The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, April 03, 1901, Image 1
r THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE.
J VOL 1. BATESBURG, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1901 ~~ . . isro l q
|^, AGUINALDO CAUGHT
)y General Funston and Carried
PH^B to Mar
BETRAYED BY TRAITORS,
And Taken Prisoner By Men He
Thought Had Surrendered
^ to Him. Hew It
Was Done.
A dispatch from Manila says: "Ocn.
Frederick Funbton's daring prcject for
I the oapture of Aguiualdo in his hiding
Slaoe in ?tho province of laabcla,
aland of Lmon, has proved completely
sioocHBful. AguinaMo tas oapturcd
there March 23. The United States
OnnKflftf VinlroKnrff ^ 11
Barry, with Gon. Funston and Aguioaldo
on board, arrived hero this rnornr'
ing."
Upon landing from the Vick?burg
(Aguinaldo was taken befor Gen. Mao
Arthur at the Malaeanaog palaoo. Ho
talked freely, but seemed ignorant concerning
recent events. He appeared to
be in good health and was very cheer
ful. He lunohed with the officers of
Gen. MaoArthur's staff and was then
esoorted to the Anda street jail. Aguinaldo's
oapturo was attendod with considerable
difficulty, an insurgent major
being killed at the time of the event.
Twenty rifles and a number of important
papers were captured.
HOW V ,/AB DONE
Gen. Fuup ' .. made the following
statemnt 001 jtrniog tho capturo of the
Filipino leader:
Tbe confidential agent of A<uinaldo
arrived February 28 at PatitabaDgan,
in the province of Nueva Eoija, northern
Luson, with lett? rs, dated January
11, 12 and 14. These letters were from
Emilio Aguinaldo and direoted Baldormero
Aguinaldo to tako command of
the provinoes of Central Luzon supplanting
Gen. Alejandrino. Emilio
Aguinaldo also ordered that four hundred
men be sent him as soon as possible,
saying that the bearer of the letter
would lead these men to where Agui
naMo was.
Gen. Funston secured^ tho oorrosM
fc^ondenco of Aguinaldo's agent and
plans accordingly. Somo
^HHfl^H^^^mdously he had captured tho
n i Gen
Laouna'B
Obtonsi
or
Taaalog
olotbiog
oomKrag
PPCodcd by
^ H^BBfra of the 18ih U. S. volunteer
^P^^cavalry. With him was his brother,
Lieut. Oliver P. M. Hazzard, of tbo
same regiment. Capt. Harry W. Nowton,
34th infantry, was takon because
of his familiarity with Casiguran bay,
and Lieut Burton J. Mitohell, of the
40th infantry, went as Qon. Funston's
aide. These were the only Americans
aooompanying the expedition.
With the Macabebes were four ex
insurgent officers, ono being a Spanish
and the other three Tagolos, whom
Gen. Funston trusted implicitly. Gen
Funston and the American officers wore
plain blue shirts and khaki trousers.
They oarried each a half blanket but
wore no insignia of rank. The Maoa
bebes were carefully instructed to obey
the orders of tho'four ex insurgent c Hi
cors. On the night of March 8th the
party embarked on the United State <
gunhoat Vioksburg. It was originally
intended to take oasoocsfrom the island
of Polillo and to drift to thomain land,
but a Btorm arose and threo of the cascoes
were lott. This plan was abandoned.
At 2 a. m. March 14 tho Vicksburg
put her lights out and ran inshore 25
miles Bouth of Casiguran, province of
Prinoipo. The party ro*r< h to Casigu
ran. The Americans had never garrisoned
this place, and the inhabitants
are strong insurgent sympath zcrs.
Having arrived there the ex insurgent
officers, ostensibly oommandir g the par
ty announocd that thry wero on the
way to join Aguinaldo between Pautobagan
and Baler, that they had sor
prised an American surveying party
and that they bad kiilcd a number,
capturing live. They exhibit) d Gen.
Funston and the other Americans as
the prisoners.
The insurgent presidents of Cast
guran bolievod the story. Two of tho
Lacuna letters, previously concocod,
woro forwarded to Aguinaldo at Palanan,
province of Isabcla. Gon Fan
si on and tho othcrd w< ro kept imprisoned
for three, days, giving orders
at night. On the morning of Maroh 17,
taking a small quantity of oracko i
oorn, tho party started on a DO mile
maroh to Palsnan. Tho country is
rough and uninhabited, and provisions
could not bo scoured Tho party ato
small shell fish, but wcro almost
starved. Wading swift rivers, ol:mV
ing precipitous mountains and penetrating
denso jungles, they marched
seven days and nights and on March 22
bad rcaohed a point eight milos frcm
Palanan. They w< ro now so weak
that it was necessary to send to Aguinaldo's
oamp for feed. Aguinaldo dis
patched supplies and directed that tho
Amorican prisoners bo kindly treated
but not be allowed to enter tho town.
^ On the morning of Maroh 23 tho ad
vanoe was resumed. Tho column was
met by tho staff tfficors of Aguinaldo
and a detaohmcnt of Agninaldo's body
guard, whioh was ordered to take
charge of tho Americans. Whilo ono
of the ex-insurgent ctficors conversed
with Aguinaldo's aido, another was
sent as courier to warn Gen. Kunston
' and the rest who, with 11 Maoabebos
were about an hour behind. Having
reoeived this warning Gon. Funston
avoided Aguinaldo's dotaohmont and
joined the column, avoiding obsorva1
tioo. The Tagalogs wont ahead to
greet Aguinaldo and tho column slowly
lollowed, finally arriving at Palaoan.
Aguinaldo's party had troops, 50 men
in neat uniforms of blue and white and
wearing straw hats, linod uo to roceivo
tho now corners. Qon. Funston's
men crossed the river in small boalB,
formed on tho bank and marohod to
tho right and tl.un in front of tho insurgent
grenadiers. The Tagalos entt
rod tho houso whero Aguinaldo was.
