The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 15, 1910, Image 4
1 SOOTH'S COTTON
SM Last Season tor Ninety-Five Million
Dollars More Than
THE PREVIOUS YEAR
Although the South Produces Over
Throe Million Hales Less During
Seuson Just dosed, Money Value
Far Surpassed that of Any Other I
Year In History of Country.
That th? value of cotton, which
the South marketed in the commer-1
cial season recently closed, far sur- I
passed that of any previous year in
the history of the country, in spite
of a short crop, was the principal
feature of the annual report put out
Tuesday by Col. Henry G. Hester,
for many years secretary and statistician
of the New Orleans Exchange. J
The money value of the commercial
crop in the season 19 09-10 is
placed at $778,894,000, showing that
while the quantity of cotton marketed
was 3,216,000 bales less than the
previous season, it brought $85,100,000
more. This does not include the
i? anoH. which. if add-|
VitlUO U i. V.\SV?.\S**
ed, would show tho actual wealthproducing
capacity of the Southern
cotton lands for the commercial year
closed to have been $902,894,000, a
gain over 1908-9 of $ 127,1 00,000.
According to complete reports
from both Northern and Southern
milling centres the South for the
ithird cionsecutivo season manufactured
more cotton than the North,
and increased the lead which it held
last season.
Hester's report forms a detailed I
report on the crop which was put out '
at the close of business August 31.
That report placed the crop for 190910
at 10,609,668 bales, a decrease
under that of 1908-8 of 3,215,789,
and under that of 1907-8 of 962,298.
These, Col. Hester says, constitute
the face of the figures, but considering
the falling off in weight, which
averaged 6 63-100 pounds per bale,
there is the equivalent of 13 8,000
hales, or a crop equal to 10,472,000
.bales of last year's weight.
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According 10 Uie rwyui i, uid e>? |
waa good, averaging practically
"strict middling," a bare shade under
last year. The average price of
middling cotton for the year is placed
at 14.37 cents per pound, and the
commercial value of the bales at
73.41, against 49.46 last year, and
68.10 the year before.
The report places the actual
growth at 10,389,000 bales, and says
that a? *he result of the high prices
the interior has practically been
swept clean, farmers having little or
no old cotton left over and Southern
mill stocks having been materially
decreased.
The report on the crop in the principal
States is given an follows in 1
thousands of bales. The this year's
figures are compared to those of last i
year as follows:
Alabama, 1,078 vs. 1,^?8. M
Arkansas, 718 vs. 1,052. Jf
Florida, 66 vs. 751. 1
Georgia, 1,972 \s. 2,118. M
Louisiana, 282 vs. 4 85, I 1
Oklahoma, 566 vs. 704. N
(Mississippi, 1,121 vs. 1,673. |c
North Carolina, etc., 676 vs. 747. m
South Carolina, 1,184 vs. 1,298.
Tennessee, etc., 316 vs. 4 2 6.
Texas, 2,676 vs. 3,18 9.
Total crop, 10,610 vs. 1 3,825. i
Regarding the cotton consump- i
tion by Southern mills the report i
eays: <1
"The spindles in the South num- r\
her 11,683,3 59, including old, idle v
and not complete. Three years ago _
consumption in che cotton States was \)
ahead of the rest of the United
States 2 20,000 bales; last year the R
excess was narrowed to 6 0,000 and f
this year it has again increased to c
170,000. This refers to American i
cotton, h he North used of foreign 0
cotton this your the equivalent in
this year's America, weights of 135,- i;
000 bale?, while the U^uth used the
equivalent of 15,000 but even wiiii j
those added the South is ahead in 'j
both American cotton and for- e
eign cotton to the extent of
60,000 bales. In the South manv ?
mills were experimenting for the first
hirnft with small amounts of East in
dia cotton and, while the aggregate j
was not large, all of 7 4 institutions
used variou.* inscriptions of foreign
against only lit last year."
The consumption of American cot- <
ton by Northern mills, Col. Hester
puts at 2,174 bales, agains, 2,5U'V
000 laet voar. Ke says the aggre- '
gate consumption, North an<* South,
was 4,616,000 i.aies, while <hv used !
16 0,000 bales of foreign cotton, making
a total consumption of all kinds
4,665,000 bales, against 6,2 U,000
last year.
He puts the world's consumption
of American cotton at 11,1/4 000 :
bales, a decrease under last year of
1,383,000 and under the yeai heforo
of 338,000.
In the South Col. Hosier makes
the consumption 218,570 under Inst
year, and 1 is,02'i o?er the year hefore
last. Twenty-stac new nrus are
now building in the Southern States,
with a total of 360,382 spindles aril t
the spindles in the active mills have c
t
MONEY LACKING
NO FUNDS TO EIIKCT THE PUBLIC
BUILDINGS VOTED.
