Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COT rON GINNED I' ? - t * ' Btreaa R atrts Nearly Nat lillita Ba'es Up ft Ntreaber First. CROP TWO WEEKS AHEAD ? Aparcutly it is MAturlug Much Earlier Than Usual?Comparisons Indicate a Crop of From Fourteen to s i Fifteen Million Hales?Reports by States is Civen. With a total of 9,968,172 bales of cotton of the growth of 1911 ginned j prior to November 1, as announced by <the census bureau, the promised record-breaking (cotton crop of this \ season is fast being made ready for the manufacturer. At no time in the ihistory of the great American cotton industry has so great a crop been ginned to this time of the year. The amount ginned to November 1* exceeds by 1,777,000 bales the amount ginned to this date in 1 908, the previous record. It also is greater than the ginning to November 14 of any other year, being about 200,000 bales more than was ginned to that date in 1 904, the record year. This would indicate that the crop was at least two weeks earlier in maturing and reaching the gins thau in previous years. Calculations of the year's total crop, based on the ginning reports, would therefore, probably be more acs curate if figured on the November 1 4 reports of other years. In previous record years, about 7 0 per cent, has been ginned to that date and a rough estimate of this year's crop might be placed at a minimum of 14,000,000 bai<es. Commercial exports estimates however range up to more than 15,000,000. The census bureau's fourth cotton ginning report of the season issued at 10 a. m. Wednesday, and showing the number of running bales, counting round as half bales, of cotton of the growth of 1911 gined to November 1, with comparative statistics to Ithe corresponding date for the past three years is as follows: United States: 9,968,172 bales, compared with 7,345,953 bales last year, when 63.5 per cent of the entire crop was ginned to November 1: 7,017.849 bales lp 1919, when 69.7 per cent was ginned, and 8,191,557 bales in 1910; 148,670 or 61.8 per cent in crop was ginned. The number of round,, bales included were: 68,343, compared with 81,183 bales In 1910. 'Ginning by Stages, with comparative statistics and the percentage of the total crop ginned to November 1 In previous years, follow: Alabama?1,089,376 bales, compared with 748,878 or 62.8 per cent, in 1910, 676,331 or 65.0 per cent in 1909, 891,667 o.f 66.9 per cent in 1908. Arkansas?443,505 bales, compared with 324,769 or 40.7 per cent in 1910; 472,252 or 67.7 per cent in 1909; 536,785 or 53.9 per cent in 1908. tFlorida?55,973 bales, compared ... " ? __ r ? i\ i- 1 H 1 A Wltn 6 8,SZ1 Of i> I .? per uwui. iu t-o IV , 45,664 or 73.8 per cent in 1909, and 43,234 or 61.2 per cent in 1 908. Georgia?1,906,256 bales, compared with 1,241,825 or 68.5 per cent in 1910; 1,384,913 or 74.9 per cent in 1909, and 1,387,641 or 70.2 percent In 1908. Louisiana?232,047 bales, compared with 154,63 4 or C2.7 per cent in 1910; 188,112 or 72.8 per cent in 1909, and 287,885 or 61.7 per cent in 1908. Mississippi?585,021 bales, compared with 576,61 1 or 47.6 per cent in 1910; 572,1 31 or 53.3 per cent in 1.909, and 893,1 4 8 or 55.1 per cent in 1908. North Carolina?5 97,959 bales, .compared with 3 86,09 6 or 51.3 per cent in 1910; 370,891 or 58.5 per cent in 1 909, and 373,713 or 54.7 per cent in 1 908. Oklahoma?555,755 bales, compared with 5 85,23 7 or 63.6 per cent in 1910; 412,631 or 74.7 per cent in 1909, and 2 17,629 or 31.6 per cent in 1908. South Carolina?1,021,972 hales, compared with 729,1 1 7 or CO.2 per ^ent in 1910; 791,029 or 09.0 per cent in 1909, and 821,008 or 07.0 per cent in 1908. Tennessee* ?21 2,579 bales, compared with 129,84 0 or 4 0.4 per cent in 1910; 1 48,670 or 01.88 per cent in 1909, and 198,783 or 59.5 per cent in 1908. Texas?3,210,218 bales, compared with 2,4 05,1 57 or 8 1.5 per cent in 1910; 1,920,188 or 77.8 per cent in 1909, and 2,502,8 02 or 09.0 per cent in 1908. All other states?57,511 hales, compared with 2 4,835 or 29.3 per cent in 1910; 34,437 or 59.9 per cent In 1909, and 3 0,602 or 50.0 per cent in 1908. Weather Will Get Colder. The weather bureau predicts that decidedly jcoldor weather will overspread the Northwestern States Tuesday and Wednesday, and advance eastward over the Middle West Wenesday, Thursday