Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COTTON JUMPS Mranced $5 to $6 Per Bale During the Past Week. THE SOUTH BENEFITTED Conviction Is Growing That Crop Will Ilo Short and Prices Will Go v..? .(J.. M l-l i vvuniuvuiMir \im* ing and Speculation as to the Final Results. The past week was a wild week in cotton, with a jump of fr7> to $'*> a halo, says a dispatch from New York. This was based on a growing conviction that it is a short crop and that there is nothing for it but much higher prices before the season is ended. Whether this advance will culminate by the end of the calendar year is, of course, a matter for the future to determine, but hulls arc talking of a crop only 10,000,000 to 1 1,500,000, though It is not clear how the consumption can reach such a figure unless the pres- j ent figures are too low. Only 1. 4 00,000 bales of American cotton were carried over from last Reason, but while there may be a disagreeinent as to the precise size of the crop and the consumption, the belief is almost universal that the yield is at any rate only moderate and inadequate to the needs of the I world's cotton trade. It is argued, too, that if the cotton crop of the South is to be worth this year some $800,000,000, the purchasing power of the South will be greatly increased and with the high prices which Western farmers are obtaining for their grain it will greatly stimu- ; late the use of cotton goods and en- i able manufacturers to obtain prices more than commensurate with the high prices of raw material. There are those who think a new J era of cotton values has set in and that there is not likely to be much permanent decline in the price until there is a radical increase in the production through an increased cultivation of a vast area at the Southwest suitable for cotton culture. The story is that Patten, Gates, Hayne, Scales, Drown and other interests have been big buyers and though taking profits from time to tjlme still remain very bullish in their convictions. Many other operators in Chicago, New Orleans, MemIWnll rx ?w 1 T I i.I Vi ?i jiiim, >> nil niMxv anu utn u also bought. The Waldorf-Astoria contingent and metal trades also, it appears, still have been buying. Cotton is one of the chief topics, rivaling steel, at the clubs and big hotels. Exports have been large , cotton goods are active * and rising and Liverpool straddlers, in some cases at least, appear to have got hold of the hot end of the poker. In other words, it is said there was a very large amount of this arbitrage business originally done by selling in New York and buying in Liverpool. The liquidation of such utraddles by buying here and selling in Liverpool explains in part the strength of prices, and the sluggishness or weakness of Liverpool. On the other hand it is feared that this speculation is too much of a wild-fire affair. There Is said to be less pyramiding than there was last spring and summer, but for all that the market is by many considered dangerous. They seriously doubt whether the recent advance is justified. The receipts at the ports are largo and the weekly movement into sight suggests to some the idea that the crop is being underestimated. The stock here is rapidly increasing. Though the movement to curtail production has thus far failed in the North of any very substantial results, some 160 Georgia mills have agreed to -reduce production and it is argued that it is only a question of time, if prices continue to advance, when widespread curtailment will be imperative. It is urged, too, that after an advance within a week or something like 100 to 1 2f? points a sharp reaction is to be expected at almost any time. For the past few days, however, there was more big buying, followed by a rout of the bears and the Liverpool arbitragers, and a sharp rise in prices. K1LL8 SERVANT BY MISTAKE. \V. A. lludgens of Starr Shot Nogvc I Woman for Burglar. Mistaking her for a burglar, W. A Hudgens, cashier of the Bank o niarr, oinrr, r>. v;., nnoi simi inmani ly killed Martha Young, his colons servant, a few nights ago. {Mr. Hud gens was alone at honn when he heard some one enter tin kitchen. He hailed the intruder and receiving no response, fired twie< at the object. A person fell to tin floor, death resulting instantly. Oo -investigation Mr. Hudgen found the victim to be his servan who had eome into the kitchen t< arrange some milk. An inquest wa held and Mr. Hudgens was exonerat ed. He greatly deplores the trage dy. MILLS IMPORT COTTON MKSSHS. TOWNSKNI) AX I) SMITH 111'V KAST INDIAN PRODUCT. If Shorter Staple Proves Satisfactory It Is Said I^irgc Orders Will be Placed at Once. President II. C. Town send of the i Townsend twine mills and President Ellison A. Smith of the IVlzer cotton mill have placed orders for several hundred bales of East India cotton, says a dispatch from Anderson. It is reported that other mills | in the Piedmont section have also J done likewise. j The Indian cotton is of a shorter! ' sl:inln lluin fh?