The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 03, 1905, Image 5
AN ADDRESS
In Which Attention is Called to
the Cotton Scandal.
ISSUED TO MEMBERS
j? ?
t
Of the Southern Cotton Association In
Reference to the Recent Disclosures
of Fraud in the National Agricultural
Department and
Work Accomplished.
President Jordan and Seoretary
Cheatham of the Southern Cotton association
Tuesday Issued a statement
addressed to the members of the association
calling attention to the recent
disclosures in the cotton statistical
work in the department of agriculture,
declaring that efforts are being
made to divert attention from the
"deficiencies" of the system itself "to
the thlevlnfc propensities of a few unworthy
otllcials" and seiting forth demands
to be made on congress to reform
conditions. The statement follows:
"To the Members of the Southern
Cotton Association: *
"The members of the association
have been apprised through the public
press from day to day of the work done
by the otllcers of the association at
Washington. As a result of their
charges the unreliability of the reports
of the department of agriculture relating
to the cotton crop has been fully
disolused, and the ami-administration
of that'.dcpartment under its present
head had been made evident.
"Following these exposures, efforts
are now being made to divert public
1- 1 1
auuuuiuuf iuuj ruo uuiuu issuu, wiuuu
is, the imperfections of the department,
toward au attempted prosecu
tion of anybody wiio can be found
as a scapegoat. Their punishment,
even if it is accomplished, isof secondary
importance as compared with the
reformation of the system which has
made their performances possible, and
the purpose of this address is to secure
the co-operation of the members of this
association in iutluenciug in every
legitimate way a reformation of the
system, and a reorganization of the
department.
"The membership of this association,
numbering nearly 1,000,000, in
eluded the producers of the most valuable
product of American agriculture.
The cotton crop of the United States,
and Us by products is worth between
$000,000,000 and $700,000,000 annual
ly. It furnishes two-thirds of our annual
trade balance, and in its production
and manufacture employs many
minion individuals, jno oiner product
of the United States is of greater or
of equal importance. The practical
monopoly of cotton which America
eDjoys, and the narrow balance which
has existed for years between sutll
ciency and scarcity in the world's cotton
supply, render the cotton market
peculiarly and acutely susceptible to
the reports of the department of agriculture
regarding the condition and
prospects of the cotton crop.
"Under the present circumstances a
great duty devolves upon the members
of the association. We are less concerned
with what has been done by a
few individuals and the c nstquences
thereof, regrettable as that they may
be, than with such reformation of departmental
methods as shall secure
for us just and accurate reports in
future. iJnder the system at present
in vogue) and which promises to be
undisturbed unless public attention
shall be aroused to the need of reform,
the reports issued by the department
of agriculture are, in their last analy
sis simply the individual opinion of a
few olllelals of doubtful experience and
honor by which the value of the cotton
crop may be, and has been, affected as
much as $75,000,000 in a single day.
"No such power should be delegated
to any individual, or statistical
board, except under conditions which
guarantee the most incorruptible ex
pert and intelligent opinion, arrived
at by the application of the most
scientitio methods and safeguarded by
the most scientific precautions. It is,
thereto^, urgently recommended to
the members of the Southern Cotton
association that through their representatives
in congress, and by every
other means available to them, they
exert their influence and that of t e
association toward securing the im
mediate reorganization of the agricultural
department, especially with reference
to its reports on the cotton
crop, and that their representatives in
congress bo requested specifically to
demand: (1) The establishment within
the department of agriculture of a
bureau, to be known as the cotton
bureau, charged specially and solely
with the duty of reporting upon the
cotton crop and all matters concerning
that staple. (2) the appointment
as the head of that bureau, at an adequate
salary, of a man whose reputaMlm
and antecedents shall oe beyond
\ f"^^roach, and whose familiarity with
I * XtafeultlViition shall be an addl
y^jpfuarantee of his fitness. (3) An
^ion ?* f)ureau estab
, \ jp^lished upon thoroughly scientific lines,
(. W as will insure no possible bias inlfayor
Y of either buyer or seller, or producer
or manufacturer can be pre supposed
or asserted. (4)'The passage of a law
that will be more specific In Its scope,
and under which government employes
can be prosecuted for giving away or
selling valuable information as has
been done In the statistical bureau.