Suddenly tho Span'ah officer, notioing
that Aguinaldo's aiao was watohing
the Americans suspiciously, exclaimed.
"Now, Maoabebcs, go for them."
Tho Maoabebcs opened fire, bui their
aim was rather iuetteotivo, and only
three insurgents were killed The robAl?
i .L. C-. /a i ?
cio luiuruiu inu urc. wii ncariug liio
tiriog, Aguinaldo, who evidontly
thought hid men were merely celebrating
iho arrival of reinforcements, ran
to the window and shouted: ' S op that
foolishness!?quit waiting ainuiuni
tiou." Hi'ario Plaoido, one of the
Tagalog ofliccrs and a former insurgent
major, who was wounded in tho lung
by the tiro of tho Kansas regiment at
the battle of Caloooan, threw his arms
around Aguinaldo, cxolaining ''You are
a pnsonor of the Americans."
Col S moon Yillia, Aguinaldo's chief
of staff, Major AUmbra and others
attacked tho men who w? re holding
Aguinaldo. Piacido shot Villa in tho
shoulder, Alambra juuipod out of tho
window and attempted to cross tho
river. It was supposed that he was
drowned. Five other insurgent officers
fought for a few minutes and then fled,
making their escape. When tho fighting
b.-gan Gen. Funston assumed com
mand ar d directed tho attack o" the
houso. personally as-isting in tho capture
of Aeuinaldo. The insurgont body
guard fl-sd leaving 20 r.fl s. Santiago
Barcelona, tho insurgent treasurer,
surrendered without resistance.
When ciptured Aguinaldo was tro
mencously excited, but he calmed down
under Gen Funston's assurance that
ho would bo welt treated. Gen. Fan
ston scoured all Aguita do's correspon
dence, showing that Le had kept in
oloso touch with tho sub chiefs of the
insurrection in all parts of tho archipelago.
It was also discovered that
Aguinaldo, on Jan. 28 .h,had proclaimed
himself diotator. Ho had been living
at Palanan for seven months, undisturbed
cxicpt when a detachment of
the Sixteenth infantry visited tho town.
On that otctsioa the entire population
took to the mountains and remained
there until the troops retired.
Aguinaldo admitted that ho iiad
near to boiog cipitured befo.ro, but ho '
asserted that ho had never been !
wounded, adding: "I should never
hava been taken except by astratcgem.
I was completely dcooivt(i by Lacuna's
forged sigta'ure."
He feared ho might Dj aent to Guam
^dho was quite gl^q to come to Ma ^ ^^^fl^^HtVvua'-dcd
by nuuierH
Dur
^^BHMgotnone of the M'icabcbes
woundod. T1 ^cxpeditif\i rested J
March 24 and then marched JG miles '
tho following day to BaUt.an bay,
where Gen Funston found tho Vioks- !
burg, whioh brotight him to Manila.
Commander Barry, of the Yioksburg, 1
rendered flcn Fnnatnn ?nl.i. .ti<t
tanoo.
AguinaMo, who ta'ked freely of past
evoDtn, caid he supposed (ion. Traiaa
wculd proclaim hi msi If dictator, even
not knowing that Trias had aurrondored.
He behaved oourteouslv iiu
gave no troublo. Gon. Funslon 6aya
Aguinaldo ia above tho avcrago in intelligeLcj
and haa propoaeaaing manners.
Killed About a Bicycle.
The record for maDalaying is not being
diminiahedin aryway, and Greenville
county is t till the tin aire < 1' operations
rj hh 1 cgrccs teem determined to
maintain the record, if the whites are
not aoactive and aggreasiveas formeily.
John Dixon shot and killed Jamas
Bannore on the farm of T. A Ash more
TLursday afternoon, and tho caupo of
the quarrel was a bioyole owned by one
of them. The killing took place near
LendcnuiD, It) miles south of tho city
of Greenville and the two negroes wrro
1 at work in a fie Id not far from the Achnioro
residence both men have been in
the employ of Mr. Athmorc for several
years, and they 1 ave always been
friendly until ibis difficulty, wnich
arose wnh out any signs ol previous
trouble. The culmination of thequ&rrol
was when Dick-on drew his i i-tol and
B&utore picked up a rook Dickson
fired his piatol aud Bannore tied for his
life, with Dickson pursuing him and
firiDg as he wcDt, until Htnnor fell to
tho ground and the olinnx was over.
Banooro was dead and Dickson was tho
slayer. (Joioaer Black held an inquest
and tho jury rend red % ve-rdiot in accordance
with the facts given. Dickson
was arrested at once and has been
placed in Jail.
A Tempest at Sea.
Bitten d ty tio oe peas and tossed
about by terrific gilts, tbo Frt noli Lino
steam* r La Gaso igno arrived Wednesday
atNe# York :r ni IK vie, 4H houri
ovcrduo. The liner left H ivic on >larch ,
16 and until March lilt had very fino
woalhor On tho morning of tho 21at
the wind came up from tho norrhwoBt
and tic gales lasted throughout the fo1lowir
g throo days, and several times
tho steamer was obliged to turn tail
and run beforo tho fury of tho blast.
Groat s( as broke over tho starboard 9idc
with t notmous fore >, the lifeboats on
tho upper deck woro wrenched from tho
davits and smashed, tho davits being
bent almost double. Two of tho lifo (
rafts were lifted bodily from tho upper
deck and dropped d >wn upon tho upper
struoturc, smashing skylights and ventilators.
Tho rafts woro atoved in many
plaoes and damaged beyond repair.
Fortunately none of tho passongcru was
hurt.
After tho Czar.
An attempt was to bo made to blow
up tho palaoo of theemporor Nioholas
at Tarskoo Sals, f-ovcntcon miles
south of St. Petersburg. A inino filled
with tho highest explosives was accidentally
unearthed. Had the mine been 1
exploded, tho palaoo would havo been '
blown to atoms, and cviry ono, including
tho emperor, killed. Several officials
are implicate d in the plot to assassinate
his majesty. Tho arrest of several
important personages aro expected today.
