The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, January 12, 1905, Image 1
VOL. I. NO. S?.
CAMDEN, 8. C., I IHI^I>AY, JANUARY 12, 1905
Sl.GO Per Year*
PORT ARTHUR HAS FALLEN
* %
Kassian Stroagbold Saccunbs At Last To Hie
Assaults Of The Japanese
i?as w snma at nm
ril? lm ttiwri tUMMfs Commun
ication to Qwnwl Mogl, Cw>wl?
?Iww WipMMwtliig Km Two Com
ssandera Mot at 4 O'clock Monday
Afternoon and fiubeeqoentJy Signed
AftMoo of Capitulation.
Port Arthur, whose hills have for
?MWithe run red with the blood of the
v fc rarest of the two war-like nations,
tea at laat succumbed to the fierce
. tenacity of the Japanese attack. Gen
oral Stoeasel, moat stubborn la carry
las out the will of his sovereign, has
seen the advance of the besieging army
gala In momontum and energy until to
hold out longer would have been a
crime sgalnat humanity. The condltlona
of the surrender are not yet known.
? hut (a all quartern It la aatlclpated
that they are such ss an honorable sql
dler may accept from a brave and vic
torloue enemy.
At 9:46 o'clock 8unday eight the
commissioners completed the singing of
the capitulation agreement. Both
armiea had auspended hoatllltlea five
hours earlier. The city of Port Ar
\ thur will be occupied by the Japaneae.
The authorltiee at St. Petersburg, In
the absence of direct official newa
from General Stoessel that Port Ar
thur haa surrendered, have not per
mitted the newa to become public. Em
peror Nicholaa is In the south of Rus
sia. and his Ministers are for the time
being in the dsrk as to what dis
^ patches have been aent to him from
the front.
Tokio was the scene of rejoicing,
people of all ranke finding in the out
come compensation for all the sacri
fice of life and money that was en
tailed in the ten months' alege.
To what extent the fall of Port Ar
thur will make for a restoration of
peace la an open Question. There Is an
encouraging note In the expression by
Baron Haysshi, Japanese minister at
London, of the hope that "In some way
it will facilitate final peace." though
v the pacific note Is perhaps lost In the
later words of the minister, whlcn call
attention to the fact that the besieging
, army will now be tree to go north,
: whirs ft will ha an offset to the reln
fOrcesssnts General Kuropatkin has
bean receiving from Basis since the
tattle of Bhakhe. The spirit of the
Rusalana may be judged by the stats
v meat of the secretary of the embaaaay
at London that the campaign will be
renewed with fresh vigor In the spring,
^and that the nation will not be content
' to permit Port Arthur to remain In the
hands of the Japaese.
Both In Paris and In London the
opinion is that the squadron under
yice Admiral Rojestyensky, which
started from Libau for the far East
three months ago, will have to retrace
Its way home, aa adherence to the
original plans would Invite disaster
y or 1 thou t probabllitiy of effecting a junc
tion with the warahlps at present in
the harbor of VladUrostock. That Japan
may not be permitted to retain poe
?esslon of Port Arthur without dipptite,
Is shbwn in the fact that Parli news
papers are already reviving the claim
y made In 1901 that the holding of that
poeltion commanding the Baatern s< aa
by the Japanese would be a menace
to European powers.
Ghefoo, By Cable? -Commander Karfe
now. of the Russlsn torpedo host de
stroyer VlastBi, which arrived here
asnny, la an Interview said:
**ft>rt Arthur falls of sxhaustlon,
exhaustion not only of ammunition,
nut of men .
The remnant of the garrison left
t had been doing the work of heroes for
fivs days and flvs nights, hut ysster
ghet Out ?*/*? IyH>
Newport Neers, Special ? Prsd We?t
taghouee, the imII boy who wu shot
yesterday at Orlau by the premature
??plosion of a |U which wu being
goaded by a negro, will lose hie eye
v eight ae a remit of the accident The
?bet ? truck him full la the face, 4e
?Crorlng hoth eyee.
Police Officer Shot.
Charlotte, Special.? Rural Officer 8.
?. Cole, of Belmont Park, wae killed
??nday afternoon at half-past 5 o'clock
a negro, Will Springs. The homicide
' was committed at the railroad crossing
?ear Sugar Creek church and within
Mi yards of Zlon negro church. Mr.
\ Oots's-ion-ln-Iaw, Mr. H. B. Nabore, a
t fflfehlntst at Llddell's, was there and
I wae shot also. How eeriously he was
h wounded doei not yet appear; it eeems
V though, that he le not much hurt. Mr.
