Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fi" M v-4 lr? I "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY ?A USE." BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIpAY, JANUARY 6, 1905. il 7 main aiflnhnf/nn VO'^^nt. "..,?> I_ r UKbT h Is Worth by Yield Per Acre. M SELLING PRICE Be Misleading as to Value. - An mporlant Distinction. The South W&J; Carolina Weather Bureau's Re port for November Con ' tains Startling Data. The November report of the South Carolina section ;?f the weather bu reau service, just out, contains muoh that is of Interest to farmers and all others who keep up with crop condi tions. Toe mr st interesting and valuable portion of the report is in the nature of a reminder, or advice, to farmers as to what makes tho value of the cotton crop, and this ls especially timely just now when there are to many bizarre notions as to how to in crease the price. Ttie report shows that t ha return on the crop to the in dividual farmer is represented not by the price per tale, but by the price per acre, and some comparisons be tween South Carolina and Texas are made which illustrate the point. The report says on tl' is line: "It ls the common opinion that the selling price Cit an agricultural pro io ^jyrjc thc measure of its profit ableness. Tbeoretlcallv this is true, but in actual practice tt ls not wholly true, and in some instances is not j even the most important factor, when productivenehs ts compared with crop prices. "By far the greater part of what thc average farmer raises is for use and consumption on his farm, and the residue is the surplus on which alone the selling price has any effect so far ?^p?*-e?*?h??jumer-s fiuances arecouccrned. The case I's^fffffMent with the cotton farmer, for tliM^dre-^tn^rjaTTctttirilTi^ this staple must be s?ld. and none can ? be piofltably consumed on the farm, and yet a series of comparisons would Indicate that the selling price of cot ton is less important than the pro ductiveness per acre, In calculating j the profitableness of this crup. "The statement that more money is received for a small than for a larga rkoiduat, of ;money neat ved for the , smaller crop' represents a loss to the cottoii planter, in comparison with the smaller amount reoalvcd for the larger crop. This view is less com mon, and it is based, of couise, on the larger yield per acre of a larne crop than a small one. lt may b : as sumed as un approximate fact that the cost of cultivating an acre of cot ton varies but little from year to . year, far less than the price per pounti or the yield per acre, and it may also be assumed to be constant in thc same locality, however widely lt may vary in different loalittes. "To illustrate all of the foregoing points, the value per acre has been calculated for the total cotton crop of South Carolina and Texas for a num ber of years, selected to represent the condi tions brie Hy stated above. In the value per acre, in South Carolina, was 814 20; in Texas, $22.50; the price per pound was 11.2 cents. In 1804, the value for Soutli Cand?na was $14.30; for Texas, 812.50; the price per pound 6.9 cents. In 1806 the y?lu'?i were, fir South Carallca, $15.00; for Texas, 810.00; the price per pound 7.0 cents. In 1808, the . year of greatest production for which values are available, the values were, for South Carolina, $11; for Texas, 813 80; the price per pound 5.0 cents. N ' The limits of this article will not ni?iVv'fc a ful1 discussion of the weather tivatedreva,led' and t,je acreage cul nmountss lu connection with the he safely "s?tllzed per acre, but lt can acre 1? the caed th?t the yield per nruniablencs?j??billng factor In the rather thar/f ' of raising cotton, larne yl??Pth? price per pound. A themed und high price would be ? he Tv?'t profitable combination, but tule of 'supply and demand' as A itself very quickly in such cases, grating cn the variable factor, i. e , ie price. Thc conclusion is that in ensive farming will do more to make cotton Taising profitable than will var."lng the acreage from year to year in the hope of raising the pt Ice by lim ting production or increasing the acreage to supply au existing defici ency at high prices. If the supply can be made fairly constant the price will remain fairly constant. The iffect of the weather on the growing crop is, after all, the main factor In the prc fitableness of raising cotton." 1'ROO It USS OK KAUM WOBJK. As to the progress of farm work during November the bulletin says: "The weather conditions through iber were favorable for "crops remained In the ^ajnly of late, scat ";. . "''-^ugh some first pli(*Uii dur. rmon'tb; gathering au- husklnc Icking fceedipeas; dl^J^ ig sweet potatoes; and g. ueriO?I r crops such as turnip, i.ariU.o other root crops. . A general killing frost, excep ilong the coast where it was a bcav frost, tn the 15:h, with "freezing tem peraturea and thin ice over the uppe: ? lartv?f the State, stopped all furthe; irowth except of the very hardiest Vegetables In the coast truck regions 1 ended the growing season of 1904 'Tho temperature averaged slight hy below normal, tfut was nevor cole Enough to ?ffe rd safe opportunity foi l-licrlng farm hogs, have In the in portions where much meat " and packt d. was delajed by drought, ^raln fell early in the mmth ?the ground and permit lands for wheat and ie acreage of both grains lug the month, escr owing to the'pre r, but was.f'n the ?twiavvyi/i iFueiiu UUU