The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, September 08, 1911, Image 2
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Published Weekly.
K '< bATESBURQ. 0. C.
Ruropean war clouds do not always
SPWHgi a storm.
Keep your vacation within the limits
ot your puree.
.... The
auto and the aeroplane continue
to be deadly rivals.
It la net too late for you to send a
i i. a
w* iwy in wv swuuir/i
The way to keep boys on the farm
jk to make farm life more attractive.
Chicago la to have a "soul hospital."
'The patients, of course, will come
;from outside.
Among the other exciting events of
tVP-to-date civilization the modern fish
story la now due.
The New York woman who has a
fZB.OOO anklet evidently believes In
saving something for a rainy day.
A new metal 40 per cent, lighter
than aluminum will make airships
a*(er, but not so safe as walking.
If the breach of promise Industry
continues to Increase, the art of letter
writing will soon be a thing of the
past
A taxi cab driver who has Inherited
911,000 Is going to stick to his job. He
xnay have a meter of his own to dilate
the legacy.
The soda fountain clerk may not
he an Important personage, but he
generally manages to cause a splash
In the world.
A million patents on rubber tires
have been Issued. Why doesn't some
Inventor get a patent on broken glass
that will not puncture?
The old theory that there's no fool
like an old fool Is demonstrated by
xne iv year old Massachusetts couple
-who eloped and were married.
A German baron has been sentenced
to two years for killing an opponent
In a duel. Only safe and sane dueling
Is countenanced in Germany.
Some of our aviators have adopted
the habit of landing In haystacks.
?nterpiising farmers will rent their
available haystacks to aero clubs.
A Texas town has passed an ordinance
allowing only legless men to
aell peanuts on the streets. Evidently
the town is controlled by surgeons.
In the past six months the plague
hilled 650,000 people in India and
nothing remarkable is considered to
have occurred. The world is not
shocked.
e in . s ' ?lt.
sued by a victim whom he presented
with a loaded cigar. We hope his
acute sense of humor will enable him
to see tho joke.
A Missouri judge rules that a man
Is at liberty to spank his wife. Like
wise a man is at liberty to wallop a i
lioness on the nose if he feels that
way.
Dentists say that a good brush and
water aro all that are necessary for
the care of the teeth. This will not
top pretty actresses from giving
Bmlllng testimonials for powders, however.
The first woman aviator has been
licensed In America Though woman
has long been declared by American
gallantry to be an angel, this Is the
first time she has been allowed officially
to fly.
It Is too bad that the enthusiasm of
the souvenir hunters who dug up with
their hands the first earth turned for
New York's new subway could not
have been continued until the tunnel
was completed.
The British admiralty reports the
discovery of a new way of making
armor plate that will be from 15 to 20
per cent tougher. This, If true, puts
an onus on tho projectile makers to
produce one that will pierce that
much tougher armor.
Electric cars In Los Angeles will
have mirrors placed In their end to Induce
women to step off the cars
front face." The company may think
this a brilliant Idea until the lady passengers
wreck tho time schedules seeing
if their hats aro on straight and ;
too much powder isn't showing on
their noses.
Criminal tactics keep pace with :
scientific thief-taking and sometimes
gallop ahead. Blue-ribbon exports in
a recent rabbery of a Jeweler's safe
wore kid gloves so no incriminating
finger-prints could bo left behind.
A Connecticut town refused a dona*
tlon of money for tho town hall bocause
the donor stipulated there
should be no dancing or other amusement
In the hall, which was to be used
es a town building. The blue-laws
spirit of New England In that locality,
at least, is perceptibly on the wano. I
One of the scientists advocates keep- I
fng pet snakes for the purpose of
matching mice. He offers the assurance
that a snako would bo much
more effective than a cat. We shall
not believe him until he has succeeded
In convincing the Chautauquas.
An Ohio man took off his shirt and
nsed It for the purpose of flagging a
train that was in danger of being
wrecked because of a broken mil. He
should have a place of honor beside
the lady who uaed to flag t/alns with
ker red petticoat.
' SECOND CORN SHOW!