W Cole wss attempting the a it set or s
?egro for the larceny of a bicycle be
longing to another negro.
Dr. Chad wick Net Arreeted.
ew York, Special.? Dr. I/eroy 8.
' Chadwlck, husband of Casale L* Chad
Wick, arrived in this country Satur
I . day on the steamship Pretoria, ran the
'V Gauntlet of big crowda which had wait*
?i for hours to see nim, was haled to
?oooken police headquarters and to
?L th? recorder's court, and Anally left
Cleveland, not an a i>rl*onor, but as
4Mha guest of Sheriff Harry, who had
from Ohio with a warrant for
'10 lector's arrest which ha did not
day the r
Mduruo
the limit ef ht
?In the i MWMlt of the Carta om
n? everywhere tec? bfck
?Alton. exhaustton iidi Marv*
^35*h!^ A?H5F-S5
of terms. Scant ammnfrltkm bad too#
been common In the f 01 ti?M,
ina the past month many of the wrts
nothing with which to return tbe
**?*!?? RuutaMMiat In the casematee,
firing not more than once to the two
hundred shots sent hy the
When the assault came they roimlaea
the enemy with bayonets. But the
men themselves, baring
three moaths on reduced rations, wer*
so worn that it la marvelous they
stood the Anal strain w tanf. .
"Yesterday General Stoessel would
still fight. His wound, which was re
celved early In the siege, had been
bothering him, but bis determination
to light while one man stood had not
been diminished.
?"But we cannot light, said his gen
erals. 'Our men cannot more. They
sleep standing. They cannot sec the
bayonets at their breasts. We can
order, but they cannot obey/ f
?? 'Then you generals flght, said
Stoessel clinched his Arts.
"He seemed fenatlcal on the sub
ject, but llnslly be was brought to see
reason by the insistence of his subor
dinates. Admirals Lochlnsky and
Wiren-, Generals Smirnoff and Fx>ck.
and many others, sometimes with
broken rolces, urged the step which
all dreaded so long.
"The greatest loss suffered by Port
Arthur occurred a fortnight ago, when
Major General Krondratenko was
kitied. Officers and men alike re
garded him as the brightest star In
Port Arthur's firmament. When his
death becsme known, the fell in the
spirits of the soldiers was plainly vis
ible. General Kondratenko was seated
In the casemate of a certain fort dls
cuslng with seven other officers the
best way of countermining against
the Japanese, when an eleven-inch
shell burst, killing everybody In the
casemate. _ . _
"Genersrt Nogl has taken Port Arthur
with his artillery and his tunnels. His
rifle bullets were seldom found to be
of sny use.
"We who csme here Monday do not
know the terms of surrender sugest
ed by General Stoessel to General Nogl
nor the answer, having left Port Ar
thur even before the messenger had
been dispatched. Tbe general impres
sion, however, is that Stoessel haa
proposed that the army shall go free
and that he alone be made a prisoner.
"It is a simple story. Had tbe am
munition held out tbe fortress would
have held' out indefinitely. For months
we held Port Arthur by bayonets
alone, until flesh and blood could do
no more. When a man fell there was
none other to replace him. Thus the
garrison was gradually worn down.
Two hundred and Three-Meter Hill
alone cost us five thoussnd men. The
capture of that hill wss the beginning
of the end."
Tokio Wildly Joyous.
Toklo, By Cable.? Tokio is wildly
joyous over Gen. Nogl's t eel gram an
nouncing that Gen. Stoessel had sent
a letter relating to the surrender of
Port Arthur. News boys crying ex
tras were the center of large crowds.
The people grabbed the papers and re
peated the cries. Thus was the news
carried throughout the city, and with
in a few minutes the firing of aerial
and daylight rockets begsn In various
parts of the city. Bsnds appeared and
a score of small processions formed
snd ' surged through the principal
streets. Japan has paid a heavy pries
for the Russian fortress. The pree
pect of its early possssion cheered the
people ss no other event of the war
has done. The Bmperor's New Year's
reception and auence to tbe army and
navy and officers and civil officials con
tinued this morning. The news from
Port Artltir gave additional cheer to
tbe general eachange of oengratula
tloosi
t Increased WagN For Thousands.
Pittsburg, Special.?. According to In
formation from a reliable source the
Unftod States Steel Corporation shows
mt the ecd of the quarter finished Sat
urday an Increase of nearly $2,000,000
orer the September quarter. With the
resumption of work next Tuesday tae
wages of over 100,000 msn will be In
creased.
