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r / > . < mMWrnM / Ra|her? Seize R?gbleic4 Hail aid U< M Tuii bap. '* TWO BANDITS DID JOB Second Section of Robbed Const Line Pursuing Detectives* Special Flyer Came Up as Robbers Fled? ^ Wrecked Shortly Afterward by Southern Railway Freight. The Atlantic Coast Line train which left Savannah for Charleston twenty minutes late Tuesday morning at about one o'clock was held up and robbed a short distance from Hardee+ Yille just before day Tuesday morning. The train was running in two soctions because of the heavy passenger traillc and the express car which the robbers were believed to be after was carried on the second section and escaped. The robbers, however, captured the mail car and secured several sacks of registered mail. D. H. McRoy, the night operator In the tower at Hardeeville, states that the train reached his station in good condition and he gave it the signal to go ahead. Shortly after the + rmi ??w n v frnm Mfirrlofivilln and V I U1 II P)VV M? TV 1VJ ?. ? VM* ? ?. V V . v..v w before it had gotten out of sight, it stopped. II? was surprised to soo * this, as it had 110 signal to stop at thai point. Just about that time the soc?nd section of the train arrived from Savannah and McRoy advised the rew to go ahead and Hud out what the trouble was with the first section. Arriving at the spot where the first eotion had stopped, the train crew found the utmost confusion reigning. The robbers, two in number, had forced the engineer to stop his train, and, covering the flagman and the onductor with pistols, they made the iagman open the mail car, after it had been detached from the train and run some distance. Here two mail lerks wore found at work and they were made to guve up two bags of registered mail. The robbers then nade their escape. As quickly as I ^Vossfble, Savannah was notified of **" me ronoory aim a specuu uuiu, c*jh ?Isting of an engine and two cars, with several Coast Line officials and Selective.*, was en route to the scene within an hour. The special was in charge of Engineer L. E. Rawls and a conductor. The Coast Lino and the Southern use the same tracks out of Savannah to Hardeeville, and while en route to the cene of the robbery, the train with ^Ihe detectives on board ran into a freight train of the Southern Railway. The wreck delayed the arrival of the officials and the detectives for some time and they did not reach the scone of the robbery until several hpurs after it had occurred. The robbers, it is .believed, boarded the train at Hardeeville, as the dispatcher ^binks he saw two suspicious looking ?haractors get aboard at that point. He thinks they got between the two front coaches and from there made their way to the tender and to the engine. The train that was held up was in charge of Engineer J. E. Farris of Charleston, Conductor Damon of Florence and Fireman Abe Williams, colored. Engineer Farris says, his report to the officials of the Atlantic Coast Line, that as he was leaving Flardeeville he looked around and the two men had climbed into the cab and had him covered with revolvers. They ordered him to go 1 ^ahead and after getting just north of the north switch ordered him to stop. They made him and his fireman get down on the ground on the left side of the engine. One of them stood guard over them while the other i looked after the others. Conductor Damon went up to the engine 011 the right side and was shot at by one of the men and made to go to the postal < car and have the postal clerks come j *nf rnhhprfl throatpnlnc to blow 1 up the car if they did not do so. t rl. Dozier, the colored porter, came ( shortly after this and he was also ^ held up by the robbers. The engineer y and the postal clerks were put on f the engine and Farris was made to i pull ahead a short distance with the { Jj>ogtal car. t The clerks were then made to put c all the registered mail into bags, y a inrn-A ?tont man anneared to be n -r. - - J the loader. Bloodhounds were dis- v patched to th^ scene from Beaufort a and Hampton counties, with officers. r Another special train, carrying the r special agents of the Atlantic Coast \ Line, United States postal inspectors and railroad officials, has been sent from Savannah to the scene of the robbery. Orders were also issued by 11 the railroad officials to prevent any * one from going about the place, if d possible, until