The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 21, 1910, Image 1
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VOLUH?f XXA- , CAMI)KN, 8.0.. FRIDAY. OCTOBKK 21,1SH0. " NO. 10
The sows that are usually most pro
lific and that are also usually the test
mothers aro,those that have long, deep
todies with a row of w< l! d< v? l.t.pi <l
dugs on each side; that are quiet and
kindly disposed, but that are pos
sessed of enough nervous energy to
Induce thcra to take plenty of exercise
by rustling around when they are
given the run "of a pasture,
Especially when soft feed Is fed, a
broad, smooth board will be found
rvery convenient1 In feeding chickens
either young or old. It Is eo readily
Jcleaned that all things considered It
>vill be found mu<;h more convenient
'than feeding on the dirty ground,
which is inviting disease to your flock.
? It, la just as eonelble to expect to
frnail^ teop of potatoes wjtbout any
AtteiMMRv as It Is to expect the hens
to lay eggs In the winter while they
are being cared for on the "Letalon?"
System.
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There are Instances on record where
sheep have produced profitable fleeces
of wool and. onff or two lambs cach
season for from four to ten yoars, tut
as a general rule when a ewe gets to
he flvo years of age she Is very likely
to prove unprofitable.
Anyone who has had any experience
with nursing brood sows knows that
*hlle nursing their young pig.
they naturally lose In weight and cori^
dltlon even with the beBt care, and
feeding bestowed them.
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It is generally appreciated among
i flftsk ^wniftrs that In order to obtain
the most profit from sheep husbandry
stock must kepJt that will produce
a maximum quality and quantity of
both wool and mutton.
J Pumpkins make a splendid feed, and
how cheap they are! Nothing will
? fatten shoats quicker, in connection
with a bit of eoft corn, and nothing
will so thoroughly and efficaciously rid
them of worms. *
! J)airymen who have* town or olty
milk routes, and market gardeners
;who rotail their produce, hare e*r
oeptlonal opportunities for marketing
fresh eggs and poultry at the highest
prices.
| A careful record of what the chick
ens are doing should, be kept. This
to the only way to determine the prof
its from the poultry; In fact it it the
only way to carry on any line of farm
ing.
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| The man who has a uniform bunch
. -of lambs to go to market with In the
{fall-Is assured of a better piioe than
ft his crop possessed a wide varia
tion.
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> Brood sows expected to produeetwo'
litters of pigs a year must not only
he fed liberally while they are nurs
ing the pigs, but must also be well fed
while they are pregnant.
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1 A Nebraska farm paper says; 'The
f79 milk cow |s. with us," Please
tall us about It, In Iowa the ITS cow
|s % rare bargain especially If sbo la
of dairy breeding.
| In dairying there !i usually a large
quantity of iklm milk or butter milk
iwhlch may be utilised to furnish a con
siderable part of the poultry ration.
The farmer with a new buggy used
jto be the envied mau of Jlhe neighbor
hood, but now the one with the auto
mobllo isn't so Important.
' Turkeys hatched and raised by arti
ficial means at the Washington sta
tion weighed 13 to 19 pounds each at
1!re and a half months.
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? Scrape up the road dust and apply
?bout the roots of your plants during
the hot, drouthy weather and keep the
moisture In the soil.
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Before bed weather comee gather a
r barrel of road dust and store In Tl
plaoe to make the fowls' dust baths
this winter. ?? ? y; h
i Giving milk la the natural function
? of the dairy cow, but tfcl# funbUon can
be attmulaUd only by proper feed Add
care.
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At the best, haying Is hard wot*.
and no matter how much Improved
Uhor hhvIhk machinery wo employ It
requires muscle and good judgment
The barit should bo equipped with a
good horpe fork, there should bo ft
gqod mowing machine, rake, tedder,
wagons and hand forks and whore
th<ro la g large haying there should
bo g ?c|Mpad9r.
Ordinary farming, al formerly and
?yen npw generally carried on, and
soleptlflg market gardening are so ua>
like that experience In the former
would help but a little In a general
way, but would by no meant fit one
for g successful market gardener wltb*
out a long apaelal training Ig that ip?
clflo- kind of farming,
When a horse's neok or back be
comes roie, do not (>e content with
rubbing on a salve, but look for the
cause of the trouble In-a wrongly ad'
justed harness. Remove the cause
and this will help greatly to prevent
tho result.