Uiilii 'seeding was not finished. > "Rice thrashing was practically fin ished, and the yields were not as large as the mid-summer condition indicat , ed that they would be. ' _i"The yields of oom came up to ex pectation and gathering confirmed the earlier promising reports. Both early and late planted corn were equally good. "There were generally poor yielciB I of minor fall crops over the western parts attributable to the long and severe drought during September and October; in the eastern parts wbere the rainfall was more copious, the fall crt ps were generally excellent. ::;j "Buring November, as during the previous gathering seasoa this year, there was practically no loss in har vesting from bad weather, and all crops were saved in tbo very bebt con dition.'1 OIiIMATOLOOT TOR THE MONTH. Themain temperature for Novem ber was 41.6 degrees, which is 2 2 de grees below normal. Tho highest local mean was 67 2 degrees at Charleston; the lowest was 46.2 degrees at Oreen ville. The monthly extremas were a maximum of SO degrees at Walhalla, on the 22ad, and a minimum of 22 de grees at Greenville and Santuo on the 15th, making the State range 58 de grees. The greatest local monthly range was 66 degrees at Walhalla, the least was 37 degrees at Charleston The mean of the daily maximum tem peratures was 63.6 degrees and of the dally minimum temperatures was only 30.7 degrees, making the average dai ly range 23.9 degrees. Frost (first killing of the seas m) In addition to the list in October: On the 1st at Cheraw, Dili lon, Lugo?*. On tbe 13th at Trenton. On the 14 h at Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bates burg, Callie us Falls, Camden, Edlsto', Etllngham, Georgetown, Klngstree, Fe zsr, rinopolis, St. Georges, St. Mat thews, St. Stephens, Saluda, Smith Mills, Summerville, Yemasseo, York ville. On 15th at Beaufort, Columbia, Conway, Society Hill, Walterboro, Winnsboro. Ice-Thin ice wai quite general or the 1st, uth, and 15th. PRECIPITATION. The precipitation averaged 2 78 in ches whioh is 0.05 below normal. Tm greatest monthly amount was 4.39 ai Yorkvllle; the least was 1.20 at Con mr ~ TUB ?reautar ild?iwr- fail wai 2.06 at Stateburg on" the 12th-13th The average number of days with 0.0 or more precipitation was 6, rangiri from 1 at Allendale to 8 at Columbia Little Mountain, Saluda and Trenton Sleet-Columbia, 13th. Snow-Twenty-seven stations re ported snow on the 13th,. generali; only a trace, but amounting to 2- In Chea at Batcshiirg. . The. snow mrdte .ai .ii; ; ' ' . \ ""Weather-Tbe average number o clear days was 17, of partly cloud; ones 0, and of cloudy ones 7. Winds-The prevailing direction o the wind was from the west at 17 sta tlonB, from thc northwest at 10, froi the southwest at 9, from the north east at 7, from the north at 5, froi the east at 2, and from the s HI th WC S at one fc tatton. High Winds-High winds, reachln velocities cf 40 miles or more, at mau places, prevailed over the State on tl 13th. Jordon Italics a Call. President Harvle Jordan? ot tl Southern Cotton Growers' Protects association Wednesday Issued a ca for an interstate convention to be he! at New Orleans, Jan. 24 26, 190 Among the matters for consl leratic to be acted upon are the followhij according to the call: "Flnauchr the entire spot cjtton business of tl south; creating a bureau of statist.! for benefit of the producers; estabilsl ment of a cotton exchange in ear. State through which cotton can 1 sold direct to the manufacturen.; c ganlz.tlon quiokly of all the cotrx producers In each cotton growii county; reduction of cotton aerea; and use of cimmerclal fertilizers f 1905, of not less than 25 per cent adoption of a local warehouse syste to meet the practical demand of bo farmers and bankers throughout t south; to make New Orleans the lea lng cotton exchange in the Unit States; the formation of a close al ance between all the southern agrie tural organizations now In exister for mutual co-operation and prob tion. These are among the Iced matters for consideration. They ? momentous and som? of them invol tremendous propositions. But nc are Incapable of quick solution a practical realization. The south pi sessts the brains, the manhood a the money to solve any great quest which threatens her prosperity." "Boss I'm Kondy To 8kta Tho Ci A speolal to The Augusta Chronl from Thomsou, Ga., oays: John Bul and Guy Reed, the two men who w convicted of the murder of Mr. R. Story here 21 days ago, were nani in the Jail yard at 10.30 a. m, W nesday. They both took the mal coolly, Bhowlng but little fear or r vousnefs. Just before tho black was slipped over the head ol Bul with a grin on bis face, he said co sheriff; "Boss, I'm, ready to skin cat." The negroes killed Mr. R. Story, a prominent farmer, beca he would not let them off .from w one afternoon. The body was foum a canebrake. A lynching was avei by the quick work of Judge Hcnr; Hammond of the supremo court, convening court and giving tbci . ...ai. Tue io .mn WA committed, criminals tried and hailed wlthtr days, being the record for-prompt ' ministration of justice In tils St r Shot Assallnnr. r In an effort to arrest Jesse ?oft b Charles Holland, Fred Westmere , and a young man named Fatter*) . Oakwood Ga., Wednesday night, ? Puckett, ohlef of police of that tx 1 was shot through the bowols an r he fell he ?hot Jess Wofford ton ? the stomaoh. The latter died HIK J after while Puckett is in a dang? condition. The