The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, January 06, 1905, Image 9
/GINNERS
roy Cotton Statistics,
North of the Census
Wau, Who "Expresses Sur
prise and Concern. He
Warns Growers.
- Director of the Census North in a
letter to Representative Burleson of
Texas, made public Thursday, takes
notice uf the situation presented by
the cotton statistics given out for
publication Wednesday and expreEses
his surprise and concern at the recent
alleged movement in tho southern
States, "apparently approved and
augmented by the cotton growers
themselves,11 te destroy the census re
ports by concerted refusal of the gin
nera to make returns. Director North
asserts that a continuance of the cot
ton ginning roports ls impossible with
out the sympathetic and whole-heart
ed co-operation of the pinners of the
south. Immediately after the receipt
of the letter. Mr. Burleson, a mem
ber of the house census committee,
and who was the author of the provi
sion making appropriation fer the
gathering of cotton statistics, gave
out an interview In which he upholds
the director in tho work now being
done by his bureau. The letter is as
follows:
Washington, D. 0., Dec. 29, 1904.
Hon. Albert S. Burleson, House of
Representatives, Washington, D. C.
My Dear Slr: It seems proper to
invite your attention to certain ano
malous conditions which confront the
census offlco in carrying out the pro
visions of seotion 9 of tho act to estab
lish a permanent census office, direct
ing the periodical collection or the
statistlcsof cotton production through
the agenoy of the glnners. This
provision wes inserted in the law at
our urgent request and that of other
?hern representatives, on the plea
was necessary for the protec
5"?f lB8 Spttea pPKl3"cera_ju^^
the ?peuuiaiors and others mceresteai
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 official 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.
EXFENSIVK IN KO ll M AT ION.
Since the law was passed congress
has appropriated and this offiee has
d|sbursed more than 8125,000 a year
lu the collection and dissemination of
this information. The system has
been gradually perfected until lt has
become more nearly perfect than any
similar plan for obtaining esr.ct know
ledge of the size of any agricultural
crop during the progress of harvest
lng.
i_ No complaint has been made that
?the census reports are not accurate,
indeed for a year or two past we have
able to trace the crop so closely
Tactically every bale has boen
d for.
^atls*'"" mereaEe 5~ ??*??*e
x; for lt becomes possible, by
par ison of the Statistics of one
year with those of- the same date In
preceding years, to judge the alza 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 estimates referred
to, and the single object which the
southern representatives had in view,
Iii urging this legislation, has been
successfully accomplished
In view of these facts, 1 have been
surprised and concerned at the pres
ent movement iu the southern States,
which ls 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 the movement
has not seriously affected 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 bis Interests. Mr.
F. Webber, president of the Mern
pbhTiiottOn exchange, ls quoted as de
claring that "the cotton interests of
the south have everything to lese 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 purpose
of which is stated to be "to gather
accurate and reliable Information re
garding the amount of cotton pro
duced in advance of the government
report." It also appears that "this
Information ls to be sent in code; and
the members of the association will
be sworn noli to divulge lt." The in
formation is still highly desirable,
but possession of lt ls to be restricted
to those who grjw and gin thc cotton.
PISAl'FOINTMKNT OK OltOWKKS.
I can understand?the disapolntod
ment of cotton growers at the present
prices of cotton, hud their feeling
that these prices are due to the un
usual Blze of this year's cotton crop,
early and definite knowledge concern
ing which ba3 berm given to the pub
lic by the census reports. But 1 con
fess myself unable to follow the rea
soning which leads the growers, and
through them the gluners, to Imagine
that lt will be to their advantage, be
cause of thin exceptional situation, to
destroy the efficiency of the official
maohinory t irough which they learned
the present situation, early knowledge
of whloh has undoubtedly extended
the ohange in the price of cotton over
a much longer period, and thus saved
the growers and tho country from
muoh larger losses than would other
wise have been encountered in con
nection with this year's crop. It
would seem to bc plain that In the
long run, taking ono yenr with an
other, only ono thing can decrease the
speculative element in the business
of cotton sedlng, and thus permanent
ly benefit the cotton grower, and that
is knowledge of the exact truth as to
the size of thc crop, from an absolute
ly Impartial and truthworthy source,
it the earliest r/rsottcable daten. Thii
ras the unanimous coatautlon ot the
louthera representativo In congress
?Xhen the law waa passed.
