The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, May 13, 1903, Image 4
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THE COTTON CROP.
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The Ceneue Office Make* Public Its
Final Figurei
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FROM THE DINNERS REPORTS, to
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Over Klovt'n Million Union ( imttxl i at
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The censusothee Tuesday made publie
the final H^ures of cotton produc- hi
tion obtained from the reports of cot- j'j
ton dinners. The quantity of exit ton j,,
ginned from the growth of 1902, exelusive
of linters, amounted to 11,078,- bl
882 running bales. Hales as pressed
at the ginneries are equal to 10,030,94")
bales of a f>00-pound standard, or
counting round bales as half bales 10,f.88,250.
During the four years cover- ,
ed by the ginning reports of thecensus (
otllce the average crop, exlcusive of
linters, has been 9,902,277 bales of 500 s
pounds. The crop of 1902 shows an
increase of 728,088 bales over this
average. While the crops of 1899 and
1901 show a decrease of 550,88(1 and
302,532 bales respectively. For the
crop of 1902 there ha. been a general
increase in all the States, ??otli east
and west of the Mississippi river, with
the exception of Alabama and Texas.
Drought in Alabama and fhelKtll weevil
in Texas are responsible for the
losses in those States.
The report contains many interesting
details concerning the variation of
production in the various sections of
the country. For instance, attention
is called to the degree of compensation
which has been maintained for the
past three crops between the divisions
of the cotton belt as made by the
Mississippi river. Fast of the Mississippi
production decreased in 1900
518,250 bales. This was more than olfsct
by tiie increase west of the Mississippi
river of 1,090,892 bales, or 25.7
percent. In 1902 the territory east
of the Mississippi increased its production
in a manner which largely compensates
for tlie material loss west of
the river. The per cent, of the country's
production grown in 1902 east
and west of the Mississippi was 53.6
and 4*1.4 respectively, against 47.2 and
52.8 in 1900. To show the extent of
the reduction in the cotton crop in "
Texas it is shown that whereas in 1900 Jthat
State produced 34 per cent, of
the entire crop of the United States,
or about one-quarter of the cotton :
supply of the world, in 1902 the Texas 1
product was only a little over 22 per !
cent, of Uie entire product of this 1
country. The States showing the
most n tiooable Increases in production
in 1902 are Arkansas. Georgia, *'
Louisiana and Mississippi.
The increase in Arkansas is remark- ^
aljle, being 204,022 bales, Or more j
than 27 per cent, over the total reeeipts
f"i the smallest crop that of v
1899? and 157 2. 1. or over 19 per
cent, orer that of 190), the largest u
crop piior to that of 1902. There
was ul no a large increase in the productioi.
of Indian Territory and Oklahoma.
The combined crops of these .
territories for 1902 were 54*1,282 bales, %
as compared with 215.591 bales for
1899. an increase of 229,791 bales, or
152 per cent. '
The figures on the ginning industry j
show that there arc 20,948 ginneries
In the United States. The average
number of bales ginned per active ^
establishment in Texas was 502, in f
Indian territory 855, and in?>klahoma
992, against 254 in Alabama. 292 in ^
Georgia and 200 in North Carolina.
This great dillcrence in the average
number of bales of cotton handled per (
establishment is due to the extensive t]
employment in the newer cotton produring
States of modern methods of (
handling seed cotton and a more gen- y
eral employment of round bale presses.
The values of the crop for 1902 is .
estimated at $501,897,124, making it (*
the second most valuable crop of the (
United States, corn taking tirst rank
and wheat third. The value of the ^
raw cotton exports for 1902 is given at
$290,1551.819, giving that article the ,.
tiist place in value in Amer'ee.r, ex .
p< rts. The export price for 1902 was
about 1 cent per pound less than that ?
of 1901.
The valueof the cotton crop of 1902 (*
in the States included in the Louis- ,
iana pu>chase is given at $112,885.04 I,
or more titan $5,000,000 more than (l
the original price paid to France for (
that U rritory with interest at 2 per
cent, contponnded to tlie present
time.
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i no rapui development or me cot- s
ton seed oil industry is represented c
as annually increasing the quantity |
of short cotton saved to the commer- j
cal woiid by the reginnlng of cotton (
seed for oil extraction. A canvass of s
this industry has developed the fact a
that a to cotton seed oil mills liave (
neen operated during the season of j
10U2-O and that they have obtained ^
from the reginning ?f seed of tlie
growth ot' 1902 lintets amounting to
l!u;.22 t bales of f>00 pounds each.
Cotton bulletins are promised at i
more frequent intervals in future t
years The first report next season r
will cover all cotton ginned of the r
grov.thof 1903 up to Sept. 1; the sec- n
ond to Oct. 1H; the third to N n, 18:1 n
thr fourth to Dec. l.'t; the tilth will j.