> mtl.'iiwi CoMiwi lint I is as white and smooth. The mills are going to experiment with this cotton and if it works sutistacforily. and the mill men are confident it will, large orders will be placed at once. It is said the experiment is being made with this cotton on account of the high price of American cotton. The Indian cotton was bought at 11 1-8 cents f. o. b. New York. The freight to Anderson is 0 6 cents per 100 pounds. This cotton can, therefore, be laid down at Anderson for | about 11 1-4 cents, while the American cotton is bringing 14 1-4 there now. The saving of 2 cents per pound will be a big item with trie mills and, If the experiment proves satisfactory, arrangements will be made to bring large shipments from an Indian port direct to Charleston. , by which 2o cents per 100 pounds , will be saved. " . c?iaii Iii;st<) n i )k ai i? :hs Doubt Prnctacubility of Importing Kast Indian Cotton. A special to The State from Charleston says advices have been received in Charleston in the form of inquiries from the upper part of South Carolina with regard to the importation of East Indian cotton as a substitute for the American staple with a view of the introduction of this cotton in the manufacture of goods in this section but little s- **ms to be known in Charleston regarding the matter. It is said that President Ellison Smyth of the Pelzer mills and President H. C. Townsend of the Townsend twine mills have placed orders I for several hundred bales of the cotton and that other mills in Anderson were doing or thinking about doing the same thing. The importa uuu ui itiv cut tun ? intii ID ui oavi vri staple will be, of course, in the nature of an experiment and, accordins; to what has been learned in Charleston, it is not known whether the experiment will prove a success or not. Inquiry among some cotton people elicited some doubt as to the success ot' the scheme. It is said that the East Indian cotton can be delivered at the mills in South Carolina about 2 cents a pound cheaper. This is a close margin in the minds of the handlers of the American staple who seem to think that th<* moment that there Is any special demand created for the foreign raised cotton it will jump in price and pracj tlcally cost tin? mill people as much I money as the American staple a 1' though less desirable, j As to the proposed importation of I the cotton through the port of Charleston, nothing is known here suv?\ as just stated, that inquiries have been received about it. The Chari lest on custom house has not been | advised of the coming of any forI cign cotton cargoes, and the ship I brokers here have not been informed of any cotton of the kind being on the voyage. In Charleston where so much capj ital is invested in the cotton mill innnufacture, much interest will atI tend the experiment about to be ! made in upper South Carolina. QL'KKX HKIjIKVKH COOK | Alexandra HxpivsNCs Her Confidence in His Veracity. A dispatch from Hamilton. Mont., j says Queen Alexandra of Kngland, j through a message, received a few days ago from Dr. Maurice Francis ; ivgan, American minister 10 wn! mark, convoyed her greetings to Dr. Frederick A. Cook and expressed absolute confidence in his polar I , | achievement. Dr. Cook in an address at Ha mil; ton, Mont., a few nights ago, denounced the tactics of his opponents as unfair, and vigorously defended 1 his contention that ho ascended -(Mount McKlnley. Hp declared monJ : py was used corruptly iu obtaining certain aflldavits against hiin. p | Hamilton is the home of Bdward e J N. Mariill, the only man with Dr. , j Cook at Mount McKinley. Harrill a i made a sworn statement that l)r. n | Cook never reached the summit of ! Mount McKinley. s Dr. Cook was enthusiastically rot eolved and his address was gencrousj ly applauded. Dr. Cook thanked his s large audience for its reception and - assured his hearers he would go up - the mountain again and obtain proofs ' thut he had made the first