HNS BEEN PLANNED
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STATE COMMISSION IN CHARGE r
OF THE CORN SHOWS HELD *
A MEETING.
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THE PRIZE LIST IS ARRANGED i
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Tk. r- . -M ?A nnn ??/__ I f
im ii?vcta?ir rung or *t, vv/v/ iks
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Duly Certified and Has Been Receiv- ^
ed by the President?All Matters
Have Been Arranged.
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Columbia.?The State commission a
in charge of the South Atlantic Stutes i
Corn exposition which is to be held in t
Columbia in December next, began >
an important session in the ofllce of (
the state department of agriculture at <
the state house. The coming exposi- {
tlon is to be the second one held in <
the South, the first, held there last i
year under the same auspices, hav- <
ing attracted national attention. There i
Is added Interest in the show this year
In view of the announcement recently ,
made that Columbia is to have the ,
great National Corn exposition next \
year, and every effort is being mado <
by the committee in charge to make ]
the South Atlantic show this year a <
proper introduction to the great show |
of 1913. To this end the Bhow this ,
December will be considerably differ- ,
ent and features will be brought into |
prominence that were neglected last \
year because of lack of experience. ]
President Hudson, of the Corn
Breeders' association; L. L. Baker, (
vice- president, and Commissioner ,
Watson were the members of the com- ,
mission at the meeting, the other two
members, D. N. Barrow and \V. It. ,
Perkins, being absent. A G. Smith j
assisted the commission in the preparation
of the premium list.
At the session the raising of the '-]
$4,000 by contributions, necessary to
make the state appropriation of $3,000 ,
available, was duly certified to the
comptroller- general. It was an ,
nounced that Mr. Stevenson, secretary
of the National Corn show, had offered
his services and would be the superintendent
of exhibits and that L. L.
Baker would be superintendent of the
boys' department. The commission
determined details as to the entrance
and entry fees, and arranged for season
tickets to bo sold good for the |
entire exposition period. All single
tickets are to be good the entire day
on the aprticular day upon which they
are brought.
Medical Report on Prisoners.
A medical commission, consisting of
Drs. Jennings. Bafceock and Pope, has
made report to the governor on the
onmiitinn of J. W. Messervy,
1 lie cuaiuiioaiuu ..
the examination following a petition
for pardon. Messervy some time ago
killed Cleve Clanton, a life term prisoner
at the penitentiary, with a
shovel. A report was also submitted
to the governor on the conditon of R.
A. Richey, the Abbeville county farmer.
,
South Carolina New Enterprises.
Chartered: Seashore Milling and ,
Ginning company, McClellanville to ,
do a general milling and ginning busi- .
ness: capital, $1,000; H. T. Morrison, ,
president; L. H. King, vice-president; i
R. M. Lofton, secretary and treasurer. |
Chartered: Bank of Nichols. Nich- <
ols; to do a general banking business; j
capital stock $25,000; W. McG. Buck, j
president; IT. M. McGee, vice presi- '
dent; B. B Elvington, cashier. Char- t
tered: Bank of Kline, Kline; to do a (
general banking business; capital t
stock $25,000; B. M. Jenkins, Sr., (
president; B. M. Jenkins, Jr., vice- i
president and cashier; B. II. Dunn, f
second vice-president. c
1
Beaufort.?From corn and cotton t
estimates received which are authen- t
tic, crops are damaged 50 per cent. c
University Work During Summer t
The public service of the faculty of
the University of South Carolina dur- \
lng the summer is very interesting. ]
The state of South Carolina has been i,
widely traversed the present summer fi
by Prof. M. W. Twitchell, who is also ?