1m* the flnal rcp<?ri, and will cover the t
t ?tal growth of the year. t
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Where In lie? t
L. L. Copeland, postmaster at He- J
thune, a station on the Seaboard Air
Line about .">0 miles from Columbia. "
disappeared from his home on April .
2y and since that time nothing has :]
been lieard of him. Copeiand left He- '
thune April 2b, purchasing a railroad 1
ticket to Camden. When the train '
rea -bed Camden he decided to come ?
on to Columbia, paying the dilference J3
in fare. He was expected to return ,l
to his liome on the same day' j "
Tlie l>oor
The Washington i'ost says the C
United Slate* supreme court has n
closed the '"door of hope" right In the v
* face of those Alabama negroes who s
L regarded the ballot astheir Inallen- ?
I al.!.' onset -Sl
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MORS KAI* NEEDED.
rop Pisi|ren1n| Favorably But
Warmer Weather la Mredott.
The folkjwin*; weekly crop bulletin
as Issued last week by Section l>ireo?
>r Itauer:
The mean temperature fur the week
iding 8 a. m., Monday, May 4lh. was
Mint ho decrees, which Is 3 decrees
;luw normal. There were few warm
rys during the middle of the week,
jt the first and last days were unasonably
cool, and unfavorable for
re germination of planted seeds and
le growth of young crops. The
rouna remains com, ana owing tome
ek of ruin, lias become hard and
usted, this being especially true of
jtloin lands and clayey uplands,
rust occurred on the 28th at a few
jrtheTn points, but did no perceptlIc
damage.
There was quite a general rain on
pii 1 2U, accompanied by hail in the
urthern counties falling to a depth of
x inches at Hickory. This rainfall
as benetlcial, but was followed by
rying winds, and the need of rain is
gain noted over a large portion of the
Wite, more, especially in the truck
tising districts Showers occurred
ver the central and eastern counties
n May :trd. the eiTects of which will
e noted in next week's correspond
nee.
The dry weather enabled farm work
i> make rapid progress, and planting
f the staple crops is nearly tinished.
xcept that some upland and almost
11 bottom land corn remains to be
lanted over the western tier of Connies.
and bottom lands in the central
ounties, though some have already
ten planted in the latter.
i-arly corn is coming up generally,
nd much has received its first worklg.
hut stands average only fair, and
re poor in localities, owing to the
avages of birds and worms, and to
mperfect germination. Replanting is
one extensively. The weather lias
een too cool for favorable growth.
Cotton planting is nearly finished
nd will be entirely finished the coning
week if tlie weather remains favorhie,
but owing to the prevailing cooless
germination is slow and some
eed failed to germinate at all. Many
uch fields are being replanted. Some
elds have fair stands and are being
ultivated, but plants look sickly.
Tobacco is almost all transplanted,
nit. Is making no perceptible growth,
lice Is in the same condition, which
rowth Is at a standstill. The Georgeown
districts are being sown at this
ime.
Iii a few localities oatH are promisor,
and while still poor, show some
mprovements, but correspondents re>ort
the oats crop generally unpromisng
with probably half an average
ield. They are heading low.
Wheat is also poor, owing to rust
ind the hessian ily.
Fruit continues promising although
>ear t ress are beginning to blight in
arious localities and peaches to drop
n Charleston county. In the same
ounty a green louse is damaging
vhite potatoes.
llain and warmer weather would he
if great benefit to all crops.
Tin" Wealth of the Worhl.
When the noted statistician Mullall
made his estimate of tlie world's
vealth ten years ago, says the Spartanburg
Journal, the l*nited States
tood third in point of aggregate
vealth, being exceeded by Itolli
England and France, and was sixth in
vealth per capita. Today the aggregate
wealth of the United States is
learly as >.rreut as that of tlie combin(I
wealth of tlie two next richest
ountries, England and France, l>oth
?f which were richer than it a few
ears ago.
According to figures lately compiled
rom apparently as reliable sources as
ire possible, the total wealth of the
"uited States was in li?02 *S?4,00i>.100,000,
or nearly one quarter of the
Lccumulations of the whole world,
vhile the wealth of England was
i ">0.000,000.000, thai of France *48,>00,000,000
and of Germany *40,000.100,000.
In per capita wealth tlie United
Hates leads all the world except Kngand
and France. Our per capitals
11,235, wliile that of England is *1,442
>nd if France *1,257. Australia lias
si. 220. Denmark *1,105, Canada
S5I80 and Holland *878 per person.
