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VERY SAD TALE '? Wmhi Tells B?w She Mel ud MiniK <i Her Bad Cbiiese Haibatd. SHE WAS BIS TEACHER U'aH Once a Missionary, and Worked Among the Chinese Before Her Marriage to Charlie Bong, Who Now Deals in Opium and Made Her Dead Immoral Life. rinvArnmpnt officials recently raid ed four shops in the Chinese quar-I ^ ' ters of Newark, N. J., and seiz-! ed six thousand dollars worth of crude opium. The raid followed the Federal agents' arrest of a Chinaman on a ferryboat going from Jersey City to New York Friday night; he had $1,500 worth of opium in a suit-case. Four Chinamen, one Cliarlie Song, and an American woman, Mrs. Charlie Song, were taken, hut Mrs. Charlie Song was permitted to go free. It is hinted that the first arrest and 0 the raid were made possible by information she gave. Mrs. Song declared she is weary of "the life of white slavery" she has been leading to which Charlie 4r Song forced her to descend after she had been a Methodist missionary among the Chinese of Newark. She charged, too, that Song has been trying to poison her recently; that he forced her to eat butter which, judging from its effects, she thinks was poisoned. In a shop, No. 15 Lafeyatt.e street, and in three others in what is known as the Chinese Arcade, in an alley oft Mulberry street, they arrested Hat Ling, a merchant, aged twenty-five, who claimed a residence in New York; Charlie bum, forty-six; Charlie Song, fifty-seven, and Ming On, twenty-nine. Charlie Song and his white wife were at No. 2 Arcade. In all four shops opium was found in cans that had paid duty when originally imported full of opium, and 4 had .been properly stamped by the V Government. More than two hundred and fifty such cans that had been used and empty were found in the cellar of one of the shops raided. The Federal law forbids refilling the cans under a heavy penalty. United States Commissioner Jones held Ling, who is said to be the ringleader of a gang of opium smugglers, AO AAA in $2,500 bail, the others in $z,uuu lk. bail each. The woman way not taken to court. Mrs. Charlie Song said her maiden name was Mabel A. Weis, that she is the daughter ol" a prosperous farmer of Washington, Wiarren County, N. J She married a man named Wayton, who died four months later. Then she went to Newark and joinv ed the Centenary Methodist Episco" pal Church, one of the leading Methodist churches of the city. She said she took up misisonary work among the Chinese pupils of the church's branch Sunday school There she met Charlie Song seven years ago; he was intelligent and ^ seemed particularly anxious to be taught religion, and, incidentally ^ English. She fell in love with him and listened more readily to his importunities to marry him, because, she said, she hoped to accompany him to China, and with his aid to find larger fields for her missionary work. The Rev. George II. Dowknott, No. ^ 9 0 Madison street, this city, married her to Song in 1905, Mrs. Song said. ISong had professed Christianity and for several months they traveled together doing missionary work. Then Sons opened a tea store in Newark; quickly reverting to paganism, his wife said, and made a. slavo of her to be disposed of as he saw fit to his friends and customers, lie cause she rebelled he tried to poison her, she believes. j 4 PICKON FHOM COLUMBIA. "Homed" for St. Louis, but (iocs to New York City. j A St. Tvouis dispatch says the carrier pigeon which flew in an apartment at No. 226 West Seventh-eight street, New York, was released at Columbia, S. C. The pigeon belongs to Frank Stoney, a St. Louis commercial traveller. He brought the; bird 011 his trip South and released it when he reached Columbia. Frank N. Sohus, No. 594 8 Houston place, aaid the bird was "homed" for St. Louis and probably became lost owing to storms or rapid changes in the air currents. He declared Stoney frequent took tho pigeon on his trips and "homed" it to St. Louis. In each Instanco the bird reach there safely. ? ^ Give a Helping Haml. When you pull down the town in ^ which is your home, you are pulling down yourself, and when you build up you are building up yourself and your neighbor. Try and banish from your mind the mistaken idea that all good things are away off in some ther locality. Give your town all the praise it can legitimately bear. It certainly will do "you no harm and will cost you nothing; and above all patronize your home institutions? including the newspapers. v y / RAISE ONE BALE LESS TO WHAT EXTENT