The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 19, 1907, Image 2
A SONG CF THE ROAD.
I lift ir.v cap to Ecautv,
I lift my cap to Love;
I bo v.- before my Duty,
And know that God's above!
My heart through shining arches
Of leaf and blossom goes;
My soul, triumphant, marches
Through life to life's repose.
And I. through all this glory
Nor knew nor fear my fate?
The great things are so simple.
The simple are so great!
?Fred G. Bowies, in Littell's Living Age.
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EOT THROUGH.
Stray Dog that Followed tha explain of the
Laughing Lass on Board Util&d
to Sare the Situation.
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/ Capt. Harry Rockhill,.- who recently
died in London, spent the greater part
of his life in search of sport. Every |
comer of the earth was visited by
him in the course of his 70 years, and
the story of his adventures would fill
r volumes. It was purely his love of
adventure that prompted him to become
a blockade runner during the
civil war, and he often declared that
this occupation had furnished the
greatest sport he ever experienced.
"I suppose it was the novelty of the
thing," he remarked,'- "a sort of
changing places with the game?becoming
the hunted instead of the hunter.
I fought Malay pirates one whole
summer, but it was not nearly so interesting
as slipping in and out of
Charleston harber through the federal
guard ships."
While Capt. Rockhill owned and
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Lass, he never derived a cent of profit
from his blockade running. He would
take on a cargo of medicine and other
suppHes purchased in England by
a confederate agent, and land them
in / confederate territory without
charging anything for the service, and
there can be little doubt that he was
the means of saving many lives that
would otherwise have been sacrificed
for lack of proper medicines.
The Laughing Lass was a handsomely
appointed and very swift schooner
yacht, and in all her career no United
States ship ever saw more of her
than her topsails as they faded away
in the distance, although on one occasion
she must have passed within 50
feet of a steam warship, and when
v , there was scarcely enough wind to
give' steerageway. This occurred off
Charleston, when the schooner was
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coming' OUl, alter UctVIUg laaucu a
cargo.
The Laughing Lass had lain with
loosened sails behind the confederate
batteries for ten days before an opportunity
presented itself for her escape
from the iron-ringed harbor, but
on the night of Feb. 17, 1S64?the
same night that the submarine Hunley
wept out to her tragic but glorious
fate?a heavy fog rolled up from the
south, and it was decided to make the
attempt.
Every precaution was taken against
the occurrence of the slightest noise
aboard the schooner; every rope-end
was secured, and the crew was supplied
with felt-soled shoes. The hull
of the vessel had been painted a lead w
gray, very similar to the war paint of
the United States vessels of the present
day, and her s3ils, instead of being
white canvas, were of a brownish
shade. Not a light of any kind was
shown, and the schooner slipped off
through the fog like some spirit ship.
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and the blockade runners knew that
it would not be a great while before
the fog bank was blown out to sea,
and they intended if possible to go
with it. It seemed very likely that
this would be the case until the
schooner was some ten miles out
from the harbor, at which distance
i she was likely to encounter one of the
blockading ships at any moment, and
then the wind failed almost entirely.
Occasionally a sail would flap, and
. there was a hardly audible ripple under
her forefoot.
Suddenly, sounding with startling
distinctness in the deathlike silence
which prevailed, there came to the
straining ears of those aboard the
schooner the sound of cars, and a
moment later a hail.
"Boat ahoy!" came the voice out
o? the fog. and then the sound cf feet
upon a ship's deck.
, "Ahoy! Is this the Housatonic?"
came the answer, as the small beat
evidently rested upon its cars.
"Yes. What boat is that?"
"Boat from the flagship," was the
response, and the oars again began
tneir regular beat. A moment later
those upon the schooner could near
the steamboat bump into the man-cfwar,
and the noise of a man scrambling
up a ladder.
"She is on the port quarter," Capt.
Rockhill whispered, his mouth within
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"No; on the starboard," the pilot
muttered, straining his eyes to pierce
the cloud that enveloped them.
A catspaw of a breeze stirred th?
fog, the schooner heeled over, and a
boom creaked.
"Did you hear that, sir?" a voice exclaimed
excitedly upon the guardship.
"There is a ship very close?I
can hear the movement of h*:r through
the water!"
The men aboard the Laughing Lrss
scarcely dared to breathe. In the
very air was a strain of intense lightening.
