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THE LAST OF HER The Texu, Ouj Hotfa Baltlnkip, Will Swo Be sk?tt? Pkces TO IMPROVE THE NAVY She Will Ilefore Long He Bombard ml by Our Own Friendly Shot ?od Shell to Te#?t Up-to-date Projec tiles and Armor and Will Go to the Junk Heap.' Off Hampton Roads in April next a battleship of the famous White Squadron of twenty years ago will meet a friendly fate at the hand* of the men bohlnd the guns of our modorn Atlantic fleet. The Texas, always aeteel -elded hoodoo and long a target for naval criticism, is to become at last a targot for Ameri can gunners. She will be towed like a culprit to a point off the Ches apeake's protecting capes, anchored and shot to pieces. " When her bat -t^red funnel shall have disappeared beneath the great sea the final rec ord will be made in the naval rec ords of the first battleship built for the American navy, a vessel that cost the Government $2,500,000 in 1 S92. It will be the first time In the history of our navy that a real ves nel Ib used as a target for the big guns. Heretofore targetB made 01 canvas have been used, but as the Texas has otitllvod her UBefullness, high explosive projectiles will be flr ^od against her in order that the of ficers may study their action against the hull ajid superstructure at bat tle ranges. Surely a fitting end for the unlucklest ship In the Ameri can Navy! For although nhe cov ered herself with glory at the bat tle of Santiago, she was so unfortun ate In time of peace as to earn the title of "The Hoodoo." Foreign navies for many years have used their obsolete battleships as targets, and the results have been of great benefit In determining the relative value of high explosive pro jectiles. The old query, What would happen if an irresistible force came in contact with an immovable ob ject? has nlmost been answered by these t eBt 8. At a recent test in the French Navy it was discovered that when a twelve or thirteen inch pro jectile hllH a turret such a terrific heat Is developed that for twelve hours no human being could touch the point of contact. Whether men could live In a turret pounded by 12 inch pojectiles is doubtful, although experiments have shown that cats and chickens have been able to with stand this terrific heat. For the past four or five years the Texas has been little more than a boating barracks for enlisted naval tow, stntloneJ^MtoM^^e time at Spanish war she has doho nothing but cruise up and down the Atlantic coast, taking the midshipmen on their annual practice Jaunts to the New England regions, and steaming around Hatteras U* all kinds of weather to the fall and winter man oeuvers in the tropics. She has not been considered good enough for a, station ship. In fact, like more than fifty other men of war that have become obsolete, she is nothing more than a pile of Junk. She cost $2,500,000 less than twen ty years ago, but today she would hardly bring $50,000. The cruiser Detroit, which cost the Government $1,233,039 twenty years ago, brought only $20,000 the other day. In short, the men-of-war of even 15 years ago are little more than Junk today. And Uncle Sam has a Junk pile which cost between $140,000, 000 and $150,000,000. The cruis ers of the famous White 'Squadron that sailed the seas before the or ganization of the more famous floet of the prosent time are all obsolete. They are worthless as flghterB, use less as cruisers. ? u The necessity for more powerful ships in the United States Navy was demonstrated by the battle between the French and Chinese fleets in August, 1884. at tho Pagoda An chorage, Mln River, where the Chin ese ships were sunk in half an hour. It was decided that this country should have a modern defense force as eoon as possible. In 1 886 Presi dent Cleveland approved a naval ap propriation bill which directed tho building of the Texas, a battleship: the Maine, a sister ship, and several cruisers. A prize was offered by the Secre tary of tho Navy for tho best designs for a battleship to cost $2,500,000 Many naval architects competed, and the prize was awarded. to an EnglUh man, a Mr. John. With the excep tion of the protected cruisers Char leston and Raltlmore, "built lr.ter, the Texas was the only vessel built on designs purchased abroad. Tho Texas was constructed at. the Norfolk Navy Yard, helng tho first and only battleship ^ver built there. Work on her ^a? so slow that al though the ktfol was laid down In mm www rmr Twwncwmr ] until Juno, 1 892, and by that time the plans had boen altered so much that she was practically of American design. From the start she showed tip badly. in fact, she had such * series of mishaps that sho became known as the greatest, landgolng bat tleship In the world. Not only did she sink twice, once right In her dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but she used to ?ry the patience of the authorities at Wa?hln*t/on by violating the navy regulations and running ashore four or five times a yoar. Her weakness for explor ing shoals and mud flats made It look as If she should have been transferred to the Coast and Geod etic Survey. However, she redeemed herself) before Santiago. She was really out of date then, hut her nose was ahoved Into the fight, and aha ac quitted herself nobly. Rut so many accidents kept recurring that the tit Hi of th$ Hoodoo of the Navy stilt clung to her. Irt