WOULD THIS EFFECT EACH FARMER. It Would Meun Entailed Riches for a Year and a Little Less Work For All. Hhca Hayne, in the Georgia-Carolina Agriculturist and Weekly Augusta Chronicle, gives the cotton farmer something to think about in an article in the la^t issue of that excellent publication. Here is what he says and we would commend its perusal to every farmer: If you were to grow just one bale less of cotton what would the result be to you individuall? That is a question of paramount importance to the cotton grower. If it were answered right the result would be astounding to the average farmer. It would mean entailed riches for a year and a little less work. Yet the farmers of the South are now in position to 4 >" f Ko/1 trt-nurn fllcf nno UUL UO 11 Hie/ iiau villi J uvv V..V < less of cotton. The holding of one | bale to the plow would send the price of the fleecy staple soaring skyward and there would be general rejoicing throughout the country. Even if the growers had to> hold on to the extra bale until after next season there would be no cause for complaint. They could just plant one bale less for the next crop and the world would await open-eyed for the difference. Of course, it is folly to talk about holding back a whole crop of cotton. The farmer who doesn't owe money and has no cause to sell his cotton may keep it with propriety, but the planter who is duty bound to sell some of his crop in order to meet obligations should not menace his standing by failing to sell at the present prices. The world is ready and willing to pay the price that the grower demands provided the grower is in position to enforce his demand. V-." " ..liint/m i ll Hiq otHtlulo O f J IJIJ JJ IU <1 piUll I<V1 ill LIK, UI.bll.UUW ? . seeking a buyer instead of demanding a price and the situation is very much changed indeed. The question of growing a cotton crop is now one of the biggest in the country. The north and South and east are at last coming to understand each other and according to the opinion of a leading Southern authority the world is now willing to concede the South's superiority in this matter and willing 10 help the cotton belt advance. It now remains for the planters themselves to demonstrate their willingness to go forward in the scale of progress. The world is daily reaching out to people who will help themselves and there is no doubt but that a new regime will soon be instituted in the cotton belt. Every year at this season something is started to show more clearly that the farmers of the South espec l_.?~ _1 1J nHnntiAn /-w ia11y Hiiuuiu y,i vt; IJIUIC at luiiuwu i growing the things that are needed at home. If the average farmer were to set out and grow just one bale less of cotton and put the same amount of work on the home crops there would be immensely more profit in the transaction. The soil would he enriched and The whole community at interest would take new courage from such action. There is little doubt but that the whole country would soon feel the immeasurable benefit from this action. The course of the cotton planter has too long been directed in one channel and now is the eminently proper time for them to make a change. One of the best movements that can be started now is to inaugurate a great grain planting campaign in the South. With the turn of po1,11 * 1 ? ? ??/\P f /\ t A JlLlC'ill 111 lie 11111 i" I \y ill i uici uni;c iu tiiv/ stitution in Canada by which it is assured that the grain of (he great northwest cannot get into this country free of duty, there will be a rise in food stuffs, including corn, grain of all kind, hay and meat. The cotton farmer under the present system is a consumer and purchaser of these products and not producer enough to supply his own home demand much less that of his home community. When these products have to be purchased, especiallly at the prices that will prevail hereafter and have been prevailing for years, there is no hope for him to make any material progress without growing enough crops of the kind he needs at home. The average cotton farmer can produce hay and grain just as cheaply as the richest lands of the middle west, and maybe cheaper. The only thing for them to do is to learn this fact. Learn it and begin to practice it and the South will make even greater material advancement than it has made in many years. When the farmers commence to grow grain they will start out to growing livestock. They, will raise more mules and horses and do other kinds of farming that is sure to bring the desired'results. Land