it. is not my purpoae, however," to
irgub the matter. I simply desire to
sall your, attention to the fact that
Ute continuance o? the census cotton
??I?S??K ?ojjori? is impossible, without
t?ry^omplete, sympathetic, and whole
hartod-cooperation of thc 30,000 gin-,
nc rs of th e .south: The oohttuB ' office
cannot enter into competition with a
cotton Kinnora* association which pro
poses to gather the same data for
private information only," Moreover
it cannot contin?e to promulgate
statistics of the quantity o? cotton
ginned to certain date, after it has
reason to believe that these reporta
are no longer correct, in consequence
of a concerted boycott hy the ginners.
Otherwise lt 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.
ff AKNINO TO GROWERS.
1 have, therefore, decided to notify
you in this manner, and throrgh you
the cotton growers of the south, that
the continuance of the movement
which they have b?gun will necessari
ly result in the discontinuance of the
cotton ginning reports ot the census
office, for without the hearty and
general cooperation of the glnners
those reports would become valueless
and the compilation an unpardonable
waste of public money. The situa
tion would then revert to what Io was
Qve years ago. But after the private
and interested estimates controlling
the market price have again for a few
years been too high, as they undoubt
edly will be, and tbe repeated losses
of tho cotton growers in consequence
have again convinced them that tbe
change they demanded in 1001 was a
wise one, lt will be far more difficult
and may be Impossible to induce con
gress to reestablish a BJ stein which
the cotton growers set up once before
only to tear lt down when it ohanced
that a knowledge of the facts waa to
their disadvantage.
I deem lt my duty to acquaint you
with the probable course of the cen
sus o nice, in order that you may take
any steps whioh may seem to you de
sirable or necessary in connection
with the matter.
Very respectfully,
S. N. D. North,
Director.
Upon receipt cf the letter, Mr
Burleson gave out the following stater:
ment:
3 "Believing that lt was to the in
irrest ot tho producer of cotton to
ol^hidnato as far as possible tbe speeu-'
lau^e^rasaWi.om entering Into or
affecting the market price of his pro
duct, I caused tu be embodied in the
act, making 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 Ulis provision has materi
ally aided in accomplishing this end.
The result has not influenced achange
of opinion on my part.
A l-KU SO NAL ALLUSION.
"If I may be pardoned a personal
allusion, a grower of cotton myself,
having frequently experienced the
damage occasioned by tbe high esti
mates and cocksure assertions put for
ward by those aoting for speculators
and cotton gamblers, I felt the neces
sity of some impartial source of infor
mation which would be as accurate as
possible. This the census bureau has
proven Itself to be.
"I concur in every word contri nod
In this letter of Mr. Vorth and feel
c.-.utj it womer 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, who are now, thanks to tho
bureau of statistics of the department
of agriculture and the oensus bureau,
thoroughly disc-edited. If during
nex*! year, as a result of decreased
acreage and imperfect weather condi
tions, there should be a short cn p,
which is not improbable, tben the
?riuners' reports lasucd by the census
bureau wouldjagaln be In high favor
by the cotton growers. What ls
wanted and what ls really always to
the interest of the cotton grower ls a
prompt knowledge of the exact
truth.
"It is my purpose to prepare an
?ffer at this session of congress and
amendment to the cousus aot provid
ing for the collection and publication
jf accurate statistics the number of
Dales of cotton consumed each year
ind the Burplus of cotton held in the
ianda of the manufacturer and the
lumber of balee exported. This is
iccessary and only fair to the grower
)f cotton. Ile should promptly have
ihls Information as the manufacturers
)f cotton throughout the world are
riven knowledge of the number of
lalesof cotton grown.
"I have discussed this with Senator
Sallcy of my State, and he agrees
vitia mo as to the Importance and
lecessity of this amendment and
igrees to lend a helping band in se
iurlng its adoption."
A Bad Man.
At Thomas, Ga., after killing his
nother-ln-law, Mrs. W. H. Parrish,
naking a desperate attempt to kill
ils 18-year-old wife and shooting
limself twice with a Winchester rifle
Wednesday. J. B. Barrow is lying In
be city hospital Thursday night in a
m carious condition closely guarded
?y officers. Barrow ls r:n engineer on
he Atlantic Coast Line. He is 38
ears old and ha'! been married but
wo years. His wife waa 20 years bis
unlor. Domestic infelicity is given as
he cause of the tragedy. The verdict
f the coroner's jury dcea not say
whether murder was committed or
he killing was accidental.