ascent. * t MEETING CALLED Pellagra Convention Will Meet in Columbia This Week. INTEREST WIDESPREAD Tlioiv will Ik1 Hundreds of Physicians From South ( inolinu hiuI Other Suites Present*?Addrewses Will He Made and the Subjeet Thoroughly Discussed. The pellagra national convention looms large on the horizon of the present weeks activities, says The Columbia State. It will be one of the greatest events in the medical history of this State, and an epoch in scientific research. Last week John I). Rockefeller gave $1,000,000 for the elimination of the hookworm from American soil; after the convention to be held this week in Columbia, the probabilities tire that some man of great wealth, wh o feels j that in the possession of that wealth j he is the Stewart of It for the benefit of his fellow men, will announce the donation of a largo sum to be devoted to exhaustive investigation of pellagra, the discovery of its cause and method of staying its ravages. During the week past letters have been coming to the men who have the conference arrangements in charge front men prominent in tinmedical world, and the number who .'?V fit, f It ft fit It., twit.-. f.. ............ I DCIJ Ul' J IHl ? t |? ? | / v 1 O LU lit ill the conference lias liwonio so great that it will not bo possible for all [ho papers to bo read and discussed in the time provided for the contention. It is unite possible that the conference will be prolonged until Friday evening. In any event, the papers presented will find their way Into the medical journals of the United States, and there is no doubt that much light will be thrown on the subject. The newspapers throughout the United States east of the Kooky mountains now almost daily carry stories of the appearance of pellegnt in various sections of the United States, but always east of the Kocky mountains. From beyond the western slope of the Rookies thus far no report of its appearance has come. The result of the agitation is that instead of scoies of physicians coining to the conference, the medical men will come by the hundreds. The next convention after the one approaching will be a still greater one. Where it will be held will probably be decided at the approaching meeting. For the conference in Columbia next Wednesday and Thursday tribute has already been laid npon the greatest medical minds of not only U ( n n.l ......... vvci j ouuiuri 11 qkuu aim iuun> Northern States, but of Egypt, England, France, Mexico and the West Indies, and the committee in charge is in receipt of several additional papers, together with information of still more from the highest authorities. Dr. James Nevins Hyde of Chicago, one of the greatest authorities on the skin, will be present at all the sessions and will give slide demonstrations of skin disease/* allied to pellagra. The interest the United states marine hospital and public health service is takiiig in the conference is indicated by the following letter, received by Dr. 1 la brock. "Dear Doctor: On account of the great importance of the subject of pellagra and in view of the more extended studies which this service expects to make of the disease, 1 have arranged to have Dr. Held Hunt, chief of the division of pharmacology, and Passed Assistant Surgon John D. Dong of the hygienic laboratory, also attend the conference i on pellagra to be held In Columbia. I trust that you will have a profitable meeting. "Very respectfully, "Walter Wyman, "Surgeon General." Drs. Hunt and Long are detailed In addition to Drs. Kerr and Lavinder, who will read papers. Friday morning Dr. Howard Fox oi mo vanaernnt cunic nixi hkiii and cancer hoBpital, Now York city, arrived in Columbia to make special observations on pellagra cases to complete his paper for tlie* conference. Dr. Beverly R. Tucker, of Richmond, Va., has written that he expects to he in attendance at the national pellagra convention to he held in Columbia next Wednesday and Thursday, and will present sit this meeting a statistical report as far as possible, of all cases of pellagra in Virginia. I)r. Tucker has, at the request of Dr. E. G. Williams, State health officer of Virginia, formulated a set of questions to he sent to all physicians in Virginia who have attended cases of pellagra. From the replies to these questions he hopes to make a comparative report of the Virginia cases at the Columbia meeting. Additional Information will he submitted by Dr. Williams, medical superintendent of the asylum at Kingston, Jamaica, about