ly pt roy Cotton Statistics, North of the Census i, Who "Expresses Sur* ?rise and Co nc o rn. He Warns Growers. - Director of the Census North ina letter to Representative Burleson of Texas, made public Thursday, takes notice of the situation presented by the cotton statistics given out for publication Wednesday and expresses his surprise and concern at tho recent alleged movement in the southern States, "apparently approved and augmented by the cotton growers themselves," to destroy the censuB re ports by concerted refusal of the gin ners to make returns. Director North asserts that a continuance of the cot ton ginning reports is impossible with out the sympathetic and whole-heart ed co-operation of the glnners of the south. Immediately after the receipt of the letter. Mr. Burleson, a mum bor of the house census committee, and who was the author of the provi sion making appropriation for the gathering of cotton statistics, gave out an interview in which he upholds the director in the work now being done by his bureau. The letter is as follows: Washington, D. 0., Deo. 29,1904. Hen. Albert S. Burleson, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. My Dear Sir: It seems proper to invite your attention to certain ano malous conditions which confront the census omeo in carrying out the pro visions of seotion 9 of the act to estab lish a permanent census oQlce, diroct lng the periodical collection of the statistics of cotton production through the agenoy of the glnners. Thh> provision wes inserted In the law at pour urgent request and that of other Jauern representatives, on the plea ^was necessary for the proteo !cT?f tgg'WltCll |^4?toerg ?E2?3|^ the speculators and others interested In depressing the price of the staple' for their own profit. It was urged that enormous losses resulted from the untrustworthy estimates put forth every year by speculators and agents of the Liverpool market, and that early and trustworthy olllcial informa tion regarding the size of the crop would'protect the grower, disarm the speculator and market manipulator and permit the law of supply and de mand to regulate the prices. lex rKN si vic INFORMATION. Since tho law was passed congress has appropriated and this otlke has disbursed more than 9125,000 a year i i the collu. Jon and dissemination of this information. The syBtem has been gradually perfected until it has become- more nearly perfect than any similar plan for obtaining exit ct know ledge of the size of any agricultural orop during the progress of harvest ing. t_ No complaint bas been made that -fcha census reports are not accurate, ^Indeed for a year or two past we have jen able to trace the crop so closely tactically every bale has hoon \ed for. _JatJs*,rp increase 5- ?**-*?e Ear; for it becomes possible, by ?parison of the;statistics of one year with those of' the same date in preceding years, to judge the siz-3 of successive crops with an accuracy never before known or approximated. The ginning reports ol' the census Office have crowded out the specula tive and interested estlmatrs referred to, and the single object which the southern representatives had in view, in urging this legislation, has been successfully accomplished. In view of these facts, 1 have been surprised and concerned at the pres ent movement in the BOU them States, which is opparently approved and aug mented by the cotton growers them selves, to destroy the census reports, by the concerted refusal of the glnners to make the returns upon which they are based. Thus far thc movement has not seriously a fleeted our work, but if it continues and spreads, lt will necessarily destroy its value during the coming year. It appears to have been suddenly discovered that these reports, undertaken solely at the de mand of the cotton growers, are high ly detrimental to blB Interests. Mr. F. Webber, president of the Mom phis^cotton exchange, is quoted as de claring that "the cotton Interests of the south have everything to lose and nothing to gain by their continuance; they put the manufacturing interests in possession of information which works irreparable injury to the south." My attention bas also been called to the so called "National Cot ton Glnners' association," the purposa of which is stated to be "to gather accurate and reliable information re garding the amount of cotton pro duced in advance of thc government report." It also appears that "this