Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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% OOTKMf CROP OF ItlS MOM VAL> VABUI AlfB V»RT LABOR. SOLD FOR OVER BILLION This Tsar's Crop Was Romsrksble— With Orsr 14,00#,#00 Balss Money Prodsci of Crop Was Worth More Than 91,000,000,000—This State’* The ills erop was the most ralu- able ever grown and seeond largest In pplnt of quantity. Statistics announc- "ed by the census bureau Friday Indl- sated It amount to 7,383,557,500 pounds or 14,757,151 bales of lint and llnter cotton. The total value of the crop. Including the value of cot< ton seed, Is unofficially estimated at more than fl ,000.000,000, compared with last year’s 1920,000,000 aad 9963,000,000 for the previous most valuable crop, that of 1910. I The crop was also one of the larg- eet cotton crops ever grown, amount ing to 14,127,356 equivalent 500- pound bales of lint wnd 639,795 equivalent 500-pound bales of tim ers. These figures compare with 13,- T03.421 equivalent 500-pound bales ef lint and 609,594 bales of llnters last year, and 15,692,701 bales of lint and 557,575 hales of, llnters in i»n tv 4 The department of agriculture’s estimate, announced December 12, placed the 1913 crop at 13,677,000 equivalent 500-pound bales. With this report the bureau of census de parted from Its previous method re porting the cotton crop by not In cluding the quantity of llnters In the total production. Director William J. Harris announced this was done because with the Installation of mod ern machinery sloser delinting of seed- bad largely Increased the quantity of llnters and at the same time lowered the average quality of the fibre, so that now only a small part, If any, was used as a substitute for lint cot ton. The number of running bales of lint cotton, counting round as half bales, was 13,964,981, and of llnter cotton, 629,619 running balee, com pared with 13, 488,539 running bales Of lint and 602,324 running bales of llnters last year, and 15,558,073 run ning boleowf lint aad 566,276 run ning bales of llnters in 1911. Imcladed In the production for 1818 are 89,267 bales which ginners eotimated would be turned out after the time of the March canvass. Round hales included numbered 11,916 compared with 81,526 last ' year and 101,654 In 1911. Sea Island bales Included 77,490 compared with 73,777 last year and 119,293 in 1911. The average gross weight of bale for the crop, counting round as half balee and excluding llnters, were 60S.8 pounds, compared with 598.9 last year pnd 664.5 in 1911. The number of ginneries operated for the erop of 1913 was 24,370 com pared with 25,279 for the 1912 erop. ,« Production of States In equivalent 600-pound hales, exclusive of llnters, with comparisons and the depart ment of agriculture’s December esti mate. which excludes llnters, follow: Alabama—Total production, 1>- 494,057 bales, compared with 1,342,- 275 in 1912 and 1,716,534 In 1911. Department of agriculture estimated l,5i0,000 bales for 1913. Arkansas—Total production, 1,- .971,359 bales, compared with 792,- 648 In 1912 and 930,302 in 1911. Department of agriculture estimated 900.000 bales for 1913. Florida—Total production, 58,451 bales, compared with 52,760 in 1912 and 83,388 In 1911. Department of agriculture estimated 68,000 bales for 1913. Georgia—Total production, 3,314,- 870 bales, compared with 1,776,546 in 1912 and 2.768,627 In 1911. De partment of agriculture estimated 2,- 175,000 bales for 1913. Louisiana—Total production, 442,- 132 bales, compared with 376,096 In 1912 and 384,597 in 1911. Depart ment of agriculture estimated 400,- 900 bales for 1913. Mississippi — Total production, 807,4*3 bales, compared with 1,046,- 418 la 1912 and 1,203,545 In 1911. Department of agriculture estimated 1,195,000 bales for 1913. Missouri—Total production, 67,- 173 bales, compared with 55,691 In 1912 and 96,808 In 1911. Depart ment of agriculture estimated 66,000 bales for 1913. North Carolina—Total production, 789.944 bales, compared with 865,- 653 In 1912 and JL075.826 In 1911. Department of agriculture estimated 765.000 bales for 1913. Oklahoma—Total production, 830,- |86 bales, compared with 1,021,250 In 1612 and 1,022.092 In 1911. De partment of agriculture estimated 129.900 bales for 1918. South Carolina—ToUl production, 1, 175.790 balsa, compared wftb 1,- 112,128 In 1912 and t.648.712 la mi. Departmeat ef agriculture