Brownlow Qete Nomination.
Naehvllle, Tenn., Special. ? Republi
can* of the State Legislature, In joint
caucus have nomlnsted Hon. Walter P.
Brownlow, representative in Congress
from the first district, as their candi
date for the United States secatorshlp.
The Legislature It overwhelmingly
Democratic and Senator William II.
Bate will succeed himself.
Torpedo Boats Leave.
Chefoo, By Cable.? Monday morning
two Russian torpedo launches from
Port Arthur arrived here. There are
seven Japanese torpedo boat destroyers
In the harbor.
Btoeeeel Named Tsrms.
Washington, Special. ? The Japanese
legation reoelved a cablegram from To
klo, saying that the negotiations for
the surrender of Port Arthur had bees
concluded and that details of the terms
of surrender would be cabled later. The
cablegram said ths articles of capitu
lation were concluded at 4 o'clock Mon
day evening. The advices received at
the Japanese legation say that Gen
eral Nogl accepted the term* of sur
render proposed by General Stosassl.
1EXT Of TK AttttMMT
AH Waaalaas Taken Prlwinw, ?w Of
War Materials ta ka Tarwad Over
tha JapaMaa Army.
Totto, Br Cable. ? 1 talaf
Basra! Rod striae (ka ta
iptalatlon ooamooa waa
last at the
aa rnntwd
It la aa follows:
Article 1.? All
. volaptMn, also
flilriah at garrison and harbor of
Fort Arthur, ara tataa pglaunsis.
MArtlcla 2. ? All forte, batteries, war
ships. other ahlpa aal boats, arms,
ammunition. boraes, an aiatartala (or
hostlla naa, govern ta ant bulldlags aad
all objacU belonging to tha Ruaaian
gorernmeat ahall be traaaCarrad to tha
Japaneae army la their erietlng con
dition.
"Article S. ? Ob tha proceeding two
condltlone being aaaented to, aa a guar
antee (or tha fulfillment thereof tha
men garrlaonlng tha forta aad the
batteries oa thla mountain, Snngahu
Mountain. Antse Mountain and the line
of eminences southeaat therefrom shall
be removed by noon of January 5, and
the aame shall be tranaf erred to the
Japanese army.
"Article 4. ? Should Ruaalaa military
or naval men be deemed to hare da
atroyed objects named In article S or
to hare caused alteration In any way
In their condition at the H?g time
the algning of thla compact and the
negotlatlona ahall be annulled and the
Japaneae army will take free action.
"Article 5. ? Tha Rualaa military and
naral authorltiee ahall prepare and
tranafer to the Japaneae army a table
ahowing the fortifications of Port Ar
thur and their reapectlre poaitiona.
and mapa ahowing the location of
m?nea. underground and aub-marine,
and all other dangeroua object*; alao
a table ahowing the composition and
ay8tem of the army and naral ser
vices at Port Arthur, a list of army
and navy offlcera with names and rank
and duty of said offlcera; a list of
army steamers, warahlpa and other
ships, with the number of their re
spective crews; a list of civilians,
showing the number of men and wo
men, their races and occupations.
"Article 6. ? Arms, including those
carried on the person: ammunition,
war materials, government buildings,
objects owned by the government,
horses, warahlpa and other ships, in
cluding their contefita, excepting pri
vate property, shall be left in their
present positions and the commission
ers of the Russian and Japanese army
shall decide upon the method of their
transference.
"Article 7. ? The Japanese army, con
sidering the gallant resistance offered
by the Russian army aa being honor
able, will permit the offlcera of the
Ruaaian army and navy as well aa of
ficials belonging thereto, to carry
awords and to take with them private
property directly neceaaary for the
maintenance of life. The previously
mentioned officers, offlclala and volun
teers who will sign a written parole
pledging that they will not take up
arma and In nowiae take action con
trary to the interaats of the Japaaaae
army until the cloee of the war will
receive the conaent of the Japaneae
army to return to their country. Bach
army and navy officer will be allowed
one servant, and such servant will be
specially released on signing the par*
ole.
"Article S. ? Non-commissioned offW
cers and privates of both army and
navy and volunteers shall wear their
uniforms and, taking portable tenta
and necessary private property, and
commanded by their respective offi
cers shall assemble at such places aa
may be indicated by the Japanese ar
my. The Japanese commissioners will
decide the necessary details therefor.