Alfalfa is making good In the oast,
and farmers are realizing that it Is
comparatively ^pasy to get ? stand, by
the use of lime and plenty of stable
manure. This Is ideal pasture for
swine and'no harm will bo dono the
crop if pastured lightly.
To rend about the caro of fowls In
detail makes It reem quite a lot of
work, but when once you get started
and give your poultry tho same care
you do other stock there Is nothing
on tho fam that will pay as well for
the money Invested.
Ducks are nervous creatures and
will often loose much flesh on account
of their nervousness st night. Tf one
becomes frightened he soon starts tho
entire ren Into a stampede. Avoid
this by kcrlng a lantern burning at
i)ight. .
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If you have running water In the*
bouse, and the garden ia near, in
droughty seasons you can save your
self much lugging of water by simply
connecting a few lead pipes In the
garden with the house main.
A bow's condition should not be fat
llko tlfht of hog fed For the butcher'B
market when she Is due to farrow,
but she should be smooth, sleek, well
rounded out and In a condition ol per
feet thrift and health, y
Of the Various shell making mate
rials which, those who llvo Inland can
oa*lJy procure ono of the best is old
mortar or plaster^ but any of theso
things should not, on any account, bo
mixed with the food.
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One of the most difficult and trying
problems which the poultry keeper
has to meet Is that of keeping his
poultry houses and stock reasonably
free from lice, mite.;, and other exter
nal parasites.
It Is a significant fact ,that the finest
hogs brought to the steck yards are
consigned by the dairymen. This
means comcthlng when hogs are
worth over eight dollar per hundred
weight.
There Is a general unanimity of
opinion amongst experienced poultry
men that poultry dp best upon some
form of .green or succulent food dur
ing the winter months.
In keeping a poultry plant free from
lice there are two points of attadk:
One, the birds themselves; the other,
the houses, nest boxes, roosting
boards, etc. ~ ~
Brood bows will nose through* three
inches of snow to get the green blto,
and will range about on Jhelr feet for
hours* which Is In fact the main ob
ject,
I ? ' rrr.
The drop apple from an average or
! chard will mtitntaln Ottlt^abuneh of
' ehoats, and will put them In market
condition at a minimum expense If the
orchard la sown with rape.
- In preserving eggs In water |1mi or
any other favorite method remember
that every egg eo used must be striob
(y fresh. One spoiled egg will oon*
taralnate a whole batcA.
The introduction of strange birds
into a flock often serves to bring fresh
starts of alt kinds of vermin to a per
fectly clean flock.
The pigs soon learn to find a trough
and will be found waiting there for
their feeds when feeding time comes
around. r >
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Frequent change to fresh pasture Is
one of the best ways to stimulate
the growth of both the grass and the
plg?
, Turkeys will do very well without
any other feed than that which they
pick up on the range,-hut they will
do betterla regularlyJed. fc
^ThdWUedlng^-e# young ducks bm
been redueed^to s aei*ee by those
engaged extensively to the tros
POPIftATION FKUKS
for son ores
CENSUS BUREAU IS5UE8 #TAT|Q<
T'CS FOR A NUMBS* Op
QOVTHBRN CITIES,
LOUISVILLE, KY? HAS 223,928
Ttmpti Florida, Now Hu 30,524 In
habitant*, an Inoroaaa of 141J
Far Oant. Ovar 1900. .
Washington.?Population statistics
?numerated in the thirteenth census
were announced by tbe census bu
reau for the following cities:
Roanoke, Va., 34,174, au increase of
13,879, or 62.2 per cent over 26,000
in 1900.
Tampa, Flu . 38,624, on increasfe o(
22,085, or 143.2 per bent, over 16,889
In 1900.
I^oulavllle, Ky., 223,928, an Increase
of 19,197, or 9.4 per cent, over 204,7323
In 1900.
Lexington, Ky., 35,039, an Increase
of 8,730, or 33.1 per cent, over 20,309
in 1900, '
Charlotte, N. O., 34,014, an Increaao
of 15,923, or 88 per cent, ovor 18,091
In 19.00.