will be enriched and there will bo universal advancement noted on. every side. All these things seem impossible to the layman's eye until lie goes out and digs up facts and figures. When the cold reality of the situation dawns upon the farmers there will bo great changes made. The cost system?figuring out how much more it costs to purchase a ton of hay, or a bushel of corn than it does to grow it, will be conclusive enough. You figure out the sum total and watch the result in the figures. Fig SAYS BIG CROP Oepartaeit $f Agricallnrc hsats Bearish Rtptrt Abont CttUa. CROP IS BIG IN TEXAS The Government Agricultural Ofll. . cials Again Guessing at the Size of the Cotton Crop, Claiming Now That it Is Nearly Fourteen Mil lion Hales. The cotton crop of the growing season of 1911, which early in the year, gave indications that it would be one of the largest in the history of the industry, will approximate 13,868,337 bales of 500 pounds or about 200,000 bales more than the record of 1904. This, says a report from Washington, was indicated by the final condition report of the department of agriculture on Monday at noon which showed the crop to be 71.1 per cent of normal on September 25. While there were declines in the condition in most States there was an improvement of 2 per cent, in Texas and 1 per cent, in North Carolina. With ?in indicated yield of 195 pounds to the acre, as unofficially estimated from Monday's condition figures, and the planted area, the 19 11 crop undoubtedly will go doun as the biggest on record. The estimated production of cotton, based on the condition figures of Monday's report shows the crop of Texas to be almost 1,000,000 bales more than last year. Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi showed good increases, while South Carolina showed a decrease. The estimated production, reckoned by the department of agriculture official method from the crop reporting board's condition figures with comparison of last year by States follows: 1911. 1910. Virginia. . . . 17,400 14,815 North Carolina 729,600 726,850 South Carolina 1,121,800 1,1 91,929 Georgia. . . .2,078,200 1,820,61 0 Florida. . . . 74,000 60,049 Alabama. . . .1,373,800 1,223,285 Mississippi. . .1,420,800 1,306,668 Louisiana. . . 489,400 255,733 Texas 4,156,300 3,172,488 Arkansas. . .1,019,100 8 4 7,87 4 Tennessee. . . 3 4 8,700 3 4 9,470 Missouri. . . . 70,600 62,159 Oklahoma. . . 960,300 958,955 California. . . 8,200 6,186 The estimate bassed on the reports of the correspondents and agents of the bureau gives the condition of the cotton crop on September 25 was 71.1 per cent, of a normal, as compared with 73.2 per cent, on August 25, 1911, 65.9 per cent, on September 25, 1 910, 58.5 per cent, on September 25, 1 909, and 66.5 per cent., the average of the past ten years on September 2 5. Comparisons of conditionj by the States follow: Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Aug. p or or 1 a OK J 0 ) Z D ? <6 U ) ^ i) 1 'J v 1911. 1910. 1909. yr. av. 1911 Va. . .87 78 71 75 96 N. C. .77 72 70 72 76 S. C. .72 70 70 71 74 Ga.. .79 68 71 7 1 81 Fla.. .75 66 67 70 85 Ala.. .72 67 62 67 80 Miss. .62 62 52 6 7 7 0 I,a.. .66 51 2 9 62 69 Tex. .71 62 5 2 6.1 68 Ark. .70 68 54 67 78 Tenn. . 77 72 68 72 88 Mo. . .80 75 72 74 88 Ok la. .60 70 55 68 62 Cal. .1 00 90 .. .. 1 00 U. 13. .71.1 65.9 68.5 66.5 72.2 For the purpose of comparison, the condition of the cotton crop in the United States monthly, taken on the 15th of the month, for the past ten years, is given below: May June July Aug. Sep. 1 91 1.87.1 82.2 89.1 72.2 1910 .82.0 SO.7 75.5 72.1 65.9 1 909 .81.1 74.6 71.9 62.7 58.5 1 908 .79.7 81.2 82.0 76.1 69.7 1 907 .70.5 72.0 75.0 72.7 67.7 1 9 0 (5 . X 4. (> X X. X X z.?f < t. i i.u 1905 .77.2 77.0 74.9 72.1 71.2 1 904 .83.0 88.0 91.6 84.1 75.8 1903 .74.1 77.1 79.7 81.2 65.1 1 902 .95.1 84.7 81.9 54.0 58.3 1 901 .81.5 81.1 77.2 71.4 6L.4 Average 1901 and 1910 80.9 80.0 79.4 73.5 66.5 lire out how much more it costs to grow a hale of cotton with feed for your stock purchased than it does to grow with food produced at home and you have the logical answer to the great question?the economic question of the Southern planter. Get ready to plant a big fall crop. Get ready to grow one bale less of cotton next season and plan a method by which you can grow just that much stuff for homo use next year. That will mean happiness and success to the average farmer and after all you'll find you, reader, are just one of that kind. Turkey may as well begin to pack up and