I.cit Alone to Die.
The police are Investigating the
aysterlous death of an unknown
oung woman, found lying in tho
now In the Riverside drive, New
fork, Thursday and who died without
iccomlng conscious. The suspicions
f the police, were aroused by the faot
hat her underskirt and bat were
ouud nearly 100 feet from where the
ody lay. The spot whero the body
..as found is a lonesome and deserted
ne. The police suspect that the
oung woman while unconscious was
if t there by other persons to die of
xposure.
Bli Killed br Explosion.
Six men were klll?d Wednesday
fternoon by an explosion of four
oilers at a Walville sawmill, 30 miles
/est of Ohohalls, Wis. Two others
?eio badly hurt.
TO COTTON GROWERS. I
They Are Advised to Organize and
Held Their Cotton.
Ci??? trixi av Formed in t?vfrj Vot- 1
ins; Precinct In South Caro
lina Without Delny.
Mr. E. D. Smith, Pr?sident of the1
South Carolina Cotton dowers ABS o
elation, issued the following address j
last Saturday:
To the Cotton Growers of South Car
glin*.
< ? would hare written an account of
the Shreveport meeting before this,
but bave been waiting to hear from |
the president of the national organiza
tion as to the final steps to be taken.
This I gtve in today's issue.
From t ie Bio Grande to th* Atlan
tic tbe farmers are fully alive to the |
situation. The old spirit that seemed
to be prevalent; that every other bust
ness was Our enemy is passing and the I
cotton farmer fully realizes that the
present condition In which he finds |
himself is the result of his own do
ings. Every State in the cotton belt ]
ls organizing for tbe purpose of hold
ing cotton and reducing acreage of I
cotton and Increasing acreage for
borne supplies.
Let every farmer who has cotton
hold it and not duplicate in noxt year's !
crop It ls manifest to him that if he
stores this cotton, borrows the money
on lt and does not duplicate lt, that
another year he will real'ze enough to
pay him 75 to 100 per cent, besides
giving him an abundance of home sup
plies. Again we must have a syste
matlo reduction of aoreage; some plan
by which we may have this done or
ganically, officially, if those are the
proper words. To this end we meet
in New Orleans, Jan. 24-26.
Let eaoh voting precinct in the State
meet on Jan. 10 and organ'ze itself
into and auxiliary club, elect a dele
gate or delegates to meet at its ccurt
house on Saturday, Jan. 14, to perfect
a c: in ty organizition and to elect
delegates to the New Orleans conven
tion. It is urgently requested that
this bo done in every county. Send me
the names of tbe delegates eleoted to
New Orleans, so that I may send them
in.
In the meantime I wish to warn
every farmer against tbe schemes now
being used to get bold of spot cotton.
Don't lend to the mill man or export
er. Hold your otton. We are able tc
hold and we need tbe proat.
E D. Smith,
President South Carolina Cotton
G rowe rs' Associ?t lon.
Magnolia, S. O , Deo. 31, 1904.
. BOMB COTTON FIGURES.
That Will Bo Hoad With Interest Ity
Our Farmers.
We present below some cotton Hg
ures that will be of interest to all in
the face of the present cotton situa
tion:
TOTAL AMBUICAN CKOrs.
Season. Bales in Crop.
1886 87. 6.505,087
1887- 88. 7,046,8.13
1888- 89. 6,938,290
1889- 90. 7,311,322
1890 91. 8,652,597
181.1-92. 9,035 379
1892 93. 0,700 3115
1893 94. 7 594,817
1894 95 . 9,901,251
1895- 90 . 7 157,340
1896- 97. ?,75,7 ?UM
181)7-98...11,199,994
1898 99.11,274,810
1899 19M. 9 430,410
190C-U1..10 383 422
1901 02. 10,680,680
1902 03 .10,727,559
1903 04*.10,011.374
HIGHEST AND LOWEST TltlCES.
Year Highest Lowest.
