The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, December 23, 1904, Image 4
RATIO OF SEXES
Some interesting Facts and Con- jj
elusions from the Census.
THE FIGURES SHOW
That the Males Are Ahead la the Rural
District?, but the Females Are Ahead
ls the Cities. Thc Death Rate,
Male? Exceed Females by
One-Nineteenth.
A study ia the proportion of sexes
in tho United States was pub!ished by
tho bureau of the census Tuesday as
buletln 14:
Tho dlaous'don and analysis appear
lui- In Bulletin 14 were written by !
^r?f. W. F. "Willcox, of Cornell unl
Koaity, the tables themselves, de
rived from the main population re
po'ts of the twelfth census, were pre
pared alao under Prof. Willcox's su
pervision. ? _
Some of the conclusions reached are
n sclantlflo and practical importance,
nd m?vy thuB be summarized: The
iTTb?h: population of continental Unit
ed St ites was first counted with dis
of sex in 1820. During the
im 1830 to 1900 the
s greeter
210 lii^^eoo,
tlv? excess lu 1890
greater than that
CCrrj.Uoontlucnt.al United States tbt-e
aro 1.03S.321 moro males than fe
males or axr??L Lwuiu each i?? people.
probably tn the population of thc
J ter?a as a whole, and certainly in
''chat half of it which has been counted
with distinction of sex, there "are sev
eral millions more males than females.
Tn continental United States, how
ever, the relative excess pf males is
greater than the average for all coun
tries.
Europe has an .excess of females;
every other continent. . so far as
known, bas an excess of males.
. The divisions of oyatinental United
Statei-with the smallest proportion
of males are tho Dist rlct of Colombia
(47.4 per . cent), Mcssscbusetts (18.7
per cent), and Bhodt Island (49.1 per
cent); those with the largest are Wyo
ming (02.9 per cent.) and Mon
tana (61.6 per cent.)
As a rule sparsely settled regions
have an excess of males and densely
settled regions an excess of females.
Betw'eenT890 aud 1000 (he diverg
ence among the several states In this
respect decreased and the proportion
of males and of ferxales Tn different
sections became mon} nearly equal.
In 1880 about'one-four th and In
19)0 less than one-shtthof the Arceri
_countie8 had ?.a'-.-xcess of femaj
?rican cities asa rule have
the 1,801 cities, Is
at least ? 500 inhib. ?
b^ere 201,059 more fe-'
ard this notwith
k^erp pities
?? than femai$li?j.
foreign born In
??hs cf them male
rt iou of them living
?ncy of American cities
jp a population having a ma
\ol females had Increased since
when, in the 1,400 cities, each
[lng at least 2,500 inhabitants,
Ve were G,029 more males tuan
iles.
?lile tho excess of 6,920 males in
ican cities in 1800 became an
sf 210,059 females in American
1900, the excess of 1,519,559
[in country districts In 1S90 he
lm excess of 1,840,280 males in
^expressing tho facts in ratios,
1,000 inhabitants of such
1890, 500 v ere males and In
were males; of each 1 OOO
its living outside these cities
$30, 519 were males, and in 1000,
620 vere males. Tho difference thus
in tb.3 number of males or of ferr ales
between an average thousand of uity
and of country population in 1890
was 19 and in 1900, 23.
This conclusion is not materially
modi led when a more accurate meth
od is employed and a comparison
made botwecn the figures In 1800 and
1000 for tho Bame lisj of cities, name
ly, all which had at least 2.500 Inhab
itants at each dato.
A marked increasing dissociation of
the rexes between city and cour try
like that in the United States has
been noted also in the leading coun
tries of western Eure pe.
On the other hand, there is a large
excess of males in tti? principal cities
Of Russia and India, and in Hongkong
and Manila.
This excess of females in the cities
estern Europe and eastern United
robably due mainly to the
unity for women to find
hose ol tics and to
ty ward in conso
'reyr'under five
.Terence ap
ving at least
the rest of the
thorc arc 503
ihlldreu; outside
mong whites and Mongolians ls]
ioubtless due to the Influence ot Ina
olgtatlon. , .*..'.:
Allie death rate of males in the reg
stratlon erea ot the rtnlted States in
L900 v/oa 19.0 per 1,000, and that o? I
'emaies l?.o per l.ouo, the former i
caving a death rate higher by about]
me-Beventh than the later. In the 346
regis' \tion olties the death rate ot
mal. .as 20.0 and that of females
17.? ,r 1,000, the male rate exceed-1
lng the female by one-slxtb. In the |
rest of the registration erea the male
6>ath rate was 15 8 and that of fe
rnster 16 0 per 1,000, the malo rate
exceeding the female by une-nine
teenth. , ... 4 .