leave Europe. She has been tolerated there too long now, and the time of her departure is at hand. DAMAGE BY ARIHY WORM ? COTTON CATERPILLaER PUTS IN DEADLY WORK. ??? A. F. Conradi, State Entomologist, Thinks Late Appearance of Worm Will Save the Cotton Crop. The State says many cotton fields in t h o Plfidmkviit section of the tS'tate have .been stripped of the leaves and the tender fruit greatly damaged by the cotton caterpillar, commonly known as the "army worm." Owing to the late appearance of the caterpillar the cotton ciop will not be seriously damaged is the opinion of A. F. Conradi, the State entomologist, who is located at the experiment station at Clemson College. The caterpillar has made its appearance In several counties and many fields have been attacked. In response to a telegram from The State Mr. Conradi made the following statement as to the caterpillar: "The cotton caterpillar is rapidly increasing in this State. This pest has created havoc in the western and central sections of the cotton belt. Reports received indicate that the caterpillar has appeared in the nnivf ,<n1 on /I noof nrn kop IIUI U1VI II, tuui-i <11 HI1U vuuw> tions of South Carolina. Owing to its late appearance no serious damage is expected to the cotton crop. Cotton opening at present will suffer little. Late cotton should in most wises be treated with Paris green, dusted at rate of two and onehalf pounds per acre. It can be mixed ten times its weight with slacked lime, and dusted from muslin bags. "1 can make no prediction as to the effect on the cotton crop for next year before the end of the week." A. G Smith, of the United States office of farm management sent several of the caterpillars to Mr. Conradi for examination. A complete report as to how to exterminate the insect will be issued later. According to reports received in Columbia the octton caterpillar first made its appearance a week ago. Mr. Smith was inspecting several farms in Greenville county on Monday a week ago. He found the caterpillars 011 some cotton. Several days later the field was completely stripped of the leaves. * II 1- - r. < .J'OSGpIl ?Iieior, il wen nuinvn ftitorney of Walhalla, was among the visitors in Columbia the other day. He said that many fields had been damaged by the caterpillar in Oconee county. He said ithat the worm first made its appearance in that county a week ago and that within three days all the leaves had disappeared from several cotton fields in his neighborhood. A report from Charlotte Monday night stated that a strange worm which made its appearance a few days ago in Gaston county, N. C.f was working ha.voc in the late cotton fields. ? MORE CONVICTS GO FREE Gov. Rlease Turns I oso Men Killers and Negro Thieves. Robert Pierson, convicted in Clarendon county in 1899 on the charge of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary upon recommendation to mercy, has been paroled by the governor during good behavior. The three negro "joy riders" of Charleston, Lewis Davis, Robert Smith and Henry Field, who were convicted in February on the charge of conspiracy, malicious mischief and reckless driving and sentenced to serve five years each in the penitentiary, have been paroled by the governor on the condition that they refrain from the use of whiskey. T. A. Brown, convicted in Chesterfield county in June of this year on the charge or involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, has been pardoned. A pardon has been granted to Harvey R. Smith, who was convicted in Oconee county in July on the charge of manslaughter and sentenced to two years in tlio penitentiary. Since assuming office the governor has extended executive clemency in 239 cases as follows: Paroles 128, pardons 111,. ? ? Give lTs All the News. Have you any news, tell the reporter and he will serve it in a la mode. In case you do not happen to meet him, use the telephone or the mail. You will be helping to make your town paper of greater interest and thereby serve the goneral community Whatever news may interes t you, must surely interest many others. -? ? ? Might Chrildron Rurneil, Eight children of Mr. and Mrs. William Dias of Heshbon, Pa., ranging in age from 13 years to three months, were burned to death Sunday when fire destroyed their homo. Pver Taft in his travels out West is having a rocky time of it. The Insurgent Republicans out there don't seem to enthuse over him very much and give him to understand very plainly that they are still insurging. | FIRE UPON TOffW taliais Benbard Tripoli Wbci Turk* j Refuse tt Surtender. RESISTED TO THE LAST Turkish thinners Are 1 Reported to Have Stood by Pieces After Demolition of Forts?