A sail flapped and drew tight
with a short snaD.
"You were right, lieutenant?there '
is!" another voice said hurriedly. "Get
the men to their stations?and make
no noise."
Capt. Roc-khill realized that in a
few minutes more an alarm would be
sounded, and the whole fleet know that
a blockade runner or a confederate
cruiser was trying to slip through the
cordon. He touched his chief officer
j on the shoulder.
"Get the long boat over, as quick
as you can, and without a sound," he
whispered. There was not frhe slightest
splash to announce when this had
i been done.
"Get that dog that followed me on
beard the other day." was Capt. Rock
hill's next command. "Put him in the
beat, with a fresh beef bone, and cut
the boat loose."
Three minutes later this had been
done. The dog had been carefully muzzled
when the Laughing Lass slipped
her cable, but now the muzzle was removed,
and he was left gnawing contentedly
upon the bone. The breeze,
though still light, was now steady, and
the schooner was gliding silently forward
at a rate of perhaps three knots
an hour. From the slight sounds
heard the man-of-war was now evidently
astern, a little on the port.
"Load with grape?double charges,"
S was order distinctly audible, followed
by the sound of gunners working
about their artillery.
The dog, which had been cut adrift
in the longboat and which was now
several hundred yards astern, had, as
Capt. Rockhill expected, been gnawin
? rontentedlv unon his bone for sev
eral minutes before he realized that he
was alone. Then the loneliness of
the fog-shrouded waters struck into
his heart, and he howled mournfully,
again and again.
"They are right alongside!* Ship
ahoy! Heave to or we will sink you!"
an officer cn the guardship shouted.
The only reply was the delighted
yelping of the dog at the sound of a
human voice.
"Answer or we fire!" was the next
shout. The next instant there was
the roar of a gun, and a flash Of flame
glimmered faintly in the fog. Another
and another gun crashed, all the
shots being directed toward the sound
of the dog's howls, far to the stern
of the Laughing Lass.
From the next guardship a rocket
sped upward, then from the next and
the next, and then the sea was faintly
illuminated, by a light being burtied
by the ship which the schooner had
so narrowly missed. The light must
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empty save for dog, for the - firing
ceased. Instead there came the sound
of her engines as she got under way.
The wind was-now blowing stiffly,
and every sail aboard the Laughing
Lass was drawing as she sped away
toward the open sea. When the gray
dawn broke and the fog had been dissipated
by the rising sun not even a
trail of smoke was to be seen upon the
horizon. The blockade runner had
slipped safely through.?New York
Times.
STEAMER KILLS BIG WHALE.
Tried to Dive but was Caught in
Propeller.
Passengers on the steamship Admiral
Sampson, which arrived recently at
Boston from Jamaica, witnessed an
unusual spectacle when the fruiter |
rammed a monster wnaie ana neany
cut it in two. Capt. Henshaw stated
he never saw so many whales as he
passed along the coast yesterday. His
story of striking the whale is as follows:
"It was 9.35 a. m. The sea was as
smooth as glass, and scores of whales
were spouting about. Suddenly there
arose on the port bow a mammoth
whale. When it saw the steamer so
close it attempted to dive, but the
bilge keel evidently struck and
stunned it so that it was powerless
to get away."
"The suction held the mammal to
the vessel, and it passed completely
over it. The port propeller tore a great
hole in its back, and in its death
throes it lashed the water into a crimson
foam. Its tail struck the rail
with great force, nearly knocking over
one of the negro deck boys.
"For several minutes after the
whale passed astern it continued to
lash the watjer. It lifted itself partly
cut of the watef and the great hole In
its back was visible for an instant.
The surface of the water was covered
with blood for a great area.
"Gradually the whale quieted, ar.d
within a few minutes its carcass was
floating with the tide."
One of the passengers said that the
other whales seemed to understand
that something had happened, for they
started off toward the east.
Cowboys' Boots.
Every one who has traveled
through the West or has witnessed a
"Wild West" show has noticed the j
boots worn by the cowboys. The I
legs are adorned with many lines or j
scrolls of. stitching, while the heels
are invariably two inches high, tapering
and curving inward under the
instep. Thees ladylike hcelss are
not for display but for use. They
are made high so as to prevent the I
wearer's fort slipping through the
stirrup when riding. On the ground
they are a brace in roping a steer
or a horse. As the animal tugs to
away the cowboy sinks his sharp
hec-ls into the ground and thus secures
a firmness of footing which
would be impossible if his boot heels
were fiat and low.?Kansas City Star.