the recognition of pellagra in that institution. Dr. J. M. Buchanan of the Mis KILLED BY BROTHER shooting in lkxington that pitovki> fatal. The Corouvr's Jury Returned a Verdirt of Accidental Shooting and Kxouerntos Slayer. A dispatch from Lexington says news reached there late Saturday afternoon that Kosk Boozer, a white man about L'S years old. had been shot and Instantly killed by his younger brother. Daly Boozer, at the home oi i ho lormer, about iu miles from Dexington. The killing occurred about f> o'clock and in said to have been an accident. The entire load entered the mouth and face of the unfoitunate man, making a ghastly wound, it is said. Information from the scene of the killing is hard to get and meagre, but it is understtod that Daly Boozer claims that he was cleaning up an old gun when the weapon was discharged. There was no one at the house when the killing occurred except Ross Boozer, his wife and Daly Boozer. It Js said that the woman asserts that the killing was an accident. Ross Boozer had been married only about a year, and is said to have been of a peaceable and quiet disposition. * A later dispatch from Ix'xington says an inquest was held Sunday morning by Coroner B. D. Clarke over the body of Ross Boozer, the young white farmer, who was killed by his brother, Daly Boozer, at the former's home ten miles from Lexington, late Saturday afternoon. The jury returned a verdict of accidental killing. There were only two witnesses sworn at the Inquest, Daly Boozer, who did the shooting, and Mrs. Josie Boozer, wife of the unfortunate man that was killed. ICach swore that the killing was an accident. It sterns from their testimony that Ross Boozer was lying on the floor picking peanuts when he was shot. Daly Boozer was trying to extricate a shell from an old single-barrel breechloader and attempted to breech it, when it was suddenly discharged. The entire load took effect In the mouth, passing downward through the heart, and death was instantaneous. Ross Boozer was buried Sunday afternoon at St. Thomas church, in the Dutch Fork. He leaves a wife but no children. FIXED $05,000 IN TEXAS. Standard Oil Confessed Violation Anti-Trust Laws. At Austin, Texas, the Standard Oil Company of Indiana was Tuesday fined $Gfi,000 in the district court, for the violation of the Texas Anti-Trust Law. The Security Oil Company and the Navarro Refining Company confess cm 1 to having entered into a combine in violation of the Texas Anti-Trust laws and judgment, amounting to about $175,000 was entered against the companion. Forfeit urea ot' charters, permits and ousters from the State will at once he prepared by the court and executed. The su?t3 against the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and the National Transit Company were dismissed without prosecution. The Union Tank Line Company was fined for .the value of sixty-five tank cars of oil, which are now in possession of U>e State. * IHC? LOSS FROM COTTON SKKI). CI em son Hotanist Reports on the Authranose Disease. The report of Rotanist Bnrre, ot Clemson, to Commissioner Watson on the anthranose disease In cotton seed shows that the State is losing $5,000,000 annually, and Georgia $14,500,000 ami that th?' disease is spreading. The remedy is to pick out the? good seed and plant only where there was no cotton crop the year before. Commissioner Watson and those working v,,ih him *ill present a bill to the legislature providing for an inspection of seed along with inspections of other grains to protect farmers. Train Hits Automobile. A dispatch from New York says Dr. William J. Torwilliger and Robert Welch, a real estate dealer, both of Rroowlyn, were instantly killed, and Gilbert Rhodes, a lawyer student of Milton, N. Y., was probably fatally injured when nn automobile in which they wero riding was struck by a Long Island passenger train at Lynnbrook, L. I., Sunday. slssippi asylum at Meridian will con1 tribute a paper on pellagra in his State. Application having boon made to tho State board of health by colored physicians for the privilege of ati tending the conference, State Health Oilieer Williams has decided t<* set unit ft n t^ortlon r?f tho crullorv of the assembly hall at the State Hospital for tho Insane for colored physi. clans, nurses and clergymen. The question of a permanent nati lonal organization for the study of pellagra will he brought up during the conference. * 4s f Bank of A CONWA1 w OipitAl Stock fOepONitu Total Asset* DlllKC J. A. McDermott, J iL T. McNeill, B. G. C ]!: tlebaum, Hal. L. h <f> /|\ The oldeflt Hank in Hon ilk ollna. Associated with, the rii the puHt decade. Our. |>oliry jj the "Independent Republic." I|lj to our customers every . reuse flk tent with sound hanking. We A als, Arms and corporations. 