The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, December 11, 1903, Image 7
$: invasion o?. t?io Boll Weevil IB a
Heal Menace
TO THE COTTON OF THE SOUTH.
\Wh*t-B6o1r?tary of ?^rloulturo ?\V1I
BOU Bays Ab?ut\tb.e rest In
*.' Ula Annual. Report to
Congress.
... .. Io bis,seventh annual report tpjQ?rT-?
Kress Secretary: of Agriculture Wilson
- deals at some length wi Wi a subject of
considerable Interest to, the cotton
planters'o? the, South. '..Here ia what
he says: .
TUB COTTON BOLL .WEEVIL.
The continued spread of the cotwm
boll weevil^ and the danger- "threaten
ing the most important industry of
I tho south by the direct prospect that
lt will soon reach all portions of tho
cotton belt, resulted in the. appropria*,
-tlon by congress of 820,000 for'a .'c?n
. tlnuatlon? and enlargement of the
work of the division wlth^that pest.'
.This . work was 'under the direct
charge in Texas of Mr. W. D. Hunter,
who was aided by a number of assist
ants. !
The funds at the disposal of the di*
vision enabled it . for -the first time to
conduct experiments with ' tho cultu
it ral methods or controlling the pest orr
a large scale. This was accomplished
by entering - into contract with two
representative large planters In typi
cal situations - in Texas. By the
terms of these contracts thc planters
agreed to cultlvate, care for, and in
' every way- manage the crop exactly in
accordance with the directions pf the
agent In charge. Tri this manner the
division was given practically com
plete charge of 325 acres, but without
the. trouble and expense of renting,
the land and working the crop. These
experiments were located at Calvert,
in the Brazos valley, the most seri
ously Infested portion of the territory
at present, and at Victoria, lo the ex
. treme southern portion of tbc State,
i - where the existence of volunteer cot
ton furnishes the weevils with food
very early In the season, thus adding
an important feature to the problem
that does not occur elsewhere.
At Victoria field laboratory was fit
ted Up, where a thorough study was
made of every feature of the life his
tory of the weevil. The matter of
parasites and the possibility ot con
trolling the pest by their artificial
propagation, which has always ap
pealed strongly to many planters, re
ceived- especial attention. .In pur
suance of this feature of the Investi
gation the agent in charge made a
trip toMexico, where the government
al commission. that had been created
for the study of the weevil problem
bas especially concerned Itself with
the propagation of a mite (Pedlcu
loides ventrlcosus), which, at least
under certain conditions, bas been
' . found to destroy the larvae ot the
" pest. The agent made a study of the
methods pursued In the laboratory of
the commission at Cuernavaca, and
through the courtesy of Prof. A. L.
Herrera, the head of the commission,
he was enabled to bring back to Texas
... . a large number of cultures. These
\ parasites -^werer distributed from tne
.laboratory at"-"Victoria. The work is
?>. being contbMied this season, but the
indications )xe that climatic condi
tions will a\ Ays rendpr nable
-^^iu^-r?x?s w;ttfver-??w.^. .. ...?> may"
have been" obtained In Mexici.
The concluding portion bf Secretary
Wilson's report deals with the
CBISIS IN COTTON PRODUCTION.
The . invasion of the cotton boll
weevil has been a special menace to
our cotton crop, and bas done more
than anything else to awaken wide
spread apprehension as to the future
of this most Important crop. The
boll weevil first appeared in the State
of Texas In 1804, and from that time
on has been under observation and in
vestigation by the department
through Its division of entomology.
It was not until 1902, however, that
this branoh of the department was
able to undertake anything like thor
ough and systematic work in thc mat
ter of studying this very destructive
enemy of cotton. In 1?03 the scope
of the work was further enlarged an
appropriation of 820,000 being made in
the division of entomology for the In
vestigations. Aside from the work
the bureau of plant industry hos,
during the post year, been currying
on considerable work with a view to
securing, if possible, early and resist
ant varieties by breeding and selec
tion; and has been conducting nome
more or less general experiments In
the matter of crop diversification at
special points in Texas. It bas also
been engaged In.distributing a consid
erable quantity of cotton seed of early
maturing and promising sorts.