"We have no doubt of the zeal of
the officers of the department, but it
seems to be as misdirected in this
crises as it was in the antecedent per
iod. All the powers and it tiuence of
the department, of tbe lawyers and
of every man of the government seems
to be devoted to the attempt, to dragnet
a lot of irresponsible speculators.
That there have been for years leak*
In the department Is as well known to
the trade as the existence of the de
partment of Itself; but these are in
significant as compared with the fundamental
mismanagement. At tbls
time, however, there is a manifest endeavor
to divert attention from the
radical error-i and deficiencies of the
department itself to the thlevirg propensities
of a few unworthy < ill dais.
Let us not be mislead by any such
misdirected energy. Let us reform at
the top and not on the side. Let us
root out the offenders, cleanse the personnel,
change the methods and renj
- * *
uuvuwj liio uepan meriL irom root to
branch. Then the cau^e of o itton aud
good government will alike be served
In Rooseveltian fashion.
(Signed) "IIakvik Jokdan,
"PrtRident Southern Cotton Assocla
tion.
"Riciiard Ciikatiiam,
'Secretary."
FORGOT TO HANG MURDERER.
Man Convicted in 1HUO Han Just
Died Natural Death A
Howard A. Cleveland is dead at the
state prison at Thomaston after bav
Ing been confined there since 18G9
under sentence of death For some rea
son, never < xplalned, the sentmce was
not carried out, nor was it annulled
or modified. It seems to have been
forgotten, and Cleveland lived on until
he died a natural death.
The case was one of the mo t re
markable in this state. It was the oiby
murder ever committed in Orrington
The records show that Cleveland was
indicted for the willful and malicious
murder of Warren G serge. A verdict
of guilty was rend red in 1809, Clove
land was sentenc? d to death. before
fixing the day for the execution, the
governor and c>un el submitted th
following question to the Supremi
Court of Main : "Did the jury, by
its verdict, tind Cleveland guilty of
murder in the tirst degree?"
The jury has mi-rely declared Cleveland
guilty of the crime whenof be
stood indicted. The indictment's in
tent was plain, but there was some
difference of opinion among the jus
tlces as to whether the man had been
legally oonvioted of murder in the first
degree. Then the council passed an
order "that the government be advis
ed to stay the execution of sentence
until further advised." The ca<e then
seems to have been dropped by the
state authorities.
The sentence was never commuted.
Just why no attempt was made to car
ry the sentence into effect does not
appear. Since 1814 the laws had left
the execution of the death penalty in
a measure to the discretion of the executive,
without limit of time. The
responsibility was so great and the
sentiment against the death penalty
so active that at one period there was
no execution in this state for n?arly
thirty years. In 1876 the death pan
alty was abolished altogether. In 1883
the death penalty for murder was re
established, but in 1887 it was again
abolished^
Willi Mail Caught.
A nude crazy man, who has been
hiding in the wonr s alongside the
New Jersey and N !w York railroad
tracks, south of liackensack, N J.,
for the last few days, was captured
early Wednesday morning by Con
stable Jacob Dunn. He had made a
wreath of twigs and tied it around
his waist, but it off red little protec
tion. ills body was a mass of scars
from head to foot He was marly
exhausted The wild man said he was
John Vincent Gallagher, ard thai
his home was in Hoboken, whore he
said his biother William lived in Wil
low stnet. Beyond this GalUgher
could ted nothing about his w>u derings.
He has the initials "J. V. G "
tattooed on his arm. Constable Dunn
found it necessary to g-t clot hes from
people living near where Galljgher
was captured, in order to dress the
stranger before taking iiim to the
jail there:
Not Allowed to Joke.
The yellow fever liar is to be made
to suffer in Charleston, as he is pun
ished in other communities, the board
of health having Wednesday memorialized
city council to pass an ordl,
nance meting out severe penalty to
those who think that there is s imething
fuuny in joking about the fever.
There is no yellow fever or even the
most slightly suspicious cu-e, and the
board of health does not propose to
have the Jokers Joke about it T n re Is
a class of people In every community
ready and disposed to joke on matter
of serious moment, but. time Is to be
called on the fever j >kers in Charleston,
for it Is not intended that they
should be allowed to J m about, a mat
ter of such cono rn ?o the olty.