Sbreveport, La., 28,015, an Increase
of 12,002, qr 75 per cent, over 16,013
In 1900.
Montgomery, Ala., 88,186, an in*
crease of 7.790, or 25.7 per cent, over
80.346 in 1900.
Austin. Texas, 29,860, an increase
of 7,602, or 34.2 P?r cent, over 22,
258 in 1900.
Bloomington, 111., 25,768, an in
ereaaee of 2,482, or 10.7 per cent, over
28,2*6 in 1900,
Wilmington, N. C., 25.748, an in
crease of 4,772, or 23-7 per cenL
over ?0,896 in 1900.
CROPS IN FINE SHAPE.
Aggregate Condition? on October 1 I#
1JI Per cent. Higher.
Washington.?A general review of
the crop conditions of the country by
the Department of Agriculture Just
issued says:
Aggregate crop conditions on Octo
ber 1 (or at the time of harvest) In
the United States were about 1.8 per
cent, higher than on the correspond
ing date a year ago and 0.4 per cent
lower than the nverage condition on
October 1 lor at the time of harvest)
of the last ten years.-The area under
cultivation Is about 3.2 per. cent, more
than last year.
The condition of certain crops on
Octobor 1 (or at time of harvest) ?
100 representing for each crop, nor
Its normal condition, but Its average
condition on October r (or at time
of harvest), (ten-year avorage for
most crops)?was;
Corn 102.4; rice 102 3; cranberries
102.3; lemons 101.3; sorghum 99.8;
peanuts 99.2; cottojx 98.9; sugar cane
98.7; buckwheat 98.1; sugar beets
97.2; sweet potatoes 96.7; tobacco
96.Q,
The total production of hay for 1910
was 60,116,000 tons compared with
64,938,000 ton? in 1909, the yield per
acre being 1.34 ton* compared with
1.42 last year and 1.44 the ten year
average. ^
General Klog Dead.
Sulphur ' Springs, Texas.?Gen. W.
H, King, who Joined the Confederate
army as a private, but rose to the
rank of acting major general, died at
his home here. General King was a
well known politician and lawyer and
served for ten years as adjutant gen
eral of this stat*. He was 71 years I
old and a native of Geoisfcj
23 Seamen Go ?own With Ship.
St. Naaaire, France,?Tb* French
steatner VlUe de Upcbefort ram
med and ?unk by tb# BritUh ftMWr
psveril off Nolrmourtleri ?il?nd. The
Pevcrll picked up the first and
second matea and the chief steward of
the French craft, but the SI other*
of the crew were drowna^Jj
Urges Farmer to Mold Cotton.
~ Union City,- Gal?President Charles
P. Barrett of the National Farmers'
Union has issued a statement to the
Southern farmers urging them toxoid
their cotton, and calls upon them to
borrow money, if necessary, order j
to he&d the croc. J J
Ruling on Mother4n-Law.
New Yx>rk.?The new court-of do
mestio relatione here haa officially
ruled that a' man is not obliged to
support his mother-in-law. "There Is
no legal grouira for the belief of many
women thai when they marry a man
they can saddle their whole family
on him," declared the magistrate In
a divorce ease. "A man is not obliged
to support bis mother-in-law. Further
rtfTjtf * wife leave# her husband snd
goes to live with her mother, the hue
b.nd i. not remittal to ?uppm? her,
oor WfcotMf.?s -
FARMERS SHOULD ADVERTISE
In Opeooh Before Arkansas State Fair
John M. Parker Qhowo Value
of Publicity,
Hot Spring*, Ark?Advice to the
Southern farmers to Hdvcrtise their
farm product* In newspapers was giv
en here gt the state (air ip an ad:
dress by John M. Parker of New Qr
leans, president or tba Southern Com
mercial Cdpgresi.
"The Northern and Wsatern farmer
is up-to-date," said Mr. Parker. "He
advertises what ho bai to sell, tod
pays the expense or that adverttae
ment and derives the highest price tor
ais product."
Newspapers, Mr. Parker said, bave
led in the diversified (arming move
ment; have helped bring settlers Jnto
the South, and have been of great
practical benefit to Southern agricul
ture, but nevertheless their "adver
tisements are totally dlcproportionate
with those o( Northern papers." The
loss to the (armer lu failing to adver
tise, Mr. Parker thought, waa even
more serious than the loss to the
papers.
