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GONE TO REST Col. James T. Bacon Passeo Away on Wednesday WAS BRAVE SOLDIER And Hrillinnt Writer* Col. Huron Fought Hravely for the South boring the Civil War and Ably La Ik)I'(h1 for South Carolina With His l*on for Many Youth. Col. .las. T. rtacon, after a linger lug illness, died at his beautiful home in Edgefield on Wednesday afternoon, and a dispatch says all Edgefield and throughout the district is sorrow and shadow, for he was the best known and most universally beloved man in the county, and his name was synonymous with all that is pure, generous, noble and good. Col. Ilacon had attained his 7 8th year. 11c was descended from splendid Revolutionary stock. His ancestors came from Virginia, wliere tli o family had boon prominent among the colonists for over a century. Edmond Bacon, for many years a brilliant member of the Edgefield Bar, and the "Ned Brace" in Longst root's Georgia scenes, was his grandfather. Edmond Bacon, although a Georgian by birth, in early life moved to South Carolina, and he, with Col. Arthur Si 111 kins, settled the town of Edgefield. He had four children, the second, Edmond Speed, being the father of the subject of this sketch, his mother being Sarah Bacon, a cousin to her husband, she having married twice, her last husband being the Rev. Arthur Wigfall. The Bacon family has been closely connected with the county's and State's history. Col. Bacon had ono brother, the Hon. John E. Bacon, who was secretary of legation at St. Petersburg when Governor Pickens was minister, and afterwards minister to Uruguay and Parnguay under President Cleveland, and a full sister, Mrs. Baker, of McClellanville, S. C., and two half-sisters, Mrs. Kate W. Cheatham, of Edgefield, nnd Mrs. Dr Trezant, formerly of Columbia. A dispatch from Edgefield to The Vnu-o r,,1 n , j? r-y > * .-..jTin iiiiu VUlll UU ttU.VH UUI. JUU1CS T. Bacon was born here, and his Jong and useful llfo was spoilt amidst the scenes of his nativity. After receiving an academic education at this place, he completed his studies in Germany, making a specialty of music, in which ho excelled, and which was one of the joys of his beautiful life. After his return from Germany, he taught music here, and at Anderson, but it was to journalism that he devoted his splendid talents, in which field he won for himself a name and reputation, seldom equalled in this country. After serving with conspicuous bravery in the War Between the States, he returned home, and assumed the editorship of the Edgefield Advertiser, and the files of that paper will best tell how ably and brilliantly ho performed the duties of that office. Gentle as a woman, yet brave as a lion, he could write with all the softness and sweetness of Washington Irving, but when necessity and duty demanded it, with all the boldness and fire of Wendell Phillips. During Reconstruction times, when Federal troops were stationed here, and the negro and scalawag held high carnival, Col. Bacon printed the Advertiser in red letters, and his "Leader" was filled with such patriotic fire and defiance as' to cause offence to the Federals. For this he was arrested, and taken to Charleston, hut 110 harm befell him, and he returned home only tocontinuo the brave fight for AngloSaxon supremacy. He was a game cock in those stirring days, as he ever was, and never did his red plume lower its crest. After leaving the Advertiser, he, with his nephew, Mr. L. W. Cheatham, conducted the Edgefield Chronicle, a paper that is loved and read by every man, woman and child in the county, because back of it has been the brains, wit, and eloquence of Jim Bacon. His pfirrpRnnndftncn trv v. V..V.V I vy tuv V/UI Ulll Uin State and special articles t.o The Sunday News attest the unique style, versatility, and brilliancy of the man. Many of his close friends here have often urged him to collect and print his writings, but his innate L modesty forbade?they would make a volume worthy of his wit and genius. Col. Bacon was never married, but he was beloved and courted by all for his magnetic personality, social attributes and brilliant conversatlonof powers. One beautiful trait of his character was his love and loyalty to his immediate family. Ills venerable mother, the late Mrs. Wigfall, as well as other members of his family, would often urge him to seek broader fields, where his talent would have won higher distinction and greater pecuniary reward, but he preferred to remain with them, ; and with his life-long friends and ' at the home he loved so well, and administer to their happiness