The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 07, 1911, Image 9
ASKED JO FIGHT
Letter Frtm Secretary Rtid to PresiJeat
?. Barrett A beat Piicei.
WANT HIM TO HELP THEM
There jls No Reason For .Lower
Prices of Cotton, and It is Expected
that the Early Estimate Will
I>eiiioiistrate ttie Fact That No
Huge Crop Will lie Made.
The State says Secretary Iieid of
the South Caroliua Farmers' Union
Monday addressed a letter to Charles
^ S. Barrett, president of the National
Farmers' Union urging that he assist
in the campaign that has been
inaugurated to impress upon the
farmers of the South to market the
cotton crop in a conservative manner.
"We do not believe,'' says Secretary
Held, "that there are any good
reasons for lowering prices than the
average for the past season, if our
farmers and business men will market
the crop in a conservative manner."
^ A letter has been addressed by
Secretary Reid to the secretary of
every county union in the State asking
for an accurate estimate on the
crop for this year
# Following the action of E. D.
Smith of South Carolina, in the Unit
ed States Senate, It Is expected tnat
an estimate on the crop will soon bo
furnished by the United States department
of agriculture.
The following is the letter to President
Barrett:
"To Charles Barrett, president
National Farmers' union, and the
State president of the Farmers' union,
and the commissioners of agriculture
in the cotton belt:
"The Sumter county unio.i directed
us to have a conference with the
Sumter Chamber of Commerce the
best way to secure concert of action
between the farmers and the allied
business interests to maintain a fair
price for their cotton.
"From informaiton laid before
0 our recent conference by members of
the chamber of commerce and by
^ members of the Farmers' union, covering
a wide area in this section, we
think that the prospects have been
greatly exaggerated, and we sent a
joint telegram to Senator E D. Smith
to call on Secretary Wilson for immediate
investigation; and we are
sending similar reports to all chambers
of commerce, commissioners of
^ agriculture and State presidents of
the Farmers' Union in the cotton
for thorough investigation
through our own agencies of the condition
of the cotton crop, to be reported
to our national president and
back to lis, that we may have the
true condition upon which to base
our idea of a fair price. We do not
believe that there are any good rea0
sons for lower prices than the average
for the past season, if our farmrs
and business men will market the
crop in a conservative way. But if
our people become stampeded, a panic
will result and there is no telling
where the price will go before we
recover from the shock We have
taken this action jointly because we
w believe the legitimate business lntests
of the South should be indis8olubly
allied in maintaining a fair
just price for cotton; and we take
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pleasure in cuiiiuieiiunie w ....v. v..
bers of commerce and the farmers'
unions throughout the cotton belt
^ the hearty accord that exists between
our farmers and bankers and commercial
interests generaly In Sumter
county.
"Over wide areas In this state the
drought is not yet broken and the
cotton is literaly burning up. The
few farmers who are blessed with
good crops are as about one to 100
that are below the average.
"Asking your immediate and hearty
cooperation, we remain,
Yours respectfully,
f "E. W. Dabbs.
"President Sumter County and President
S. C State Union.
J. iM\ Brogdon,
"County and State Business Agent.
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^ Uavo tn lffiul Water.
A dispatch from Lexington says
although there have been showers
from time to time in most sections
of the country rains that have fallen
seem to have nad but little effect
upon the wells and water
courses, and, as a consequence, hundreds
of farmers are hauling water
for miles to their stock.
flagged Old Man Rich.
A man apparently 80 years old,
decrepit and ragged, who has been
wandering around the streets for
several days, was taken to the Chicago
avenue police station Tuesday,
where $7,000 was found on his person.
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^ Burned by Forest Fires.
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Advices rrom nuumA, * *.
that millions of feet of fine timber
were destroyed by forest fire Thirtythree
dwellings and two lumber mills
are In ashes at Clyde River.
Patent to Carolinian.
Will Stevenson, of Bennettsville,
has been granted a patent for a rotary
explosive engine by the U. S.
Patent Office at Washington.
WANTS PRICE FIXED
SHOULD GET TWELVE AND HALF
GENTS FOIt COTTON.
A Prominent Georgia Farmer Tells
How It Can be Done, ami Wants
Union to, Do It.