a»- 1,189,66# balee for 1918. HUERTA HOLDS UP ARMS RBFVSRS TO LET THOSE SENT ■MBASSY tiff IX)AB. State Department Hears Latest Act ef Provisional President to Compel Reeognitisn by a Direst Appeal The State department has been in formed that arms assignsd to ths American embassy at Mexico City had been held up by order ef General Huerta. Secretary Bryan, when shown the news, said: “This is the first I knew of it, but 1 can not make any further comment.” Notwithstanding this denial, which was repeated at the White Heuse, the facte are as fol lows: 1. Chargs d’Affairee O’Shaughnee- sy several weeks ago made a requi sition for arms for the protection of ths Amerlsan embassy. 2. Thsre wers cable conferences between O’Shaughnessy, Admiral Fletcher, the White House officials, ths secretary of the navy and Secre tary of State Bryan, concerning the need of such precautions. 3. It was decided to send 350 Krag-Jorgensen rifles and a machine gun and these were .actually loaded on a Ward line stetftaer for Vera Crux. 4. 250 rounds of ammunition for each gun were also sent at the re quest of Mr. O’Shaughnessy, all of which was known to the White House and the the state department and to the war department. The war department officials, amazed at the impudent defiance in Huerta's act, were at first disposed to believe Huerta had taken advan tage of some tariff technicality and was acting obstructively on that ground. However, confldentla 1 mes sages were received which show the contrary to be true. It is now bellev. ed that Huerta's purpose is to make the United States government recog nize him by a direct request to him as the commander-In-chlef of the army which might be construed as of* fleial recognition. It is known to officials that there have recently been parades of the Japanese In Mexico City. No objec tion has been made by General Huer ta te the armed demonstrations by Japanese who are being drilled by of ficers of the Japanese battle cruiser Iduzma, now at Mazatlan. The Japanese minister of foreign affairs not only ordered the Japanese at Mexico City be armed, but he eaw that It was done at the expense of the Japanese government, and there has been no protest on the part of Huerta and ne interferenee with the plana of Japan for the protection of her eitlsens. MADE FINE SPLLGtl LHVBR TALKS TO TRACKER# OF THE COST OF IGNORANCE. IS AGAINST FREE TOLLS ^ ■- »■ —— ~ ■ . Popular Congressman Intends to Stick to President Wilson and Vote tor the Taxpayers’ Interest—Takes - Statesmanlike View of the QtMMh tlon. . V" : • ■ ■ , . -rft Congressman A. F. "ter^r deliver ed an address on “The High Cost of Ignorance” to the South Carolina Teachers’ association at Spartanburg in the Xtonverae college auditorium Saturday night. He spoke of the loss caused by Ignorance in farming meth ods, In the conversation of the public health and In other wayi^ The au dience of eighteen hundred g^ve him an ovation. % Congressman Lever’a address was HAS NOT BEEN FLOODED CREATES NtW Ml FOREIGN MADE GOODS HAVE NOT ^ SWEPT INTO W.,E. TRADE COMMISSION BILL IS PKB- PARBD BY ITS COMMITTER Secretory of Oaunereo Shows That New Tariff Mas 1 Altered BalMee ef Trad* T Net PROVIDED WITH POWER STRAIT IS NAMRD. Physician Will Head the State Insane Hospital. The governor Friday morning an nounced the appointment of Dr. T. J.‘ Strait ef Lancaster as superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane. A dispatch from Lancaster says When ke Is officially notified ef his appoiatment as superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane Dr. T. J. Strait will go te Columbia and made arrangements lo take charge of the Institution, succeeding Dr. J. W. Babcock, resigned. “I received no offleial notifica tion,” said Dr. Strait, “but I igreod to accept the position provided things were so arranged that ! would not he handicapped In the management of the l/stitutlon. Ae soon as I receive .official notice I will go down and lock into the matter and give an answer. While I regret very much to leave home I feel that I might be useful to those miserable inmates.” Call for Water Saves Life. Thirty-seven hours after he had been buried under the walls of the St. Louis Seed company’s bullclii; Thomas Burke was rescued Thursday when his calls for water were heard. Rob Clerk of #350. After securing 3350 from a De troit, Mich., hotel clerk Wednesday at the point of his pistol a robber leaped into an auto and found the chauffer to drive him (0 safety. Find Them Dead in House. When Chicago police broke Into the home of John Llndstrom Thurs day they found two girls dead and both parents and a baby brother probably fatally asphyxiated. . Kegrp Shoots Georgia Farmer. Benjamin Powell, a farmer of Amerlcus, Ga., was mortally wounded Saturday night by a negro. Officers are trailing the refugee. 