"Article 9. ? The sanitary corps and
the accountants belonging to the Rus
sian army and navy shall be retained
by the Japanese while their servlcea
are deemed necessary for the caring
for the sick and wounded aoldiers.
During such time such corpa ahall be
required to render service under dl*
rection of the military corps and ao
countanta of the Japanese army.
"Article 10. ? The treatment to be ac
corded to the residents, the transfer of
books and documenta relating to muiw
lcipal administration and finance and
alao detailed files neceaaary for tha
enforcement of thla compact ahall be
embodied In a aupplementary com
pact. The aupplementary compact ahal]
have force as this compact.
"Artlele 11. ? One copy each of thla
compact ahall be prepared for the Jap*
aneae and Ruaaian arm lea, aad It ahall
have immediate effect apoa aignatuve
thereof."
Memphis, Special. ? A special to The
Commercial-Appeal from Newport,
Ark., says that no action will be taken
by the authorities of the town In con
nection with the lynching last Satur
day at Louis Alhrhite for the mutdet
of two womea. The coroner's Jury
holding an inquest over the body of
Ailwhlte found that the deceased
"came to Ms death at the hands of
an unknown mob."
Speaker of North Carolina House.
Raleigh. N. C., 8peclal.? Owen II.
Oulon. of Newborn, was named for
Speaker of the House of the Leglsia
ture by tho Democrats, who have 08
of the ISO members, Ouion, was placed
In nomination by W.| P. Wood, second*
ed by A. W. Graham. The nomina
tion was made by a rising rote. The
House Democratic caucus, presided
over by John 8. Cunningham, chose
Prank D. Hackett for chief clerk and
P. B. Arendell for reading clerk, the
latter having no opposition. The sen^
ate Democratic caucus chose A. J.
Maxwell for ohlef clcrk, John W.
Simpson of Rutherfordton, engrossing
clerk; Brown Pogram, of Raleigh, for
sergcant-at-arms ; R. W. Stanley, of
Wilkes, SRSlsstant door-keeper.
' ? _
Sail for Hamburg.
Newport News, Va., Special. ? The
German steamship Adria sailed for
Hamburg Tuesday with two of the
Lake sub-marine boats which are said
to be consigned to the Ruslan govern
ment. The delay In the Adria's de
parture has been explained. The vea
set was held up by an agent /or the
underwriters, who Insisted upon the
sub marines being more securely fast
ened to the decks, fearing that rough
seas might cause damage to the boat*
hgr dislocating the msehaa4oal parts.
VESSEL WAS A
An Intira
or Wm
Craw
vlvora
Into the Icy
IE VKECK
NMrty All
the ?ur
ta Plung?
Huntington. W.
men are
seriously
tow boot
day.
The d?od are:
Perry Spender,
Horace
James
rUle.
Albert
Mike Stafford,
Thomas Duffy,
Will Wetsel,
George Kldd,
Injured: Ira
Robert Holland,
third cook.
The defender
Monougshela
and Coke
James Woodward
house at the time
with the exception
and the
the crew were
and throe
of a boiler
the
Wed nee
Pi
Pittsburg.
Plttsurg.
Pittsburg.
engineer;
Mann,
by the
Coal
Capt.
pilot
and
Blizzard la Nfgfrork.
New York. Special.? Ifew York City
and all the surroundinafounUy Wed
nesday was In the |ru| of the most
severe storm of the Bfater. Traffic
of all kinds was 'haodrf^ed, trolley
lines were tide up aMrthe streets,
swept by a gale drlvlngjbefore It fine
snow that cut like auif ud piled in
great drifts, were practically Impassa
ble. Railroad trains from all points
were delayed from a few minutes to
three hours, and the elevated lines
were operated with tl* greatest diffi
culty without regard to achedula. AX
sea the conditions must have been be
yond description, but a* disaster has
been reported. U; the harbor, the os>
1 y point where observation could be
had, an Immense seaNnm running and
several great liners aad^msller ves
sels tuned all night <feftheir chains
In the semi-sheltered gM where they
had nought refuge the stem.
What may have happdWr off shore to
any luckless cr?*? whleh had to ffcoe
the fury of the gale, only time can tell.
? All over tha city, morning found
tsailey cars blocked in the streets,
great drifts piled against them and
preventing them from moving an Inch.
In many of the cars were snow-bound
passengers, who had remained In the
cars all night rather than face the
blisxard In on attempt to walk to their
homes.
