. A dispatch from St. Joseph. Mo., tays the rain in six weeks in that i ocality began Tuesday morning an i ? s of great benefit. TJhe drought ha.-- t tnmnged corn in some places beyond l epalr. < t. \ HAND BY THE SCHOOLS ? A KKPOKT OF UNION OOMMITTKK ON EDUCATION. \ e The Committee Makes Many Yaluu- ? ble SuKf^stionH, Whlcli Will Be 8 c Heeded by the People. I The Committee on Education of ' the State Union submitted the fol- ' lowing report at the late meeting of ( the Union, which we commend to ? the thoughtful consideration of the ' npdlil p Horn i u t ho run/\i>t ' We would especially urge upon < our people the importance, the vital < importance, of the commou schools; ' the only colleges that 90 per cent. ' of our boys and girls will ever be able to attend. We would urge that the buildings and equipment be im- 1 proved; let the school house and grounds be made attractive, for lit- I tie children absorb as much educa- ' tion from environment as from the text books; and it iB a disgrace in 1 our boasted Anglo-Saxon civilization that we should let our children be shut up in unsunitary, uncomfortable Bchool .houses for several hours 1 each school day. We would urge 1 that our text bookB and teaching ' give more attention to Agriculture i and domestic economy, at the same ' time demanding that the preparatory ' work be as thorough as for any of 1 the so-called learned professions. We commend the boys' corn clubs 1 and the girls' tomato and poultry ' clubs, and wish to see one of each in every neighborhood, with a cen- ' tral club in each county. For we 1 realize that tho way *o keep the young people on the farms is to ' make farming profltable and the homes attiac'.ivo. 1 We feel that the Clemson Rxten- 1 sion Work which is taking the col- ' lege to the grown up farmers is duo 1 to the friendly discussions in previous meetings of the State Union, ' and we can not too strongly urge ' upon our people that they attend these meetings with minds open to conviction, and with a determination to protlt by the information < brought to their very doors. i Tllft IT- S HomnnatrQtJnn UVeb I the IT. S. Farm Management Work, the Corn Breeders' Association, the I .South Carolina Live Stock AsBOcia- i tion, the Department of Agriculture i and industries, and the five or six agricultural societies, some of them with a hundred years of achievement to their credit, all have our hearty approval. And our people who are ?.ot muking use of jC e of t.hese agencies for their betterment are standing in their own light. We commend the Audubon Society and the untiring efforts of Mr. Jus. Henry Rice for 'err1 an r .me protection, and urge our people to inform themselves of the great importance of conservation of the insec-destroying birds. In this connection we indorse the resolutions of Sum ter County Union asking our Legislature for a gun license tax, the fund to he used for game and bird protection. In conclusion, some of these mattets may not seem to come properly under the head of a report from the Committee on Edu< ation, but we respectfully submit that they are all subjects upon whicvh our people nee 1 information; that the information these various agencies can, and do give, is of an educational nature, .in.1 that the greatest bar to the progress of the Union and the development of our unrivaled natural resources of climate and soil, is Ignorance; and If the Union does not staind for Education of the best kind, from tho n?? ^ v..v iw iut- auuiaiu^r, education in anif-help and neighbor- ^ ly co-operation, it does not stand To-* 1 anything. And tho handwriting .-n the wall is so plain that a wayfaring man. though a fool, can not fail t? read it. We are weighed in the '>ai- f .itices and found wanting. , m , r KKV KUSKS TilK Jl lMiK. _ t c r.iu't Sei/.e Whiskey Intended for Personal I" so. Attorney General Lyon has given | an opinion in wJiich ho holds that whiskey lor private or personal use can not he seized by any otlicer. This iecision is directly opposite to the ruling by Judge Aleuiminger, given t in his charge to the jury in Sumter County when he declared that whis- ( i\i j iui in-iHiiiiai use whs liable to be j. seized. Tne ruling by the Attorney iJeneral was given on the request of J. L. .111118. a Magistrate of ^ Kembert in wilirh several questions j were asked concerning t-he seizure of t whiskies Who is right, Meminim- r ger or Lyon? I lined Rebels. ( Mrs. Mary Weaver, of Dover. Pa., ij I ho woman win had the distinction l! of having fed tliree Southern gener- I lis 4 7 years ago. when part of the a Southern army bivoucared near her home, is dead. She was T.t years old. Six Men