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_ m F CROP. ttl Is Worth by Yield Lr Per Acre. SELLING PMCE '??^f Be Alisleading as lo Value. - Aa ^portant Distinction. The South Caroiina Weather Bureau's Re port for November Con tains Startling Data. The November report of the South Carolina section .of the weather bu reau service, just out, contains much that is of Interest to farmers and all others who keep up with crop condi tions. Tne mr st Interesting and valuable portion of the report ls In the nature of a reminder, or advice, to farmers as to what makes the value of the cotton crop, and this ls especially timely just now when there are so | many bizarre notions as to how to in crease the price. The report shows that lira return on the crop to the In dividual farmer ls represented not hy the price per tale, but by the price per acre, and some corrparisons be tween South Carolina aud Texas are made which illustrate the point. Tile report says on t!< ls line: "It ls thc common opinion that the selling price r>f an agricultural pro duct is alone the measure of Its profit ableness. Theoretically this ls true, but in actual practice lt ls n.^t wholly true, and in some Instances is not even the most important factor, when productiveness is compared with crop pt ices. "By far the greater part of what the average farmer iaises is for use and consumption on hts farm, and thc residue is the surplus on which alone the stiling price bas any effect so far | jetajy tfJ-~thje?farmer's nuances nie concerned. The caseTs^SIercut with the cotton farmer, for tIrqjten/lre~prOauctton~ii this staple muston s ld, and cone can be pio?tabiy 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 the profitable ne s of this crop. '.'The statt meut that m re money is received for a small than for a larga se atc -x&jiti-uc? /.-v--.iji0j?--.--.-si ? 'UCUOUUL. of money rtodiveu ' for the smaller crop represents a loss to the cotton planter, in comparison with the smaller amount teoeived 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 an approximate fact that the cost of cultivating an acre of cot ton varies but little from year toi year, far less than the price per pounti or tiie yield per acre, and lt I may also be assumed to be constant in thc. same locality, however widely lt may vary in different loallt.ies. "To Illustrate all of the foregoing point;., the value per acre hos been calculated for the iota) cotton crop of South Carolina and Tc xas for a num ber of years, selected to lepie. ent the conditions bru,Hy stated above. In the .abie per acre, in youth Carolina, was $14 20; in Texas, $22.50; the price per pound was 11.2 cents. In 1891, the \alue for South Carolina was j $14.30; for Texas, $I2.;>0; the price per pound ti.9 cents, lu lrj!U> the val?as were, fir South Caralica, $15.DJ; for Texas, ?10.90; the price per pound T.o ams. In 189S, the i jeai of greatest production for which values are available, the values wire, for South Carolina, $11; for Texas, $13 80; the price per pound 5.0 cmts. s "The limits of this article will not ^'"'"^rQit a lull discussion of the weather ?vaiedrevallec1' und t,je acreage cul* amounts' ,u connection witn the be safely S-glized per acre, but lt can acre I? the caed that the yield per Orotitablencs?.#.t>lling faoU>r in the ratl ei thay* of raising cotton, larne yleljPthe price per pound, thc r?U1' and bigh price would be the I'/rt profitable combination, but fide or 'supply and demand* as* s itself very quickly In such cases, Jratlng cn the variable factor, 1. e , ie price. The conclusion is tnat In* ensive farming will do moie to niakt cotton lalsing profitable than will var; lng the acreage from year to year in the hope, of raising the pi Ice by X , limiting production or increasing the acreage to supply an existing defici ency at high prices. If thc supply can be made fairly constant the price will remain fairly constant. The effect of the weather on the growing crop is, afte r ali, the main factor In the pre Atablen ess of raisin"; cotton." rilOOKUSS OF KAUM WORK. As to the progress of farm work during November the bulletin says: "The weather conditions through out Ae,veiriber were favorable for jpn remained In the inly of late, scat i Vi ?T^?gl? some dr Brot p^f dur. morith ; gathering adi buKskIng Icking ?eed ipcasi dip*., an? sweet potatoes; and g? i??,r\nu .Tops such as turnip, uanalo other root crops. " <y 'A general killing frost, excepl lon? the coast where lt was a heavy frost, tn the 15 h, with freezing tem perature-H .