after the bloodhounds a have reached the scene. The robbers l) are supposed to have gotten flfty-flve ( registered packages. V The engineer and firemen of the first special train jumped when their ^ tAin ran into the freight and the fire- ^ man was painfully hurt. Another feature of the robbery was the scare the passengers on the local Coast Line train, leaving Savannah at 5:40 T o'clock Tuesday morning, got just U this side of Hardeeville. The train f< was going along at a good rate of F peed, when suddenly there was a * REDUCE ACREAGE | r4 COHNirriSB TO MBET Of, NEW ORIiBMS NEXT t . m 1 Oampoign to T?ilji End to be Launched at Once by the Cotton Copgreas. "In view of the vital Importance of Immediately organizing and pushing to a successful issue the matter of securing uniform pledges for a reduction of cotton acreage for 19X2 from individual farmers from one end of the cotton belt to another, and in view of the absolute necessity for proper and efficient organizations to his end, action having been urged rom many quarters, I have deter lined to call a meeting of the memers of the executive committee of the Southern Cotton congress, to be held In the city of New Orleans cn Wednesday of next week, December 20." The above announcement was made t Columbia Tuesday night by Commissioner E. J. Watson, President of he Southern Cotton Congress. Commissioner Watson further said: "In addition to the members of the executive committee I will specially request each State Farmers' Union president to be present with the committee or to be represented by some delegate acting for him, and I will make a special Request of the governor of each State and the coramia-; Isioner of agriculture of each State o be present in person or by representatives. In this way the tnree organizations that have been endeavoring to aid in the matter of marketing cotton will bo combined into one effective meeting, for a common purpose. "C. E. Barrett, President of the National Farmers' Union, of course, will ,bo invited to be present. It is our purpose to put into immediate operation an effective plan for securing pledges of reduction of at least 25 per cent of cotton acreage, somewhat upon the lines inaugurated so successfully in York County of this r>iaie dy a. u. anaerron, ana jvit. Anderson has been Invited to meet with 1 the committee looking to this end. This wiM not be a miscellaneously at- ' tended -conference, but a purely busi- ' ness meeting of a small body of men ' thoroughly representative, and with the interests of the South at heart. ' For some weeks I have been working ' upon these lines, and believe that I 1 have secured sufficient assurance for the financing of this undertaking which 'unquestionablyx holds the key * o next year's situation." VESllY MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. j Queer Story About Elloree and Ijouc < Star Citizens. The St. Matthews correspondent of' '< The News and Courier says "late, E a Sunday afternoon Sheriff Rast rought Juke Amaker, colored, handcuffed, from tho Elloree section and lodged him in jail. The negro had a , coat, cut in one placo and much be- ^ prink led with shot, which he brought rom Columbia. Investigation apparenlly revealed the fact that three prominent white men of Elloree and Lone Star, with this negro, went on a joy ride Saturday night to Columbia and ran into a box car at Cyces, . lear Columbia. At this point stories vary and conflict, but one of the white men is reported to have been shot. The general impression is that the negro is guilty of nothing ut running liko a turkey. The matter has created a sensation, as the parties are well known.?Orangeburg limes and Democrat. two MULiT<aS were drowned. \ iiminis and Wagon Went Down Flat Chain Broke. A dispatch from Lexington to The Hate says two mulos were drowned n the Saluda river at Dreher's ferry ate Saturday afternoon when an atempt was made to cross on a flat jpuiuLuu uj tut? couuL.y. i nu iiiuiua vcre hitched to a wagon loaded with j >rick, and as the driver started to j inter the flat a link in the chain ^ >roko and the flat went out from j inder the team and all went down ogether. The wagon was later re- 1 overed. One of the mules belonged 1 o John J. Dreher, the other to 1 rhomas Shuler. Mr. Dreher's mule 1 vas valued at $250, and (Mr. Shuler's it $150. No one seems to be directly esponsible for the accident, the only 1! eason assigned being the defective 1' ink in the chain. 