The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 26, 1908, Image 6
COTTON PICKER
MACHINE THAT WILL REPLACE
llANl) LAIIOU.
Bald to llaw Hecn Invented ami
Ruilt by Mr. R. S. Wheeler, of
Springfield.
Mr. E. B. Taylor, of Springfield,
lias written to Commissioner Watson
of a cotton picker made by Mr. it
S. Wheeler, of Springfield, and suggested
a public demonstration near
Columbia. Mr. Watson fixed November
25 as the date for tho demonstration,
which can at least do r.o
harm, and the place will be announced
Inter. Here is Mr. Taylor's letter
to Mr. Watson:
Spirngfield, S. C., Nov. 10, 1908.?
Col. 13. J. Watson, State Commissioner
of Agriculture, Columbia. S.
C.?Dear Sir: 1 fully believe that
the successful cotton picker has come
in a machine invented by Mr. R. S
Wheeler, a native of the North, but
resident of the South for many years
lie aim ins iamer nougni. some
timber near Springfield several ycar3
ago, and after his father's death his
timber was sold and was made the
basis of our lumber operation her ?.
During his absence of a year from
Springfield he has brought out this
cotton picker, and hat, made a demonstration
which satisfies several
good judges here that the cotton
picking machine, long looked for,
lias arrived.
Years ago in North Carolina I
heard the expression with regard to
cotton picking which was not "picking
cotton" as is commonly called,
but "picking out cotton." This latter
phrase accurately expresses the
act which must he performed by a
machine before it can he pronounced
a success. The Wheeler machine
picked out the cotton from the boll
and does not pick trash. The picking
Instrument is a leather belt one-half I
an inch wide, carrying wires insert-1
ed in it about as closely as they can
be, and a little less than a quarter
of an inch long. This leather belt
is made to travel very rapidly ami
after seizing the cotton, -nrows it
into a chamber from which an air
blast drives it into a cotton sack.
I will not describe further than to
say that I believe the staple picked
by this machine will grado higher
than hand-picked.
I believe you will he glad to cooperate
with Mr. Wheeler in providing
opportunity for demonstrating its
capacity somewhere near Columbia,
where practical planters may see it
working, and where representatives
of the press may conveniently in >et
to record results.
The cotton gin was perfected in
Georgia by the immortal Whitney.
We 'shall all be glad to have the sue
cossful cotton picker perfected in
South Carolina, and it now looks
like Mr. Wheeler would share t^e
immortality of Whitney by producing
a successful cotton picker. The
motor for driving the picker Is not
all that can be desired, but that is
a mere matter of detail which can
be accomplished by anyone, in a halfdozen
ways, and which will he perfected
directly now since the true
principle of extracting cotton from
me uuii nas Doeii round.
Wo are hoping that It. will he convenient
for you to suggest a place
for this demonstration during the
three or four days preceding Thanksgiving
at some place near Columbia.
We are supposing some place near
Columbia would suit, better than anv
place near this town, and thus 8a>'e
a journey hither.
Thanking you in advance for
your kind consideration, I am, very
truly yours,
EDW. H. TAYLOR.
ENTERS YOUNG LADIES ROOM.
Tlio Fiendish Act of a Negro nt
Athens, Ga.
Athens, Ga., Nov. 18?At 2 o'clock
this morning a negro entered tho
room of two young ladies at the Statu
Normal Scltbol, and badly frieghten
ed them. It was in an upper story
of what is known as Old ltock cob
The young ladles worn badly
frightened as the negro at one time
ha<1 each of them by the throat and
attempted to choke them. It Is be
lie'ed the n 'gro's purpose was criminal
assault. One of the young la
dies is prostrated from the ncrvuiu
shock.
This morning Shepparfi IIirris
who has been panitor for ten year*
v as arrested at his home in Morristown.
lie was lodged in the county
jail until ho can lie identified.
SIX MAKK FATAL PLUNGE.
Three Civil Engineers and Thrc<
Foreigners Meet Dcatlt.