PORTUGAL EXILES PRIESTS.
Licbon Soldiers Sent to Rout Jesuit*-]
Out of Subterranean Passages.
Lisbon, Portugal.?lint ties between
soldiorB of the republican provisional
government und Jesuit priests, who
navo defied the order to leave Por
tugal, are being fought in subterrn-^
nean passages leading from the mon
asteries.
The Jesuits are the only prioats who
have openly dlcobeyed the mandato of
the new republic. Instead of leaving
4he country, they took refugo In the
anclcnt underground passages, some
of which woro dug over a century
ago. Soldiers have beon Bent after
the priests and firing whb heard often
in the ancient subways under the
city.
Nearly 600 nuns from tho Quolhas
and TrJnas convontB are being es
corted to the frontier, where they, will
bo driven into Spate. Many of tliem
are in ill health ahd a Jew are ac
companied by orphan children.
Great animosity *s Bhown toward
the remaining Catholic prelates, es
pecially toward the Jesuits, who are
celng expelled as rapidly as tUcy are
found.
PLAN FOR RAISING MAINE.
Spain la to ee Shown V How the
. Maine Wu Wrecked.
Beverly, Mass.?President Taft
Anally approved plans for raising the
wreck of tLe battleship Maine from
Havana harbor, which call for the
completion of the work on or before
the thirteenth anniversary of the de
struction of the war vessel, February
lfi, next* Tho work Is to be done
according to plans made by army en
gineers, And is to be under the di*
rectlon of an engineer ofOcer.
President Taft said that the para
mount quesilon in the raising of the
Maine Is the determining for all timo
of the cause of the explosion and
whether the source of' destruction
Was from the outside or Inside, the
vessSL For thip reason he desires
that the work shall bo retained in
the hands of the army engineers and
not let out by contract. ?
By direction of the President, Spain
has been invited to vend a representa
tive to Havana to be present during
ths work of exposing and removing
the wreck.
WAR ON THE HOOKWORM.
Experts will Try to Rid Alabama of
Life-Sapping Disease.
Montgomery, Ala.?From now on
the hookworms which are thriving in
Alabama soil will have a hard time
of It, if It Is at all possible for Pr.
W. W. pinsmore of Decatur, Ala., to
put into effect spme pf tho Ideas that
he hft? rcS&rding tho eradication fit
tbp paraslte. Tbp physician has tak
en up bis headquarters at ibe capltol
as bead of the Alabama department of
the Rockefeller bookworm oommff*
sion, and If throwing out lines w'niob
are aimsd with the end In view of
permansutly ridding the state of the
life-sapping pesL
Promotion for Peary.
Washington.?Commander Robert
B. Peary, the Arctic explorer, will be
promoted to the rank of captain In
the corps of naval civil engineers, as
the result of the retirement of Cap
tain U. C. O. White, on account of age.
Naval orders to this''effect were Issued
ft* ?lu> De52?t2!tSi.
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14-Cent Cotton In Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala.?Owing to the
excellent weather which has prevailed
throughout this week, -cotton from sec-'
tlons immediately In the neighborhood
of Montgomery is being regularly
brought to market, where It is bring
ing a record price?around the 14*
jent mirk*?for this season qf the year.
As a consequenoe, the planter Is feel
ing disposed to rid himself of the
staple while the excellent prices pre
rail, despite advice which he has bad
which urges hint to hold the fleece
'or a flat II cents.
^enfedepsse Menmtient?improved.
army tad aery
??'tpf-wgfx at
3amp Douglas between
i 125.000 monument oi
TAfT rums A TRIP
TO THE CM. ZONE
PRESIDENT WILL 8AIL ON BAT
?TUE3HIR NORTH CAROLINA
PROM CHARLESTON. *
EXPENSE OF THE CANAL
Th* Total Appropriation* for Canal
Work to Oat? Amount to
About $260,000(000.
Beverly, Mass.?President Taft^wlll
sail for the Isthmus of Panama on
?N'ovembor 10 from Charleston, J3. c.