The difference in the death rave of
the sexes is apparently least between
the ages of 6 to 14 and greatest at the
youngest and oldest ages.
Life tables for Massachutta, Eng
landj -Prussia, and Norway confirm
thes? conclusions and make thom pre
che. They indicate that male children
under three years of ago have uni
formly a higher death rate than fe
male ohlldren.
'7- There ls a period between 6 ana 21
I years of age In which ?he death rate
ot females ls slightly higher than that
of males. According to the Messachus
etls life table this period covers sev
enteen years, 6 to 21; according to the
Norwelgian life table, eleven years, 6
to 16; according to the Prussian Ufo
table, nine years, 8 to 10, and accord
ing to English Ufo table, eight years,
14 to 21. .
According to all the Ufa tables tho
death rate of women between 20 and
30 years of age, at whloh ages proba
bly four-flfthB of tho childbirths oc
cur, was less than that of males.
FROZEN IN THE R?GGIHG. C
Pcitallar Fate of Member of W rooted
Soboonor'i Crow.
oner Mon
ro chey rem?iTJ
^y when six of th
?cued by orews of PeTls
^Inlet and Bodies Island life
nc^W^suiitions. One man, Henry El
wards, was frozen to death and was
lushed In tho rigging in anon a manner
that he could not be reaobed and his
budy is still aboard the ship hanging
in the rigging head downward. One
I other member of the orew was almost
frozen to death by exposure and ex
haustion when ho was rescued by the
members of tb'j life saving orew but
probably will rocover although his
condition ls rery serious. The rescued
crew are now at the Pea Island life
saving staMon.
Great difficulty was experienced in
landing the crew owing to the fact
that the vessel had sunk and a heavy
sea was running at the time. The
freezing weather hamperel the work
pl rescue and the seamen vere so over
come by exposure and exhaustion that
only two of the men In i.he rigging
were able to assist in haull ig the whip
li ne aboard the vessel. Aga n and again
the lino was shot out and one by ono
the men were taken off tho ship in the
breeches buoy, after a most harrowing
experience of more than 13 hours spent
in the rigging of the sinking vessel in
a temperature much below freezing.
Their clothing was coated with thick
layerfSj^ lee when they were landed
of Pea Island. An
1er to bring
? saiifv.
cftol
"vaisel will bea
^ol^xA* A#derstood that the
^_ > 4QOTin Sommers Point,
N. J. ?J
CREATES A SENSATION.
Prc?id"oni,3j?m|BBO'? k??jjpBkX'f Liet
tor Carrier? Associations.
The president has created a great
sensation among letter carriers of the
country by dismissing from their po
sitions as letter carriers J. O. Keller,
of Cleveland, Ohio, president of the
National Letter Carriers' association,
and Frank Cunningham, of Omaha,
Nebraska, president of the Rural
Free Delivery Letter Carriers' associ
ation. Keller has been absent from
duty for a long time without leave
and has been ordered to return. He
said he could not comply at the time.
Ile was given three days In whloh to
explain himself. He did not do so,
and was dismissed Tuesday by the
president.
Cunningham sent In hifi resignation
several days ago, but it was not ac
ceptcd, and he, too, was dismissed on
charlies of absence from duty and per
nicious political activity. Cunning
ham, as explained, in dtap&iohes
heretofore, UBed the Rural Free De
livery Letter Carriers' aasoclitlon in
the November election to try to de
feat several Republican congressmen,
who had not voted In tt e last con
gress in favor of increasing the sala
ries of rural free carriers, and tho con
gres-imcn made complaints.
The postofflce " officials have an
nounced that they will dismiss any
'. Jtter carrier known to ba contribut
ing money in maintaining a lobby
here in behalf of legislation, and the
president has approved tho announce
ment.
This ls a hig blow to tho letter car
riers' organizations all over tho coun
try. ._
Chrlutniaa Most Hero.
The fact that Chrmtmas and the
Yuie-tide season ls almost here, ls evi
dent on all sides this week, and as it
ls Just a few days over one week ore
Santa Claus makes his yearly round,
there Is not much time left to mako
preparation for the coming of Kris
Kringle. All of tho stores have open
ed up their holiday stocks and there
is such a display of Christmas goods
as was never seen before lo Orange
burg. The city merchants and dealers
in holiday goods havo this year excoll
0; ail previous efforts In their desire
bvi get the best and to please their ous
Utraors. As a result tho Bhoppor ls be
wildered by the variety ard largeness
of the stocks found In eve 7 store, all
of which bears witness to tho fact
that thc Yule-tide ls going to be a
r^niorable one this year, because
Everybody is more than ordinarily sup
Hied with , money and a l over the
Bjjjtry there has been a general pros
HSP?JPES WILSO!
sB?ngftle Thicks Hixson it
Probably Bigbt.