Afr. John Bostwlck, of Bostwlck,
Ga., a prominent farmer of that
State writes as follows to the Atlanta
Constitution:
Editor Atlanta Constitution:
A demand of a minimum price of
twelve and a half cents per pound
for the cotton crop of the South
ali/milrl fhfl alncan of pvai'V South
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eriior, and an organized effort on the
part of the farmers, bankers and
merchants of the South should at
once be Inaugurated with the object
In view not to sell the growing
crop for less than that price.
The present crop which we are
agreed will be around 14,000,000
bales, If sold for twelve and a half
cents, or better, would bring about
the most prosperous condition the
South has ever experienced; on the
other hand, if the crop is put on the
m<irlrnt jih erathered. there will be a
glut In the market, and the price will
go down to eight or nine cents per
pound.
With this condition there will be
no profit to the grower, small deposits
with the banks, poor trade for the
merchant and consequently stagnation
in all lines of business.
Therefore it is to the interests of
every Southern man to do all he can
to aid the farmer in securing a fair
and reasonable price for his cotton,
which is the South's money crop, and
on which depends the prosperity or
adversity of her people.
I hold that twelve and a half
cents per pound is a reasonable price
and that while the spinners or tne
world would like to buy it for less
they would make a good fight at the
price indicated and would take it at
that price if the growers demand It
I suggest that C. S. Barrett, president
of the Farmers' Union (the
members of which organization
raise probably 4 0 per cent of the cotton
of the South), should see at once
that his union fix the price of the
present crop at not a cent less
than twelve and a half cents per
pound. This done, I feel certain
that the non-union farmers, supply
merchants, and bankers, through
state conventions, would endorse the
action of the farmers' union, and
would lend all their influences to
maintain that price..
I note the fact that the speculators
are selling cotton for September, October
and November delivery in New
York for a fraction over eleven cents
per pound. Now we know they have
no cotton to sell, and are expecting
to buy cotton for less than that price
to deliver to these contracts, if the
buyers demand the cotton
The world should be put on notice
now, that the cotton growers of the
South are not growing any eleven
cent cotton, and that they are going
to demand at least twelve and a half
cents for the present crop and put a
stop at once to the speculator selling
it for less.
The present crop has been raised
on the idea that it would bring
twelve and a half to fourteen cents
per pound. Supplies have been
bought, money borrowed, laborers
employed at high wages, all with
this idea, and if it is sold for less
there would he little profit.
Conceding that the spinners have
made very little money in the manufacture
of the 1910 crop, for which
they paid about fourteen and a half
cents, yet they used the entire crop
at that price, and as they have become
accustomed to working on close
margins, I feel satisfied that they
can make a nice profit in the manufacture
of the present crop at twelve
and a half cents per pound.
While I know they would like to
buy for less, I am satisfied that they
will pay that price mighty quick if
they are convinced that the growers
are demanding it, and that they are
backed in this demand by an organized
effort of the entire business interest
of the South.
The necessity for quick action in
this matter is evident from the fact
that the present crop is now beginning
to come on the market, and
from the further fact that if this plan
is adopted, the banks of the south
will have to furnish considerable
money on warehouse receipts and j
they should be given time to makej
the necessary money arrangements.
The plan is altogether feasible
and practicable to my mind, for the
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cessity for any cotton to go on the
market "before October 1, as there
are no obligations for supplies or
mcney, to make crops maturing before
that date If no cotton is marketed
In September I am satisfied
that It will bring twelve and a half
cents by October 1.
If farmers who have bought supplies
on credit, and borrowed money
to make their crops, will put cotton
gathered in September in the warehouse,
get warehouse receipts, turn
these receipts over to their supply
merchant, the supply merchants who
have borrowed from the banks, could
put up these cotton certificates with
the banks and renew their notes thirty,
sixty or ninety days, or until the
spinners need the cotton at twelve
and a half cents per pound.
Not to agree on thie plan, or some
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TAFT TRYING TO TRIM
SHIP FOR POLITICAL STORM HE
SEES COMING.
He Wants A Progressive Republican
as a Running Mate in Place of the
Standpatter Sherman.
President Taft has made it known
that he does not want "Sunny Jim"
Sherman for a runnin mate next year.