Vmong :?11 the nations the percentage
>f debt to wealth is lowest in the
"niled States. The liritish debt per
>erson is *80, tlie French *148, tlie
Inrtivm <4" t hn !.
ivtiuuu VI.;, tllC ivu.^lilll 9?>?, till*
Canadian $.">0, while the debt per perron
in the Tnited States is only $1-.
The total wealth of the world is
riven at $400,000,0(H),000. It will be
een that nearly all of it is concentrated
in the jjreat civilized powers, threeifths
of it beinjr in hands of the
'nited States, England, France and
icriuany. <>n the other hand, the
eini-ci vilized countries, like China
nd India, are growing poorer, hein^j
trained of much of their wealth by
he countries where higher civilizaion
prevails.
l*ay t'pOr Marry.
In the Argentine Ilepuhlic they
lave solved to their own satisfaction
lie "bachelor problem" by the s'in pie
ncthod of making it cost an unmaried
man as much money to live in unnarried
bliss as it would cost, him to
narry. A man is marriageable in Arrentina
when lie is twenty. If from
hat date and until lie passes his
wcnty-eitfhth birthday lie wishes to
emain simile, lie must oav *"> a mnotli
o the state. For the next live years
lie tax increases 1 DO percent. Met ween
hirty-fivc and fifty, the bachelor is
nulctcd to tlie tune of #2o a month.
Yom his tifteenth year to seventyive.
$:U) a month is the tax, but havng
reached the seventy-fifth year,
he tax is reduced to 810 a year. After
ighty, a man can remain single withut
paying anything. There is a
aragraph relating to widowers, who
re given three years in which to
nourn, and pick a successor. It Is
aid that the new law works like a
harm.
}l'r in Indiana they whip young woicii
on the bare back with barbed
dre lashes, but we presume they will
till continue to he shocked when
nine hlack brute is lynched down
uuth for assaulting helpless women.
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L00K8 L?Kr. WAR
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Rutiiu II mh Biru m l.orgtr Force to
Occupy HlMiichorla.
The state department ban received
official continual Ion from its agents in
China of the Increase of the Russian
garrison In Neu Chwang. Manchuria,
and tliere is reason to believe, If President
Kousevelt approves, that it is
preparing to lake vigorous steps in
the matter.
Secretary Hay Is in communication
wltli {'resident Roosevelt in California
and until the latter's decision the secretary's
course will pend. It is stated
that the department has had its
patience tried bv the course of the
events in Manchuria and that it now
con templates a more radical step than
any which has heretofore marked the
negotiations between the powers on
this subject. The proposed step eon- j t
templates Joint action by Japan, Eng-1 r
land and tlie united Stales. K
The proceeding negotiations have j
been hampered by the inability of t
this government to act jointly with *
other nations without violating its i
traditions, but it is now hinted I hat t
some plan of co-operation with Kng- ]
land and Japan may be devised that i
will have the effect of convincing the i
Russian government of the united de- i
termination of the three nations to in- {
sist upon Russia's evacuation of Man- (
chtiria, while not actually committing j
the Uiiitid States to a formal alliance. |
This program is subject to the ap- j
proval of the president. If it is not <
looked upon with favor by him the j
state department may fall back on Its i
former method of individual represen- j
tat ions to Russia and ask another ex- (
planation of the happenings in Manchuria.
In such event the Russian
answer is already forecast by the otlicials
here. Under the Russian repre- f
sentation to the powers the troops 1
were to have been withdrawn from .
Neu Chwang just one month ago to- 1
day.
it is undeistood as a matter of fact. '
that a potion of the Russian fore;
was withdrawn from barracks in the
city to tents outside. It is presumed
from Pekin advices that these troopr
have now returned to the city. However,
it is pointed out that Russia
employed a saving clause in the promise
to withdraw from Manchuria,
the language being. "Provided, however,
that the action of otlior powers
shall not stand In the way." Russia,
it is understood, now claims that this
proviso was violated by Japan when
she mobilized her Ileet and otherwise
showed signs of military preparations
which were construed as a menace to
Russia.
Accompanying the news of the reoccupation
of Neu Chwang comes a
warning from other agents in China
that the Russian altitude is injuring
the chances of the treaty which Mr
Conger and Consul Genera) Good now
have been negotiating with China involving
the opening tv> American trade
VI LI1C poi IM 111 i <y Ivll'T'l Jtl (1 <111(1 >li)UKdeo
in Manchuria.
The latest advices are that the
treaty is already practically last owing
tu Russian opposition. This fact is
construed to give the t inted States
a direct interest of what is happening
in Manchuria.
A DEATH TRAP.
The hives ol' Cola nit Men
<'riiNhctl Out.