men were driu and rowdy fmd when Puckett deavorcd to quiet them a fight fol i ed, with the above results. Fattei Holland and Westmoreland lodged In Jatl at Gainesville at i Wednesday. The town, six r south of Gainesville, is gre wrought up the tragedy. WHAT BEAT BRYAN Some Inside History of the Cam paign of 1896. A CORRUPTION FUND Of Fve Million Dollars Raised by the Trust Magnates a Few Days Before the Election for Special Use ia Five Doubtful States / and Gi ven to Hanna. i ' -, Toomas W. Lawson charges that Henry II. Rogers, president of the Amalgamated Copper Company and one 'of the leaders of the Standard Oil irrou p. directed the raising of a 85 uoo, 009 fund to buy Ave doubtful States fori William McKinley in the 1890 elec tion^ The charge ls made In the Jan uary i?sue of Everybody's Magazine, the Bavs of whi?*-4r"73 Rogers tried vainly to stop byunreatening criminal libel proceedings against the Amer! can News C mpany, which ls the gen eral distributing agent for periodicals and magazines. Lawson makes the charge in con nection with his exposure of the seoret of the Bay State gas fight between J. 101 ward Add lek*, ot Delaware, and Mr. It ?gers. Lawson for Add;oks had ar range a settlement with Rogers by which the latter wes to be paid 86.000. 000 on a sped lie date for bis rival gas plants in Boston and other important concessions. The money was to be raised by a now issue of Bay State Gas stock. Everything was running smoothly, when R' ger Foster, a well known New York lawyer, acting for a client, threw the Bay State Gas Company into a receivership, Dwight Braman' being appointed receiver. The receivership proceedings were put through with such a rush In the Delaware courts that Addlcksonly knew of lt after the receiver had been named. DISASTER FACED SPECULATORS. Unless the receiver could be dis charged and Addlcks regain posses sion of the comoany all hope of rais ing the money nicessaryto perfect the settlement arranged with R gers would have to be abandoned; the war would be continued, and Liwson, Ad "dicks and all pf their following 01 usn -ai. ii *&??xc CD '?-|lt7d"rrVif v.'j'iW,i'f'': tem plated suicide when he first heard of tue receivership. Lawson says he went to see the Bos ton broker to learn if the recelvendiip could be ended. He asked the broker; "What's the price?" and the latter, he says, rcpllod: $150,000 for the lawyer and lils client, who had 8100,000. of Bay State bonds, and 8150,000 for himself and those behind him. Law son said he told the broker receiver that the only hope of getting the money was from Mr. Rogers, saying: "The question is how to get Rogers to advar.ee so large a sum In such a ticklish business. Ile does not want to get mixed up in a matter lu which any one man's treachery might mean State prison." Lawson then visisted Mr. Rogers He says in lils article: "Rogers refused absolutely to be a party to any payment that could be traced back to him. He canvassed the sources of hazir.l; first, thiough treachery on the part nf Fester, Bra man or Addlcks, he mig it be accused of bribing a court oillcer, the receiver: Addioks might blackmail him hy charging him with conspiracy, or a conspiracy charge might he brought, by Bay Strte stf ckholders at.d he held for tremendous damages. He refused to put himself into any such trap. 1 put forward a dczon ways to meet the emergency, but he would have none of them. ROOKES* AL.T-.EOED PLAN. "Finally he suggested a method which was certainly perfect of Its kind. He began by letting me into the secret that the chances if a Mc Kinley victory In the election the fol lowing week looked pretty bad, and that the latest canvass of the States showed that unless something radical were done Bryan would surely win. Hanna had called Into consultiJJLpn half a dozen of tho biggest, finan* J, a In Wall street, and lt was decided to turn at lelst five of the doubtful States. To do this a fund of 85,000, 000 had been raised under Rogers' direction, to be turned over to Mnrk nanna and McKinley's cousin, O; horne, through John Moore, tho Wall street broker, who was acting as R g ers' repressntatlve In collecting the money. "lb wculd be legitimate for tho National Committee to pay out money to carry Delaware, and he (Hogers) would arrange it that the coin to sat isfy Braman and Foster should come through this channel. Thus ho would be completelyprotected. "'Lawson,'said Mr. It- g-^rs, look ing at me with deadly seriousness, his voice charged with conviction, 'If Bryan's edeoted there will te such a panic in this country as the world has never seen, and with his money ideas and the crazy headed radicals he will call to Warrington to administer the nation's affairs business will surely be destroyed and the working people suffer untold misery. You know we all hate to do what Uncle Mark says ls necessary, but lt's a caso of sonne of us sacrificing something for the coun try's goad. Bryan's election would set our country back a century, and I believe lt's the sacred duty of every honest American to do what he can to save his land from suoh a calam ity.' V VISIT TO RAXKKR MOORE. "gontlnulng, Mr. Lawson writes "Uavlrg clearly sat forth the politi cal situation through which we should bo 8avea"i Mr- Rogors procoedod to mapcV1, my owo program. First, I must, Apifectan alibi for him by going to FostA" ann" Braman and impress ing f^em that he was absolutely out of th'i* affair, and must under no cir cumstances