-wiri thin ice ove r the tippe? -.arts of the State, stopped all furthei rovth except of the very hardiest egetables In thc coast true!; regions, id ended the growing season of 1904. "The temperature averaged slight ly below normal, nut was never cold 'Ugh to afb rd safe opportunity for Utcbering farm he.gs, have in the j'ein portions win re much meat cured and parked. was delajed by drought, raiu fell early in the month ie ground and permit of lands for wheat and "e acreage of both grains lug the month, ?er low, owing to the'pre cut was.ln thc main satisfactory. Wheat and oatB seeding was not finished. "Bice thrashing was practically fin ished, and the yields were not as large as the mid-summer condition Indicat ed that they would be. _j''The yields of corn came up to ex pectation and gathering continued tt e earlier promising reports. Both early and late planted corn were equally good. "There were gtnerally poor yields o' minor fall crops ovtr the western parts attributable to the long and severe drought during September and October; in the eastern parts where the rainfall was more copious, the fall ort ps were general y excellent. "During November, as during tbs previous gathering seaton this year, there was practically nu U ss in har vesting from bad weather, and all crops were saved in the very best con dition." CLIMATOLOGY FOR THE MONTH. The main temperature for Novem ber was 41.6 degrees, which is 2 2 de grees below normal. Tho highest local mean was 57 2 degrees at Charleston; the lowest was 40 2 degrees at Green ville. The monthly extremas w?re a maximum of 80 degrees at Walhalla, on the 22nd, and a minimum ot 22 de grees at Greenville and Han; u J on the 15th, making the State range 58 de grees. The greatest h eal monthly range was 50 degrees at Walhalla, the least was 37 degrees at Charleston The mean of the daily maximum tem peratures was 03.0 degrees and of the dally minimum temperatures was only 39.7 degrees, making the average dal ly range 23.9 degrees. Frost (first killing of the seis in) In addition to the Hst in October: On the IstatCheraw, Dllllon. Lugoff. On the 13tb at Trenton. On the 141 h at Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bites burg, Caine un Falls, Camden, Kdlsto, Effingham, Georgetown, Kingstree, Pe zer. PlnopnliK. Sr.. Oeor^oK. St. Mat thews, St. Stephens, Saluda, Smith Mills, Summervdle, Yemasseo, York vllle. On 15th at Beaufort, Columbia, Conway, Society Hill, Walterhoro, Winnsboro. ice-Thin lee wai quite general on the 1st, 14th, and 15th. IMlECiriTATION. The precipitation averaged 2 78 in ches which ls 0.05 below normal. Tnt greatest monthly amount was 4.39 at Yorkville; the least was 1.20 at Con Tue Kreatto'j i.'.^Our fall was 2.06 at Stateburg on the 12th-13th The average number of days with 0.01 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 13;h, generali] only a trace, but amounting to 2* In Clies at Bateshurtr. The Bnow mrdtc< at?.iw. : ' * . v ." Weather-The average number o clear days was 17, of partly cloudi ones 6, and of cloudy oues 7. Winds-The prevailing direction o the wind was from the west at 17 sta tlons, from thc northwest at 10. fron the southwest at 9, from the no:th east at 7, from the uorth at 5, fror the east at 2, aud from the siuthwcs at one t tatton. High Winds-High winds, reachln velocities o' 40 miles or more, at uau places, prevailed over the State on th 13th. Jordon louiu-n a Cull. President Harvle Joidinn pt th Southern Cotton Growers' Protect!v association Wednesday Issued a ca for an interstate convention to bs tu 1 at New Orleans, Jan. 24 20, 190; Among tho matters for const leratic to he acted upon are the follow ii j according to the call: "Flnancro the entire spot c jtton business of tl south; creating a bureau of statist!) for heneflt of the produc?is; establlsl ment of a cotton exchange in eac State through which cotton can t sold direct to the manufactur?is.; o ga?izitlon quickly of all the otu producers in each cotton growlr county, reduction of cotton acreai and use of ci mmerclal fertilizers f 1905, of not less than 25 per cent adoption of a local warehou.-ie sj ute to meet the practical demand of bol farmers and hankers throughout tl south; to make New Orleans the lea lng cotton exchange In the Unit States; the formation of a close al ance betweeu all the southern agrici t unil organizations now in existen for mutual co-operation and prot( tlon. These are among the leed : matters for consideration. They a momentous and some of them Invol tremendous propositions. But no are incapable of quick solution a practical realization. Tue south p< sesscs the brains, the manhood a the money to solve any great questi which threatens her prosperity." ?. llenin I'm Ucarty To 8km Tho Ci A special to The Augusta Chronl from Thomson, Ga., says: John But and Guy Heed, the two men who w convicted of the murder of Mr. R. Story here 21 days ago, were bani In the Jail yard at lu.30 a. rn, W nesday. They both took the mat coolly, showing but little fear or t vousne^s. Just before the black < was slipped o vi r the hoad of Bul with a grin on his face, he said to sheriff; "Boss, I'm, ready to skin cat." The negroes killed Mr. lt. Story, a prominent farmer, beca he would not let them off .from w one afternoon. The body was fount a canebrake. A lynching was avet by the quick work bf Judge Ilenr; Hammond of the supremo court, convening court and giving thor ....ai. Tne eii.ue \ ? committed, criminals tried and han;ed withit ' days, being the record fot-prompt ministration of Justice in tils St Hhot AeaallMnr. In an effort to arrest Jesse ?off - Charles Holland, Fred West meei and a young man named Patters) Oakwood Ga., Wednesday night, Puckett, chief of polloe of that tx was shot through the bowels am he fell he shot Jess Wofford th rt the stomach. The latter died slit after while Puckett is In a (lange condition. The men were drln and rowdy and when Puckett deavored to quiet them a tight fol ed, with the ubove results. Patter Holland and Westmoreland < lodged In Jail at Gainesville at J Wednesday. The town, six E south of Gainesville, is gre wrought up over the tragedy. 