state geologist, and Prof. M. C.oode (]
Homes of the engineering depart- a
ment, who is also tne agent for the t
federal government on highways, and t
Prof. F. H. Colcock, who has spoken n
at many meetings in Spartanburg, ii
Sumter and elsewhere on tlie subject n
of good roads. c
Abandon Appeal In Camden Case. fAnnouncement
was made by Assistant
Attorney General DeBruhl that o
the bank of Camden had abandoned e
its appeal to the supreme court from t
the decision of Judge Aldrich in the a
ease against the treasurer of Ker- \
shaw county. The suit was brought h
to recover taxes paid under protest on i;
school bonds and cotton mill stock t
owned by the bank. The state was p
represented in the case by M. P. De- p
Bnthl, the assistant attorney general n
Aiguiiitfiii \v?it? lira ru &y JUiiKC /\i" li
drlch in Columbia. (
Some Dispensary Purchases. F
The Charleston rountv dispensary
bonrd announced its first awards for 1
tho purchneo of liquor following the i
recent letter of Governor Itlease, in (
which he virtually threatened the \
boards In the several wet rounties ! t
with removal in case the bids of any 1
of the companies convicted of do- t
franking the state were accepted. The *
Charleston boavd requested that a list \
ho furnished of the liquor concerns ?
thus proscribed. No such list wan ^
ever prepared, being too difficult a i i
problem for the time allowed. j j
i
JOTTON MEN ENTER PROTEST
Concerned Ovtr Prohibitory Ordor of
the State Entomologist?Has Received
Letters of Inquiry.
Columbia.?Considerable disquietide
is being manifested among cotton
nanufacturers and cotton brokers in
louth Carolina over the recently isued
order of State Entomologist A.
\ Conradl. statinc thnt
- "vft.iiuius
irith the 10th of September, the state
aw, prohibiting the Importation into
his state of cotton from territory ii\ested
with the boll weevil will be rigdly
enforced. This law was enacted
luring the session of 1004 and amend d
at the session of 1008. Since the
ssuance of the order by Mr. Conradi,
Commissioner Watson has received
leveral letters l'rom manufacturers
tnd cotton brokers inquiring about
he law and asking information as to
he boll weevil territory. A letter
vas received from Capt. E. A. Stnythe
>f Greenville, president of the State
Cotton Manufacturers' Association,
nid another letter was received from
Cooper & Griffin, a prominent cotton
urokerage concern having oflices in
dreenville and other points in the
state.
From the tone of these letters it is
evident that the enforcement of the
juarantine law this year will hamper
the cotton mill industry in this state
to a considerable extent. The law.
tiowever, is in protection of the cotton
:rop of the state, which is a greater
industry than even that of cotton manufacturing,
and there seems to be
nothing for the cotton manufacturers
to do except to get along the best way
they can under the provisions of the
aw. The territory infested by the boll
weevil is constantly growing larger,
and thus the territory left open for
the manufacturers in this state to
draw tipon continues to grow smaller.
Although Commissioner Watson is
deeply interested, from his position.
In the industrial and agricultural development
of the state, he is informing
the writers of these letters that
hp tuis nn nnthoritv wI.e.?i
mutter. He culls attention to a circular
recently issued by Mr. Conradl,
in which it is explained that clean
compressed cotton can be imported
from infected territory without danger
during July and August, and for
that reason the law was not rigidly
enforced during those months, but
with the coming of the hibernation
season of the insect the law must be
rigidly obeyed.
Free Hookworm Treatment.
After a consultation the office of TV.
P. Muller, county supervisor, between
the county commissioners and l)r. J.
LaBruce Ward, state director of rural
sanitation, it was decided that dispensaries
for the free treatment of
the hookworm disease would be established
in Iticliland county. The
number and location of these dispensaries
will he deeiHerl 1- ? T~>saiu
iii.il fov ivuuiu neat, uuOUt 1>00
patients and was sure that after that
the board would see the benefits derived
and subscribe more. Several
counties in South Carolina already
have the free dispensaries for the
treatment of hookworm.
Asks What Steps Are to Be Taken.
Grain dealers in the coast cities of
the state have written to the feed
stuffs department of the state department
of agriculture, asking what "*ops
ire to be taken with reference to the
sale of feed stuffs damaged by the
ivater as a result of the hurricane
hat swept the coast. A well known
3orgetown firm sent a letter in which
t was stated that a carload of grits
lad been received there by steamer,
rhe steamer encountered a heavy
?ale at sea and "the cargo was badly
lamaged by water." "We would like
o dispose of these grits with as title
loss as possible and would like to
lave your permission to sell them
md would thank you to advise us at
>nce how to proceed," continues the
etter from Georgetown. Commision>r
Watson, upon the receipt of the leter.
sent Chief Inspector Sloane to
leorgetown.