1886. 9 9-16 8 13 16
1887.ll 7 10 9 7 16
1888.ll 3 8 9 5 8
1889.ll 1-2 9 3 4
1890. 12 3-4 ? 3 10
1891 . 9 12 7 34
1892.10 0 ll 10
1893. 9 15-10 7 1 4
1894. 8 5 16 5 9 10
1895. 9 3 8 5 9 10
1896 . 8 7-8 7 1-16
1897. 8 1-4 5 13 16
1898. 6 9 16 5 5 16
1899. 7 13 10 5 7-8
1900.11 7 9 10
1901 .12 7 13 10
1902. 9 7 8 8 3-10
1903.13 1-2 8 9-10
' To August 31.
WOKLD'B CONSUMPTION.
World's Total.
1890 91 . 10,466,000
1891-92 . 10,471,000
1892 93. 10,247,000
1893 94 . 10,551,000
1894 95. 11,397,000
1895 90. 11,532,000
1896- 97. 11,880,000
1897- 98. 12,889 000
1898- 99. 14,015,000
1899 1900. 13,773,000
1900- 1901. 13,503,000
1901- 1002. 14,414 008
1002-1903. 14,351,930
Earnod Ilia Howard.
A dispatch from Columbia says a
striking instance of a "Trusty" ne
gro convlot's loyalty, was brought to
ihe governor's attention In a pardon
petition from Aiken Thursday. The
hero of story ls Andrew Washington,
who y, as serving a two-year term on
the gang, for killing a negro named
George. The governor Thursday
granted him full pardon on a strong
petition, setting forth that on a ie
sent occasion his heroism prevented
the escape of all prisoners on tho
orang. The guards were drunk and
when the prisoners made a dash for
liberty, Washing'?on seized a gun and
held them at bay, till assistance came
next morning, Washington had served
3vor a year, and was convicted after
two mistrials.
- Hilled Brother and Self.
A special from Ozark, Ala., says:
A. double tragedy occurred at Middle
J i ty In ?heeastern part of this county
Friday. Arch Pope and Jessie Pope,
brothers, had a heated discussion and
lib-agreement over aline fence and the
lOrraer shot and killed his brother
with a pistol. Atob Pope then went
lome and committed suiolde by taking
strychnine. The Popes are among the
mot prominent and prosperous people
)f southeastern Alabama. Both nun
eave families.
Traok Disappears.
A seoMon of the traok of the New
fork, New naven and Hartford Rail
.oad, between Hopewell and Storm
,-Ulo, Conn., suddenly disappeared
Wednesday by sliding into Storm
dake, which it oreases. This was a
lew traok over which trains began tu
'un last Friday. A section of the old
,r.ick disappeared at tho same place a
'cw years ago,
FA&MERB WASHED
Agaluot a j^o**"*' ?hat Will K???
?*rioo ?.f Cotton Dow??.
To the Editor ^.t*
I h-ive uotled the propo?ltlorrSil.
cortal:- cotton merchants In which
they solicit shipments of cotton from
the farmers, offering free storage with
the privilege of using the cotton tn
their business and agreeing to settle
for it at any time desired by the ship
pers at the current prpj* at time of
settlement.
1 have no criticism to make of the
cotton men making this proposition,
but I wish to warn farmers against
accepting it if they hope to realize
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 having only a small supply
on band. If this ls tho c&se and the
cotton now in farmers' hands ls abso
lutely withheld from the market a
demand will soon be created, stacks
will be depleted and spinners will be
forced to buy cotton or close their
mills. Now If the cotton Is consigned
to exporters under the proposition re
ferred to above, these exporters oan
go right on supplying th* mills as
they need lt from week to week and
I month to month, there will therefore
be no withholding of the cotton, no
pressure on the spinner, In fact noth
ing to create an (,'ctual demand or
cause any advance 'in tho price, the
farmer will simply be spiking bis own
gun. If any pressure is brought to
bear on the market the cotton must
be kept at home or stored In the near
est warehouse.
To illustrate, suppose the price of
cotton seed was down at a flgue .to
tally unrcmunerative and unsatisfac
tory to the farmer and the oil mills
were to send out circulars agreeing to
take all tho seed and promising to
settle at current prices at time re
quired during the season, and the seed
was delivered to them under these
conditioni, is it not manifest that
with the seed in their posset alon,
their mills running on full time, there
would be no incentive to force an ad
vance in price, but, suppose the seed
were hauled away ?rr m the gins, car
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 instantaneous, mills
would bo obliged to pay(!remuneratlve
prices or shutdown, and the chances
are that they would pay.