Four serious fires during the night,
two of them calling for two alarms
each, gave the firemen and their
horses their, most bitter ezperlence
of tho winter. In one case, Just before
dawn, and when the storm was at Its
height, the occupants of several tene
ment houses in the upper Bast Side
were routed from their beds and
forced to flee half-clothed to the storm*
swept streets. In this case 64 horses,
which were quartered near the tene
ment house, were burned to death.
Pedestrians were compelled to force
their way through the unbroken drifts
to the transit lines, only to find that
because of the complete surface car
tie-up, they had another trudge to the
sub-way stations. Every station along
the sub-way was packed, and the
trains were jammed.
Although thousands of homeless un
fortunates wore given shelter by the
various charitable organisations Tues
day night, more than a score of men,
overcome by ootd, were found lying
about the streets sarly WedMny.
All of these probably will reoover un
der treatment.
News of the Day.
Mr. W. W. Johnson, secretary Cham*
her of Commerce, Union, S. C., writes
to the Manufacturers' Record aa fok
lows: "I want arguments and static
tics going to shew the benefits derived
by other sections of the eountry from
imported labor. There Is a settled pre*
Jttdlce in the minds of our farmers
against foreign labor. My Idea is that
the freqnent publication In the county
papers of arguments and flgurss tend*
Ing to show the good done by such la
bor. will do somsthlag, at lsast, to
wards r<Vaoving this Ignorant objec
tion on the part of our landlords."
Bequest to Thornvwell Orphsnage.
Camden, 8. C.. Special.? In hie will,
probated here, State Senator McCall
makes the Thornwetl Orphanage a be
quest of 99.000. The remsinder of the
estste, worth hslf s million dollars,
goes to relstlvee, except that a neigh
bor, William Boyer, a Confederate vet
ertn who lost both arras In a cannon
explosion at a political celebration, Is
given the smount due ou a mortgage
McCall held on his farm.
Will Not bs Courtmsrtialsd.
St. Petersburg, By Csble. ? The scenes
at the admiralty and War Office were
a repetition of those of yesterday,
crowds of weeping women and chil
dren vainly asking for lists of the sur
vivors of the Port Arthur gsrrlson,
which could not be furnished. While
the Rusetsn military law Is imperative
In the requirement that the commander
of a fortress who surrenders shall be
tried by eourt-martlal. the Bmperor
undoubtedly will order that this form
ality be dispensed with In the case of
General Mosses L.
CONGtBS IN SESSION AGAIN
*** ??* Hmm Regularly at
Wtrtc? What They arc Doing.
Mtru>> *??*? Adjourns.
WJ* tfca How* reconvened after
Mr Qroavernor, of
Ohio, aubmltted tho report of the mer
u ,1.1"11"1 coaamleeloa, the minor
rnu tslr*..*1? 0,11,1 FVk*V to aub
** The Houae adjourned
tomorrow out of reepect to the
?wnory of the late Representative Ma
honey, of Illlnola.
SubTentton. of Are dollar, per grou
ton annually ; aubaldea for the carry
to* of mails from Atlantic Coast and
Qulf of Mexico porta to 8outh and Cen
tral America and Cuba, and from Pa
"? iwa- ch,M- ?*?
fni .k ?X,co' Ca,tr?1 America
nd the lathmua of Panama; a ton
U* ?* f?relgn vessels entering
United State, porta; the creation of a
naval volunteer of appreUcea on ahlpe
!? ,^,?n trade ?r? Prorlded for in
the bill agreed upon by the Joint mer
chant marine oommiaalon.
Senate Meeta Again.
Upon re-convening after the holiday
fwseea. the 8enate plunged directly in
to the consideration of the bill for the
'?? Bute. t? be w
ed 1 of Artiona and New Mexico and Ok
lahoma and Indian Territory. A mo
Lm BeTered?? to take up the
bill prevailed by a vote of 31 to 17. Mr
Heyburn. who renewed hla effort to
the food b111- Tot?d with
thli o" Cal,? but wlth
^ ptlon the Republicans voted
ScS l! th h^6?1 w,th *** considers
ocJL? Um-S ^ bln and the Dem
"olldiy against that course A
rerammi/w **?}?? of Tenneasee, to
Wke^t T2TJ!. *!* do.wn- Mr- Nelson
bin lonKlh in advocacy of the
It ,nJ *PJkiaS his motion, said
report.