The Kussian press is forbidden
to publish news of tho disocvery of tho '
plot.
BETTER WITHOUT
What An Ohio Judge Has to Bay About
Divorcer
Ev.donee continually multiplies tbat
South Carolina's laok of a law works
better than divorce laws in other states,
even though thoy be not very liberal.
Ooo day lat>t week, Judge Frank E.
Delloobaueh granted seven divorcer in
tho divoree division of the common
pleas court in Cleveland, O. In gtanting
the seventh ho said: "Tho number
of divoroe ca-ew coming befoio this
court is appalling." Hunting for an tx
plao'iop, he said:
' T?vo-thirdh of tho divoroo ca'ea
that oome before mo are due to oarly
marriages. 1 believe that the Bimo
wou'd hold true in all divorce courts.
Young people marry before they are old
enough to form sensible views on matrimony
or on tho oharaoter of thoso they
marry. There have been young wiveB
v, J
ucig nci'1 1US ,or Qivoroos WOO ILU3t
havo boon bo young at tho timo they
woro married that sprnking would havo
booD more appropriate. Young men
are aa groat foolB as young women.
There is another olafls of foolish marriages
in whioh matrimony is contracted
boforc tho parties havo bcon acquainted
long enough to know caoh other
thoroughly. TheBo hasty and unfcriunato
marriages aro usually oontraoed by
vory young porsocs, so that it oomts
baok to the samo proposition of too
oarly marriage. When tho injudicious
marriage has been made thero ia nothing
left but a lifo of misery for eaeh of
tho parties to it or the divorce court,
and as the divoroe record show keeps
growing. It is shameful, and the lessons
of tho divoro eouurt ought to teach
young people who aro in a hurry to gat
married to go slow."
It seeus to The Kcoord that tho
Ohio judge beat around tho bush for
tho real and palpablo reason for tho
condition for which ho was seeking
a csuso If in Ohio, as in Sjuth Caro
lina, divorces were prohibited, there
would not only bo no divorces, but the
marriage contract would havo greater
sanotity. Knowing it to be binding,
peoplo would not so lightly onteainto
it as they do where they know that
should the marriage fetters prove gaU
ing, it is a very easy matter to get a |
judgo to romove them. Worse, if a
port>on after marriage meets some one
whom he or sho fanoirs more that the
first partner, tbe divoroe oourt effers a
roady way of defying tho divine com- i
mand, "Whom God hath joined to- i
{.other, let not man put asunder," and j
so faking it possible to gratify the
Fancy. From all auoh evils South Caro- j
lina is free, and may she ever be freo t
From thorn.?Columbia Keoord.
The Quarrel Over Manchuria. J
In unmistakable terms Japan has <
piven nt-ioo to tho powers of her strong ]
ibjeotion to the treaty regarding Man- t
shuris; wh-.oh liuesia desires China to
lign. fOomul Gereral Goodnow, at ]
Shanghai, Hvy Ud-u ..
.hat Ae proposed treaty had again boon i
nubmi?ked to the Chinese emperor, and
LlusshSiad demanded its signature. He
added the suggestion that the United
States join with Japan ani Great Britain
to protect tho Chinese goveroment.
Mr. Qoodnoyr'a suggestion will not be
adopttd by iho president, as it has no
intention of fcroibly interfering in
China, but it is loarned that Japan ontemplates
making vigorous opposition to
the ratification of the Macchurian convention.
To moot theobjootion of tho
powers, Russia modified tho treaty in
several important particulars, but evon
as modified tho convention is not satisfactory
to Japan, nor is it aooeptablo
as shown by the exchange of notos
that has occurred between tho Tokyo
and other governments, to any of the
nations approached
A Noble Act.
A dispatch from Jackson, Miss., to
the Atlanta Journal says .John Carey,
a whito cmv'of, sent up from Laudordale
oounty for burglary, and who iB
now serving a term of twelve years in
tho Mississippi penitentiary, will in all
probability bo pardoned by the govf rocr
in a few days, because of his heroic ao
tion in giving warning to a jasstnger
train and thereby saving it from wreck
sod pi rhaps a number of liveB. Carey
was upon Okloy plantation, in Hinds
oounty, and being siok ho was allowed
to take a short walk down tho railroad
track. Ho saw that one of tho steel
rails was broken, and knowing it was
about time for tho pastonger train to
pasB, he ran up the track as far as ho
had timo and flagged the train. The
pasaengorB on board the train, whoso
lives ho probably raved, havo gotten up
a petit on asking tha he bo pardoned,
and after tho pardon is reoe in mended
by the bear! of control it will bo presented
to tho governor, and it is thought
ho will grant it.
A Narrow Kseape.
Little Francis Starfield, tho seven.1
1- a # ? I ?*
jcoi uiu u&uguur oi mr. o. ii. stanfceiil,
or K( mo, Ga , ctmo very near
beiig drowned during tho storm.
Fraruis was on her way to school when
ovcrtikon by tho delugo of rain near
th c inotory. The littlo girl was swept
off tho sidewalk and washod into a largo
gutter and the ohild apod along I y tho
swift ourront to tho mouth of a sowor.
Tho grl's screams attraotod attention of
several children, who rescued her from
a horrible death. Aside from a few
bruises, Franois was not injurod.
Cattle Killed by Storm.
Thousands of doad cattle, ahoep and
horses strew plains of WcBtorn Nobraska
and Kastorn Colorado as a result of tho
blizzard. In hundreds of ravines and
dry beds'of creeks, tho animals crawled
to bo oovcred with drifting snow while
othor countless numbers struggled
against tho blizzards to roach sholtor
but perished on tho ridges. Incoming
passengers ovor tho Burlington and
lloion Pacific say that in ovory gulley
aro seen tho carcasses of animals and
that tho bodies aro scattered ovor tho
plains in overy direction.
Blind Leading Blind.