The same principio applies to cot
ton; it ls true that it cannot be put
I Dacie in tne ground as fertilizer os the
seed, but it will keep, and it ls cheap
er to keep lt than to raise it at pres
ent prices.
Tho crop last year was a little over
fearing a cotton famine, went wild.
This year'sorop is estimated at 20 per
cent, over last year's crop and they go
equally wild in the other direction.
There was little reason for last year's
extreme advance and less for this
year's decline. The bears la tho mar
ket, basing their opinions on the gi li
ners' report, estimate that the orop
will be over 12,000,000 bales and they
sot 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 there is nc necessity for them
to p ty even cost of production for it.
T ley forget that fjfyV? /about as
ohei: p to buy cotton at posent prices
as 11 raise it where commercial ferti
lizers are used, and while the orop
:iiaj equal or exceed the'^overnment
estimate, it won't} be soki at current
neverj and probably will never be
counted in the crop of 1901-1905 unless
there is a material advance In the
price, because rather than accept cur
rent prices It will pay better to store
the cotton and borrow money on it.
A 500 pound bale of cotton at present
price, at Initial point, ls 6 3 4 couts,
equals 833-75. To carry this ono year
at 8 per cent, would be less than 7 1
2 for the cotton, while such action, if
at all unanimous, would adrance the
price probably two or three cents per
pound.
My advice ls to plant the lands in
tobacco, corn, oats, peas, sugar cane,
raise hogs curtail cotton acreage and
walt till the world wants cotton at
remunerative prices. B.
Marion, Deo. 23, 1904.
A Valuable Glit.
Greenville's greatest Christmas gift
was the donation by Dr. Cnaa. Hallet
Judson of his home and grounds to
Furman university. This property,
which is located on McDaniel street
In West End, is given asaspeolal 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
timo. The papers conveying the prop
erty have been made out to the exe
cutive committee of the college, and
the transfer hos been effected. The
Judson residence is fairly valued by a
prominent real estate man at $7.500,
but In making over the property to
the university Dr. Judson, with char
actcristlc modesty and conservatism,
places the value at 95,000. This moBt
recent gift of Dr. Judson is in addi
tlon to the 821,000 given 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 the 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 an Imperishable
personality.
A Peouliar Acoldont.
Max Silverman, travelling salesman
for a New York house, ls In the Grady
hospital In Atlanta in a sorlous con
dition, with thc paper nada lng from
a blank pistol cartridge In his right
lung, as a result of having been acci
dentally shot by Sol Oroodrlnsky. The
accident is one of tho most peouliar
tho hospital authorities Lave had to
deal with for some time. The pistol
was tired at close range and so great
was the force of the shot that the
wadding from the shill wont entirely
through Silverman's thick clothing,
tore through thc body and penetrated
the right lung. Physicians aro not yet
? ble to tell whether tho wound will
prove fatal.
Tho Unloaded Plitol.
A dispatch from Holly HUI to The
State says Jim Bussell, tho 14 year
old son of Mr, T. S. Ruaiell, nho re
resides nearHolly Hill, accidentally
shot himself Thursday morning with
the proverbial ''unloaded pistol." In
taking his father's old pistol, which
was believed to be unloaded,
from a bureau drawer it was acci
dentally discharged, the ball pa-alng
thr ugh his band and'entering hlsleS
just above the knee. Tho ball was
not taken out bub the b?y is resting
quietly Thursday night. iThe wounds
are not thought to be'serious, but
will be so mo time in heal og.
A PECULIAR CASE. I
A Mum'Herring ? Lifo t?outauoo At
l'ouitoutlury Wanta ?teloaoe.
Governor Hey ward bas received
f - om Senator Tillman a letter in re
g^tfd to tbe pardon pf George annis,
Dow"aa*vlng a lifo sentence in the
penitentiary fr^mBarnwell oounty.
The case ls a very peculiar one, and
the request for the pardon came In
from Representative Yeaplan Warner,
of Illinois, who ls chairman of the
committee of the revision ot laws of
the national bouse of representatives.
Governor Hey ward will look into the
matter at once. The letters which
were sent the governor ar? as fol?
lows:
Gov. D. O. Hey ward.