The Mexican breweries represent an
investment of $5,000,000 to $0,000.00?.
I The capital invested in thern is Mexi4
can. American. French and German.
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A Valuable Hog.
James H. Trask, a progressive farmer
of the town of Sidney, Is the owner
of what is perhaps -:Le breeding
sow in Kennebec county In size of litters
farrowed. The animal is a White
Chester, and she recently gave birth
to a litter of 18 pigs. This is the same
animal which last fall farrowed 15
pigs, 12 of which Mr. Trask sold for $3
each, or $36. If any farmer in the
6tate can teat thai record he is yet
to be heard from.?Maine Farmer.
Farming a Profitable Business.
That farming is really a learned profession,
one which requires godd natural
ability and that ability well educated,
is shown by the following from
the Century:
"The character of farming is changing
rapidly. It is coming more*and
more to be an efficient, profitable and
attractive business. With here and
there an exception, in the past we have
not given much conservative thought
to the business?nothing like as much
as the merchant gives to his business
or the doctor to his. It has been so
"easy" a business that untrained men
could succeed in it. The change in
economic and social conditions is
breaking up the tradition, and the old
methods must go. Ia the future only
the well informed and efficient-thinking
men can succeed; that is, only the
educated man."
Wilted Hay Best.
Redtop and alsike I consider more
profitable than timothy for any kind
of stock. Timothy hay I find a poor
feed as compared to other kinds mentioned.
I prefer to cut mixed redtop
hay when the seed has been perfectly
formed.
I like to have hay thoroughly wilted,
but with no water left on it, about as
we used to think it would be when half
cured. For clover hay I have not yet
come to a conclusion to my own satisfaction
just how it should be dried.
The modern method of merely wilting
the hay is much superior to the old
plan of drying the life out of it. Where
practicable it certainly is better to
use canvas hay caps over the tumbles,
These caps should not rest closely on
the hay but should be lifted sufficient
ly for air circulation.?L. A. Newell, in
the American Cultivator.
Marketing Lambs.
In my experience of ten years I find
that from the first of July to the middle
of August is the best and most
profitable time for marketing lambs,
everything considered. Sell them at
the age of four or five months. The
price is from six to seven cents a
pound. This is money made quickly
and with but little risk. The ewes are
left in a better condition than when
the lambs are sold later. Some think
that earlier lambs pay better, but I
do not. From the first of April to the
middle is the best time for them to
come. Then one soon has grass and
warm weather, and the lambs will
thrive and be as large as those two
months older. Do not dock them.
Give them the best care. If sold older,
they, will, of course, be larger, but
the price will be less, and then there
1b the risk of dogs, wolves and disease.
One more objection to early lambs is
the ticks. They do not do well on tnis
account, and it is too cold to dip
them.?The Farmer's Guide.
Helping Chicks Out of Shells.
I wish to tell the readers of the Agricultural
Epitomist how I heij> out
the chicks that cannot get out of the
shell owing to the tough coating over
the head. The remedy is very simply.
Have a small bottle of olive oil, pour
a drop or two on the opening. Spread
the oil around the sheli with the finger;
tenderly remove a little of the
shell and so on until the shell is off
over the chick's head. Now, remove
the coating of the chick's head, pour
in a few drops of oil around the cavity
between the chick and the shell,
put the chick under the hen twelve
hours, and he will be as spry and active
as those that got out of the shell
themselves. If you take the chick out
of the shell without using oil you break
an artev and it bleeds to death; the
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oil is a tonic. I have no experience in
using an incubator, but having used
this simple remedy for years under
hens with the rest results I am of the
opinion that the hatch would be greafj
ly increased in incubators? E. R.
Drake, in the Epitomist.
Whips for Horses.
The Maine Farmer recently contained
an item about the use of whips,
which is very good on the whole, yet
it is also true that there are cases
where a whip is necessary. For examl
pie years ago a _ friend told us
of a man who went to a
mill with a team of spirited
horses for which he needed no whip.