Tho Atlanta Journal says tho oivil
scrvioe commission is now ready to hold
examinations and reoeivo applications
for positions in the government serviao
in tho Philippines. Thus wo will begin
to send over thousands of young men,
who never boforo sot foot outaido of
their nativo statos, to help govern a people
about whim they know littlo and
osre loss. "Manifest destiny," fororsoothl?manifest
arroganoel
AH AMU8IH0 LETTER
In An Answer to a Want Ad. of a
Merchant.
In the Colombia State of Tuosday,
March 26, appeared the followiag advertisement
in the want eolumn:
"Wanted?A bookkeeper to post a
light set of books. Can bo done at
night. Knu>nneratioD $ 1.00 per week.
Address 'Z Z care The State."
The bosineas roaa who put in this
advott seinent did not think for a momoot
of how it would sound to the goncral
public. What ho wanted wan to
arrange with some bookkeeper who,
after his regular work was done, would
stop by for not more than 15 minuio-t
caoh evening and post up his day book
for him, soinothing that bookkeepers
commonly do for bouio six er eight
firms caoh tvenimr not onlv h.>r.? lint
everywhere, at about the prioo indicated.
The way the advertisement was
understood, however, is shown by the
following anonymous response received
Wednesday by the morohant referrod to,
whioh ho enjoyed as an cxocllcot joko
on himself:
Box 6085, Columbia, 8. C .
March 21, 1901.
Dear Sir: In roply to your advertise
mem, in today's State for a bookkeeper.
I beg to offer you my Herviocs.
1 am a young man 22 years of age, 1
having had a business exporionoo of 1
olevon years, and feel confident if you
will give mo a trial that 1 oan prove my 1
worth to you. i
I am not only an export bookko^par,
profioicnt stenographer and typewriter
ezoellent operator and orudite college 1
graduate, but havo sovoral other ao- '
oomplishmenta whioh make mo quite
desirable. 1 am an experienced snowshovcler,
a first class peanut roaster,
havo some knowlcdgo of removing
superfluous hair and clipping puppy
dogs' cars, havo a medal for rt citing !
"Curfow Shall Not K'"ng Tonight," am
a skilled chiropodist and practical
farmer; oan also cook, take oare of '
horses, crease trousers and repair urn- !
brellts.
Being possessed of great physical (
beauty, 1 would not only bo useful, but (
ornamental as well, lending to the !
saorcd preoints of your offiro that do
lightful artistio charm that a Sateuma .
vase or a stuffed billygoat would.
As.to salary, 1 would feel that I was
robbing the widow and swiping the
sponge cake from the orphan if I weie
to take advantage of your munifioenoa t
bo accepting the fabulous sum of $1 00 1
per week, and I would bo entirely will- c
icg to give you my serviocs for lets, i
and by accepting 33 cents per week i
would give you an opportunity of not i
only increasing your donation to the s
jhurob, pay your buioher and keep up t
pour life insurance, but also found a
borne for indigent fly | apt r ta'esmen
and endow a frso bod in the cat borne.
Should my application meet your approval,
pleaso'wnto me at the
....1 ~:ii ' ?i
IUU ;uu Will UUHK-, J
Yours very respectfully,
All Arcuad Man.
Go^K brick Men. ,
A special wdif patch to the At'anta '
Journal Goldsboro, N. C . says, ' Tho
chief of polioo is ia receipt of a letter ,
from E M. Jones, of Athens, Ga., sty- (
ing that tho description of tho threo
gold brick swindlers confined in jail <
here fits tho men who recently robbed '
a oitizsn of that plaoo of a considerable '
sum of money. lie asks for photographs ,
and full descriptions of all three.
I). II. Wheeler, of Newberry, 8. C., (
arrived last night and identfied tho
prisoners as tho men who a few week
ago swindled him out of $7,01)0 They 1
;avo him the same names as they opor- 1
atcd under here and worked the same
scheme on him that they attempted at
this plaoc. He was approaohed by tP- ?
miner, who made a proposition to take 1
him into partnership. The gold bricks
were exhibited and tho assaycr oertifiod <
to their gonuiness. Later tho Indian <
became dissatisfied, and Mr. Wheeler 1
was persuaded to purchase his intcieU 1
for $7,000. Then, when tho men had <
gone and it was too late, he discovered 1
that had been buncoed. A bulletin just 1
issued by tho detective committee of the 1
American lljnkrrs' Protective assooia
tion contains a splendid pioturo and a
good description of one of the swindiers
in jail here. Howard, aliai Thompson,
alias Fuller. Tho bulletin sa\s his i
home is in Brooklyn, N. Y., and that i
fc is a painter by trade and a bank i
burglar, gold brick swindler and oounlefeitcr
by occuja'ion."
Boss Piatt Defied.
Senator T. P. Piatt, "the easy boss,"
and h?rutoforo tho dictator of tho Republican
pa-ty in New York state, is
in a fight for his political life. His op
pomcnt is Governor 11. B. Odcll. the
man tohnjA nAlitinal VI? Dl-ii
? nuv<v (/uimuai IU11UU19 Kir. I jail
has helped to mako. The outcome is j
problematical, but maoy disinterested
observers believe they boo tho beginting 1
of th'j end of Mr. Piatt's political
career. In New York Mr. Piatt mado
apolitical statement that breathes dofianoo
of tho governor and a determination
to kill him politically if he votes a
police bill which will removo from
Now York city control of tho police
foroo. Prom Albany comos word that
Mr. Odoll stands by his ultimatum
that he will veto such a measure. Albany
also has it that Senator Piatt has
backed down and will not prtsj tho bill.
Governor Odcll is boiug prai cd by his
supporters for tho stand he has
takon, and the first skirmish of what
promises to bo one of the greatest
political battles in tho Btato has awak
coed universal interest, rrrespoolrvo of {
party linos.
Blowed Himself.
