The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 27, 1905, Image 5
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| A DEADLY BOMB
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I Lntendcd for the Sultan Kills
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Twenty-five People But
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MISSES THE SULTAN.
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A Panic Was Caused by Explosion
Which Occurred in Court Yard
of Mosque. It Is Said That
Two Hungarians Are
Responsible.
A rHcnofnh f r/?m rVvnof-onf InAnln
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says the commission appointed to inquire
into the attempt on the lif3 of
the su'tan Thursday has ascertained
that the explosion of the bomb caused
the death of twenty-four pers >ns and
wounded tifty-one la addition tiftyiive
hoi'ses were injured. The prelim
inary investigations tend to show that
tne outrage was committed by two
Hungarians.
The bomb which was Intended to
blow up iheFultao feM short and exploded
about thirty yards distent from
his majesty. The latter was at Vlie
time on the top step of the ilight leading
from the uaosqui. A pauic im
mediately seized the sultan's < ntour
age and the court rjignitarii s iushed
up and implored At dul H emld to re
maiti in the mosque. The sultan,
h iwever, insisted 011 going, and entered
his carriage with a clamness
not usually attributed to him, and
picking up the reins drove himself to
the Yildiz palace amid the c' eers oi
the admiring ntlleials. Toe explosion
was heard as l'ar as the Pora quarters
The soldiers in the vicinity and
several lyorses were killed, and tho
carriages were smashed into kindling
wood and the windows of the pavilion
reserved forth? diplomatic corps were
broken. The pavilion contained among
others, U. Grant Smith, sec md secre
tary of the American legation, who
was accompanied by Captain Smiley,
of the United States array. No one
was hurt in the pavilion except a few
scratched by Hying glass. The force
of the explo.-ion also damaged the
clock tower in the court yard of the
mosque.
Immediately after the sultan bad
departed, a detachment of cavalry
charged down the street parallel wl h
the mcsque and from which the bomb
was thrown in hopes of finding the
author of the attempt, who, however,
has not yet been discovered. Although
the outrage occurred at 3 p m., the
fact that ills majesty's life h;-.d been
in danger did not become generally
known until night, when it artUicd
widespread exoiiemont, as it was the
first bomb explosion of this character
that ever occurred In Constantinople
The majority of those killed or in
jured were soldiers who were lining
the road near the mosque. The authorities
are greatly disturbed and
unable to explain how the would-bo
j. regicide past ed through the cordon of
fr troops, which always bars the roads
leading to the mosque, so soon as the
sultan leaves the palace
ANY POKf IN A STORM.
A I)oer to Knc*i>o m Hound, Ijoupa on
Flying Train.
A deer story comes from Thedford,
Vt., a small vlllag". on the Passump >io
division of/the Boston & Maine railroad.
A freight train, northbound,
was running easily down a slight grade
after leaving Thedford, when the engineer
heard above the noise of his
locomotive the sharp baying of a
hound. As the train neared the fringe
of the wood the engine driver caught
a glimpse of a big doe heading straight
for the cut. Evidently she was being
chased by the hound, and, knowing
that she would n )t stop at anything
and fearing that lie could not stop his
train, he opened the throttle and shot,
ahead. He was trying to get ahead
of the doe, but the animal was to >
fleet of foot, and as the train shot
through the cut the terrified animal
leaped on an open flit cir.
"Keep hjir going until I can get
back to her," shouted the fireman.
Keep up speed and she wont Jump."
The engineer opened the throttle
another noth ard the train was soon
bumping along at the rate of thirty
miles an hour, while the doe kept
frantically running up and down the
car.
The engineer put on the hrskes, and
v. lA n M/x V* rt i W(t 1 ?VA /> > nf ll A/l
/ pruuuriMH a lu^ic 111c liiaiijuji usuni luu
to capture the doer alive. As soon as
the now thoroughly terrified animal
saw her new danger she pressed forward
over three flat cars and came up
short against a flour car with such
force that she fell to the floor. This
was the signal for the would he captors.
They had just succeeded in getting
the rope around the animals
shoulders and were waiting for the
train to come to a full stop when the
deer made a final supremo effort to
escape and leaded between the flour
and flat caf. < An instant later her
neck was broken.