be brought into lt, I must j convince Aciaicio to tue sanie eff?ot, 'and in addition tell bim tbat Mr. Bogers bad angrily refused to get Into tbe mix-up, tbat I should then hold myself in readiness tb meet John Moore and Hanna or O,borne aa soon as an appointment could be arranged. That afternoon I got the word and weut to ND. 26 Broadway, and from there Mr. Bogers and I went over to John Moore'B office. " 'John,' said Mr. Rogers, 'I am going to turn this matter over to YOU and Lawson, and I am to have noth ing further to do with it. What you two agree to will be satisfactory to me, and remember, both of you, every dollar that ls paid by the National Committee, but after it's all settled, and jf there ls no slip up, ? will .cox to L iwson for whatever ls expended. Is ir. understood?" "We agreed that lt was, and Rog ers lett us." Lawson says that the John Moore mentioned was of the stock broker age firm of Moore & Schley. Mr. Moore ls now dead. Lowson describes the Washington connections of Moore & Schley, saying they did business for Senators, Congressmen and other na tional r_rifflcials who speculated in stocks on their inside knowledge of legislation. When everything had been arranged for the quashing of the receivership by the payment of 9300,000. Lawson went to Boston with Mr. Rogers' at torney and the dlrcotots of the Boston companies. Legal transfers were to be made in Boston immediately upon telephone news from Wilmington of the retirement of the receiver. An other party, headed by Addicks and including the lawyer, the -receiver, a representative of Mr. Moore and coun sel for Mr. Rogers, left at the same time for Wilmington. This latter contingent. Lawson says, was to carry the money. Mr. Lawton writes: HOW THE PLAN WORKED. "Before I took the train for Bos ton, just after the last deed bad been signed, I had come to a complete understanding in the manner in which the court proceedings the following morn'ng Bhould be conducted. It was understood that no one should take another's word for anything, and con sequently that no money should pass until specific performance of all the required conditions. "Immediately on the release of the receivership Foster and Braman were to be paid their "fee,' and they asked that the 9150,000 cash coming-to them should bo arranged in separate piles of bills. The two packages contain ing Foster's and part of Buchanan's and Braman's $50,000 were to 'ho In the costody of John Moorer's repre sentative and my partner, who, with R igers' counsel and Addioks, had beer assigned to represent the Bay St" ??vlhccourt." - . - Xa^goTr"sa??tT''th?t Addicks had planned a revenge upon Foster and Braman after the payment of the mon ey. Some of his political "heelers." Lawson writes, bad learned of the pay meut in cash that was to be made, and had planned a scuffia on the sta tion platform while the lawyer and the receiver were walting for the train that was to take them from Wilming ton to New York, Lawson doesn't state outright that the two men were to be robbed in the souffle, merely saying: "Well, many things happen In a rush." CASE FULL OK HONEY. Judge Wales was on the bench In Wilmington Cirouit Court room the next day, says Lawson. All of -the parties to the arrangement were pres ent and two dres3 suit cases were stack? d up in the sight of all present. The fermai motlou to dlsmbs the re recelversnip was made and consented to. "At once," writes L\wson, "the two dress suit cases, each loaded with currency, wer*> slipped to Braman and Foster. In ino bustle Braman and Foster, each with his booty fled." They had arranged for a special train to carry them out of Wllmlng ton, and In this way. Lawson sayB, the plans of the Addicks men were defeated. Lawson says he learned that the two men had planned to make a big coup in Bay State Gas, but be not Into the market first, sending the price up from 4 to 10 a share, and then causing slump when they got aboard at the high price. In a separate article Lawson again attacks the life insurance companies, and to upset the charge that he waa actuated by their refusal to insure him, prints a fac-smlle of a 81,000,000 bond policy which he hold in the Equitable Life and on which he pays a yearly premium of $144,220. This policy expires on August 22,1012, when Mr Lawson IB to receive $1, :ioo,uoo. ?hot Hlmaolr. J. B. Harrison, a prominent colton buyer fatally shot himself at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon In his room at Magnolia inn, at Barnevvllle, Ga., the ball entering just above tbe right ear | and lodging In the brain. Heavy IOSSSB j on cotton contracts led to the act. nis losses are estimated at about $25,000. Ile has been despondent for tho past few days and Wednesday afternoon bought a pistol from a hardware store. Immediately thereafter, seeing the figures giving the close of the market for Wednesday, he went to bis room and shot himself. He was 45 years old and stood well among the people there. Besides tho losaos sus tained he bad considerable property and money left, amounting to $12,000 or $15,000. Killed tho Hoy. At Chicago while E mer Hunt, 10 years of age, balanced a bottle on his head, William Dougherty, who had been, boasting of his prowess as a marksman, it is alleged, attempted to emulate William Tell by shooting the bottle. At the second .