Samuel Ilagorty, a prosperous and '
wealthy fatmor, living tl ree eouth of
Plymouth, Ohio, committed tuicido in a
most shocking manner. Ho took a <
quantity of dynamite and went to tho
field, announcing his intention to blast
stumps. Lator a violent explosion
alarmed thn neighbors and on investiga- i
tion thoy found a few scattered remnants
of tho dospondent man. E quire
Rubin was called and held an inquest i
which disclosed tho faot that the dooraBod
farmer had plaocd scv< rat pounds
of tho explosivo in a largo stump, tat
thereon and doliberatoly lighted the
fuse. Despondonoy over the loss of his
wifo ia thought to bo tho causo.
THE COTTON MARKET
The Holders of Spots Can Control
Situation.
NO REASON FOR DECLINE
High Time f >r the Sru.h to Assart
i*8 Irdeperdence of
Speculator Who Depress
Piici of Cotton.
TK.uk. ? * -1 ? *
. w.v |?u! uji ui pi cr BiPU ID 001ton
in due entirely to manipulation is
the positive opinion of some of tho best
informed n*n in the trade. Tho Au
gusta Chrouiele save it is pointed out
that there is no more cotton in sight
than ncootSiary for can Buinption and it
is urgod it at tho south hold on to tho
staple until a more normal condition of
tho market has again oomo about.
BMALL??T STOCKS ON RECORD.
Mr. Alfrod B Shepperson in bis ro
view of tho season of 1899 1900 and tho
prc9ieot for 1900 1901 says that at the
oiof-o of the Euiopcan season on September
30 tho stocks of cotton of all
growths in European markets were tho
smallost recorded in fifty-right years,
with tho exception of 1863, when in
oonscquonoo of the oivil war the Euro
pean stocks wire reduoed to 250,000
bales. Tho stocks la<t September were
not enough for two weeks' consumption
of European Bpinners. Tho consumption
of American cotton last season by
American and foreign mills was abrui
11,000 C-'O bales. My friend, Mr
Thomas Klison, of Liverpool, calls it
10,99 ),COO. being 566,000 bales more
than the estimate published by him at
the beginning of the scaeon. In hisoircu
lar i f 0 t bat20 ho estimated a r< duo ion
this season in American an 1 Japanese
consumption of 378 000 balos, and an
increase in European consumption of
10, )00 bales and with tho expectation
of latVrr supplies than last season from
oountriosoilier than Amerioa stated
ihat an American crop of 10.382,000
oalcB would bo required in older to keep
ho stocks at tho end of tho season from
'ailing below the limited supply at the
ommeLccmcnt.
WILL 11E NOSURl'LUS.
So we see that tho leading exports
igreo that a crop of more than ten milion
bales is neooessary to meet the roluirtinjents
of the spinners and yet Mr.
jhepp^rson's estimate of the crop made
n December is 9,900,000 bales. Allowng
foil a wide divergence there is not
tny more ootton in the wcrld than tho
.rade needs.
NO L ELI EE KOR SPOT MARKET.
Again Mr. Shepperson says:
"it is most likely that there will be
1 ul? /I *. 2 ? - ' *
^vuamcibuiu lucrcaie id ILC cotton
tOla uV'liiuj uwa?
i aol wotild doubtless depress
0 soma degree tho prios of "future
lelivopios" for the next crop, it would
iot reliovo tho market for spot cotton.
L fully agree with Mr. Fllisonthat there
would^notbe any ;lethosa of oniton
ven if the crop should exceed 10,750,
J00 bolts, an tho distribution would bo
prcat ever such a wido area that there
wou'd be no great accumulation of
itooks anj whero."
Allowing for all the adverse condi:ious
in tho oolton goods outlook and
.he rumors of trouble in Asia there is
10 rcasan why the south should throw
tier holdirg* of cotton on tho markot.
The South must a;-sert hir independence.
"T le pouth," said ono gentleman,
'canifot afford to play into the hands of
ihc 'ftknipulators who would rob this
*eot:'"? of the honest fruits of toil,
F'.ere never was a more opportune time
or this section ^asserting its indepenlence,
It is in their power to sacrifice
the rimrtDt of the crop that is here."
And this is not merely a view from
1 southern standpoint. In tho A'lanta
Journal of Wednesday is a letter addressed
to Co mm" sooner (J. B. Stevens
from a prominent New York ootton factor
who urgi s Mr. Stevens to continuo
his efforts with the farmers not to in
sreaso their ootton acreage, ilia letter
follows:
Now York, March 19, 1901.
Hon. 0. B. S.tvons, Commissioner of
Agriculture, Atlanta, Ua.:
Dear Sir? 1 have observe d that what
ever has come from you in regard to
ootton has carried considerable weight,
and I want to say that unl* S9 something
is done that the southirn farmer
will bo confronted with five c:it co'.ton
again next fall. Tho idea prevailing
that it will take years for the stanleto
go back to that price i-t all wrong. Cotton
in January s >ld at 12.75 and today
next January a Id at 7.40, a doolino of
about 4 1 2 cents par pound in six
weeks. This condition has been
brought about by tho mills absolutely
refusing to | ay the price, and a combin
c?l ctt jrt on tho part of tho Mills, dry
goods pooplo, cotton factors and speculator.
Should the acreage be in largo
as last year, mills all over tho world will
buy from hand to mouth until the new
crop is made, should conditions bo
fav< Table As every well posud porson
knows wc oouid have easily made 12 1 2
millions last jtar wit favorablo seasons.
Should tho aorago bo increased to any
considerable ex ent and conditions rcm*in
good for tho growing crop with
present trade oc nditionn six conts will
look I igh for cotton next November.
Tho only hopo tho farmer has is to
out his crop, and not plant all cotton,
but, corn and othnr itiinna
raiiiiers cut t* oil cotton crop one-fourth
this year, th?y would yet a big frice
for ootton now held by them. Alto, for
tho next crop, and in the ovoDt tho
next orop is increased they will soil
what they now havo cheaper than they
should siid next at the most ruinous
price, considering tho cost of labor,
provisions, etc., wo havo ever seen.