Dear Governor: I enoloee. you a let
ter whioh explains itself. The writer
is a member of congress from Illinois
and a very fine gentleman and lt seems
that this man in whom he is interest
ed ls at least worthy cf having you
examine into his record and into the
circumstances of the crime and see
whether he ts being held in prison un
justly or at least longer than the
crime would warrant, supposing bim
to have been guilty. Please look ibis
up and do what you can as a personal
favor to me and ob ll g.-.
Tours ulucerely,
B. R. Tillman.
The letter lnclosel ls as follows:
My Dear Senator: You will remem
ber that I spoke to you yesterday in
re'atton to one George W. Bonis, who
Is now serving a life sentence lc the
penitentiary In South Carolina. Sa
nis enlisted In the Federal volunteer
army at the commencement-, of the
oivll war in my county, where he then
lived, and where bis people now re
side. At the close of the war he set
tled in South Carolina, in what coun
ty I do not know, and was afterwards
indicted for setting fire, as I am in
formed, to a small Bhed containing, a.
mule. The shed and mule were burn
ed. Ennis was tried and found guilty
and sentenced to be banged and on'
the recommendation of the judge,
prosecuting attorney who tried him,
hts sentence was com nut te d to life Im
prisonment.
Ennis insists that he is Innocent,
and it bas since been ascertained that
some other perton, colored, I believe,
set tire 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
cient, even though he did not set Ore
to the shed. Hts relatives live tn my
home county, DeWitt county, ill.,
and he bas not a relative or friend of
my knowledge in your state. If you
will kindly ask your governor to bave
Ennis' record in the penitentiary ex
amined, and if he flads that bis con
duct bas been good and the circum
stances justify, I, as well as his many
friends tn DeWitt county. 111., where
yr u certainly know you have many
friends, will be sincerely gratified.
Very respectfully,
V. Warnt r.
JAS UAR Y WEATHER.
What It HRS Been In Columbi* For
Pant Seventeen Year?.
The following data, covering a
period of seventeen ye*rs, 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. mouth In
question, for the above period of
years, but must net be construed as a
forecast of the weather conditions for
the coming month:
Month of January for seventeen
years:
Temperature-M>. an or normal tem
perature, 40 degrees. The warmest
mouth was that of 1890, 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, 1808.
The lowest temperature was 10 de
grees on January 28tb, 1897. The
earliest date on which first "killing"
frost occurred In autumn, October 19,
1890. Average date on which first
"killing" frost occurred in autumn,
November 8t<h. 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, luches.
Average number of dais with .01 of
au Incti or more, 10 The greatest
monthly precipitation was 7.03 Inches
in 1892. Tho least monthly precipi
tation waa 1.07 inches in 1190. The
greatest amount of precipitation re
corded In any consecutive twenty-four
hours was 2 93 inches on January 18,
1892.
The greatest amount of snowfall re
corded In any twenty-four consecutive
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 the northwest. The aver
age hourly velocity ot the wind is 9
miles. Tho highest veloolty of the
wind was 38 miles from the south
west on January 7. 1903.
Boy Confesses Terrible Crime.
A special from 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 the wo
man and her mother, whose body, he
says, was thown into White river near
the scene of the Christmas crime on
the Jacksonport road. The boy im
plicates his father, Louis Allwhlte,
aged 43 years, who he says first shot
the girl and then tho mother. He de
clares he was told by bis parent to
fire the second shot whioh killed the
young wom&n and together they car
ried Mrs. Kinkannon's body to the
river and were returning to tho scene
of the cl in e to make similar disposal
of the other body when seme people
were seen coming down the road. Tho
older Allwhlte maintains hts lnncoence
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 ?soapo.
Whllo a train carrying 130 convicts
lu the employ of the Tennessee Coal
and iron Railway oompany was going
from Mine No. 3 to the prison, Will
Filler a negro convict, exploded a
stick of dynamite In one of the
coaches with a view of effecting a
wholesale roleaso. J. Dawkins, a oan
vlot from Henry county, was killed,
Guard Pickett lost a leg and an arm.
Geo. Delaney, one of tho trainmen
was hurt, and several convlots ware
slightly injured. During the stam
pede guards from the other cars rush
ed forward and prevented the eto&pe
of any of the convlots. The explo
sion blew out the end of the *oao
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TEACJHJSB A HEN TO LAY.
dearly Vive Times ai Sfany ?ggi a?