Plttnburg, Pa., Nov. 18?Six mei
were instantly killed, another wa:
dangerously Injured and three othe-;
had narrow escapes from Injury o
death in a mine cage accident at Ells
worth Mlno No. 1, located In Wash
ingt.on county Monday. The six fe'
to the bottom, a distance of 225 feer
the heavy timber on top of them, an<
were bruised and crushed almost be
yond recognition.
HIGH DEATH RATE
WHAT A STUDY OF SOUTH FUN
CITIKS SHOW.
Some Facts None of Us Like to Adinit,
Hut They Arc Facts ami We
Must Face Them.
The Country TJfo Commission recently
held meetings at Spartanburg
and Greenvlllo in this State. We
believe that the Commission will accomplish
untold good by directing
the attention not only of the National
Government, but of our own homo
people to the pressing needs of rural
life and the possibilities of rural
development. The Progressive
Fanner says tho Commission is criticised
because in urging tho need of
better rural sanitation and hygiene
Dr. Stiles pointed out the excessive
death-rate in our rural districts as
compared with other sections of tho
count rv.
For instance, ifo mentions typhoid
fever in emphasizing tho truth
(of so much moment to us) that 1)0
per cent of tho cases and the deaths
from this dread disease might bo
prevented by proper sanitary precautions.
And ho is right. The
average number of deaths from typhoid
in tire United States is 35
in nnoh 1 .Oft0' floaths. while in the
Gulf Coast region It Is 4 5, in Souih
Conral Appalachian region OH, in
the Southern Interior plateau (Sou:h
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi
sections) 7 0, and in the
Southwestern Central region (parts
of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas!
7 9 per cent.
Wherever the negro population is
high, as Dr. Stiles points out, the
lack of sanitary precautions insures
a high death rato from typhoid,
l he negroe's carelessness, and our
own, as Dr. Styles points out, in
the matter of typhoid fever, hookworm
disease, etc., in murdering the
white women and children of the
South. Here are some figures that
should make us blnsh. The bald
truth is that our death-rate from typhoid
fever and other preventable
diseases !s shocking and inexcusably
high, a burning shame to our people
amounting to nothing less than a
sectional crime.
The figures below are for several
Southern cities for which the United
States Census professes to have truly
accurate mortality statistics, and we
are going to take in alphapetical
order just as they come in the census
tables, every Southern city included
ill 1110 regisir;n mil area wun uu-n
death-rate per 1,000 of population
for both races, and compare each 0110
of these Southern titles with t lie
two cities in other sections immedl
ately following in alphabetical order?just
as named in tho census
list. Here then is the showing:
Death Rate Per J,(KM) Population.
For For
Name of City "White. Negri
Atlanta, <>a 12:5
Atlantic City, N. J 18 12
Attleboro, Mass 14 *
Baltimore, Md I!> itl
Bangor, Me 16 *
Barre, Vt IS *
Jacksonville, Pin 12."> :tl
Jacksonville, 111 22 19
Jamestown, N. Y 12 *
Lynchburg, Va 121 iltt
Lynn, Mass 16 18
McKeesport, Pa 17 24
Nashville, Tenn 120 J512
Natchez, Miss 127 48
Watick, Mass 14 *
Nangatuck, Conn 17
Newport, Ky 20 *
Newport, R. 1 18 23
Norfolk, Va IS 12:5
Norriston, Pa 23 27
North Adams, Mass. ...13 *
Raleigh, N. C 1212 12:5
Heading, Pa 17 3 L
Revere, Mass 15 *
Richmond, Va 121
Rochester. N TT . . . *> *
Rochester, N. Y 15 26
Sau Antonio* Tex 1^5 ?V3
San Diego, CM 22 27
San Franciaoo, Cal 1V> 35
1 Saxuimih, (in 21 13
! Schenectady, N. Y 15 *
Scran t on, Pa 2i) 14
Sfire*e|x?rtf lai, 82 30
' Sioux City, la 13 *
Somerville, Mass 15 *
' Wilmington, N. C 1* 34
! Windham, Oonn 16 *
' Winona, Miitu 14 *
( Too few negroes to report.)
These aro the figures whose ac
curacy the Government stands for
1 and, as the Progressive Farmer aays
the Southern man who can look then
' in the face and still nrgira for a Hat
* less, do-nothing policy is the mm
who murders present and future gen
' oration* by criminal carelessness.