1 11 rviirf-1 r/\ o r> A oirAnirKA/ltr 4 I I m _ > juu iuj/ui t aiiu v t vi j juui{/vu | ip, believing it was held up, too. Pis- j ols were drawn and the passengers j etermined to protect themselves at i 11 hazards. There was almost a anic for a time, until it was fount! j hat the noise had been made by a j orpedo, which had been placed on j he track to warn the train of the j elay to the second section of the eld-up train. 1 1 Emigrant Train Wrecked. j A special train on the Grand l runk, bringing several hundred em* grants to Portland, Maine, to sail x< Dr Liverpool was wrecked at West l< arish, Maine. Several passengers i? rere hurt but no one was killed. 1? BREAKES RECORD a Eitiaate hit Yield if CtUtt at Neul; Fifteta lillita Bale*. ? MORE THAN EVER KNOWN All But Four of the Cotton-Growing States Establish New Production Records?Figures for South Carolina Indicate Crop of Nearly Million and Half Bales. The total production of cotton in the United States for the season of 1911-'12 will amount to 7,121,713,000 pounds (not including linters), of 14,885,000 bales of 500 pounds, gross weight, according to the first official estimate of the size of the crop issued at 2 p. m. Tuesday by the crop reporting board of the United States department of agriculture and made up from reports of the correspondents and agents of the bureau of statistics throughout the cotton belt. Heretofore the record cotton crop was that of the year 1904, when 13,4 38,012 bales, exclusive of linters, were grown. Other large crops were those of 1906, which was 13,273,809 bales, and 1908, when 13,241,799 babies were grown. In point of value, however, the crop of 1910, which was 11,608,61 6 bales, exclusive of linters, was the record one, the fibre being valued at $820,320,000 and the cotton seed at $142,860,000, a total of $963,180,000 as the aggregate value of the cotton crop of that year. Conditions early in the growing season this year led to the belief that the crop would be one of record proportions. First estimates or the yields, based on the condition figures, placed the probable production well toward the figures of the biggest crop heretofore grown. The acreage on which cotton was planted this season was estimated by the department or agriculture to be 3 5,004,00 0 acres, a greater area than ever before planted to cotton in this country. This vast area exceeded the previous record of acreage by more than 2,500,000 acres, there having been planted 3 2,444,000 acres in 1908 and 32,403,000 acres last year. Tn the record proluction year of 1904 only 30,053,793 acres were planted. Scorching hot and excessively dry weather during the middle of the rammer caused considerable damage to cotton in many parts of the cotton belt. Lator in the season weather conditions were distinctly favorable in most parts of the belt and the crop Improved. The hot weather and irought, however, were responsible for a smaller yield this year than experts early in the season predicted as i result of the record acreage and jplendid growing conditions tnan pre failing. One result of the hot weath?r was that the crop matured about ;wo weeks earlier than usual. The estimated production by States, n 500-pound bales, exclusive of liners, with the acreage and yield comparisons for 1910, and the record fears of 1906 and 1904 follows: Bales Acreage. 1911 14,885,000 35,004,000 1910 11,608,61 6 32,403,000 906. 13,273,809 31,374,000 904 13,438,012 30,053,739 Virginia. 911 23,000 37,000 910 14,815 34,000 306 16,195 47,199 904 13,S62 36,000 North Carolina. 911. 935,000 1,587,000 n n ft 1 ao i r. ii nnn ,7 i yf uU|J if j ,iii j ,v; wv 906 5 79,3 26 1,374,000 904 7 0 3 ?7 6 0 1,306,968 South Caiolina. 91 1 . . .... 1,480,000 2,705,000 910 1,163,501 2,626,000 906 876,181 2,389,000 904 1,151,170 2,531,875 Georgia. 9U 2,560,000 5,119,000 i 91 0 1,767,202 4,970,000 906 1,553,638 4,610 000 904 1,887,853 4,227,188 Florida. , 911 73,000 284,000 91 0 58,949 26S,000 906 55,945 283,000 904 79,171 267,372 Alabama. , 911 1,600,000 3,815,000 j 910 1,194,250 3,633,000 , 906 1,261,522 3,658,000 f 904 1,448,157 * 3,611,731 ( Mississippi. r 91 1 1,195,000 3,454,000 t 91 0 1,262,680 3,420,000 i 906 1,530,784 3,408,000 r 904 1,798,917 3,632,458 t Louisiana. 911 1,195,000 3,454,000 910 1,262,680 3,420,000 906 1.530.784 3.408.000 . >04 1,798^917 3^632,458 1 Louisiana. 