Congress Made No Appropriation
and No New Postoflioes May Be
Built in This State.
The Washington correspondent of
The News and Courier says because
of an inquiry made a day or two
\ aern hv Postmaster Spence, of Char
| lotte, N. C., of Supervising Architect
Taylor, of the treasury, as to
why there was no money forth coming
at the present time for the enlargement
of the present postofflce
building at that place, it has been I
found that although Congress, on
June 18 last, voted to pass a public
building bill, carrying what was supposed
to be a general appropriation
of something like $22,000,000, there
is not a dollar now available for the
construction of new buildings from
such Act.
Ordinarily such actual appropriations
would be made under the "sundry
civil" bill at the opening session
of Congress and the purpose of the
law carried out, but as a matter of
fact, however, nothing has been done
except a favorable consideration of
"authorization," so far as actual
money is concerned, with the exception
of the purchase of sites.
All the towns in North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia
and Florida, and, in fact, elsewhere
In the United States, which
are waiting for work to begin, are
without money at this time, and
may in certain ontingencies be left
high and dry.
Should a panic hit the country this
fall, it is probably that not a dollar
of these authorizations would ever
be seen. It is also quite probable
that if the House goes Democratic,
the Republicans may decide to curtail
expenses and proceed no further
with public buildings until after the
next Presidential election.
If everything goes along quietly
the actual money for new buildings
will probably be voted this winter,
but as yet, there is not a cent available
for any new buildings for which
authorizations were granted at the
last session, peculiar as the situation
may seem.
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ARE GETTING RESULTS.
Over Seven Hundred Dogs Ta%en lTp
in Charleston.
It was reported at the Charleston
dog pound TO ir?day thai a total of
700 dogs had been captured on the
streets the past year, and of this
numiber 616 had been killed. Seventy-three
dogs have been redeemed
by owners, and there are now on
hand at th pound eleven Can nes
awaiting their fate, ehh.?" that of
death or going forth licensed.
This is a very good record. < no
that has not been equal*1 since- the
rlog cacther was instituted in Charleston.
The wagon started out on
its rounds on April 18, and has been
steadily at work since that dat*
S'early 2,000 dog licenses nave neen
>old by tho city tress irer, since the
ictive campaign an^iit the stray
log was taken up, and it is owing
o the good work of rne police, the
lqalth inspectors and of Ih-) dotcatcher
that the results obtained
lave followed.
Schooners Wrecked.
Rigolets, La., on the gulf of Mexco,
reports that the tramp schooners
farewell and Henry M. were wreckn
a severe storm of about an hour's
luration there Friday afternoon,
'he crews were rescued by a fishing
essel. *
>een increased by 4 5 1,568. This,
ie says, is not to the phenomena
bowing recorded year by year beoro
tho panic, but is still an indiation
of progress by the South in
ho direction of manufacturing her
?wn cotton.
Of tho total of 838 mills, 77 5 have
>een in operation, including one e\lusively
on forign cotton, 3 7 were
die and 2 6 in course of construction,
"ho season's consumption was dividid
as follows:
Alabama, 2 10,309; decrease 11
62.
Arkansas 5839, decrease 199,Georgia
5 07,82 7; decrease 45,182.
Kentucky 22,486, decrease 3,804.
Louisiana 10,966; decrease 6,248.
Mississippi 29,241 ; decrease 9,150.
Missouri 1 2,668; decrease 2,158.
North Carolina 682,348; decrease
16,94 7.
South Carolina 650,250; decrease
30,1 02.
Tennessee 70,176; Increase 9 65.
Texas 33,752; decrease 8,70 4.
Oklahoma 2,287; decrease 281.
Virginia 73,124; decrease 4,788.
Total, 2,341,303; net decrease
218,570.
In conclusion Col. Hester points
>ut that the past season lias been
>nly the fourth time in 21 years that
ho annual returns of cotton consum}d
by Southern mills aggregated a
lecreaso. Otherwise, lie says, year by
ear there has been a marked advance
and for no year have -the addi- 1
ions been so great in those immo- 1
liatoly succeeding a decrease. i
FARMERS' UNION
Meet in National Convention at Charlotte
on Last Tuesday.
NEW LIFE AND NEW HOPE
Says President liarrett in IPs Address
I Ins Come to the Farmers
of this Country, Who Are No Longer
Deeeived hy tlie Wily Politici
uns Hunting; Office*
The convention of the Farmers'
Educational and Cooperative Union
of America opened in Charlotte, N.