anad the Eastern States the latter part of the week, ft 1s probable that this cold change will be attended by snows in the Northwestern States. RIDEL LEADERS SLAIN ? ANARCHY THREATENS TO FOLLOW THE MURDERERS. Foreign Women and Children Ordered to Leave Several Chinese Cities for Safety. Matters are growing rapidly worse in China for the Manchu Dynasty, which seems to be on its last legs. A condition bordering on anarchy exists at Chang Sha, owing to the desperate rivalry of the revolutionary leaders, who took possession of the city a few days ago. The twe most iM^nilnont rrtniihllrnn ohlfiftainS. Generals Chiao and Tseng, were both murdered by soldiers Thursday. They had been jealous of each other's positions and their quarrel hqfl been taken up by their followers. " Foreign women and children have been ordered to leave Slang Tan and a similar order has been sent to Chang LI. Other important cities in this province have joined the revolutionists, but in all of them the revolutionists aro conducting the government peacefully. In an effort to control the situation. Than Tsuan, the republican governor, has been proclaimed dictator. The city of Fu Chow is now in the hands of the revolutionists. After taking it they wiped out the entire Manchu district. The foreign settlements have not been disturbed, but fires have broken out in several sections of the native city, threatening its destruction. Fu Chow is one of the most important cities in the south, having a population of 700,000. It is the seat of a naval arsenal, government ship yards, a mint, school of navigation and a large dry dock. The situation in Amoy is auiet but a serious state of affairs is threatened, owing to the scarcity of provisions. Most of the city's supply junks were captured by pirates in a spectacular raid Thursday, the entire crew of one ship being massacred. A revolt of troops in the village of Anbai, 50 miles north of Chang '3ha, is causing trouble there. The solriiora hiivp hnrned the magistrate's yamen and the provincial customs house. Excitement at Peking is growing rapidly. The residents of the ForI bidden City are taking in great quantities of rice and other stores. Fifteen hundred infantry and 500 cavalry of the 'Manchu first division, who fled from Shi Kia Chung, after the assassination of Gen. Lu Cheng, arrived at Peking Thursday. The legations consider that all hope for the Manchu dynasty has vanished. Nanking in the south and Peking in the north appear to be the last remaining strongholds of the Manchus. Foreigners are safe. Foo Chow, the capital of Fo Kien province, was turned over to the revolutionists Thursday. Wu Hu is likely to capitulate any time. The Mamchus still hold Nanking, but they are outnumbered 4 to 1 by the revolutionists, who are awaiting supplies of ammunition before re suming the attack* The rebels lost ljeavily Thursday without greatly damaging the enemy and Friday suspended operations. The Americans, Germans and British have landed marines to protect the consulates, where the foreigners have gathered. In Shanghai the situation becomes increasingly serious. The imperial government has absolutely disappeared and the foreign consuls are unable to recognize the self-constituted government. British warehouses across the river were looted Thursday morning. The police fled upon the rioters' approach. The consular body announced that the foreign settlement was prepared for self-defense and that the revolutionists must maintain order in the nearby districts; otherwise foreigners must interfere. RANDALL WAS EXONERATED. GufTney Man Held Blameless of Killing Whither. The coroner's jury at Shelby, N. C., Monday morning rendered a verdict of justifiable homicide, exonerating Lucius Randall, the prominent GafTney business man who shot and killed Sam Whither, a wealthy Cloveland county farmer, Sunday evening. Whither held up Randall in his automobile at the point of a pistol. The jury found, upon examination, that the weapon was empty, but it held that Randall did not know this and his deed was entirely justifiable. Twenty-Four Drowned. The French steamer DIolibah sank at sea Wednesday and twenty-four , persons were drowned. The Diolibah i was towing the French steamer Li 1>era for Marseilles when the latter fouled her, tearing a