-.hoi Hunt fell to the fljor with a bullet between his eyes ant1 died almost instantly. Dougherty escaped and the police are searching for him. Killed by an Explosion. Specials from Covington, a town on the Georgia railroad about 40 miles east of Atlanta say: Tho boilers at tho electric 11^ lit plant exploded there j Wednesday and killed the fireman, J. Li. McCullough. The cause of tho ac cident ls unknown, the boilers being I practically new, having been used but ! four yean. MARING RESCUE. Bri|?e Life Savers Take Twenty One Men from Ship. VISSEL TOTAL LOSS. Tbe'ifgfrge OH Steamer Northeastern dim io Pieces OD the Treach Jerons .Shoals of Cape, Hatte ras. Crew. After Qreat Peril, ls Saved. ATter hoing Imprisoned on the wrested oil steamer Northeastern nlnorhlles off Cape Hatteras f jr 36 btu-s, Capt. Wilder and his crew of 21 n;en wore taken ashore at noon Tht-?sd?y hy the crews of Klnnakeet, CreudB Hill and Hatteras life saving stations. The big steamer is pcunding Dla mond shoals under a terrille sea and 1B given up by the crew as a total lose.:; liva bewildering fog Tuesday night the Northeastern, on ber way up the coaiiy from Port Arthur, Texas, to Nev. York with a cargo of crude pet roler.n, shoved her prow Into the deaqly sands on Hatteras and was fas"i'n the olutohes of the graveyard of iping befora her crew realized whi t>ad happened. Ttvjtij'was at 11 o'clock and before day "?had como the gale that swept over tuc Ouuulry from the middle west had st.uok the s ia and waves wore crashing over the helpless lncess antly. The force of the wind and tide threw her on her port beam and the flood of w - "<er extinguished her Ares before her inflammable cargo cculd become ignited. Had this not been the case, the 22 men aboard the Northeastern would have met a horrible fate with no pasible ohance of escape. When morning dawned the wreck was sighted by the lifo savers and the wearier obsarvatory at Hatteras. She wasche miles oil" shore and the water between was a seething miss of moun tainous waves. No surf boat ever bulli, could have lasted one minute in sud', a sea and the life guards on the coaf t had to stand by helplessly and walch the big ship being pounded by the' vaves. During Wednesday night th*1 :nd diminished, .hut the temp-r -.ued about 20 degrees, add les suffering bf "tn?crew. Tins m.' /og at sun-up the hardy Uf? sa\.rs began their attempts to get a sur: ' boat to the ship. Again and again tho lifo boats were sent head un into tho sea, only to be caught up by a monster wave and hurled back on the beach. Human determination con quered the elements after a three-hour ?Druggie, and at 0 o'clock three life boats, with their bravo orews, were safely across the breakers. When the surf man reached the wreck they were confronted with a problem of great danger and difficulty. The sea. while lt bad ubslded to som 3 extent, was still In an angry mood and the little life boats were being tossed like cockle shells about the helpless mass of steel. Lines were Ana ly strung be tween the boats and the Northeastern and every man was taken from the vessel'in safety. It was ?ver six hours before the first of the boats reached shore again. The almost exhausted orew was oared for by the Hatteras life savers. No statement could he sc oured from Capt. Wilder Wednesday night, owing to the fact that the coast wires were broken shortly after the barest facts c mee.ri lng the rescue were obtained. The vessel, it ls said, will be a total loss. f The Northeastern ls a steel ocean steamship, built In Chicago in 1001, and Is owned by C. Counselmau of Cincinnati. The Northeastern sailed for Port Artnur, December 7, from New York, arrived on the 17th and sailed the same day._ Dr. ?lioliardson lloblgns. A dispatch from Spartanbu-g says I Kev. W. R. Richardson, D. D.,bas| severed his connection as editor with The Southern Christian Advocate and has received an appointment from Bishop Duncan as pastor of the First Methodist ohuroh at Pulaski, Tenn He will leave in the near future for his new field of labor. It is not detl nltely known who will succeed Dr. Richardson as The Advocate editor. It 1B ourrently reported that for the present the editorial work will be done by ono of the following gentle men: President Snyder of Wofford college, Pa?tor E. O. Watson of Cen tral Methodist church, or Rev. W. A. Rogers, D. D. Tbe departure of Dr. Richardson and his family will be a matter of genuino regret throughout city. As editor of The Advocate und as pastor of Central Metboilst church in yo-.ru past, Dr. Richardson had made many friends, irrespective of creeds, who held bim in high esteem. Whipped Whlto alan. A. D. Lewis, a white man, 33 years of age, whoso home is in Chicago was whipped in the woods near Natchez, Miss., Wednesday, and ordered out of the State. Lewis was being taken to Ibo county convict farm to serve a sentence for insulting women on tbe streets. While under arrest, a crowd of six white men took him from tho guard, carried bim to tho woods three miles from town, stripped him and gave him 60 lashes across the back, then placed him on a train and order ed him to leave tho State. Ho Was lo "ohed. A special from Neal, Ga., says" Herbert SlmmooB, a negro, was lynched there Thursday for tho killing of J. A. Park, a white man and one ot the community's best known cltl z ns. Tho negro was taken from the officers by Infuriated citizens whllo bes ing carried to the Zebulon jail and after hoing strung upon a treo lils body was riddled with bullets. Mr. Park'-*as murdered on tho night of Deo. 27, hi? skull being crushed in with i\ large.stiok. Tba coronov'3 ver dict vas that he came to his death at tho nvnds of Herbert Simmon*'. SiwTBisi<nrrTiTi - 'Ps SOLD YOUft COTIO?." 