Tbe work of the division of ento
mology has shown conclusively the
value of good cultural methods, the
planting of early-maturing varieties,
and the destruction of weevil-infested
material, this conclusion having been
reached only through the careful and
detailed, studies of the life history
and habits of the Insect. The demon
stration work along these lines, which
the division carried on the past year,
bas been exceedingly promising, as it
has been shown that cotton can be
grown In remunerative quantity, des
pite tne presence of the weevil. Not
withstanding what has been accom
plished by the department, however,
tho fact remains that the boll weevil
is constantly spreading north and
east, and lt ls probably only a ques
tion of time when lt will reach all the
cotton growing States. Thus the
country ls confronted with a very
grave problem, as the invasion of this
insect must necessarily mean a com
plete rev. .lotion in present agricultu
ral methods. During a recent visit
to Borne of the southern States con
siderable limo was spent in the weevil
infested district, and from the facts
gathered in this way 1 am convinced
tbat energetic measures must bc
adopted to meet thc present emergen
cy. After thoroughly canvassing the
situation with representative men In
congress and with others, I am of the
opinion tbat a cotton Investigation
fund should bo appropriated and set
aside for immediate use in connection
with this most serious problem. In
order to make the work comprehen
sive and thoroughly effective, I am of
the opinion that a sum of not less
than 8500,000 should be made imme
diately available for tnis purpose, the
same to be expended under the direc
tion of tho secretary of agriculture,
in such manner as will give the most
immediate practical results. As to
the problems which mlgnt he han
dled the department with such a Bum
available, 1 would respectfully call at
tention to the following:
RECOMMENDATIONS.
1. It would seem highly important
that some action be taken looking t'j
the checking,. if practicable, of - ab?
radio outbreaks ' of tho weeyll In the
territory ? immediately ^'adjacent .'to
that "now'.' infested,:?' ;<T.nl? could < beat
be accomplished by the* Organization
of *a oWpaof: 'compete'nfcentoniologlats
and could bo carried on In vod-op^ra?
tl?n;wlth tbef State autborltlea. ; : In'
order to mak'? this < work thoroughly
effeotlve.lt w|llKl>e necessary for the
Stato.totereatcd to enact groper legis-,
l?tlon.' ;. - This ls : a 'matter,' that could
bo handled and guided by those In
authority,-, working, under the direc
tion of the secretary'of agriculture.
.2. Demonstration Work to Show
tho Value of : Improved Cultural
Methods by Wbloh lftarmers Can Pro
duce Fall Qrop? ? in~;Splte of the Wee
ViU-^-Tbis ia the most promising field
for immediate relief, and: Owing, to
the faot that the weevil is so far con
fined to Texas, the work here outlined;
would necessarily i be limited more or
less tb this State, although ?regions In
adjacent terri tory should also ha ve such
investigations carried on in tbem in
order that ' -:tbe people . may be
come enlightened in advance of
the Insect's - ravages. The' object
and scope 'of ' the workV would be
to show by actual demonstration ex
periments the value of better cultural
methbds^th?^v?l?e 6f early maturing
varieties, and the value of and neces
sity for complete abd thorough de
struction of all Infested material. To
oarry out this work thoroughly and
effectively would, requrle a, corps-of
men familiar, with cultural condi
tions, and who have the -knowledge
and ability to direct the necessary
specific work that might be ordered
by the secretary of agriculture. Leg
islation would be required in this
case, also, to enforce the.destruction
of Infested material*, but, under pro
per organization, this could be brought
about. '
3. Work HaVlng for Its Objeot thc
Production of New,. Early and Im
proved Varieties of Cotton.-The
value ot early varieties bas been de
monstrated, but most of them have
serious drawbacks in that they are
poor yleiders and the lint drops out
easily during storms. These matters
may be corrected by proper breeding
and selection, and one;of the Impor
tant problems would haye for Its ob
ject the taking* up of this work on a
systematic scale, to the end of secur
ing sorts which would not only be
early, but would be storm proof and
resistant.
' 4. Studies ot Cotton Diseases.
While the boll weevil is mainly in the
public eye at present, the fact re
mains that other serious pests of cot
ton cause great losses annually. It
j ls natural to attribute all losses
at the j ."present time to the In
?sect in question, whether these
losses be from other insects, diseases,
floods, droughts or whatever source.
Reliable studies indicate that the loss
io Texas alone from the so-called root
rot disease will, in all probability, ag
gregate several mimons of dollars an
nually; This and other diseases should
be thoroughly studied, and .corrective
measures should be adopted.
5. Cotton Insects.-What is said of
cotton discuses ls also true of cotton
insects (especially of the boll worm)
other than the boll weeuil. Tbese
I should all receive careful attention,
I and practical experiments should be
?carried on with a view to lessening
the injury caused by them.