fact, her 111 luck began while "he was being bunt. A dozen men were fatally hurt on her while she was in course of construction and two tnen were plunged to death from her deck. Her engines were ecorch ed In a fire at the Richmond iron VvorkB and her propeller was broken on the first trip to the yard. In '> 'V'V-' .. v; ... .. . v ? ' v ? her dock trial she iwtmptu a lum ber schooner with the wash from her screw. Heeled over by the wlod and the uoeqiMl weight of the patrially set up turret, she nearly sank In her dock at Norfolk before she was com pleted. She was put In dry dock, and It waa found that she was not strong enough to bear her own weight. She proved herself a poor Bteam pr. and burned great quantities of coal. On Nov. 9, 1 896. while ehe was lying at the Cob Dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard one of her sou cocks became unfastened and she sank. Had the accident occurred at sea the ship would have been lost On every one of her trial trips something happened In the nature of a breakdown In some part of her machinery. Either the eccentric strap got hot or her condensers fall-! ed to work or the steering gear got out of order. The loes of four an- [ chors was among the little thin.'s that emphasized her reputation for IH luck. In February, 1897, she went ashore on the Dry Tortungas, and In tho winter of the same year she grounded In VVallabout Channel. In Boston Harbor the same winter nn engine In one of her launches ex ploded, Injuring six men. Again while being drvdocked at the Brook lyn Navy Yard an accident occurred which showed alleged structural weaknes which cost $1 25,000 to remedy. She scraped her bilge on the sill of the dock and settled down like a bag of wheat In th basin. This was in November, 1897. It waB only chance that Bavod tne Texas from being rammed and sent to the bottom by the Brooklyn In the battle with Admiral Cervera s fleet off Rantlaco on Jrly .1, isns Two weeks before that she had her first fight In Cuban waters and a narrow escape from a submarine mine off tho Giinntannmo batteries when the Texas joined Admiral Sampson's squadron off Santiago or ders were issued that If the cnom> trios to escapp the ships were to close In and engage as soon as pos slble and to sink the Spanish v. - sols or send them ashore. On tho dnv of the battle the American ves sels moved toward the mouth of the ha rbor. W hen tho Marie Teresa started to run for It. tho Iowa gave the oriei "Enemy's ships escaping." then .?li? n a Hed. "Clear for action," ami gave a third order. "Close up," all In execution of Admiral Sampson's Btandlng order. As the Brooklvn Bteamed In toward tho mouth of the harbor, Commodore Schley, who wa:< aboard her, explained to her com mander, Capt. Cook, that the "Close up" meant he was to keep some where within 1,000 yards from the enemy, so as to be outside of her broadelde torpedo range. Capt. Cook gave orders 'o port the helm, and the Brooklyn began to turn away from tho battle line an(F presented her stern to the hos Itllo crulBers. The Brooklyn ran about 2,000 yards south and all but came into collision with the Texas, which saved herself by reversing her engines. A hole was tjius left In the blockading line through which the enemy promptly steamed. The late Capt. Philip of the Tex as In describing this Incident, wrote "Suddenly a whiff of breeze and a lull in the firing lifted the .pall, ?and there bearing toward us and across our bows, turning on her port helm, with big waves curling "over her bows and great clouds of black Binoak pouring from her funnels, was the Brooklyn. She looked as big as half a dozen C,reat Easterns. 'Back both engines hard!' went down the tube to the astonished engineers and In a twinkling the old ship was racing agalnBt herself. Had tha Brooklyn struck us then It would probably have been the end of the Texas and her half thousand men '? Aside from this Incident the share of the Texas in the fighting off San tiago was conspiclous. On June 22 a shell from Santiago's Mooro pierc ed a nix-inch hole in her how undnr the anchor and killed Frank niake ly, a first class apprentice. In the flghtln? on July 3 a shell from the Almlrante Oquendo pierced the star hoard bulkhead tinder the bridge, entered the smokestack and ex ploded. For two years after the war tho Texas had a peaceful and uneven tual career, On Nov. 30, 1 902, how evor, when ftt target practice along tho New England coast the discharge of one of the biff Runs broke the re coIIb, with the result that tho g.m foundatlons were shattered, wnter and steam pipes werg crushed and damngo was donn that was thought at first to be Impossible to rtpaH". However, she was repaired and as she left tho drydock she came lu'o collision with the cnlller Sterling, hen din? many of her forward plains and puttlnp her out of commission for another six weeks. ?During the next two years she ran ngfoUflfl ho lefts TTinn Mtc I Rho was hard aground at Dry Tor tugas twice lnsldo. of three months. This trick was varied slightly a lit tle later In the same port when she ran on a coral reef, suffering con siderably from the scraping sho re celvod. On another occasion she be came so firmly wedged In tho mud at Newport, that six tugs were requir ed. Jjjl null- her. out? , _ Tho hack draugh from one of her t wolve-lnc.li suns caused another bail accident on April lf>, lftOFV. And