Hosiery Mill Matter to Come Later.
"The matter will be finally decided
rithln the next few weeks." said Soicitor
Cobb when asked what action
te will take with reference to the hoiery
mill at the state penitentiary,
leveral weeks ago the governor adIressed
a letter to Solicitor Cobb,
sking that he bring action to abolish
he hosiery mill at the penitentiary on
he grounds that it is "a common
uiisanoe." By the statement of Solictor
Cobb it is supposed that he will
iot refer the matter to the liichland
ounty grand jury.
Has Issued Two Commissions.
The secretary of state has issued a
omtnission to the Southern Hardware
ompany of Charleston with a eaptal
stock of $L'0,000. The petitioners
re: J. Ft. Robb. II. F. Brown and
Valter Pringle. Tlie secretary of state
as issued a commission to the Wnlnee
mills of Oreenvillo with a capiat
stock of $300,000. The company
imposes to do a general cotton <mn
ifacturing business. The petitioners
ire Lewis \V. Parker. Thomas F. Par
cer and 11. J. Tfaynesworth. all of
Ireenville.
Rural Police Growing in Favor
The rural police system seems to
jo growing in favor. Very gratifyng
results have been obtained by
ountlcs that have tried the system,
vhlch has catisetl others to adopt this
neans of policing the rural districts.
Vhile in conversation with the capain
of Aiken's rural police rreently,
levereal instances were given in
vhich disturbances were quelled and
irrests made of violators of the law,
vho, but for the presence of these
uounted officers, would have gor.9 un
iuniahed. ^
' GRAFT RUNS RIOT
IN OHIO ASSEMBLE
SICKENING TALE OF BR1PERV
TOLD BY CONVICTED
RODNEY J. DIEGLE.
CONFESSED TO REPORTEF
Trail of Graft Leads to Doors o
Many Members of Obio General
Assembly.
Cleveland, Ohio.?"Kodney J. Dlegh
j has broken his silence, ' says tin
Plain Dealer in a lengthy story, i I
luting that Diegle has made a con
Cession to a member of its staff. Tin
Plain Dealer's story mentions m
j names. Ihe confession is being re
; served for the Franklin county grand
Jury at Columbus.
The story says in part:
"The convicted sergeant at-anns ol
the Ohio state senate lias told hit
\ story, sickening in many of its details
I of a trail of bribery and graft, which
: leads to the doors of many member*
1 of the Ohio general assembly. It is ;i
; story extending from tlie office an I
place of business of the successful
lawyer, manufacturer and merchant,
j to the low dives and brothels of Co
| lumbus. It will wreck reputations and
! bring sorrow to many homes, even
; should the lobbyists and members in
j question, by hook or crook, escape
! long sentences in state's prison. It
is a story of professional men of
standing in Ohio, representatives ol
business interests and politicians at
tempting to arouse the spirit of ve
nality in the breasts of legislators.
"In his recital Diegel gives name*
both of members and lobbyists and
particularizes on incidents.
"The legislation, on account ol
| which these methods were employed,
is given in the Diegle story."
Columbus, Ohio.?"Diegle will re
eeive no immunity unless he tells all
We are determined to get at the in
side of these matters and unless he
does as he promised and relates everything
he knows regarding bribery
in the Ohio state legislature he will
get no clemency."
BIG PARADE IN NEW YORK
75,000 Trade-unionists T'amp Down
Fashionable Fifth Avenue.
i uih. otswuxj'iw im iiiiHitsimi
workers, more than five thousand ot
them women, observed Labor day by
I marching in the immense procession
; of trade-unionists which tramped
I down Fifth avenue, beneath wavin
: Hugs and to the stirring music of a
score of brass bands.
Nearly every union was distinguish
ed by a special unitorm. Some of the
J more rabid member? showed a touch
of anarchistic red and glaring scarlet
, up 01 me organization which is col
j lecting funds for the defense of the
; McNamara brothers in Los Angeles.