000 bales for 1912. Texas—Total production, 3,963,- 133 balee, compared with 4,880,210 in 1912 and 449,737 In 1911. De partment of agriculture estimated 3,- 890,000 bales for 1918. Virginia—Total production, 33,405 balee, eomparOd with 34,398 in 1912 aad 29,891 in 1911. Department of frequently interspersed with humor, which was appreciated by the audi ence. The speaker dealt at length on the alarming depreciation of 4hw ex ports of some of the most Important crops of this country, and declared that 50 years hence there will be a dearth of foodstuffs in this country unless something is done to educate the farmers of this generation. His frequent reference to what the Wil son administration Is planning to do for the farmer elicited much ap plause. The speaker told of the great pe cuniary losses being sustained by the American farmer as a result of his ignorance of the best and latest meth ods of farming. The present day farmer would do well to pattern after the members of the boys’ corn clubs, said Mr. Lever. These boys are show ing what may be done with a little land scientifically cultivated. Hog cholera, the. Texas tick, and other plagues afe doing great injury to the farmers of this country, and In the life of the people typhoid fever and tuberculosis have become great perils, mainly because of ignorance of the best methods of treating and prevent ing these direases. The farmers and their wives need to be taught sani tary methods In their home life, de clared the- speaker, and not until this is done will the great loss of life from these diseases be checked I’he smgll salaries now paid the various officials who are supposed to educate the farmer and his children were deprecated by Congressman Lever, yrho declared that so long as the state of South Carolina continued to allow such little pay to the county superintendents of education It could not expect to secure the logical men for these offices. No man, possessing a large amount of brains, can afford or will consent to work 12 months for $900, the average salary paid In this office. One of the chief reasons why teachers so quickly desert the pro fession for more lucrative ohes is be cause they receive such inadequate remuneration for services rendered the public. While In Spartanburg Congress man Lever defined his attitude to wards the repeal of the free tolls bill as follows “I regard President Wilson’s posi tion In reference to the canal tolls to be absolutely sound, statesmanlike and patriotic from a domestic as well as international point of view. We gave certain international obligations which are solid and binding on all parties, and which In their moral force - are second only to the obllga tlon of the Constitution itself. ’’From a domestic point of view, the Democratic party throughout Its long career has always opposed subsi dies, and to relieve the coastwise trade of the payment of canal tolls Is as much a subsidy, as if you should take that much money out of the federal treasury and hand It over to the shipping intereste. “It Is estimated that It will cost 32,000,000 a year to put through the canal the coastwise trade of the coun try.' Some one must pay this 32. 000,000, either the coastwise trade, who are to be the beneficiaries of the canal, or the taxpayers of the country through the federal treasury, “I prefer to vote with the president in the interest of the taxpayers of the country, rather than to stand with those who would hand over 32,000,- 000 annually to the shipping trust. I shall, therefore, vote with the presi dent, regardless of the alleged plat form declaration on the subject, which I do not regard as having been considered by the convention In the light of existing treaties aad condi tions. “A majority of ths Democrats vot ed aflalnst the exemption act when it was before the congress, so it can not bo claimsd the act of my Democratic associates. It is my opinion that the president’s position will bo ‘over whelmingly sustained