C., on Tuesday morning, with a
! thousand delegates, representing al(most
every State in the Union, in
at ten dance.
President C. S. Barrett called the
convention to order and Mr. E. R.
Preston made the address of wel.
. *_11 K.. *1.
come, wnicq was lohuwuu uj ?,*.*dress
of welcome on behalf of the
State Farmers' union by Dr. J. M.
Templeton of Cary, N. C. Mr. 13. F.
Montgomery of Colorado responded
to the welcoming addresses on behalf
of the visiting farmers.
Following these talks there were
addresses by different members of
the union on subjects interesting the
Statesmen of agriculture.
The morning's meeting was the
only one that was not executive as
the rest of the three days' meeting
will be behind closed doors.
There have been arranged numerous
entertainments for the visitors i
while in the city and these will be
carried out in the leisure hours.
President Barrett delivered his annual
address today. He said:
'Brethren of the Farmers' Union:
"It is my privilege to greet and
congratulate you at the threshold of
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the greatest business era in me History
of the organized American farmer.
"It has been an aphorism in America
that the farmer was not a business
man. I am here to tell you, and
to tell the nation, that that indictment
no longer holds true. Here and
there the individual farmer has much
to learn concerning business and
business usages, but the important
point is that the leaven is at work,
your shackles are unloosed, past ignorance
is vanishing and the man
who tills the soil in this country is
absorbing with miraculuous rapidity
the lesson that business principles
must be foremost in the management
of his affairs. This change is
epochial in a revolutionary sense.
"The nature of my position has
given me singularly good opportunities
for study and observation in
every State in the Union. And I now
make this statement without reservation.
That in each commonwealth
where the farmers are organized,
and in others where organization is
simmering, there is a new life and
a freshly kindled hope.
"In every State I have Invaded,
the farmer debates today, not so
much the everlasting round of politics,
or the cruelly selfish ambitions
af politicians, but how to make his
acres return the maximum of dollars;
how to make best his own opportunities;
how to furnish the best
opportunities to his sons and daugli
tors; how best to ngnien nis who*
toil; how best to make attractive,
dean, healthful and permanent the
Home that shall shelter them all.
"We have organized State unions
n three States during the past year
?California, Indiana and Virginia.
"Catch the significance of the 11aional
scope shown by these three organizations.
One rests on the Facile,
the other is midway of the coninent,
and the othet rests on the
\t lan tic.
/ilAOfi/1 1> 11 tj ?0?'*T|
1 I1U y l*Cl I JUOl VyJV/OV. VI MHU wxy x. . .
ixed a principle of tremendo \i i:n)ortance
to the American fninuT,
organized or unorganized, to the
\merican publh in general.
"This change was unquestionably
lemonstratu* err experien**.k dur*
ng tiie latest sessions of co a^iess.
For tiie first time ji? the history of
in American farmers' organi/ntiou
tnd I think, for the first time in
fVmerican politics, the lawmaking
body of our country was waited up)ii
.by hona-flde representatives of
the producers of America.
"As an evidence of the determ'naLion
of the organized farmer to punish
indifferent servants and reward
those who have shown their true
colors and abided by them, it is a
well known fact that the Farmers'
union defeated several congressional
candidates and a few senators in various
Southern and Western States.
That is, moreover, merely tne beginning;
of the organization's fight to
secure attention to its demands from
men in public life. In every instance
where defeat was measured out the
men voted against had ample opportunity
to square themselves with
their former constitutents, but failed
to take advantage of it.
"In a number of States where the
Farmers' Union has made itself plain
in asking proper legislation from legislatures,
it lias gotten practically all
it demanded. In other States, for
Instance, Arkansas and Alabama, it
has nover been turned down on a
single one of its requests. I cite this
%
HAD IT EASY
CAPTAIN ENTERTAINED BY OFFICERS'AT
WASHINGTON.
Nothing Was Too Good Until It Was
Discovered He Was Only an Ini
sane Private.
An army of restaurant and hotel
proprietors in Washington, D. C.,
and an equal num>ber of army odlcers
stationed at various posts in the
vicinity of the national capitol are
still puzzling over the way they
were so easily duped by "Capt." Edward
Frank, a private soldier, who
escaped from the Government hospital
for the insane one day last week,
married a pretty girl and lived for
more than 24 hours as a "little brother
of the rich." The restaurant
and hotelkeepers are out considerable
money for cashing bogus
ckecks, while the army officers are
also shy some cash, and in aaamon
their vanity has been considerably
wounded.