8ucb la the Advice Given th? Farm era on All Hides. The concensus of opinion on all sides ls that to sell cotton at this time ls little short of suicidal. This ls the time, it is declared, for the farmers of the south to Btand firm-stand pat and not show their hand. To yield, to sell at this time, is to simply .add to the panic and give the bears a- still further chance to beat down prices. It is argued that if the crop should reach the unprecedented figures of 13,000,000 bales, not more than 10, 000,000 bales of this will be marketed before the decreased acreage ot 1906 is a faot beyond dispute. A heavy cur tailment of the acreage planted this spring means a higher market and a rush of spinners to secure st? ck for future use. There is common sense in this view. The Augusta Chronicle says the be lief is strong among the cotton men of tbat city that the ll >ecy staple ls already far below its real market val ue. They feel that the reaction is bound to come. They argue that Jan uary contracts for exportation have al ready been supplied and hence there are few seekers of cotton on the mark et. But there are Febiuary, March and April contracts yet to be arrang ed, and factors claim that the borrow lng s?beme speculators and exporters' agent} attempted just before the holi days, ls a proof that they fear the consequences if forced into tbe mark et later as purchasers. The advice from all sections of tbe south is the same, to hold o tton. The further advice is to the effect that throughout the south the cotton factors and farm ers will hold what has not already been marketed. It is a fact, the cot ty u men air,rm, tnat the farmers were never in a better condition to hold the residue of their crop not already sold than now, and that not to do . so is to give up the fight when every thing points to ultimate success-tbe whipping of the fight. Factors called attention to the faot that New York financial papers ad mit that throughout the present crisis cotton bas been friendless on their exchange; "a friendless waif" is their term, and had been umeroifuily hammered down by the bulls, bent on the freezlrg out of the southern hold ers of the goods. Under these condi tions they are not surprised that cot ton is as low as it is. They wonder that tho slump did not continue. That lt did not they-argue ls good evidence that the bulls know the staple is fear fully underva'.ued. W. P. Brown, an authority on cotton in New Orleans, ls cut in a long Interview along the same line, urging the holding of cot ton at all hazards, and, as u b?eoud measure, a leduotion of acreage next year. He urges that the farmers of the south have the situation in band if tne/will remira' q?repo-^ noid ton. - The indications are that the advice will be.car'rled out to the letter by t]ie people of the South. Buyers and ex porters' agents report from all over the cuntry that no spot cotton is be ing offered for sala. At Meridian, Miss., faotors refused to sell where offers above prevailing prices were made and the parties stood ready to buy in any quanitles. The New York letters and papers are loaded with telegrams from Southern representa tives to the effect that farmers aro determined to hold what cotton they have and that none is being offered on the markets. They cannot buy. They are not buying. The consensus of opinion is that cotton ?bould be held and average reduced for the next season. It is the hope of the southern farmer. The belief is firm that the speculators and manipulators are in the main responsible for the severe slump of the past few weeks, that cotton is at least two cents below the real market value, and that the pre sent crisis is precipitated hy the bears ouly in the hope of breaklug the hold of the farmers on the fieeoy staple and thus ealing off the situation which they have created. Commissioner of Agriculture Ste vens of Georgia says: "The thing for the farmers to do is to hold on to the cotton they have now. If they will only hold, and cut down the acre age next year you will see the price go 'shuting up' instead of down. If every one would cultivate only ten acres of cotton to every plough and produce instead of 11,000,000 bales, only 6,000,000, then you would see the price go skyward in a hurry. A man can make more money out of a 5,000,oro bale crop at 12 to 15 cents than be can out of a 11,000,000 orop at 0 cents. Then by confining bim self to ten acres of cotton to the plow it would give him an opportunity of planting more grain, and moro things upon which to live at home. If be doesn't want to do tbatheoould allow bis land to rest. If the farmers will see cotton bringing 12 cents next year this time. "I am going to talk with Commis sioner Poole, of Alabama, over the telephone Friday afternoon. Ho is president of the Commissioners of Agriculture of the Southern States. My Idea is to bavo a meeting in New Orleans some time next month to dis cuss tho situation. If each commis sioner in the cotton growing states would write a personal letter to each farmer in his stat), advise bim to bold what cotton he now has on hand and to plant only ten aores to the plow. I believe lt would have a wonderful ef fect. It did in 1899 and wo got ten cents for cotton. I have a list of over 30,000 farmers in my office, and