CruHhed lit Ottkdi,
Robert W. Oraweil. editor of a
weekly publication, wh? was arrestee
1 .. .. .ft. . /v# At.. . I ?... I ft I - -1
1CUU11IIy nil n UI uii ' 111*1 M iri,
preferred by II or?-M?tati ve J s p L
Rhtnock of K ntncky, was Killed
Tnurs ay niwho In N^w York by an
express tram at the Severn ysecond
street station of the subway. The
libel charge against Crtswell grew out
of the publication of an article reflect
ing upon Mr Rhlnock and censuring
Representatives Nicholas Longworth
of Ohio for having Introduced Miss
Al'oi Roosevelt to the Kentucky congressman
during the visic of the president's
daughter in Cincinnati.
GOLD IN DEATH
A New York Broker's Body Is
Left in His Hall
WHERE HE IS ROUND
By His Wile, Who May be Made a ]
I
Maniac by the Shock. The Dead Man j
Had Been Robbed of a Dia1
mond Setting in a Ring (
that he Wore. ,
New York has another murder mystery.
Brought home in a covered express
wagon and dumped in the vestibule
of his house by two express
men, the body of James A. Clary, &
real estate broker, worth $250,000,
was found Thursday by his wife when
she returned from a shoping trip. The
wife stumbled over the corpse as she
entered the vestibule and is now on
the verge of insanity.
An investigation of the case was be- <
gun immediately, with the result that
there is a strong suspicion that Cleary i
was murdered, lie wore a two and a
half carat diamond ring, which some
"ne had tried to tear from his linger.
Cutting the linger, but falling to get i
the ring, the robber took some instrument
and bent back the prongs of the
ring, sUaliug the diamond. i
The case is a deep mystery, and a
half dozen detectives have already <
b >en put to work on it. Coroner's Phy- I
sioiau Riegelman believes Clary died
of alcoholism, but his friends say he
dr.ink but little, and the doctor has
not yet held an autopsy, and consequently
the police are not willing to <
aco pt the alcoholism theory.
The circumstances surrounding the
return of the body to the Cleary home 1
in the express wagon were partially i
cleared up, but the detectives expect i
that before thev get through they !
will learn enough to show that mur- <
der was committed.
Cleary, who was forty-two years old, i
was in the real estate business with
two brothers at No. 1U0 Varick street,
and lived at No. 1224 Woodycrest
avenue, the Bronx. lie had made a
great deal of money in the Bronx i
bj ra, and is widely known. <
Thursday morning he left his home
as usual and Mrs. Cleary went out.
She returned at 1 o'clock and as she
entered tlia vestibule she Btumbled
against the door. Throwing the outer
door wide open to let the light in she i
was horrified to see the body of her
husband.
" What's the matter with you, Jim," 1
she asked, anxiously, dropping to her 1
knees. There was no auswer. An odor
of whiskey was in the vestibule. She i
shook the body for a moment and then i
felt the face. It was cold. I
''Oh, Jim, you're dead!" she screamed,
rising and rushing from the vestibule.
The horror of the situation had <
dawned on her, and hershrieks brought i
the neighbors to the windows, and in
a few moments dozens of them were '
at her side, trying to quiet her. A
physician was summoned by a neighbor,
who thought she had gone insane.
Finally some one. entered the vestibule, 1
and, seeing the body, understood.
Former Police Captain Brown, who
lives directly across the street, was in
the crowd, and he b^gan an investig
avion at once. It was learned that an
express wagon had backed up to the
door and a child had seen Cieary carried
up the steps by two men.
A search for the expresi wagon was
hegun at once, with the result that
Harry Black, of N ?. 58 Sedgwick ave
u^, and James Wilson, of No. 2455
Eighth avenue, were found to be the
men who had carried the body up the
frir\ n A i. fi rot it*, iuq u iliaii /1?i\ f hu i
rurjup. xi u *11 ou iu ucw vi uu^uu i;kh
these men could tell the story of how
Oleary had lost Lis life, but after hear
log their stories the police ac :r.p ed
their sta ernents. They bjtb admit
t?.d carry in# tiie body into the vestibule
and leaving it ihere, saying that
they believed Cleary was intoxicated
a d that they were doing him a kindness.
