The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, January 06, 1905, Image 8
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roy Cotton Statistics,
North of the Census
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?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<ddeot South Carolina Cotton
Growers: Association.
Magnolia, S. O , Deo. 31, 1904.
80^ COTTON FIGURES.
That Will Be Read With Intorcst Hy
Our Farmers.
We present below some cotton fig
ures that will be of interest to all in
tho face of the present cotton situa
tion:
TOTAL AMERICAN CROPS.
Season. Bales in Crop.
1886 81. 6,606,081
1887- 88. 7,046,8:13
1888- 89. 6,038,290
1889- 90. 7,311,322
1890 01. 8,052,597
1891-92. 9,035 37l>
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,
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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. The Plymouth
Looks have far outstripped the Wy
ndottes in laying, all through the
Ix years of the experiments, and to
ay the champion hens, all Plymouth
locks, are: ?o. 017, who laid the
rat year 251 eggs eggs; No. 1,003 laid
40 eg pi; No, 1,001, 213 eggs per an
um.
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A LITTLE WAK STORY.
A Ona Captured from a Federal Of
fleer Returned at Last.
The Columbia Record s\ys a rather
pretty little story bas just developed
j In tho past few days, in which Bishop
I Capers takes a part and which brings i
back recollections of tho days in 1861-1
1865 in a very vivid manner. The story1
has in it the capture of a Fed
eral prisoner by the bishop, then an
I officer In the Third South Carolina
regiment, and the part played by
other members of the same regiment,
the names of whom have been forgot
ten by all.
The incident happened on James
Island when a detachment of soldiers
from the various South Carolina com
panies, jast raised, were stationed
there. Bishop Capers and three sol
diers were coming over from the
headquarters of the officers toward
the line where sentries had been
thrown out.
Just across the line a Northern sol
dier was seen and it was evident that
they had landed for some purpose not
I for the good of the men on tue island
who wore the grey. He was approach
ed so rapidly that he had no chance
to escape and told to surrender. There
was some parley at first as the man,
evidently a brave soldier, did not
wish to be taken in thin way without
having a chance for a fight, but the
folly of such procedure was quickly
shown and he turned over his gun and
marched back to camp.
Tho gun was kept by Bishop Capers
for years and several efforts were
made to find Its owner. Finally by
searching over the records lt was
found that the gun belonged to some
member of the First Connecticut Vol
un teer.".. From there the tracing wa,
a little easier and finally the man
owned the gun was located. His
is Franois G. Cope and he
small town in Connecticut,
is now being fixed up and
turned by the bishop at
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most a breech loader,
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