by the Demo cratic members of eengrees.” ' be DooMi. William G. Nedfield, soeretury of .commerce,.addressing the Stats Busi ness Men’s associatloa of Connoetl- cut at Hartford, Conn., last wsok, asked what had bocolao of the threat ened flooding of American markets with foreign made goods, nttrastod by the new tarl? schedules. “All men are witnesses that the flooding of our marketa with the products of -the so-called pauper labor of Europe has not occurred, he said. “Nay, the total Imports for the entire period since the tariff eame Into effect actually are less than for a like pertod a’year age. What hAs become of the millions upon millions in value of goods wait ing to be unloaded upon us, whereby tbe power to purchase mors cheaply was" to bring disaster and distress upon American Industries? Instead, as editors and speakers look over the cold, hard facts of our foreign trade, their remarks about the flooding of onr markets must eome to their thought as those ^things one would rather not have said. ^“Meanwhile the'current has run strongly ths other way and particu larly Is this trus la ths shape of fully finished materials. Our foreign trade In this continues to grow desplto the normal fluctuations from month to month In the total export business. Those who felt that the flooding had come when December Imports rose to the largest ever ksown, namely 3184,506,906, must have experienced a rude shock when Imports for Jan uary fell of mors than 986,606,999, almost 39,000,009 less than the month of January, 1913. “We expert a growth hi the tm ports of manufacturers under the new tariff, that competitive sen 41- tions may exist to the general geed We expect that as great or a larger growth will take place la the ex portationa of manufaetnres; that bne- Iness may run more steadily la our American shops and that the gold of the nations may be brought la la- creaaing quantities Into the poekets of our people.” Of-foreign commeree, Mr. Redfleld eald,' he did not share tbe belief that “big business” could claim the lion’s share of credit for creating and hold lag trade In other countries. Tbe secretary waa optimistic concerning general conditions. “Looking about over aH America one sees no eerlone factors tending to trouble,” he said. “The fall of prices has already begun. It taken time to filter through the various phases of distribution but the process Is well begun.” The situation among the unemployed Mr. Redfleld regard ed as Improving. ’’Affaire in that re spect,” he said, “are better than they were a month ago and very much bet ter than they were 60 days back.” Text of Proposed Legislation Bears ■ • • _ , .. •• "• • . Stamp of Approval of PresJdsnu and Attorney-Gen oral—Expected to Receive Support ef Deaeeerete aad GOVERNOR BOH HOWS MONEY. To Pay Confederate Home Expenses, Which He Vetoed. It was stated by Gov. Bless# Sat urday afternoon that he aad Col. v J G. Long Sr., the chairman of the Confederats Home board, had jointly borrowed 91,000 from Col. W. A. Clark, of a Columbia ba.k, to tem porarily finance the Home’s needs until further arrangements can be made. Under the construction of the comptroller-general and the Code commissioner no salaries are provid ed for the officials of the Home as the covernor vetoed ths item, and the item as to maintenance, It Is contend- sd, states that nothing out of it aball be paid for salaries. Bandit la New England. While running slowly near Bos ton, Mass., ah engineer of a N*,vr Haven road, Tueeday saw a masked nan with twe guns signalling th*. train to stop. Hs put on full speed and the bandit aldestepped for his Ilfs. Repablieane. Tbe interstate trade eemmlsslen bill bearing the approval of Presi dent Wilson and Attorney Genera) McReynolds was made public Sunday following many conferences among the members of the House Interstate commerce committee. Democrats ex pect this measure to command sub stantial Republican support and an effort probably will bOTnade soon to bring about concerted action between tbe Senate and House on this phase of the administration program of commercs regulation and anti-trust legislation. Ths new bill- was unanimously agreed on by Its framers, a sub-com , mittee of Democrats and Republi cans, headed by Representative Cov ington of Maryland, and It is approv ed by virtually the full committee The bill would transfer all the powers end duties of tke bureau of