PREDICTS HIGHER PRIORS.
Estimates the drops at Elorcn Mil- | j
? Hon Two.'Hundred and Fifty I !
Thousand. Bales for
Tots ?ear.
T. E. Maasen gale, a prominent
Georgia farmer, writes as follows to
the Augusta Chronicle from his home
at Horwood, Ga., on the cotton situa
tion: ~ ,'.
Editor Augusta Cnronlole:
Falsus in uno-falsus in omnibuB, is
a trite maxim, as o'd as the granite
hillB, and taat being true, Mx. Secre
tary Wilson having acknowledged his
error In the aoreage planted previous
ly given out, it stands in reason that
he could have made a most alarming
error in the estimation of the cotton
arop. That an error in the ginners
report has bean made is no longer in
doubt, lt matters not who made it,
"the department of commerce and
labor known as the bureau of the
census, " or Secretary Wilson's report
(HS Borne o^im the letter of Mr. Mix
son ls somewhat mixed up between
the two. That an error has been and
could have been made, one can readily
perceive from the following: In giv
ing the ginning by months to a cer
tain date, the question is asked:
"How much havo you ginned to a cor
tain date in the month?" A number
of ginners have included the whole
amount ginned, from tho drat com
mencement of the season. The wri
ter Baw error of eleven hundred and
twenty bales, made by one of our two
zlrrexs here, which, however, waa
attention was
w many could
* -wrong ?
Hy gioneopjiot
published, OL
be seoretary ol
make his enormous
me out sometime before
itural bureau's aerial guess;
ls no question about Mr.
receiving the ginnery blanks
frcm the source he claims, as ls evi
denced by the same being in the
hands of the Chronicle.
This crop is the earliest orop on
record, as to growth, opening and
the cotton on account of improver)
ginning devices, the quickest ginned
evrr km wn, and the being a truism
and pr.es good-the earliest market
ed. It was much earlier than the
largest crop ever grown of 1800 99,
when the crop was ll,23S,483 bales,
and yet that year's crop tho amount
of 5,034,381 bales over one half of that
bumper crop was in sight on Decem
ber 1, and that being a fact, then it
standB to reason that over one half of
the crop was in sight by December 1
this year. So J. have figured from
that standpoint, and oanuot figure
over eleven ann a quarter million
bales. For the Bike of argument let's
take the crop o Hast year, and take
the amount io B ght up to December
9, which waa 5.7 15.460 bales. There
was at that time 56 per cent of the
orop in, 44 per cent remaining, the
crop being 10,216,000, left only 4,610,
560 bales to come, to make the
amount. We will now take present
orop and follow che same ratio. Oa
Deoember 9, In Bight 0,840,605, 50
por cont would indicate a crop of
eleven and three quarter million
baies, but take off 00,000 bales, as
tb.it muob came in per week, and the
crop was seven days anyway, earlier
tfjjn last year, and we have a orop of
ten and tr ree quarter million bales
for this year. Throwing In then a
half million bales to our secretary, to
help him Hong, and we cannot get
over eleven and a quarter million
like Peter, the apostle,
"Upon thia rock I build
and the gutes of hell
vail again.11 it,'
mate I stahe my
ueuT~ gfT? up
counted, September, 1905.
There 1B X growing tendency among
the people that tho government is
"agir'om," and they will no longer
furnlBh evidence to injure themselves.
None of the cereals, nor even tobacco,
are given the attention by tho govern
ment that cotton receives, and from
the oradle to the grave the balance
of the world makes was upon the
most useful articles In oreatlon. When
the elements and the boll weevil are
still, the speculators are bombarding
and beating down the prJces. So vir
tually cotton is hounded down from
the time a furrow ls made until lt's
out of the hands of tillers cf the soil.
Admitting that Secretary Wilson ls In
the main correct, which In the main
I do not, over three-fourths of a mil
lion bales of cotton will rem lin in the
hands of farmers able to hold, until
the next crop and would not enter
into the crop of 1904 and 1905; SJ it
would be the same as if the cotton
was not made. And cotton should
not go down, but remain at 10 oonts,
or above, as tho world needs every
bale of cotton raised. Enc land and
the balance cf Europo have been de
vising means In all their possessions
to successfully cultivate cotton? say
lng that tho south could not rats:;
enough. Now whoo Its reported on
doubtful authority that tho crop ls
12,000,000 bales they stand aghast,
and say you have overdone the thing.