and PIUCK IS FIXKI). Farmers Ask anil Mhoulil <?et Fifteen Cents for Cotton. The Farmers' National Union met at Hit millkham, Ala., last week. The report of the committee on minimum price of cotton was accepted and the executive committee was instructed to "reveal or raise, or lower the fixed minimum at their own discretion," at Friday night's session. When the committee report was first submitted there was jspirited discussions and the report was sent back to the committee for amendment. The amended report was the one finally adopted. Nothing could ),/> Inni'lunl .1 o Il,n ,?lnt,,ii.n> llv.wl but it is believed to be about 15 cents. This shows that the farmers are very (modest in thejr demands. Considering the shortness of the cotton crop this year, fifteen cents is a modest price to ask for the staple. It can be easily had if the farmers will not rush the cotton on the market. Market the crop slowly and fifteen cent cotton will be realized in a few weeks. Members of the union were in structed by the convention to use their best efforts to pet all cotton warehoused immediately after ginning. Members were also instructed to be liberal to brother members in making loans on distress cotton. The Alabama delegation presented a beautiful silver service to Mrs. I buret t, wife of the president of the union. President Barrett appointed the trustees ana executive committee of ithe National Farmers' college, which is to be erected within the next few years. The executive committee is composed of C. S. Barrett, chairman; If. S. Mobley, secretary; It. F. Duckworth, P. W. Cox and A. C. Shuford. 'i'he trustees are II. S. Mobley, of Arkansas; It. F. Duckworth, of Georgia; A. C. Shuford, of North Carolina; S. 11. Knight, of Florida; J. J. Fobinson, of Alabama; J. E. Montgomery, of Tennessee; John Grady, of Kentucky; T. W. Burkett, of Illinois; T. J. Douglas, of Missouri; J. K. Armstrong, of Oglahoma; A. F. Dornblaser, of Texas; Mr. McColllster, of Louisiana; S. L. Wilson, of Mississippi; P. W. Cox, of Washington, and It. W. Callieotte, of Colorado. * THE COTTON MARKET. The Staple is Coining in Freely and Reing Sold. The first bulletlon ot' director of census showing operations of cotton ginners for 1909 was issued a few days ago. It covers a period up to September 1 and shows that for that time 37 7,552 bales have been ginned as against 4 02,229 for the same period last year. A comparison is also made with the production for 1 907, when there were ginned up to September 1, 200,27 8 bales and with 1906, when the total to that date was 4 07,551. The 377,552 bales ginned this season were distributed as follows: Alabama, 1 3,37 3; Arkansas, 3 63; Florida, 3,544; Georgia, 1 05,927; Louisiana, 3,419; Mississippi, 1,57 0; North Carolina, 1,0G8; Oklahoma, 1,3 67; South Carolina, 1 9,048; Tennessee, 4; Texas, 227,869. These figures count round bales as half l.nlna Tl, 1 1 1 ?J f l.Ann^l U(lll.TO. 1 11C1U n v I v .1 J | J O I I WUMU balcB this year and 20.86S last year. Dispensary Robbed. The dispensary at Holly Hill was broken into and robbed Wednesday night. The dispenser, J. II. Martin, estimates that between $100 and $f)00 worth of whiskey was stolen, consisting of seven barrels, containing case goods and fifty gallon jugs. The thieves removed a pane of glass in the front door and slici the inside bars and opened the door. The night was dark and rainy, and the staff was evidently hauled off in a wagon. No clue has been found as yet. The dispensary is closed until the county board can check up the loss. This is the second dispensary robbed in Berkeley county in the last two weeks. Horses An odd accident occurred recently at Grass Mesritsch, Australia, I during the maneuvers of the Austrian army. The horses of the Sixth regiment of Dragoons were stamped ed at midnight by a searchlight played on their camp by the approaching "enemy." They ran wildly through the camp, trampling on the sleeping soldiers. One man was killed and 19 severely injured. Killed by Airship. At Juvis sur Orge, France, E. , Lefebvre, the French aviator, was killed by a fall in his aeroplane in which ho was practicing over the aviation field Wednesday afternoon. M. Lefebvro sustained mortal injuries when the machine crashed to the ground. Aid was rendered him but he died soon after. The cause of the accident remains a mystery. support. Now that ho is gone, Edgefield mourns for him, as never did she sorrow for man before. He has left a void that cannot be filled. WHAT COOK bAYS I IK DKCLAKKS UK CAN A\I> WILL PHOVK HIS CLAIM. Will Send for llis Kskinio (companions ami Assorts