6. Introduction of New Crops.
The urgent necessity for the intro
duction of other crops which will take
the place.of cotton can not be too
strongly emphasized. Cotton, of
j course, should be grown, but the time
ls evidently'at hand when, a concerted
effort should be made to bring about
a change in southern agricultural
conditions in the direction of greater
diversification. This is-'recognlzed
now as a vital question in the' south.
In many sections already the/yield of
cotton is barely profitable, so that,
when the r?duction due to the boll
weevil and other pests ls taken into
account, it will be necessary to aban
don cotton growing altogether; while
the decreased yield in the best dis
tricts of the cotton growing sections
renders it more important that other
crops should be.grown. Such crops
as alfalfa, sorghum, Kafir corn, and
cereals of various sorts should all re
ceive attention, not only for silage,
pastures and winter forage generally,
but for green manures as well.
7. Studies and.Experiments in Con
nection with Methods for the Destruc-.
tlon?and Control of the Boll Weevil'
and Other Cotton Insects.-It would
seem highly important that the gov
ernment should take cognizance of the
many devices which are being placed
on the market for combating the
weevil and other insects. This is
necessary, as much for positive as
negative results. Hundreds of de
vices and nostrums are offered to the
public, aud people are led to spend
money for them. The government
should be in position to determine,
once for all, the value or non value of
such devices, and thus be able to de
finitely and positively advise on all
matters of this kind. Aside from
this, the government should take the
matter of mechanical devices under
thorough consideration, and should
j encourage, by the utilization of
mechanical experts, the construction
and use of everything which gives
promise of practical value.
8. Studies of Enemies of the Insect
-While the studies of the enemies of
the Insect have bad, so far, no practi
cal result, there Is no doubt that this
work should be continued and every
thing In the nature of enemies,
whether they be predaceous or para
sitic insects, birds, fungus parasites
or others, should receive careful atten
tion.
0. Securing and Distributing Seed
j of Cotton Known to have Special
Value for Earliness and Ability to
Resist the Weevil-Systematic action
should be taken in the, matter of
?securing from every cource available
seed of promising varieties and
thoroughly testing them in the
weevil-infested district. In addition
to this there should be a systematic
endeavor to bring together desirable
varities from all available sources for
advance trials In the sections where
the Insect is likely soon to make an
Invasion. _J
10. General Propaganda-Under
this head there should be organized a
competent corps of efficient workers,
who could, with the cooperation of thc
agricultural colleges, farmers' insti
tutes, State boards of agriculture and
all such organized bodies, bring to tho
attention of planters everywhere the
latest results as to methods ot meet
ing the present emergency.
TO CARRY ON THE WORK.
To carry out the foregoing work ef
fectually, it is believed that thc best
results will be secured by a separate
organization. It will be seeu that
the two branches of thc department
primarily interested in this matter
are thc bureau of plant Industry and
the division of entomology; and tho!
officers and men would bojn -.?
to effect the proper^c?
' ,r?:
.... ?..^Tl. . .. . M , , ;, .
to -direct tho main .features of the .
work.: I would, therefore, respectful- .''
ly yecommehtf-tuat if the ?mouh^al
ready mentioned be set aside ?a a'cot- '.!
ten irivesslgatlon f und.the secretary bf. ;
agriculture be authorized to take such
steps in the peif?cting^ of-ia. proper
orgapizaWoh for bandling the work as \
io his Judgment, may. bo best. Ow
ing to the very nature of tbe inves- ,
tigatioDa abd tbe fact that 'they wilt
Involve most thorough and far-reaoh
ing Bclentllio wofk, the management
of the general plans must hecessarily
test wita the "department.*; it- is be
lieved thattb.?: v?or!^.eah 6e strength-!
ened; by securing tho advice'and _co? (
operation qt pne. or two Jboroughly
practical men in the States most di
rectly Interested, viz, Louisiana and j
Texas. The seoretairy of agriculture,
howev?r, should have full authority
to organize the work for the sole ob
ject of securing, as already lndloated,
the. most imm?diate practical results.