Everybody is against tho prioo of ootton
exoopt tho southern farmer. Considering
7 to 8 cents a big prioo, tho only
hope tho scuth has now is to ourtail
aorago in cotton and raiso plenty of
everything tho uses at homo.
h'lcaso tako this matter up ard a k
every secretary of agrioulturo in the
south to help you to inoroaso this important
faot of planting less cotton. After
the orop is onoo in tho ground tho
south is bclploss with gocel seasons.
Providenoo will not intoifero every
years it did last. Yours vory truly,
h. E. Pari ion.
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8EVEN BOLD B&HD1T8
Raid an Ohio Town and Blow up a
Bank BuildingSeven
bandit* partially wreokod tbo
State bank of Somereset, Ohio, early
Wednesday by exploding a heavy charge
of nitto glyocrino in tho vault doors,
tcsured $5,000, app opriatod two livtry
rigs, held a pobbo cf oitixons at bay,
and escaped in the face of a h< avy fire.
Bonds and securities to the amount of
$30,1)00 and $5,000 in gold c >in wore
overlooked by tho bandits Iho back
was fully insured and its business will
not be interrupted.
A heavy explosion in the bank building
shortly before 2 a m. aroused oitizsns
living in tho vicinity of the Bank
of Sonorset. John Hayes, whoso home
id opposite tho bank building, raised a
window and quietly observed four men
stationed in front of the bank. He saw
that tho whole front of the two story
briok building in which the institution
was looatcd bad been sbattcred, and
believing he oould frighten away tho
men who, it was evident, were rnuoh
alaimed by the strength of tho explosion,
hastily donned his olothes and sallied
forth. Whon ho reaohod tho sidewalk
he was ohallengod and, uader the
influence of four rifles pointed at hiB
head, again mounted tho stairs and Boomed
arms. Meanwhile many other
p? rsons began to appear in the darkened
straets of the village. Wm. Lovott
opened fire on tho bandits with a rifle,
but his aim was not of the best and his
shots only served to draw the fire of tie
robbers. The shooting soon beoame
general as the oitisons cropt toward the
batk from all directions, and the rob- (
bcrs evidently kegtn to think of escape.
At a sign from the four on guard,
three others emerged from tho bank,
bearing several saoks in which they had
hurriely placed their loot. Tho robbers
wore under good discipline and their
leader gave his orders like a military ,
loader: "'All rrady, forward, march." j
Sinrlc file the" marched undor tho ,
shadows of tho trees whioh lined the ;
sidewalks, turned a corner, climbed into j
two rigs and drove in a northwesterly ,
direotion. Citisens took up tho ohaso j
and at 4 a m. found tho rigs, deserted |
along tho roadside. The sheriff of
Perry county had been notified by telephono
and arrived at daylight with a
pack of bloodhounds, whioh wrro utcd
in the ohase. Tho robbers were suo- ,
ccssfully traoed around town by the
hounds. It was fouad they had broken
open a blaokemith shop to scouro tools,
and then had taken the rigs in whioh
they escaped from a livery stablo noir
the bank.
Tom Heed's Plain Talk.
Ex- Speaker Thomas B. Reod hai a
mind and a tongue of his own?a very
bright and well-stored mind and one of
mu 0f the tongues that m^L!
now waggiDf, n.. u..ii rile
tho present national administration '
and does not mind saying so. He was 1
in Baltimore a few days ago and The (
News of that city has this to say of tho !
manner in whioh he unbosomed him- ]
self while there: "On the great questions
now before the people Mr. Hoed 1
has deoided opinions, and doos not .
hosititato to express them He reaffirmed
most emphatically his opposition to 1
the imperialistic polioy of the adminis- 1
tratfon. In his opinion, Dewey have 1
sailed away from Montejo's float, leaving
tho government of the islands to
the Filipinos. Cuba atd Porto llioo,
too, should be loft to tbeir own devices.
The present polioy towards Cuba ho
regards as piece of hypooiisy. Mr. Hoed 1
like the late ex-President Harrison, is
an ardent friend of tho Bjer?. '1 sym- ,
pathizc with any pooplo on earth,' 6aid 1
he, who aro struggling for freedom.' 1
Asked whether ho thought the Filipinos 1
capable of self government, ho taid: 1
think every pooylo is capablo of selfgovernment.
It may not bo the kind
we have or want, but it is the kind that
is satisfactory and sufficient for them." !
Mr. Heed is treading dangerously near
tho verge of "treason," aocordiog to 1
tho imperialist definition of that crimo. 1
Atlanta Journal.
A Plucky Governor.
Wbu-n Thomas C. Piatt entered the
II. 8. Senate in 1881 he was so over- l
shadowed by his illustrious colleague, j
Hotcoo Conk ling that he was dubbed i
"Mo Too." Since tlatlimo Piatt has i
become tho most powerful aud uiost ar
bitrary boss his party has in New Yoik
and has his own "Me Toes," a brigade
of them. In this number (Jovurnnr t
Udell was generally inoluded unlil a <
recant date. It was said that ho was i
nominated at Plait's diotation and it 1
was expected that as tho ohiof cxecu ]
tivo of New York ho would bo little <
more than Piatt's tool. Governor Udell i
has proved, however, thatthis was 1
loo low an estimate of him and I
that he is no man's man. die has 1
tUtly refused to recommend or sign a <
state polios bill though Senator Piatt I
has thrown tho weight of his influence
in favor of that measure and i
has dono his best to make gover- <
nor Udoll pull with him for it. His i
independent and oourageous couise i
has won the respect and praiso of <
Democrats as well as Republicans
and Udell is now a bigger man that
Piatt in New York. The firm stand ho
has taken will probaly bchango the I
course of Republican politics in tho I
stato v<ry decidedly aLd many mark <
tho beginning tf Boss Piatt's over 1
throw.?Atlanta Journal <
i
New Trials Granted. I
Tbo Kentucky oourt of appoals Thurs- ,
day granted now trials to Caleb Powers
and .James Howard, sentenced in tho (
lower oourt to life imprisonment and
death, rotpeotivaly, in connection with j
the shooting in February, 1900, of Gov. j
Wm. Goebol In the Howard care tho
cntiro court oononrred, bat in the Fow- (
ers dcoision Judges Hobson, Fajntcr .
and Whito dissented. The dcoision in ,
the Fowors case holds tho Taylor par- ]
don invalid, but orders a new trial on
tho ground of erroneous instructions to
tho Jury and admission of inoompetont <
testimony. Tho Howard oaso is reversed
bcoause of erroneous instructions, in- i
competent evidenoe admitted in the trial
and other minor points. Tho trial of '
Fowers (robably will take plaoe at
Georgetown, in May. Howard's oase
probably will be passed until the fall
[ term.