in April of tho following year she was badly damaged by running Into a derelict off South Carolina. Her plates were so badly twisted that she had to bo dry-docked for sev eral weeks. In addition, a collision with the floating crane Hercules at tho Brooklyn Navy Yard, looeened her how and kept her out of com mission for some time. In July, 190fi, the cruising day of the ill fated battleship ended, and she was tied up at the Charleston Navy Yard, where she booarne a floating house for enlisted men. The last, active service of the warship was flag duty with the starred pen nant of Roar-Admiral F. W. Dick Ins, TJ. S. N., afloat. That was In the spring of IQOtt. When the fleet re turned from the maneouvres off Charleston In June, Rear- Admiral Dlckln's command was disbanded. The Texas was then docked at Hos flnal stripping of Its-hefor feekRflu ton end came to Charleston for final stripping of Its six-Inch guns. Rut the hoodoo followed her there ?even after she wan out of commis sion. Rho narrowly escaped being blown up by a careless visitor, who was found smoking a cigarette In the powder magazine. Now It hee been' decided to shoot her to pieces. Rarly In April she i RUIN COTTON CROP A CONSPIRACY SAID TO UK ON FOOT TO DISTRIBUTE Thousand* of IJve Cotton Doll \V(* vils by Night In Georgia huJ Thlw State. An alleged conspiracy by crowed ?peculators to ruin the south's cotton crop by secretly distributing thous ands of live boll weevils In the fields under cover of night, was brought to light In Atlanta Saturday when Gov ernor-elect Moke Smith made public a letter of warning, sent him anorny mously by a Now Orleans business nan. This man called at Mr. Smith's office Friday afternoon, made known lis Identity and good faith, and cor -oboraied all the statements In the J letter. Two men approached him In New Orleans a short time ago, he declares md solicited his help In a diabolical ;cheme to curtail this year's crop by inundating Georgia and South Caro ina v.ith the weevils, buying greai luantities of October cotton now, and selling when the crop shortage sent prices higher, making a fortune for 'hemselves, at the awful expense of devastating one of the richest ag ricultural sections of the union not only for one year but for years to ?ome. The author of the letter ways he ?wore to the two men that he would Hot disclose their names, and Insists 'hat his own l>e withheld front publi cation. He came clear from Mlr 'v, Ingham Friday to assure Governor olect Smith of his good faith. Hi onvinced Mr. Smith that he was vet a crank, and not a grafter, for he vanted nothing. He film ply felt it his duty to make the matter public, 'ust ,is Mr. Smith now feels It his ' ' ' t y to "Ive the contents of the let - ??r to all the farmers of the south, t h rough the newspapers. Georgia State Entomologist Lee 'A'orshain says the scheme as set orth is eti t i r? ? 1 y feasible and possi ble, and that any one of a mind to ?omnilt such an appalling act. could vork so unobtrusively that it would '>e practically Impossible to detect ' hetn. lie does not know anything ore of the alleged plot than con tained in the story and letter given out by 'Mr. Smith, or such a thing being done, and asks that all farm ers and others be on the watch for any suspicious characters about the State. "It was pretty well established some six years ago that the boll weevil was surreptitiously Introduc ed on Audubon farm In Mississippi by some unknown miscreant," snid Mr. Worsham. "The pest had ap peared nowhere In the state up to that time, and was not within many miles of the farm. Suddenly and without warning it appeared. Gov ernment experts wero Biiinmonod and after a careful Investigation de clared' tha^ the ^<oevll could not have appeared there without having been brought in from a distance. No 'race of the perpetrator of the out rage could bo found. "It would be possible for a man to scatter the pest from the win dow of a fast moving train. Enough would find lodgment to get a start. Once it begins Its Bpread is rapid, history showing that It travels from 7f> to 1 f> 0 miles every year Into new territory. A scoundrel mean enough to do such a thing would commit the act with due care, and there would be small chance of ever de tecting htm. "1 estimate that the weevil will toss the line into Southwest Geor gia late next yeaj\ but will not be seriously felt until the year follow 'ng. All we can do Is to get ready to combat It by every known and possible means at hand." Mr. Worsham was asked If the quail would destroy the weevil, He stated that It would not eat them at first, but had finally come to like and destroy large quantities of them. This is one of the arguments some lawmakers will put forward for stringent laws to protect the quail from further slaughter for a period of years. Field larks and orioles will also eat the weevil. ?Moth he and Mr. Smith are Inclin ed to believe that the widespread publication and exposure of the scheme, putting the farmers on not ice, and arousing them to protect their fields, with armed force If nec essary, will force the conspirators to abandon their plans. Here Is the 'etter received by Hon. Hok? Smith: Anonymous letter. "New Orleans. Jan. 31. 