Matthew A. McConville, grand mar
shal, said that every organization at
i filiated with the Central l'ederntioi
of Unions was represented.
The largest single organization it
line was the Union of Cloakmakers
j which was represented by nearly thir
; ty-five thousand men and women. Tin
i Women's Trade Union league had ;
' iloat in line labeled "Life and La
j bor.'*
There was another disquieting not:
in the appearance of representative:
, of the Bailors and firemen's union 01
' Britain, who paraded here for the fir.-'
: time. They bore banners with tlit
inscription:
"The seamen of Great Britain ben
the shipping federation. What can
i seamen of the world do?"
Aviator McLeod Fatally Injured,
j Chicago.?Alexander McLeod, 2
t'onrs nlfl nf Winniin't/ ?
| pupil of a Chicago school of aviation
i was probably fatally injured when h<
j fell several hundred feet from an tier
j oplane tit a practice field in West pull
[ man. His neck was broken and h<
I suffered internal injuries.
$3,500,000 Fire in Glasgow.
Glasgow, Scotland. -Fully $::,50(',00i
damage was done by two fires whicl
raged in Glasgow. The more damag
ing of the two hroKe out in 'lie ware
house district, the tlnmcs d? stroyirn
the historic Tontine house and a nutn
her of warehouses. The fi:->Mncn wer
! already exhausted when tlie secotn
conllagration broke out. 1 Ming beet
; kept up half the night halt attains
flames which destroyed ii.e huildlm
j Of the Scottish Wholesale Co Opera
five Snclot
Faise Strike Order Irr.ued.
Chicago.?The pos' < ,i
! strike order in all si. .p. . : lie mi
nois C? ntral railroad h; I , on;
plications in the strike Th
order, which was displv : a hop
and roundhouses and < i on eir
plovers of tie- railroad i u , wa
ordered taken down by .1. \V Kiamei
secretary of the Interi vl I'.rotl
rrhood of 1 tlackfiini'ihs . i l;,.-r
The strike ord< r wa p > 1 I y
radical party of the to ion whic
hoped to stir up would
Statue Presented to Germany.
Tleriin.- i:i accept in th.- tat :> c
(Jon. Von Steuben just ; i ,-ntr 1 i
the (ii-rin.iii nation by the i n
States, l.'inperor William deliver* d
speoeh remarkable for i m (iI\ ,
all oonunont upon peat > or int. rns
tional arbitration. This was nior
strongly marked because frhiebbi
between America and Cerium:. wa
the keynote of the speech of i <n
gressman Richard Hartholdt, uii
made the presentation on be! ,|| (
the Vnited States. The emperor rav
hearty thanks for the monrment.
1 BEAUTIFUTIIi
One of the young American poerei
manner have captured llrltish societ
Frances Donelly, daughter of J. C. Dor
| the English nobleman. It Is said, was
by financial Interest.
BUREAU CHECKING BILLS
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Liverpool Bill of Lading Validation
. Scheme Oppocsed by Southern
Exc langes.
New York.?The new agreement intended
to safeguard cotton shipping
' documents went into effect, and the
' central bureau provided for in that
agreement began its activities with
1 the backing of practically nil the cot'
ton-carrying railroads, it was announced
here by the Liverpool cotton bills
of lading conference committee in a
> statement which explained the plan
adopted, and answered various crltl|
cisms. The committee says it issued
; the statement "in order to clear up
any misapprehension that may have
arisen from recent newspaper comment,
especially in the .South, and to
make clear the ends to which the
committee has been working. The
statement refers to the safeguarding
previously of ocean bills of lading
New Orleans, La.?Not until the
New Orleans conference of represeni
tatives of Southern exchanges, commercial
organizations, bankers and
I others interested in the handling of
' cotton takes place, September lx, under
the auspices of the New Orleans
cotton exchange, is any action expoct1
ed concerning the Liverpool lulls of
; lading validation scheme which has
l jus' become effective.