hole in the Dlolibah's side, causing her to founder. Five Hundred Were Killed. A news agency dispatch from Constantinople says that it was officially announced at the Turkish capital that the Turks had recaptured Derna, In Tripoli, and that 500 Italians were fending force were taken prisoners, killed and the remainder of the de MAKES REPLY Oigtified Letter Address*d It Ctfercor Biease by Ctamittee PfRTINsNi AND PITHY Waiving tli? Discourtesy of Governor Mease's Action, Mr. J. J. Evans, of Marlboro County, Speaking for the People, Goes Straight to the Point of the IMscussion. Mr. J. J. Evans, representing the committee appointed by the mass meeting of Marlboro County farmers, has made reply to the letter of Governor Blease. The committee, following the instructions of the mass meeting of the farmers, telegraphed Governor Blease asking for a hearing in reference to calling the legislature in extra session to help the farmers maintain the price of cotton. Governor Blease declined to hear the committee and gave out a long letter on the subject to the press. This letter was received by the committee after it had appeared in the newspapers. The committee had hoped that Governor Blease would at least give the people of Marlboro county a hearing, but in this they were disappointed. The letter of Mr. Evans to Governor Blease is as follows: "Dear Governor: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your | letter ol tins date in response to my telegram requesting a hearing for the representatives from this county on the subject of an extra session. The request was made in response to the decision of a mass meeting of Marlboro farmers, held last Monday in the court house. "My message to you was not through the county prints, and I regret sincerely that you did not accord us a hearing before reaching your decision. Waiving, however, the discourtesy to us, it does seem that a mass meeting of Marlboro citizens might have expected an opportunity to present the reasons which caused them to make this request. "The right of the people to speak in mass meeting in a free government is supposed to be sacred, and will be a protection against injustice long after the ephemeral power of the wily politician nas passed away. "The old-time theory and the only valid reason for a democracy is to do the greatest good to the greatest number, and I do not conceive that there is any manner that you could better employ the functions of your great office than in assisting the farmers of the State to secure better prices for the products of their labor. governor, whoathatlsponse>sxnire?h "It is not a good shepherd, my dear governor, who would sit on a stump and impartially allow the bear and the sheep to fight it out. The nr o fH onH f Via ef rnn or aVtsNtilrl n/\f Ka V/i aitj (inu 111 u on vuft ouuui'j nut uc allowed to compel the weak and the simple to fight them on their own grounds and the government take no consideration of meqcy, justice, and the eternal moralities. "Your excellency says that the holding of the cotton crop now will do no good except to a 'few wealthy farmers.' Most respectfully T beg leave to differ with you on that question. Any advance in the price of cotton would he of great advantage not only to a 'few wealthy farmers,' but to every man, woman and child in the South. "Cotton is the basis of our wealth. In this country not one-half of the crop has been ginned. Much is being held in the hope of help from somewhere. T believe that a call from you for the legislature of South Carolina to meet in extra session to no wnat she could constitutionally to aid in the present holding movement would of itself advance the price of cotton materially. If the crop of South Carolina is 1,200,000 bales, a cent a pound would mean $6,000,000 to the people of the State. "I think, governor, that you are mistaken about the 'poor farmers' getting no benefit. It is the 'poor farmer' who needs it most; the rich farmer can hold hi scotton. It is the poor farmer, operating under a lien and mortgage that these times are literally crushing into the earth. Compelled to buy his supplies at exorbitant prices, he is now forced to sell at a cruel sacrifice. The fact is, my dear governor, the 'rich farmer' is a myth?the last one evaporated when cotton went below 