1911. "Hon. Hoke Smith, Governor of Oeorgia: "Dear Sir: In wrltting thin let ilor I do so because I fool It Ifl my duty Mid 1 know you wen ennnnh by reputation to know you will appre '?late It fully. I will bo as brief rr pOH >ti|le <nd net rl ?ht to the point. "There are two men, ono from Texan, and I am not j'tst Burn where the other la from at. thla writing, hut I should aay Chicago from his talk, are going to distribute boll .veevll In overy cotton-raising coun ty In (Joorgln and South Carolina In 'ho next 90 days. They claim to have over IftO.OOft live Insoots now and thoy sliowpd mo a box containing I ahonld nay f>,000 of thorn. "Tliolr object In dlscuaslng It with ine was to got me to help distrib ute tli" weevil arid share In the prof Its. That Is. I was to buy 1,000 bales October cotton. I think from tho talk that ono man has already ?one to Augusta with several thous and In Hinall box. "How I happen to be able to write you this Information came about In ? his way: I met one of the men, whom I have known for several y?.ars and we had two or thre drinks lo | gather and the conversation drifted to cot ? on. I expressed a bellof that, cotton would decline 1 00 points or inoro. Finally be said If I would r;!vo him my word as a man bo would ?e|| me something out of which I could make ft fortuno. I promised him and this was the schemn he dis closed to me. He gave me n mass of details, etc., that for the presont are worthless. The second man seemed afraid to trust me, or any one, In this cash the man whom I knew as will be towed from her moorings In the Navy Yard to the nhoal water of the Chesapeake, where twelve and thirteen Inch projectiles will soon finish her. The hoodoo of tho navy will then be a hoodoo no longer SWINDLING THE NEGROES. Bible With Angel* Hepirwntinjc Col ored Race Sold. A que?r atory conies from Rome, Q*.. where some smooth raacalB are gulling foolish country negroes by ?selling them at outrageous prices a Bible In which the picture of all angele. the Savior and Bible charac ters generally have been artfully colored to represent the African race. It is said these sharpers are Aorklng In other parts of the state also, and. unless the negroes are placed on guard, hundreds will be gulled. The Bible Is said to be a cheap one. worth about $1. The pictures In some caBes have been paBted In and colored to make all characters represented black. These Bibles are sold for $2 down and a balance of $8 in installments. The slvarpers -lec'are that histories have been dis covered to show that the eirtlre hum in race was originally black, and this true Bible has been quietly printed and cold only to negroes In order to establish the truth. It is said many of them have been yold to Ignorant and easily duped negroes, who seem to believe the ?* 1 11 y story told by the raecals who ire selling this fake Bible. No loubt these raBcale In time will reach thin section and attempt to swindle our nesroes. When they come they ought to be arrested and 'ocked tip, as they are nothing but the meanest kind of Bwindlers. Look out for them. ST KICK KX CHINESE DISTRICTS. President Asks Relief for Famine Sufferers. President Taft Issued the follow- : ing proclamation Wednesday for funds to aid the famine sufferers m Oh Ina : "As president of the American Red Cross I appeal to the people of tills country to aid the unfortunate multitudes who are dying of star vation because of famine In China either by money contributions which t'hould l>e Bent to the laical Red Cross treasurers or the Red Cross. Washington, I). C., or by assisting in raising a cargo of flour and other Miltr.ble supplies to be sent to those people. Concress has granted the use of an army transport to the Red Cross for this purpose. The Seattle Commercial Club of Seattle, Washington, Is co-operating with the Red Cross and will act as ? re ceiving and forwarding agent for all supplies. I trust that our people will respond generously and that the transportation lines will aid in the delivery at Seattle. * (Signed) "William H. Taft. \vnrri<: citizkx akiiksted. Sensation Sprung in the I?aiigford Murder Cane. - A dispatch from Branson says a sensational feature in the Langford murder case developed Wednesday when a warrant was issued for L. B. Tuten, a prominent citizen of place, charging him with the Bias ed crime. On November 29. last the body of J. R. Ltingford, n pro ui inent merchant and citizen of Brun son, was found some distance off the public road, between there and his saw mill, about half a mile froin Brunson. The discovery was made by a searching party, after Mb ?in accounted for absence from both his home and mill for about 12 hohrs. Foul play was indicated and. upon ?he statement of a young white "wo man, thnt she saw the fatal lilow struck, Richie Williams, a negro, was arrested, charged with the kill ing, and hurried to the Penitentiary to prevent threatened violence. * Trove's Young Dream. Sighing like a furnace, Over ears in love, Blind In adoration Of hlB ladle's glove; Thinks no girl was ever Quite so sweet as she, Tells you she's an angel, r Expects you to agree. Moping and repining, (Moomy and morose. Aska the price of poison, Thinks he'll take a dose; Women are bo fickle, Jf' Love Is all a sham, Marriaee is a failure, Life a broken dam. Whistling, blithe and cheerful, Now lie's bright and gay, Dancing, laughing, singing^ All the livelong day; \. Full of fun and frolic, -1 Cuuht in fashion's whirl, V, Thinks no more of poison, \ (Jot. another girl. ? URS. Horse Killed by a Boar. N?uirkAlUATi t.h** other day a hoi Be was attacked and klllod by a} boar belonging to W. Roth rock. The hoc was in a pastur:* near Aiken. Will r;.v!or bad driven Into the pasture to Inok at some cattle, leaving hl? horse hitched. The boar attacked tho horse, disemboweling it. * .Mlvsinx Art Student. A Rome dispatch says the Uftlian government is now Inclined to fear that the disappearance of Jfenry I. aw re n re Wolfe, of New York, was the result of a crime, and offered a reward for the discovery of t.h4 min ing art student. * sured blni I was all O. K.