corpora- tlone to the propoeed commission of Ihree members, presidential ap pointees subject to eonfirmatlos. wbase salaries would bo^916.000 as- inally sack. Only two of tbo com missioners could be from tke ear e political party: The original Clayton bill, from which tko Covington bill differs sub stantially. had provide' for five com- aaisaioners and that The present eom- missloaer ef eerpo’-atioea should be autematleally chairmen of tbe new commission. Tke sew bill makes ne mention of tke eommlsdlon<'.i of tor- perntlens. It mekea the fixed tenure ef the cemmlaelenere alx yearn and the commission would ohoese Its own chairman. Tko Covington bill defines ns n sor- peratiea nil bodies Incorporated un der tke law and joint steak associa tions and all ether associations hav ing shares of capital er ether capital stock er organized te carry jsn bad ness for profit. Section 9 ef tke bill, requiring annual reports te tke eem mission, would provide that: “Every eerperatlen engaged la commeree, exeeptlng corporation* subject te tbe nets to regulate eem- mores, which, by itself er with one or more other eorporntlene owned operated, controlled er organised in conjunction with It so ne to consti tute substantially a business, until it has a capital of 95,000,000 er more or has a lees capital and belongs to any clase of corporations, which the commission may make, shall furalsh to the eommlsslon annually such In formation, statements and records of Us organisation, bondholders and stockholders and financial condition and also such information, statements and records of Ha relations to other corporations, and its business and practices while engaged in commerce, as the commission shall require. This section penalizes violations of 9100 a day. The Clayton ■bill mads no such classification or corporations but penalized violations of 31.000 a day. Another section it designed to rem edy the present lack of any bureau enulpped with a trained force to as sist the department of justice and the courts In solving problems connected with the dissolution of corporations adjudged to be operating against the law. It authorizes the courts to refer to the commission any matter con cerning relief to be granted or any proposed decree for the. purpose of such an Investigation as will give the courts complete economic Informa tion. This would not empower tbe commission to gather evidence to be ffered in any case to be considered by the eourt In entering judgment. The commission also lr-Authorized to de termine whether any degree of disso lution mitered against a corporation Is being carried out. BANDITS GIVE FIGHT. •- Illiaois Vandals Caught Loottaffr .3 . ; . Cars Give Desperate Battle. “Two men wer# killed and twd uty sheriffs and a woman wounj the resalt of an attempted hok a Chicago freight train at Manfl 111., Friday. The bandits were sur prised while throwisg mershandlsr from the train. On# opened firo on the eosduetor while the othere ran / te the engine and ordered Engineer Flsker to proceed with the train. While h# was trying te explain there weald be danger of a eollletea, eae- of the bandits killed klm. Tke three aaea then jumped frem tke eagle#, aad, rejoining the fenrth, whe he# been holding off the drew, fled. The aheriff and his twe depuMeo started ih' pursuit, leeatlag the ban dits la a bunk oar - aear Las geley. Ths men opened Ire os the effieers, wounded both deputlee. They then fled to a cornfield, where they were surrennded by the sheriff aad a poaee of farmers. la an sxehaage of shot* one of the robbers fell, shot tbreugh the abdomes. Two then surrender ed, hut the third escaped toiChllli- cothe, 111., -where ho later was arrest ed.’ CONFESSES THREE MURDER#. Negro Who Killed Wife at 9t. George Makes Full Confession. A negro living near St. George un der the name of Henry Browa beat his wife to death Saturday a week ago. On last'Tuesday'-hwsetrt. for % negro preacher and confessed that hn had killed not only his wife, but two other negroes. His real name is Smith and he was bom In \Vash.\7 ton county, Georgia, and worked the farm of Mr. Elder Sheldon, Sandersvllle, Ga. In 1901 he shot n,. negro by the name of Pet Belum, and ran away to England, and hence to Mexico and other countries In-South America. ~~ Coming back to the State went to- Colorado and there killed John Al bert, another negro, on May 19,. MMO, and was caught and convicted and sentenced for 12 years in prison. On July 4; 1912, he escaped and came to Soutb Carolina and has been hero ever since. The woman whom he killed last Saturday was stoles by him from Branchvllle and has been living with him since Christmas,. 