That Peary Took Food Stored for Him. At Copenhagen, Cook, shown Peary's statement Wednesday night stood by ids gun, declined to enter into a debate and calmly asserted that his records would sustain him. He said: "1 have been to the North Pole. As 1 said last night when 1 heard of Commander Peary's success, if he says he has been to the pole, 1 believe him. "1 am willing to place facts, figures and worked-out observations oeiore u jonu tribunal ot the scientific bodies of the world. In due course 1 shall he prepared to make public an announcement that will effcoctually dispel any doubt, if there can be such, of tho fact that 1 have readied the pole. But knowing that 1 am right and that right must prevail, I will submit at the proper time my full story to the Court of last resort ? the people of tho woild. "1 will not enter Into any controversy over the subject with Commander Cearv, further than to say that if lie says 1 nave taken his Eskimos, my reply is that Eskimos ars nomads. They are owned by nobody, and not private property of either Commander Peary or myself. "As to the story that Commander Peary says I took provisions stored by liini, my reply is that Peary took my provisions, obtaining them from the custodian on the plea that 1 had boon so long absent that he was going to organize relief stations for me in case 1 should be alive. For this I have documentary proof. ' This is Dr. Frederick A. Cook's reply to Commander Peary. Coming so quickly upon other dramatic incidents of the week, Commander Peary's dispatch denying that Dr. Cook has achieved the triumph for which he has been feted and honored in Copenhagen, beyond the lot of any other private person, has been read there with feelings of amazement and concern. But Dr. Cook himself seems in no wise disturbed. Me was perfectly cool and apparently unmoved when confronted with telegrams from the United States saying that Commander Peary had denounced him as an impostor. His demeanor has not changed in the slightest from the day ho landed at Copenhagen. When it was suggested to him that his chances of proving his case might be ruined unless he made a satisfactory statement immediately, he smiled?his usual quiet smile? and asked how could a man be ruined by popular clamor calling him an impostor when be had proofs of his case which could and would be published, as he had oft times repeated, when they were in proper form to be given out. Regarding the *c?ntrtoversy over his alleged taking of Peary's stores, Dr. Cook asserts that he has written, and other satisfactory evidence, that Peary took his stores, perhaps believing him deadV "Ilarry Whitney is personally acquainted with all the facts, and perhaps what he has to say when he returns may be interesting," added the explorer. Dr. Cook told Capt. Sverdrup and another friend the day after he had landed that he hoped there would be no unpleasantness over supplies with the Peary party; that he had found some of Peary's men in possession of one of his depots and had turned them out uncermoniously. It is settled that Cook will send a ship hack to bring to America the two Eskimos who accompanied him on the last stage of his journey to the pole, as well as some of tho party who were sent back when the start of the stage begun. Capt. Sverdrup may command the expedition; it is Dr. Cook's desire that he shall do so. and thov conferred for several hours a few (lays ago. Cannibals Mat Them. Advices received from the French Congo say that cannibalism is rampant in the Matab and Sanghar regions, where the blacks are in complete revolt. They have killed and eaten a number of factory employes and r. telegraph operator was slain at his key and devoured. Natlv'e c'rtachmonts, headed by four Frjic i officers, have left for the scene to punish the cannibals. Ill-others in Fatal Fight, As the result of an encounter between two brothers on the McO.'nness farm 10 miles south of Salem. Ind., Luther MeOlnness, aged 48, is mortally wounded and Horaco McGinnis, aged 45, lies at his home In a serious condition. Since tho death of William MeOlnness, father of the men, who was found dead In a barn six weeks ago, 111 feeling has existed between the brothers. SOIVlt GOOO AliVlCt ABOUT Til 10 CAltHFUL HANDLING OF GINNED C ?TTON. ; It is a Mutter That Involves a Loss of a Bij; Sum of Money to the South. The time for picking cotton having arrived, has it ever occurred to you to look into the question of damage brought about by a lack of care for the staple from the time it is ginned to the time of marketing? Having lived on a plantation twenty-one years, and at the proson i n\t' n S n cr o *wl /\i?