1 >11 359,000 1,118,000 )10 245,648 1,075,000 >06 987,779 1,739,000 1 >04.. .... ... 1,089,526 1,745,865 1 Texns. >11 4,280,000 10,868,000 1 >10 3,049,409 10,350,000 >06 4,174,206 8,894,000 4 >04 3,145,372 8,355,491 1 Arkansas. 1 >11. . . . . . 915,000 2,446,000 1 >10 821,233 2,375,000 >06 941,177 2,097,000 1 >04 930,666 2,051,185 1 CHASE OF BOLD THIEF ROBBED A STORE WHERE LITTLE GIRL WAS CLERK. ? After a Lcrg Ran, One Re Aral Was Shot, Captured, But the Other Made His Escape. With a severe flesh wound in the left leg, just below the knee. caused by a pistol ball from the weapon of one of his captors, Flux Suber, a negro, was lodged in the Lexington jail Friday night. According to the story told by the officers, Suber and Oscar Cook, another negro, entered the store of P. H. Stallings, tho well known dry goods merchant of llrookland. Friday afternoon about 2:30 o'clock, and proceeded to take possession of the store, when they found that only one clerk was in the store at the time?a young girl. While one of the negroes was pretending to look at some socks the other picked up a half dozen paiis of pants, the best quality that was In the shop. When the negro who v/as looking at the socks was told by the young lady clerk that she could not make the proper change to complete the purchase, ho said that was all right he would take tao pair, thus saving her the trouble to secure the change. At one time the young woman, who was very much frightened, attempted to leave the store to report the occurrence to the next door, but was met at the door by one of the negroes who had a drawn knife. Finally, however, the negroes rushed out, one of them carrying the hunch of pants, and the clerk at once reported what had happened. In a very short while, it is said, a largo posse was in pursuit, and so hot became the chase that the pants were dropped ,by one of the culprits. Af ter a long chase across hill alio dale the men in pursuit came upon Suber, who was commanded to halt. Instead of stopping the fugitive is said to have gotten faster and faster, and it was necessary to shoot him in the leg to effect his capture. Cook managed to escape. Suber was carried back to Brookland, where his injuries were looked after by Dr. Geiger. Suber had been off the gang only a short while, having completed a sentence for larceny. For a while there was intense excitement in the little town, and it looked like the negroes were in danger of being summarily dealt with for their dastardly attempts. WIFE'S DREAM SAVED HIM. , True Story About the Bricoville Mine Explosion. A Rriceville, Tenn.t dispatch says Hugh Larue, a miner employed in the Cross Mountain mine, in which there was an explosion Saturday, believes he owes his life to a dream his wife had Friday night. When he awoke Saturday morning and prepared to go to his daily task in the mine, Mrs. Larue told him she would not prepare dinner for him to carry to th emines, as she did not want him to work that day. She then rocited a dream she had, giving this as her reason for asking tiat her husband stay out of the mine. Mrs. Larue said that Friday night she dreamed she saw scores of miners, with their heads blown off, being carried out of the mine entrance; that she and her little children (and she has several) stood at the mine's mouth, watching the horrible sight. Despite the fact that he had not missed a day from his work for many months, he was prevailed upon Saturday to remain out of the mines. It was only a short time after Mrs. Larue told of her dream until the explosion was announced. With tears of joy streaming down her face, she embraced her husband and thanked Clod that she had had the dream Fri- J day night. FOUR MULES ARE GONE. 1 1 * ] Fhcy Mysteriously Disappear From < a Camp Saturday. 1 Four mules mysteriously disap geared from the timber camp of J. T. VfcKennon, about seven miles from Jennettsvillo, Saturday night. There j ,vere six men in camp at that time, ( ind no one seems to know anything j )f the whereabouts of the mules. Pwo were dark bay mare mules and ( lie others were dark mouse-colored f nules. Diligent search has boon n.ade in this countv. and it is thonerht hat thoy have been stolen. J c Tennessee. I 911 420,000 822,000 t 91 0 331,947 783,000 906. . .,. . . 306,037 814,000 li 904 329,319 881,341 a Missouri. e 911 93,000 115,000 0 91 0 59,633 103,000 904 54,104 91,000 904. . .... 