information ls to be sent in code; and the members of tho association will be sworn no? to divulge it." The in formation is still highly desirable, but possession of it ls to be restricted to those who grow and gin the cotton. DISAPPOINTMENT OK OROWEI13. I can understand? the disapointod ment of cotton growers at the present prices of cotton, an'i their feeling that these prices are due to the un usual size o' this year's cotton crop, early and definite knowledge concern ing which bas been given to the pub lic by the census reports. But I con feso myself unable to follow the rea soning which leads the growers, and through them the glnners, to imagine that it will bc to their advantage, be cause of this exceptional situation, to destroy tho efficiency of the official maohinery t irough which they learned the present situation, early knowledge of whloh has undoubtedly extended tho change in the price of cotton over a much looper period, and thus saved the growers and tho cc un try from much larger losses than would other wise have been encountered in con nection with this year's crop. It would scorn to be plain that lo the long run, taking one year with an other, only one thing can decrease the speculative element in the business of cotton seding, and thus permanent ly benefit the cotton grower, and that is knowledge of the exact truth as to the size of the crop, from an absolute ly impartial and trutbworthy source, at the earliest practicable dates. This was the unsnlxhous contention of the1 southern representative in oong.ccss wjben the law was passed. l?i not my purpose, however," to argue the matter. I simply desire to call your attention to the faot that the continuance of tho census cotton finning report? ls impossible, without tn^?o??iplete, sympathetic, and whole harted-cooperation of the 30,000 gin ners of the south: The oehauB ' office oannot enter into competition with a cotton ginners' association which pro poses to gather the same data for private information only," Moreover it cannot continue to promulgate statistics of the quantity of cotton ginned to certain date, after lt has reason to believe that these reports are no longer correct, in' consequence of a concerted boycott by the ginners. Otherwise it would be guilty of the identical evil of misrepresentation Its reports were established to pre vent. The census bureau bas no in terest in the matter whatever, beyond the discharge of its duty as establish ed by law, and the maintenance of its reputation for the compilation and publication of accurate statistics. WABNINO TO ?ROWERS. 1 have, therefore, decided to notify you in this manner, and through you the cotton growers of the south, that the continuance of the movement whloh they have b?gun will necessari ly result in the di.s co uti nu anco of the cjtton ginning reports ot the census oflloe, for without the hearty and general cooperation of tho ginners those reports would become valueless and the compilation an unpardonable .vaste of publlo money. The situa tion would then revert to what lt was live years ago. But after the private and interested estimates controlling tho market price have again for a few years beea too high, as they undoubt edly will be, and the repeated losses of the cotton growers in consequence have again convinced them that the change they demanded in 1001 was a wise one, it will be far moro difficult and may bo impossible to induce con gress to reestablish a system whloh the cotton growers set up once before only to tear it down when it chanced that a knowledge of the facts waa to their disadvantage. I deem it my duty to acquaint you with the probable course of the cen sus oillce. in order that you may take j any steps which may seem to you de si ruble or necessary In connection with the matter. Very respectfully, S. N. D. North, Director. Upon receipt cf the letter, Mr Bur?eson ?ive o?t ..?* 9 folio wir*? anent: fe "Believing that it was to the in terest ot tho producer of cotton to el^mtnate as far as possible the speed* la^^lgj^a^fmra ontering-'i?to or affecting the market price of his pro duct, I caused to be embodied in the act, rlaking the census bureau per* manent, the original item providing for statistics of cotton ginned during the current year, and the result of census bureau's labors in carrying into effect this provision has materi ally aided in accomplishing this end. The result has nut influenced a change of opinion on my part. A PERSONAL ALLUSION. "If I may be pardoned a personal allusion, a grower of cotton mysolf, having frequently experienced the damage occasioned by the high esti mates and cocksure assertions put for ward by those acting for speculators and cotton gamblers, I felt the neces sity of some impartial source of infor mation which would be os accurate as possible. This the census bureau has proven itself to be. "I concur In every word onnt.ojnofl in this letter of Mr. Vorth and feel c.