The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 08, 1905, Image 4
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" Japs And Russians Pictured On J
The March And In Battle. a
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MUKDEN CAMPAIGN. ?
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The Capture of Two Whole Regiments of ^
Russians, at One Time. Some Rus- *
sians Badly Frightened when \
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Cornered. One Hundred c
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Thonsand Prisoners. '
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Ileadquarters of Gen Kurokl's Army, 1
near Tlchliug, March 26.?Tho tlrst t
realization of the Immensity of the J a \
panose forces was brought home to the c
observer when the two eentr il armies (
rolled across the Shaho on the morn \
ingof the 8th of March in the wake of t
the retreating Russians. Hitherto i
during the battle parts of two or three n
brigades of Infantry, with a few batta t
uii onuiii/iy, as uiuai Willi IIO SHOW |
of rejoicing over victory, without con- <
fusion or excited ofllcers. Japanese do (
minion over Manchuria was spreading \
at the rate of two miles an hour. lt> |
the river banks were tlelds of kaoliang i
which liad stood uuharvested since fall <
between the lines of hostile cannon |
and through these were swarming men,
women and children, reaping and stack <
ing their crops. The chinaman frit |
ters away no time gaping at victorious i
armies when a few dollars are to 1> t
gathered. I
For 10 days from that morning t1 o i
whole o .uutry w.thln the er.a of the i
lighting was covered with a midst of I
tine dust stirred up by the feet of i
more than a million men and animals
It never settled for a mlnut e, ltd oek
ed the throat and blindi d the eyes, <
lifted underclothing, made food grli
ty and turned all water into mud. Tlu
liames from burning houses and stacks
of grain showed through it in the nlghl <
like the moon through fog. The sun i
storms, which begau on the second
day of the pursuit and continued at
intervals for a week, c m < from tki <
north dinctly Into the faces of the
Japanese and marie the discomfort and i
hardship worse There was a great i
contrast between the c uutry south of i
the Shabo and north of it. The vil i
lages toward Mukden were larger and i
more prosperous, with better buildings, i
and the picturesque temples and tomi s
surrounded by groves of dark green ;
firs made a weioime panorama to tlu
eyes of the men from beautiful Japan, t
who had spent months amoi g tin t
dreary and monotonous hills Ublnesc :
families gathered in front of theii
houses and greeted the Japanese with
shouts. D lUbtkss ihey wero tquall)
ready to acclaim the Russians, and
denounce the Japanese when it was
politic. Outside the large towns Otfl'"
nese officials wearing ti t ir robes 'of
cilice and buttons on their cans, ^ith
banners and soldiers in gaudy uni
forms, received the Japanese generals,
and Gen. Kuroki and his stall rode
Into tho village where his hea- quarters
are now through a d< uble tile of
villagers kneeling on both sides of the
road.
TIIK RUSSIAN HICTHKAT.
The beginning of the R rssian re
treat from the Stialio was orderly and
they left a clean Held. Nom^f*the^L
portable i,,',,,
hundreds of stacks
gj^^oftln cases In the trenches and huts,
W containing cartridges.
Toward evening of that day Gen.
-x, Kurokl's troops overtook their rear
^bards eight cr nine miles north of
'the Shaho and from that time the retreat
became a scramble for safety. At
the various supply stations huge piles
of grain were iired and smouldered for
days. The pursuit continued all
through the night of the eighth and
the right division of Kuroki's army
came to the branch line of railroad
running from Mukden to the minus
at Fushun. On the morning of the ffuli
the sand storm began, whioh threw
both sides into confusion and made orderly
retreat or pursuit on a large
scale impossible. All the telegraph
wires connecting the headquarters and
the different divisions wero blown
down so that each contingent proceed^
ed largely on its own responsibility.
xne lert envision crossed tne Hunbo t
under cover of the thick dust clouds t
without a battle. Apparently the Kus t
slan commander was afraid to risk t
a defense on such a day even in the c
elaborate works, whlsh should have f
made the Ilunbo the most formidable v
line of defense, perhaps because his c
own men were in a panic. Probably r.