51,570 , 79,403 Oklahoma. \ 911 915,000 2,622,000 8 91 0 923,063 2,260,000 906 897,826 1,981,000 c 904 804,318 1,315,663 California. 911 11,000 12,000 910 6,000 10,000 t + THEY WILL WIN Oolleek Bright fer Dements if Tkey AJspt Prefretsire Platfeta, WHICH THEY SHOULD DO ? This Is the Assurance Given the New York World by a Majority of the Democratic Leaders in and Out of Congress, Who Are Divided on Wilson and Harmon. T Vi rk IZcixu V nrlr Wnrlrl snvs m .in V Democrats of high standing in political life all over the country have within the last few days answered for The World these questions: "What are the prospects of the success of your party candidate for the presidency if existing conditions continue as at present? "Who in your estimation should be the candidate of the national convention of your party in order to enlist the support of the majority of voters in your state. "What, in your judgment, should be the issues upon which your party should make its appeal to the voters of your state for their support? "Do you believe that a 'conservative' or a 'progressive' policy would best contribute to the success of your party? "The answers show that Democrats everywhere are eager for the campaign, sure of their issues, and wholesomely confident of success. The World herewith presents them succinctly: "The tariff reform, said everyone, is the paramount issue. "Progressive, rather than a conservative policy was in the platform of the majority. "Where choice of candidates was given it was singular to note that Governor Woodrow Wilson, of Now Jersey, and Governor Judscn Harmon, of Ohio, ran even, with Champ Clark a good second; Representative Oscar W. Underwood and Governor Thomas R. Marshall, of Indiana, next and scattering mention made of Sonator John W. Kern, Governor Joseph W. Folk, of Missouri; Governor John Burke, of North Dakota; Governor Eugene N. Fobs, of Massachusetts. "Any good progressive Democrat., was the answer of a surprisingly large number. Supporters of Woodrow Wilson. "Woodrow Wilson was the first choice of these men among others: "Senator John Sharp Williams, of Missouri; Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon; Senator iMartine, of New Jersey; Senator L. Owen, of Oklahoma; Congressman R. P. Ilobsou, of Alabama; Congressman Claude V. Stone, of Illinois; Congressman Eugene F. Kinkead, of New Jersey; Congressman Charles B. Smith, of New York; Congressman John H. Small, of North Carolina; Congressman C. D. Carter, of Oklahoma; Congressman Rufus Hardy, of Texas; Congressman \V. R. Smith, of Texas; State Chairman Alex Sweek, of Oregon; Stato Chairman J. 13. Thompson, of Oklahoma; Editor Joseph us Daniels, of Raleigh, N. C.; Stato Chairman H. S. Martin, of Kansas. Some Harmon Supporters. "Judson Harmon was the first choice of these men; "Congressman J. D. Post, of Ohio; Congressman T. T. Ansberry, of Ohm; Congressman Isaac K. Sherwood, of Ohio; Congressman William A. Ashbrooke, of Ohio; Congressman Alfred G. Allen, of Ohio; Congressman Steven B. Ay res, of New York; Congressman James P. Maher, of sTew York; Congressman Francis Burton Harrison, of New York; Congressman John Lamb, of Virginia; Congressman George F. Burgess, of 1 Texas; Congressman Ben Cravens, of 1 Arkansas; Stato Chairman William O. j Ventries, of Tennessee; State Chairman J. S. Williams, of Texas; Na- ' tional Committeeman Edwin O. Wood, of Michigan; ex-Senator Henry 1 [). Money, of Mississippi; ex-National * "< V. J - ... Mfllll.. ... !."< TI.,,< L>11U1I 11UIU VY A Ilia 111 JL' . IKlilltJ, Ul Pen nsyl van ia. 1 Chump Clark's Friends. "Among Champ Clark's "first and v )nly choice" supporters are: s "State Chairman N. F. Reed, of j own; Congressman Charles F. Book- c ;r, of Missouri; Congressman Wiliam P. Borland, of Missouri; Congressman James R. Ellerbe, of Soutn Carolina; Congressman Ben Johnson, >f Kentucky. 1 "Congressman Oscar W. Undorvood of Alabama, has the strong sup>ort of Senator Joseph F. Johnson, if Alabama, the Alabama congressc.nal delegation and he is often men- j, ionod as a 'dark horse' elsewhere. 