?hettteMtew,.'ieS,l,M !"en beld ?hea
mJ?.e entered upon an argument
I , consolidation of the four Terri.
tories into two States. Referrinr [o
N?.P^P?>0dwUn,on of Artsona and
a 8t*tl *8a,d they wo"W make
Prisld ln nlfof ^r area than 18 eo*n
with New vir?exr eWT Eng,and States
"" tonniZ"J?l
SSMTSM: ax ,n ,ncre"e
b?r.r n?,^keDrldgf Mid *? the mem
ha? bL?' nStnS1 tU? vn Territories
nma oeen notified of the comj\ttea
iraa the" fault n^Vh 'Vlir8 to attend
beijr^ - of todlvldual mem
meeting1* "2R ?f
I?* ?? to helTS,.kie'Tq?o?^
the ante " The ?J? "0t conM> up wlth
J-ZtS ? The reference of tho ven
csused 2e?SSnr t0 a P?PuI?r game
HiR mLr ? *round the chamber.
His motion was voted down, 15 to 31
ifle Senste adjourned.
Senator Bard occupied the entire
toe of .be Senate. He made an argj!
New Merino' "" U,nl?" ot Arizona and
MODle of ih'. . the ground that the
dMIre lt two Te"?orle8 do not
During the course of Mr. Bard'n
Son te Was lnterrupted by Mr Tlll
wanted to make an
sona* ? it^b,te supremacy In Ari
woul'd h ? ",5 ? two Territories
with r!h. 1 ke <0,n,n? Florida
D?onl? Of L. d t0 subject the white
IfSirsSl ^Z?.?a 10 the d?mtoatlon of
poTOd Greasers," which he op
8eveni bills of minor Importance
#?ro passed during th<? dsv and th*
Senate adjourned until Monday.
Will Canvaaa Vote February ?
DlZl thi0,nt ?t^tehood hill again occu
tio^???fh?S,?r,ty P01^0" of the atten
nleteH h?! 8en#te- ?nd Mr kelson com
??*wl hit ipMch In support of it
par* ?S3,b?8 b,n WM in
?*ort wa* made to ae
^1!^.?? upon !t- Bills for the re
?D th* m<K,,cal corps ot
of regulating promotions
or army oflTlcers employed in the orrti.
nance department were peased.
A resolution reported by Mr. Bur
j rows from the committee on privileges
Ci!?K8 *tln* 1 ?'c,ock on Wed
br ^brU>ry *' for lb? canvaas by
voL ^ Congress of the
f ! at 0,6 Ia,t Presidential elec
w? to. The ceremony will
take place In the chamber of the House
Jou?nePdre8enUUve8' Th? S?nate *d~
No River and Harbor Bill.
Tbe prospects are that this session
of Congress will not pass a rived and
harbor bill. The committee on rivers
and harbors has been considering a
bill for some time with a view of mak
ing an early report, but among the
leaders In the Hourc there Ir a dispo
sition to let tho bill go over for this
session, on account of the condition of
the Treasury. Cutting off a rlvor and
harbor bill would be in line with the
determination of the House leaders to
adhere to a policy of strict economy In
government expenditures.
Representative Msynard, of Virginia,
In a bill proposed to increase the salary
of the President to $75,000 a year, the
Vice President to $15,000 and to give
the President after his retirement from
office an annual salary of $25,000 per
annum for life.
uongreasionai notes.
By a Mil Introduced by Representa
tive Gillespie, of Texas, It Is proposed
that United States District Judges shall
have been residents of the district for
at least Ave years prior to appointment
and that they shall reside continuously
within the district while on tho bench.
A violation of the last provision is
made a high misdemeanor.
The House committee on agriculture
authorised a report on tbe resolution
calling on the Secretary of Agriculture
for Information as to the data for the
report on cotton acreage and produc
tion.
SWT! UMLKU COTTON CtOf
T*o Hondo* Thousand Bait* Nat
Vat >al4 It la Aolng HaM Far
Higher FiImio, and at Tan Canta a
FauN Waulai Bring Tan Mllllan
Dollar*.
"A. K-" In the Charleston. (* C.)
Newa and Courier, haa thla to mm <*
tba cotton crop of 8outh Carolina:
The New Year baa dawned with
prosperity and good feeling all <aor
South Carolina. Tba cotton ?ttuattan
la a serious one, but fortunately tba
terrible slump came after tbe State
bad gotten fully on its feet in a flnam
clal sense, and tbe bulk of tbe cotton
now being beld is In tbe bands of those
beat able to hold It. A representa
tive of a large cotton buying firm waa
sent here from New York about ten
days ago, and he haa persistently tried
to buy cotton, but in tbe ten dsys he
haa not bought over two hundred bales.