I The central bureau plan has been
vigorously opposed by every South>
eru exchange in strong resolutions,
i and although this plan became effective,
members of the local exchange
I i?...I nvni>r)org .toolnro that tltPV Will
Baristcrs Oppose Admittance of Negro
Lewis to Bar Association.
Boston ?When a considerable numt
her of members in the American liar
association learned that in admitting
i W illiam H. Lewis of Boston to mem.
bet-ship, thoy had admitted a negro,
- there came a storm of protest and
several threats to resign were made
i unless wis drops out voluntarily or
- otherwise.
(.ien. l'ctor V\*. Aieldrim of Suvun'
nnh, sj ai. iig for himself ami otliers
> ol' his t? rritory, said: "I think that
i Lev is is .1 respectable man, but lie is
t not the person u man and His wife
' would r-'Cfive in their homes. 1 don't
think Lewis the kind of man who
I would thrust himself upon any per'
son. l know that some of my New
l.n nd friends feel the same way
about the situation as ] do."
Bosi( William 11. Lewis, the as
S I sistnnt it. riu'.v general of the 1'nited
v States, -dared that ho would not re.
sinn i.is membership In the American
' liar at ? . :on, to which lie was electt
il, notwi ! standing certain Southern
I- mom hers of the society expressed
e themselves strongly against the admlsKsi.
n of the Huston negro
Peace Coming, Says Taft.
C* Itoston, Mass ?"Arbitration of disi
putes l.etw. n nations is coming slow.
:- ly but suivl> coming," said President
Taft in hi address before the Amer
i? ican 1 tar association. The president
i- briefly revi. v.. d the proposed general
e arbitration ir.-alios \% i111 (Jrent 11rit1
ain and Fran . and made it plain that
in his opinion the objections made to
t the treaties w.iv invalid. President
< Taft declared en phntlcally that then
i- is room for improvement in procedure
in the Federal courts.
Mack Presents Name of Di:<.
e I'.uifaio, N. V. i.a.m.an Norman E,
1 .Mack of the 1 ) : . atlc national com
i- lniltce presents lov. John A. Mix ol
e Now York as a 1 >. nun presiden
tial possibility. Co.- ri. Is the
liftb prominent inn rat to La
K brought f rwar.l . y int.. a Mack it
' a series ot at'ii. ; on iinoeratk
presiih n'.ial possi other;
5- are: Governor 11a. n? i t : (?111?>. <;0\
n i-rnor Wilson ot .btsoy, (lover
' nor aMi'sbail oi -i i na and tiovurnoi
Pots of Massat h ;*.
Powers Pr< , re for War.
Paris, Praia . ar tionds liovoi
o
,i ominously ov< r < nnncntal Knrope
a and inililnr;. pr< | .. a. ions are openb
>f KoiiiK terward ni 11 a gigantic seale
l- The belli I't 'it Milit ale ol I Tanee aili
? (icrnian> ever b>r?). eo has can .1 in
p tense ncrvt a . among tn? oi a
k powers. 'I lie warlike preparation
i- started in Belgium are adding to tlx
o pessinu li : ot internutional con
,f Uitions. < i>n\errations between <iei,
e many and France weifo reopened lj
Berlin. \
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itlCAN PEERESS | |
'Wo. ll
uses who by their beauty and charm of b
y Is Lady Ashburton. Sho was Miss ()
>olly of Now York, and her marriage to
a love match, rather than one dictated ''
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COTTONCROP i0WU058 :
I
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DROP OF SLIGHTLY OVER 14 tl
POINTS SHOWN DURING ?
MONTH OF AUGUST.
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Severe Droughts, Hot Winds and
Worms Responsible for the t.
Heavy Drop. n
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New York.?According to 1,900 re- s
plies of special correspondents of the '
Journal of Commerce and Commercial ^
Bulletin bearing an average mail
date of August 113, 114 percentage con- \
dition of cotton was on that date 73,0,
as compared with SC.9 a month ago.