Misg Virginia Strouse, of Philadelphia,
who was in Washington visiting
her brother, and whom Frank
took early Wednesday morning as
his wife at Rockville, Md., is heartbroken
over her experience and is
determined ?to have the marriage
annulled on the grounds that Frank
was not capable of entering into the
matrimonial contract.
It now appears that the paroled
inmate of St. Elizabeth's Insane asylum
was lavishly entertained as a
"brother officer" by several officers
at Fort Myer and also at Washington
barracks. Nothing was too good
for either him or his bride of a few
hours, and Capt. Frank, of the Seventh
United States Infantry, was introduced
into the best, army society
of Washington, according to devices
received by the police.
To the army men"Capt." Frank I
talked continuously of his days, at
West Point and of his service in
the Philipines and Cuba during the
Slpanish-American war. lie spoke
of his brother officers at Fort
McPherson addressing them by their
first names. Soaring in aeroplanes,
conducting experiments for the War
department, seemed to be the chief
occupation of "Capt." Frank according
to the stories he told the officers.
AID FOR ORPHANS.
?
Appeal to People for Contributions
on September 24.
The four orphan institutions in
South Carolina supported by religious
denominations are asking thei:
friends for a combined effort on
th^ir h#>h;ilf Saturday, September
24, next. Request is made that ail
friends of these institutions shall devote
the proceeds of wages, salary
or special earnings that day to the
work of supporting the orphan children
of our State. There are about
I 1,000 orphans now being cared for
by these institutions, and it is understood,
of course, that - no money
whatever comes to them from taxation.
They are supported absolutely
and entirely by the free gifts of
the people, and there is a very little
endownment possessed by either
of them. Indeed some have 110 en
downment at all.
If there is a cause that shouid
touch the hearts of the people it is
that which relates to the care -if
destitute orphans. Surely there wHl
be many thousands of people willing
and ready to join in promoting the
plan adopted by the executive heads
of Thornwell Orphanage, Epworth
Orphanage, the Church Home Orphanage
and Connie Maxwell Orphanage.
There will be no joint
collections, nor will funds be united
in any way. Each person may make
a contribution to the institution of
his own choice and may send the
money direct or through his church
or Sunday school. The superintendents
of all the Sunday schools in
the state have been requested to
bring the matter to the attention of
their teachers and pupils, with a request
that they be enlisted in the
work.
One institution in the state of
Georgia last year came inlo about i
$ 1 1.000 as the result of systematic
effort by its constituency on this day. '
It was more than half of the income
of the institution for the entire year. (
It is hoped that something generous
and worthy may he done this year
by South Carolina people for their
denominational orphanages. Such a
cause should speak for Itself and
need no professional advocate.
liAFollette Reelected.
United States Senator Robert LaFollette
has swept the State of Wisconsin
in the primary election
to you as an indication of what
strong organization asserting, its
rights will accomplish, and as a help
to your future guidance.
"Today tho farmer is alive to his
rights and needs. Handed together
in a phalanx that resists tlie assaults
of iittle and of great foes, ho will
enforce tlie one and fulfill the other.
All thn?o vAftrfl flod Almighty.
single-handed, has been helping the
son of the soil. Now the farmer, fulfilling
the Scriptures, is proceeding
to help himself. With God as his
partner he is invincible."
Ifirst natk
A OONWi
? CAPITAL, STOCK
9$ SURPLUS PROFITS
^ TOTAL ASSESTS
T DIIIE4
9S J. A. CMcDermott, John
?B. G. Collins, H. L.
M. Burroughs, C. P. Qi
Successor to the Bank c
jul Horry County, and a pionee
lv allied with the recent <le
/|h Republic. Backed by the
United States Bonds, we are.
W toiuers any reasonable acconi
As H. A. SPIVEY,
$ Cashier.
BANK OJ
Conwa
Has largest capital and surplus of
than the combined capital and surj
CAPITAL STOCK. . ..
SURPLUS
LIABILITIES OP STOOI
SECURITY OF DEPOSI1
DIREi
I Robert B. Scarborough,
H. L. Buck,
George J. Holiday,
We offer our customers every acc
<a a r i I I llictlf XT O ri/1 li/A
, Will jUOlllJT, UUU V V v_
BOBEKT B. SOAK BOH OUGH, I
President.
We continue to pay 5 pt
PROFESSION AL CARDS.
H. H. WOODWARD
Attorney aud Couacelor At Law
CONWAY, 8. O.
R. B. SCARBROUtfH
CONWAY, S. C.
Attorney at Law.
R. H. BURROUGHS
Physician and Sorgeoa
CONWAY, 8. O.
B. WOFFORI) WAIT.
Attorney at La\ a
Bank of Horry Building.