. : In order to more effectually handle
the problems which must necessarily
fall to the work of- the division of cu
te m ology, I "have already recommed
ded In my estim?t?s'th?t this Import
tant. braned of the department be
mad? a bureau. The work that.it
has done in the past, especially in the
Held in question, certainly justifies ;
this action; and I most earnestly re
commend that this matter be given ;
primary consideration lb connection
with the entire problem, lb is very
desirable, furthermore, that tho full- (
est cooperation be effected by the de
partment with the experiment sta
tions in the respective States, where
the more important work will be con
ducted. This especially true of . Texas,
where the agricultural college is doing
everything in its power to aid ID the
matter, but where it is more or less
handicapped by . lack.of proper facili- '/
ties and funds. :
The fund recommended to be set
aside for the purpose mentioned and
used In accordance with the plans out
lined will give the department sucb
liberty bf action as the exigencies of
tbe case demand. An industry which
brings to the country an annual in
come of something of $500,000,000 is
threatened, and tbe time Is at band
foi energetic action. I again, there
fore, most earnestly renew my recom
mendations for the means and
autborlty to carry out the plans as
herein set fortb.
Bespectfully submitted,
James Wilson, .
Secretary.
Washington, D. C., Nav. 28. 1903.
THE WORKING GIRL.
A Savannah Minister Pays Her a
High and Deserved Tribute.
Rev. Robt. Van Devent?r, a Bap
tist minister of Savannah Ga., recent
ly preached a sermon on. "The Work
ing Girls of the South." He paid a
tribute to the army of girls and young
women who earn their living, express
ed bis sympathy for them, and deal
ing with their trials and temptations.
'His text: "Many daughters have done
virtuously, but thou excellest them
all,!' from Proverbs, thirty-first chap
ter and thirty-first verse, was applied
to the Southern working-girl of today
who, persevering the traditions of her
ancestors, retaining ^all the-charms
and .graces of womanhood and com
manding tbe respeot of those who have
the highest regard for tho memory of
women of the old South who did not
work, goes forth. Into the world of
trade and commerce to assume duties,
which have heretofore fallen to the
lot of men, and performing them to
the absolute satisfaction of her em
ployment.
"I maintain that the worklng-wo
men of the South excel them all," said
Rev. Mr. Van Deyenter. "Southern
women have always merited the ad
miration they have taken the
place of husbands and brothers at
home while the men fought back the
enemy, and have divided their sub
stance with the despuiler, in times of
trouble they have been strong, but the
Southern worklng-glrl of today,
descended from ancestors who lived
lives of ease and luxury, officiate in
their several capacities with dignity
that ls patriotism to nerve them for
tbeir tasks in the humdrum business
world, yet they work'self sarificlngly
and without a murmur."
The minister impressed upon his
congregation, among which were a
large number of those of whom he was
speaking, the essentiality of ambition
and economy. "Working-girls should
always look up to something higher
and develop their talents in order that
they may be competent to fill higher
places when the opportunity to step
higher presents itself." "Without am
bition," he declared, "to be icontent
to remain in the present positions
their lives become as narrow as the
confinements of the offices in which
they work.
"The strength of religion ls above
all essential," he declared. "The life,
the pathway of the working-girl is
beset with temptation*;, of a peculiar
nature, temptations that are strong
er than arc presented to the man who
works because in the way in which
some people consider the girl who
Ands it necessary to go out and earn
her daily bread. It IB dangerous for
her to rely upon her own strength of I
will power. But with ambition," be
concluded, "and economic, upheld and
strengthened by religion the working
girl of the South has a brilliant
future."
Forgot Himself.
A dispatch from Spartanburg to
The State says after the second act in
"Romeo and Juliet," the play pre
sented by the Slmvelle Co., Wednes
day night at the opera house, during
curtains, a quarrel arose between L.
M. Mortie, who essayed the role of
Romeo and Miss Louise Clarke, the
Juliet of the troupe. Spartanburg
theatregoers were subjected tojieur
ing the use of profane language on
the stage, and behind the scene, thc
same emanating from the enraged
Romeo. Tbls is thc first instance of
the kind over recorded here. Several
policemen went behind the scenes and
8nowmantlcd peace soon reigned su
preme. The quarrel was due to Ro
meo accusing Juliet of cutting him off
In his lines.
Killed by Maniple Medicino.
The Oberokee News says ono day
lost week a representative of proprie
tary medicine came to town and dis
tributed samples of his medicine. He
gave out some at the Limestone mills.
Some of the samples went into the
home of W. M. Oablness. Mr. Cabl
ness bad two six months old twins
who were sick. He gave them each
a dose of the medicine about nine
I o'clock on Wednesday night and' then
went to bed. When ho waked up
I next morning bo found both children
I cold and stiff in death. They were
[afflicted *7ith the hives. Tho afflicted
have_thc_ sympathy of a host
Affliction.