tbls was the decisive day of the bat a
tie, for the Japanese forces west of r
Mukden were being pressed hard and
the brigade on the extreme left was
to almost wiped out. Had Bildoring re|
pulsed Kuroki two or three days at J
L. the Hunho the Russian reserves might |,
have been able to turn the tide at ^
Mukden. Good generalship and good a
fortune made history otherwise. Ku- r
ropatkln had hurried his reserves from y
V Mukden east to Fushun as the Jap ^
anese had planned that he should, and ^
lip then hurried them back to Mukden, c
gill but Only too late. The Japanese cen- a
|g|| tre army from Kuroki's left was push- K
log past Mukden to the north and a
r ' Kuroki's left division was marching j,
still further north protecting its right {,
0 Having lost the Hunho the Kus- j,
central army left Mukden to Its Hl
and continued its now disorderly w
it to Tlehllng. That all their \f
were left where they fell show- 0
rat the retreat had become. On ^
lorning of the 10ih, the left dl- cj
i again encountered the Russian ^
[uard in considerable force north- s,
)t Mukden and as the Russians ^
ipted to make a stand they were |r
n In two engagements, and in the tl
ioon the ulvislon arrived at the i\
of Sana, 10 miles beyond Muk- w
nuns ui resorvcH, a citzjn or more oat f
terles, with pack trains and Held h b- t
pitals, wero all that one person co?ld c
see In the mountainous country of the t
great armies engaged, ltut wiien the i
whole array moved northward with Its d
impediments following It was an Impressive
host. Looking from the
heights where the Russian bitteries
had been, one could see many khakioolorcd
processions for miles on either
hand, emerging from the valleys and
passes where the Japanese had been
concentrating sinco October, streaming
across the dry bed of the river and
the narrow channels of Ice and wind
ing away among the baro hills and
sandy plains northward, it was a bus
lness like army, swathed In dark blue
and khaki with no spectacular show of
gold braid, nor brass, and hardly a
touch of color except the scarlet blankets
worn over tho sholdcrs. Most of
the ranks were boys yet, but they
were toughened by a year of campaign ,,
Ing Into hardy veterans. They plod- r
n rl n.10 ol 1 n?\ f 1 ?? ? ..?? 1 ? 1
MAIICIIKD DAY AND NIOIIT.
Until the 10th the army had been
ushed forward day and night in the
ice of every difficulty to draw the attention
of tho Russians from Mukden,
nd the meu were nearly exhausted by
heir forced march. The military
oads from Fushun toTiehllng wound
long the plains among sharp bills
nd the division followed this to get
o the north of Mukden while Qcn.j
jlnevitoh took most of his men di-1
ectly north through the mjuutalns
vith tho Japanese right army pursung.
Several times the Japauese had
harp brushes with the rear guard but
10 lmportaut action until the 14th,
vhen thcay approaotied the range of
ligti steep hills siyen miles southeast
>f Tiehllng which was strategically
he strongest defense of the olty.
There was a broad level plain lu front
>f the hills and no avenue of approach
or an attacking force except to cross
his plain under such covers as could
je found in tho gullies and behind ocjasional
ridges. Consequently It was
ieclded to attempt the night attack
vith the bayonet once more, and thus
he llrst line of trenches below the
nils was gained. For the general
idvancc in the morning of tho 14th
,wo battalions were assigned for the
rontul attack, one for a diversion on
he right and the largest force of
sight, on the left. A direct charge
ipou the main trenches was impossi>lo
because the slope before them was
si most too steep to be scaled even
vith no resistance. A lower hill to
ho west and in front was vulnerable
>u its west ilank and after an artillery
mgagement the main body occupied
his. Night stopped the lighting and
>eforo morning the Russians had re
dred in haste leaving 200 dead, while
ho Japan&se had H09 casualties. The
asfc stand of the Ru. slans before Tlehing
was on a chain of hills 3,000 me,res
southeast of tire city equipped
daboiately with a long chain of
<renches and well constructed guu
josltlons'jwhile they held 24 hours.
While the general of dlvlslou was re
:onnoltering the positions on the af
iernoon of the 15tli another Japauese
irlgade from the south began to enrage
one of the Russian batteries.
This partly exposed the Russian tlank
X) the enemy and 30 Japanese guns
AO:e concentrated In a bombardment
jf that position. Darkness again interrupted
the work after an hour's
aombardment and again the Russians
retreated, abandoning without serlaus
resistance their most valuable depot
between Mukden and Ilubln,
which wns their s'rorgrst military p )iltion
as well. Gen. lvuropa'kln had
neen there In Ills special train until
the afternoon of the 15th, it was
raid. When the tirst Japanese com
pany entered the settlement at 1 'n
the morning they captured the station
master and twoother< illoers who
Had b en left with orders to apply the
toroh at the last moment, b it only a
few buildings were burned and thenwere
valuable stores of munitions un
iam&gec.
A DRAMATIC KNCOUNTKH.
INo moro dramatic encounter oc
jurred during tills eventful week than
the capture of the Fifth and Nineteenth
regiments of Russian r lio % b,
Kuroki's left division on the m .rnlntjf
the 11th. In the panic wtiich pre
vailed at Mukden then these two regl
merits left at .'1 in the ra -ruing with
rto general commanding them, and a
mixed crowd of s .lchers frwm other or
*a\lzations and followers attaching
ihemt elves to the retreat. When t n
wo forces discovered ove another
bey quickly formed into tig tling line
ind the Russians came on with the
lllc.*rs in front of the ranks to cut
iheir way through. T e contact wa
to sudden that there was n cji fusion
it lirst, in wliich the Japanese gene
al and his utatf wltli two foreign at
Aches came under the tire of the J ip
mese rllles and guns. The tight w..s
iliort and dtcisive. Tie Russians
sould not stand In the open lields un
Ifer the shrapnel and s<>on scatter d
ike shoep while many parties waveti
towels and handkerchiefs, to su ren
ler. The Japanese had only 200 cas
ialtlrs while dead and wounded Rus
thins were all over tile tleld. During
,he rest of the day the Japanese were
iccupu a minting Tor Russians In ah
ihe surrounding country. They hud
troken up Into small parties, were
leeing in every direction, soma t^ng
o get hack to Mukden'*0tlierg" t0
nrutq^nfj na ') irt[r- -)rr] antf many
3*1(11 ng in the ravines and in Chinese
louses. However brave they were in
igh'ing, wiien cornered some made
ipectacles of themselves hardly to be
ixpecled of men of a military race.