Cottage Collapsed.
Three boys were killed and a number.of
others were severely In lured by
thecollapse of a two story cottage at
Thirty-second and Fox street, Chicago,
111. The building was being torn
down and the boys were gathering
wood for use at their homes when the
. crash came. James White, a policeman,
was badly bruised while resL
oulng boys, pinioned under the debris.
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PAID THE M0NE1.
Editor Williams, of the News-leader,
Makes Public Statement.
Uavo $25 to Elect Andflreon. Ma ken
Announcement In Hfn Paper Admitting
Kumorw to Bo True.
The following dispatch to the
Washington Post from Richmond,
Va., concerns an act of Mr. A. B.
Williams In connection with an election,
in which he defends himself for
using money in election:
In a letter to the publio Alfred B.
WllH?Tr?? nrAfllHant a nrl i\t tlio
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News L?ader, admits that rumors
connecting him with the expenditure
of money in the recent municipal
primary are true. lie frankly explains
the whole matter, says he is
not conscious of having done anything
wrong or illegal, and feels no regret
for his action.
For a week the grand jury has been
engaged in probing charges of fraud
In the late election, and during the
pat t few days ru oor has be n busy
with the nam i of Mr. Williams, all* ging
that he paid $25 to a party worker
oivUl Col. George Wayne Anderson,
a candidate f r commonwealth's at
to.m y, in the First precinct of Jvifrson
ward.
Mr. Williams says in Ills card, published
in the News-Leader recently,
that the election transaction on which
theve rumors are hased was no secret
and was r.ot intended to he. lie says
that he was Informed ttie night before
the election that active work at the
First precinct, Jelfcrson ward, wouid
carry it for Col. Anderson, and that
th. re was a man who would do the
work, but he would expect to he paid.
"I immediately said," continued
Mr. Williams, "that 1 would see that
ho was paid if lie did the work, but
! that Col. Anderson would not be told
about it, and would kuow nothing
of it."
Mr. Williams further explains that
It was kept from C >1. Anderson hecause,
under the Harksiale law, it
would he nccet sary for him to take a
rigid oath that he bad not used money
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in mo cwiij ii, Ui tVi 1U WI'U llj liU OB
us.id except for certain specltied pur
poses. It is bis understanding of the
law, he says, that a candidate's friends
may do things that the candidates
cannot legally do.
lie says further that after the elecfion
tie bent his personal check to the
j worker in question, who is understood
to be Samuel Goldstein, a power
among a ce rtain class. Mr. Williams
says he sent a check so that the trans
action suould he open and there
should be no appearance of trying to
hide anything. There was no talk ? r
suggestion of bribery or corruptly in
lluenoing aiijb.jdy, says Mr. Williams,
and he uoes not believe a dollar was
spent for such a purpose.
The writer says the difference between
buying votes and securing personal
Influence in a legitimate way is
clear to him; that he would not have
given a dollar could it have purchased
votes enough to cltci Col. Anderson,
lie concludes:
"If the grand jury, in its wisdom
and conscience, sees tit to indict
1 shall meet the issue without any
quibbling or dodgli g play for dcla},
or resort to legal technicalities."
The mater lias created unbounded
interest becauno of the prominence of
Mr. Williams, who lias for years
taken a lead! g part in city affairs,
and who has alwavs been forem st in
all movements looking to the upbuilding
of the city and the purifying of
the baliot.
The Barksdale law, which bears on
elections, is as follows:
XT,. MAttOAt. .U..I1 1
x*\t (/ciwui auii i I'-spui ii, pny, promise,
lean or became pecuniarily liable
in any way for any money or other
valuable thing in behalf of any candidate
for cilice at any elect! n, pri
mary, or nominating oonvrni ion held
in this co union wealth. Any person
or candidate violating any of t he pro
visions of this act shall be subject tc
a iino of n >t less than $100 or more
than $1,000, or con lined in jail no*
less than one nor inoie than twelve
months.
VIOLATED TIIK LAW.
At Ii'cbmond, Va., Wednesday the
grand ju-y brought in indictment
against live men, including Alfred B.