What's the HBO of destroying the boll
weevil If we can make more than the
world's needs, with him to depredate?
If wo destroy him what will become
of us? In the long run he may provo
our best friend. I look for an ad
vance after the holidays.
Respectfully.
T. E. MASSKNOALE.
He Was Insano
Monroe Wells, aged 22, BOO of a
carpenter at North Birmingham
Ala., secured a pistol Wednesday and
fired at his mother, tho bullet nar
rowly missing her, Miss Addle Beale,
an aunt, gushed to tho rescue of Mrs.
Wells, when the young man shot her
In thc neck inflicting a fatal wound.
He then turned tho weapon upon him
self and biew out his brains. Wells
liad but recently been releasod from
the Insano aslyuio at Tuscaloosa. Ile
was committed somo time, ago, but
was thought to le oared. Miss Boalc
s expected to dl< before night
HnO a Gun.
L .1 Jordan, i fruit tree man, who
Ives at Kershaw shot and killed a ne
fro a few days ago. The aoaount says
'the colored man was endeavoring to
)ull his gua." A 44 pistol was found
in him after he was killed.
Will Os impoaohod.
^cr a thorough Investigation the
iOf representatives bas ordered
peachmcnt of Federal Judge
florida for high crimes and
?
tho State Board ot
trot on Petition.
Con- C
Tho Directors of the Stete. Dispert
?ry took an entire new siana Wed*
lesdav In the matter of lcealltitt pe
titioning for the removal of their dis
pensaries at their meeting in Oolam-.
ola, reversing the position assumed by
fermer boards In this matter and es
tablishing an important precedent
which lt 1B expeoted will result hi the
removal of a large number of dispen
saries throughout the state, for there
can be no doubt that there are a num
ber of small towus m the States like
E'loree that would like to get rid of
the dispensary. Former boards, in
the case of Saluda, Yorkvllle and
other places refused mn jori ty petitions
seeking to rt move their dispensaries,
which resulted in the passage by the
last legislature of tho Brice bill, vrhlch
allows a oounty to vote out its dispen
saries provided it leved mill tax to en
force prohibition, but all efforce to ex
tend the provisions of the law to com
munities failed.
Wednesday, however, in the case of
the dispensary in th? town of Elloree,
In Orangtburg Oounty, which has six
other dispensaries located In the towns
of Orangeburg, St. Matthews, Branch
ville, Fort Motte, Livingston and
Springfield, the board, by a two to
one vote, dlolded to close tho dispen
sary lat Elloree on and after January
1, and thereby grant the relief asked
for in a number of petitions, although
there was not the slightest intimation
j of mismanagement on the part ot the
dispenser, concerning whom all who
appeared before the board in behalf
of the petitioners spoke in the high
est terms and deolared that ho was
about the best an* straightest dis j
penser in the state? The aotloo of
the beard indicate^ a determination
on tho part of the1 dispensary people
to let each town deoldo the dispensary
question for itsel?- /I
At the outs**, of the hearing Wed
nesday mornlug Chairman Evans took
the position-^ that in view of tho fact
dirji.the lp* did not define the board's
sbo?K^n tblB matter, the board
turo's ao?fc. ln thc light of the legisla
dispensaron on the Brice bill, vote a
merely Vol out of anv community
petitloni'foihe showing of a majority
right to dehjbe reason that it had no
from such a dlsf?6 revenue accruing
tions of the county""? t0 other P?r"
showing that such dist**0^ uPoa, a
mismanaged or otherw03*1* 13 *?-lnB
ed as a nuisance. ?l8e coniuct
Col. Thos. F. Brantley' , Tt
Thos. M. Raysor, State Senat?r, ap*"
peared as counsel for the citizens of
Elloree and surrounding country1
<*ho wanted the dispensary closed up,
and Capt. B. Hart Moss represented
Dispenser Weeks and others who
wanted the dispensary to remain
Messrs. T. W. Ulmer, Julian Evans
and B. A. Shuler, Intendant of Ello
ree, testified to the overwhelming sen
timent of the community in favor of
the romoval of the dispensary.