He will make the trip on the ar
mored cruiser North Carolina, ana
will b? conveyed by the bi?ter ship,
the Montana. The President will be
gone uLout twelve daya, Tho North
Carolina und Montana can mako the
\ Journey In each direction In four
days. Thin will give Mr. Taft about
lour days on tho l.sthmuB.
?The President had practically giv
en up all Idea of visiting tho canal
this year until CoJ. Ucorge W. Uoe
thals, chief engineer of the canal, vis
ited him. At the end of the visit
Mr. Taft had been convinced that the
problems, confronting tho" oflleialH at
Panama rcqulro his presence on the
Isthmus.
Although hlu visit will bo a flying
one, tho President expccta to bo able
to eecuro llrut-haud information re
garding a number of problems of
which he will call upon congress to
deal at Its sesB'lon. Some of the prob
loms to be dealt with In the immedi
ate future are aB follows:
The extent and cnaracter of the for
tiQcationu, the Atfing of tolls for tho
passage of vessels through the ca**l,
a proposed Increase in wages, tho fu
ture management of the Panama rail
road, the form of permanent govern
ment for the Canal Zone and tho reg
ulation of tho sale of coal at tho ter
minus points.
Tne dato for opening the Panama
canal has boen Bet for January 11,
191S. President Taft and Colonel
Goethals believe it will be completed
nnd open long before that time.
Washington.?It is estimated that
147,920,848 will bo required to con
tinue the construction of the Pauama
canal during the iiscul year
I The principal Items are $19,211,306
for skilled and unskilled labor and
119,186,751 for the purchase and de
livery of material and supplies. -
An estimate of $1,000,000 is submit
ted for the re-location of the Panama
railroad. The total appropriations on
account pf tho canal to date aro $248,
002,608. Of that amount $40,000,000
wa rpaid for tho Frencn rights and
$10,00o,000 to Panama.
Steady progress in tho construction
of the canal is shown by the month
ly report of Chief Engineer Ooethals
to the Isthmian canal commission.
SUNDAY FUNERALS TABOOED.
Cemotory Guardian* Are Not Willing
to Work on 8unday.
Chattauooga, Tenn.?The twenty
fourth annual convention of the Amer
ican Association of Cemetery Superin
tendent* closed. The convention
passed a resolution agreeing to use
their earnest efforts to abolish Sun-'
day funerals except where the na
ture of the disease of the corpse ren
dered Immediate Interment necessa*
ry. The committee on location rec
ommended that Philadelphia be the
scene of the next convention and the
Quaker City was unanimously agreed
upon for the convention of 1911.
U ft N. Employees Rcceive Increase.
Louisville, Ky.?0. ftf. Starke, gen
era! jnanagej* pf the Louisville and
Nashyile railrpad, and representatives
of the passenger wd trainmen qt that
road, reached , ftp agreement whereby
the men art to receive an Increase in
wagea of from 10 to 17 1-2 per cent.,
.effective November 1, Nine hundred
conduotore, MOO brakemen, besides
flagmen, baggagemasters and porters
will benefit by the Increase.
Decrease In Army Desertlops.
Washington.?Desertions from the
army are not so frequent now as in j
the past. During the fiscal year Just
ended there was a decrease of 23 per
cent. In the number of desertions
from.the previous year.
?erry to Mark Confederate Graves.
Washington.-?The appointment of
former Senator James H. lierry as
commissioner to superintend the
marking of the graves of Confederate
soldiers who died In Northern prlsofta
during the war is greeted with ex
pressions of gratification in Washing
ton,
The |ste Oep. Wliuam c. Dates of
Alabama! whopa he succeeded, had ac
complished a great deal toward Iden
tifying and having marked the graves
of the Conftderitrionners, who died
far from their homes,
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done to the cotton ore? by the Wl
weevil this season was In the district
of Madison parish, Louisiana, south
of Bston Rouge, according to
Dr. L. O. Howard, chief ot'the bn
reau of entomology of the Denart
? o* Agriculture.