/nwi t i it >/. v ill. III. lllllf, HUM IP|H'I >' lllft 17111", ur> well as being in the cotton business for the past ten years, 1 thought possibly that my observations along this line might tend to show the great amount of money lost to this cotton producing country. 1 desire to impress upon the farmer the necessity of caring for his cotton after laboring hard all the year to make it, and thereby lessen friction between producer, buyer and manufacturer. A large portion of the farmers, as well as the carriers, treat the staple as though it were coal, allowing it to lie on the ground for months after ginning, subject to climatic conditions, which results in rot and country damage. When the cotton is ready for the market it is picked up and offered for sale, the damage, as a usual tiling being disregarded until subjected to the buyer's inspection, who, in protecting his interests, will either dock for damage or have the cotton picked, resulting in great loss to the farmer. Unquestionably it is to the farmer's interest to store his cotton in a reputable warehouse, thereby protecting himself from loss by lire as well as damage, and in addition ho can secure warehouse receipts for same, which is prime mercantile table, and can be discounted at any bank, allowing the farmer to sell his cotton when he desires to do go. My object, however, is to mpress upon the farmers to house their cotton as soon as it. is ginned, whether It be in a warehouse, or in their barns, or dwelling, thereby reducing the element of damage to a minimum. To my mind one of the most important things the Farmers' Union and the Southern Cotton Association could handle is the caring for cotton after it is ginned, and up to the time it is marketed. Having personally handled, during the past ten years, about 3 00,000 bales of cotton of all grades and staple, this cotton being shipped here from Texas and Oklahoma on the West and to North Carolina 011 the East, I do iiiink i am in a very fair position to speak intelligently of the item of damage, largely caused by carelessness. In addition to the rotten cotton on thousands of bales, varying from five to as much as three hundred pounds per bale, all of which has to bo picked off before selling for and which is caused by allowing the cotton to sit on one end or be on one side in the mud and rain for months before being offered for sale, there Is anotner element of damage which is not so easily detected, but which has a more farreaching effect on the buyer, as well as the manufacturer. 1 refer to what is called country damage. When cotton after beimr ginned i? allowed to stand in the weather for any length of time, although the , owner may turn it about from side , to side to keep it from rotting, the staple of the cotton on the outside of the bale is affected just in proportion to the time it is allowed to remain exposed to climatic conditions. To illustrate, a bale of cotton ginned , and packed December the first and allowed to remain in the weather until the first of March, will have about half as much country damage as the bale would if it remained in the weather until May the first and when the manufacturer opens the bale, ho will find that the cotton sticking to the bagging and extendinginward is practically without any I strength of staple, and as a result all of this affected cotton will go in waste or be found in the shaftings overhead. Should the buyer detect this eoun try damage the farmer is the loser, should the buyer not detect It, the buyer is the loser, in any event, dissatisfaction is the result, all of which could have been avoided by housing the cotton. The amount of country damage varies in proportion to the time the cotton lies out in the weather, and will vary from three to twenty-five pounds per bale. I have carefully estimated that on every 1 1,000,000 bale crop produced, the producer, the carrier and the compress together allow 250,000 bnles to be destroyed by rot and country damage, and when you figure this at ten cents per pound It amounts to $12,500,000, all of which could bo saved to the producer, the buyer and the manufacturer, should they exercise the proper precaution against damage. Three years ago a farmer brought twenty bales of cotton to the warehouse for storage in March, which had been out in the weather since BANK OF Con WW ? CAPITAL STOCK HOttPLt/S LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS. fBCURU'Y TO DEPOSITORS DIREC Robert B. Sourlx.rough, FL L* Buck, Cefrrgo J. Holiday, WV touting to j ny f> |>? r cent interei ?t