Details readied Roanoke, Va.,
Tliursday morning of a fearful catastroplie
which oecured last Wednesday
evening in tlie east end of tlie West
End tunnel, known as Tunnel No. 2.
at Eggleston Springs, (iilcs connty, on
the Norfolk and Western railway, in
which nine men were killed and live
injured, three of them fatally, while
two others were almost miraculously
saved. Railroad contractors were engaged
in double tracking tlie two tunnels
at the point named, and it was
to their operations that the accident
happened. It seems that when the
tunneling force had removed the earth
and stone for the tracks at the point
where tlie calamity oecured. a huge
slide of solid stone gave way on the
mountain side and came down at an
angle of about l"? degrees, striking the
gang fairly and literally crushing the
life out of nine men. T! is strata of
solid ruck was found, on examination,
to be connected only by clay seams,
and when the foundation was removed
the strata, some .">o feet long, came
with tremendous force and without
warning, catching the men in the
death trap. One man was in a niche
of the tunnel-way and was only grazed
on the face and head and escaped with
slight injuries, lie was removed with- j
out great difficulty. A second man, j
who stood on the outer edge of the I
slide, was only slightly hurt. but three j
others were more unfortunate and j
so hadiy injured that is is feared they
will die. The l?odies of the other nine
men, some of whom are white, are
under the mountain slide. A wrecking
car and derrick was taken out
from ltadford, but so far have been of
, no avail. There is no likelihood that
the bodies can be recovered soon, as
the rock will have to be dynamited
and removed by the bit. This is con-!
sidercd a most dangerous proposition
as tin' length of the strata cannot he
ascertained, and there is imminent
danger of a second crash as soon as the
base is removed, and a consequent loss
of other lives.
Sen Nit I iomil Arrest.
A dispatch from Walhalla to The 1
State says Hoyt llaycs was committed !
to jail here Tuesday charged with the j
murder of his wife, who was shot and !
instantly killed on the morning of I
April 'Jc?. .loiin K. Mason, Ks<|., of I
()akway committed Mr. Hayes upon an ;
I atlldavit of Mr. Cramc, the father of
the wife of younj; Hayes. It was currently
reported that Mrs. Hayes had <
committed suicide and left a note say!
in!/ why she had done so. The arrest
! of youii)/ Hayes has caused i/reat,
ideal of excitement in the commu- <
1 nily where all the persons live. The j
parents of lioth Mr. and Mrs. Hayes
| are prominent families. i i
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A WurnliiK t(> Nettrocit.
The New York Times pays what
noks very much like a substitute lor
he slave pension scheme as a means T
i' tin ni(.ir ii<-k'o ignorance into money
i is been r<*v a e I by n let'er recently
icelved by William Pickens, the
oloreU Yale student who delivered
lie notable contribution to the c'.e- w
ale i n llayti. The letter Is from ci
me L. N. Musgrovfc; of Slurgls, Ky., at
,nd its writer, as secretary of a socle- Si
y named the Sons of Freedom, pur- C
owh that l'ickens take part in the It
irganizatlon and euulpincnt of an b\
,rmy here for the purpose of eaptur- a<
ng llayti and setting up there a new ol
[overnment by Aiugricau negroes! in
Vtid a most peculiar government, too, si
l will be, if the plans outlined are a.
arried out. While Republican in ci
orm, it is tc? be administered as a | c<
rreate corporation, with every citizen
l stockholder. All land titles and j oi
ranchises are to vest in the State, i it
md if tliis latest brand of Utopia pro- j p<
luces any criminals they are to he set d
idrift in well provisioned boats to L
nake their way?if they can toother di
ihores. Agriculture and manufactur- ai
ng are to he encouraged, schools ir
'stahlished, and perfect liberty as- w
iured to all to all. that is. who will a
hey the rules and do what they are w
iold. In return for his cooperation ^
IMckcns is told that perhaps he will p
jc made president of the society, and e)
ueanwhile he is to deliver lectures ^
md raise money for the purchase of |;
irms and battleships and the payment m
)f salaries, including his own. This e
s certainly a noble scheme for some ||
nirposes. Somebody ought to Invest!- p
j itc the purposes. and until this is u
tone we would advise our colored fel- n
ow-eiti/.ens to have nothing to do j n
ivith the scheme, unless they are anx- j jt
ous to get buncoed out of their hard i a
earned dollars.