Killed. ? Six men were killed and fourteen c n lured, several of them fatally, in t >ne of the worst torpedo hoot dlsas- s ers on record, according to navy e- F torts Thursday. The accident oc- if :urreJ at Kronstadt, Russia. P "THE SOUTHERN FIELD." Lugiut Issue of Oflicial Organ of the Southern Hallway Out. A complehen6ive picture of the adantages to be found 'n the fr.uit [rowing sections of the southeastern dates is presented in the August isiu? of "The Southern Field." the >fllcial ork;?ii of the Land and Indus.rial Department of the Southern Railway and associated lines, the circulation of which will begin in a few days. The leading article of Lhis issue is devoted to a discussion of fruit growing in Virginia, the Carolinian, (ieorgla. Alabama. Tennessee and Mississippi. The story of the development of the growing of apples, peaches, berries and small Truits in this territory ia fully told and the opportunities for future development pointed out. The farmer interested in fruit growing who reads this issue can not fail to he Impressed with the great opportunities which await him In the Southeast. In addition to the article on fruit growing which is splendidly Illustrated there are olh-r interesting articles. Editorials call attention to the opportunities for profit in stock raising in the South, the value of the cotton crop to the country, and the increase in value of Southern lands. What can be done in the East Tennessee country Is shown in an article on pork raisin:;. "A Spartanburg Farmer" tells of results on a farm in the Piedmont section, and the success of Canadians In Northeast Georgia is told in an Interesting manner. Thousands of copies of this magazine will be put in the hands of farmers in ihe North and Northwest alio are considered desirable set tiers. Persons already in the South who have friends living in other sec lions of the country whom they wish to interest in this section can have copies of 'The Southern Field" sent them by a request addressed to M. V. Richards, Land and Industrial Agent >f the Southern Railway, Washington, I). C. liig Profit in Autos. "It has always been a foregone conclusion that the manufacture 01 automobiles is a profitable Industry, ...... aajo lllQ AUSUMH V ;-ll CO IllC lO. 'some real figures. from what ma> be considered an authentic source? a concern making automobiles?is not short of surprising- For instance, the statement is made that the profits on cars sold by this ono ;oncern alone, for delivery next yoi>, will amount to at least 40 per cent., tnd. though such a profit 'may sound exaggerated,' it does not mark the and of the hope for earnings entertained by the makers. Indeed, the itatement is made that 'in 1012 dio returns should be around 60 per rent." "As an illustration, the statement, s made by one of the manufacturers that 1.525 cars have been ordered for 1011 delivery, representing $2,312,250 in business, on which the roncern will make a profit of $3 96.iOO. In the same statement is conalned the information that an investment of $5,000 in one of the auomohile manufacturing enterprises if this country represents a valuation today of $140,000 in addition to whikdi cash dividends have been >aid lo the amount of $60,750. or hat in four years the company's stock dividends have been 4 47 1-2 ier cent on the investment. "Another concern, one of the larger ones, shows ever a more remark ible profit earning. One of .he stockholders of this latter company s reputed to have invested $100,000 hree years ago and for which se ias very recently refused a cash of ar ior ills Holdings, an increase of ust 20 to 1 on an investment in he space of three years. "A recital of these facts is only n illustration of the unlimited exc?nt to which a fad has carried one >f the commercial enterprises of the vorld.' The question of whether ox lot the people of the country wilt vtr get tired of paying twice wh.it hey are worth, upon the statements if their makers." Font AKK I.YNTHDII. >'or Assault and Murder ni'd Others Are Iteing limited. .a nispairn rrom Monifoy, Fla , ays the telephone lines tt? D.uly, the cone of the murder and lynching, ire up ami reports have been eonIvmed that four negroes have thus ar been lynched by the infuriated ilizeus of Dady, avenging tlie asault and murder of little Itessie ilorrlson. Posses are out now honing two more negroes, who were bought *o have knowledge of tlie 11 order, it has developed that tne legroes expected to also criminally ssault and murder t.he mother of he girl and kill till the children, nit their plans failed. Excitement j at fever heat and a wholesale k 111na is expected. A great throng was t the burial of the little girl. First of the Kind. At Sunderland, England, whi"-> taking a tlight at the Iloldou race ourse Mile. Frank's biplane overtimed and crashed into a crowd of riectators, killing a boy. Mile. 