TRAIN WRECK
tbs Terrific Explosion f?t a 1
Naphtha Tank Car
?ND VSET8 ;P?B?^ TO A TOWN. (
. ? - :-- ' - H
Tho Explosion Shatters Sever n l Build- -,
i ! . : . ; , 4 v. ? . . ?
ings, Overturned Htoycs and
Started Swlfc Pir??.
;. Streams of Fires. * ,
A town was fired"; a}whole train pf j
;ara destroyed, two men wore killed, a ?
jcbre were' more , or lesa injured, two *?
perhaps fatally, and a railroad system ?
was-blocked Thursday shortly after ]
?bon by a collision of two freight j
brains, followed by the terrific explo- ]
non of a naphtha tank car at Dover, -
Del;j - . '?? ; i {
i The following is a list of the dead j
ind injured: . v. )
DEAD-Breakeman Edward J.- .
Roach, of Georgetown; infant child >
i led. of heart shock.
iNJuitED ~"-On the train, Conductor ,
O. J^Hall, of Wilmington; Engineer
H. VV. Sheppard, Wilmington;" Fire- ,
man John BafkerV'Wllmlngtxjn. Oitl- ,
sens Injured-Mrs. W. Morris, serious- ,
ly; Mrs. Edward Jones. Mrs. Cleo Cox, j
Mrs. E. .K: Toddi Dr.v H. C. Johnson, ,
Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. C. W. Parker, ,
Mrs. John W. Boswlck, Charles An-,
drews, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Mandy .
Howell; Asbury Morris, Edward |
Lynch. <
A long train of freight cars was ,
standing on the main track of tbe .
Delaware Division of the PennByl- ,
vania Railroad In the town of Green- (
wood, a place of about 1,000 inbab- ,
Itants. Directly In front cf the E
caboose, or last car, of the stationary \
train was a tank car ' filled witb (
naphtha.- Another heavy freight,
running forty miles an hour, crashed j
into thejear of the train at rest, and ,
then came the roar of an explosion ,
which was heard for th'rt'y miles.
"The sudden blast shattered every
window In Greenwood, and then there
were the creaking and crashing of
timbers and shrieks of wounded or
dying men about the train. Fifteen 1
cars were piled in a mass of wreck
age, and the locomotive of tbe second
freight was sunk in a bole fifteen feet
deep.
F?T?B SruiS?DS i'O TOWN.
Before the panic-sticken . inhabi
tants of the place had recovered from
the shock, which many of them at
first thought was au earthquake, a
new danger menaced them. Streams
of blazing oil extended from the wreck i
and set fire tb nearby houses, while
other houses partially wrecked by tbe
force of tlie explosion caught fire from
overturned stoves.
- ID many instances a small blaze,
which, under ordinary circumstances,
could have been quickly extinguished,
was permitted, because of the general
panic and confusion, to gain unusual
headway. In this manner the Green
wood Hotel and the Public School
house were almost totally destroyed, i
and other buildings badly injured and ,
partially burned were the Methodist i
Episcopal Church, the Greenwood
Grammar School, the butterfield
stores, the post office, an3 the Penn- i
sylvania .Railroad station, and |tbe
residences of Dr. H. C. Johnson, L.
Owens, Frank Porter, John Wiley.land.
C. W. Ammerman. . V .
THE CALI. FOR AID.
Self-possessed.. railroad ."^"?vA-}\'*k? ']
workmen, who took" their nands, and
brave citizens set to work' to restoro
order out.of the chaos, first by rigging
a special telegraph wire and summon
ing railroad workmen from, every- \
where, together with all the physi
cians'within reach. It being evident 1
I hat the railroad tracks could not b? (
cleared at once, a special .train was 1
made up at Harrington and hurried
to the scene with a number of doctors
on board.
_, i
HAD HIM EJECTED.
A. Labor Leader Refused an Audi- J
euee by Speaker Cannon.
Speaker Cannon, resenting what be
deemed an insult from Herman J.
Schultels, chairman of the national
legislative committee of the Knights
of Labor, summarily ordered Mr.
sdiuli.els from the speaker's room at
the capitol Friday with the parting
injunction to the labor leader never
to darken bis door again.
Mr. Schultels made bis first call
upon 'the speaker several days ago
with the demand that Representative
Llvcrnash of San Francisco be made
charmai) of the committee on labor
and that Representative Wynne of
the same city be made a member of
that committee. As botb of these
men are members of the minority Mr.
Cannon explained to Mr. Schultels
that their committee assignments
would depend upon the recommenda
tion of Representative Williams, the
minority floor leader, but that lt
would be impossible to make Mr.