A st r? njie t'liNc, U
A strange ease in which a man's ^
tpcech was restored by a tit of anger Is 1
reported by the Helena correspondent ll
for the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Accord- :l
lug to this story, John Matt, for many ^
years an employe of the Great North- c
em railroad, was : tricken with par- ''
alysis more than fifteen months ago. 8
When he was able to walk again he 11
found to his "tow that he could not a
utter a word. hough he could hear r
distinctly. About two weeks ago he
was taken ill and condlined to his
bed. For several days he hovered between
life and death. One afternoon 1
several friends called, and while they 1
were present the doctor came upon a
the scene. Matt was in a semi-stupor c
and seemed unable to recognize even '
his most intimate friends and rela- 3
tives. The condition of his health 11
was discussed, and the visitors were c
unanimous in expressing the belief N
tliat death was inevitable. When s
Matt heard this lie rose from his pi 1low
as if by magic and exclaimed in
terms far more forcible than elegant
that he was not a dead man, nor did
lie intend to die. Then, suddenly '
realizing that lie had recovered his t
voice, lie apologized profusely for the i
abuse lie had heaped upon his physi
cian and friends and became fervent '
in his thanks for their presence. "Had
you not come,'' said he, "and i
made me angry 1 do not believe 1 ?
would have recovered my voice." From
that iiiuin<ja his recovery l.as been '
rapid, and a few days lie will re- 1
sume his work. i
The Case of the Leper.
In the Savannah Morning News of
recent date appeared an article from
Washington, which stated "A curious ,
case, involving a leper soldier from the (
Philippines, is before the War Depart- ,
merit, having been referred to the |
judge advocate general to determine
in what manner Die atliictcd soldier j
sliall receipt for liis pay. The lep?'r is .
an enlisted man. in the artilerv, and t
at present is isolated on an island in (
South Carolina, near Savannah." As (
a matter of fact this leper patient is (
now. and has been for upwards of two j
months, at Fort Screven, on Tybee
Island, and the statement that the un
fortunate man is isolated on an Island
in South Carolina, near Savannah, is
absolutely without foundation. This !
case lias been reported to the govern- .
racnt authorities at Washington for
probably two months, during which 1
time the man has remained at Fort '
Screven under treatment, and an
analysis of liis blood has demonstrated ?
lierond question that lie is atliictcd ,
wiin iins luamsome malady.
Fatal lliinnwiiy Accident. 1
Mr. Morgan Shumakcr, one of the I
oldest citizens of < hangeburg county, t
who lived about three miles from Kl- >
loroe. was thrown from his buggy on t
Monday of last week and injured so .s
badly that he died the same evening.
Mr. Shumakcr was entering Klloree
in a buggy when his horse took fright
from a train, which was leaving tin ,v
depot and ran away. The animal was '
thoroughly frightened and ran at 1
great speed. In turning a corner the (
buggy was turned over and Mr. Shu
maker fell with a great force on his '
face. He was picked up and exami- '
nation showed that his face was liadly <
cut and his skull crushed. S>r. A. C. s
Baxter was called to .>oe the unfortu- f
nate man. and after awliile restored 1
him to consciousness. He was then '
removed to his home and lingered un- '
til Monday evening when he died. f
A colored woman who was in the bug- js
gy with Mr. Shumaker escaped witli |
a few slight liriiiscs. Mr. Shumaker
was a highly respected citizen and his | t
t ragic death is greatly deplored by j *
many who knew tlie old gentleman. 1 *
ll?- was over eighty years of age.
Served Mini ICi^hi. I
A special from New Hern, N. ('., '
says George Vanu, ;i negro ex-convict, (
who had shot at a young white man '
named Thomas (ireen here, was shot '
to death on an excursion train here '
by olllcers last night. lie was resist- '
ing three officers and tired at oilloer '
Dixnp, wounding liim in the thigh. !
He then attempted to throw OMccr
Lupton olT the train. A fusilade fol- i s
lowed and the negro was instantly .
killed. I
Cotton Way l'|?. '
A dispatch from New Yord says un- i
tier dale of May ?>: "May cotton sold (
today at in. 7. Yesterday's highest i
point was 10. UN. May eotton eon- t
tinned to advance and at Jl.au was r
Hinted at 1U.7"?. In tlie afternoon t
May eotton sold between 10.70 to
10.7f> until Just before the close when ' I
there was a sale at 10.77. j d
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THE ASSA83IN ARRESTED
he Arrest Accomplished by the
NhrrltT :?u?l Pohm orMevru.
The capture of Curtis Jett; charged j
itli the assassination of .?. II. M ir- |
mi In Jackson, Ky., Monday, was;
xomplishcd witIhhiL blcxxlshed early
unday morning lli> is now in Ltie
lark county Jail at Winchester,
caring a warrant, wliicli had been
worn out by Sam Jctt, uncle of the)
cuscd, Sheriff McCord arid a posse
f seven men left Winchester at
ildnight Saturday. Itcachlne .lack- i
>n':; ferry, to miles distant, at 2.JO;
tu.. they h-rt tlielr busies and
ossed the Kentucky river to Madison
>unty, in canoes.