CONWAY, 8. O.
THE WORLDS 6REATEST SEWIN6 MACHINE
HLIGHT RUNNING ^
f ilifc-Y
a a 1 -B \ 1
tf itaii iron! nllhnrn Vlhm 1 In ir SUui H l<> 11 rt>
Shuttle or a Mingle Thread f Chain &titch\ *
Bowing Machine write to
THE NEW HOME 8EWINQ MACHINE COMPANY
Orange, Mass.
Nffany sewing machines arc made to sell regardless Of
Quality, but the New Home is made to weai;
Our guaranty never runs out
hy authorised dealers cslyj
FOR SALE BV J
BURROUGHS & COI^MNS CO?
Conway, H. O.
Killed by Lightning Stroke.
Qulnco Howon, 12-year-old son of
Sid Howon, was killed Sunday afternoon
by lightning at Eastman, Ga.
lie and his little brother wore standing
under a mulberry ttree when
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rtli liutv. i uu ?ii imu irnuriuu i.iiv
other hoy unconscious but it is believed
that they will recover.
Police Inspector Killed.
A native police inspector, Sarat
Chandra, was shot and probably fatally
wounded Friday at Dacca,
British India, where a number of
young Indians aro on trial for conspiracy
against the government. The
assailants of the inspector are
youths of good families.
ONAL BANK | __
LY, S. C. ^
125,oeo.oe ?
2,500.00 <l>
125,000.00 jft
0TOHS: JP
*rfj^
C. Spirey, D. T. McNeill,
Buck, W. It. Lewis, I). SL
lattlebaum, D. A. Spivey. iP
>f Conway, t.he oldest Hank in y -?
r in Eastern Carolina. Close- JjT
velopinent of the Independent QS
Government and secured by
prepared to extend to our cus- jmi
imodations. W
B. G. GOMJN8, A,
President. $
? HORRY,
iy. S, C.
any bank in Horry county. More
plus of all other banks in the county.
$50,000
12.500
(HOLDERS . . . . 50.000
POR8 112,500
CIORS
I). V. RICHARDSON ?
W. A. Johnson,
Will A. Freeman.
i - i i .i
:ommodation which mcir accounts
solicit your business.
). V. Richardson, will a. frrkmah
Vice .f uueidknt. Cashibb.
it cent, on yearly deposits.
-Li*
FIRES IN THE STATE
SPARKS AND LIGHTNING TWO
GltKATIOST OAU8KS.
Some Interesting Dh(a Furniwhod by
Commissioner MA'MftNter on tlie
Subject,
The following was given out Saturday
afternoon (by Oommiubiouer
Md Master:
Fire loss report, January to Sept.
torn her 1, 1910:
Causes:
Ash box on porch 1
Ashes thrown,in yard 1.
Automobile?originated in cranking
machine 1
Burning trash in stove I
Burning trash in yard J
Boiler house 1
Burning soot Z
Coals falling from grate 21
Clothing ignited from open tireplace
4
Conflagration 4
Curtain blowing in fire 1
Combustion of fuel oil 1
Defective flue 4 4
Defective chimney 16
Defective electric wiring 6
Drapery caught from lamp.. .. Z
Explosion of lamp 2.1
Explosion of gasoline 1
Explosion of oil stove 7 J
Explosion of water pipe in stove i
Explosion of overheated turpen
tino 1
Fireworks I
Gas jot 3
Gas escaping from lamp 1
Gasoline light L
Gasoline stove I
Incendiary, 1L
I n picker room 2 L
Instantaneous lieatet L
Ignition of gasoline i
Lighted match or cigar 3
Lightning HL
Leakage in gasoline system.. L t
Metal in machinery 8 j
Ovet.urned candle 3
Overheated smokestack on side
or building 1
Overheated stove t
Proximity of lamp to mirror. . . t
Rubbish heap 1
Rats and matches 18
Sparks on roof 7 0
Sparks from chimney and flue.. 18
Sparks from electric motor in
card room . . - 3
Sparks from open fireplace 2
Sparks from train 3 T
Spontaneous combustion 2
Woods firo . . 2
Water slaking of lime 1
Wind storm 3
Unknown ,, ..470
Total number of fires 858
Estimate of actual losses:
January $ 26,699.04
' February 1 00,330.24
March 1 1 3,888.3 6..,
April 131,718.74
(May 76,520.02
June 33,154.73
July 180,4 59.87
'August 71,327.96 ?
Estimate of actual loss. .$734,099.86
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Tom atson tried to tell am Atlanta
audience tho other night that
it wii8 hell ward bent and it hissed
him off tho stage. Served him right.