Sherman believes in a high tariff. He
wants it sky high?higher even than
the Payne-Aldrich law?and says so,
openly, brazenly, without equivocation.
His high tariff courage is equal
to Cannon's. He doesn't dodge an
inch. And President Taft, who
signed the Payne-Aldrich law, the
highest tariff law ever passed in this
country, and who recently used his
veto power to save those high rates
from the slightest cut, is through
with Sherman.
"Sunny Jim" from the Taft standpoint,
makes the mistake of being
openly sincere. To sign a high tariff
bill, at the behest "of men who
know exactly what they want," is
one thing. To blab about the country
that you believe in such a law is
quite a another matter. Between Mr.
Sherman's tariff's words, and Mr.
Taft's tariff's acts, there isn't a particle
of difference, yet the President
wants no more of the present vice
president.
if ia wr?11 Vnnwn Hint i\1t. Taft.
would like very much to have Senator
Cunnnins on the tk.ket next year
for the vice presidency. The Iowa
insurgent has little use for Mr. Taft.
In his speeches in the Senate, and
about the country, Senator Cummins
has said all the hard things he could
think of about the Taft failure to
keep campaign promises of revision
downward. He has even made his
political contempt for the President
a personal issue, and for months he
refused to go near the White House.
Mr. Taft is well aware of these things
yet he would gladly have Senator
Cummins for a running mate.
Senator Cummins preaches and
practices tariff revision downward.
Along with LaFollette, Murdock and
the other insurgents he fought, as
best he could for the principle that
the Republican campaign promise of
tariff revision downward was made
to be kept. Mr. Cummins has been on
the side of the people. He is popular
and if he were on the ticket many
voters would doubtless remember the
honest, hard fight he made for rer
vision downward. And while they
were remembering Mr. Cummins'
fight for real tariff revision many
probably would forget that Mr. Taft
nullified that fight. Upon that theory
is built the Taft desire to have
Senator Cummins for a running
mate.
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FOUGHT TO THE DEATH.
A Ileal Bull Fight Takes Plaoe in
Streets of Atlanta.
A dispatch to the Greenville Daily
Piedmont says one of that city's principal
thoroughfares has been the
scene of a real bull fight. Not a
prearranged affair like the ones In
the bloody Spanish and Mexican arenas
where thousands pay their good
pesos to witness a fray. But still a
very bloody bull fight took place.
There were no matadors or cicadors
or pretty senoitas, bedecked
with gaudy colors, cheering on the
victim from boxes, but instead about
one thousand Atlanti'ans of every
class gathered at a safe distance and
watched two giant bulls battle to
death.
The animals were being fed from a
stock yard to a slaughter pen, when
suddenly they became enraged at
each other. Casting aside their
keepers, the bulls made at each other.
In the middle of Edgewood avenue
they fought for a half an hour,
blocking traffic, autos, trolley cars,
ntn whiln n thousand neo
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pie gathered. The street was as any
Mexican arena, while one of the animals
killed its opponent and then
sank beside the body to die, himself a
victor.
Tiiirge Inheritance Tax.
A dispatch from St. Paul, Minn.,
says I.Mrs. Russell Sage will be required
by Attorney General Simpson
and Assistant Attorney General
Weeks to pay an inheritance tax
on all her Minnesota lands held under
contracts of sale It is believed
'the tax will amount to nearly $600,000.
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Morroecan Question Unsettled.
The Moroccan question which has
been causing uneasiness in diplomatic
circles of Europe for sometime
is yet unsettled. A dispatch from
Paris says Premier Calllux is taking
counsel of the best diplomatic and
political wisdom of France during
tbese days of uncertainty in the Moroccan
negotiations with Germany.
other plan, by which the present cotton
crop will yield a profit to the
cotton producers of the South, would
be, to my mind, the greatest mistake
imaginable.
Hoping that some action will be
taken in this matter immediately, I
am yours for southern progress and
prosperity. John Bostwick. (
Bostwick, Ga., August 16, 1911
STAND UP FOR RIGHTS
WATSON WILL AID IN THE CAMPAIGN
FOR THE FARMERS
Taking Steps to Help JThem Demand
Justice and Get a Full Price
For their Cotton.