This compares with 7u.7 per cent. (
last year, 00 per cent, in 1909, 7S.1 t
per cent, in 19us and 73.9 in 1907. The v
ten year average is 73.9 per cent., and c
the loss of 14.3 points during the v
month of August is the greatest in < ;i
that month in the past ten years. The j
most important declines occurred in i (
Texas and Oklahoma, respectively, i |,
21.1 points and 19.1, where severe ,|
droughts and hot winds and worms
caused heavy shedding. i>
Well informed and conservative cor
i i-opi/uut-ui? iiiniiir U) me ikmiui mar \
the deterioration shown in this ^
month's crop reports has been tin- i x
duly exaggerated, consciously or un- (l
consciously, l>v the active agitation in ]j
the cotton belt against large crop es- r
timatcs. These returns must, there- 0
fore, be accepted accordingly, and due v
allowance made for popular lies. ^
l iSJlk V/4. tllC 1 illicit Uiutcw II ?...
nounced by Director of the Census u
Durand to be in the western part of s
ltloomington, Monroe county, Indiana.
This is eight miles further west than n
the location announced July 17, when ii
Director Durand placed it 4 1-4 miles u
south of Cnionville, in the same s
county. a
The exact longitude of the center ii
of population is St; degrees .12 minutes s
land 20 seconds west, a difference of ; a
; seconds, or x miles, from the pre\
ious announcement.
Publicity Law Defective. ,
Washington?Primary election ox-! t
penscs statesments from Senators i ;
Martin and Swanson of Virginia, the t
I first to be filed under the new public- a
! ity law that went into effect August ]
lit, reached the office of Secretary
Bennett of the senate. in the ah- t
sence of Secretary Bennett, officials ,
of his office declined to make their. \
public. Following this declination a <
careful examination of the new puis ] <
licity law resulted in tiie startling ' t
disclosure that in the act, presumed j *.
to be most orastic, mere is 110 requirement
for publicity of tlie indl 1
viduul statements tiled by candidates v
for the senate or the house ,
Two New Battleships.
Washington.?The two new battleships
authorized by the last naval ,
act probably will bo of S.500 tons dis- 1
placement, or the biggest war vessols
in the world. The largest ships (
so far designed for the American 1
! navy are the New York and Texas, I
i with a displacement of 27,rti?0 tons 1
11 each, and it became known only that :
the navy department contemplated ex- i
ceeding their size. The new ships I
will have heavier armor than ever be- i
lore put 0:1 a battleship.
Madero Named by Acclamation.
Mexico City.?With 110 dissenting
voice Francisco I. .Modern received <
| the nomination of the Progressive parity
for president, hut I)r. Francisco
! Vasquez, his old running mate and
! erstwhile agent <>f the Devolution at
1 Washington, was grilled by partisans
of three other candidates lor the vice
i j presidency. When the convention ad-Mourned
no other man for the vice
presidency than Vasone/. Gome.-. had
r been considered. Madero's Was the
only name presented.
Gates Left $38,000,OCO.
r Aurora. Ill II nr> !>:. 1 years
old, of St. t harles, ' I,, only ncphc?\
of the late .lolm W. Gate-, can t< s-'
. Iiity that edii<v.ti<>n i?n\s.'' lty tlio '
I t ei at of the l:i t I i n. r.; , r 3 will just!
read in pruate. \oun linker will t
o,oi 11 it he radiiab a front college. I
, He is ni\cit $1'?," n with which to pu>
his colle e I- > and intends to enter
Harvard university this fall. Accordinn
to the St. Charles legatees ot Mr
a Gates he left an estate ol about thirtyeight
million dollars.
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PLAN TO REFLPiT j
SPANISH SHIP:
PECULATION AS TO THE VAl
OF THE HULKS OF SPANISI
WAR VESSELS BURNED.
IRE GOOD ONLY AS JU
ecretary Knox Declares Spar
Wrecks In Santiago Harbor Be
long to United States.
Santiago de Cuba.?President Ta !
ecent message to congress ask
liat it be determined whether I
punish men-of-war sunk in the b
le of Santiago thirteen years a
liould be given away and Secreta
inox's opinion that the wrecks belo
j the I'nited States, have revlv
peculation here as to the possibili
f refloating the ships. Engineers w
ave studied the location of the thr
attleships and two torpedo boats a
f the opinion that their salvage
racticable and would warrant the c
ense of saving the hulks.