* Hence t lie confidence. I felt It wan my duty to do something, so I thought, I'd write you and let you advise ffte offi cers and farmers to tie on the lookout for suspicious people. I am a bus iness man here and do :.ot want any notoriety, so must make thin an annonvmous letter. Am leaving for Now York tonight If you are interested, Insert a 'personal In the New York Herald and sign it Geor gia In next Sunday's paper. I am wlllln* to come and sen you and do promised upon my honor I would not disclose any names, but I might help you and your officers intercept the Insect and arrest the men with/ them. i| Mr. Smith received the letter OPi Wednesday, February 1. Ho com municated at once with CommlsalAn er of Agriculture Hudson and Sf^te Kntomologlst Worsham. As a Ire- I suit of their conference Ooverftor elect Smith published the "'person al" In the New York ITerald onfcnn day, the Kth. They also nKreiem that the letter should be publlaheripto put the public. In posesslon of facts. LUMBER TRUST Caafressaaa Suith Waris Against ll la Making Report on Subj;d A SUMMARY OF REPORT He Nays He Finds Concentration of Control of Standing Timber in Very Few Hands and He Kinds Speculative Holdings Far Iii Ad TADce of Any I'se Thereof. Concentration of the control of Cne standing timber in a v?r> few hands, vasts speculative holdings "far In advance of any use thereof," an enormous Increase in the value | of "this diminishing natural re source, with great profits to its own ers," and incldentlv "and equally sinister land monopoly," and "close ly connected railroad domination" ? these are the findings reported to President Taft. by Herbert Kno; Smifh, commissioner of corporations in the first instalment of his long awaited report on the lumber indus try of the country. The report was made public.... when su b:n i 1 1 t<l to Congress by the President. It constituted the "first comprehens'v e and methodical Investigation of the amount of and ownership of our standing timber.' The report itself comprises prit ed pages, but a summary of its con tents Is contained in a letter si. li mit ted bv Mr. Smith. "There are mi-ny great combina tions in other industries." says the ! commissioner, "whoso I'ormiM'on is coin | ie" e. In the lumber industry, on the other hand, the bureau now finds in the making a combina tion caused fundamentally, by a long standing public poltfy. "In the last forty years concen tration has so proceeded that 1 holders, many interrelated, now have practically one-hall' the privately owned timlvr in tV- investigation area, (which eont.iitss s?? per cent of the whole.) This formidable process of cont ent rat ion. in timhe and in land. Involves grave future possibilities of impregnant monop oly, with fur-reaching consequence to society, it is now dilllcnlt to an ticipate fully or to overestimate "The foremost facts shown are. First, the concentration of a domi nating control of our standing lim ber in a comparatively few enor mous holdings, steadily tending to wards a central control of the lum ber Industry; secondly, vast hold ing of timber land far in advance of any use thereof; third, an enormous increase in the value of this dimin ishing natural resource, with creat profits to its owners. This value, by the very nature of standing tim ber, the holder neither created nor substantially enhances. "These are the underlying facts of .tremendous service to* the public welfare. They are primarily the re ,8ii Its of our public land policy, long continued. The laws that represent that policy are still largely opera tive. The past history and pry.,ent status of our standing timber drive home upon us the imperative neces sity of revising our public policy iov future management of all our re maining natural resources." The commissioner then traces th'? Interval during which timber land passed from Government to private ownership. "There Is now left," he continues. "In Continental United States about 2,200 billion board feet of pri itey owned standing timber, of whi< n 1,747 billion is In the 'Investigation area" covered In great detail by tin bureau. This area Includes Li,.' Pa cific Northwest, the Southern p1 no region and the Lake States, and con tains about SO per cent of all the private timber of the country. In addition, there are about f>39 bil lion feet in the national forests and about f>0 billion feet on other vari ous private lands. Thus, the total amount of standing timber in Con tinental United States Is about 2,800 billion board f(*t. The present annual drain upon the supply of saw timber is about. f>0 billion feet. At this rate the timber now standing, without allow ance for growth or decay', would last only about years. "The present commercial value of i privately owned standing timber in the country, not Including the val m of the land, is . estimated at six bil lion dollars. Ultimately, the con sumer will have to pay higher prices for lumber, which- will give this timber a far greater value." The commissioner declares the holdings of the Welerhalres Timber (Yompany, the Southern and North ern Pacific Companies, together, ar" 2I!