HB ATE 48 B&NANAS
Qui. Keller Batiified a Great Craving
for a Noble Fruit.
Charlotte Observer:
Mr. and Mrs. Qua Kellor, mill operatives,
visited the store of Severs &
Lawing, on North Trayou street, last rooenily,
and while diicussing the mayoralty
eleolioo atd divers other topios,
Mr. Keller's eyo rested fondly on several
fine bunohes of bacaoas. Ho observed
that ho was something of a
banana fancier and had never in l)is
life satisfied a craving for that fruit,
liow many did ho think ho oould oat,
he was asked.
"Ou'bout four dosen," he replied.
Mr. H. F. Severs, of tho firm, then
told Kollcr that he would give him four
desan banana* if v- ?
? ? nv?*.vi ?a?v WHO 111
thoa and there, bat if ho failed to eat
that Dumber he would have to pay for
what he ate. Keller aooepted the proposition.
Mra. Keller remarked that ale,
too, had never soothed tho inner yearning
for bananas, and asked that the
offer made to her husband bo extended
to her. Severs was Dot averse to this,
but stipulated that Keller should first
enter the oontcBt.
Kellor wont at those bananas like a
man who had fasted for dajs. He ate
one dozen whilo a peaceful smile illumined
his face, he ate two dozen and
said his appetite was still on the improve;
he ate three dozen, uulcosened
his waistcoat and began to look serious.
Commencing with the 39ih banana
it was up hiil work with Keller.
Ho no longer smiled and prespiration
gathered on his brow. But he shook
himself, sat down and laboriously
stuffed one banana affr another down
his throat. His hea.. was no longer
in his task and he eommonoed to "swell
visibly beforo tho Laked eye."
When he had, within 20 minutes
from tho start oonsumcd his 48th ban
ana Keller's wife who had been watching
him closely, said she believed she
did not want to repeat his cxperimsnt.
She called upon hor worthy spouse to
and go home with her, but he could not
rise from his chair. Ho grew quite sick
had to be oair cdkome. Heroic lemedics
wcrd resorted to, but when last heard
from Keller was too still fall for oomfor
table utterance and mist unhapy man.
a murder mystery solved.
1 Cruel Man Chained His Wife in
a Dungeon.
Workmen removing a collar wall anler
a delapidated building just north
)f tho bridge that crosses Fair Haven
river, 4 a quarter of a mile above
Jarvir'a Falls, Vermont, have apparenty
unearthed evidenoo which solves the
nystery of a murder which occurred 70
pears ago. The discovery was ma le by
icoident. tho laborers haviii* f*H?n imn
l pit while trying to lift some heavy
pit v? hn?? nieht feet
leep, with h solid stone wall about 20
nohes thick surrounding it. In the
tenter of the pit w*j set a solid iron
^ost attached to which was a heavy
ron ohain and an old fashioned pair of
landouffi. Nearby was a heap of hunan
bones.
Inquiry disclosed the fact that in
L831 Perry Borden, a young Frenohnan,
brought his young wife to Poultley
to live in the house whioh the
workmen are tearing down. She was
witty and vivacious and attracted oonliderable
attention. In a short time
ttorden became jealous of her and forbade
her visiting a certain tavern near
jy. Tho wife would not submit to be
lictated to. Ono night in February,
L83I, she var at the plaoe when at about
lOo'oltck Bjrdcn called for her. She
left the plaoe with him. She never was
jeen by her friends after that. Mr Borien
said his wifo had deserted him and
9cd to Canada
After a year Borden went a^ay and
was not hcaidof again until 1882, when
he suddenly reappeared in town. He
*aid ho had been at sea for the 50years
ho had been away. Ilia mind seemed
shattered. He went to the litt'e house
find remained two years, neighbors supplying
him with provisions. He finally
Look aiok and the town took charge of
him. He died in 1887 and was buried
in Potter's field.
J'he discoveries made by the workmen
have led every one in this vicinity
to believo that Burden chained his wife
in the underground cellar and left her
to dio a horriblo death.
Daring Kidnappers.
A daring attempt was made to kidnan
Hi ward It ?.???
--W -w- * 1 1 ?? Jft ?i a U1 ,
if Welkeeoane, IV, Wednesday. Two
men piokoi biui up id tho >ard of his
Father's bouse, oarriod him to a surrey,
placed a handkeiobjef, saturated with
shloroform over his noose and- drove
away. Tho child bjoamo ucocnsoiaui
From tho drug aud when he survived
Found himself on tho baok seat of tho
?ehic'o which was then Jarring over a
jo u a try road. Young MoAvoy jumped
from the carriage. One of the men
ran after him but tho youngler's cries
attracted tho attention of theoccopants
)f another carriage which was passing
at tho timo and the kidnappers bolom
ng soared, whippod up fehoir horses and
ii^ appeared.
Hits Us Ilartf.
Oar consul at Chcfoo , reports tl-at
the doolioc in exports from the United
States to China following tho Boxer
utbreak does noj .nearly represent the
less in trado which this oouotry has incurred
on. that aooouut; for large
amounts of merchandise sinoo exported
From the United States are piled up in
Dhincse ports and are yet to bo sold or
XArV< rl / ff rl'K Ck 1 A*ci< a IA A ?
v >4. A uu tvouD IU inu ximunusn
jotton trade alono ho estimates at $3,100,000.