I can get them out letters in a very short while. Coming from the head of tho agricultural department in each state I feel Bure that the farmers would take notice of lt, and many of them would act accordingly, lt ls a quos tlon for the farmers to determine? but I am folly convinced if they will follow my plan we will have twelve cent cotton next fall." Skates Idko a Boy at ?0 Years. William Hammel, eighty years old, went skating Wednesday with thi rest of the "boys'" at Shiloh, N. J. Ho wrote his name on the lee, cul tbe figure eight, and then raced s milo with a much younger man ant won. Tho venerable skater used th< siates ho bought in PblladiAobh oisty-soven years ago. THE GOSPEL Off TEE COBK. On? SslentUt Worth Millions Farmers of Iowa. One single s?ieutlflo brain, study ing on the subject of scientific corn raising, bas earned in the last year for the State thai employs him over 810, 000,000, and this is only a beg i ur, I og. Professor P. G. Hoiden, bf the Iowa Agricultural College, in Ames, is the man. Ile began as a school teacher, teaching about grain os a aide issue. Now he ls known as an agronomist and preaches tiie "gospel of tho cora" from special oars drawn throughout the rural districts. The farmers ot Iowa once laughed at the idea ot a professor with such a title teachirg thom, the best corn growers in the world, anything about raising om. Now they flock from miles away tb listen to him and he is revered and obeyed as no other man in the State. As a result, In large part, of follow ing bis advice, they have raised about one hundred million bushels more corn this year than in any year of this century, and they exp*ct to add an other one hundred million bushels tb their orop next year. Prfessor Holden became an agrono mist-that ls, an expert In grain raising-by accident. When he taught Babool lu Michigan he got up a corn growing erntest among his pupils. He induced the boys to pick out the earliest, biggest and most perfect oars from the Heids, save them and plant from them the best and most perfeot kernels. The result, aided by scientific methods of cultiva tion, was that the bows raised more ? cora on their little patches than any hndy h arl ev?r dreaded cf. Professor Holden worked on his system until lt was perfeoted. . His fame spread, and the Funk bpf?f?BrsT who own a 25.000 acre farm/in mi. nols, offered hlm_3_blg-8??iary to run it. He planteiTS?Tooo acres of corn a year fortbem, land added to their jylet?^fj??Tnao one hundred thous and bushels the first year. The State of Iowa thought he was a good thing and engaged him to occupy the chair of agronomy in the Iowa Agricultural College, In Ames. The chair was created especially for him. Professor Holden made the farmers j believe after a time that he knew) more about corn raising than they did. He travelled all over the State j In special trains last spring and win ter, making "tall end" speeches and getting better orowds than any vice Presidential candidate saw later in the season. He told the farmers how to select their seed corn, how to plant and cultivate.it, and on what sort o' ground to plant di fi?rent sorts of corn and how to handle it tinder different conditions. The results are read In the crop re .ports on Iowa's oom yield this year. ian! J*verabro omp of Iowa corn for ^forty bushels to the acre. Forw , ^S8ai? it has been 27 1-2 bushels. Tfltt^v ornn w", nfr"rft gate 350,000,000 b?L^?BP ^^125 - 000,000 more than iasrf-aD?T "?J The crop ls worth about $3Gv& i more than a year ago, and Professrq Holden is universally oredlted with a1 third interest IP the extra yield. Barned to Death. Three persona lost their lives in a fire which totally destroyed tho farm residence of Chas. McMillan ab the head ot Conest?s Lake, N. Y., on Thursday. The dead: Charles McMillan." Lottie McMillan, his sister. Frank C. McMillan. Lula McMillan, another sister, escaped. The cause ot the fire has not been explained. The McMillan's were among thc prominent families of Livingstone county. The three McMillans lo?t their lives in an attempt to save the house from destruction. Aioused by the crackling of the flames the family fled from the house In their night clothing and awoke a farmhand who occupied a house a few roads awayi He arrived on the scene just in lime to see Charles, Prank and Lottie rush into the burning building with palls of water. Lula McMillan and Mary Doman, a servant, were restrained by main force from following the others. The charred bodies of the viotims were "-md in the ruins. It is sup posed 'hird body ls still in the debris, ^-^\_ Report Inoorreot. At a meeting of a number of gin ners of Georgia and Alabama at At lanta, Friday, two vice pr?sident! were named from Georgia to attend the next convention of cotton ginnen to be held at Dallas, Texas. President J. A. Taylor of tho National Glnnors association was present at the meeting and made au address urging the gin ners to retain Information regarding I cotton produced. Among other thing! he said: "The government report o: the cotton crop is totally incorreot I These reports are as far wrong as any thing I know. Many ginners did no oount-their bales correctly, often add lng many hundred bales more thai they ha* in reality ginned. In man] instances the number <~." rales ginnet was guessed at. I have como to thc ODcc'.mlon that I and the other gin ners were chumps for giving out tin reporta." Shot In a Cotton Mill. At Spartanburg