'rank was dangerous wounded. This i tho first accident of its kind n-l urtod. STORY OF BRIBE Gore Will Gi?e Particulars of Conspiracy to Rob Indians. WILLIAMS IS INVOLVED The Senator State?* He Will (Jive "Full l>etails of a Scheme to ICot> ? > * Indians of Three Million in Substantiation ?if (Imrgin Made by Him in United States Senate. Investigation of charges made in the United States senate by D. 11. Gore that be and a member of the house of representatives hud been of- j ferred a bribe of $25,000 each t?> j foster a scheme whereby the Indians of Oklahoma were to be deprived of $3,000,000 profits due them through the sale of asphalt lands in that State, has begun. "1 will tell the full detail* of the scheme hatched at Washington to mulct these Indians out of $3,000,000 through the sale of their lands." said Senator Gore. "I will give names, dates and other circumstances relative to the hrit>e of $20,000 offered to me and to a member of the house of representatives to remove our opposition to the scheme which would put that vast sum of money in the bands of public attorneys" ! The comintttee was appointed by the house of representatives to investigate what are known as the MoMurray contracts with the Chieksaw | and Choctaw tribes of Indians. It is headed by Chairman Chat*. II. Kurkc of South Dakota and convened on Thursday. Senator Gore was the first witness. The charges made by Senator Gore in the senate June 24. which are the basis of tlie present investigation, are: That J. F. McMurray, of McAlester, Okla., and his associates h id obtained 10,000 contracts with Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians for the sale of 4 50,000 acres of lands, estimated to be worth $3,000,000 to $16,000,000. That the profit of McMurray and his associates was to he 10 per cent, and a sum ranging from $3,000,000 to $16,000,000. That a New York syndicate already was prepared to take over the land at $3,000,000. That when opposition to proving the contracts Hm??> in ? -. _ a * TJCSCf II'' (Senator Gore) was approaohed ami told that $2Tj,000 or perhaps $00,000 would be available to him and that a like sum would be available t to a men.ber of the house of repre V sentatives, if all opposition was removed. That if the contracts had been approved the Indians would have been deprived of I 0 per cent, of the profits guaranteed them by the government and the money would have gone 'o pay ' attorneys' fees'* for w.hich no material service had been rendered. Senator (lore also charged that 'an ex-senator from Nebraska and exsenator from Kansas were interested in the contracts." "In my charges before the senate, I did not give any names concerning the offers of bribery," said Senator Gore. "That and other information, 1 atn ready to impart before the Investigating committee. When the government made its treaties with the Indians it agreed to sell the land and hand over the full profit to those Indians. It would be absurd for tlio Government to sanction a reduction of 10 per cent, to be handed out in the shape of attorneys' fees. It Is especially absurd since no attorneys' services are npoHmi " Besides Mr. Burke, other members of the investigating committee are I'hilip Campbell, of Kansas. Clarence It. Miller, of Minnesota, John H. Stephens, of Texas and B. NV. Saunders of Virginia. Chairman Burko said that the committee, niter taking evidence, would visit M< AIester, Oklahoma City and other parts of the State to obtain from the Indians direct information as to how tho contracts were obtained frotn them. Dennis Flynn, counsel for J. F. McMurray, said ho would contend that the contracts were valid since the Indians were members of what are known as the "Five Civilized Tribes" and as such had the right of citizenship to make tho contracts. Ho said ho would assert, however, that no offer of bribery hud ever been made. Cecil Lyon, chairman of the Republican State committee of Texas, who was charged by Congressman A. I). Murphy on the floor of the house with having assisted Mr. Murphy iu asking for the approval of the contracts, is expected. Many Are Drowned. A St. Petersburg, Russia, dispatch says undei the direction of tJie milItary department the work of rescue was taken up on the ltlver Amur, near Nlcolalesk. where 200 Hsho men are known to have been drowned when a typhoon wrecked their boats on Wednesday. It is feared the death list will exceed that number. I [