Moises. Raysor and Brantley, attor
neys for the pet! loners, disavowed
any light on Mr. Weeks, thedimonser,
or hi management of the dispensary
at E..oree, but deolared that their pe
tit luiers went deeper than that, W?C'
into the polioy of the dispensary itself
Thel:-petitions presented thlaqaestlo
clearly defined,1 'Shall the ovei whe?r ?
lng st ntiment of a community seekftgM
to ric itself of Its dispensary bs %. M
apeotad?" They thought th atv;i%?7
granting of Kuch petitions would T"
weaksn the dispensary system, ll
would strengthen It with the peoj
lt was all nonsense to talk about
tabllihing a dangercu3jMfc_>duoJ;J
othe; comunltles aouriHHiuo i rellaf
they should be^d? MMt without
question; ***Hf Jldin Itsdhcre
Lion ,uj?g Pssts of tao kind
which ovedont
rld of tho dlspen
glve opportutlty oo
iat among the petitions ]
to the board was ena nb:nod
ie Into; dant of Elloree and all
the wardens another signed by nearly
every woman living In the town, an
ther cmbr clng the signatures of
forty ali out of the fifty-three voters
in the' uv-vn, and still another with
the tdgnatu.-M of hundreds of men
living outside t.? but near the town.
I Tue?! petitions w?.re supplemented
by letters from several prominent!
men of the community. On the ether |
side, there was a strong petition,
every signature on which Dispanser I
Wee* s said lie obtained in tho dispen
sary from patrons living within nine
mile?- of the place, and hs was sure
he had a majority. This was becked
up by lette.ni from Dra. P. L Felder
and A. C. Baxter, who said that the
fight against D.spenser W?sekfi was
taking morely another form, a long
standing movement agalcit the dis
penser waB out of Jealously and pre
judice r.galnst him because his dispen
sary was proving a drawing card to
bis mercantile business.
After the matter had been fully dis
cussed a vote was taken, which re
sulted In a vote of two to one to close
the dispeusary. Chairman H H. Brans
vol ol against removal and Mesara.
Towlll and Boykln voted in favor of
lt. Mr. Evansoppesed favorable iction
on the ground that the board can act
for cause only and DO cause had been
made evident. Mr. Boykln favored
this action. The dispenser, Weeks.
Isa personal friend of his and .'sa good
officer, who has kept the dispensary
straight, but Mr. Boykln could not
vote against the wishes of tho people
as expressed In the petition. Mr.
Towill declared that he would not de
prive the p ?opie of Elloree of tho right
which ho would claim for the people
of bi.: own town. Of the 62 rrsldent
voters at Elloree, 40 had Blgned the
petltiou.
The array of counsel presented an
anomalous condition. For Capt.. Moss
admitted that he does not think any
too kindly of the dispensary sad ap
peared merely In response to his duty.
Dn the other hand Senator Riyeor ls
not opposed to the dispensary, but on
t?he stump he had declared that If any
:orr.munlty wanted to be rid of tho
llapeosary he would appear iii behalf
A tb it community. Senatoi Raysor
nade a very eloquent specob, appeal
ing for the people of Elloree not to be
lenlel the right of petition. Col.
[Iran ley occupied asimilar position
io Senator Raysor on tho dispensary
inestlon last summer on th* stump
when a candidate f or the Legislature,
md wo are satisfied that he las not
(hanged his views on the question.
Value of Taste.
The woman who has to be latlsfled
vith nu; suit in a season wlsoly choose
i material and style which BO harmon
ic and adapt themselves to b.-r figure
.nd complexion that thc obso vcr will
ote the general effect of harmony
nd le attracted hy lt rather than by
ne beni ot the whole. A w.man is
.di dressed when *h? bring.1; about
nob a result.
ilntnied That tho South te Faoln? ?
Monetary Crisis.
At a meeting Wednesday night ot "
ha Southern Cotton Growers' Protcc
lve Association, at Shreveport, La.,
?resided over by President Harvlel
roldan, bf Georgia, the following res-!
dutlon was unanimously adopted: ?
"The Southern Cotton Growers'
Protective Association recognizes that
ina South faces a monetary crUls, due
;o tbs recent depression in the price
jf her great money staple crop cot
ton."
Th? resolution speaks of the bear
(th speculative influences and con
tinues:
"We know that at the present
prices of manufactured cotton goods
and the splendid trade oondltton
throughout the olvll'zsd world, that
the mills can absorb the entire output
of tho present orop at 10 cents per
pound, paid to the producers. We,
therefore earnestly call upon the hold
ers of spot cotton in the south to
stand firmly together and demand a
minimum price of 10 cents per pound
for the remainder of the cotton crop
in their possession. We earnestly in
voke tho aid of the bankers, mer
chants and other allied Interests
throughout the south in successfully
resisting the present crisis wbiob
confronts southern agriculture and
commercial industries, and wo wish to
emphasize our high appreciation of
the voluntary proposition ot southern
bankers to finance the present situa
tion.
"We urge tho farmers of the south
to organiza as speedily as possible in
order that they may have a uniform
svBtem of cooperation and protec
tion.