'IS D. A. SI'IVKY. Vice-Hroaident. rt i\K OF ( on wa' m CAPITAL STOCK SURPLU8 UAIilLlTY OF STOCKHOLDERS. SECURITY TO DEPOSITORS DIKHC Robert H. Scarborough H. L. 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I ! i - , Keek Hubstitute for (\>tton. A dispatch from Berlin, Germany, says owing to the high price of cot-j ton the German textile experts have been turning their attention to other fibres that might be used as a sub, stitute. Hecently a spinning company at (ihemltz has .succeeded hi i spinning the fibre contained in the seeds of the Kapok, or silk cotton tree of the tropics. Neutrals think to tread on eggs and break none.?German. , I Conway $ r. s. o. w 9.10,000.00 W 150,000.00 fjk 250,000.00 /K JTORS T no. C. Spivey, D. A lollins, C. P. Quat- jgx tuck, D. A. Spivey. y and a pioneer in Kuatorn CJar- u\ ipid pro^reHK of our County for Mji Imh boon for the upbuilding of With this in view we extend uiublc accommodation coiinih- f|\ bolicit the lucoum* of individu- to 1 HAL. L. BVCK, Cashier. $ ? .. .. ? - > HOHKY, y. 8, C. $ 50 00? 10 00? 50 Ou? 110 000 :i ors W. R. Lewis, W. A. Johnson, Will A Freeman, t on yearly dejxjhita, ttiivr holicL BUCK, MllE A. FBEF.\T '? vice President. .('abhike A MODEL Hl'SBAM). What His (j(H)d Wife Hays About His Good tonalities. Samuel W. Vail Noetran, who was adjudged the "model husband" at the second annual "hubby show," held at the home of Mrs. James Sidney McCullough. of Chicago, has received from his wife credit for being the possessor of all the virtues necessary to make au ideal mate. "Other than possessing the almost super-husband quality of being goodnatured before breakfast," said Mrs. Van Nostran, "my husband allows me to carry the family pocket book and declares, just as if he meant it, that my cooking is so far above 'other s' efforts in the culinary line that there could be no compromise. If that is not glory enough for one woman, I would like to know what is." The complete list of desirable qualities attributed to her husband by Mrs. Van Nostran are: Prompt iu mi-alp, koou emeriainer, ana aaept with the chafing dish, good judge of feminine beauty, generous and kind-hearted, enjoys home more than the club, happiest when among friends. Mr. Van Nostran, who also received the prize for his almost womanly ability to sew on a button is thirtylive years old and has been married nine years. A NEW VARIETY OF COTTON. Which In Declared to be as Good as Sea island. Mr. S. A. Hums, a prosperous Anderson county farmer, has discovered a new and valuable variety of cotton. \b /lit two yearn ago he noticed in one of his fields an unusually large and well fruited stalk of cotton. He watched it all year, and in the fall, when the bolls began to open he saw that they woro very large and that the staple seemed to be of better quality than the rest of the cotton in the field. He carefully picked and seeded all the lint and sent a sample of it to Cloinson College. The college authorities reported that the staple was a new variety to them; that it was equally as good as the Sen Island stnple, and urged Mr. Burns to plant of the seed of the new variety separate from all other cotton, and send them a sample at the end of another year. Mr. Burns did so, and secured enough seed to furnish the Clemson people soino to experiment with it, and to plant some himself. At Clemson this year there is a tenth of an acre planted in the new variety, and Mr. Burns has a somewhat larger tract. The cotton at both places is showing up beautifully. The yield is large, tho bolls being unusually full, and there has ftp parentiy been no falling off in the Htnple. The Clemson people nay the cotton in worth at least 25 cents per pound. They think Mr. Burns has discovered a new variety of upland long staple cotton, and thoy ure expecting great things of It. Mr. Burns says he does not know where the seed same from originally. Ho had bought seed from several different sources that year, and he noticed only one stalk of this particular kind. Ho will know definitely by next fall If the discovery Is of as great a value as the oxperts at Clemson College think It Is. 6 Everything new Is beautiful.?Italian.