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 io Five Doubtful States and Given to lianna. Thomas W. Lawson charges that Henry H. Rogers, president of the Amalgamated Copper Company and one of the leaders of tho Standard Oil group, directed the raising of a $5 OOO, OOO fund to buy Ave doubtful States for William McKinley In the l seo elec tion. The charge ts made tn the Jan uary t>:sue of Everybody's Magazine, the saie of wlik*' *^ .. Rogers tried vainly to stop by lureatenlng criminal libel proceedings against the Amcrl can News O mpany, which ts the gen eral distributing agent for periodicals and magazines. Lawson makes thc charge in con nection with his exposure of the secret o? the Hay State gas tight between J. ICiward Addlcks, of Delaware, and Mr. R -gers. Lawson for Add;cks had ar range a settlement with Rogers by which the latter was to be paid $?,000, 000 on a Kppfitii'. ria!? for hin rival gnc plants in Boston and other important concessions. Tho money was to be raised by a new issue cf Bay State Gas stock. Everything was running smoothly, whi n lt' ger Foster, a well known New York lawyer, acting fora client, threw the Bay State Gas Company into a receivership, Dwight Krainan being appointed receiver. The receivership proceedings were put through with such a ru*h in thc Delaware courts that Addieksonly kuew of it after the receiver had been named. DISASTER FACED STEOULATORS. Unless the receiver could be d's charged aud AcMicks regain posses sion of the comoany all hope of rais ing the money ntcessaryto perfect the settlement arranged willi R gers would have to be abandoned; the war would be continued, and Lawson, Ad "dicks and all of their following ctush tercplated suicide when h? tir?t heard of the recel vor.?-hi p. Lawson says he went to .see the Bos ton broker to learn if tho receivership could be ended. He asked the broker ; ''What's the price?" and the latter, he says, replied: 8150,000 for the lawyer and his client, who had 8100,000 of Bay State bonds, and St?O.OOt) fe.r himself and those behind him. Law son said he told the br; ker receiver that the only hope ul gol tilg thc money was from Mr. Rogers, saying: "The question is how tu get Rogers to advar.ee su large a sum in such a ticklish business. Ile does not want to get mixed up In a matter in which any one man's treachery might mean State prison." Lawson then visistod Mr. Rogers Ile siiys in his article: "Rogers refused absolutely to he a party to auy payment that could hi traced hack to him. Ile canvassed the sources of hazard ; first, through treachery on the part, of lu ster, Bra man or Addlcks, he m'g it he accost d of briliiog a court ofllcer, the receiver: Addlcks might blackmail him by chaiging him with conspiracy, or a conspiracy charge might be brought by Bay Strte st< ck holders ard he held for tremendous damages. He refused to put himself into any sueh trap. 1 put forward a dez:n ways to meet the emergency, but he would bave n:ine of them. ROGERS* ALLEGED PLAN. "Finally he suggested a method willoh was certainly perfect of its kind. He began bf letting me into the secret that the chattet s t f a Mc Kinley victory in the election the fol lowing week looked pretty had, and that the latest canvass of the States showed that unless something radical were done Bryan would surely win. Hanna ti ad calli d into consut; ??nn half a dozen of the biggest finan? ".s tn Wall st reet, and lt was decided to turn at lelst five of the doubtful States. To do this a fund of 95,000,. 000 had been raised under Rogers' direction, tu be turned over to M-irk Hanna and McKinley's cousin, (), horne, through John Moore, the Wall street broker, who was acting as R g ers' representative In collecting the money. "lt weuld be legitimate for tho National Committee to pay out money to carry Delaware, and he (Rogers) would arrange it that the coln tu sat Isfy Braman and Foster should come through thischanuel. Thus he would he completclyprotectcd. " 'Lawson,' said Mr. Eagers, look ing at rae with deadly seriousness, his voice charged with c mviction, 'If Bryan's elected thero will ce such a panic in Mils country as the world has never seen, and with his money Ideas and the crazy headed radicals he will call to Wadiington to administer the nation's alf.ilr.s business will surely be destroyed and tho working people suffer untold misery. You know we all hate to do what Uncle M irk says is necessary, but lt's a eise of some of us s'tcrlticltig something for the coun try's good. Brvan's election would net our country hack a century, and I believe lt':i the sacred duty of every hone.it American todo what beean to save tits land from