Commissioner E. J. Watson, in
common with other Southern commissioners
of agriculture, is pressing
the campaign for the proper
handling of the cotton crop and seeing
that every legitimate effort is
made towards getting a full price for
cotton.
The following correspondence explains
itself:
State of Georgia,
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, Ga. August 3 G, 1911.
IHon. E. J. Watson, Commissioner
of Agriculture, Columbia, S. C.?Dear
Sir: The Depression has been created
throughout the country that
the cotton crop this year is going to
be the largest ever made. This im
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-pru??iuu iiuis ttjrvuu^ ii<tii Lite rut^i
of lowering the price of cotton and
will carry it much lower, unlesi
something is done 10 put the world
on notice that the crop is not such a
/arge one as they would have you
think.
I know that the crop has deteriorated
very much in the past month or
six weeks, and, from what 1 hear,
the same is true in your State.
I think an effort should be made
at once to first disabuse the minds of
the people about the size of the cotton
crop and then get the farmers all
over the South to hold a sulliciency
of their cotton to prevent the price
from being forced down to where it
will mean starvation to the farmer.
I believe that the Southern States
commissioners of agriculture should
meet at some convenient point within
the next two weeks and ask all
farmers in the cotton States, especially
the Farmers' Union to join us
it* this cause for a widespread movement.
I would be glad for you to
write to the President of the Association
of Commissioners of Agriculture
of the Southern States, at
once and ask him to confer with the
Farmers' Union and other farmers,
with a view of calling this meetinig
at as early date as practicable, and
suggest in your letter that the President
name the time and place of
meeting, after conference with the
nf the Farmers' Union in the
cotton states.
If this meets with your approval,
which I am sure it will, I would be
glad for you not to delay in this matter,
but take it up at once.
I am this day writing a similar letter
to each of the commissioners of
agriculture of the Southern States.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) T. G. Hudson,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Commissioner Watson's reply
reads:
August 18, 1911.
Hon. T. G. Hudson, Commissioner
of Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga. M.v Dear
Sir: I am in receipt of yours of Aug^
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IIJSL J 1), iflHl UCJi LU Bil^ l iku uiUKTi 1110
circumstances I think that your suggestion
for a joint meeting in regard
to this matter to be under the call
of the president of the Association of
of the commissioners of Agriculture
for the Southern States, is an admirable
one, and I am today writing the
president of the association endorsing
the contents of your circular letter
and the suggestion made therein
and urging -that the matter be under
take immediately. I thik we ought
taken go a little further however and
notify warehousemen, and particularly
presidents of local banks to participate
in this meeting, for with the
nmo 11111. of monev now in the local
banks of the South, which is largely
due to efforts of the Southern farmer,
to my mind, these banks ought
to join hands with the farmer and
render him such material aid as will
enable him to hold his crop in the
warehouses and not be forced to rush
it to market with consequent demorilizatlon
of price.
In this matter the Southern people
will have to help themselves and for
the first time in history our banks
banks are in a position to render
most substantial aid in a matter that
involves their own future and prosperity
as well as that of the masses
of our people. Very truly yours,
E. J. Watson,
Commissioner.
Other letters alonig the same line
and bearing on the cotton crop read:
Mr. E. W. Dabbs, President, State
Farmers' Union, Mayesville S. C. My
Dear Mr. Dabbs: I beg to acknowledge
the receipt of your communication
in reference to the cotton crop
situation and beg to say that it will
afford me great pleasure to do any
and everything in my power to aid in
the accomplishment of the result desired.
I trust that Senator Smith
will succeed in getting the depart
ment of agriculture to give an intelligent
estimate of the crop's condition
and get it at once, in order that
part of the damage that has been
done might be repaired. I deem it
of the greatest importance that the
farmers be urged in season and out
of season to hold their cotton as long
as possible this season, and not to
rush it to market, and that the commercial
interests of our (several
towns,?I mean by this the banking
interests?assist them in such a substantial
way as to enable them to do
VETERANS GATHER
OLD IIKKOKS OF LOST CAUSE
MEET AGAIN IN COLUMBIA.
The Reunion Opened Tuesday With
Enthusiasm?Many Speeches Were
Made to the Old Gray Veterans.