-Town Deserted by People and Many House's Destroyed by the Firing. Tripoli has been bombarded twice jv tlte Italian fleet. The first shot was bred shortly after three o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Shelling was resumed early Thursday morning after a quiet night. There was a steady but slow fire from the war ships until dusk Wednesday evening, and shots also came from the forts in the town. The French steamer Tafana took a delegation from Djerba to the scene of the hostilities. Among the party was the French consul general, M. Leon, who made several ineffectual attempts to land. The Tafana was stopped about ten miles from Tripoli by a boat from the cruiser Varese, which ordered her to return, but she remained for more than an hour, even creeping in closer to the blockaded town. The white buildings of Tripoli were plainly seen and the whole field of operations was unfolded before the [ watchers. Officers of the Varese found that the battle had been delayed because Admiral Aubrey, com mander ot t.he Italian uoet, nau received a request from the Tripoli garrison for another day's grace and gave the garrison an extra few hours. The battleship Benedetto Brin and armored cruisers Giuseppe Garibaldi and Francesco Ferruccio drew up in line in the harbor. There were no small craft in the battle lino and the Varese stood off to keep back intruders. There was 110 sign of life in the city, which appeared deserted, but the Turkish flag llew from the castle and forts. The first shots were directed toward Chrceliatetti fort and later Kerekerche fort was shelled. As the first shells burst over Tripoli the garrison seemed to be awakened. It returned the fire with vigor and energy. A heavy cannonade was kept up on both sides for a few minutes and then firing became desultory. So far as could be seen 110 warship was hit. Vice Admiral Faravelli at four o'clock ordered his ships to cease firing to permit the town to surrender, but 110 sign was given, and after a few minutes the ships began again. This time great havoc was wrought and the fortifications were razed, the forts suffered severely and the lighthouse to the northwest was destroyed by shells from the Garibaldi. There was no means of knowing the loss of life in Tripoli, but ample opportunity was given the defenders to escape. When the Tafana left the scene no landing had been attempted by the Italian fleet, and it was feared that during the night the town would be pillaged by nomad Arabs, who had been hovering in the vicinity. Early Thursday the first division of the Italian fleet., under Admiral Faravelli, resumed the bombardment. The Turkish garrison occupied a position behind the forts and responded with a fusillade which fell short. The Italian commander endeavored to avoid damaging private dwellings, but some of them were destroyed, and the governor's palace and the three forts at the entrance of the port are in ruins. The consulates and churches have not been damaged. The Italian flag floats over Sultania fort at Tripoli, which is occupied by landing parties. Part of the fleet is anchored in the harbor and the warships lie a short distance from the dismantled fortifications. Few bodies of Turks have been found of the forts, and apparently no great among the ruins of the forts, and apparently no great number of Turks ewre killed by the bombardment. According to a Constantinople report, not yet confirmed, the Italian warships Thursday bombarded Benghazi and Derna. Various rumors concerning a naval engagement in Turkish waters, an attack against My tine and the blowing up the Italian battleship Con to di Cavour at Tripoli have not yet been confirmed from any quarter. Captured a Transport. The Italian cruiser Morco Polo brought into Toronto, Italy, Wednesday the Turkish transport Sabah, which she had captured. Great excitement prevailed throughout tho day during the disembarkation of prisoners taken on the steamer. These include a Turkish general, colonel of the medical corps and many soldiers. Convicted of Manslaughter. Tho jury In the case of Lawrence Wise tried in the Aiken Court for the killing of John Duncan at Langley a few months ago brought in a verdict Thursday night of guilty of manslaughter. Many though that Wise should have been convicted of murder, as the killing was a cold-blooded one. \ WILEY IN CONTROL 1 * 1 EXPERT'S ENEMIES TAKEN OFV GOVERNMENT