Dr. Stiles is a mau who with rar
self-devotion proposes to give his llf
to the effort to reduce this fearfu
Soutliern death rate?its exoessiv
3 proportions in our cities being hu
typical of similar conditions in on
country districts?and there Is 11
i man In America today who inor
3 heartily deserves the co-operation o
s every agency in the Soutnorn States
r It. is not climate that makes 011
- Southern death rato ro high. 1
- is lack of sanitary precautions upo
11 the part of our largo negro popn
,1 1st Ion nnd a! jo upon the part of
1 | large white population an well. I
- j the nam? of human life, lot us so
about remedying these conditions.
HALF A BILLION
EARNED IN NINE YEARS IIY
STANDAKO OIL.
Rockefeller Tells of Financial Situation
of (limit Combine?Agreement*
With Transportation CoinNew
York, Nov. 20.?For over
five hours today John I). Rockefeller,
witness for the defense in
iuo government suit to dissolve tne
Standard Oil Company, faced an unceasing
lire of questions from the
l< ederal counsel, Frank 11. Kellogg,
and when adjournment was taken
until Monday he was still being
cross-examined on the charge that
the company in early days accepted
rebates to the disadvantage of
its rivals.
The enormous power of the oil
combination was sharply brought out
today when Mr. Rockefeller, after
stating that the Standard had paid
dividends amounting to 140,000,000
in 1 007, said it had earned a-;
much more and that this was added
to the company's surplus, which was
stated by the government's counsel
to be $200,000,000. It was further
stated by Mr. Kellogg that the company
within the last eight years
has earned over half a billion dollars.
The rapid tiro interrogations of
the prosecutor were always met wit
unshaken import urability and readiness
to answer, except when, as Mr.
Kockereiier explained, 11 is quue
Impossible for nie (o remember
after 35 years. I do not recall."
Mr. Rockefeller was questioned
closely regarding rebates which the
Standard was charged with receiving,
but with the exception of the agreement
with the Pennsylvania railroad,
which Mr. Rockefeller explained,
gave the Standard a rebate because
it effected an equalization of oil shipments.
Mr. Rockefeller could not
recall any other rebates, though he
thought it was likely that he might
have heard of it at ttie time.
"You have been prosperous since
the beginning?" asked Mr. Kellogg
of Mr. Rockefeller when the latter
resumed his testimony.
"Yes."
He was asked about tho (trust
agreement of 1 882, and whether the
trust certificates did not talvow a
value of $70,000,000 and the stocks
held under the agreement an actual
value of $55,710,698. Mr. Rockefeller
said he believed those figures
were correct.
"The : record ft hows that up to
1 906 the net earnings of the com?
pany were $551,922,904. What was
' the dividend In 1 907?"
"I should say about 40 per cent"
"That was about $3 9,000,000?"
i "That would be a million In favor
of the poor old Standard," said M"
Rockefeller. He added that the net
onrnSncre f/\r I O 117 \\r t* r* i? onnrnvi.
i ai imi^n i\n i */ '/ i ? vi v wai
. mately $S0,000,000.
He assented to Mr. Kellogg's figures
showing that the compan>
earned $4 90,000,000 from 1S99 tc
1 900. Adding the earnings of 1907
would give a total earnings of $57o,000,000.
"Then where does tho hazard ol
the business come in?" asked Mr
Kellogg.
"In the first place, since the first
refinery was built more than 50 years
ago, we have been prepared at an>
moment, day or night, to hear th
fire alarm. We are dealing with ?i
very explosive product. Fires ft-.'j
constantly occurring.
"Hut your profits were above youi
fire losses, which have been charged
to profit and loss account?"
"Yes, sir."
Mr. Kellogg then asked Mr. Rockefeller
about the Standard Oil agree#/T
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iu 1 877, in which the Pennsylvania |
agreed to pay back 10 per cent of
the freight salos which the Standard
paid. The witness said this agree
ment followed the rate war between
the Northern and the Southern lines
and that this was an agreement
whereby he was to equalize the
amount of freight distributed between
the different ranroads.