-.aC it wo mu oe nothing short of a calamity if the ginners should at any time fall to furnish prompt and accu rate reports to the census bureau. To fail to report to the census bureau will only play into the hands of the cotton gamblers and will serve to promptly reestablish alleged statistical agents, wbo are now, thanks to the bureau of statistics of the department of agriculture and the oensus bureau, thoroughly dlBC-edited. If during next year, as a result of decreased acreage and imperfect weather condi tions, there should be a short err p, which is not improbable, then the ginners' reports Issued by the census bureau wouldjagaln be In high favor by the cotton growers. What is wanted and what ls really always to the interest of the cotton grower is a prompt knowledge of the exact truth. "It is my purpose to prepare an offer at this session of congress and amendment to the census act provid ing for the collection and publication of accurate statistics the number of bales of cotton consumed each year and tbe surplus of cotton held in the hands of the manufacturer and the number of bales exported. This ls necessary and only fair to the grower of ootton. Ile should promptly have this Information as the manufacturers of cotton throughout the world are given knowledge of the number of bales of cotton grown. "I have discussed this with Senator Balley of my State, and he agrees with mo as to the importance and necessity of this amendment and agrees to lend a helping band In se curing its adoption." A Bad Man. At Thomas, Ga., after killing his mother-in-law, Mrs. W. H. Parrish, making a desperate attempt to kill bis 18-year-old wife and shooting himself twice with a Winchester rifle Wednesday. J. B. Barrow 1B lyinn in the city hospital Thursday night in a pn carious condition closely guarded by ofllcers. Barrow ls an engineer on the Atlantic Coast Line. He Is 38 years old and had been married but two years. His wife was 20 years his junior. Domestic infelicity ls given as the cause of the tragedy. Thc verdiot of the coroner's jury doe3 not say whether murder was committed or the killing was atcldental. lid? Alone to Ole. Tho police are Investigating the mysterious death of an unknown young woman, found lying in the snow In the Riverside drive, New York, Thursday and who died without becoming conscious. The suspicions of the police- wero aroused by the faot that her underskirt and hat were found nearly 100 feet from where the hody lay. Thc spot where tho body was found is a lonesome and deserted une. The police suspect that the young woman while unconscious was left there by other persons to die of exposure. Six Killed by ICxploaion. Six men were killed Wednesday afternoon by an explosion of four boilers at a Wal ville sawmill, 30 mileii west of Ohehalls, WIB. TWO others were badly hurt. TO COTTON GKOWE! They Are Advincd to Orfanlas Held Their Cotton. Clubs If ill Be Formed In liver j Vu t-1 lng Product In South Caro lina Without Delay. Mr. X. D. Smith, President of the South Carol I ua Cotton Growers Asso elation, issued the following address last Saturday: To the Cotton Growers of South Car ulina: /1 would have written an account of the Shreveport meeting before this, but have been walting to hear from the president of the national organiza tion as to tho final steps to be taken. This I give In today's issue. From t ie Rio Grande to the Atlan tic the farmers are fully alive to che situation. The old spirit that seemed to be prevalent; that every other busl ness was Our enemy ls passing and the cotton farmer fully realizes that the present condition in whloh he finds himself ls the result of his own do legs. Every State in the cotton belt is organizing for the purpose of hold ing cotton and reducing acreage of cotton and increasing acreage for home supplies. Let every farmer who has cotton hold it and not duplicate In next year's orop It is manifest to