At homo of tic Chiocao pons,
Niuohwang, for example, American
trade was practically annihilated. This
is bad enough to fifeht about. Hut out
Washington government has evidently
sonoludcd it will not pay to fight; in
fact that it will pot pay to do anything
at all. Shall we let it go at that??Co
lumbia S'ato.
In tho market reports of almost any
of our nowfpapera you may road,
"Country produce soaioo and prices
strong." Vou may also noto that tho
piioo of ootton is btoadily declining.
Tho Gaffnoy Lodger very truly says
theso short statements are m >ro eloquent
than sermons, and that farmers
who is not impressed by them is in a
state of blind infatuation.
jl.
'some side lights
On tht Pacification of the Philipnino
islands
HUNTING THE FILIPINOS.
How Our Soldisrs Kill and A>e
Killad. An American Olficar's
Na-rcw Escape
from Amigo Bullets.
Ad officor of one of the New Yoik
voluLtocr regiments in the SpanishAmerican
war, who ib now a first lieutenant
in ti'.e Twenty-sixth United
Statoe Volunteer Infantry in the Phil|
ippinea, tells, in a letter to his former
enlnnnl n? nJ
, mtM VU1JOI vu vjru V. V7UC11 8
at&ff, of tho tactics pursued in hunting
tho Filipino band on the Island of
Panay. His account, under the date
of January 29, throws a remarkable
sidelight on the Manila cable dispatches,
which announoe that the island
of Panay has been pacified. The
writor was stationed, at tho time the
letter was written, near the town of
Zursga, and ho states that aotivo
operations were being pushed against
the natives.
"With the exception of the first two
weeks after landing at Iloilo," the lieutenant
writes, "L have been almost
constantly in the field, so much that I
have not been able to say what 'shaok'
or 'oasa* was mine to call home. Fieldwork
began on November 10, 1899,
when, in command of my oompany, I
was sent to drive in the enemy's outposts,
before the advance of the Eighteenth
United States Infantry. This
we not only accemplished, but had the
brunt of all (he fighting that day.
Hut with all my experience since then
1 bclicvo today I have as mortal a fear
of a bullet, at tho beginning of a
'scrap,' as any man in or out of the
service. After the first few rounds,
however, one gets one's blood up and
does not mind it. I have had many a
tight shave, and in some of them I am
not ready to believe it was no luck,
but rather Providenoe.
I "On one occasion raoently I had
charge of several small pueblos, and
was sleeping in a convent at one of
them. Near my bed on a shelf was a
pioturo of my wifo and the boys. At
night about 300 of my 'muoho amigoa'
(Filipinos) got through the outposts
and past a patrol to within 200 yards of
the convent. Knowing, perhaps, the exaot
location of my room, about half a
dozen of them olimbed a mango tree
and took a few shots at my room before
the general shooting began. One
Mauser bullet went through the pioture
of my wife and the boys, four
more struok my bed, and one pugp- H
tured a pocket in my trousers, which H
were under ?B
ever I got into. I only had forty
;? ... j--?- 1 -* *
?. .. nMi *ci j uar&, dui we ued mem
on the run in leas than three- quarters
of an hoar. When it was over I found
that I had one man killed and two
w6unded. Their loss, I was told,
amounted to thirty. None of them
could be found when daylight oame,
not even an empty shell. Both of my
lieutenants, Fernal and Wagner, have
since lost their lives, one of them
drowned and the other killed in ambush.
I have also lest eleven enlisted
men, which is the highest oompany
loss in the regiment.
"3ince the election of MoKinley, we
have been pushing the insurgents hard
and fast. Orders aro very open now,
so thAt you aro not afraid of being recalled
from a scrap before you could
got iLto one, as was many times the
oaso before eleotion. 1 have been in
the field sicca eleotion day, and until
recently I could run into as many as j
three or four tcraps a day, but now
dry weather is coming on, and together
with McKinloy's eleotion. and our hitting
them hard all around, things are
more quiet. You have to hunt for a
'sorap' now. . I bava been given a district
to olean up, and have a detaohmeat
of forty five men together with
some native sou's, Work here is quite
hard from the nature of the ground,
and tho fact that you begin your day's
wcrk in most oases at 1 a. m , andeovor
from eighteen to twenty six miles a
day; jet when you find a"striko" you
forget (hat you arc tired until it is all
over. That wa3 a pretty good 'hike'
we had together down in Virginia,
from Camp Alger to the Gap, but this
is of a different color. We are not
troubled with stragglers here. They
keep UD without narninfT
? * "?/
know their fate if lh?y drop "behind,
and fall into the hands of the bolomen.
-v
"Men oat here in the volunteer service
who are anxious to got a oommission
in the regular army, think it is
'bard lines' to be comuelled to stay
right on hero two more years without
going horn). A person staying here
two years without a change oannot
stand it without serious results. I have
got along pretty well?native fever
twice and dysentery once?losing about
one month in the hospital.
"The other day I ran down a chief of
a notorious gang called the Polahans,
whom 1 had been after for more than
threo months. I surrounded his barricade
with icd men at 2 a. m., and
waited fcr daylight. When it came, it
took U9 ha'f an hour to foroo our way
iqsido, and then we oould not find our \
man. Wo were about to give up, when
we raw a nile of baenhoo
vestigation it was found to ?over a .
bole in the g'ound which led to au un- '
dcrgreund hut, out of whioh we smoked
the ohief, also forty-three members of
his gang. Ho fought hard, and two of
his men were killed before he surrendered."*?
New York Evening Post.
An Unstable Jury.
There is no telling what a jury will
do. Oq March 6, in Spartanburg, a
jury found Matthew Burke guilty of <
violating the dispensary law. He was
sentenced to three month's imprisonment
or to pay a fine of $100. The next I
day the jury got together and deoided
that Uutko was not guilty, after all, J*
that the oiroumstantial evidenoe upon lj?
whioh he was convicted was insufficient
and that he had been oonvioted more &
on ?uspioion than proof. A petition for w
bis pardon was promptly prepared and fl
ss promptly granted. Burke is 67 yean %
old and was a Confederate soldier. %