Doubtless the men were unnerved by
Lhe strain of long lighting, but the
Siberians captured earlier in the war
lore themselves with the dignity of
loldiors. Whether the European
troops who have been sent to the east
ire the best quality of the Rus ian
irmy there is no means of judging,
rot certainly they have not compared
'avorably in physique or lighting qualties
with the Siberians, particularly
die east Siber'an sharpslv oters. That
s the opinion of the Japanese olllcers.
The total of prisoners taken that day
was nearly 4,000. They were a tierce
md savage looking crowd, all wearing
)lg black or white sheepskin hats,
nany In dirty fur coats, mtstof them
leavily bearded, all unwashed for
lays. Among the olllcers were hcveal
old men, one of them, a veteran of
phe Itusso-Turkish war, with a white
icard hanging to his waist, who gave
lis age as 72 The next morning
ihey went down the road in a big
iloud of dust?a long and picturesque
irocession of dej cted looking Moujiks,
vith their olllcers riding in Chinese
arts, and Jeering M.inchurlans rundng
along the flanks?to Join the
,rmy of Russians in Janan whi?h nna;
lumber nearly 100,00^,
Terrible Tr*K?'<ly.
On Monday morning of last week F.
. Gunnels, a white paan, drove from
its home at Govan to his farm near
)lar. Here he found Gloster Daniels,
negro, who has always borne a go ?d
eputatlon. Daniels was plowing and
dien Gunnels got near to him he shot
ho negro In the left side with a
ouble barreled shotgun. The wounrtd
man ran in fright and terror,
bout a half mile, and then fell to the
round, his wife following. She and
nother negro carried him to a friend's
ome, where he died Tuesday morn)g
about dawn. The slayer has been
i the asylum once or twOe, it Is
aid, from the effects of whiskey, but
rhen sober is rational. He has a
irge family conncotlon and is a man
f considerable means. The cause of
lic oiikueiiik in ??m uj uo mat uanicis
id not bring in some oats on S&turay
afternoon, after being told to do
) by Gunnels. The white man went
) the negro's home on Sunday morn)g,
it is said, and told Daniels' wife
lat he would kill her husband, but
negress did not believe that he i
ould carry out hla threat.
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A Train IStoppod by Multitude* ol
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the Creeping Ineeote.
Sometime ago some sections of
Georgia were visited by a plague of
caterplllers, which became aloust un- 1
bearable. For several days reports
; had been going into Savannah of the
ravages of the insects within a few
miles of the city. Finally a representative
of the Augusta Chronicle visit* i
ed the stricken section and was as- n
tounded at the situation. The caterplllers
bad become a plague as de- f
structive as any that ever visited the 7
west or oommltted depredation in v
biblical times. t
The pests actually overran a church
and made it unfit for uBe. The c
streams were ho badly oovered with H
them that when it was deoided to
have a baptizing one Sunday; brush- j
brooms bad to be employed to clean t
off the surface of the water. Two negro
families have been run out of <
their homes by the great horde of
hungry, hairy things, and Hichard t
Dotson, who lived at Pooler, had to j
put his entire family of twelve at {
work to keep them from overrunning a
his homo. These are hard but tiue
stories of the plague.
The residents about Pooler sur- j
rounded their homes with ditches to j
keep the contjuering army back. On |
the turpentine farms of Judge F. S
Lathrop, chairman of the l>oard of -
couuty commissioners of Chatham ,
County, work was at a standstill. All ,
the turpentine boxes that had the |
least gum In them had to be dipped
and thrown away, as the caterpillars ]
had crawled Into them, stuck there (
and died. At Willis Station, on the |
Seaboard railway, a freight train was ,
stalled by the caterpillars. The dead
Insects caused such a stench that the |
people passing that way were made .
sick. I
ALLEGED VOTE FRAUDS. '
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Four lUnn Arrested for Malting 1
False Flection Koturna. <
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Three managers of eleotlon, M. L t
Fox, George ltusbee and J. A. Arm- 1
strong, and a partisan, named T. D. 1
Mitchell, were arrested Wednesday '
morning in the town of llro< kland, 1
across the Congarce river from Columbia,
charged with fraud against the J
State election laws and with conspiracy
on the ground that they made 1
false returns in the rccont election 1
held there for the choice of an lnteudent.