The white-haired men who represent
all that remain of the strength
and skill of the Confederacy, the
gray uniforms, the tattered flags and
the Southern red and white which
the sponsors are wearing, it seems
that all these have had a stronger appeal
at the reunion at Columbia,
which opened Tuesday than ever before,
and have put Columbia more
completely than ever before in the
hands of the Confederate veterans.
The theatre was packed for the
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opening session i uueuiljr II1UI inn;;.
The "bald head" row extended right
straight on back to the very doors,
for the entire orchestra was given over
to the men of thinned and thinning
locks; the balcony and even the
gallery were crowded, and upon the
stage were assembled the command<
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vision with staff; tho commanders
of the two brigades and their staffs;
the sponsors and the maids of honor;
the officers of the South Carolina
division, Sons cf Veterans, and the
speakers of the occasion.
The appearance of CJen. C. Irvine.
Walker, commander in chief of the
United Confederate Veterans, was the
signal for an outburst of applause
from the audience The presence in
tho hall of Gen. Walker was announced
by Robert W. Shane., presiding
as chairman of the executive
committee, who requested the distinguished
guest of the reunion to
come forward and take his place at
the front of tho stage.
When Lieut. Col. F. 0. C. Curtis,
D D., division chaplain, had invoked
the divine blessing upon this reunion
Mr. Shand welcomed the old soldiers
and the Sons of Veterans in behalf of
the veterans of Columbia, and the
orchestra, striking up a medley of
Southern airs, set to music the words
of welcome and made the visitors at
home.
Introduced by 'Mt. Shand the mayor
of Columbia, W. Hamilton Gibbee
then in cordial greetings turned ov*v,^
An. tn tho harnps
v1 Hit? IICVY W1U llil/iu cvr vajiv v
of 50 years ago and of today. On behalf
of the Sons of veterans then
Francis H. Weston came forward
and extended cordial greetings
and welcome to "the hallowed bands
of Confederate veterans."
Judge Robert Aldrich. of Barnwell,
an old veteran was the orator of the
day. His subject was: "Why did
the South Fail to Establish Her Independence
" He analyzed the situations
at Shiloh, at Fredericksburg,
at Chancellorsville, at the Wilderness
and at Spottsylvania court house
to show that the South had victory
well within grasn. Then he returned
to the question, Why did not the
South succeed? Col. Aldrich gave
his answer to the problem in this
sentence, with which he concluded
his speech: "When you look back
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ana weign me lnuucuces ?nu ?imotions
and conditions," said he, with
an earnestness which seemed to he directed
at each old soldier individually,
"I tell you that no Yankee beat
you?God beat you!" And thus he
voiced the belief that the outcome of
the war?the surrender of the South
was the working out of the Divine
will?the decree of Providence. Col.
Aldrich was applauded to the echo.
Automobile Accident.
A man named Pruett of Hondersonville
was killed and a woman and
one other members of the party of
four, louring to Greer from Hendersonville,
were hurt, when Pruett lost
control of his automobile, between
Sandy Flat and Locus, Greenville
county, early Tuesday, the heavy car
running into an embankment and
turning over.
so.
I am today wiring the Secretary of
Agriculture of the United States department,
joining in the request that
Senator Smiiii has made in behalf of
your movement. Anything else that
T can do will be cheerfully done if
you will kindly advise me as to what
you desire. Very truly yours,
E. J. Watson,
Commissioner.
August IS, 1011.
Dr Tait. Butler, President, Southern
States Association of Com mis*
sioners of Agriculture, Raleigh, N.
C.?'My Dear Sir: At the suggos
tlon of the lion. T. G. Hudson, commissioner
of Agriculture, of the State
of Georgia, I am writing to officially
indorse the ideas expressed in his
letter, a copy of which you have no
doubt received, and to join in the request
that a special meeting of the
Association and the allied interests
be called at an early date I would
further suggest, however, that al\
warehouse men and local bankers be
also Invited to participate in this
gathering, for we people in the South
have reached the point now where all
of our interests must combine to afford
the fullest protection to our
greatest staple crop, and to my mind,
tho bankers of the South are now In
such financial condition as to afford
invaluable aid?a class of aid without
which nothing practical can be
done. Yours very truly,
E. J. Watson,
Commissioner.