such a calam ity.' N?v VISIT TO BANKER MOORE. Continuing, Mr. Lawson writes "Uavlt g clearly sat forth the politi cal s?i-uatloti through which we should bo B4ve^' Mr i*?Kers proceeded to mapt?ut mv ?wn program. First, I must Aerfectan alibi for bimby going to Foster anfl Braman and impress ing jouom that he waa absolutely out 1 of thy ailalr, and must under no cir cumstances be brought Into lt, I must/ j convince Addloks to the Bame effect, ! and in addition tell bim that Mr. Rogers bad angrily refused to get into the mix-up, that I should then hold myself in readiness to meet John Moore and Hanna or O .borne as soon as an appointment could be arranged. That afternoon I got the word and went to No. 20 Broadway, and from tbere Mr. Rogers and I went over to John Moore's office. " 'John,' said Mr. Rogers, 'I am ROlng 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 is paid by the National Committee, but after it's all settled, ail'1 if there is no slip up, I will look to L iwson for whatever ls expended. Is ir, understood?" "We agreed that lt was, and Rog ers left us." Lawson says that the John Moore mentioned was of the stock broker age firm of Moore & Schley. Mr. Moore ls cow dead. Lowson describos the Washington connections of Moore & Sohley, say lr g they did business for Senators, Congressmen and other na tional j til e. i a ls 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 $300,000. Lawson went to Boston with Mr. Rogers' at torney and the directors 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 AddickB 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 TUE PLAN WORKED. "Before I took the train for Bos ton, just after thc last deed bad Leen s'gurd, I had onie to a complete understanding in the manner in which the court proceedings the following mortrng should 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 ah the required conditions. '"Immediately on the release of the receivership Foster and Br&man were to be paid their "fee,' and they asked that the $150,000 cash comlng-to them should be arranged in separate piles of bills. The twj packages contain ing Foster's and part of Buchanan's and Braman's $50,000 were to be In the costody of John Moorer's repre sentative and my partner.'who, with R %e: s' counsel and Addioks, had bee'" asslgued io represent tho Bay St.1 ' "Lawson "said thal Addicks had planned a revenge upon Foster and Braman after the payment of the mon ey. Some of his political "heelers." Lawson writes, had learned of the pay ment lu cash that was to be made, aud had planned a scuffle on the sta tion platform while the lawyer and the receiver were waiting for the train that waa to take them from Wilming ton to New York, Lawson doesn't state outright that the two men were to be robbed in the scuffle, merely saylnu: "Well, many things happen in a rush." OA8E KULI. OF MONET. Judge Wales was on the bench in Wilmington Circuit Court room the next clay, says Lawson. All of the parties to the ai rangement wer<j pres ent and two dress fcuit cases were stack* d up in thc sight of all present. The formal motiou to dismiss the re receiversnlp was made and consented to. "At once," writes Liwson, "the two tiri ss suit cases, each loaded with currency, were slipped to Braman and Foster, lu the hustle Braman and Foster, each with his booty tied." They had arranged for a special train to carry them out of Wllming ton, and in this way. Lawson says, 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 he got Into the market first, Bending thc 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 Lo upset the charge that he was actuated by their refusal to Insure him, prints a facsimile 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. Thia policy expires on August 22,1012. when Mr Lawson Is to receive $1, :i00,o00. Shut HiuiHcir. J. B. Harrison, a prominent ootton buyer fatally shot himself at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon In his room at Magnolia inn, at BamesvUle, Ga., the ball entering just above the right ear and lodging In the brain. Heavy losses on cotton contracts led to t..e act. Ills losses are estimated at abou" $25,000. He has been despondent for the past few days and Wednesday afternoon bought a pistol from a hardware store. Immediately thereafter, seeing the figures giving tho closo of the market for Wednesday, he went to his room and shot himself, ne was 45 j ears old and stood well among the people there. Besidas thc loiaea sus tained ho had considerable property and money left, amounting to $12,000 or $15,000. killed i ho Hoy. At Chicago white E mer Hunt, 19 years of age, balanced a Lottie on his head, William Dougherty, who had been, boasting of his prowess as a marksman, it is alleged, attempted tc emulate William Tell by shooting the 1 ottle. At the second shot Hunt fell to i he fl.or with a bullet between his eyes ant1 died almost instantly. Dougherty escaped and the police are .searching for him. Killed by nu K.x plosion, Specials from Covington, a town on the Georgia railroad about 40 miles east ot Atlanta aay: Tho tollers at the electric light plant