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luisbcc has turned State's evidence, (
hut is too sick to be locked up. The '
others are behind the bars. Candidate (
Gunnells, who was oounted out by
three votes, aileges that he holds atll (
davits from 117 out of the 151 vott rs 1
who participated In the election rte- (
olarlng that they voted for him. Fox
Is a grucer> man and alleged blind '
liger, ilusbie is a cotton mill opera k
tlvo. Armstrong Is a mill operative '
and clerk and Mitchell was a witness ]
for the defence In the Jim Tillman v
murder trial. (
lutendaut G. 11 McComhs, In whese 1
Interest the alleged frauds were c.im- <
mttted, escaped after an exciting j
uuiuto u uiuck >ycanesciay morn ,
Ing, near Cayce. Learning that warrants
were out he and Fox skipped '
together. They were overtaken by j
a party of t'oee special deputies. (
When Fox and McCombs were beaded 1
otT suddenly, t hey showed Mc
Combs reached for his revolver. Fox
than grahbtd I) puty Mayers and
the latter was throwing him to the
ground MoCooabs escaped, just as the '
oti er iepull 'S came up before Fox '
g-a bed him Mayers lir (1 twice at '
McUombs without clT ct.
THB WiSATHKR IN JUNB. 4
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What the It? eor<l? Show lor ttie baaf I
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1'hglitcon Yours. j
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The following data, covering a t
period of 18 years, have been compiled i
from the w atber bureau records tit 1
Columbia. 'Tbey are Issued to show |
the conditions that have prevailed, a
during the month of June, for the
above period of years, but must HjJvJk- *
construed as a f"repawnweath i
er Qpudltj^b^ f'Ct'The coming month. t
Temperature?Mean or normal tem- 1
porature 79 degrees. The warmest t
month was that of 1890, with an uv.-r- t
age of 81 degrees. The coldest month t
was that of 1903 with an average 1
of 74 degress. The highest temperature
was 103 degress on June 10th, 1
1889. The lowest temperature was 47 t
degrees on J uue 1st, 1889. The latest p
date on which last "killing" frost oc- 1
curr< d lnsprlr g, April 17th, 1995.
Precipitating (rain or melted snow) c
?Average for the month, 4 16 inches, t
Average number of days with .01 of (
an Inch or more, 5. The gieatest. c
monthly preclpl atlon was 9.97 b ches a
in 1903. The least monthly preclpila r
tionwas 1.13 Inches In 1890. The great* *
est amount of precipitation recorded e
In any 24 consecutive hours was 3 60
inches on June 6th, 1903. The greates' s
amount of snowfall recorded In any i
24 couseoutlve hours (record extending p
to winter of 1884 85 only) was none. 1
Clouds and weather?Average num- t
her of clear days, 10; partly cloudy v
days, 13; oloudy days 7. n
Wlud?The prevailirg winds have b
been from the southwest. The aver- a
ago hourly velcoity of the wind Is 7 1;
miles per hour. The highest velocity
of the wind was 42 miles from the west
on Juue 7th, 1902.
Made Him Confers. 8
At Knoxvllle, Tenn., Influenced K
by a sermon which he heard from the n
upsor llev. Sam Jones, the evange a
list, Wm, 8. Keller Wednesday decided
to confess his part in election a
rottenness. The Knox county Judgeship
is now being contested in a local
court on a charge of election bribery, M
etc. Keller has twice been on the sl
stand and has twice refused to answer *
certain pointed questions. Wednesday
he a^aln appeared and volunlarl 0
ly asked to testify. The privilege
was granted him, and he then told, h
among dramatic scenes, how he, as w
officer of election, had stuffed the bal h
lot box in the eleventh ward, and had H
marked from two to three hundred
votes for the straight Democratic 81
ticket and had stuffed them into the
ballot box. In his confession he also N
implicated several city officials for al- ai
leged parts that they played in trying
to cover up evidences of the rottenness
by adding names to the poll lists
of the ward to make them oonform to
tho votes polled.
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J?p Ijohsom,
Japanese reports say total losses of di
Japanese number abrnt eight hun- ni
dred men. Three torpedo boats sunk st
were all the war vessels lost by Japan, by
The admiral says it will be several rq
days before a detailed report of losses tii
as well as of tho oaptured men oan be N
made. es
>f Theodore H. Price, With Figures
Pointing to a Small Crop.
II* lie port, CoTorluK the Cotton Belt, (
Hhowa a Decrease of 2D.R Per ,
Cent. Over Laat Year. I
The following Is Mr. Theodore H.
'rice's cotton crop report for the i
aonthof May, issued from New York:
Herewith 1 submit my monthly report
on the cotton crop, made up from
,346 replies to a postal card inquiry
vhlch comprised the following ques- i
ions: i
What is the preceutage of increase
>r decrease in cotton acreage in your
ectlou as compared with last year?