^ Will-on feet, or nearly I I per ' cenu of all the privately owned lim ber Cf the country. "I ft the Southern pine re? ion, ' said fiie report, in taking up the discriptVon of timber land, "there are 084i billion feet of privately owned tlYnber. Concentration in to tal tlmbhr is mu<b le<s than iu the p?ein?3 Northwest. There i,i, how " a ' high concentration in th< more valuable species, v|'"w p(nn and cypress. Slvtv ?ev< n holders own 30 per ne nt of the long leaf yellow pine, 29. per cent of all the cypress, I per 'cent or the short leaf and loblolly 'pine, and II per cent of the hardwood." ComlntK to t lie effects of this, the commissioner savsr "Sn< h concen ts 'im ,ln standing timber. If per mitted , to continue and Increase, niAko 'probable a final central con trol oY the whole lumber Industiy A fe,>w strong Interests ultimately holding the bulk of the timber, can R^tj'the price of timber and Its pro fdu^ts. {"Certain further facts, not exact Ljr measurable. Increase .-'till more J he real concentration. K1 rat , a further Interweaving of lnt'<re*ts. corporate and personal connects a ' great many holdings which the hu- I reau has treated as separate. Sec ! ond, the very large totals of timber j so scattered In small tracts through lar?er holdings that they are sub i stantlally 'blocked in' or 'controlled' j by the large holders; third the con centration Is much larger In the val- j liable species. "Tlio largest holders are cutting little of th*s timber They thus re- , serve to themselves Incalculable profits, which are still to accrue with CLASSIFIED COLUMN For Sale ? Pure Kin* Cotton Seed at Poultry Yard, I>arltn<ton, S S Fur Sale ? Pure Kins Cotton Seed a'. $1.00 per bushel Address. J. J Llttlejolin, Jonesvllle, S. C. Cabt>M?o Plants F. O P Young's Is land, S C 7 5 cents per thou sand, W. J. Nunnery, \Yedgefte<;i. s C. 1 want Im).vs In every town to sell Key Checks. Rubber Stamps, Sten cils Williams. Hack Hay. p. o Hox l'J2. Hoston, Mass. For Sale ? Krrs from pure br.d Whit? Plymouth Rocks. Flshel strain. Price $1.50 per setting of 1 r>. K. H. Patrick. White Oak, S. C. Von Can Make Hie .Money selling portable fence right. Every far mer needs It. Write R. T. Stain baugh, Woodsboro, Sid., for par i tlculars. Kleven Kentucky Jacks, twenty-one Jennets for sale. All of my own raising, with guarantee as str'it.u as can be made. J. W. Kile/. Oracey, Ky. >i For Sale ? Ft'.lity Rhode I-'land Ke! Cockerels, $1 5 o to $2.00. Fine Cock. ??" ?o. One excellent Irish Pointer Fog, $50. no. w R Pear son. St rot her. S. C For Sale ? S. (\ R I. Reds. Win;. and Rrown Leghorns. Kla-k ! ang shang, Plycouth Ro Us. Fe::s {or set tine. 1 for $1. M. M. Grant Darlington. S C. Full stuck Marred Plymouth Rocks White Sherwoods and Rhode Is land Red chickens and eges fot sale \ddrers Mrs. S! try F L'.i tlejohn, Jon'-sville. S. C. For Sale ? \t a bargain and on terms a plant of woodworking machin ery. complete and running, wi'h all the business it can handie. W. F. Alman. Spartanburg. S. ('. S. t'. Rhode Island Red and \\ bite Leghorn eyes for hatchin.-. N >ne b'-tter. few as good. Sa inaction guaranteed. Wri'e for prices. Havsiiie Poultry Farm, Guyton. (la. The Little Tell Tale which tells the Truth. A complete egg record of the day. the week, the month, and the year. Price I o<?. Address, Mrs. SI. R. Roberts, Dade City, Fla. l-'or Sale ? Hugs for hatching- -Single Comb Ruff Leghorn. Frc:in line, well-mated. heavy-Jaylng stock. $l.no for 1*>; T1.T."> for $5. on for 100. T. K. Simpson, So iety Hill, S C. (iirl or Woman ? each locality, gooa pay made acting as representa tive, address envelopes, fold, mail circulars, material, stumps. fin nished free. Rex 'Mailing Agency. London, Ontario. For Sale ? Whlppoorwill Pens, $2.25 per bushel; Flay Mixed Peas. $2.20 L t>er bushel; Ripper .Mixed Peas, :*2.2n per bushel. Write for prices in large quantities. F. A. Rush Co., Preston, Ga. Rropxy C'iihmI ? Shortness of breatn relieved ir. 3 0 to -IK hours. Re duces swelling in 15 to 2 0 days Call or write Collnm Dropsy Rem edy Company, Dept. O 5 12 A iste 1 Rldg., Atlanta (la. Dolilix' Single Comb Rhode Island Reds antl "Crystal" White Orping tons win and lay when others fall, stock and e.-gs for sa'*. Send for m 'ting list. G. A. Dobbs, Rox R. 24, Gainesville, fla. Wanted? Men and ladies to take three months practical course. F\ pert management. llisrli salaried positions -uaran'eed. Write for e-Malo.-ino new. ('harlot te T< le gr-pli -'< Pool. Charlotte, ('. Wanted ? Men to take thirty days practl a! e.jurse in our ninrhlm shops and learn automobile busi ness. Pofd'ions secured gradu ates. $25 per week and up. Char lotte Auto School. Charlotte, N. C Wit it ted ? Rook keepers, st e nog Ta ppers, clerks, wrile us if desirin.' employment. We place competent business help and are not aide to supply demand. Carolina Audit & System Skyscraper, Coium bia. S. C. |-'or Sn|.? ? Mlb h caws, registered lei pev color- Golden Lad. I-'lyln : Fn* find st i.o-nbert strain. Rron/.e Turkevst and eggs. Also cnj-i. It. I Reds. White Leghorn. R'-rred I'h uioi'th l!"il<s and Pit Came, one doll,,,- p -i do/.. While 'al'tie puppies, registered. SI. It. Sams. Jonesville, S. C. Gents Wanted ? Make bl* innnoy n intr uho'o rdllow top*. 