him that if he stores this cotton, borrows the money on lt and does not duplicate lt, that another year he will realize enough to pay him 75 to 100 per cent, besides giving him an abundance of home sup plies. Again we must have a syste matio reduotion of acreage; some plan by which we may have this done or ganically, officially, If those are the proper words. To this end we meet i in Now Orleans, Jan. 24-26. Let each voting precinct in the State I meet on Jan. 10 and organ'ze itself I into and auxiliary club, elect a dele gate or delegates to meet at its cc un I house on Saturday, Jan. 14, to perfeot a e. uity organization and to eleot delegates to the New Orleans conven tion. It ls urgently requested that this be done in every county. Send me the names of tbe delegates elected to New Orleans, so that I may send them in. In the meantime I wish to warn every farmer against the schemes now being used to get hold of spot cotton. Don't lend to the mill man or export er. Hold your otton. We are able tc hold and we need the pro.it. E D. Smith, Pie 1892 93. 6,700 305 1893 94. 7 594,817 1894 95 . 9,901,25] 1895- 9(1. 7 157,340 1890- 97. ?,75,7 ?94 1897-98... 11,199,994 1898 90.11,274,810 1899 lPOd. 9 430,410 190ff-ol..10 383 422 1901 02. 10,680,080 1902 03.10,727,559 1903 04*.10,011,374 niQnKST AND LOWEST PRICES. Year Highest Lowest. 1880. 9 9-16 8 13 10 1887.ll 7 10 9 7 16 1888.ll 3 8 9 5 8 1889.11 1-2 9 3 4 1890.12 3-4 9 3 10 1891. 9 1 2 7 3 4 1892.10 6 ll 10 1893. 0 15-16 7 1 4 1804. 8 5 10 5 9 16 1895. 9 3 8 5 9-16 1890 . 8 7-8 7 1-J6 1897. 8 1-4 5 13 16 1898. 0 9 16 5 5 10 1899. 7 13 10 5 7 8 1900.11 7 0 10 1901.12 7 13 16 1902. 9 7 8 8 3-10 1903.13 1-2 8 9-10 *To August 31. WORLD'S CONSUMPTION. World's Total. 1890 91. 10,456,000 1891- 92. 10,471,000 1892 93. 10,247,000 1893 94 . 10,551,000 1894-95. 11,397,000 1895 90. 11,632,000 1896- 97. 11,880,000 1897- 98. 12,889 000 1898- 99. 14,015,000 1899 1000. 13,773,000 1900- 1001. 13,503,000 1901- 1002. 14,414 908 1902- 1003. 14 351,930 Barned Ilia Reward. A dispatch from Columbia says a striking Instance of a "Trusty" ne gro couvlot's loyalty, was brought to the governor's attention In a pardon petition from Aiken Thursday. The hero of story ls Andrew Washington, who was serving a two-year terra on the gang, for killing a negro named George. The governor Thursday granted bim full pardon on a strong petition, setting forth that on a ie cent occasion his heroism prevented the escape of all prisoners on thc gang. The guards were drunk and when the prisoners made a dash for liberty, Washington seized a gun and held them at bay, till assistance carno next morning, Washington had served over a year, and was convicted after two mistrials. . Killed Brother and Self. A spoolalfrom Ozark, Ala., says: A doublo tragedy occurred at Middle Oity In uhe eastern part of thlsoounty Friday. Aioh Popo and Jessie Pope, brother!., had a heated discussion a .d disagreement over aline fence and the former shot and killed his brother with a pistol. Aioh Pope then weat home and committed suicido by taking Btrychclr.o. The Popes are among the most prominent and prosperous people of southeastern Alabama. Both man leave families. Trnc-k Dlaappeara. A seoUon of the track of the New York, Now Haven and Hartford Rail road, botween Hopewell and Storm ville, Gonn., suddenly disappeared Wednesday by sliding into Storm Lake, which it crosses. This was a new track over whloh trains began to run last Friday. A section of the old traok disappeared at the same place a few years ago, FA?M18R8 WAEWEI? A*alnot ? nroposAV in*t Will Keep Price cf Cotton Down. To tho Editor! ? ;;>"^,to: ? I h-tve uotled "the propeltl?tr^ti^ cor tai; i cotton mc reba ata in TfblChT they Foliolt shipments of cotton from tho farmers, offering free storage with the privilege of using the cotton in their business and agreeing to settle for lt at any time desired by the ship pers at the current price at time of1 settlement. 