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THEY ARE GLAD
People of New Mexico sad A izcia
Grateful to the D mocrats
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WILL VOTE WITH THEM
?
Telegrams to Washington Indicate
Tiiat the People of These Two Territories
Are Pleased That the
States AVere Created Kven at the
Expense of the Itccall.
A special dispatch from Washlng|
ton to The State says it is the opinion
of !M*r. Flood, chairman of the
house committee on territories, that
both Arizona and New Mexico will bo
solidly Democratic. The resolution
as signed by the President is identical
in every particular with the Flood
resolution which passed the house
May 2 3 and the senate August 8, and
was veioeci oy tno president August
15, except, in accordance with the
views of the president's veto message,
it requires the people of Arizona
to eliminate the recall of the judiciary
from their constitution be-fore
that territory can be admitted as
a State.
The pasage of this resolution is a
triumph for Mr. Flood, as there was
considerable opposition on the Democratic
side of the house to yielding
to the president in any particular
in reference to it. The original Flood
resolution was regarded as absolutely
fair to both States
It. proposed changes in both the
New Mexico and Arizona constitutions
but. submitted these changes to
the people of the respective territories
at. the election which are to be
held for the elecion of county and
State officers and members of congress;
in other words, the people
were allowed to vote as their convictions
dictated upon these questions
without reference to its effect upon
Stathood. Mr. Taft's veto requires
the perple of Arizona to vote in a
particular way. They could get
Statehood if they voted for an amendment
to their constitution, which met
those views; if they did not they
were denied statehood.
Mr. Flood and his committee took
the position that while the action of
the president was arbitrary, the interests
of the territories demanded
that under existing conditions they
yield to the president and get the
Statehood resolution passed. This
was done after a warm discussion in
the house Saturday, and today the
president signed the resolution. As
indicative of the sentiment in Arizona
upon this question, Speaker Clark
received the following telegram:
"The Democratic party of Arizona
is eternally grateful for the statesmanlike
action of the Democrats of
house and senate in passing the Flood
resolution. The responsibility for nullifying
it is now on the president
alone We now earnestly beg you If
the bill can not pass both houses over
his veto to amend the Flood resolution
in the single particular of
making the elimination of the iudic
iary recall mandatory and pass it
again before the special session ends.
The president's action, following the
stand the Democrats took for Arizona
relievos the Democratic party of
any responsibility for the coercion,
and Arizona will go overwhelmingly
Democratic. The people of Arizona
and the Democratic party earnestly
petition 3011 thus to give us Statehood.
(Signed) "J. P. Dillon, Chairman
Territorial Democratic Central
Coaiittee; attests: J H. Robinson,
Secretary."
Mr Flood said:
"A good many Arizona and New
Mexico people have been here and
they assert that the fight made by
the Democrats upon the statehood
bill will insure both of these new
States to the Democratic party. Arizona
is certainly Democratic, and
every indication now is that New
Mexico will go also the same way.
Indeed, it was through the attitude
of the Republicans in endeavoring
to prevent Statehood was due to the
fact that they realized that both of
these states would elect Democratic
electors in 191 2.
Native Charleston inn Dead.
The Rev. Dr. Edward O. Clavius
Flagg, said to have been New York's
oldest preacher, is dead at his homo
there, lie was born at Charleston,
S. C., eighty-six >eara ago, and was
for fifteen years assistant rector at
Grace Church, from which he resigned
20 years ago. His latter days
were devoted to composing poems
and delivering lectures.
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Town Marshal Sliofc^
Robert Chasten, city marshal of
Ullin, 111., was shot and killed by
iint/lnntitiAil nnPOAIKi Ufl with AY i 1 ?
liam Farrell of Cobden, 111., who was
fatally wounded, was in a saloon
when two shots were tired through a
window. Four negroes who are believed
to have some knowledge of the
crime were later arrested.
Fatal Auto Flunge.
F. H Martin, of Stockton, Cal.,
was instantly killed and Ave persons
were seriously hurt In an automobile
accident (Monday night when the car
turned ov^r a thirty-foot embankment.