"We authorize the president o? thiE
association to confer wltb the official
heads of allied organizations through
out the south for the purpose of hold
ing a southern interstate convention
at tho city of New Orleaus, or othei
conveniently located city In the cob
ton belt, on the fourth Tuesday lr
January. 1005, to consider the bes!
Interests of the producers with refer
ence to the cotton industry of 1005.
"We urge curtailment In produc
tlon of cottou and an increased pro
duotlon of food sopply crops. Wi
congratulate the producers of th
st uth in the firm and loyal stand the;
hive taken since December 3 an?
their financial ability to hold thel
cotton and prevent Its confiscation a
prices which aro Illegitimate and be
low the cost of production."
A resolution was also passed com
unending tho oorreotness of the rc
.oorts of the government statlstlcla
a\:.b Washington._
I VERY LARGE REWARD.
Thousand Dot I urn OfTorod for th
Capturo of Adams.
reward of $1,000 has been offcre
the arrest of J. H. Adams, Go
ra county, who walked out of ja
ie time ago while under death sei
ice and ls still believed to be in tl
iinlty. Thlsxoj-,~? Vfru.'^"^Nl
Wnor wxmesd&y after Inform itiol
received in his cm:e tba
Hv.tll ip thc-oouotv ar.c
rC he H^p-^it been captured. Tin
). ^e ls one'w the moat peculiar thai
has come before the governor and tin
reward is as high as any evci
offered In the recent yoirs
Governor MoHwneney offering till
same amount for Warren, tho all?g?e
Orangeburg desparado, who was
oharged with robbing an express com
pany.
_A4ams was oonvlccd of the murdei
of JasTNJacquia In Colloton county
about two ysars ago and sentenced bc
be hung. Botfi-aro white men and
both families tave Strong friends and
factions. Adams appealed bis case tx
the supreme court, but lost, and was
sentenced to be hung. Then he escap
ed and a reward of 8500 was offered
for his capture. Since then letters
have be rn written and received by the
governor to the effect that Adams li
in tho county and bbe reward was
doubled.
The ease ls a rabber difficult one for
bho governor bc face and yet it ls one
that utder the present law might be
brought up at any time. Adams, know
ing that be will be hung If caught, ls
absolutely desperate, and would as
soon die as bs taken back. Therefore
should a man go after him it ls simply
taking his life Into his own bands. On
the other hand tho governor has no
mema In his power to make a sheriff
do his duty, and the only thing to do
in cases of this kind ls to make tba
reward such an amount that many
will be tempted to capture Adams.
A Shooting Sorcpo.
On Saturday night, 10th instant, a
shooting affair took place in Holly HUI.
It seems that about ten o'clock Town
Marshal Syphrett arrested Matthew
Stcubamire, colored, for cursing on
tho street, and Benb to the negro's
father, Lewis Sic utamlro, for a bond
for the appea renee of tho son for trial
Lewis Stoutamlre, who is a colored
merchant of tho town, reopened his
tore, whioh had been closed, and went
n, but refused bo give tho bond to the
messenger, but wanted the mirahal to
come In person. Mr. Syphrett, who
seems to be a roan absolutely without
fear, left his prisoner in charge of two
deputies and fo<nttng trcuble, went
into tho dark store, where he was
twice Qred upon by Stoutamlre, nei
ther shot taking eff. ct. Syphrett In
stantly returned Sboutmnlre's Uro,
two bullets passing through Stouta
mlre'shat. In the moan tl me Matthew
Stcutamire etciped, and theo the af
fair rested on Saturday night. Mon
day morning Lowis and Matthew
Stoutamlre were'tlned respectively $25
und $5 by tho town c mell. In tho
tueantlmi eaoh had a warrant sworn
mt for the other and appeared ba^ore
Magistrate McCoy, when the town
Xiuooll oall for a e'lange of venue to
bave the case tried beforo Magistrate
Wlgginsof Eutawvile, who, they claim
resides In a town and knows the difll
jultles under which a town cuncll
abors.
Wedding i'arty Kl*in.
The massacre by Greeks of the
wedding Darty near Monastlr, Novem
ber 29, thirteen persons being killed
md live receiving wounds, has led to
i number of sanguinary coi flicl s be
?wecn Bulgarians ?and Greek binds,
nominating T itirsdav last In a stub
>orn battle lasting live hours. A
3 reek band pf'twenty-eight men and
i body of bdlgar.'ans met near the vll
age of Sajaklnovoand thc Greeks lost
?4 mwa^killed Many assassinations
f MwFwrlana by Albanians have been
e*S^rl in thu Uskub district. Lo
safSPithorltles, ns usual havo taken
io adtion In the matter.