While at the mill the team became
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had had a good whip and given them
a sharp cut with it they would have
started the other way, they might
have run away and broken up the
wagon; but that would have been better
than to end as it did, for they
backed into the mill pond and were
both drowned. Again there are some
very lazy horses which need a whip to
get any travel out of them. Still we
I
will agree that too many whips h&vt
been, and are still used.
The following Is the article:
"A dealer in whips says there is a
great change as to the number of
whips that are now sold to drivers in
proportion to the number of people.
"I should think not half so many
are used as were usefl, say, twenty-five j
years ago. Many owners of horses i
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in this country who always have horses'
and who never strike them. Many people
hold that if a horse is properly
reaed from colthood up it will never
need a whip. What are called the bad
traits of a horse are usually the fault
of the people who have handled them.
Some bad traits are hereditary, but
they trace back to bad management
of the ancestry. The more good sense
a man has, the less punishment his
team will need. It is practically all
a matter of (good common sense."
Deeo- Cultivation of Corn.
While some still persist in plowing
corn deep from start to finish, no
matter what the season may be, and
have no patience with any other
method, those who study experiment
station reports, know that shallow culture,
after the roots have spread between
the rows, almost invariably
gives better results than deep cultivation,
which breaks the fibrous roots
and leaves them hanging in bunches on
the cultivator shanks. I am satisfied
that in dry weather corn may be injured
to the extent of several bushels
per acre by plowing too deep and too
close to the plants when laying by.
I have damaged the crop this way myself,
as shown by adjoining acres worked
in a more intelligent manner. In a
wet season, however, root pruning is
not so injurious, and weed growth during
the time that cultivation is delayed
by wet weather may render
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ground necessary in order to get ahead
of the weeds.
It is nearly always the front shovels
that do ;the main damage by tearing
the roots, and In no case do I let
them run deep at the last working, but
throw the points well forward, so they
will cut to their full width with the
points not more than two inches below
the surface. I depend largely upon
the rear shovels at the last working,
running them deeper than the front
ones and turning them so they will
throw the soil Slightly toward the row;
then set the gage well apart and keep
away from the plants. The shovels
should be sharp-pointed, to make a
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clean cut ana penetrate uusa?,
readily, but long, narrow, needle points
I dislike; for unless set flat to do the
best work on top, the extra inch or
two of the point only increases draft
and root pruning uselessly, and should
be avoided, particularly in dry weather.
The time to go to the bottom of
things in the corn field is when the
ground is being fitted for the crop, and
if necessary, at the first plowing, before
the roots spread too much.?F.
D. Coburn, in the Progressive Farmer.
PUT BAN ON STRAWBERRIES.
Sours Tempers of Those Eating
Them, Especially, Says Hygienists.
Hygienists who delight in raising
alarms against popular foods are
now tilting against strawberries.
These are accused of having a bad
effect upon the tempers of thei^ eaters,
who, it is alleged, become sulky
and irritable after eating them. A
hygienist is quoted as saying that
women are particularly suscep
tible in this respect. Some of them
will eat a pound or more of strawberries
at a time, and then become
so morose that people are glad to
avoid them. The fact is, they are
physically ill without knowing it.
They are suffering from the strawberries'
disease, the symptoms of
which are slight dizziness, a desire
to be alone, and intolerance of being
questioned.
The strawberries which have the
worst effect are the large mashy ones.
The small kinds, with seeds on the
surface, are usually harmless. The
trouble is ascribed to the strawberry
acids, which cream does not mollify.
Indeed, the fruit is more wholesome
without cream or sugar, and nobody
.?ij ?+ nr.rtr.Q than a anzpn at a
snouiu c*xc u-.uic iuu ** w* ?
time.
Eustace Miles, the tennis player,
as a vegetarian dietist, confirms the
danger to some persons from strawberries.
He says they contain three
acids, phosphoric, sulphuric and silicic.
He believes that the last named
causes the trouble. In addition to irritability
sufferers have strawberry
rash and strawberry headache.?London
correspoudence of the New York
Commercial.
Her Bread.
"Mean thing!" exclaimed Mrs. Newliwed.
"It's just brutal of you to call
it 'this stuff.' You said you'd be glad
if I baked my own bread."?
"Yes, dear," replied the great brute,
"but I didn't say I wanted you to bake
mine."?Philadelphia Press.