They proceeded on foot to the home
r Mrs. A. llajs'^in, Jett's mother, two
lilcs from the ferry. Six of the
os.se were stationed around tlie
welling and SherllT McC >rd and
>eputy Stokely approached tlie front
oor and knocked. Jett's mother
nswered and after some parley adlitted
that Curtis was within. They
ere admitted and found Jett
wake but in bed. lie shook hands
ith the sheriff and said lie would
ive no trouble. Ueachitig under ills I
iilow he drewijuthis pistol and turn1
it over to ids mother to keep. He j
lade no show of resistance and was
mded in Jail at Winchester by day- j
jilit. Jett's stepfather, A. Hagjrin. ]
barges that when Jett r >ached liisj
ouse Saturday night from Jackson lie ]
roc ceded to draw liis pistol on him
nd ordered liiin to net out of the
eigiiliorhood. Ilaggin went to Ilichiond
and sw< re out a warrant. cliargig
Jett with breach < f the peace by
ssault with a pistol
in tlie jail Monday Jett was corouinicative
on all matters save tlie
illing of Marcum. "I'll get out of
llis all rijilit ." was tlie only statement (
ie would make which could construed t
s a reference to tlie charge. lie said S|
ie wanted to be tried in llreathitt :
ounty. He was bitter in denouncinjr '
lis uncle wlio had hina arrested and j
aid that tlie score would lie evened t
ip when lie was at lilierty. When
.sked about tlie statement tliat live
nen would testify tliat he killed Marum.
he sneered and said:
"What's tliat to you?"
To Sheriff McCord lie was equally
ion-communicative as to the Marcum
ragedy. Jett is 28 years of age,
Ltliletic in build, with deep set, keen
:ycs and has bushy red hair. That
10 submitted to arrest was an agreeible
surprise to the officers, who feared
in encounter. Jett denied tliat lie
Irove his stepfather from home. He
viii be arraigned Tuesday audit is .
up posed lie will be transferred to the i
fackson district for trial. I
Held for Itaimom. I
Col. Martin Kricson, worth several i
nillion dollars and well known I
hroughouL the* boiilhwest, lias iieen j
laptured by the Yaqui Indians of i
Minora. Mexico, and held for $500,000 <
unsoru. Two weeks ago he left
Mexico City for Sonora, after seeurng
e. concession for a large tract of
igncullural and mineral lands on the
Yaqui river. Wliile 011 liis way to
lis property lie was captured by the
Indians, who have since demanded
ransom for Ins release. The American
refused to pay the sum demanded,
ind he is still held by the rebels. 1
Seneral Lorenzo Torez and Colon-;!
Kosterlitskv. who are in command of
tiic Mexican military forces in Sonora,
nave been asked to rescue tlie caplive.
and they have set in motion two
large detachments for that purpose.
r\merle ms along the border desiring
to aid in the pursuit have also been
isked to assist tlie troops. One reginent
of t mops will pursue the Indians
rom t te north and the other from
die south, and Colonel Kricson is alnost
certain to be rescued, unless he
s murdered.
iit-lilim Suspicion.
A! Los Angeles, ('al., acting under
:ist 1 uctioiis fr-.m tlie secret service
bureau at Washington, tin police
riiursday arrested a man who is suspected
of being one of the four brothers
of Czolgosz, Hie assassin ??f tlie
ate lbcsident McKinlcy. Great
icerecy lia> iieen ma ntained almut
die arrest. No charge lias been
odged against him, the police simply
iclaining the man on suspicion unlil
after the president snail iiave left
Lo-i Angeles. Il is said that C/.ol
>os/. lias been living in this city for
several months bsinc rmpliyedina
amale factory. Mis actions, it is
aid. have not been out of the ordinal y.
A Vucrr <'anr.
A dispute h from Appieton to The
State says a mule helonyinir to Mr.
Henry Walker came to his death in an
im.'sual way two days ajro. lie was
lrawing a plow in the tiold when a
jueen bee. piloting a vagrant swarm
?f the industrious stingers, took a
'aney to tlie ears of his muleship and
iliglitcd on Liic tip of one of these un,table
appendages. The whole swarm
ollowed the queen and was soon setJed
over tlie head of the unfortunate
inimal. Ili.s efforts to free himself
rom the undesirable propinquity hut
mraged tlie bees, which, stung him to
tueli an extent that lie died.
A Democratic \ ictory.