/EUOENK Stunclll, of Suinter, shi t
f^jdii with suicidal intent on Fu
ky with a 38 calibre pistol, whl.c
[nder the Influence of whiskey. Ths
Rotors think he will got well.
S
wo of the Passengers and Seven
\ .
! ol the Crew Perish.
THE BURNED YESSEL
Was Rebuilt from Another Yessel Which
Was Destroyed by Fire Sometime
Ago. An Engineer, Poor Fire
men and Two Deck, Hands
Perish lo the Hold.
Nine persons, including two passen
gers and seven of tue orew, lost their
lives early Saturday In the burning
stranaer Glen Island bound from New
York to New Haven. The stearne r
drifted aground on Captains" Island,
Long Island sound, and burned to the
water's edge. The vessel left New
York at 9 o'clock Friday night with
ten or twelve pafBangers and a heavy
vamable cargo.
Fire was discovered before midnight
off Execution point, and ls believed t<
have started in the dining room. One
lost passenger was a man. The other
was a woman, resident of Hew York,
The Glen Is'and belonged to the Star
in transportation line. The remainder
of the passengers and orew was picked
up by a passing tug aud brought to
New York.
The Glen Island was commanded by
Capt. MoAUister, who was the last
pe- on to leave tbe wreck. She was con
structed from tbe City of Richmond.
Thc latter, curiously enough, also was
burned.
Four firemen, two deok hands and
Engineer Hendr'okson who perished
were In the hold and could not escape
before the llamas swept over thrm.
Two -passengers reported dead were
missing when the survivors reached
tho boats. It is supposed that they
were caught, in the cabins and burned
to death. The survivors were in open
boats only a short time, and were on
beard fie Erastus Corning, bound for
that olty about an hour after leaving
the Glen Island.
The,property loss is estimated at j
?250,000 That more lives were not
sacrificed is undoubtedly due to the
personal courage of officers and crow
and excellent discipline. When the
steamer was abandoned she was flame
swept from stem to stern, and yttthe
only persons who lost their lives were
those whose escape had been entlrly
cut off by the Ara before the alarm
reached them.
Of thirty-one persons, including ten
passengers who sailed on the Glen Is
land Saturday night, twenty-two, In
cluding elRht passengers, wero
brought back Sunday. The dead pas
sengers are an unknown Hebrew wo
man, who is said,to reside at Now
'U?'^?KIJJ* unknown man, Buppos
ew Yorkere
While tbe officers and" ?re?^ were
wc rklng tnere was s fearful soene*"Cr4
confusion among the ten passengers.
They ran about In disarray. The wo
man who lost her life had been arous
ed by th* stewardess and was on the
way to one jt the life boats when she
suddenly turned pud dashed book io.to
the flaming cabin. It ls supposed that
she went back for her valuables. 8he
was not seen again and must have
perished. There was no possibility of
walting for the rescue of those who
failed to appear.
BtanU Together, Fut mers.
We hope the farmers all over the
South have determined to resist the
efforts^ of manipulators to force tho
price of cotton down to starvation
prices, and, if they will organize prop
erly and stand together firmly, they
will control tbe cotton situation and
get fair prices for Che cotton they still
have on hand. "But," as tho Green
ville News says, "they must not ex
pect too much. Cotton at seventeen
cents was out of the question. It was
not worth that much, and it would
never have reached that point except
for the speculators, who reaped their
fortune after the bulk of the orop bad
been sold and when the bull campaign
was simply calculated to squccza the
mills. Io was with tho expectation of
sensationally high prices that leo the
farmers to plant every available acre
In the product, and with the aid of
exceptionally fine seasons they produc
ed a crop which is larger than any
known before in the bhr^ory of the
world. This tremendous yield natural
ly lind its effect, and it will require a
powerful co-operation to prevent a
further crash. By refusing to unload
in bulk at present quotation?, and
with the friendly assistance of mer
chants and bankers, the South mr.y
survive the lmptndlng w.eok, and lt
may find that lt is cheaper to hold thc
supply than to go on planting when
the world la too heavily sx>cked. By
the d?termination of the planters to
decline to sell, and the agreement to
reduce the aereage next spring, the
market will feel the gnp of the pro
ducers and lt will respond to their
touch."
Tho Heal HooarvolC.