?
Bho Usually Lay?.
The average hen In the United
States lays only sixty eggs a year, or
a little over twice her weight, but
now comes tbe sci entino hen who
without dosing or stimulating, lay H
seven and one third times her weight
in eggs, or 251 eggs each year, and
this ls by no means tbe limit. Tue
Hew York American says: Tut tbe
past six years Professor George M
Gowell, agricultura' expert and poul
try specialist at the experiment sta
ti?n of the University of Maine, at
'Orono, has been conducting ex perl -
j menta with the view of producing a
breed of hens that can and will lay
more eggs than tbe ordinary hen,
whose laslncBS or lack of capacity 1B
responsible for the high price ot eggs
tn the American markets today. Pro
feasor Gowell bas made wonderful
pr. greas In bis experiments, having
thus far developed more than forty
hens that exceeded 160 t g*s In a- year
and one whose record is 251.
People who understand omelettes
better than they do hen history and
who have a better appetite for eggs
than they have for statistics do not
realize the imp?rtanos of this effort
for poultry improvement. Some idea
of the benet! rs to flow from even par
tial success of Professor Go well's work
may be gainedMtom a few figures. In
1900, according to the United States
census, tbore were on the farm of the
United States: lnoluding Alaska and
Hawaii, 233,598,085 1 chickens and
hens over three months old, and the
egg produotlon in the prev ous yeal
was 1,293.(19,186 dozens, va'ued, on
tbe average at 11.2 cent? per dozen, a
total pf 8144 289,158. Each chicken
laid, on an average, 5 05 dozens ol
?e^gs in the year 1899, ur about one
^^tin six days. Now. this sh->w{
' i * f h?rfhlcks were either very las;
?.e.iso tDaEfr?-y^r lacked capaoity foi
egg laving. Profess ir dowell says ll
was all lack ot capacity, and to reme
dy that condition be bas set about
his experiments for the produotlon ol
a better, a breed of more proliQo lay
era.
Even if the experiments now ii
progess at Orono shall accomplloh nt
more than to produce a breed o:
chickens that shall surpass the pres
ent breed in egg laying by one dozei
per obloken a year, then for the wboh
United States, with its nearly 234,
000,000 chickens; the increase in val
ue of the egg product would be about
$25,GOG,OOO ? year.
Professor Gowe'd'o experiments art
conducted for tbe purpoa?, simply, ol
ascertaining which individual hen:
are the best egg producers, and to usc
them for the breeding of more of theil
kind.
As a means of securing the needed
information, flftv-two "trap nests" ol
Professor Gowell's own devlsion and
construction were placed in the thir
teen pens of the breeding bouse. The
trap nest ls simple, inexpensive, cer
tain in its action and requires little
attention. It ls a box like structure,
without front or cover, 28 inches lons
13 inches wide and 16 inches deep, in
side measure. A division board with
a circular opening 7i Inches In diam
eter is placed across the box, 12 In
ches from the rear and 15 inches from
the front end. The rear section thus
formed is tbe ne.it proper. Instead
of a close made door at the entrance,
a light frame of lxll Inch stuff ie
covered with wire netting of 1 inch
mesh. The door ls 10x10 inohes, and
does not fill the entire space, a mar
gin of 2 inches being left ab tbe bot
tom, and 1 Inch at the top and sid-, s,
to secure free action. The door LB
hinged at the top and opens up inte
the box. When the neat ls ready foi
the entrance of the ben the wire dooi
ls held up, or opeu, by means of a wire
rod so bent that one section of it rests
directly across the oircuiar opening ol
the nest section. When the hen en
ters the nest seotlon, ber back strikes
and lifts this rod, thus releasing and
dropping the door, making her pris
oner until she has laid her egg and an
attendant eames to set her free, the
do r when lt drops, being caught by a
spring and thus held firmly in place.
Each hen in the experimental olas?
carries upon either leg a broad metal
lic band bearing her number. When
the ben is released from the trap tbe
attendant tak- s her number, and then
upon a board fastened on the wall
over tbejnest, whereon the records are
systematically kept, she is credited
with the egg laid. At the end of the
year the results are figured up, and
the good performers are known by
tbelr records and separated from the
rest. All that nave laid less than
100 eggs In the year are disposed of.