"We were driving along O^den avenue,"
said lilack, "when we saw Cleary
itting on a low stoop in front of a
1 andy store at No. 1154 Ogden avenue.
"I happened to know him by sight
and thought he ought to be home. We
looked on it in the light of a joke to
take him home in an express wagon,
so we lifted him into cur rig and drove
to his hotsi.
"Carrying him up the steps we rang
the bell and waited for some one to
answer, but there was no one at home,
arid after making him as comfortable
as possible we left, never having the
slightest suspicion that it was any
thing but a case of intoxication."
B *t.n men were closely questioned
. . * - . m k-w m 4 n* k. ? fr 4 . . * j 1 - . ?
aijuuu mio rn g uuu unt*v utiiicu au-tumtely
knowing anything about It
Ttiey and they had not noticed if the
i?m. nd was in it. or if the tt< ger
as injured when they found him.
They said they were positive that
he was not dead when they left him,
and that he was breathing heavily,
ike an intoxicated man. CJro-s-exam
inatlon failed to bring out any further
information.
T eir story was partially substantiated
by others who saw Oleary on
the candy store stoop, and thought
ne was intoxicated, aud the express
men satisfied the police that they had
told all they knew.
SAVES A TRAIN
Filled With Passengers from Awful
Doom and When Offered
HIk'i l'kluoatloii 11?t IVarful Uovo
Marries ller to i'revent Iter
"Growlnic Up a Lmly."
Little Nannie Gibson, a 15-year-old
mountain girl, saved a whole trainload
of people from being dashed down
the mcuntain-side In front of her
home in the mountains of North Carolina
not far from Ashoville.
In recognition of this heroic act,
the Southern railroad promised her a
college education. Her mountaineer
lover, finding it out, married her by
stealth, in hopes to prevent her going.
Her future is now depending jn a suit
for divorce which her father is bringing
for her.
Nannie lives in the mountains, 20
miles east of this city. The dream of
her life has been to receive an education
and grow up a lady. Its realization
had always seemed to be as far
away as the skies. Now it seems to
be at hand, and she has been simply
dvzed by the fairy-like prospect.
It all came about one day when
Nannie discovered that a landslide
had blocked the track at a sharp
curve of the Southern railway near
her home. Even as she looked there
sounded trio whistle of a passenger
train thundering down the mountain.
Nannie met the emergency by sending
Patty Gibson, her 13-year-old
sinter, down the track to guard against
the remote possibility of a wreck from
that direction. She chose the post of
danger, lunning with all her might to
meet the coming train. When it
drew into sight she frantically signaled
the engineer to stop.
lie hesitated. But her earnestness
was so great that he realized a disaster
was Imminent. The airbrakes
were applied and the train brought to
a standstill with a sharp jolt only a
few rods from the blockade.
When he saw the danger big Conductor
Weaver snatched her up in his
arms and swore she was the bravest
girl In North Carolina. Grateful passengers,
learning of their narrow escape
showered tier with money. Asa
preliminary tribute the company in a
day or two sent her $25.
The railway olllclals, however,
rightly surmised that to a girl reared
In the freedom of the mountain wilds
money meant little. So one of their
number was delegated to visit the
cabin in the hills to ask Nannie the
momentous question:
What did she most desire in the
world. Nannie's little face, tanned
by a southern sun and wind, turned
pale. Then her story came out In a
little gush of tearful words. She didn't
want money; she didn't want clothes,
for her father, with growing pride in
his pretty daughter, had made sundry
trips to Asheville and returned with
wonderful "creations" of white and
unwonted shoes and stockings; but
ihe did want an education .and to
grow up a lady.
The papers are now going the
rounds of the railway (tibials, with
one favorable recommendation after
another, and it seems as though Na
iure s great. wish is to ne grathiea.
There is one serious obstacle in the
way, though it will probably be removed.
Nannie has been married.
She had a lover, Abe Smith, an
open faced, laughing, careless mountaineer,
eight years older than she.