Williams, editor, for alleged violation
of election laws in the recent Democratic
primary there. The indict
ment alleges Mr. Williams agre d tc
pay $25 to one of the others indicted
for influencing votes in behalf of a
candidate for commonwealth attor
ney. All except one, who is out ol
town, gave $500 bond each. Tin
cases will be tried in September.
Juiljce antl Jury.
In 1883 a man was charged in Vic
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wno wibii uaviuK h.11ion cmouier man
with a Handbag, and in the face of the
judge's summing up, the jury brought
iu a verdict of not guilty. This annoyed
the chief justice, Sir Matthew
Begbie, who at once said: "Gentle
men of the jury, mind, that is your
verdict, not mine. Oa your consci
ence will rest the stigma of returning
such a disgraceful verdict. Many
repetitions of suoh conduct as your<
will make trial by jury a horribh
farce and the City of Victoria a city
of immorality and crime. Go, 1 have
nothing more to say to you." Anc
then turning to the prisoner, the
chief justice added: "You are dls
charged. Go and sandbag some ol
those jurymen. They deserve it!"
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SENATOR TILLMAN
Is Willing to Engage in a Joint Bisepnsary
Debate.
The Leader of Dlxponsary Forces Not
Averse to Meeting on Htuinp
Champion of Opponents.
Tae Augusta Chronicle says United
States Senator Henjamln Ryau Tillman,
although not having a great
deal to say nowadays Is nevertheless, ^
taking a great interest in political af- ,
fairs. Senator Tillman was seen at
his home in Trenton several days ago '
by a representative of The Chronicle,
and readily answered the questions
propounded by the newspaper man.
When questioned on the movement to
vote out the dispensary in hU own
county the Senator said:
"1 have been about very little and
have had no opportunity other than
attending one picnic in IOdgetield, to
meet the people. 1, therefore, am not
posted as to the present trend of j
thought and feeling, but those who ,
have been around and are well in- |
formed, tell me that in this county j
thesentiment is changing very rapidly.
The people are constantly asking
what they are to have after the dispensary
is abolished, while the effoct
on the school fund of withdrawing
from the county the money hitherto
received from the state dlsprnsary is
c u jing a great many people to change ,
front.
"While 1 am not eager to undergo
the fatigue of making any speeches,"
c mtinued the senator, "1 think 1
would really enjoy having a j lint dls- ,
cusslon with any chimp:on the aritidispensary
people might decide upon,
or, for that matter, any half dczen of
them. The people are disgusted with
the management of the state dispensary,
and there is widespread belief
that there Is corruption somewhere.
This will cause many to vote against
the system, who have hitherto beeu ,
Its strong friends.
"In my recent letter, I mentioned
some tigures as to the effectiveness of
prohibition, or, rather, its failure in
Maine aud Kansas. 1 iiave received
frum Washington the last annual report
of commission of internal revenue
tor the llscal year o ding Juue .'10,
1905. In it 1 tiud the following tig- 1
ures:
"Retail dealers in Kansas, 2,802;
wholesale liquor dealers, 23; brewers,
2; retail dealers in malt liquors, 335;
wholesale dealers In malt liquors, 108
"In Maine the tigures are: Retail
liquor dealers, 430; wholesale liquor
doaiers, 5; brewers, 3; retail dealers in
malt liquors, 658; wholesale dealers in
malt liquors, 22.
"Now, In neither of these states can
liquor be sold as a beverage under the
law.
"In South Carolina the tigures are:
"Retail liquir dealers, 512; wholesale
liquor dealers, 7; brewers, 1; retail 1
dealers in malt liquors, 55; wholesale '
dealers in malt liquors, 9."
Senator Tillman here gave the tlgur- ,
es In tabular form, in order to show j
the comparison more clearly:
C mtlpulug, he said: "The tigures
speak for themselves, and when any 1
one remembers that no man will pay
the $25 to the United States government
for the permission to retail for
fun, it may be seen how prohibition !
prohibits. Of course, in South Carolina,
there are a number of beer privileges,
and all dispensaries take out a
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ujiiutu uuaita iiV/Duau, tvuu LUU3U Will
have to be deducted from the figures
shove given in order to show bow
many blind tigers we have in this
state. 1
''Kansas has posslbily 200,000 more
population than South Carolina, while 1
Maine has ahout half our population. 1
Any one who is interested can work
out the percentages. The figures show
that there are about twice as many
liquor dealers per capita in Maine as
in South Carolina, even including the 1
dispensaries, while in Kansas there 1
, aie more than iive times as many.