10 cents. "Yen ?;nonlf nf the mill mnrirorn ho ing the cause of the depression. I think it goes deeper than that, governor. The mill mergers are the outgrowth of the business conditions and policies of the past centuries. We are living in a new era, the principlo of individualism dominant over the past is exhausted, and when the consequences of a principle are exhaused, the structure built upon it crumbles away. We are living in a time when the principle of association is the controlling force, and with all the varied interests combining into trusts there is nothing left to productive labor whether on the farm or in the shop except to make their gov, ernments the vehicles through which > by unity of action they may have , some voice in fixing their share of the fruits of their own toil. It is a HARMON IS PLEASED PREDICTS LANDSLIDE FOR DEMOCRATS NEXT YEAR. Signs of Victory for the Democratic Party are Evident Everywhere in Country. Passing hia opinion upon the results in Massachusetts, Kentucky and Ohio, and other points where Democratic candidates were elected Tuesday, Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio, Wednesday predicted a national Democratic landslide next year. "The results of these elections havo pleased me very much," he said, "and I consider them a forecast of the outcome next year. It Is the strongest indorsement of Democracy that has been tendered by voters in recent years. Not only local elections do I consider significant but also the elections in Kentucky, Massachusetts and other points." Governor Harmon went 011 to say that the result of the city elections in Ohio show unquestionably that the public is pleased with the present administration, the tax reforms that have been made in Ohio and the management of State offices under Domo A i ~ ? ... ^ .. uif.tic ?way. When asked regarding the Cincinnati results, Mr. Harmon said: "Personally nothing could have pleased me better. I have fought for twentyfive years to free Cincinnati from the sway of Republicanism and am certainly delighted to find that the voters have awakened and broken the chains that bound her. , "Signs of victory for the Demoiraiic party are evident everywhere. Next year I predict that this party will win the national offices, including the presidency. It is an endorsement of the Democratic administrative policies and the labors already performed by that party." SAILOR EATEN BY SHARK. Shipmates of the Sailor Witness the Horrible Spectacle. Death between the jaws of a monster man-eating shark was the sad fate of Jules Antaine, an aged seaman, in the harbor of Pensacola, Fla., Wednesday afternoon. Tha gruesome sight was witnesses by tha crew of the British steamer Aldersgate, on whi<ch Antoine was employed as a watchman and by half a hundred Laymen engaged in loading the vessel with lumber. Antoine evidently had fallen overboard by accident for the first seen o>.f him was when the shark swam leisurely out from between the ship and the lighter of lumber with the body of the man clamped between its jaws, the head and shoulders protruding from one side of its mouth and the legs from the other. For a moment the shark remained on the surface, then sank to arise a moment later with only the head in sight, the remainder of the body apparently having been swallowed. The shark remained on the surface the second time for nearly a minute and was seen no more. One of the watchers ainted from the spectacle. misfortune, governor, even if our people were able to hold their ^cotton for them to be forced to do so unless adequate provision be made to borrow money. "To tie up one hundred bales of cotton means that much money retired from circulation. A warehouse certificate is now merely an asset in certain localities or channels of trade. If the name of the State of Louisiana makes her certificates good in all the money marts of the world, why would not the name of South Carolina be equally good? Why can you not do for our State what Gov. Jared Y. Sanders has done for Louisiana? Why could not the magnificent ,1 J ? 