What percentage of the total conlemplated
area has been planted upon
,he date of your reply?
Is the crop with you earlier or later
>han the normal, and how many days?
Expressed in percentage, what is
,he present oondition of the crop in
rour section, assuming 100 per cent,
o be the standard of normal or reason
ibly perfect development at this seaKinv
This is one of the most extensive
nqulrles ever made by me. Implies
lave been received from 3,386 towns
n 806 cotton producing counties.
The total number of cotton-producing
counties, according to tbe last Census
eturns, is 822, so that the entire belt
nay be regarded as having been effec
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JMOlJf v> JTC1 cu
The average date of my replies is
May 19th, and the statement of ooniitlon
does not, therefore, rell ict the
leavy damage caused by the excessive
rains In Tex is on May 21st.
For this reason the Government re[>ort,
which Is made up from replies
is of the date of May 25th, may per
laps show a lower condition than
ihat given by my correspondents.
Last year the condition as reported
oy my correspondents on the 20th of
iach month during the growing HOa.
ion averaged within 4 poiuts of that
reported by thb Government, and the
ivorage of my correspondents' crop
estimates published by me on the 3d
of November was 12,177,003, or within
14,003 bales of the estimate of the
\gr>cultural Department published a
nonth later.
The details of my report, State by
State, will be found below.
The Indicated decrease In acreage,
is compared with last year throughjut
the entire belt, Is 17 3 per cent.
The condition of the crop, assorting
100 per cent, to be the standard
of normal or reasonably perfect development
at this season, 70.8 per
lent.
Of the total contemplated area, my
joi respondents report that there had
oeen planted up to May 19th 79 per
lent. ?
On the average the crop is reported
ater than the ro-mal by 17 days.
BUMMAltY.
itate. Replies. Decrease Condition
Acreage per cent.
\T. Carolina 615 20.6 79.4
C Carolina 735 15.2 76.3
leorgia 1,194 14.5 83.6
i< lorlda 69 17 80.5
Mabatna 854 12.2 83 8
Mississippi 976 19.2 66.6
Louisiana 324 19.5 62.6
tex as 1.483 18.2 Ask
\rkunsas 522 21.9 (52.8
rennessee 2(12 18.4 81.4
In Territory 180 18.8 74.9
Oklahoma 133 23.1 83.7
Missouri 14 15.9 82.8
Virginia 15 24.6 89 i
Total 7,348 17.3 avg 70.8av
Toe outlook, as suggested by these
igures, Is of the gravest Import to
jbe trade. Tbe aggregate reduction
ind acreage as compared with the
loverument's figures of last year of
ihe same date, iodicite an iniliai
grntraelion in the producing capacity
)f the cotton area planted, or to bi
M nted, of 29 5 per o nt. Admit,t ug
ihat the crop of 1904-5 wa. 14,000,000
sales, the prrs- nt indications poln to
i crop of 29.5 per cent, lest, or 9 870,>00
bales, a suming that the conditions
hereafter are as phenomenally
ind unusually favorable as the grow
ng and picking season of la-t year
jroved to be. Tnis is hardly prub
ible.
The deterhtraUG" Fi the crop con
Htloli, as reported by the Governnent
between the iirst of June and
i1 e tirst of October last year was only
F 2 per cent., the least on record for
ihe past ten years, the average deierloratlon
during tire summer and
rutumn for the previous nine years
laving been 20 per cent.
The indicated acreage for the comng
season is 2.874,000 acres less than
.hat planted two years ago, and which
iroduoed a commercial crop of only
0.056,000 bales.
The conditl n as reported by my
tor res pond en Is is 2 3 per cent, lower
ban the condition reported by the
Jovcrnment in 1903. Only 79 per .
cut. of the area lias been planted
ml the crop is 17 days later than the j
lormal, whereas last year's crop was j
generally admitted to be two weeks |
arller than the normal.
Spinners' takings for the current J
eason will proably reach, if they do .
lot'exceed, 12,500,000 bale-, and the 1
treseut rate of consumption undobted (
y calls for another cr. p of 12,000,000 ,
tales or over to adequately supply tire ,
vorld's demand. Tliere seems to be ,
to prospect of any such production, ,
tut a p tsslblllty on the other hand of .
, crop not over 10 500,000 and po:Slby
le^s than 10,090,000 bale*.
Thkodohk II. Prick.
The Detuatt Kxplalned.