"1 am more than ever convinced
that there is political significance, as
well as a desire to further the cause of
temperance in the move to destroy the
dispensary. 1 shall be glad if at least
a dozen counties vote out the dlspeni
saries this summer, because it will
, give the people of those counties a
good chance to find out how far proi
hibltion iwill prohibit before the real
light a year hence."
Cifrl iitiHi in (Jonl Mine.
! Miss Florence Everett, of Southe
i Amboy, had an experience in a coal
luiuc du j?reeiauu, wuica neariy enaeci
i in her death. With Miss Mabel
R:s*t, of Perth Amboy, and a party
of Freeiand friends, she was seeing
> the mine, when their lights were ex
I tingiushed by a sudden draft. In the
k confusion Miss Everett became sop
arated from her companions, and got
' into a blind head, ending into 70 foot
> sliaft. When she was groping her
benighted way along the heading,
and was within a couple of feet
of the shaft.' The party; upset by the
incident, got out of the mine quickly.
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I JUHCAH UOO(l,
"Thftfft la not.htncr in llfa oa uwaof
V I m uw Viii ill I11U UW O ** UL< V
as love's young dream,'' sang the
t poet I know that there is piquancy
- in the courship and engagement that
' has for the youth and the maid a
charm a charm all Its own, but I can
: name one period that seems to me to
' compare favorably even wltn that
i When the days of doubt are past and
i the maglo words have been spoken
' that binds them for age, either for
> weal or woe. Then when hard and
I hand they enter their own home to
> raise for themselves a family altar
and plant their vine and tig tree to
I shelter them in old age. I think that
the happiest time.?X.
KIVJS SKULLS
In a Gave Reveals Crimes of the
long Ago.
The mysterious disappearance of s
John Barington, a Cincinnati army s
beef contractor, reported missing for
forty-tive years, reoentlycamo to light
In tearing down a two-story log hotel,
a resting place for travelers between
Chicago and Lafayette, which was
built by John Steele in 1854, on the
bank of the Kankakee River, at Grape
island Ford, Indiana.
John Barington departed from Nomenoe,
111., 011 the morning of October
10, 1801, riding horseback overand
Into Indiana, carrying $10,000 in
*old to purchase beeves for the Federal
irmy. Ile arrived that night at the
borne of John Steele. From that
bight he was never again seen. Ten
lajs later tils horse was found wander
Ing on the prairies, with saddle, bridle
vnd empty saddle bags. The general
opinion was that Barington had been
followed by Cincinnati thieves, who
murd.red him and secreted his body
In the swamps.
Steele's wife and daughter disappeared
in May, 18(52, and he circulated
a roport that they were dissatisfied
with their home at Grape Island and
had returned to Yorkshire, ICngland.
In January of the Hame vear a traveler
who stayed at Steele's home was never
again seen, and settlers in that section
became suspicious of Steele's actions
from the remark of Barley Johnson,
a hunter and trapper, who stated that
on the night John Barington arrived
at Steele's home he was passing by at
midnight and saw two men coming
down the out-ode stairway carrying
between them a heavy bundle.
lie also heard moans, but supposed
they came from a deer probably killed
by these men. A vigilance committee
went to Steele's home and demanded
admission. They were refused.
Tncy battered down the door, placed
a rope around Steele's neck and
threatened to hang him if he did not
reveal what he knew of the disappearance
of Iiarington and of ills wife and
daughter. Undaunted, Steele told the
committee to proceed with their
hanging. A vigorous search was instituted
by the mob around the prem
Ises, but nothing incriminating was
found.
Next day Steele disappeared. Later
on ids Indiana property was sold under
mortgage foreclosure. Thirty
years \ fcer Steele left Indiana he died
in Carson City, Nev. His Indiana
house remained untenanted. Belated
farmers said It was haunted.