2fie. fcr m Idoi. 25c; portraits. 3Ro; ol.l??tt(?' 3 0o. We produce works of ar guarRtitoed, lowest pileeR. Inrgv ?lud-o. | ? r < > ii i i? r servue, rr-nj; f en; simpler, portrait and frau catalogue frfte. Hitter'* Art Ht d 'o. 1 2 I R Madlnon. Chlcaro III (Joo<l liJrf /Xgontn wanted In ever town to sell n meritorious Mno i medlclnoB extensively advertltp and used hy every family an,] 1: Mi<> HlaiiJo Art ntfo'i'lon i' ? <? > > t unity for the right pRrtle* t< make good money. Writ? at one* 'or proooKlMon to I* H Marti t J i *? growth of thp com ?! 1 1 v, (he <l> i li^lshing of timber Mupnly and the furthrr eon'-ontrnt Ion find control tii proof. Many of thp vpiv hipm who ?!?<? |irotpRtlnz atralnf-t conservatism pf the forest ayatrm, because of lli< i -'Ini; up of nntu'al r'^oiirrrs, arp themselves deliberately ty I n g them i:n fnr more effectively for private "r -> 1 11 Thp fact that maturp timber 1 n thus withhold from use Is clear evidence that Krent additional prof |U arp expected to accrue throu h further Increase In vnluo fUnndlriK t'-nber Is not Hip only question When thp tlmhpr ha?* been rut the I tnd remains Thorp has horn ere ntod, therefore, not only thp frame work of nn enorjnous timber mo nopolv, hut also an equally ?lnM'"r Innd discrimination, Involving aUo n great wealth In minerals." LEE'S HEADACHE & NEURAIGA REMEDY SAFELY. SI RELY. SPEEDILY v.m'n He??wavi:e and Neuralgia no matter what the ca;w .Wv-.-c 'V.? ie->t nh-ir.aW i ?:i hie in our office bear i! ** * \'A ^.avntctU. l\ea< . the !? l!< ? \\ :ir^ : I have a o* a:it v.tTerer fr'?ni headache for 12 \ear- ;>?:?! o-vM ti- t ^et any rehef until it had run its o-ur-e ? ta' e :n..rj>h-ne 1 tried 1 ??- s Headache and Neu ia!^ia i\e:uedy and found permanent relief. 1 heart il\ end- >r>e :t a> th.e l>e<t tiling 1 have ever tried. { Si;d ) H A Candy, Hartsville, S. C. S- 'Id K \ ery w here Price 25c and 50e. M anufacturcd By BIRWFLL & DINN CO, Charlotte, N. C. Manager Fr?nk ?T. Shauffh nessy, of the Virginia League Champions. found Noah's Liniment best for Sore Muscles bruises, scratehes. stitVness. One trial will eonvinee you. Noah's Liniment penetrates. Requires but little rubbing. Here's the Proof "T have had occasion to use Nnnh's Liniment on two of my players' arms, and the result was most ^ratlfyln^. Both were Immediately iclleved of sore ness and able to resume throwing with Sielr former speed Have also used It yself, and consider It the best 1 1 n I - ent I ever tried. It Is line for bruises, scratches, stiffness, ete. Krnnk J. Sl^iHhnessv. Manager, Hoanoke Cham* plons, Roanoke, Va." \onh'? I.lnlmenf Is the best remedy for Rheumatism, SciatW.i, I. nine Hack, Stiff Joints and Muscles, Sore Throat, Colds, Strains, Sprains, Cuts. Bruises. <Jouc, Crumps, Neuralgia, Tooth ache and all Nerve, Hone and Muscle Aches anil Pains. The gen uine has Noah's Ark on every package. 25 cts. Bold by dealers In medicine. 'Sam* pie b y mall iroe< Noah Pamedy Co., Richmond, Va4 Uox 110. Richmond Va In order to intro<im?? my hlRh gr *>!? Socre6olor Flat imtoti and VN a'? field Cabba^o Planii tc w1 have nor np -rt itwm bofora I v* ' wl*b onch flrn! or<l**r for thousand plants a' a M.25, n dc. la~'?< vort.Ji ar v;.>iPT h hln and flr>w? ?red obs ?1 > 1 1 ? ? I v fr???v \V. K H*i riant Or. ?'vtir. Rettr prUe P. C o t* I,?*\?d I'Vnus for Mile ? In Cordon ('?unty, \o''i!i\vi'!i( Crorulit. Write f< r free li b I b vm srll sov?r;i' frnn Ibn northern |:'rl of South Carolina. forms over here, when* lands lie letter. ml are more pro duetixe. : i t ; ! * an be louszht for bill'". *! ; i d '? i'io money yuir lands : i r ? ? for. Health and < lb' l? ?='. 1 . M . Una/ I ?o\ v . ("-I i b im i , ( ? ' , Warned ? !?'????? t i.'uu. child In Son'h Car dioa to that th<* \b'<" brand of 8 r t ? Moors a^rl I'.lbida a re I ')<? b?v? and are ni"f1e ."'!?/ by the A'ir'ii; Lumber Company, who tnre wrrv t b. 1 n i In Lumber nr.' MHlwork and whoc? a>? tri, word ; "Quality.'' Write .Vmnsta bum ber Company, Anv-ta, Oooit:> tor prlcer on nnv order, l&ijr ? a;n ?'? l-'.irvr1- ? ! *:; ???*?? ? I'lvt di'tii |{o ks ''. iff I'lM: out b I'oi t; b'" <? C'ip.lt 1< I UpiIk. A ? 1. no 'a !???'>:? fl to !?<? thc> thre< hi . t (it'i'- i'.' I nMnwiJi' fowls vr? opv f'W'i Cil. I>! i 1 1 r lire I Oni I if >;? 1 nf l!i i|i' , :? of I t war's H'Oi'V a I ' ? '? * 1 ' I l'l<' vie v. ?>f k ? vi t: ? < ? er v" "*?.*?' r' 1 1 <? ?: y i <? ' ' I of ? 'e ! . ? I '1 II' b I'll-' r r if''1 . ' r* a ' * ' i ? > ' it of j . ? ; ,:i's i| in in"; I ' >? j ? ? ' :i and we i i : i \ / ? i " ? ? ? ? n i ' 1 1 v 1 o I (?<>?"> I. ! " ? 'or li ?? 1 ? bl"K. $"J ' < r i V ,i 1 i : i or"'"rn now for I'm! mi-. d \v i-! If a b'iM't ' ' CI I ! I ' r " -|| 1 \1 j' lUl'l', \llCI \? |>.,i I. (? ! '.II f" I' i I ?ri't I I ; ".'i! II flliu la i' (Is ; r. - of '' ' ?? I' ? i I land. X mil's fi'in rail o ii. land jiro?l iir-t i \ ?? aiul no v .'o or niorr- lion bo'.'.'hii; W't'. t I ii' i I ? of f i i : i ? foti ini: biii'l. af! iplcil to f< iift al f.i' i'i : ? i* and stoi k r i s i r r I'1 iii' ? 1 " i>"t a> tc ;? .Mm -..?i i- < ptr-iii il '"I r lib.-'; id ; onu a M" on- n . r * : ; ! i a v\ < .( i.| . I : i ii I Iii k "II a : i I v it v ; irorl ii i 1 ? 