This shows that there Is no disposition
to sell and that the holders do not
bare to sell.
Tbe next question is: Is the cotton
here?
It certaialy is, and It la being held
for better prices, and thoae who hold
It are not going to sell at present
prices, simply because they do not
have to. j
A close observer from Orangeburg
County, the banner cotton county of
this State, and the second largest cot
ton producing county in the country,
according to the census, has about 20,
000 bales oh hand In the possession of
the original producers. It Is estimate*
that Orangeburg County raised this
year 88.000 bales of cotton, and of tbls
amount it is stated that 5.000 bales are
now being held in Amelia Township
alone, and the remaining fifteen or
twenty townships of Orangeburg Cone
?y or<9?<! enough to a total of 20,00o
bales in the hands of the producers Ip
that county.
It Is this way In Anderson, and in
fact all over the State. A gentleman
from Anderson County said the other
day that the cotton mills are holding
cotton for farmers, and that in ad
dition the ware houses over the State
are well filled with cotton.
It is estimated that fully 200,009
bales of cotton are being held in South
Carolina, which at ten cents a pound,
are worth $10,000,000. It Is further
stated that most of the cotton mills
have bought pretty freely and have
their supplies on hand, with allow
ances for filling in orders from the
home territory. Many of the cotton
milla of the State bought cotton when
It was very much higher than it is to
day.
$60,000 Fire at Greenville.
Greenville, Special. ? Starting at 3
o'clock Tuesday morning. Are de
stroyed two tobacco warehouses, four
prize houses and several smaller
builiiings. together with a half rail*
lion pounds of leaf tobacco. The total
loss is fully $60,000; insurance 110,000.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The losers were: R. A. Tyson, E. H.
Thomas & Co., Evans, Hooker & Co.,
C. W. Harvey, Greenville Warehouse
Company, R. F. Betts, J. E. Hughes &
Company, R. O. Jeffreys, S. M. Schultz,
Thomas Sc. Greene, T. B. Ficklcn Bail
ey & Andrews, the Euvita Company.
8toeeel Cablee the Emperor.
Toklo, Special. ? By permission of
the Japanese General Stoessel sent
a cable message to the Emperor of
Russia. The mesage recites the fact
that the Port Arthur commander was
forced to surrender, announced the
terms granting the officer's parole and
asks the Emperor to send his com
mands.
Col. McColl Dead.
Bennettsville, Special. ? Col. C. S.
McColl, Senator and one of the most
prominent cttlsens of Marlboro county,
died here Saturday after a short Ill
ness. His death was a great shock to
the entire community.
Telegraphic Briefs.
Dr. Leroy S. Chadwlck arrived In
Cleveland, Ohio, and was released on
ball to answer charges of aiding his
wlfo In passing a forged check.
Senator John H. Mitcholl and Rep
resentative Dinger Hermann, who
have been indicted In connection with
the Oregon land fraud, denounce this
action as a conspiracy.
Rev. Ingram N. W. Irvine, it was
understood, failed In his mission to
Huntingdon, Pa., in that his former
parishioners there whose names ap
pear on the presentment against Bish
op Talbot, still repudiate their signa
ture.
Bribery of officials is alleged ' to
have caused the defeat of Governor
Garcln, of Rhode Island.
L,ynchlngs In 1904 were Mwer than
In any year since 1885, the number
boing 89.
Frank Gardner, aged 17, was res
cued from drowning by the heroism
of a slrl r.eer Delaware, N. J.
An unusual political situation has
developed from the proposition to reg
ulate railroad rates.
8enator Scott, of West Virginia,
says the government should own all
buildings uBcd for It for Federal pur
poses, both In the United States ami
abroad.
Tha Geological 8urvey nnnounces
that tho new gold fields of Nevada
promise to become among the most
Important.
William McKean, of Baltimore, who
reached Norfolk, declares he was cap
tured and held prisoner on a Chesa
peake Bay oyster beat
TDESOUTD'S WEALTH
NttaUe licrease Sbtwa Dariaf lit
fast Fear
A STEADY INFLUX OF CAPITAL
TIM RmmHuM* Gain In (HvtraNM
Agriculture No4?bU Tht Imrin
Wa th? Taxakl* V>lu* of Pnpaly
40 Par Cant Am Qnat aa tKa H*
ctmm Ik tka Pwcaadlwj 20 Yaaw.