The cardinal causes of Hojestven- ,
ky's defeat have been the subject of (
eneral discussion here. Ooe Japi- \
ese expert gives the following ana- e
lysis: ,
"First, and larperfeot reconnois- 9
nee and incomplete faculty and mis t
:amng intelligence t
"Second, an Imperfect battle forma- }1
Ion which indicated that R"jostven- c
Icy did not expeot to meet Togo off r
'rtuahlma. t
"Third, the weather, the direction
f the wind and the sunlight wereunkvorable
to the Russians, Togo havig
the sun behind him and firing t
1th the wind, while the Russians >
ad the sun light In their eyes and &
red against the wind. t
"Fourth, the Russians wasted their li
mmunltlon and eventually ran short. A
ti is believed that the surrender of v
ebogatoff was necessary because, his >
mmunltlon had been exhausted. c
"Fifth, the marked Inferiority of h
le Russian gunnery." d
Voelkeraam Waa Killed. ^
Rear Admiral Voelkersam, com- a
ander of the battleship squadron of c
ic Russian fhet, was killed the first
ly of the battle, May 27, in the oonng
tower of his flagship, the battledp
Oslabya, one of the vessels sunk s:
f the Japanese. It was Voelkersam's a
[uadron, according to a report, which ti
ed on the British trawlers in the b
orth sea? mistaking them fer Japan- 1
e torpedo boat*. g
Qood Advice to Those Who Are Hold- j
Ins (ho Staple.
The Wilmington Morning Star
says it lias refrained from the occa- (
slonal course of its contemporaries of (
giving gratitous advice to its friends
behind the hoe who are the bone and \
sinew of the oountry, and who are, in |
these enlightened days of progressive i
farming, generally better judges of t
practical questions than roany who
take a supertlclal or sentimental view 1
of the situation. The Star is, how- '
ever, in a position to know that many
of Its friends are suffering serious loss |
by the unwise eipcsureon the planta- i
Hons of thousands of baits of cotton j
to the continuous Spring rains this ]
season, which has been estimated, in ?
many Instances, as high as .'10 per <
cent, of the market value. It has 1
been claimed by some of those who
have no storing facilities that the ]
bales will not suffer much Id jury in |
the open if they are kept on their i
edge upon poles which hold them a
few inches clear olf the ground; and, (
If the bales are turned upside down
after every rain In order that the |
moisture absorbed may be quickly i
evaporated. It is also claimed that
the cotton so treated will gain In
weight to the farmers' advantage and
that the risk of loss by tire Ih reduced
to a minimum without the expense of
insurance. <
It must be manifest by experience,
however, that these specious claims
are not sustained by results. Ex
p< sure to the sun and winter rain
warps aid defaces the bagging, rusts
the hoops, and makes an unsightly
package, while the later warmer rains
of the spring heats the cotton, fer
mentation follows and in many in
stances thirty to slx'y pounds of rotting
and worthless cotton must be re- |
moved and the bale repacked In a
crude and un-atis'actory way before
u i? in/ ior suipment. We have seen
In Wilmington recently thousands of
damaged bales waiting for the slow
and expensive process of picking before
they can be shipped as merchant- ;
able. Many of these bales must prove
a loss of at Itast a cent a pound to ,
t he farmer.
Moreover, the practice of exposing
cotti n at the plantations seems to be
largely cot tlued to our own section? ,
tbat is to say, the Carolin&s. Farther
S uth a better method prevails and
the warehouse system Is used by many
farmers who have no storage facilities. |
It should not be overlooked tbat mill
buyers and exuorters prefer the lots j
tbat have been protected even by a (
temporary and inexpensive shelter
which Is within the means of every ,
producer. There is, then, no question
is to actual weights and grades, nor
any delay in settlements, nor any re ]
lection of mis-shapen bale's.
We are informed that some of the ,
prlncipil buyers are now refusing 10 ,
old on exposed and damaged cotton ,
iiecau.se of recent heavy reclamations ,
from mills at home and abroad. We ,
also learn from representatives of
Marine UnderwiIters that insurance
against country damage will be d.tilcult,
to obtain next season, even at
advanced premiums. (
It behooves the cotton planter
with the^e facts before him to protect
his cotton crop from damage by
simpleand reasonable precautions after
It has p ism d the in vitab e vice's- <
si udc s i f frost, dr- ught, excessive <
moisture, ru t, Insects and other
natural and unnatural foes between
the p'antit g and the picking of this
royal gift or God.
BUY3 AND GIKL3 1
i
l?? tlio Qr*dcd SoIkxiIh of tlio Stnto ,
Who Graduate. ]
Three years ago the Observer marie '
a comparison of the number of boys
and gtrls "graduating" In town .and
c>tv graded schools, the number of
girls then being tar In excess of tho
boys Noticing tho newspaper re
ports of school "commencements"
this spring, we tiod tbattho propor
Hon is iibO'Jt the same as It was three
years ago. Toe following Instanc s
are representative of the condition
that prevails throughout the state:
BOY8 OIItLS.
Anderson 6 10
Barnwell 1 5
Darlington 4 7
Florence 1 0
Lancaster 3 10
Laurens 2 4
L'xington 1 0
Marlboro 2 7
Newberry 0 4
Rock II111 4 4
St. Georges 0 4
St. Matthews 1 3
Sumter 9 6
So It appears that about three times
as many girls as boys are completing
the work In the graded schools One
rea on for this differ*ncc is that boys
are eager to get into business and to
begin the work of money making.