1 f? 1) i ^ F iicii wwi auu tvA ill lit(ii lauuiin^ ui Charleston he utilized for this State, as New Orleans' are for Louisiana, Mississippi and eastern Texas? The harbor of Charleston is a splendid asset, it belongs more to South Carolina; why not use it "As to the cost of holding an extra session, I am deeply gratified to learn of the patriotic spirit which prompted the senator from Newberry to refuse pay for services at an extra session. I am not willing, however, to admit that the Senator from Newberry had a monopoly of the patriotism of South Carolina, and if called on 1 believe the entire general assembly would serve in this emergency free of cost. "The act of 1908, page 1079, provides pay for the regular session; thereforo we may infer that the legislature expected that members called in extra session would serve from patriotic reasons, or that no govrnor /ould ever be so progressive as to call an extra session for any purpose other than to elect some man to office, as was the case in the extra session to which you referred. "With assurances of my high respect, I am yours, very truly, J. J. Evans, For the Committee." Negro Woman Gets Patent. A patent was recently granted to Laura Emma Hudson, wife of Charles P. Hudson, a well known negro citizen of Lancaster, fer an improvement on an Ice cream freezer. The patent has been sold to the North Pole Ice Cream Freezer company. Cla* Sihfc.ll COtUtoh Wanted?To purchase ash and yellow poplar logs. Tarver-McMUlan Lumber Company, Savannah, Oa. Good Farm for Sale?near town, and and graded school. Write for particulars. W. H. Parrish, Coats N. C. Established 1704. D. A. Walker, 162 Meeting St., Charleston, S. C. Marble and granite works, Iron and Wire fencing. Send for prices. The Carneau Pigeon is the greatest money-maker of all poultry. Special low prices, also Racing Pigeons for sale. Write: Fancy Stock Yards, Columbia, S. C. Eggs Wanted?Ship us your hens, chickens and geese. We guarantee you the highest market prices. O. D. Sires's & Co., Charleston, S. C. Hook keeping or Shorthand $3 5. Combined Course, $65. Subjects taught by Specialists. Address the Greensboro Commercial School, Greensboro N. C. for literature. Southwest Georgia Farm, and pecan lands. Any sized tracts. Best country in the world. Write for illustrated booklet today. FlowersParker Realty Co. Tliomasville, Ga. Fine Farm Lands for sale?Write C. M. Simmons, Blakeley, Ga , for best locations and prices on ideal farms; laige and small in Early and joining counties; toutnweat Georgia. For Sale?-Pure Breed Pekia Ducks. White Sherwocxl Chickens, Rhode Island Reds. Plymouth Rocks (Barred) at $4.00 for trio of either. Address Mrs Mary E. Littlejohn, Jonesville, S. C. Pillows Free?Mail us $10.00 for 30pound Feather Bed and receive 6pound pair Pillows, freight prepaid. New feathers, best ticking, satisfaction guaranteed. Agents' wanted. Turner & Cornwall, Feather Dealers, Charlotte, N. C. Kggs to Set from my beautiful Rhode Island Reds. 15 for $2.00, have some cheaper. Chicks, 2 5c each. Orders received now for future delivery. Address W. W. 'Moyle, Charlotte, N. C. 11-10-3 Wanted?Men to take thirty day's practical course In our machine ahops and learn automobile business. Positions secured graduates. $25 per week and up. Charlotte Auto School, Charlotte, N. C. Hardwood Ix)gs and Lumber wanted. We are cash buyers of poplar, Ash, Cypress and Gum Lumber. Also want fopiar, Hickory, teaar ana Walnut Logs. Inspection at your point. Write for prices. Savannah Valley Lumber Company, Augusta, Ga. Complete Course in Automobile construction driving, repairing. Graduates assisted in getting employment. Best equipped auto school in South. Graduates getting $15 to $4 0 weekly. Write for particulars. Automobile School, 108110 Liberty St., Savannah, Ga. Southwest Georgia Farm for Sale? 100 acres with station on place and only 3 1-2 miles from Bainbridge, about 600 acres under good woven wire fence, 350 in cultivation mostly stumped and another 100 practically open, not an acre of waste land on the place, produces good crops of corn, cotton, oats, hay, potatoes, ground^peas, sugar ca?no, watermellons, cantaloupes and all kinds of truck, plenty houses, barns and a good deep well, healthy plage and lies well for subdivision. Will sell for $25.00 per acre on terms. Address J. W. White, Austell, Ga., 'Box 22 7. KOL1HKK WAS DKAF AND 1)11 MIL * Kan Away From the New Jersey to Figlit for the South. Ben Oppenheimer, who ran away from his homo in New Jersey during the War of