4 Replying to a question whether
the Standard Oil Ooinpany was the
only one to get the rebate, tho witness
said that the greater volume of
business given by the Standard was
given in part for t tie rebate and in
those days it was the custom for
large shippers to receiro consideration.
"Did you know of the contract
whereby the Stndard was to obtain
20 cents a barrel In rebate on outside
shipments?"
"I may have known of it generally
at the time. I had nothing to do
with the contract.' >
The witness said ho could not recall
whether Mr. Cassatt had testllied
that these rebates were paid to
the American Transfer Company.
Mr. Rockefeller said ho had no
doubt that the tSate of Pennsylvani i
brought suit in 1 879 to oust the
United Pipe Line Company from that
State on the ground that It was In
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railroad to obtain preferential rates
and drawbacks. Ho could not. roc ill
that Mr. Cassatt testified that the
Pennsylvania railroad paid rebates
to the Standard Oil Company, the
American Transfer Company and the
United Pipe Line Company.
Mr. Rockefeller's attention was
Bruises, scratches, sores and burn*
that other things have failed to cure
will heal quickly and completely
when you use DeWltt'a CarbollzoJ
Witch Hazel Salve. It Is especially
good for piles. Sold by all druggists.
DeWltt's Kidney and Bladder IMUs
are unequaled In cases of weak bacr.,
backache, Inflammation of the bladder,
rheumatic pains, and all urinary
disorders. They are antlsceptlc and
act promptly. Don't delay, for delays
are dangerous. (let DeWltt's
Klndey and Bladder Pills. Sold by
all druggists.
Two Men Killed.
Buffalo, Nov. 19.?Frederick Chittend
am and Edward Malke wore Instantly
killed and William J. Green
seriously injured when the steamer
John A. McGean cras-hed Into an iron
ore nn loader at the Lack wanna Steel
company's plant this morning.
You can cure dyspepsia, Indigestion,
sour or weak stomach, or in fact any
form of stomach trouble If you will
take Kodol occasionally?just at the
times when you need It. Kodol does
not hare to be taken all the timo.
Ordinarily you only take Kodol how
and then, because It completely digests
all the food you eat and after
a few days or a week or so, the stom
ach can digest the food without the
aid of Kodol. Then you don't need
Kodol any longer. Try it today on
our guarantee. We know what 1'.
will do for you. Sold by all drug4
gists.
It is estimated that South Carolina
will gather over one million bales of
' cotton this year. Think of that.
Kodol contains the same dlgestivo
juices that are found in an ordinary
i
. healthy stomach, and there is, thero.
fore, no question but what any form
i of stomach trouble, Indigestion or
? Nervous Dyspepsia, will yield readily
yet naturally to a short treat
ment of Kodol. Try it today on our
I guarantee. Take it for a little while,
as that Is all you will need to take.
Kodol digests what you eat and
- makes the stomach sweet. It Is sold
- by all druggists.
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DRANK WOOD ALCOHOL
For WhlHkcy and Died in a Very Few
Hours.
Anderson, Nov. 10.?M. B. W'il
Hams, a well-known man of the citv.
died this afternoon at l> o'clock from
taking wood alcohol. Ho had been
drinking for several days and had
been in his room since Monday.
is said that he mistook the bottle
containing the poison for one containing
whiskey. Williams was
about 50 years old and was a Mason.
For the past four years he has been
working as assistant to a wellknown
dentist of the city. The funeral
will bo conducted by the Masons
tomorrow afternoon at 4
o'colck. * Pleasant,
sure, easy, safe little liver I
Pills, are DeWitt's Little Early ltissers.
Sold by all druggists.
Fell in Georgia llills.
St. Louis, Nov. 19.?A special to j
the Times from Albert Pond Lambert,
says balloon Yankee landed at
Tiger, Ga., in the mountains, after
traveling over farest lires all night
Missouri Itank ltobbed.
Sedalia, Mo., Nov. 22.?The Bank
of Sweet Springs, Mo., was robbed
of $5,500 in currency early today by
cracksmen.
Burying the hatched often means
war to the knife.
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