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DAMAGE BY BOLL WEEVIL
Moderate Deterioration In Condition
of the Cotton Crop 8hown by Re*
port of the Corespondents,
Nvw Orleans,Hasgd oil reports
from correspondent* throughout thv
e&tou belt, the TimoH'Uemoornt
inpkc'a the following report yf ypt
ton crop conditions;
Taking the bolt as a whole, 4 mod
erate deterioration has occurred TfcP
boll weevil has done extensive dam'
ago In parts of Mississippi, kouis|g?
na and Arkansas, and there ar? com*
plaints of other insects in some seo
tloni.
The ultimate outcome is still large*
ly dependent upon the data of killing
frost. Farmers seem disposod to aell
enough to pay their debts and hold
tho remainder.
CAUSE Of CIVIL WAR.
General Qrosvcnor Says War Was the
Fault of the Constitution.
Chattanooga, Tenn.?-Gen. Charles
H, Qrosvcnor.r.of Ohio delivered the
annual oration beforo the Society of
iho Army of the Cumberland here.
The general told' his hearers U waB
high time to quit waving the "bloody
shirt;" that tho war is over, and that
we are all Americans now. The South
mm toldier fought ror the principle
he thought to be right, said the speak
er, and he did the best ho could. In
studying tho history of thj) Civil war
0110 Bhould not stop at Appomattox, he
tiaid, but should follow tho Southern
.oldler as he builded up a nation from
desolation and ruin.
"An ludiBSoluble union of indlssol
able states,'' was,tho omission from
the constitution of tho United States
which cauacd the war of the sixties,
was the declaration of General Gros
venor. ? . ! ?'???? ? >
ALABAMA JSCHOOL FUNDS.
$2,036,360 Spent Each Year for the
8chools In Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala.?The sum of $2,
186,367.76 represents the ampunt of.'
money spent for the purpose of edu
cation In Alabama during tho pa3t
fiscal year, minus the amount of
money which Is set aside every year
for high Bchool appropriations and
normal Bchool requirements. Of these
Appropriations Jefferson county re
ceived tho largest amount?a euro ag
gregating $186,710.62 agalust $100,
J364.78 for the preceding year. Mont
gomery county rocolved 175,027.69
against $69,847.50. the year preceding.
Mobile county received $56,952.81.
TILLMAN MAY MAKE RACE.
All Witt Depend on How He Stand*
the Work In December.
Trenton, 8. U.?"If my health con
vinueB to Improve, 1 expect to be a
-a ml hint c for the United States sen
ite In 1912, otherwise not. All .will
depend on how 1 stand thq work in
Washington when 1 go there In De
comber." - * ~T'
This statement l>y United States
Senator Ii. It. Tillman, disposes cf
the rocent persistent rumors that be
cause of falling health the senior
3outh Carolina senator hnd decided to
retire from public life at the conclu
sion of his present term In the sen
ate.
EX-SENATOR INDICTED.
Ex-Senator Oaraner Alleged to Have
Offered 125,000 Bribe. ?
Now York.?Former State Senator
Frank J. Gardner of Urooklyn was
Indicted as a briber by the New York
grand jury. The Indictment was re
turned after ejc^Senator Foelker,
whose one vote defeated the anti-race
track gambling bills, had testified be
fore the grand Jury. A detective Was
sent at once to Scranton, where Gard
ner is held in flO.OUO bond as a fu
gitive from Justice. Ho Is alleged to
tiaVe offered Foekler $25,000 to vote
against tbo bill.
Art Dealers Defrauded Government.
New York City.-?The entire Fifth
avenue establishment of tbe five Du<
veon brother#, known tbe world over
at dealers In rare art objeots and an*
liquet, was seized by Federal officers
antl Benjamin J. Duvcen, tbe only
members of the flrfn in tbe city, was
arrested, charged with conspiracy to
defraud tbe government of customs
dues. Henry A. Wise, United States
district attorney, in asking for heavy
ball, said the frauds would reach
more than 91^000,000, and that all
Ave brot&era were implicated.
Roosevelt Talks to Cathollos.
Peoria, 111,?Ex-President Roose
velt came up from the South lifto Il
linois, denounced corrupt legislators
and commended work which the Cath*
olic church is doing in all parts ot
the world.
It was Colonel Roosevelt'a first pub
lie utterance to Roman Catholics
since the Vatican incident last spring.