exploded there I Wednesday and killed the fireman, J. 1 L. McCullough. The cause of tho ac ioldent ls unknown, the boilers being I practically new, having been used but four years. ABARING RESCUE. - - Life Savers Take Twenty i S One Mea from Ship. VESSEL TOTAL LOSS. Tbc ifSrge Oil Steamer Nortfacastern Pading to Pieces on tbe Treach erous Shoals of Cape Matte* ras. Crew. After Oreat I Peril, is Saved. ''Ubi " * After being imprisoned on tbe wreaked oil steamer Northeastern nim miles off Cape Flatteras f jr 3(5 hturs, Capt. Wilder and bis crew of | 21 men were taken ashore at noon Tbiirsday by the crews of Klnnakeet, Creuds Hill and Hatteras life saving statij?ns. The big steamer is prundlng Dia mond sboals under a terrific sea and ls given up by the crew as a total less. , Iti-a bewildering fog Tuesday night the Northeastern, on her way up the coaur/from Port Arthur, Ttxas, to Nev: York with a cargo of crude pet roled <n, shoved her prow Into the deacly sands on Hatteras and was fas", "n tho clutches of the graveyard of happing before her crew realized wbi had happened. T^g?was at 11 o'clock and before I day ; had come the gale that swept) over the country from the middle west; had st, no ic the sm and waves were crashing over the helpless incess ontly. The force of the wind and tide threw her on her port beam and the flood of w ",er extinguished her tires before | her inflammable cargo could become Ignited. Had this not been the case, the 22 men aboard the Northeastern would have met a horrible fate with no passible ohance of escape. When morning dawned the wreck was sighted by the life savers and thc weather observatory at Hatteras. She was$tn'e miles olf shore and the water between was a seething miss of moun tainous waves. No surf boab ever bub-/ could have lasted one minute in sud', a sea and the life guards on tbe coerI had to suind by helplessly aud walch, the big ship being pounded by Che vaves. During Wednesday night | th* :nd diminished, Dut the temp r ^ued about 20 degrees, add -Jb suffer"!ng of tue Crew. Tins I m . ng at sun-up the hardy life sa\. rs began their attempts to get a | sur.' boat to the ship. Again and again thollife boats were sent head on into I the sea, only tobe caught up by a! monster wave and burled back on tbe beach. Human determination con quered the elements after a three-hour soruggle, and at 9 o'clock three life boats, with their brave crews, were| safely across the breakers. When the surfman reached the wreck they were confronted with a problem of great I danger and difficulty. The sea. while it bad ubiided to some extent, was) still in an angry mood ind the little life boats wore being tossed like cockle shells about the helpless mass of steel. Lines were tina ly strung be tween the boats and the Northeastern and every man was ta:<en from the I vessel In safety. It was over six hours j hefore the first cf the boats reached shore again. The almost exhausted erew was cared for by the Hatteras life savers. No statement could be se cured from Capt. Wilder Wednesday, night, owing to the fact that the coast wires were broken shortly after I the barest fact* c incoming the rescue j were obtained. The vessel, it is said, will be a total loss. The Northeastern ls a steel ocean steamship, built lu Chicago In 1901, and ls owned by C. Counselman of Cincinnati. The Northeastern sailed for Port Arther, December 7, from New York, arrived on the 17th and sailed the same day._ Dr. illoliardHon llubljcns. A dispatch from Spartanbu-g says Rev. W. P.. Richardson, D. D., has I severed his connection as editor with The Southern Christian Advocate and has received an appointment from! Bishop Duncan as paster of the Pirnt Methodist church at Pulaski, Tenn He will leave In the near future for his new field of labor, lt ls not defi nitely known who will succeed Dr. Richardson as The Advocate editor. It ls currently reported that for the present the editorial work will be done by one of the following gentle men: President Snyder of Wofford college, Pastor E. O. Watson of Cen tral Methodist church, or Rev. W. A. Rogers, D. D. The departure of Dr. Richardson and his family will be a matter of genuine regret throughout city. As editor of The Advocate and as ppstor of Central Methodist chu rc' In years past, Dr. Richardson hac made many friends, irrespective of creeds, who held him In high esteem. Whipped White MAH. A. D. Lewis, a white man, 33 yoars of age, whose home ls In Chicago was whipped In the woods near Natchez, Miss., Wednesday, and ordered out of the State. Lewis was being taken to .be couuty convict farm to serve a sentence for Insulting women on the streets. While under arrest, a crowd of 9lx white men took him from the guard, carried bim to the woods three miles from town, stripped bim and gave him GO lashes across thc back, then placed him on a t-aln and order ed h I .o to leavo the State. Hu WSB Lynched. A special from Neal, Oa., says" Herbert Simmons, K negro, was lynched there Thursday for the killing of J. A. Park, a white man and one of the community's best known cltl z ns. The nogro was taken from the officers