According to a statement issued by
the London board of trade, the United
Kingdom during March showed increases
of $22,385,500 in imports
$15,359,500 in exports.
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[Palmetto State Kewsj
Alleged Robber Released.
W. R. Clady, held in Greenville for
the alleged robbery of a woman of
$5,000 worth of diamonds, has been
released on $1,500 bond for his appearance
at jury court. The case has
involved many sensational features.
Green Acquitted of Murder Charge.
William S. Green was declared not
guilty on the charge of murder by a
jury in the court of general sessions
at Columbia. It took the jury less
than an hour to reach a verdict. The
defendant entered a plea of self-defense.
On the 26th of April. 1907,
Green shot and killed Mose Tucker, a
negro hackman, in a store.
Railroad Shop Men Discharged.
Forty men have been, discharged
from the Southern railway shops in
Charleston, because of lack of work,
and funds to keep them going. The
local officials do not know when they
will be able to take these men back.
All departments of the master mechanic
are affected by the reduction
order. <
Marines Visiting Jamestown.
Monday morning the South Carolina
naval militia left Charleston on the
United States steamer Prairie for a
cruise to Norfolk and the Jamestown
exposition. The trip will consume two
weeks. There are four divisions in
the state militia: Georgetown, Beaufort,
Mount Pleasant and Charleston
are represented. Lieutenant Commander
C. L, DuBois is in command.
This will be the last cruise of the
kind for the naval militia this season.
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Worse Crime Suspected.
At Union Sunday morning, between
3 and 4 o'clock, the home of Isabella
Gist was completely destroyed by fire,
and she and her. ll-year-old niece were
burned to death.
The house was situated near the
corporate limits on the road to West
Springs. The fact that the burning
was done so quietly and mysteriously
as to fail to attract the attention of
any one until the building was ready
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of the woman and girl. were found
beneath the bed spring3, instead of
'on top of them has caused considerable
talk "to the effect that the woman
and child may have been killed and
the fire allowed to hide the crime. A
| young negro is under arrest on susi
picion.
Lally Spouting Again.
Representative George L. Lally,
member of the house naval affairs
committee, who has been criticised because
of his outspoken attitude on the
Charleston harbor, has written an
open letter, in which he says:
"If I had the supreme lawmaking
power in this country, the only crime
punishable with death would be that
of grafting. Muruer would'receive secondary
consideration. Any man who
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I on naval affairs and uses his efforts
to obtain an appropriation for some
tumble-down navy yard in his district
to the end that he may provide well
paid jobs for his constituents, is grafting.
Not a single dollar may touch
his hands, but just the same, he is
gratfing?grafting out of the United
States government, which he is paid
to serve and sworn to serve."
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Rev. Guerry Consecrated.
Rev. W. A. Guerry has heen consecrated
bishop coadjutor of the
South Carolina Episcopal diocese, the
services taking place in Trinity
church, Columbia, in the presence of
a distinguished gathering, representing
al! sections of the state.
The commission of bishops taking
part in the ceremony was as follows:
The Right Rev. Daniel S. Tuttie,
D. D., presiding bishop; the Right Rev.
Edwin G. Weed, p. D., bishop of Florida;
the Right Rev. Joseph B. Cheshire,
D. D., bishop of 2vorth Carolina.
The presenters: The Right Rev.
Theodore D. Eratton, B. D., bishop of
\Tiseissinni: the Right Rev. Robert
Strange, D. D., bishop cf eastern
Xorth Carolina.
The preacher: The Right Rev. Thos.
F. Gailor, D. D., bishop of Tennessee.
Priests attending: The Rev. John
Kershaw, D. D., the Rev. A. R. Mitchell,
the Rev. W. B. Gordon, the Rev.
K. H. Covington and Rev. H. J.
.Mikell.
Rev. A. H. Knoll of the University
of the South was master cf ceremonies
and Rev. A. S. Thomas of Florence
registrar.
Bishop Ellison Capers of the aiojcese
of South Carolina, was unable
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to attend the service because of a re- ' i
cent severe illness.
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illegal Bocze Storage Charged.
Wararnts were sworn out Monday
by the city of Charleston against the ?
Southern railway and the Southern
Express company, charging thes6
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transportation companies with storing
liquor illegally and otherwise violating ^
the Corey-Cothran act.