Llvcrnash chairman of thc committee,
as no chairmanship would go to the
minority.
When Mr. Schultels appeared be
fore the speaker he announced In
what was taken by that official to be
an offensive manner that the labor
committee bad been ''packed." He
renewed bis demand that Mr. Llver
nash be assigned to this committee,
announcing that he bad defeated Mr.
Cannon for election to the Fifty-sec
ond congress and that unless this re
quest In this instance was accorded,
bc would go into the speaker's district
in the next campaign. Mr. Schultels
did not have time to finish telling the
speaker what he would do to him at
that time, as Mr. Cannon at this
point gave his peremptory order for
the man's ejection from the room,
stating as he did so that there was no
chance of the committee's being
"packed" by Mr. Schultels.
Drowned in the|Congo.
A cablegram received at Nashville,
Tenn., announced the death of H. 0.
Stay mentor, an American missionary
and the drowning of 23 of the native
crew by the capsizing of a beaton the
Congo river in Central Africa. Tue
boat, was the 4'Lapsley" and was the
missionary craft of the Southern
Presbyterian church. On lt were Mr.
Stay men ter and Motto Martin of Alex
andria, Va., who left thc United
States on August 1 and went as mis
sionaries Into thc Interior of Congo
Free State. The boat capsized bet
ween Leopoldville and Lueho, and
Staymentcr went down with 23 of
the crew. Martin was saved.
The Hope Broke.
Eleven coal miners were killed Fri
day at thc Gasson-Laquasso mine at
Montegene, Belgium, through/tho
breaking of thc rope by which aV-c?ge.
was being hauled up. Thc men were
precipitated to the bottom of the pit
and their bodies were horribly man
gled.
AMOUNT OF COTTON .GINNED.
Vo Compar?iiv? Htatement : for'till?
Mouth, but Evidently a Decrease.
Tho United - Stotes<departmeo? of
wmmerce and l?bob baa sent out tbe
following statement of cotton gipn?d
jp to Noveraber,14tb: -
. . No. of No. of
Balfe.. Ginneries.
United States...\ 7,070,437 29,500
alabama ... 743,638 3,797
arkansas ........ ' 406.393 2,408
Florida.... ... ;. 39,144 ^ 204
3eorgiah-, ... ? . 992,053 . 4,913
Indian Territory; ^172,973 485
Kansas . ....
Kentucky. 3Q8 2 .
Louisiana..,:..... 510,494 . 2,098
Mississippi. 929,890 4,107
Missouri......... .22,294 70
North-Carolina... 407,199 . 2,052
Oklahoma.-_... -110,039 -, 227
3ou th .Carolina... 026,011 . 3,147
tennessee i63|?58 765
Texas;. .. .... 1,932,539 4,412
Virginia ... ....'7,744 . 108
In explanation the chief statician
says:
"The above statistics of the quan
tity of cotton ginned on November 14
were collected through a canvass of
ill the ginneries in the cotton States
tty 031 local special agents, who fouud
that 29,500 ginneries bad been ope
rated tbiB season up to and including
November 14, and that these had
finned 7,070.437 commercial bales, or
jales as pressed at the ginneries.
Counting round bales as balf bales,
Dbe number is 6.815,102.. In this re
port no account has been taken if tbe
juantlty of linters obtained by the
xttton seed oil mills from reglnui?g
:otton Beed bf this year's growth, but
statistics of such cotton mills will be
Included in tbe final report lor this
season.
"This report will be followed,by
two others, showing the '-quantity of
cotton ginned from the growth of
this year to December, 13, 1903, and
to January 16, 1904."
THE FARMER EEEDETH ALL.
Borne Very Interesting rigures About
Our Farm Produots.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson in
his seventh annual report to congress
reviews at length the production and
exporta of American agricultural pro
ducts. The increase in the exports
of farm products for the balf century
ended 1901 was from 8147,000,003 to
8952,000,000-550 per cent. The ex
ports of farm products for the closing
decade of the last century was over
5700,000,000, and for 1903 over $575,
000,000, an amount second only to
that of 1901.
Although tho consumption of cot
ton in this country ls greater than
that of any other country In the
world, yet io addition to supplying
the home market, tbe south exported
last year over three and a half billion
pounds of cotton, worth 8317,000,000.
Of grain and grain products, the
export exceeded lo value 8221,000,000,
and in tbe supply of animal, meats,
and meat products, the value of ex
portation was 8211,000,000.