One week ago the house was torn
down, and In removing the stone cellar
wall a subterranean cave was found
oontaining live crumbling skulls of
human beings. Two of the skulls
wore those of the female sex, In a
decayed coat was found an undercipherahle
envelope with the word,
written and blurred, "Bringto," whiew
may have belonged to John Barlngton.
Steele murdered his wife and daughter
to conceal his crimes, and who
the two other men were remains a
mystery.
SOME VERY BTD B00K8.
ShortagCM lt( ported in Many of tho
Counties ol the State.
Saluda county is tho next to order
an Investigation of Its county finances.
It Is not believed that there is anything
particuarly wrong In theadmla
Istration but that there has been I
some poor bookkeeping that resultt d '
In a tangled condition of affairs. In (
Clarendon county the same condition !
exists and the grand jury has ordered !
the raist careful investigation of the 1
finances of that county. The condi- 1
tlon of affairs throughout the state
which has called for so many invest!- ;
nations in the finances of the various (
counties lias resulted in many of the
members of the legislature studying '
the situation for a remedy. As was
stated the only thing that can he
done under the present law is to stir
up the various grand juries and make
them inve^lgate the various offices
in order that the officials may be more
careful.
In his last report the comtroller i
general called attention to the many
countlea that needed investigation, 1
either on account of bad bookkeeping
or shortages. There were nine altogether
as follows: 1
In Abbeville county It was necessary i
to employ an expert at a cost of $900
to straighten out the books.
In Barnwell county there was a
shortage which finaly resulted In a
settlement with the bonding company
for over $11,000.
in ureenwooa county an expert
fixed matters at a cost of $(500 to the
county, 1
Iu Qrecnvllle county the recent de- 1
velopement of Kraft justified the last 1
report of the comtroller general. !
A shortage of over $4,000 in Iforry 1
county is now in the courts, i
A balance of over $3,200 due by '
the treasurer of Laurens county has '
never been paid and the grand jury i
has taken no action.
In Richland county there is an in- i
vestigation now going on. I
In Williamsburg county a shortage I
of several thousand has been settled, i
although this was due to bad bookkeeping.
In addition to this there are two or
three other counties now under inves- 1
tlgatftm.
Six Italians Killed.
Six Italian laborers were killed
and three others probably fatally Injured
Thursday. They were struck
by a train of th a New York Central ;
railroad at Tribes Hill, N. Y. i
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DI8FNNBAKY AND CHUHCH.
4?n*tor Lattmnr Protest# Aftftlmt the
Two Ilelng Mixed.
The Anderson Mall says the dlspenlary
Issue caused qulted a lively eplode
In the Greenville District Cou?renco
of the Methodist Church at
lelton on Thursday afternoon.
While the preachers were making
-holr report a member of the cornnlttee
on temperance would ask each
)reacher how his church stood on the
Hspensary question. The dispensary
vas rapped tfood aud hard, until Rev.
Mr. Henry of Pendleton stated that
lis members were divided on the question.
One of the members of the county
l oard of control Is a member of Mr.
Henry's church, Mr. Henry was asked
jO what extent the division of sent Inent
prevailed, and he cut the thin#
jtT short as ho could and sat down.
Next came Rev. Mr. Hlackman of
Piedmont, lie knocked the dispensary
vigorously. IP said that but two members
of his church were In favor of
Hie dispensary, hut that they were
<olntf to move away. lie was asked If
ae was not ulad of It and did not say
10.
Senator Latin er. who wjiu nrA??nt
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llthought not a m tnber of the c jQfer
ince, rose ami asked the privilege of
Ihe door. He said be could not sit still
xnd see himself an ! others ruled out ,
)f the Methcdist urch simply bojauso
of a political i-sue. He said he
had preached and practiced temporince
all his life, but he thought the
discussion then going on wan entirely
:>ut of place in a church conference.
He said he would wlp t e wholo whin
key business out of the Slate if he had
the power, and ire wa> nm, taking the
jtump for the dispensary, but he
thought it the place of ministers of
the gospel to preach the gospel and
sot drag political matters into the
jhuroh. He said he had never voted
tor the sale of liquor, but he did not
propose to see, without protesting,
people ruled out of the chur< h because i
:hey were exercising their own judgment
in a political matter, and that i
the whole dispensary question was out
if place in the district conference.