0 M O O 1 1 T /I 1 nn A I viv/vui tiwi iuaioiuni, kj l j iiuiaiia, jias the strength of a "favorite son" g( nd the hearty indorsement of Gov- u rnor Lee Cruce, of Oklahoma, among f] thers." ? ? si Quite n Large Family. tl At Detroit in a divorce case Mrs. fj Tary Scholdt in reply to a question n aid: c< "I am the mother of twenty-four w hildren, nono of them twins." f( "Where do you live?" "At 430 Roosevelt nvenue." She failed to understand the laugh a hat followed. n GOTTEN OUT ALIVE I FIVE MEN ARE SAVED FROM THE BRICEVTLIiE MINES i Rescue of First Three and Then Twn More Gives Added Vigor to Arm* of Sturdy Toilers. A Briceville, Tenn., dispatch say* flvo men have been removed aliv* iU ^ ir i ~ uuui iuo Vviuea .uuuuuiu mine, wo?r? between 120 and 150 miners were entombed by an explosion Saturday. The discovery that some of the men are alive has led to renewed rigor on the part of the men who ajre striving to fight their way through masses of debris to the rescue of their imprisoned fellow men. Three men were brought out of the mine at 9 o'clock Tuesday night. They were: William Henderson, aged 55; iMllton Henderson, aged 22. his son; Irwin Smith, aged 35. All of the men are married. They were found in left cross entry No. 19, and had escaped death after the oxplosion of Saturday morning by erecting a brattice, cutting off the deadly after damp. All were in good condition and will live. In fact, the elder Henderson was so strong that he wished to walk to his home. The finding of these men alive has created new hope in the breasts of the rescuers. Two more men, making five in nil, were brought out of the mine aliva shortly after 11 o'clock Tuesday night. Rescue men are now digging for three more men who are reported to bo alive. Tho two men are Arthur Scott, aged 30, and Dore Irish, aged 30, who is also married. Irish is badly burned about the face and hands, but probably will recover. Scott is practically unhurt. NEGKO LODGE MEN ARRESTED. Tliey Are Charged With Burning a Fanner's Barn. A dispatch from Abbeville to the Greenville News says for a time Monday morning there was considerable excitement in Abbeville and threats of lynching four negroes who had been put in jail, charged with burning a barn belonging to a farmer by the name of Bradbury, together with four fine mules and the contents of tho barn. Incendiarism was suspected, and some of Mr. Bradbury's sons stayed up to watch for developments. In a short while a negro boy came stealing up and when he saw the white boys he ran away, but he was followed and caught. He confessed that lie was one of four negroes who set fire to the barn and that they were appointed by a lodge of which they were members to fire tho barn and also the residence of Mr. Bradbury, and that he was returning to fire the house when he was captured. Me said that he was compelled by the other three to go with them to fire tho barn, and that he was threatened with death if he told on them. The whole trouble started about tho removal of a lodge room off some land which Mr. Bradbury owned. The negroes did not want to move, arid sought revenge in the torch. A message was sent the governor Tuesday morning asking a speedy trial for the four negroes, and it is probable that a number of other arrests will follow. Feeling is intense against the negroes under arrest, and there might be an outbreak at any time unless there is a speedy trial. NEGRO CONFESSES TO CRIME. Before Execution Admits Assassinating White Man. Will Turner, the negro who assassinated Jesse Singley, a white man, nt Indian Springs last summer when [i race riot almost was precipitated, Tuesday confessed to the crime. His ?xocution took place at Jackson, Ga. The murder was the culmination of a row between two bell boys at one of he springs hotels. Singley and several companions had gone to the lotel after supper to offer their asdstance in quelling any disorder, tnd on his return to his home Singley vas fired 011 from ambush. Three ons of the negro Turner also are icld In the Atlanta jail 011 the same harge. \ ? + + GONE JUST ONE YEAR. ^ i >orothy Arnold's Mysterious Disappearance Unsolved. Miss Dorothy Arnold, whose mysterious disappearance from her home a New York puzzled the polico of two ontinents, will have been missing list 0110 year last Monday. The abcnce'was first made public on Janary 2 6, and since then various conictlng reports concerning the search ar her have kept the public in a tate of wonderment. John S. Keith, ae Arnold family's lawyer, says the untly believes the girl is dead and o other explanation can be connived, as absolutely no clue as to hat became of her has ever been aund. Teddy Hoosevelt's shadow falls cross Taft's pathway to a second omination.