1113. NEGRO BURNS STORK. Commits Despicable Outrage Near Wabram Friday Night. One of the vilest outrages ever per- ^ petuated In this State occurred Fri day night when the store and barn of Wm. Branham near Wabram were- burned by a negro. Mr. Braham. who is 75 years old, and retired for the night, when the negro, who had been hanging around his store all the af ternoon, atole Into his home, secured the keys to his store, robbed It, set It on fire and then took his horse from his barn afterwards burning it also. The negro escaped on the horse and has not yet been captured. He i» described as a black, “chunky” ne gro, wearing tan shoes. Before leav ing Wabram the negro cut all the telephone wires. Student Falla From Window. William Barksdale, a student of Asheville, N. C., visited S friend Jay night against the rules. UeiXA^ the approach of an Instructor# nJfl , climbed out of the window,to a ledfeo, where he lost his balance, falling to 1 the ground, receiving serious inju ries. ' . ■ „ Shot by His Father-in-1,aw. B. A. Walker, dentist, of Birming ham, Ala., Monday visited Thorsby, Ala., to get his child from the keep ing of his wife. While at his father- in-law's home trcAible arose which re sulted tn'hls death. V Revive “Dead Line”. Because of the Increasing boldness of criminals, Police Commissioner McKay of New York Monday estab lished a "dead line” and any with a criminal record found over lE ‘ will be arrested. - Rope Broke Toe Sooe. After seven municipal prisoners of Kansas City, Mo., had escaped by sliding down a 30-foot ro^e made of blankets Wednesday It parted under the weight of an eighth fugitive, pre venting the escape of 30 other men. Killed in a Runaway. ’• _Charfle Porcher, driver of an Ice delivery wagon at Waycross, Ga., war killed in a runaway Wednesday. H fell from the wagon and his body was badly crushed. Auto Turns Somersault. Striking a hole near Kinston, N. C., while traveling rapidly an auto with twe passengers, turned completely over, on Wedaeedny, landing in a ditch. Neithar the ear er Its la- mates were kart. m Fire Resales Fatally. ' Three men were killed, one prob ably fatally Injured and lives of 60 others persons endangered In n tene ment house blase la Bridgeport. Conn., Friday. •I%aneaNe^T«ia}Treiaeae>. fiTfi.- tor lilt. \ T*pe Bai When the borne ef A. M. Dn)nney agrlenltura estimated 21,909 balee waa deetroyed Tburedey xt Ardmore, ■ Jr balee. eempired with 876,546 la aad 649.787 ta t>U. AH Other lMen, 88,698 holes, < < 488 la 1818 ahd -Total Mrs, ^ Dulaney and Infant predne- ed with il r I# 1811. Okla.. Mrs. 1 daughter store the father er shlldrea. burned to death, but —■* to sure faur e“ ' ■ •• Congratulate McAdoe. At the cabinet meeting Tueeday See rotary MsAdoe’s colleagues eea- grtulated klm ea kts eagapement to the preuldeat’r daughter, Mlaa ■lea ner WUera. Eight Prisoners Break Jail. Eight negro prisoners of Green ville, N. C., broke Jail Monday night by using saws and other tools which had been smuggled Into the prison. Open rrivatq SaalSariam. Dr. J. W. Babcock and Dr. Klea- nora B. Saunders have opened a san itarium In Columbia for tha treat ment of nervous diseases ■ ■■ ■ . Robbers Get Fifteen Thousand. Robber* at Chicago Saturday broke tks»aafe of a furniture company and eeeaped with 916.000, *' : Ferry Boat Hits Float. Two persons were killed and Severn Injured, three of them seriously, Igte- Tuesday when the Lackawanna rail road ferry boat Ithaca crashed into a railroad float on the Hudson river near New York. — .r Kirby Gives Up His Office. Removed by Governor Blease "for incapacity, misconduct and neglect of duty". Magistrate A. H. Kirby, Spar- Unburg’s 85-year-old officer, has'de cided to leave his office without going into tbe courts. ^ Must be a Suffragette Himself. Dr. Jones Devon of Olasg^ land, when attacked Monday t> frogette wlfh a whip took the hts hands and knocked his down. Three Negroes Killed. Bwubee. Fin., n sew mill town three aecfreee wore killed hi n general fight Saturday night Kmpty Gua Kills Aaother. Johnny Adnras of Goldsboro.> wna accidentally killed Wedne while playing with an “unleaded' euilber reviver. X