Rev. Mr. Harmon of Greer then got
i turn at it and lambnstod the dlspen?ary
some and attacked Senator Latimer's
position. Mr. Latimer rose to
lefend himself, and Mr. Harmon' said (
le must have been hit or he would
lot protest so quickly. Mr. Harmon
vent on to say chat he would prefer a
illnd tiger to a two-eyed tiger in the S
ihape of the dispensary.
Mr. Latimer retorted that if Mr.
darmon preferred lawlessness toobedence
to law he cculd not argue the
piestion with him. This closed theinsidentof
the day, but it was the chief
opio of conversation outside after the
ionfercnce sdjourned.
Friday morning, Rev. Mr. Creech,
ii his report, anticipated the question
ihat he thought would be asked and
itated that the member of his church!8
\/?re divided on the subject. Homo
>ne else remarked on the subjeot, and
,hen some c.ne else remarked on the
luestlon; whew \pon Bishop Duncan
isked: "Who dragfc\id this dispensary
juestion Into theconferv^e, anyhow?'
Pho preachers took the Mi^and the
iispensary was not mentioned a^aln
luring the conference sessions. "
Senator Latimer said afterward that
ie wanted his positions understood In
he matter. The question, lie said, is
jefore the people for them to vote upjn
as they conscientiously believe best.
There is more or less politics In the
present movement, and many good sober
men are suspicious of It, and a
jhurch conference was not the place
Tor It to be discussed, he said. lie
stated that he was taking no part in
the matter, except so far as bis duty
is a private citlz;n went and he was
taking no active part either for or
against the dispensary In the present
Siscusston before the people, lie was
merely protesting against its being
brought into the churc'a conference.
Hard on John IMckett.
Several years ago John Pickett, a
messenger boy of the Western Union
Telegraph (Jomyany, was run over by
a passenger train at St. Matthew's and
Ihltt urm 'Ph? nnlf\ t.Sat. f..11 <.< /< >/ !
v?> a "w umiu uiauiu i vni; r? ou
attracted a tfreat doal of local Interest.
In the first suit John Pickett
obtained a verdict for 88,800 against
the Southern Railway. An appeal was
taken and the Supremd Courc sent the
case back for a new trial, the chief
ground for the reversal of the verdict
being that the verdict Indicated that
punitive damages had been included.
A second trial was held. Messrs. Melton
and Reiser and Nelson & Nelson
represented young Pickett, and former
Judge Renet was chief counsel
for the Southern Railway. A verdict
for $10,000 was the result of the second
trial, and young Pickett and his
counsel were happy. Judge Renet
then marie a motion for a new trial,
and gave eight reasons to Judge Ernest
Gary why a new trail should be
granted. Saturday morning Judge
Oary set aside the verdict and gave
the following In writing as his reasons:
"This Is a motion for a new
trial upon the minutes of the Court
and the grounds upon which It was
hoard are hereto appended. I have
given the subject no little thought,
and my conclusion Is that same should
be granted on the second ground, viz:
Recause the preponderance of the
testimony showB that the plaintiff's
own negligence contributed to his injury
as a proximate cause thereof. A
new trial is therefore ordered."
Ijynohetl by a Mob.
Will Harris, a negro, was taken
from a train near Black Rayou, Miss.,
and lyoched for killing a white man
about two weeks ago.
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WAS WRONG.
A Second Estimate of the Cotton
Acreage by the Department.
SOME REPORTS USED.
Crop Estimating Board Makes Report to
Secretary Wilson. The Repor* Says
that Hyde, With Holmes
Prompting Him, MadejEstimate
Too Low.
Assistant Secretary Hays Wednesday
made the following report to Secretary
Wilson on tho acreage of cotton
in the southorn States In 1906, as
compared with that planted in 1004:
"The crop ejtlmatlng board of the
department oiyagrlculture has considered
the repoi), issued by the bureau
of statistics cm) June 2, relative to the
acreage plaited in cotton in tho
southern St.'tes in inor> nu
? ? vvui(.'(tl t'U
with that planted In 1904, aiui has
oonoluded
"First. To at a now estimate should
be made on acreage planted, and that
the flgiYes In Mr. Hyde's hands when
makln; bis estimate should be u-.ed as
the bails.