He sal? bo favored the broadest was
ure Qlr, religious toleration, sua b* J
?d States, ^--^hr-rv
COTTON PLAN FAILS
SCHEME TO GUARANTEE COTTQW
piiue of wadinq niCEiye*
A PEQiPiP SETBACK.
SOUTHERN BROKERS OPPOSE
?outh#m Pxfchfinoe* Con|on<| ThM
Pl?rt Would pinot #n UnJwM
T?x Upon thf Firm#ri(/ ,
York.?-Due largely to the u?.
compromising attitude of some south,
ern ootton exchauges, the plan to ere.
ate a "guaranty company" to over
come the dlflloultiea now attending
the European banker# and Sir Ed*
ward W. Holden, representing tbe F.v
ropean banking interests, would ratify
tbe previous action, and work out de>
tails of tbe plan; instead of which
tbe meeting broke up abruptly with
a general misunderstanding.
It was learned after tbe conference
tlmt the protesting Southern ex*
changes openly condemn the "guar,
onty company" plan as unreasonable
-and v ft ternary: Tula opposition was ~
bo pronounced that it caused tho
American committee to pause. The
outcome was hardly a general dlsap.
pointment, however, for eome of the
conference are inclined to adopt a
policy of inaction in the belief that
the foro'gncru will soon extend the ac
ceptance of American cotton bills
from Octobor 31 to December 31. In
Ibis event the American committee
will have ample time to arrive at a
definite understanding. ^
Now Orleans.?General opposition
throughout the South manifested It*
?<elf when announcement was made in
New York of tbe plan to organize a
foreign company to guarantee cotton
bills of lading.
Although the proposed charge for
guaranteeing is only 6 or 7 cents a
bale, Soutbern cotton men contend
that in the aggrcgato such a scheme
would place a heavy burden on the
planter, broker and merchant, and
that the reputable jfirms of tbe South
phould not be made to suffer for the
alleged frauds of concerns whU!b have
been pretending for several years lO ^
Yell vast quaniitiea of a staple com*
modlty at bargnln counter prices.
Such a plan "is an Insult to the re
putable cotton firms "of the South," !'-t
is the gist of a resolution passed by*
the Memphis cotton exchange, while
prominent Atlanta business men are
quoted na declaring that whatever It
done "it will come out of tbe farm*
era' pocket."
Resolutions paased by the Houston
cotton exchange . declare It "on iw
Just tax/' and Similar resolutions have
been paased by tbe cotton exchange
at Dallas, whUe the resolutions of the
New Orleana exchange assert that
"the proposed guaranteed proposition
would single cotton out from all other
producta and make It the peculiar ob?
Ject of discrimination and burdensome
condition*."
The reaolutiona of the 8outbern ex*
ohanges were telegraphed to William
A. Nash, who Is presiding at the can<
ference of representatives of AmerJ>
can banks and foreign banks and for
eign buyers in New: York.
I Although many private suggestions
have been made aa to the advisability
of Southern cotton men boldinf a eon*
Terence, the resolutlone of tbe varl*
oub Southern exchangee did not crya*
itallize in the form of a call for a
general convention to discuss tbe mat*
ter.
Parson Charged With Fraud.
Boaton.?-Federal authorities visited
the extensive offices of the Redeem*
able Investment company at 85 Dey
pnehire street, and came away with
Mpn&?fir Chsrief H- Hrooka. and aey. |?s
oral thpusand dollars inowb, all tak.
pn under a warrant charting th# usg.
bf the mils {9 a febeme to defraud,
Officers are hunting for Rev. Norman
Plan, the president of tb# company,
who haf the "alleged indorsement at
an individual of a number of promt* '
ment men, including of Secretary of
the Interior Richard A. Balllnger.
43 Injured In Wreck.
Fort Smith, Ark.?Forty-three pen
ptfna were Injured, thirteen seriously,
when St. Louis and San Francisco pas
senger train No. 5 went through a
bridge one mile west of Corapton*
Oklahoma.
Two Wall Street. Falluree.
New York City.?Two New York
brokerage houses failed with llablll
ties segregating, nearly two ggg?ggl
dollars; One Is the stock exchange ot
Charles Mlnzeshelmer A Co., the oth*
er the firm of Thomaa O. Oaylord.
who was engaged In business under ^
the name of Utham, Alexander *
Co^?otton and