Another reason Is that nearly all tho
teachers In the graded schools are
worm n, and boys do not like to be
"bossi.d" by women The proportion
if boys and girls who complete the
traded school work Is about the proportion
that go the colleges. Tne wo
men of the rls'ng generation are being
Tiuoh better educated than the men.
?Newberry Observer.
The Stupid KiimhIaiih.
Russian tornedo hnat*i frnm a/in/it
rosiok captured the Japanese steamer M
Dalshr n off Hokkalco and placed a t
?rlze crew on board with orders to ^
,ake the vessel to port. By mistake C
die Russian commander of the Dal- ?
ihr n headed for Oensan, Korea, and a
net a Japunese transport. The latter b
leeing the Russian flag Hying from "
he Daishen Intended to recapture a
.he vessel when the Japanese captives I
iboartl the sttam< r on seeing their '1
ompatrlo's attacked the prize crew, t
ecapturncd the vessel and eventually K
ook her to Oensan.
Hentenot'd to l>.i*th.
A special from Cullman, Ala., says a
hat the Jury in the case of John t
Villlams, charged with tho murder of 1
l ate Senator R .bert L Hipp, re- *
urned a verdlot of guilty of murder o
n the first degree Wednesday and ti
Ixed punishment at death. Williams t!
ras sentenced to be hanged June 14. tl
Villlams' son, ag< d 20, begged the d
ourt to permit him to be hanged In
its father's stead. Williams is a far R
acr and shot Hipp while he and a a
eputy sheriff were attempting to levy t<
pon some of Williams' property. An ,;i
ppcal will be taken to the supreme ci
ourt.
In Open Itevolt.
The Russian army in Manchuria is ol
lid to be in a bad state. According to w
dlspatob from St. Petersburg the B
roops are in open revolt and cannot Pe
depended upon to do much fighting hi
'be news of R jJestyensky'a defeat is ci
Iven as the rcaa jn. w
-p
Under the CarrtaK" of the President
and the Kins.
Wednesday night at Paris an auar- |
shist threw a bomb at a carrlago
sontalnlng Alfonso, King of Spain,
md Lambert, President of Franoe, as
ihey were leaving the opera at mid
light after a gala performance. The
xsmb exploded without Injuring either
ihe President or the King, but several
soldiers belouging to the escort were
wounded.
A largo number of arrests have
iaen made, lucluding the person who
s believed to have thrown the bemb ,
wd three pers ins suspected of complicity
in the plot as the latter were 1
jeen under the archway of the Louvre
with a dtstruotlve engine a few miuites
before the explosion took place.
Great excitement followed the ex
plosion, rumors spreading immediately
that the threats made by the anirohlsts
to assassinate King Alfonso
when be came to Paris had been sue
sessfully carried out.
It ban been known very generally
In Paris that Kiug Alfonso was added
to the anarchist's list of victims
marked for slaughter recently, and
when the annoucemcnt was made
that the young King would visit Paris
the anarohlsts declared tint they
would make use of the visit to carry
out their plot.
The secret police notified Madrid of
the existence of the plot aud advised
the police of Madrid to be on the look
out. At the same time they arns.rd
thirty seven anarchists In Paris and
plac d them Incommunicado.
Wrought up by ihese events and the
fear that her son's life was lu danger,
the Q leen Mother of Spain pers mally
appealed to President Loubet to hav.every
protection afforded to the young
King while he was on French territory.
When Alfonso reached the French
border, he was token In charge by th
French secret police and since ttn n tubas
been constantly gu irded by secret
police agents as well as by the uniformed
police and soldiery.
Matters wore aggravated by the So
clalists, who at a m etlng held just be
fore the arrival of the King, resolved
to make his visit as uncomfortable as
possible by hissing him every time he,
appeared lu public and otherwise ex
pressing their disapproval of him.
Hnunlt a f Ln ,,n ?
^r. U|?tU 1'UQ pl'IM.C JJH-lyttUlilWUS 1VUIK
Alfonso had not been In Paris two days
before an open display of force was
made against him. While he and P es
Ident Loubr.fc were driving in the 11 ds
de Boulogne a man broke through the
police line and, dodging the mounted
escort, brandished a dagger before the
King's eyes, crying:
"Down with the inquisitors! Long
live the workers!"
The man was placed under arrest,
and at the police station was found
to be a Jeweller's wo:kcr named Garaery,
who had previously had trouble
with the polio; because of ids revolutionary
opinions.
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Cir*nny HMcltlH the Complaint. Oreat
Scarcity of Ijab >r Reported.
The following report as to the condition
of the cropH has t)eeu issued by
Section Director B.iu r:
The tirst half of ti e week ending
Men lay, May 29th, was much c <o er
t) an usua'; The lattt r half liad nearly
normal temperatures. Thero wrs a
harmful deficiency in sunshine. Iiigli
easterly winds prevailed generally,
tliough ti e winds were licrhfc at. t.h?
dose of i be w? elc. Light frost was
reported from Clnrokec county on the
22nd and 23rd.