1 have no criticism to make of the | cotton men making this proposition, but I wish to warn farmors agatnst I accepting lt If they hope to realise I any benefit from holding their cotton. I am informed that a number ot mills In this country and also in Europe have been pursuing a band to mouth policy, buying only cotton for present needs and baring only a small supply on band. If (bis ls the case and tbe | cotton now in farmers' hands ls abso lutely withheld from the market a demand will soon be created, st- cfcs will be depleted and spinners will be forced to buy cotton or close their mills. Now lt the cotton ls consigned to exporters under tbe proposition re ferred to above, these exporters can go right on supplying the mills as they ueed it from week to week and month to month, tbere will therefore be no withholding of tbe cotton, no pressure on the spinner, in faot noth ing to create an ritual demand or I cause any advance'in the price, the farmer will simply be spiking bis own gun. If any pressure is brought to bear on the market the cotton must I be kept at home or stored in the near est warehouse. To illustrate, suppose the price of cotton seed was down at a figue to tally unn mun erat ive and unsatisfac tory to thc fanner and the oil mills were to send out circulars agreeing to take all tbe seed and promising to settle at current prices at time re quired during the season, and tbe seed was delivered to them under these conditions, is lt not manifest that with the seed In their posset sion, their mills running on full time, there would be no Incentive to force an ad vance in price, but, suppose the seed j were hauled away frt m the ?ina, oar ried back to the farm and a deter mination shown to put-them in the ground as fertilizer rather than ac cept unsatisfactory prices, the effect would be almost initantaueous, mills would be obliged to pay r?mun?r?t I ve prices or shutdown, and the chances are that they would pay. The samo principle, applies to cot ton; lt is true that it cannot be put back in the ground as fertilizer as the seed, but it will keep, and it ls cheap er tu keep it than to raise it at pres ent prices. Tho crop last year was a little over fearing a cotton famine, went wild. This year's orop ls estimated at 20 per cent, over last year's crop and they go equally wild in the other direction. There was little reasenfor last year's extreme advance and less for this year's decline. The bears in tho mar ket, basing their opinion ; on the pin ners' report, estimate that the orop will bo over 12,000,000 bales and they aot as if they thought that every bale of this cotton would be thrust on the market, that there would be more than enough to go around,] and conse quently tbere is nc necessity for them to F ty even cost of prediction for it. T tey forget that f/??i?'about- as obei: p to buy cotton at present prices as 11 raise it where commercial ferti lizers are used, and while the crop ! equal or exceed the 'government estimate, lt won'6 be sol'/ at current neverj and probably will never be counted In the crop of 1904-1905 unless there is a material advance in the price, because rather than accept cur rent prices it will pay better to storo | the cotton and borrow money on it. A 500 pound bale of cotton at present j price, at initial point, ls ? 3 4 cent?, equals 833-75. To carry this one vear at 8 per cent, would be less than 7 1 2 for the cotton, while such action, if at all unanimous, would advance the] price probably two or three cents per j pound. My advice is to plant the lands in tobacco, corn, oats, peas, sugar cane, raise hogs curtail cotton acreage and wait till the world wants cotton ut j remunerative prices. B. Marion, Deo. 23, 1004. A Valuable Gilt. Greenville's greatest Christmas gift was the donation by Dr. Chas. Ballet Judson of his borne and grounds to Furman university. This property, which ls located on McDaniel street In West End, is given as a special in centive to those who have subscribed to the endowment fund to pay their notes, and in order, too, that the noble old institution may have its fund complete at the earliest possible time. The papers conveying the prop erty have been made out to the exe cutive committee of the college, and the transfer has been effected. The Judson residence is fairly valued by a prominent real estate man at 87,600, but in making over the property to the university Dr. Judson, with char acterlstio modesty and conservatism, places the value at 85,000. This most j recent gift of Dr. Judson ls in addi tion to the 821,000 ^iven last year. Dr. Judson's connection wltn the un iversity extends over a period of 50 years. Ile entered the faculty and was one of tho building committee which erected the main college struc ture a half century ago. With Fur man and its alumni Dr. Judson will leave the memory of au Imperishable personality. A Peculiar