'Ivilli. ?<?<>'. 1 1 ' lis. '?'! I I ? n a n t In iii ' ; . '' :? i ? ? ? ii w i '? 1 s. K i n ? ? f i >? . it' ' ' mi- i i '? t lh" piiio (?f 1 1 ?.?>}? I ? X' V j|( .? | mil" fro i ra:l?oa ! ???a'ion; t'.hii a i ? ' , 1 n ( n ' ' ; \ '''nil. -iii ill < ill s ? Hi ' > i . la n I ; 1 1 'i'bl' ? i vi . I ? s I a IOl II ? 'A ill- l) < | il| lilt j); ] | 1 1 li a fi I b o . . ?' ? i-| ? v i 1 ' 'A i t h tank iiP'l I' ooli' c I 'r'inc t (it rpiii-lc rati* ran r ? I ' (? r fl ' *.<i per ac.'c i ' ' '? 1 1 a re ' 1 1 ?'<-> i i . t fin a flim farm ?nd iii'-an buslnosR. "ill to Hen us I >o not d'day, nn the prb' '? wo bavo mm lire iiirn I fi (;< i 'ii 'bor Afldr''?s Mlon & ('ruck ?> 1 1 , \ to ?' ricii ^ < ' i ( ? t \ ?? < I p tbi- I ijflif . Sam Wvlbv <ivt\ 1 v o vf ii'H aid. roniniittod Hiiirldi' Wi'ilnf-rl (\ t; ? i 'n? I'Oin" of bis brot:. i in law in iho W'ol Ir id ! e Bortion of Ciiosi 'oiiuv Ho wan unmarriod WEEVIL SCARE Men Reported Seen Distributing Tbrm on Plantalions in Georgia. WERE LOOKING FOR AID Is What They Said When ('aukIiI I > i i 11 it Small IIhIcn ? President Itarrett Calls on l-'uriin-rs to Pro te? I Tlirni^clvcH ? Say* l\\ery rn1 I caution Should be Taken by | Tlicm. lla\e the alleged boll weevil dis tributors 1 >een operating In Colum l>.,i county'' is tin- question that is tgHaiiug ttir farmers ol some eec lions of that count y, according to i t^b phone niess^e received by the Aug'ii-tu Chronicle Thursday. Tin1 message slated that near i | Kv itis. (la., two mm were last week ! s. oii drivini: in their buggies over ;"vrral of tii.' pia mat ions in the sec it 0:1 '.nil digging small holes hero | :"i there in die lipids, and occasioti liy in. iking smaller" holes wK.i ? ;:.\.s To some who questioned (them later they stated that they jwoiv looking for indications of oil. This incident occurred before the juib'it atlon of The Chronicle's story of the rumor that one man had come to Augusta for the purpose of nca> loring the boll weevil in the cotton fields of that section, and after read ing the story the farmers of that sec tion of Columbia county have be come alarmed over the W^ppcTdng and fear that ll Is prohablejpu^ j^e w? evils may have been In their fields. N'o one took any special notice of the men, so no good description "oeld be sotten of them. On j was said to be in a buggy drawn by a vi' 'ry dark horse, and the other was driving a horse of somewhat lighter color. What Barrett Says. Following the pub I teat ion of an alleged amazing plot on the part or schemers to infest the (leorgia and South Carolina cotton flelda with the boll weevil. Charles S. Barren, president of the National Farmers' ? :n:oh, in an open statement, declares ? h.t tho advancing sweep of the id". mil1 of the cotton Holds jeopar 1 i/es rk^yent I re agricultural welfare cf l h ?? South. I 'resident Harrett deplores the fact that cotton gro\vers of OeorRla and ad joining states are lethargic (?v? r this grave menace and assorts tli it "h ul this v i.-i t a t ion, which In ? t s dr.,;tic destruction of values, in entitled to rank with tho plagues of Ki-vpt (1 rs t shown its head iu my of the trained and disciplined j nations of Kiirope, the concert.")!' wealth and skill of the threatened ! go vi rn men I would have been inns fered to stifle the danger." I'e points out the fact that 'ho South holds practically n world mo no;. olv in cotton, but that the very foundation of this monopoly Is men aced hv the onward sweep of the t, which all the science of the lies! sl< f 1 1 has been unable to of f-" lively curb as yet. II" sees hope, however, in the tremendous possi bilities of diversification throughout ' h r> cotton belt, where soil and oll ? m::te combine to ill a l< e possible al I mw-i ;<?iv crop ?ro\? n elsewhere In } i ' i ? world lust n I this time, when tho wee vil s ei>t:iH destined through its nal ? ir I channels to Invade (ieor-ia v. It hin the next year or so, his ar thlo >-honld he read with the closest attention and interest. President | I'.nrre't a plain spoken man He d'ie?n i ii "o round-about or evasive ?I ? i )? c> *ls or langoaire. lie has the b 'bit of driving direct at the point, j 'i'herr fore his utterance^ a re those of an alarmist, but words or I a isdotn from a careful and observ ant man, ? hose life him been and Is ibe'tiy Hpent iu helping I lie man who till;; t he <<oi I I le sa ys ' "The motive of this present up |ie?| |h If) stress upon Southern farmers everywhere the absolute nee.et'.sl t v of takiiur precautionary measures at once II id ttie farmers of Texas and l.ouisiana adopted this I plan they would have avoided mil ) lions of dollars in losses due to the ! b < ? 1 1 weevil. The only sensible pro cedure is to re'f)<<ni/e that the on lire South seems destined to be nf flb'ed hv an n noqca pn ble post and to k'i about lessen 111 e or removing ittf j pop.1- 1 hi 1 1 1 lea for evil before it shall ?have reduced up to panic by Its sud den appearance "I have always held that the Southern states are so fortunately I endowed by nature that they should j he absolutely Independent of otlor (portions of America. The boll wee vil Is the bludgeon that Is ?oIhk to ;in>ke us come into our heritage roofer than we had expected In tills respect it is a blessing In di.v kiiIro. hut it Is essential to act In i Mine if we are to reap the advantages ! of tho sit nat ion."