Tho New York Sun feels quite con
fident' that tho Roosevelt pictured by
tbe south, dnrlng tho hot campaign,
and founded largely on the Booker
Washington incident, which was mal
adroit, to say the least, is not the
Roosevelt that is to bo. We are to
have the re vi man, a kind of soutborn
half of him, and bc will visit UB and
bc pleased. We are to regard him
abo more favorably, whloh ls quite
likely. But that mainly depends upon
himself In future demonstration. Tho
Sun recalls how New England bitterly
hated Andrew Jaokson when he visit
ed Massachusetts, presidentially. The
leading families regarded him almost
as "tho enemy of his raoe, his country
and his God." The "smell of sulphur
was In their nostrils," says the Sun,
"but be came and conquered." Gov.
Taft's visit to New Orleans and his
ovation there was tho prelude of a V?B
lt from the president. He will be en
thuslastically received and will catch
the Inspiration of his environment.
Ho will show his southern blood and
thc chances are that bo will capturo
and bo captured. Already, at the
south, there is a pleasant feeling to
ward the president and, with some
individual exceptions, a predisposition
to let bygones bo bygones, as far as
possible. Wo should give the presi
dent a chance to know us botter and
love us better. The reaction from that
will be a cc mmon feeling of respect,
perchance enthusiasm. Greater trans
formation scenes have taken place.
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Two ofa Kind.
The News and Courier says: "Toe ?
plight of two of the distinguished ;
members of the Republican party -
3hall we qu ill fy by saying'in Smthj
Carolina?'-Illustrates the dire neces
sity that Republican htitesmen dis
criminate. The Han. Georgi W. V
Ington Murry, formerly member of
ingress from South Carolina, has
boen convicted of forgery. If his ap
peal for a nsw trial be denied, his one
mane ) for emancipation will be in tho
leniency of a Democratic governor.
Tho Hon. Aaron Priolcau, twice a
candidate and aforetime a contestant
Tor a seat in congress, has been con
victed of tampering villi the mails.
With Republican penetral lon and
sagacity the Hon. Aaroa chose a fod
sral statute to violate, and with par
donable pride and exultation may
point the Hon. George W. to the par
doning power In Washington, lodged
In the breast of the supreme exalted
keeper of the key to the "Door of
Elope"-which in this case happens to
JO the key to Sing Sing prison. But
Uio speotacle ls most piteous and
brings the unbidden tear-for crowd
ing, surging and tumbing pell moll
aver each other como visions of thous
ands of other distinguished Republi
can personases who also would be on
their way to prison if poor, abused
md discredited justice could ouly have
aer due." That is true, as the recent
rascality unearthed in the post ??lce
lopartment at Washington amply
proves.
A Startling Revelation.
A Bpeoiiil from Winston Salem, N.
3., says: Evidence has been discover
ed tending to show that the reservoir
llsaster by which nine people lost
ihelr lives here on November 2, was
>aused by dynamite used by parties
inknown. It is stated that a dyna
nite cartridge was found a fow days
>fter the bursting of tho reservoir
lear the broken walls, and that it is
low In the possession of a city t?lalal.
In investigation has been proceeding
or some time, but its results have
tot been made public. |
Killed by Dynamite.
Three sklffloads of nitro-glycerine
nroute from Northpole, W. Va., a
hort distance beyond Slstercaville, to
lar;ville, Ky., exploded at ClllTslde
?ark Wednesday afternoon. There
rere two men in eaoh skin'. Some
locos of flo -h and bone wero picked
p by somo boys on the bank, but
here is absolutely nothing to be seen
f the skiffs. Great damage was done
) property in Ashland, Cittleburg
nd Huntington, some buildings hav
jg every window broken. The nitro
lycerlne was intended for use In rail
sad construction near Maysvlllo.
Steamer Inuit.
The steamer Nat, f rom Glasgow to
"armouth, caps!/jd In tho Moray
rth, off the coast of Scotland, on
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verdict for $12 000 against Frank and
Joseph Skobis, contractors, in Judge
Ludwig's court. Miss Olwell, a ste
nographer, sustained tho injury as she
was entering the Pabst Building at
the time repairs were being made to
the iron work, a chip of Iron flying in
her oyo. Thl3 was tho second trial
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The late Frederick Pabst was named
in the first case as co defendant; but
in the amended complaint his name
was left out. The jury disagreed on
the first trial.
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At. Baltimore Md., to escapo mar?
rylog a man she did uo> love, who was
to have wedded her Wednesday, Miss
Beatrice E. Patterson, went to Wash
ington Saturday and married the man
of her oholce, Charles E. Scarlett.
The man who had het-n selected by
M las Paterson's parents was W. Gj'
Cronshaw, Jr., a well known yo
olubman cf Now York. , if? ?rclv'
at Baltimore to visit ht
proparo" for th:- we???lx
much put out when a ti
ed the Patterson homo fi
announcing her marrla