by Infuriated citizens while be ing carried to the Zebulon jail and after belog strung upon a tree his body was riddled with bullets. Mr. Park was murdered on the night ol Deo. 27, his skull bel?g crushed in with a large, stick. Tba coroner's ver dict vas that he came to his death at tho hvnds of Herbert Simmons. HOLD YOUR COT I ON." Such Ia the Advice Given th? Farra* er? on All Hides. Til? concensus of opinion on all sides is that to sell cotton at this time is little short of suioldal. This ls the time, lt is declared, for the farmers of tbe south to stand firm-stand pat and not show their hand. To yield, to avll at this time, ii to simply .add to tbe panic and give the bears a still further chance to beat down prices. It ls argued that if the crop should reach the unprecedented figures of i .'i.uoo,ooo bales, not more than 10, 000,000 bales of this will be marketed before the decreased acreage of 1906 ls 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 senBe In this view. The Augusta Chronicle says the be lief is strong among the cotton men of that city that the fl?eoy staple ls already far below Its real market val ue. They feel that the reaction is bound to oome. Tivy argue that Jan uary contracts for exportation have al ready been supplied and hence th<jre arc few seekers of cotton on the mark et. But there are Febtuary, March and April contracts yet to bo arrang ed, and factors claim that the borrow lng scheme speculators and exporters1 agents attempted just before the holi days, is a proof that they fear the consequences If forced into the mark et later as purchasers. Tbe advice from all sections of the south ls the same, to hold c tton. The further advice ls to the effect that throughout, thc south the cotton factors and farm ers will hold what has not already been marketed. It ls a fact, the cot ton men athrm, that the farmers were never in a netter 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-the whipping of tbe fight. Factors called attention to the fact that New York financial papers ad mit that throughout the present crisis cotton has been friendless on their exchange; "a friendless waif" is their term, and had been umerolfully hammered down by the bulls, bent on the freezing out of the southern hold ers of the goods. Under these condi tions they are nob surprised that cot ton is as low as lt is. They wonder that thc slump did not continue. That lt did not they.'argue ls good evidence that the bulls know the staple ls fear fully undervalued. W. P. Brown, an authority on cotton In New Orkans, is cut in a long interview along the same line, urging the holding of cot ton at all baiurds, and, as u second measure, a reduction of acreage next year. He urges that the farmers of the south have the situation In band if tue/will remira q?TOPonri bold cot ton. The Indications are that th3 advice will be.carrled out to the letter by the people of the South. Buyers and ex porters' agents report from all over the cuntry that no spot cotton is be ing offered for ssla. At Meridian, Miss., factors refused to sell where effers above prevailing prices were made and the parties stood ready to buy In any quanities. 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 oannot buy. They are not buying. The consensus of opinion is that cotton jhould be held and acerage reduced for the next season. It is the hope of the southern farmer. The belief ls firm that the speculators and manipulators are In the main responsible for the severe slunp of the past few weeks, that cuttou is at le?st two cents below the real market value, and that the pre sent crisis ls precipitated hy the bears ouly in the hope of breaklug the hold of the farmers on the tleeoy staple and thus easing oil the situation which they have created. Commissioner of Agriculture Sto vens of Georgia says: "The thing for the farmers to clo ls 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 ben acres of cotton to every pku/b and produce Instead of 11,000,000 bales, only 5,000,000, thon you would see the price go skyward in a hurry. A man eau make more money out of a 5,000,0( 0 bale crop at 12 to 16 cents than be can out of a 11,000,000 crop at 0 cents. Then by confining him self to ten acres of cotton to the plow lt would give bim an opportunity of planting more grain, and moro things upon which to live at home. If be doesn't want to do thathecould 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 , elephone Friday afternoon. He is , president of the Commissioners of Agriculture of the Southern States. My Idea is to have a meeting in New Orleans some time next month to dis cuss tho situation. If each commis sioner in the cotton growlug states would write a personal lotter to each farmer in his stat3, advise him to hold what cotton he now has on hand and to plant only ten acres to the plow. I believe lt would have a wonderful ef fect. It did in 1899 and we got ten cuits for cotton. I have a list of over HO,000 farmers In my office, and I can get them out letters in a vory short while. Coming from the head of the agricultural department in eaob state I feel