Discussing the balance of trade, tbe
secretary shows that the favorable
balance to the credit of this country
is due entirely to the farmers. The
balance of trade In favor of. farm pro
ducts during the last 14 yean?, no
pear excepted, aggregated 4,800 mil
lion, dollars. In pro iucts, other than
bh~oBe~?f thc farm, during the" same
period, the balance of trade was ad
verse to this country to the extent of
6805,000,000. Our farmers not only
conceited this immense obligation, but
placed 3,940 million dollars to tbe
credit of the nation when the books
sf International exchange were balanc
ed. He concludes that, "lt is thc
(armers who have paid tbe foreign
bondholders."
Reviewing the magnitude of agri
cultural porduction, after giving the
figures of the most Important crops,
Mr. Wilson states that the value of
all farm products, not fed to live
stock, for 1903 considerably exceeded
their value in the census year, when
it was given as 3,742 million dollars.
According to the departmeut's' in
ventory of farm animals for January
lj 1903, the value of horses was over
81,000,000,000, and of mules, nearly!
8200,000,000. The value of cattle of
all kinds considerably exceeded 1,300
million dollars, of sheep, 8168,000,
000. and of bogs, 8305,000,000.
He congratulates the country upon
the better i'lstrl button of agricultural
progress since 1890. The distribu
tion of expansion, progress, and wel
fare bas been more general through
out all sections of tbe country, espe
cially in the south.
Two Tugs Callide.
Three lives were lost and one man
was badly burt Wednesday by a col
lision between the tugs Idle Wild and
Hercules off Ellis island in New York
harbor. Hans Peterson, Wm. Lasker
and a man whose name bas not been
learned were drowned. John Stor
berg, a boatman, was cut about the
head and his left knee broken. He is
In a serious condition and unable to
ijlve any details as to how the acci
dent occurred. The Hercules is owned
by the American Towboat company
of Baltimore. The Idle Wild, which
had ll men on board, was cut nearly
in two and sank immediately. All
save three of those on board were
picked up by the nerculess. Tbe
Hercules was not seriously Injured.
Constables in a Fight.
The Columbia State Bays Chief Con
stable Hammett bas been apprised of a
battle between constables and the per
sons at Babb's distillery, near Green
ville. The report of C. L. Curcton,
the chief constable, states in a terse
way: "Wednesday, Dec. 2, I took
my force and went to tho Lark regis
tered distillery, known as the Tully
Babb distill jry, about four miles from
the* city, and while there we were
fired on a number of times by Tully
Babb, Joe Babb and others. They
used Winchester rillea and breech
loading double-barreled shotguns. We
succeeded in arresting all concerned
and captured their arms und ammuni
tion after they had shot 30 or 40
round?. The preliminary will bc held
on the 14th."
Fooled the Widow.
Charging that she had been de
frauded of her entire fortune of $100,
000, Mrs. Mary A. Jex, of New York,
widow of a former Wall Street opera
tor secured a warrant* Thursday for
the arrest of a man said to bea prom
inent real estate dealer. Pending the
serving of the warrant tbe name of
bbc man has not been made public. It
ls charged that Mrs. Jex entrusted
her property to this man, whom she
was engaged to marry, and that he
appropriated it to his own use.
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There-ls no grumbling about the
lard times Let us make the best of
it and bop? Cor better times next year.
(
? BRUTE 'LYNCHEB.
Tho Scoundrel Waa Trailed tal
?aught by Blood Hound/j. ;;: ^ "fi
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THE.USUAL' OBIME TB^tC?USE. *
Details of tho Assault. and {Pursuit;
.dapturo and ExcoutloD^ofr^ Vv ''
the Brutal ?bsa?lanlt of
a YouiiK Lady.
Dorchester County.has hadber first
.lyjjchlng.-bufc lt ^on't be tbo'lasb un :
less the black Imites down tbere keep
their, hands.?ff of- white women. A; :'
brutal flehdimade an assault upon?; |
young lady near Ross, a station about ;
eight; miles below Georges, on last .
Friday afternoon about .three o'clock.; ;
Before'nigbv. there was gathered rh ;
the little to wu if Ross a crowd of de
termined ' citizens ^numbering abolit ;
three buntlredJm?u frum th? adjacent Jj
towns; and county^ bent; upon the
swift punishment of the dastardly. '
Ueud who bad attempted an assault
upon a respectable young lady .- ' For
tunately, ^by the brave 'fight of the ?
lady, who is a member of a promin- .
ent family, the brute failed in his
diabolical purpose, but the; lady was
badly bruised by being choked. ...