This is another step on the offensive
side by the city in a fight to make *
the transportation companies quit %
making it possible for the blind tiger,
to flourish in Charleston, as- the war-;'N ' j
rants charge. More warrants are ex- nected
to be issued. ' \
A few days ago several hundred
gallons of liquor wefe taken from the
offices of the express company in *
Charleston and from cars on tracks
of the Southern and Atlantic Coast
Line railroads. A great part of the "
stuff seized was consigned to Sottile
Brothers, Augusta, and claim and de- W
livery proceedings have been instituted
by that firm.
PROGRESS IN TWO STATES.
New Industries Reported in Georgia
and Alabama the Part Week.
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial
Index, published at Columbus,
Ga., says:
"Any impression that legislative enactment
or executive action has caused
a general cessation of the construction
of railroads and railroad betterments
in Georgia and Alabama is er>
roneously at variance with the actual
iacts. a company nas just Deen cnartered
to build a railroad from Bain- "v,
bridge, Ga., to a point on the Oulf of ,
Mexico, and in a northeasterly dire?1
tion from that city through three Geor*
gia counties. Application has been
made for a charter for a steam or
electric railroad to be constructed
through the counties of Coweta, Hea^fl
and Troup in Georgia, a distance of JK
50 miles. A number of business men of
the three counties are interested. Announcement
is made of the consum- *:
mation in New York of the necessary
financial arrangements for constructing
an electrJ^ railway between Gads- r:;
den, Ala., and Tuscaloosa, AJa., via %>'
Birmingham, Ala., to connect at Tus?
casloosa with steamboat and barge 0
lines on Warrior river. This invent
j ment will amount to about
| 000. The construction of a 32-mile fy.
j extension of the Chattahoochee ValI
ley railroad is progressing steadily. '
[ Bids are being asked for the construe?
i tion of a section of railway between
Troy, Ala., and Chipley, Fla. A rail- \J5|
road's terminal facilities at Mobile, |||
j Ala., will be increased at a cost of jg
! $200,000 and another railroad contem- "
j plates building a $150,000 depot"
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HEAVY BREAK IN COTTON. V
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Sensational Decline Wherein October
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Option Sold Under Eleven Cents.
A sensational decline in the price '
of cotton took place amid excited trad- j?
j ing on the New York cotton exchange
Monday afternoon. As a result the
October option sold under 11 cents a h
pound , for tne nrst urns smce uist. .
June, when prices were advanced cn a
bad crop report. Declines in the trading
late in the afternoon reached 52 rM
| to 55 points, or about $2.50 below the <
I closing prices of Saturday night and , ^
i $7.50 a bale below the high Septem- '
ber. The leading factor in the decline '?? .
was heavy speculative liquidation selling
in apprehension of weaker markets
for spot cotton in the south. The
market was very active and traders
i .
[ were greatly excited during the de?
j cline. 'At the lowest the October op- .
tion sold at 10.97 and January at
11.14. At the close October rallied to *
11.02 and January 11.25 and the market
steadied. Sales were estimated at
! 600,000 bales.
I ;|^|j
LETTEN'S "LOVE" TRIES SUICIDE *
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Jumped Into Baycu, But Was Revived
by Rolling on Barrel.
A New Orleans special says: The
amount of State Tax Clerk Charles El
Letten's defalcation was fixed Friday
at $118,000.
Two desperate attempts at suicide
were made by Virginia Reed, the negro
woman to whom Letten says he ?
gave the greater part of the stolen ^.
| money. .*
She jumped into Bayou St. John, a
j creek in the city, but was pulled out
: by a negro boatman after she had y
! become unconscious. She was revived a
i ; .v ?' -5
j by rolling on a barrel. After regaining
i ronsciousness she broke away from
her rescuers, threw herself flat in a i
1 shallow pool and held her head undar
water until dragged out
BOLL WEEVIL ON THE WAY.
I Little Cotton Pest Begins Annual ML
gratlon from Texas Eastward.
Tte cotton boll weevil, which is ?
: about to begin its annual migration
| eastward, has reached a point in Lou*
: isiana 26 miles from the Mississippi
{ river, according to a telegram from
j the state crop pest commission to
j Governor Blanchard. _ ?
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