Secession and joined the forces or the confederacy, actively participating in some of tho most desperate of the struggel, never heard an order given or a shot fired. He is deaf and dumb and now S t years of age. At the State Confederate reunion in session at Montgomery, Ala., the Memphis, Tenn., visitor was honored by many attentions from his comrades at arms. A cros3 of honor on the lapel of his coat attests to his faithful service in the sixties. lie attended the reunion at the birthplace of the Confederacy at the solicitation of the local camp. Oppenhiinter was near Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston when the latter was killed hnd saw him fall. una munv Tifia I.AROR&T itUT/ra W JIV -M. rn rn.rn.il m mwmwmsm. ** We have the 14 In 6-ply and the 1 the Original Red Stitched Oanras Bel on the market, but you can always ery 10 feet (Oandy). We also have This belt has a national reputation, chad belt. Write for prices.. COL West Gerraii Street, Colombia, S. G - " -j, *f tO' ' I DON'T SUFFER WITH Cuts, Bruises Strains and Sprains, but appV d Noah's Liniment. It is and* * -- ? ? J -"III ?-lr. ?Vl. nniMMI wpuii OIIU TTUA HHAW ? wmrnwm m w and soreness out quickly, whan all else fails. Noah's Liniment will save any amount of pain and can be taken internally for Colic, Cramps, etc. Nothing better for Toothache. % Noah's Liniment Is the best remedy tot Khouinatlsm, Sciatica, Lame Back, Stiff Joints and Muscles, Sore Throat, Colds, g Strains, Sprains, Cuts, Brulsos, Colic, Cramps, Neuralgia, Toothache, QjQQjQ2QQ| and all Nervo, Bone and Musclo Aches and mm33PkC| Pains. The genuine has Noah's Ark on every 1 packago and looks like TVJVttVVS |^H this cut, but lias RED A'llV^lSA^m hand on front of Hack- lLV/sllpJ I age and " Noah's Lini- ||M||T|4Ufl MH mont" always In RED UiiliiUjiXI Ml Ink. 13owaro of linltatlons. Largo bottle, 28 H? mi Ot KMT cents, and sold by all ~ dealers In modi cino. M Guaranteed or money TI'T?.."'-'** HB refunded by Noah weewTwee Mfl Remody Co., I >c., ^B Richmond, Va. f ISE&9EQ3B ^ IOXriOH 1 MENT A SUCCESS. l'lanting Tea in South Carolina Highly Satisfactorily. The government's experiments in tea farming this year were highly satisfactory to the department of agriculture ollicials. On the 100 acres in South Carolina where the bureau of plant Industry is conducting the work there were produced this year about 12,000 pounds of tea worth fully $1 o mutnii \vhn*? thl? was not a record yield, the season having been too dry for that, there would have been a re?i rd, it was confidently declared by Dr. Roney W. True, in charge of the work if conditions had been favorable. ^ With the invention this year of a t tea plant pruning machine, which ? worked successfully, only one process in tea growing now must be done by hand, that is the picking. The Increased demand in the southern states for this American tea has produced a market for all of it within a limited distance from the place where it is raised. ? , Jr Disastrous Fire In Atlanta. Fire, which started in the Oscar I Barnes & Co. furniture store in the Ji-i-i.i. _m a A. i centre or ine rexau uiuinci ui ?ilanta, caused damages between $109,00 and $1,500,000 Wednesday nlgbt. The origin of fire is unknown. Welcomed at Tokfto. Charles Page Bryan, former minister to Belgium, was Wednesday welcomed by representatives of tfca government. THE BAILEY-LEBBYCO ~ ROOF/N&! CHARLESTON. S. C. > WW>rtHlN ?M mcomotm* k> jfa *s?^ssr <1 NMMIIIDI CO. 1 ( *9 ^jiinw. ??. w ? ! |M ^ Every Horse Owner dreads that most dangerous disease, Colic. # Bo prepared for an emergency by haying a bottle of Noah's Colic Remedy on hand. More animals die from Colic than all other non-contagious diseases combined. Nine out of every ten cases would have been cured if Noeh's Colic Remedy had been given in time. It Isn't a drench or dope, but Is a remedy given on the tongue, eo simple that a woman or child can give it. If It fails to cure, your money will be refunded. If your dealer cannot supply you send 60c la stamps *nd we will mail #' a bottle. f | IN STOCK IN SOUTH CARLOINA."" 6 and 18-ln 8-ply Gandy Belt. It la It. There are a great many imitations tell the Gandy, for It is stamped erthe 14-Inch &-f>ly Giant Stitched. It la the Original Seamiest and StltU Mill A SUPPLY COMPANY, SOS I \ ?