It seems that the young lady walked
a short distance from her home to
where they were having some farm
work dune and, after getting there,
found that the workmen had not re
turned and she decided to wait;.and
lt -was whilst she : was walting there, '
practically in calling distance bf her
borne, that the negro, John Fugle,
came upon her and undertook his das
tardly work, but, being frightened by
her pitiful cries for help and bpr
struggles to free herself from his
clutches around her throat, he ran to
wards the woods near by.
The report soon gained currency
and by night there was a posse of de
termined men scouring the-woods and
swamps for the negro. The' search
was fruitless, although " several sus
picious characters were caught and
brought for identification before the
young lady, none of whom answered
thc description. Until the midnight
train from Charleston brought the
blood bounds nothing could be done.
As soon as the dogs caught thc trail
they followed lt until it brought them
to the home of Fugle, and after a
search was made for him there was
found that he had again escaped; so
going back to the scene of the crime
at the early hour of 4 o'clock Saturday
morning, another trail was taken
again, and this tl tue as before the
dogs carried the scent till they reached
the steps of the negro's house, and .
then' their shrill huwls and barks
broke out on thc crisp morning, air
and the posse knew that the fiend was
caught.
Ile was carried before the young
woman, who immediately identified
Ulm, and then in a quiet and still
manner, Ju>t as the sun was peeping *
from over the eastern hills, Fogle
paid the penalty for his crime, sus
pended in midair. Then tlife^boom of
a hundred guns broke tue deathlike
silence and announced the first lynch
ing In Dorchester County. The body
of John Fogle was left dangling from
the limb of one of the trees of the
forest as a silent warning.
T?o South Vindicated.
'?.fjln discussing thc formation of the
Republic" of Panama the Springfield
Republicau says: "So it has cornelle
pass that a State may. secede by tele
graph in the morning, organize a
government before noon secure recog
nition in order to catch the afternoon
editions and announce its ministers j
plenipotentiary under scare heads in
the evening extras. In tho twinkling
of an oye hascomei-his strenuous mod
ern miracle from the man on horse
back at Washington. Hayno, Cal- .
houn, ("Bob") Toombs, Yancey, Pres
ton S. Brooks, Gideon Pillow, Briga
dier Floyd, Vallandigham, Magoffin,
Jefferson Davis, and all tho illustri
ous line of ("secesh") and ("copper
head") chivalry, you aro vindicated
at last, Webster, John Quincy
Adams, Sumner, Lincoln, Soward,
Grant, Sherman and all the boys in
blue, your idea is forty years out of
date." The South tried to teach the
North this great lesson forty years
ago, but the people of that section
were so obtuso that they failed to
take it in. But Toddy has succeeded
better than tho South did. Tho logic
of the Republican is sound. If the
State of Panama has the right to se
cede and form a Republic in 1903, |
the South had the right to do so in
1860. We were confident that tho
South would be vindicated, but we
did not expect the vindication to
come so soon, nor from the quarter
it has. Let us hoar no moro about
rebels. This government has not
only endorsed a rebellion, but it has
actually used its navy to protect tho
rebels in their effort to sot up a gov
ernment in opposition to the mother
country. AU of which goos to prove
that John C. Calhoun was a great
statesman and a true defender of tho
rights of mon. We endorse the ac
tion of Teddy in the Panama affair
because it is a vindication of tho
position of the South when it with
drew from the Union.
Tho Postal Steal.
In tho publication of an abstract
of General Bristow's report, the
country has an authentic record,
supplemented by notes from Presi
dent Roosevelt, of tho general cor
ruption which has existed in tho
Post Office Department for several
years and under Republican ad
ministrations. Hero is the result of
the investigations. Four ofiicors of
the department havo resigned and
thirteen havo been romoveu. Forty
six indictments hare been found,
involving thirty-one persons, toft o$
whom were prominent in tho.postal
service. Mr. Bristow osforrfatfia tho
total amount obtained from tho
government by these swindlers nt
about $-100,000, but admits that this
avun ia small in comparison with tho
losses involved in tho purchase, nt
exorbitant rates, of uaoless and un
necessary supplies, In his rcviow
of tho report, tho Presidont praises
tho thoroughness of tho work done
hy tho investigators, agrees with tho
advico to oxtend tho statt?to of
limitations for a period of live years
for officers who. hold positions of
?rusts under tho governmont, and
onds with a dissertation on tho evils
of corruption in., public life, tho
equal guilt of bribe-giver and bribe
taker and similar platitudes. Ho
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