At I ?.?!? i * Vs.. * . t : ...
i\i. imiLilui/ii' LIII- ?iiiiiu *?i
.upervisors uncounted the ballots of
>ix of the -4 wards Thursday. No
naterial change was shown from the
inotlicial returns of Tuesday's mulicipal
election which gave McLane,
Democrat. artO majority for mayor
?ver Congressman Frank C. Wachter,
Republican. On joint ballot the
ouncils will stand Irt Democrats to
13 Republicans, although several of
he wards are very close, and the ottl.
ial count may change a vote or two
Two Men Killed.
At Moultrie, (Ja., Col. M. .1. Farall,
solicitor of the city court, and !
>r. Frank Daniel, physician for the i
icorgla Northern railway, were killed
Thursday night by Dr. Daniel's motor
ar colliding with a log train on the
rcorgia Northern. The gentlemen
tad been tishing and were returning
o town In the motor car. A heavy i
din was driving in their faces and ,
hey held an umbrella in front, i
Wither saw the log train, which was
Kicking. Six cars of the train were
lerailed.
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nMNnunoniy ot> oixot
The CJuignardTTrick Works
COLUMBIA, S. C.
ituildir g and Re-Pressed Hrirk. Special shapes to order. Eire Proof Terra
Ct tta Flue Linings. Prepared to t<l! orders for thousaii's or Tor millions.
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A Chicago chemist has nade their- I . I"\ *wr~v
.crest ing discovery tli.it T"? p"i c> ot. f 1 "I I T Is 1"^ W ( ^I t ?
,he so called silk used in skirl v hlousrs ** ' 1)1 J 11V/1 1/
ind dress-\s is nothing i,,vs Mian tin.
speaking to a reporter fur \ he Chicago | z / A/ \ 1A T \T / A
I'tibune, this chemist said that "the AlA'v'I l~\vJf?
jractice of substituting tin for vegeable
substance originated hi Ger- Inexpensive to lay.
nany. The vegetable matters were Kasy to keep in repair.
io detriment, though equal brilliancy Light ana very durable,
if color was not obtainable, and there Watcrpro* f and ordorless.
was not the same sbeen and 'feel' when affected by change of temlandlcd
as that produed by real silk, perature.
which has the rustle so pleasing to Elastic,
adies' ears. 'The practice of the anc* Alkali-proof.
Iyer,' he explains, 'to whose hands Fire-resisting and oil-proof,
tihe silk yarn is intrusted for dyeirg \ ermln will not attack it.
ind weighting, is to boil it, and in m All ready to lay.
iolng he reduces every sixteen ounces Needs no painting or coating,
to twelve, thus eliminating the nat- Will not deteriorate with age.
aral gummy substances aud the foreign
matter added for the purpose of ?WRITE FOR PRICES
spinning. The twelve onces were then
brought up to fourteen by the use of 'sOI 'Til F ASTFR V
tannic acid, etc. Today, by the sub- <j\J \J I liL.AJl
ititution of tin, the twelve ounces are ^ \?r?>
raised to sixteen ounces, or even thirty I 1 VI 1? X- ru\!u\ I
)unces. 'The proportion ol "weight*
Ing," is more than in black silk.' saiil / V \ V! D A V V
x manufacturer to whom this state- V^vJM I A. A I .
ment was submitted. 'Frequently
only one-fourth or the woven material All classes building material,
is real silk; the other three parts are
Lin and dye.' *" This chemist added: CHARLESTON, S. O.
"Any woman can test for herself
whether the silk she is buying is tin
weighted. Let her hold some threads Brooklyn people about Carlton
in a Dame, and the genuine will leave aVenue have decided that Dr. Morris
an ash resembling that of wool when Brooks, the colored pastor of a
burned, with no traces of filament, ]arge negro church, has to move from
while the tin weighted simply loses its y,e house used as u parsonage. They
color and tenacity, each thread-re- are getting very "uppity" in Brookmaining
distinct in a thin wire j..Q
gaUZe."
DrentiiM Koonevelt'a I?efeut.
Charles V. Barton, otherwise known BAGGERS HUCKLEBERRY
as Earl Count Courtney the "lireatn CZOW 1~>I iVI
Prophet," who eighty days before
President McKinley's assassination at Foil tiik
ButTalo came to Washington from Bowels and Children Teething.