There were from four to hIx days
with rain, and In places the pre ipitablon
was excessive, no'ably lu DarJ
Ington and ulieslertield counties where 1
[ai ds were badly washed and bottom
lands ll'.ji'dcd. The weekly amount of
ram was largely lu cf the nor '
mal, and at Ohoraw over live Inches I
w ro r.oted. The rainfall was about;
lormal In the central counties, but
Lhe ground was k pt wet so that only |
from one to three days plowing anc
sultlvatlon were practicable. Hoeing
made better progress.
Farm work was further delayed and
s backward, with many fields very I
'oul with grass and weeds, and there
s a continued scarcity of farm labor
irs In all parts of the state, so that
;hc grassy llelds are becoming a se
'lous menace to oropn.
Wiitle a few reports Indicate that
lotton is doing well on uplands, more
especially on red and clay lands that
lave een cultivated, the msj ?rlty of
die reports Indicate the cop to be In
in unpromising condition with ti e
d ints sm ll, and red or yel ow, ano !
(heir gro vtli checked by the co?i
dghhs. Many fields are grassy am*
ihe probfebllty is that some will be
ibaudoned In all parts of the state,
iwlng to their foul condition and the
mpractio&blllty of cleaning ttiem.
bants continue to rile on sandy lands,
dee have appeared In a number of
ouDtles. Chopping made fair pro[reus,
but has not been finished in the
vesteren counties. Sea-island cotton
s in a poor condition.
Early corn that has been properlv
ultlvated Is promising, but the larger
lortlon of the crop H yellow and sick
y. Planting of bottom lands made
low progr-'ss during the week, and
here is still much to be planted
Yucat is rlpo and some has been cut.
Jats are generally tine, especially
prlng oats. Fail outs are ripening ^
nd harvest is under way. It has 1
>ecn too wet for tobacco and some is J
irlng. Some peas have been sown,
nd sweet potatoes transplanted.
?ruok shipments have about ended.
^10 wot weather lias caused peaches i
o rot badly. Pastures are tine, and
aidons are doing well. ^
Drown* d Still and Children.
Mrs Tip Sanders drowned herself
nd children in a creek near her home, '
wo miles South of Sulphur Springs, c
'exa*. Wednesday. The oldest child g,
ras a boy of six years of ago. The
ther children were two girls, aged ?
hree years and ten months respec
Ively. The tragedy, it is slid, was 0
he result of demcstio troubles. San- I
ers, the husband, left home in the
tornlng to work on the public road,
^turning home for dinner he found *
note on the table from Mrs. Sanders,
;lliog him that he would find the
odles of his wife and children in the
reek.
Dtmrrind HIh Wif?.
Robert O. Davidson, a former mayor A.
f Baltimore, has deserted his wif
id run off to Europe with Miss Laura J
. Noyes, a trained nurse of Port De- fr
.sit, Md Before going he converted
Is property, worth 1200,000, into
isli and s< curlties, which he oarr!ed
1th htm, leaving his wife nothing.
pert Spe(
Jr. Iluthaway Otters to Counsel Ail
On any Disease. Twenty-livi
Succtss in His
WRITE HIM AND SAVE 1
'No extra charge
Tor medloliies." ^
Who-to Kii'nvli'(^^l
If you are fooling ill, ami d ? not know j^H
what Is the matter with you, do make JH H
mistake of calling on vonr lo >ul doctor
consultation lint just 1) Hi
New ton Hathaway, HX Ionian llhlg, \tlau^H
(la,, just how you buffer, ami ho will toifl
sol am! adv'iHo you for nothing, whilo vot^H
home doctor will charge you anywhere frojjH
si to $10, for the saino servico, and again, Dr. is
Hatha way's advice is worth ten times more to 1
you, for his wide experience in the treatment Tl
of these diseases f'2"> years), enahles him to Tl
at once understand the exact nature of your an
trouble. He will also send you a Sclf-Kxniui- sh
nation Blank and a valuable book on your sp
disease, of which ho is the author, free of
charge. ov
l)r. Hathaway's specialty is diseases of a wl
chronic or lingering nature, and those he has no
successfully treated for over twenty-five bl
years. The success i o has met with Is some- mi
thing remarkable, lie has reached the head va
of his profession and his title of "the recog- tli
ni/.ed authority on t'hronio Diseases" justly of
belongs to him. Not only has ho enrod thous- I n
and of sufferers who call at bis ollico for treat- dr
nient, but nearly every State in the Union is '2,
represented on his list of curod patients whom \vi
ho was ablo to euro by bis method of home pc
treatment. Hn has had special success incur- 7,
ing cases of longstanding and of a complicnt- mi
ed nature, after several doctors had given them sh
up as incurable, but whether your case is of fo
long standing or not, you should at once seek y
the advice of this great specialist. It will ho th
of great benefit to yon, oven if you do not .1.
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H I suffered for four months with fl J
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