Arthur Leiste) Ghot and killed George McAllister li the card room of the Appalaobe mil at Arlington Wednesday morning Leister was card room boss, and hat discharged one of McAllister's family Tuesday, and this caused a quarrel bo tween tho two. This quarrel was re newed and resulted In Leister shoot lng McAllister tbreo times, thc latt v dying almost Instantly from the ef feet? of his wounds. Leister came t< Spartanburg and gave himself up ti tho sheriff. He was lodged In th county jail. Falling Tree Killed Two. A special from Kllijay, Ga., BAJ that Wm. Cantrell and Joe Cbastln were killed and a brot'ier ot Ghaatln seriously Injured near Pur nt rnotmtil by a falling tree. The tree was blow by a high wind across a small tram nouna in wh'.oii th? mea were slttlo at tho tinao. ia the Price of . Cotton on Ac? count of Ginnsrs ?cpoil OE THE GOYSHNMENT. PrlMt the Uwcst in Three Y?*ri. Tki Report, as Gives Out by the Census Bureau, Indicates a Yield et Thirteen Million Bales for this Year. A dispatch from Now YoTk say? till cotton mallet broke 30 to 35 point] on the connus bureau's glnners' repor, Indicating a crop In cxcesB of the gov- f ernment's estimate. There was very - heavy tradlug on the decline. The bears contend that the ginners' report probably forecasted a crop of nearly 13,000,000 bales. Following the re port prices, which bad shown weak ness since the opening, broke sharply, with January selling around 6.66, March 6 81 and May 6 06, or a net de clino of 22 to 25 points and a break of practically ?0 a bale in two weeks' time. The market was very activo during Wednesday afternoon with big short interests covering while / (ere was also heavy liquidation ar/ : on every little bulge the bears ,8? disposed to withdraw their ' ' or dei s S?d ssH moro cctt-Q?y~ j figures reached in thc* I lowesti^bifc J&$3?9.gj P&?ff?ythree years; THE GLNNEnS' REPOllV, The census bureau Wednesdt., sued a report giving the quantity cotton ginned in 737 counties up December 13 last to have been ll, 986,614 running bale?, which ls the equivalent of 11,848,113 commercial^ bales. Tbe commercial bales reported to the same period for 1903 amounted to 8.747,609. lu arriving at the number of coant merolal bales, round bale3 are couy ed half bales. ? The report to the same date / year covered 812 counties as ag?? 737 this yt ar. The report for present year covers the outp, 29,527 ginneries, while 29, _ included In the report for 190 product of the different state ? year, in runn>ng bales, ri i December 13, la as follows: Alabama.... ;. Arkansas. ..... Florida.;. Georgia. Indian Territory Kentucky Louisiana Missislippi Missouri North C.?v?j?ii.' 'm i NEW OHu... TT,r . A MAS, it A dl&paf?u. from New Ono* \\yA wlth the reading of the glnners'iv^y^ . on the cotton exchange Wednesday V cotton slumped 47 to 55 points. Ex- / traordinary excitement attended tho ? break. Tl te market was hammered with greai energy. After the first excitement the market grewquleter though thc decline"was not arrested. January cotton went to 6.40, which is a decline pf about four cents during the last three months. Outrun Barned. A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga.^ one bale ot cotton was burned f streets of Fort Gaines Thursday ar^ noon by farriers of Clay county, w'? . set Ure tty the fleecy staple after a." mass^nlee'.ing In which the cotton^ j^Jaiiters o' that county declared they 1 were willli g to burn their Interest in 3 the two m Jllon bales representing an y excess oro ?> produced In the oottcw"v>? states. Tho burning was accor^u, in by great ceremony ajjtJsiCi'iowe. Btlll. Kte?*wer excltji^?nt. Much ?i tbuslaam was'?Txdenoed at the mas meeting of the farmers at which this radical action was planned and adop ted. Several speeches were made and then followed the resolution which provided tnat Clay county should take Ute initiative and burn the 2,000,000 bales above tho normal crop. Other counties have been asked to follow this action and In this way rid the market of the surplus crop. Murdered ia a Olub Koora. Travis Johnson, a weU known citi zen, was foully murdered Wednesday in rooms at the Arlington club, his head being nearly severed from his body by either a knife or a hatchet. John Griffith, marine engineer, waa arrested almost Immediately after tho assassination and charged with the crime. The victim was at breakfast when he received a telephone message to return to tho club rooms, as Berne ono wanted to seo him. He was ac companied Into the room by Griffith, who was seeu a few minutes there after leaving the place by a rear en trance. Feeling against the prisoner is intense and a quick trial is de manded. Tbe motive for the crime waa probably robbery, as noarly ?200 was taken from the mnrlered mun. TrulnB in Kftt/tl Crash. The ncavy fog caused a fatal accl dmt on the Now Haven road Wednes day night. Tho Boaton t tpross duo at 7 03 In charge ot Conductor J. A. Daly, of Hartford, and Engineer Charles Banyo, of Now Haven, crash ed Into an accommodation train in the Stamford depot. George How land, a travelling conductor, of Mount Vernon, wat killed, and many wera injured. _ Poor fV>Ur?w. At Chicago on Friday, after buying F. collin ostensibly for a irionrl, barny Iv, Nesbit, A banker, committed sui |clde Friday in an uaderta'flvi>r estab lishment. Scribbled oh $ oatt! In' thej bank or's pocket wai a note saying: ''I am Uro:! of being a stipple." Nesbit had a abrl veiled leg.