Seven miles west of the narro
nouth of Santiago harbor lies tl
rst of Cervera's battleships, the A
lirante Oquendo. She is beached i
he breakers of Juan Gonzales, wit
bout one-third of the hulk visibl
xing ago she was stripped of ever
ortable article by wreckers wh
raved a watery grave for the pri/.t
lie was reputed to have held. The
ok everything they could pry loos'
deluding, report has it, inary tho?
ands of golden coins from the ship
afe. Recent inspection has show
hat the Almirante Oquendo was sacl
d even of the rivets which held lit
xtures in place.
Admiral Cervera's buttloBhip, tli
'izt.aya, lies 8 miles further down th
ocky coast, as much a victim to tli
epredations of ocean junkmen as th
Iqncndo. A third of her form break
he land line, and it is believed tlier
,'onhi be comparatively little diff
ulty in recovering iier, although sh
rould be worthless, it is thought, a
vessel of war.
At Rio Torquino, 18 miles from till
its. is the Cristobal Colon. The ( olot
;ts been preserved from the hand o
he vandal by four fathoms of watei
hove her. Locked in her safe thcrt
< said to be a large amount of 111011
> ; aboard iier nothing litis been dis
urlied since she was silenced by tin
mierican guns tind run ashore to pre
out Iier capture. The water is com
aratively deep at the point where sin
Biilmiei-!??>il nnd llio land rim-H nil
uptly from the sea. a sheer prceipict
f considerable proportions. Her sal
age would probably be the most dlf
cult of the three, engineers assert.
leers have decreed her unworthy of a
econd attempt at salvage.
The two secondary vessels of Ad
itiral Cervera's tleet, the torpedo
oats Furor and l'luton, lie submerged
iot far front the harbor entrance. The
ale of the l'luton and easily portable
rticles from her deck and cabins
iavo been recovered. The Furor is
till undisturbed. Both lie in coniparlively
shallow water.
Southern Lawyers Angry.
Boston, Mass.?Southern members
if the American Bar association are
hreatening to secede unless William
1. Lewis, the negro Baited States dis
rict attorney at Boston, ceases to be
l member of the organization. Lewis
?as been told of the attitude of the
Southern members, but he has no in
on!ion of resigning, Ho declares. roi.
Alexander Troy of -Montgomery, Ala.,
vho thinks Lewis should be put out
>f the association, said: "1 feel so
leeply on the subject that I cannot
rust myself to be quoted, except to
lay that the proposition before the
Vmerican Har association looks to me
o be that if they keep its negro it
vill lose a thousand members
hroughout the South."
Farmer Killed in Race Riot.
Purant, Okla.? Horace dibits, a
.vhite farmer, was killed In a battle
etween five white men and five ne;roes
near Caddo. The white men
ieclare they were fired upon while
massing the home of a negro named
Daniels, while the negroes say that
he whites threw a stick of dynamite
it the hut and commenced firing. Feeing
against the negroes is biiier and
further race trouble is feared. A
stick of dynamite with the fuse part*
ly burned was found near the hut.
Treaty-Making Power Attacked.
Washington One of the most seri;>us
attacks < v. r made upon the treaty
making power of the I'nited States
will mark the opening of the cominng
term of the Supreme court of the
I'nited State ; next month. The Italian
. o\ rnmeut. through its consul
' Moral on the raclUo coast, win ar'if
that i!if I'nited States possesses
broad enouph treaty-making power to
leal with the settlement of estates
>f foreigners wlio die in tliis country
without leaving wills.
French Aviator Killed.
Chartree, France.- The French aviator
Maron was killed near her . lie
was observed Hying over the city
where he was to have participated in
an aviation meet. l-ai- r came the
news of a fataI accident to tin. aviator
six miles away. \\ 1 seep .Maron
was Hying last at a he ht of about
joo feet. His motor tailed and lie
attempted to plain to the earth. lie
dropped IP'O feet and then the machine
capsized. The aviator's chest was