In almost startling contradiction to
his burly swagger and incessant ciga
rette smoking is his gentle, caressing
voice and his courteous and kindly
manner. To this st urdy mountaineer
the realization that Nannie was going
to leave for years, probably and that
he might lose her, was unbearable.
He must marry her and prevent her
going. He sent a friend to town to
get a marriage license. Then with
the friend for a witness and sr magis
t.rate for the ceremony he went to
Nannie's home one morning when he
knew her fa'her was away and marrh
d hor. Little could Nannie have
to hay, for in tho absence of her father
he knew no law except that of her
Impetuous lover.
The enraged father was quick to
action. He caused the arrest of
Smith and the man who had procured
the license on the around that. Nannie
was not of legal age. Ha also began
unit to bavo tho marriage set aside.
Up in the success of this suit will depend
largely whether Nannie is to get
an education, the one great dream of
her life.
F?-v r LtuNDH fan I c.
Since a report of a suspicious case
of fever at T-xarkana, Texas, a sort
of panic Is seizing some of the towns
and counties in northeast Texas and
shotgun quarantines are being put
into effect. Gregg county has given
orders that trains shall not stop in
the county either from the north or
south and that all stations must be
approached with doors locked and
windows tightly close, while all car
doors in freight trains must be sealed
whether the oars are empty or loaded.
The terror appears to be spreading
and railroad otliclals fear serious re
suits.
KiiiiMi HiitiHftir.
At C)lumbus, Gi., BUnohard F
McGehee, president and manager of
the Columbus paper company and a
member of a pr< mlnent Columbus
family, Ci mmitted suicide Thurschy
morning by shooting himself through
the ttmple with a revolver, lie was
at home al'?ne when the fatal sho*
was tired. His wife and three children
survive him. No cause has been assigned
for his rash act.
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A GH08T &T0RY.
Tho l'ooplo of a CJoor^ia Town Very
Much Ivxor eimMl.
A dispatch to the Atlanta Journal
says the neighborhood known as Uoanoke,
which is located about one mile
from Fitzgerald, Ga., is very much '
excited over the appearance of a sup j
posed ghost. It made it appearance
for the iirst time last Sunday night in 1
the family of H. Sharp. It gave an i
exhibition that thoroughly alarmed!
the family. It appeared in the kitchen
and fairly made the house ring with
music from a dish pan. Mrs. Sharp
appeared on the scene and his ghostship
disappeared as if by magio. On
leaving the room the music again com-,
mcnced.
This time Mrs. Sharp returned with
the same result. She thought to bribe
Mr. Ghost so she left a piece of money
on the tabic and left the room Again
the dish pan danced about and the
dishes rattled as though an earthquake
had taken place. Mr. Ghost did ,
not accept the price ottered for ills departure,
but instead walked about the
place. On approaching it, it disappeared
and would bob up at a distance.
Shooting at it had no effect whatever.
Monday night crowds of people visited
the place from the neighborhood
and the city. Some claimed to have
seen it at a distance. Krom tho waist
up it was dressed in white. At times
It- Iw. 4-U? r% I _ ~ ? -
IU OUUU1UV4 IU UC liuauu^ JU CUB till IJUtll
the grouad. Again It would lean I
against, a tree or fenee. Sometimes
it would appear as though approaching
the parties, but before getting in
speaking distance It would disappear "
to bob up at some other point. It has ,
ouly visited the Sharp family, but is
claimed that several neighbors have
seen it.
A lady from the north died in the
neighborhood about a year ago and
her husband disposed of their household
elfccts and returned to the north.
Among the things so'd was the dish
pan that has played the leading role
In this story and has caused tills fami- 1
ly much worry and fright. It Is
thought by some that this pan should
be buried at the grave of the deceased
and then the spirit will contine his
ghcstship to the graveyard where he
properly belongs.
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Wanted.
A GOOD COUNTRY PRINTER
who can set advertisements, and >,
take charge of the type setting depart-*
ment of a well-stocked country office.
Should be able to make up form#. To
such a printer a steady job with good
wages is open. Apply, witlr references,
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The Times And Democrat, ^
Orangeburg, S. C.
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