sure that the farmors would take notice of lt, and many of thom would act accordingly, lt ls a quos tlon for the farmers to determine? bu- I am fully convinced if thoy will follow my plan we will have twelve cent cotton nt:xt fall." Mkateu Uko * Boy ?t HO Year?. William Hammel, eight} years old went skating Wednesday with th( rest of the "boys'* at Shiloh, N. J, He wrote his name on the loo, cul ' tbe figure eight, and then raced : milo with a muoh younger man ant . won. The venerable skater used thi , skates he bought in Phlladolphli slx^y-seven yearn ago. THE G08P?L OF THE COEN. On? Scientist Worth Millions to the Formero of Iowa. One Bingle s?leutiflo brain, study ing on the subj oct of seien tl tlc corn raising, bas earned in the last year for the State that employs him over 810, 000,000, and tbij ls only a beginning. Professor P. G. Holden, of the Iowa Agricultural College, in Ames, ls the man. He began as a school teacher, teaching about grain os a side issue. Now he is known as an agronomist and preaches the ' 'gospel of the corn" from sp?cial oars drawn throughout the rurat districts. The faders of Iowa once laughed at the idea of a professor with such a title teachirg them, the best corn growers In the world, anything about raising om. Now they flock from miles away tb listen to him and be is revered and obeyed as no other man in the State. As a result, lu 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 to their orop next year. Prfessor Holden became an agrono mist-that is, an expert In grain raising-by accident. When he taught sahool In Michigan he got up a c rn growing contest among his pupils. He induced the boys to pick out the earliest, biggest and most perfect oars from the fields, save them and plant from them the best and most perfect kernels. Tue result, aided by scientiflo methods of cultiva tion, was that the boys raised more corn on their little patches than any body had ever dreamed of. Professor Holden worked cn h!o system until lt was perfected, lils fame spread, and the Funk bjrtjtQBTs7 whoowna 25 000 acre farm/in uni nols, offered him Ji_hig-salary to run lt. He plante(T20,000 acres of corn a year for tb^m, fand added to their yield-o?f?Tlian 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 Collrge, in Ames. The chair was created especially for him. Professor Holden made the farmers believe after a time that he knew more about corn raising than they did. He travelled all over the State in special trains last spring and win ter, making "tall end" speeches and getting better crowds 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 of ground to plant different sorts of corn and hov to handle it under different conditions. The results are read in the crop re ports on Iowa's corn yield this year. x0*"\ average orop of Iowa corn fo" 1004 i?-^orty bushels to the acr For nine-sugars it has been 27 1-2 bushels. Thia nrnn will neron* gate 350,000,000 h*T? ?SiPS* 000,000 more than '.aso , '..J i The crop ls worth about 83?7o*:_A,,oJj more than a year ago, and Profess*^'" Holden ls universally credited with a third interest in the extra yield. Barned to Death. Three persons lost their lives in a Aro which totally destroyed the farm residence of Chas. McMillan at the head of Concsua Lake, N. Y., on Thursday. The dead: Charles McMillan. Lottie McMillan, his sister. Frank C. McMillan. Lula McMillan, another sister, escaped. The cause of the fire has not been explained. The McMillan's were among the prominent families of Livingstone county. Tue three McMillans lost their lives in an attempt to save the house from destruction. Amused by I the crackling of the flames the family fled from the house lu their night clothing and awoke a farmhand who] occupied a house a few roads away.'j lie arrived on ttie scene just in time to see Charles, Frank and Lottie rush into the burning building with pails of water. Lula McMillan and Mary Doman, a servant, were restrained by main force from following the others. The charred bodies of the victims were ' "nd In the ruins. It is sup posed ... 'hird body ls still In the debris. ^ \ Keport Incorreot. At a meeting of a number of giu ners of Georgia and Alabama at At lanta, Friday, two vice presidents were named from Georgia to attend tho next convention of cotton ginners to be held at Dallas, Texas. President J. A. Taylor of the National Giuncrs' association was present at the meeting and nude an address urging the gin ners to retain Information regarding cotton produced. Among other things be said: "The government report of the cotton crop is totally incorrect These reports are as far wrong as any thing I know. Many ginners did not count-thclr bales correctly, often add lng many hundred bales more than they ha* In reality ginned. In many Instances the number of rales gluned was guessed at. I have come to the conclusion that I and the other gin nora were chumps for giving out the reports." Shot In a Cot ton Mill. At Spartanburg Arthur Leister shot and killed George McAllister In the card room of the Appalache mill at Arlington Wcduesday morning. Leister was card room