Accident. Max Silverman, travelling salesman for a Now York houso, is In the Grady hospital in Atlanta in a serious con dition, with tho paper wadding from a blank pistol cartridge In his right | lung, as a result of having been acci dentally shot by Sol Groodztnsky. The accident is one of the most peculiar I the hospital authorities have had to] deal with for Borne time. The pistol was fired at close range and so great was the force of the shot that the wadding from the nh. di went entirely through Silverman's thick olothing, tore through thc body and penetrated I tho right lung. Physiotens are not yet | able to tell whether the wound will prove fatal. Tho Unloaded I'Utol. A dispatch from Holly Hill to Tho State says Jim Russoll, the 14 year old son of Mr. T. S. Bussell, who re resides nearHolly Hill, accidentally shot himself Thursday morning with the proverbial "unloaded pistol." In takiog his father's old pistol, which was bel ie ved to be unloaded, from a bureau drawor lt was acci dentally discharged, the ball parsing through his hand and'entering hlsleS just above tho knee. The ball was not taken out but the bfcy ls resting quietly Thunday night. |The wounds are not thought to bejeerlous, but will bo some timo In hosing. A PBCUZ.IA& CASIE. & Mau'Berrin* a bife Sentence at Penitentiary Wanta Release. Governor Hey ward has received ft om Senator Tillman a Utter In rc ?-rfd to the pardon of George Innis, DJW' serving a life sentence in the penitentiary fr^m Barswell county. 1'he oaso ls a very peculiar one, and the request for the pardon came in from Representative Yesplan Warner of Illinois, wbo is chairman ot the committee of the revision of laws of the national bouse of representatives Governor Hey ward, will look Into the matterat once. The letters wblob were sent the governor are as fol lows: Gov. D. O. Hey ward. Dear Governor: 1 enoloeeyou a let ter which explains Itself. Tbe writer ls a member ot congress from Illinois and a very fine gentleman and lt seems that this man in whom he ls interest ed ls at least worthy cf haring you examine into his record and into the circumstances of the orlme and see wbether he is being held in prison un justly or at least longer than the crime would warrant, supposing bim to have been guilty. Please look this up and do what you can as a personal favor to me and oblige, Toura sincerely, B. B. Tillman. The letter inclosed 1B as follows: My Dear Senator: Tou will remem ber that I spoke to you yesterday in re'ation to one George W. Bonis, who is now serving a life sentence in the penitentiary in South Carolina. Ei nts enlisted in the Federal volunteer army at the commencement of the I oivil war in my county, where he then lived, and where bis people now re side. At the close of the war he set I tied in South Carolina, in what couti ty I do not know, and was afterwards indicted for setting Aro, BS I am in formed, to a small shod containing, a. mule. The shed and mule were burn ed. Eonls was tried and found guilty and s en to need to be banged and on -. , the recommendation of the judge, prosecuting attorney who tried him, his sentence wascommuted to life im prisonment. Ennis Insists that he is Innocent, and it bas since been ascertained that some other perton, colored, I believe, set Ure to the shed. Ennis has now served in the penitentiary more than twenty five years' and I submit that his punishment has been amply suffi dent, even though he did not Bet fire to the shed. Hts relatives live in my home county, De Witt county, 111., and he has not a relative or friend of my knowledge in your Rtafce. If yon will kindly ask your governor to have Ennis' record in tho penitentiary ex amined, and if he finds that his con duct has been good and the circum stances justify, I, as well as his many friends in DeWitt county. 