Tbe others are congregated in differ
ent pens, according to their produc
tive capacity, and the experiments
continued, both as to the laying capa
city of the selected performers and as
to the productiveness of their eggs, all
duly labelled with tho number of the
ben laying them, In the incubation of
ohickens.
The experiments began In Novem
ber, 1898, fifty-two trap nets being
used. When the dati from the first
year's testing were secured the birds
that yielded 200 or moro eggs of good
shape, size and olor were selected for
i "foundation stocks," upon which,
with additions made to them in suc
ceeding y ot rn of birds of similar qual
ity, the breeding operations were
based. It is known that the laws of
inheritance and transmission are as
true with birds as with cattle, sheep
and horses, and when the wonderful
changes that have been made in the
form, feather and egg produotlon of
bens since their domestication com
menced is considered, tbere seems to
bo ample ground for assuming that a
higher average of egg produotlon than
the present can b? secured, br breed
ing only from birds that are them
selves great producers.
The experiments began with about
1,000 bena. Barred Plymouth Bocks
and White Wyandottes. During the
first four years In whloh Professor
Gowell selected breeding stock by use
of the trap nests he found thirty-five
hens that yielded from 200 to 251
eggs in a year. Several yielded only
30 to 60 eggs at all. The Plymouth
Books have far outstripped the Wy
andotte* in laying, all through the
six years of the experiments, and to
day the champion bens, all Plymouth
Bocks, are: No. 617, who laid the
first year 251 egtrs eggs; No. 1,003 laid
240 eggs; No. 1,001, 213 eggs per an
num.
They Oared Ulm,
John Clark, a negro five years old,
is dead at the homes of his parent at
Lyndon, Ky., cf acute alcoholism, in
consequence of excessive doses of wine
and a mixture of wine and whiskey
administered to him by his stop-fa thor
and mother in the effort So keep bim
from ever having a desire for drink by
making him sick of lt.
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A LITTLE WAR BTOBY.
A. Gun Captured from a Federal Of
floor Returned at Lam.
The Columbia Record s\ys a rather
pretty little story bas just developed
in the past few days, in which Bishop
Capers takes a part and which brings
back recollections of the days in 1801
1885 in a very vivid manner. The story
bas in it the capture of a Fed
eral prisoner by the bishop, then an
officer in tho Third South Carolina
regiment, aud 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, ju.st raised, were stationed
there. Blsbop Capers and three sol
diers were coming over from the
headquarters of the offioers toward
the line where sentries had been
thrown out.
Just aoross the lino a Northern sol
dier was seen and it was evident that
the> had landed for some purpose not
for the good of the men on the island
who wore the grey. He was approach
ed so rapidly that be had no chance
to escape and told to surrender. There
was some parley at first ts the man,
evidently a brave soldier, did not
wish to be taken in this way without
baving a chance for a fight, but tho
folly of such procedure was quickly
shown and he turned over bis gun and
marched baok to camp.
The 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 Fi rao Connecticut vol
unteors. From thoro the tracing wa
a little easier and finally the man wMo
owned the gun was located. His arante
is Franois G. Cope and he llvearIn a
small town in Connecticut. 7iho gun
ls now being fixed up and vef?ll be re
turned by tbe bishop at otffce. It is
still a dangerous looking/weapon, al
most a breech loader, which shot a
paper shell loaded with/ powder and
an explosive bullet.
Nail and
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daring tho act of tho last ?J?lon of
the legislature forbidding fte *hip
ment of shad out of South OarV'?a to
be in conflict with the Intorst*
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Jumped to Dr nth,
'At New York a woman of 21, ycart
1/nown as Cooli Hall, bas killed bc
'self instantly by juro plug from
third story window. Her act croat
a commotion In the tirbighoorhoi
where it was declared the girl \?
screaming for help when she was sc
to fling herself In a rude condltl!
bead formost from tbe window,
coroner took chargo of the
and immediately gave it as bl?,
lon that tho girl was not a
but had been. detaint d against^
will and was attempting to es?;
Later he modified bis statement!
what, pending further luvestigi
The woman's clothing wa&&uuc.'
tercd about tho room from
leaped. _
Ex Gov. J. P. Ein e
home In Little Rock,
day. He was a proL
the Baptist church,
years the president
Baptist oonventlot