Baltimore. MdL, Spedart.? The Mil
utacturtra* RMttd preautt thli week
the tppwilmtf figures o t the assess
ed valuation of the property in all the
Soutbena States at the beginning of
1905, publishing a table* showing by
States a total snswai valuation of
$4,510, 925,237 ln> 1890; of fBtm.594,044
in 1900 and of *8496, 893,813. In 1904.
Commenting upon these flfcasea The
Manufacturers' Record says:
"These figures, subject in part to re
Vision ? and, it la believed la the esse
Of two or three States, several million
Collars below what will be shown by
the final retarne on assessed values ?
thdlcate the remarkable sdvnnce in
material wealth in> the South between
1900 and 1904. During that period, as
shown by these figures, there was a
gain of more than 1980,000,000, or at an
average rate of $230,000*000 a year.
The magnitude of this increase Is
strikingly Illustrated when compared
with the progress in the decade be
tween 1890 and 1900. when the total
increase in assessed valuation was
$755,000^000, or at the rate of $75,000,
000 a year. It was during that decade
that the price of cotton fell to its low
est point since the war, but during the
last four years there was a steady ad
vance to the exaggerated speculative
value of the early part of last year.
It may not be possible to connect with
exactness the increase in the price of
cotton and the enhancement in the as
sessed values of property in the South
but that higher prices do have a ma
terial bearing upon the prosperity,
goes without question.
"In studying this question, however,
it should be borne in mind that during
that last few years the Increase In
diversified agriculture in the South
has been almost as marked as the in
crease in the value ef cotton, and ad
ded to this Is the really wonderful In
dustrial development. The remsrlcable
change from the low price of cotton of
six or seven years ago is hardly more
striking than Is the increase In the pro
duction of grain, fruits, vegetables
and other farm products. The total
Increase in the sssessed value of prop
erty In the South in the 20-year per
iod from 1880 to 1900 was $2,310, 000, ?
000; or, in other words, in the last four
years the gain in the taxable value in
the South has been 40 por cent, as
great as the total gain of the proceed
ing 20 years.
Bearing on the increase In the as
sessed value of property. The Manu
facturers' Record gives in detail statis
tics showing the great development of
diversified farming in the South, which
in connection with industrial develop
ment has been a potent factor In the
enrichment of that section, and says:
"By reason of the short crop and
high prices of cotton in 1903 and the
large crop and lower prices in 1904,
the world's attention has been so close
ly center od upon cotton that the re
markable development in diversified
agriculture throughout the South, now
one of the most marked features of
Southern farming operations, has been
to a considerable extent overlooked.
In l?uS the 8outh produced such an
exceptionally large grain crop that It
was hardly to be expected that there
would be a further Increase in 1994.
although there Is practically no limit
to the South's capabilities In the de
velopment of diversified farming, la
1909 the production of corn showed an
Increase of 138,000,000 bushels over
1999. The aggregate production of
corn In the Sooth for the last two
years waa 1,300,000,000 bushels,
against 900,000,000 bushels for the two
proceeding years, an Increase Ih two
years of nearly 400,000,000 bushels.
The total value of the corn crop of
the last two years was $720,000,000
against $566,000,000 for the two pre
eeeding years, or a difference In favor
of the last two years of $154,000,000,
which was added to tne wealth of tho
8outh by the increase in corn alone.
There was no material difference In
the wheat production bpt the higher
prices of whoat In 1904 made a differ
ence of nearly $15,000,000 to the South
as compared with the wheat crop of
1903 and a difference of $31,000,000 a?
compared with the wheat crop of 1902.
Tho total value of corn, wheat, oates.
Irish potatoes, rye and hay produced
in tho 8outh last year was $f> 4 2. 090,000
a gain of $36,000,000 compared with
1903 and of $140,000,000 compared with
1902. Outside of these crops and of
cotton, the value of other farm pro
ducts, including rice, sugar, tobacco,
sweet potatoes, vegetables, fruits and
live stock products, was about $r>50,
000,000, or a total value of Southern
agriculture outside of cotton In 1904
of about $1,092,000,000. The aggregate
grain production in tho South last
year was 790.000.000 bushels, against
607,000,000 bushels in 1902.
Rehearing In Rebate Case.
Washington, Special? The inter-State
commerce commission telegraphed
President Ripley, of the Atchison. To
peka & Santa Fe Railroad, that It
would give a re-hearing in Chicngo of
the Colorado Fuel & Iron case, prob
ably on Friday or Saturday of next
week, though possibly not until later.
This is the case in which charges wero
? made of granting rebates by the rail
road to the Colorado company.