111., where yt u certainly know you have many friends, will be sincerely gratified. Very respectfully, V. Warmr. JANUARY WEATHER. What It QM Been In Columbia For Past Seventeen Years. The following data, covering a period of seventeen yea?, have been compiled from the weather bureau re cords at Columbia, S C. They are issued to show the conditions that have prevailed, during the. month in question, for the above period of years, but must ni t be construed as a forecast of the weather conditions for the coming month: Month of January for seventeen years: Temperature-Mi an or normal tem perature, 4(1 degrees. The warmest month was that of 1800, with an aver age of 54 degrees. The coldest month was that of 1803, with an average of 38 degrees. The highest temperature was 78 degrees on January 15th, 1898. The lowest temperature was 10 de grces on January 28th, 1897. The earliest date on which first ''killing" frost occurred in autumo, Ojtober 19, 189G. Average date on whlco. first "killing" frost occurred in autumn, 1 November 8jb. Average date on which last "killing" frost occurred in spring, March 23d. The latest date on which last "killing" frost occurred In spring, April 10, 1899. Precipitation (rain or melted snow) -Average for the month 3.80, Inches. Average number of days with .01 of an inch or more, IO The greatest monthly precipitation was 7.63 Inches in 1892. Tho least monthly precipi tation waa 1.07 Inches In 1890. The greatest amount of precipitation re corded in any consecutive twenty-four hours was 2 93 Inohes on January 18, 1892. The greatest amount of snowfall re corded in any twenty-four oonseoutlve hours (record extending to winter in 1884 85 only, was 5 Inches on January lb, 1893. Clouds and Weather-Average num ber of clear days, ll-, partly cloudy days, 8; cloudy days, 12. Wind-The prevailing winds have been from tbe northwest. The aver age hourly velocity of the wind is 0 miles. Tho highest veloolty of the wind was 38 miles from the south west on January 7. 1003. Boy Confesses Terrible Crime. A 8peclalfrom Newport, Ark., says: Before tho coroner's Jury investiga ting the murder of Mrs. Amelia Maul din, Newton Allwhlte, a 19 year-old boy, bas confessed to being a party to tho outrage and murder of tho wo man and ber mother, whoso body, he says, was thown into White river near the scene of the Christmas orlme on the Jacksonport road. Tho boy im plicates bis father, Louis Allwhite, aged 43 years, who he says first shot the girl and then tho mother. He de olareB he was told by bis parent to fire the second shot which killed the young worum and together they car ried Mrs. Klnkannon's body to the river and were returning to tho scene of the orlme to make similar disposal of the other body when s-. ma people were seen coming down the road. The elder Allwhlte maintains his Innocence and together with relatives testified to a story implicating Arthur Bunch and Walter Burgess, white farmers but these men were able to prove ali bis Tried to Esoapo. While a train carrying 130 convicts in the employ of tho Tennessee Coal and Iron Ballway company was going from Mine No. 3 to the prison, Will Filler a negro convlot, exploded stick of dynamite in one of the coaches with a view of effecting a wholesale release. J. Dawkins, a con viet from Henry county, was killed Guard Pickett lost a leg and an arm Geo. Delaney, one of tho trainmen was hurt, and several convicts were slightly injured. During tho stam pede guards from the other oars rush ed forward and prevented tho et of any of the oonvlots. The exp?o Blon blew out the end of the cuao TEACHES A HEN TO IdV?\ early Sive Time* eu Many ?ggs ? ehe Usually lays. The average hen la the United Ates lays only sixty eggs a year, or little over twice her weight, but jw comes the scientific hen who lthout dosing, or stimulating, lays j tren and one third times her weight j i eggs, or 251 eggs each year, and ' us ls by no means the limit. Tue Tew Turk American says: Fur the 1 ?st six years Professor George M owen, af rioultura! expert and poul ry specialist at the experiment sta lon of the University of Maine, at | ?reno, has been conducting exped ients with the view of producing a reed of boos that can and will lay lore eggs tban tba ordinary hen, rhose l?slness or lack ot capacity is espoo si ble for the high price ot eggs! a the Amer loin markets today. Pro essor Go well has made wonderful . ki gress in bis experiments, having hus far developed more than forty IUDS that exceaded 160 eg?s in a year I mi one whose record ls 251. People who understand omelettes tetter than they do hen history and .AO have a better appetite for eggs han they have for statistics do not eal?2-2 the Importance of thia effort or poultry Improvement. Some idea if the benefits to flow from even par tal success of Professor Go well's work I nay be gained Xtum a few figures. In] OOO, according to the United States ensuB, there were on the farm of the Jolted States: including Alaska and lawaii, 233,598,0851 chickens and ions over three month's old, and