"S;Coud. That Mr. Hyde with Mr.
Ilolnes at Ills elb >w, prompting bltn
mar3 the estimate lower than tho
faos at his hand from the rep >rts
fro 1 the seven classes of reporters
eicDloycd by the bureau warranted.
'Third. The board Unds, upon careful
onsideration of tho reports of all
cla- as of correspondents and a# ;nts,
that the acreage planted in cotton
thlsyear, including the entire season,
shoud have been estimated at 85.1
per cent, of that planted last year,
equi alent to a reduction in planted
acrea.e as compared with last year of
14 9 ;er cent. (Instead of 11.4) or
4,73l,<f)0 acres, the estimate of the
total areage planted this year being
26,999,(00 acres.
"The estimated percentage of the
decrease a each of the cotton growing
State Is as follows: Virginia, 18;
North Carolina, 16; South Carolina,
14; Georgi, 14; ETiorlda, 12; Alabama,
11; Missi.slppi, 16; Louisiaua, 17;
Texas, 16;Arkansas, 19; Tennessee,
13; Mtssout, 15; Oklahoma, 15; Indian
Territry, 11.
"The aveages were made for each
State by eac of the four members of
the board, and tho comparatively
small disagreements were harmonized
almost wholl; by averaging, and the
above result.- are fully agreed to by
each and ever, member of the board.
"Respectllly submitted:
" vlcttt Olmsted,
"Stjcplin 1). Fksskndkn,
"Gkoiuo K Holmes,
"W. W/^ONO,
"Urop Ftimatlng Hoard."
"The above fadings and report
made under my suervlsion have my
entire approval. "W. M. Hays,
"Assistant Secreuy in Onarge
Hureau of StatiMas." . ,
" "Approved:
"AMES WI I^80N,
Secret?y of Agriculture."
HI* ?y 1\> Y? *i h Ago.
A VvO" '* * " "
.n. j alma ^r. were togetner sixty-tive
years age near Cross IIill.
when they came oross a terrapin, of
the highland kind. While the young
people sat talking together the boy,
witli his benknife, c?t, his initials on
the underneath front Bide of the terrapin's
shell, and the date. The terrapin
was turned loot*. Only a few
weeks ago this terraptlwas found not
more than a hundred y?ds from the
same spot, with the lnlvals and date
as plain as the day they vere cut on
the shell, the terrapin invlng grown
very little in the ihj yea't that had
intervened. The boy of (It yea's ago,
now a man of more than se'enty- tive,
remembered the incident aoj at once
reconiz^d the letters and inures as
his own. lie is now a widower The
girl of that dav is still alive, aid is a
widow, lie is still a citizen if the
same neighborhood. She moved
away many years ago, The ibove
story Is vouched for by the New&orry
Observer.
Hought Mis Clfo.
Ilound, gagged and at the mercy of
\fnvlnan KunrlHu O C5 T ^ - ? ? ? ?
iri aivmu uauuiufl) J) wl. UUUIU13 i\ ^?iU
Fraaciscoan, was held a prisoner In
the mountains of Oorro de San Juan,
near San Blast, Mexico. A promise
(f the payment of a ran o n sav d his
life, for it was the Intention of the
robbers to kill him after they had
stripped him of all ids ?II eta.
Loomis Is the superintendent of a
fiuit company at San Bias and is well
known in San Francisco. In telling
of his experience Loom s writes:
"While returning from Tepic I was
held up by bandits and robbed of my
effects. 1 was bound and gagged and
then taken to a narrow canyon to be
killed. I bought the bandits oft with
a promise to pay them iiMO, the money
to be taken to a certain point on a
certain day. They threaten*d to kill
me at night if 1 did not keep my
promise. 1 did not keep my promise
and instead of sending the money I
purchased a ritle f<>r my protection."
Distills* C4t.
Prof. Andrew Noah Fox of the
Chicago theological seminary has been
dismissed from the institution because
of a telegram to J no D. Rockefeller
asking for some of his "tainted
money" to endow two p^fessorshipo.