Seattle to warn the President not to It is THE GREAT SOUTHERN
leave Washington, as he had dreamed REMEDY for the bowels. It is one
of an Impending disaster threatening l',e most pleasant and oflleactous
Mr. McKinlev. h:is rlr..!.m?i remedies for all summer comnlaints
ii ,. i . i> * * r?"V"i! At a season when violent attacks of
1 resident Roosewlt >e I the tiowcls are sofrequent, some speedy
for re-election by a New ^ ork State i r<?licf should be at hand. The wearied
Democrat, writes Die Washing ton ! mother, losing sleep by nursing the
correspondent or The New York Sun. little one teething, should use this
It is a matter or record that Barton, medicine.
about September 1. 1901. was com- FROM IIENRY W. GRADY,
polled to leave the White House by The Constitution Editoral Rooms.
the policemen stationed there, as he ... , i , 7 1 r
? .. , , , . .. , . ' ... Dr. Walter A. 1 avlor, Atlanta, Ou.:
was thought to be a harmless but Dear Sir:?1 have never given a
anoying crank. Barton said at the certificate on merits of any medicine,
time that he had dreamed that l'resi- i take pleasure in breaking my
dent McKinley would be killed, and rule on this subject in behalf of your
appeared much affected when no at- Riggers Huckleberry Cordial. It i> the
tent ion was paid to his warning. The best medicine 1 have ever seen lor use
Dream Prophet" has the following in the family. Fifty cents invested in
to say in regard to the next election, a *iottie of this medicine, and put on a
i - i ,i ,i I, . 1 shell convenient lor use in the beginn
April lie.uned that resi- nj?^0f any bowel trouble, will olten
dent Roosevelt would be defeated in SUVe life, and will save in almost any
the next election and that a Demo- family ten time its cost in doctors'
erat from New York would Ik* elected, hills. 1 have a friend whose life, in my
This dreain came to me under the opinion, was saved by tiie prompt use
same circumstances as others, and 1 of this cordial. It ought to lie in every
Know in my own mind that the next 1,iml|.v ,n ,int> iant|i especially at tills
President will Iwa Democrat. I can of t he year. 1 take pleasure in
oven name the man.' Mart..,, ha. I I'M* to rt nwltja
some very remarkable view.-, oncer HEX 11Y W \rlJADV
tain subjects, but lie is evitlently Kor sale by all druggists. *i>c to. ">oc.
thoroughly sincere, or thinks lie is. per liottle.
He is a small, dark-haired mm, about ? w _ *, , t, ?
years old and a native,,r Ky,,tacky. Haltiwanger-Taylor Drug Co.,
He is an employee of the g ivernnvnt ^
Tiik man or woman who eannot Ihey Say About the Metal
get up a damage case these days is Roof Paint,
rather slow. Tw , oers ns in Atlanta. 111? I 1>U f'PIf If I VslTW
man and wile, mi, l.ieel.el,in railway 1,1 1 & CaliAM U .
for *2.000 each because they had to or I'XCbK v\M
^ai' 110 rain ^>r a car. J. <t. Write us for Circular that te!U_\.?)u
Carr sues the company for ?o0U tie- what such people, as
cause the cai .ailed to stop 'or him, American Window Glass Co.
in consequeuce of wliieh he became w. Maynard, Capt. C s n i v.
Ilex Acetylene Generator Co..
~ kia ) Standard Plate Glass Co.,
J! r,'*-4 Wnmon have to say about this piece of good#,
f 'iCi i ( llll "aUlllull DISTRIBUTING AilKNTS.
/<m sr.'SM Sterol Builders Supply Cu?
/ ^ *-^FV to.-onaiiit or iintha- G15 Plain St., Columbia. S. C.
' wftj "" I leti the | ^
%-^wS v-irixhr,:; Carolina Portland
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tf_.-- 1.1- miiil.-.;i> l;t? in Hie | V C lliCllt iin.itli i 'o?..l!w..
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w^-ia. _ l< i o->t?hlishfd n .... ... ...
nnd i.o, the i-e-t rep Lasers White Lime, Omenta, Hre
utaiion. Ho euros Bricks, Terra Coll a l'ipes.
/. where otters full; _o- J v.
* J there is no ]?trti Work
'/ *5|^'aW7Bp^|or experimenting In
f V\K H -won?! ^-'imou hvor" I'AVB T?K STKKKT.S. .1 I is t?K> CX??
' i Hn'ho?ny. ?!,?. *i>e i pensive In more ways tliau one Tor a
r>H. iiat" ?w ir. e^?:^ unse^from^ , ^r<>W|M^< prosperous town to have poor
wtion necoxsarv. whteh nootiior office hn?. if i streets. It 0 Sts tiintiey to pave, hut
you can io.t eais, wnto f fr.-e Ik...',i. n ?n,i What does it cost to wade through
one-Moti blanks. Mention mm trouble. KvorythttiK
stnetiy oitiidenuu! j Newton mud ana mi re six months of the year r
Hathaway. M. i>. I i?ave the streets by all means as a matss
ltimat) Building 22$ S. liroad St* t tor of convenience and economy. It Is
Atlanta, La a Rood Investment In the end.
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