youraocouiife ?iem B. BCA It BOROUGH, B. 1 HKtilDENT. fBtt'j' ' % far y ^9-^Sfi' ~ -1ZSWW*Br m 9 f Bank of & tJONWAI DIM*. J. A. MaDarmott, Ji T. McNeill, B. C. C tlebaum, Hal. L. I 4^ The oldest I tank la lforr /Ci olina. Associated with, the ra jdM tlvo |?:v.vt decade. Our. policy vip the "Independent Kopubllc." Wk to our customers every . reuse tent with sound hanking. We <fs al.s, firms and corporations. iii 'V? I). A. SriYKY, Ijj Vice-President. it was ginned in the fall. Some of the bales were so badly damaged and water soaked that they weighed one thousand pounds a bale. I ask ed him why he allowed his cotton to get in that condition. He replied that he was so busy making preparations for another crop that he had not cared for what he had already made. When the cotton was conditioned for market he had about ten bales of merchantable cotton left out of the twenty. A bale of cotton ginned dry and houson until marketing will hold out better than one allowed to remain in the weather subpecc climatic conditions, and will not possess the element of damage, and will also retain its strength of staple even to the bagging. Travel where you will, and you will see cotton sitting at the rail road stations in tho inua and rain, or yon will see it lying* on the ground around farm houses, where it will remain until ready for mitket; and when marketed, the bagging will be so rotten that you cannot handle the cotton. Owing to tho seeming negligence displayed in the care of cotton afte" ginning, the buyer, when purshanng a !ot of cotton, has to lake into consideration the element of damage, or lie would rather send his classer to receive the cotton, thereby establishing the amount of damage before payment is made. Where you fln.l a section of country where great care is taken with the cotton, after ginning, and before marketing, there you will find cotton sought after by tho buyers, and, everything else being equal, a premium will be paid for same. The point I desire to impress is: Take care of your cotton, handle it , 1 l? t hflinrll vr>n tlwMirrlif onninltiinn ,?f I v t< v 4< t? v/ u v i? vi f-j 11 v kiuiuvtiii \j k it. If you cannot put it in a warehouse, where it is insured and you 2nn use the receipt, put it in your barn, or shed room, or anywhere to keep it from climatic condition until you market it, and by doing this svery pound will be spinnable, and 110 dissatisfateion between producer, buyer and manufacturer will result. There are some places in South Carolina where warehouse faoilities are adequate, but are unfortunately not utilized. My own experience is that four lots of cotton out of every five shipped from places where cd t?\ ton is not warehoused are badl&d damaged; due to the fact that it is1' ^ allowed to sit on one end for weeks * and months in the open before It fk offered for sale, and as a result, heavy claims are made, and yet the best character of cotton, so far as body and staple Is concerned, is produced at these places, and would be very much sought, were the element of damage eliminated. In conclusion, I would strongly urero that this matter be hrouflrht to the attention of all concerned, and ' thereby save twelve and one-half million dollars per year to the Southland. Very truly yonrs, John D. Frost. Columbia, S. C. Figures Were Wrong. Tn our Tuesday's issue, we stated that there was about $1,500 worth of cotton sold at North. Since then we have received a letter from a resident of that place, who says that the sales for Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week were $1 5,000. Railroad King 1>ea<l. E. H. Harriman, tho railroad King of America, died at his home in Arden, New Yoi^k, on Thursday. ? He was about fsixty-ttwo years of 1 age. 4" 1 HO Kit Y. jr. 8, C. $ M ?A t?m <i *(i 1HW hors t W. R. L?*y?\ , W. A. ! Vv ill A. Fnfliui. F-t on yr?rl} dcj otvitb, + c k+UcL. BUCK, Y MkL I. TOR CI! AN VICE Pbfsidknt. .('amiine Conway f r . ak a V ar?M X Jn?. C. SplT?r, 9. (fkk Collin*, C. r. Qaatiuck, I). A. fipif?jr. 7 Md a ploim ia liMtnra ftm- A pid protfreee of our Ooaatgr tor giv has l>r^ii for the apbnihltag of Willi this in view we extend W motile urcoiiuiifxlAtion solicit the accounts of IikNtMiiHAL. L. BUCK, 4* Oaalttar. | " "*^ ^ ' '^ * PltOFKBSlCNAL CARDS. H. H. WOODWARD Attorney mud Couiieel*r At CONWAY, ft. ?. O. I. NT. AM\*t?v Altera*/ at law Ooivof, to. ffv K. B. ICARBRMTtfR OONWAY, ft. ?. . Attora*/ at Law. W. K. MrCORtt. SUKHKON DENTIST. CONWAY, 8. 0. Over Bank of Horry ? H. H. BlRHOf^OHS ^ r* Physician and Surgeon. CONWAY. 8. O. * V B. 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