HOARD. MrOabe Resigns and Dunlap, Other Alleged l>efender of Adulterant*, Given Vacation Until Taft Returns* lu a sudden succession of orders I at Washington an initial move in the* expected reorganization of the department of agriculture, George PMcCabo, a department solicitor, Monrli?v wn? rotirrwl from tho miro fnnil and drug board. P. L. Dunlap, associated chemist, closely identified with McCa.be, was allowed leave of absence until the president's return and Harvey W. Wiley, chief chemist, left apparently in supreme command of the board. I)r. R. P. little, of New York, was temporarily appointed to the board to succeed Mr. McCabe. These changes were announced on Monday by James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, following a conference with Dr. Wiley, who has been on a long vacation. They were deemen inevitable in view of personal antagonism aired before a congressional committee the past summer and Dr. Wiley's exoneration by President Taft, after Attorney General Wickersham, whose views were alligned with those of Secretary Wilson ami Solicitor McCabe, had recommended Dr. Wiley's removal from olllce because of a teachnical irregularity in appointive methods, the responsibility for which he denied. The pure food and drug board i? the agency which passes upon many important cases arising under the enforcement of the pure food law. Dr. Wiley, on the one hand, and Solicitor McCabe and Dr. Dunlap on the other, were the members of the board. Dr. Wiley declared that he was usually outvoted and made a number of sensational statements in? the investigation of the controversy Sinnrtinir motor tho fremiorvfc overrulings of liis views wherin ho held food products deleterious to health, he told a congressional committee that he regarded his asso>ciate, Dr. Dunlap, as his superior o?llcer. Secretary Wilson's brief announcement of the change stated that Solicitor McCabe voluntarily resigned and that his resignation had been accepted. Dr. Dunlap was acting chairman of the board when Dr. Wiley was absent from Washington. Whether Dr. Dunlap will return to his duties on the board was not stated. His temporary withdrawal was attributed offlcially to the fact that he is to take the customary four weeks vacation; but Secretary Wilson stated that Dr. Dunlap would not return until after President Taft had returned to. Washington. In place of Solicitor McCabe, to* serve with Dr. Wiley on the board, Secretary Wilson appointed Dr. Doo-little, long a member of the bureau of chemistry force and now head of that bureau substation in New York. Dr. Wiley and Mr. Doolittle will constitute the majority of the board for the immediate future, the latter'3appointment being necessary to givathe board's action legal effect. The reasons for Solicitor McCabe's* resignation were not announced. Secretary Wilson stated that Mr. McCabe's duties as solicitor remain unchanged, and under the general provisions of the law, he will continue to exercise an important confv/?l r\\rt*r tlin rvti.f/ii-/??moil 1 /if thp nui'ii food law. "There will he no permanent? changes in the department method1 of enforcfng the pure food law until President Taft has had an opportunity to take the matter up in- Washington," said Secretary Wilson; "The* appointment of Dr. Doolittlo will simply continue the board operationa as at present, up to tho time when President Taft returns." ?? ? . HAIiliOO.NlSTS FATAL PLUNGE?,. ?. Parachute Fails to Work and Ha Falls 7t)() Feet. While engaged in a balloon race at the South Georgia Exposition at Tifton, (Ja., Thursday afternoon, Capt. John Broder fell 700 feet from his balloon and was instantly killed. IVrodor had just tlnished a high diving act, and Prof. Gowdy, an aeronaut, was preparing to ascend when Broder volunteered to take another balloon and race. Both balloons ascended perfectly, a few yards apart, for a distance of 800 to 1,000 feet, when the signal for them to cut loose was tired. Broder dropped slightly in advance of his fellow balloonist but in some unknown manner his parachute failed to fill and he plunged to earth like a shot. Dospite Droder's fate, which ho witnessed, Gowdy also cut loose and landed safely nearly half a mile away. Broder was unmarried and has a mother and sister living at Green Lake, Wis. A Fatal Auto Hide. At Jamaica, N. Y? James Coltoo was killed and two companions wero fatally injured when Colton's $6,000 automobtle running at the* rate of forty miles an hour, struck the head | of a Long Island trolley car early Wednesday.