the gg production in the prev ous year vas 1,293,819,186 dozens, va'ued, on ibe average at 11.2 cento per dozen, a otal of 0144 289,158. Bich chicken aid, on an average, 6 05 dozens of .ggs in the year 1899, or about one [Xi?L six days. Now. this shows i ?h>r?hIckH wefe either very lasy eise tnau^ lacked capaoity for igg laving. Profess ir dowell Bays lt vas all lack of capacity, and to reme ly that condition he has set about ils experiments for the production of i better, a breed of more prob tlc lay irs. Even if the experiments now in Hostess at Cnono shall accocnplloh no nore than to produce a breed of shickens that shall surpass the pres ent breed in egg laying by one dozen Ter chicken a year, then for the whole Jutted Slates, with Its nearly 234, 100,000 ohiokens; tbe Increase in val ie of the egg product would he about 125,000,000 a year. > Professor Ooweil's experiments are conducted for the purpos*, simply, of isoertainlng which individual hens ire the best epg producers, and to use ;bem for tbe breeding of more of buelr clnd. Aa a means of scouring the needed nformation, llftv-two "trap nests" of Professor Gowell's own devlslon and ?onstruotlon were placed in the thir zeen pens of tbe breeding bouse. The ?rap nest is simple, inexpensive, oor >ain in its action and requires little Mention. It ls a box like struoture, vlthout front or cover, 28 Inches lung .3 inches wide and 16 Inches deep, in ilde measure. A division board with i circular opening 7] Inches In diam iter Is placed across the box, 12 in ibefl from the rear and 16 inches from ihe front end. The rear section thus ormed ls the n?.t proper. Instead if a close made dcor at the entrance, | \ light frame of lxl? inch stuff is evered with wire netting of 1 inoh ncsb. The door is 10x10 inches, and loes not fill the entire space, a mar rie of 2 inches being left at the bot am, and 1 Inch at the top and sides, io secure free action. The door Is llnged at the top and opens up into ?he box. When the nest ls ready for ?be entrance of tho hen the wire door s held up, or open, by means of a wire od so bent that one section of it rests llreotly across the ol/cular opening of he nest section. When the hen cn ,ers the nest seotlon, ber baok strikes ind lifts this rod, thus releasing and hopping the door, making her pris mer until she has laid ber cizg and an ittendant comes to set her free, the lo >r when it drops, being caught by a pring and thus held firmly In place. Dach hen In the experimental olass arries upon either le^ a broad metal ic band bearing her number. When he hen is released from the trap the ittendant takes ber number, and then tpon a board fastened on the wall iver tbejnest, whereon the records are ystematically kept, she ls credited vith the egg laid. At tho end of the 'ear the resulte are figured up, and be good performers are known by heir records and separated from the est. All that nave laid less than 60 eggs in the y oar are disposed of. fhe others are congregated In dlffer nt pens, according to their produc ive capacity, and the experiments ontinued, both as to the laying capa lty of the selected performers and as o the productiveness of their eggs, all uly labelled with the number of the ?en laying them, in the incubation of bickens. The experiments began in Novem ier, 1898, fifty-two trap uots being .sed. When the dat? from the first ear's testing were secured the birds bat yielded 200 or more eggs of good hape, size and odor were selected for 'foundation stocks," upon which, dth additions mado to them in soo ceding yeirs of birds of similar qual by, the breeding operations were | ased. It ls known that the laws of abcrltance and transmission are as rue with birds as with cattle, Bheep nd horses, and when the wonderful hanges that have been made In the orin, feather and egg production ot ons since their domestication com menced is considered, there seems to I e ample ground for assuming that a | igher average of egg production than he present can ba secured, bv breed jg only from birds that are them jives great producers. The experiments began with about I ,000 hens. Barred Plymouth Rocks nd White Wyandottes. During tbe rat four years In wbloh Profet^aor lowell seleoted breeding stock by use f the trap nests he found thirty-five ens that yielded from 200 to 251 ggs in a year. Several yielded only 6 to 60 eggs at all. 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