bess, and bad discharged one o' McAllister's family Tuesday, and this caused a quarrel be tween the two. This quarrel waa re newed and resulted In Leister shoot ing McAllister tbreo times, tho latter dying almost instantly from the ef fects of his wounds, Leister came to Spartanburg and gave himself up tc the sheriff. He was lodged in the county j dil. F all tug Tree Killed Two. A special from ElUJay, Ga , sayi that Wm. Cantrell and Joe Chastlm were killed and a brother of Cbastlnt seriously Injured near Burnt moontah by a falling tree. The tree was blowt by a high wind across a small f rami house in which tho men were slttluf at the timo. A In the Price of . Cotton on Ac count of Ginncrs Report OF THE GOVERNMENT. Price? the Lowest ia Taro Yee;*. The Report, as Gives Oat by thc CefiiSi Bureau, Indicates a Yield of Thirteen Million Bales for this Year. A dispatch from New York says thi . cotton mark, t broke 30 to 35 point) on the cen:.UH bureau's glnners' repoi,' indicating a orop in excess of the gov- f ernment'8 estimate. There was very ' heavy trad lug on the deollue. The bears contend that the glnners' 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 96, or a net de cline of 22 to 25 points and a break of practically 86 a bale In two weeks* time. The market waa very active during Wednesday af teruoon with big short interests covering while / jere was also heavy liquidation an on every little bulge the bears ,BH disposed to withdraw their, orders and sell more cpttg^ lowes^n^j^t^rlfi^ 2?3rfly three years, .rna a INNERS' KEPOBI-S.. The census bureau" Wednesa?.-. sued a report giving'the quantity\L cotton ginned In 737 counties up KL December 13 last to bare been 11,-N^ 980,614 running bale.", whioh ls the equivalent of 11,848.113 commerolaK bales. The commercial bales reported to the same period for 1903 amounted to 8,747,669. In arriving at the number of coa>-" merdai bales, round bales are co id half bales. The report to the same da-te year covered 812 counties as ag? 737 this yi ar. The report for present year covers the ot 29,527 ginneries, while 29,62 included In the report, for 190 product of the different state year, in runnsng bales, reprj December 13. la as follows ?uabama.... :. Arkansas.. Florida.:. Georgia., Indian Territory Kentucky Louisiana Misslslippi Missouri.. co aa North Ojjf?ri:: 5X coPYrpo'T NEW; UH-- . i*. \ MAS, it A dispatch from New Otu?; p,,?. with the reading of the glnners* iv on the cotton exchange Wednesday \ cotton sluriped 47 to 55 points. Ex- ^ traordinar- excitement attended the: break. The market was hammered with grea . energy. After the first excitement the market grew quieter s though tht decline was not arrested. ' January cotton went to 6.40, which is a declint of about four cents during the last three montli3. / Gutrou Uurnod. A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga> -~ one bale ol cotton was burned h. streets of Fort Gaines Thursday at? noon by farrner? of Clay county, wK (0 set Ure to' the iieeoy staple after h.." mass,.mee.ing In which the cotton1^ nlariters o! that county deolared they | were wlllit g to burn their interest In \ the two m ilion bales representing an ,<; excess crop produced In the cottoi <Vo states. The burning was accords in by great ceremony aw^c^njuwe still greaser excitement. Much &T thuslasm waa" iTidenocd at the mass meeting ol the farmers at which this 'radical action was planned and adop ted. Several speeches were made and then followed the resolution whloh provided that Clay county should take the initiative and burn thc 2,000,000 bales above the normal crop. Other counties have been asked to follow this action and in this way rid the market of the surplus crop. Murdered In it Ulub Ko-'im. Travis Johnson, a well known citi zen, was foully murdered Wednesday lu rooms at the Arlington dub, his head being nearly severed from hia body by either a knife or a hatchet. John Gritllth, marine engineer, was arrested almost immediately after the assassination and oharged wich the crime. The victim was at breakfast when he received a tolephone message to return to the club rooms, as some one wanted to see him. He was ac companied into the room by Griffith, who was seen 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. Thc motive for the crime was probably robbery,- as nearly $200 was taken from the mnrlered man. Trains in Fatal Crash. Tho ncavy fog caused a Ta cal aoci d?nt on the New Haven road Wednes day night. The huston express duo at 7 03 in charge of Conductor J. A. Daly, of Hartford, and Englnoer Charles Bahyn, of Now Haven, crash ed into an accommod?t lon train In the Stamford depot. George How land, a travelling conductor, of Mount Vernon, waa killed, and many were injured. _ Poor Fellow. At Chicago on Friday, after buying a collin ostensibly' for a friend, L'??oy K. Nesbit, a banker, committed sui cide Friday in an u ador tabing, estab lishment. Scribbled on a oard In the 11 banker's pocket was a note Raying: 11 "I ara tired of being a cripple." Nesbit had a shrivelled leg, and i j spent thousands of dollars lu attempt to eft'eef, a euro,