The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 18, 1913, Image 6
ESTIMATES CROP I
GOVERNMENT REPORT FOR SEASON
OF 1913-1914
LOWER THAN LAST YEAR
Federal Estimate of the (Growing I
Crop Reaches 1:1,(177,000 lhiles?I
Total Production for South Caro-1
lina Estimated at 1,330,000 Hales I
?Texan Crop Short.
The American cotton crop for the!
season of 19 13-14 will amount to I
13.07 7,000 bales of 500 pounds, (not
including lintors), according to the
flrst estimate made by tho govern-1
ment this yoar through tho crop reporting
board, bureau of statistics,!
department of agriculture, and announced
Friday afternoon. This
compares with 1 3,703,42 1 bales of
500 pounds, exclusive of lintors, pro-1
duced last year, when the total crop,
inclusive of lintors, was 14,313,000
bales of 500 pounds: 15,692,701 J
bales in 1911, which, including lintors.
amounted to 16,250,276 bales; I
11,608.616 bales in 1910, which, in-|
eluding lintors, amounted to 1 2,005.-1
GS8 bales; 1 0.004,949 hales in 1909,
which, in el 11 d 1?) f llntnra *~l
|-> iviu, UIIKMIIIII'II v??
10.3 15,382 bales; 13,241,709 bales In
1903, which, including lintors.
amounted to 13,587,306 bales, and
11.1 07,1 79 bales In 1907, which, including
linters, amounted to 1 1,375.
40! bales. The average of the crops
of 1 907-1 1 was 1 2,33 1,047 bales, exclusive
of linters.
The average total production, exclusive
of linters, for the five years
from 1 907 to 1911 was 12,331,047
bales. The value of the crop, including
seed, for the same period averaged
$303,4 00,000, while the 1912
crop, lint and seed, was valued at
$920,030,000, the value of the lint
being $792,240,000; the 1911 record
crop, $859,840,000, the lint being
valued at $732,420,000, and the
1910 crop, $963,1 80,000, the most
valuable ever produced, tho value of
the lint being $820,320,000.
Tho estimated production, exclusive
of linters and stated in 500
ponud bales, by states, with compariaons,
and the aggregato value of the
crop, with lint'ors and seed, follow:
Virginia?Total production, 25,000
bales, compared with 2 4,398 bales
last year and 15,270 bales, the average
of 1 907-1 1. The value of the
cqpp, with seed, last year was $ I,670,000.
North Varolina?Total production,
7 65,000 hales, compared with 865,6
53 bales last year and 72 6,968 bales,
tlio average of 1907-11. The value
of the crop, with seed, last year was
$58,980,000.
South Carolina?Total production,
1,330,000 bales, compared with 1 ,1
82,128 bales last year and 1,240,399
bales the average of 1 707-11. The
valuo of the crop, with seed, last year
was $80,880,000.
Georgia?Total production, 2,275,H
0 H l\q Inu onni no rn/1 with 1 77H Fl 4 ft
bales last year and 2,017,371 bales,
the average of 1 007-1 1. The valuo of
the crop, with seed, last year wag
$121,8 00,000.
Florida?Total production, 68,000
bales, compared with 52,7 60 hales
last year and 61,64 6 balos, the average
of 1 907-1 1. The value of the
crop, with seed, last yoar was $4,190,000.
Alabama?Total production, 1,51.0,000
bales, compared with 1,342,275
hales last year and 1,278,709
hales, the average of 1 907-1 1. The
value of the crop, with seed, last year
was $90,280,000.
Mississippi?Total production, 1 ,19
5,000 bales, compared with 1,04 6,418
balos last year and 1,33 4,71 2
balos, the average of 1 907-1 1. Tho
value of the crop, with seed, last
yoar was $71,720,000.
Louisiana?Total production 400,000
bales, compared with 792,098
bales last year and 405,84 4 balos,
tho average of 1 907-1 1. The value
of the crop, with seed, last year was
9K 970 one
y t* *t , tt i v/ , \/ \j v/ .
Texas?Total production 3,030,000
bales, compared with 4,880.2 10 bales
last year and 3,188.662 bales, the
average of 1907-11. The value of
the crop, v ith seed last year was
$321,430,000.
Arkansas -Total production, 900,0
00 bales, compared wi:h , '2,('98
bales last year and 8i?6.329 bales, the
averago of 100'' 1 '. The value of the
crop, with seed, last year was $53,630.000.
Tennessee ?Total production. 31." 000
bales, compared with 276.54 6
bales last year and 329,007 bales,
the averago of 1007-1 I. The value
of the crop with seed, last year was
$1 8,930,000.
Missouri?Total production, 66,000
bales, compared with 55,691
bales last year and 59,946 bales, the
average of 1907-11. Tbo value of
the crop, with seed, last year was $3,800,000.
Oklahoma?Total production 820,000
bales, compared with 1,021,250
bales last year and 808.640 bales, the
average of 1 907-1 1. The value of the
crop, with seed, last year was $67,200.000.
California?Total production, 18,
00 bales, compared with 9,000 bales
l&at year.
COTTON BEING GINNED
-?
ORANGEBURG LEADS COUNTIES
OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
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Federal Figures Place Anderson and
Spartanburg in Next Places for
( innings Up to I>oc?tnl>er 1.
Cotton ginned In South Carolina
during tho present season, prior to
December 1, amounted to 1,160,815
bales, or 1 19,126 bales more than for
tho same period last year, according
to figures given out by tho United
Statos census bureau in announcing
tho ginning by counties up to December
1. Orangeburg countv again
leads, with 67,23 6 bales, Anderson
coming next with 60,807 bales, and
Spartanburg third with 58,473. T.ie
three counties ginning tho smallest
number of bales to December 1 are:
Georgetown, 3.0S0; Jasper, 5,599,
and Beaufort, 6,218.
Ginning by counties, counting
round as half bales, and not including
linters, follows:
County. 1913. 1912.
Abbeville.. .. 27,103 24,756
Aiken 42,032 32,268
Anderson .. .. 60,807 46,588
Bamberg .. .. 2 4,092 17.051
Barnwell .. .. 4 9,8 11 3 8,03 9
Beaufort .. .. 0,2 18 1,4 70
Berkeley .. .. 11,082 9,394
Calhoun .. .. 23,044 1 7,989
Charleston. .. 11,217 0,628
Cherokee .... 10,145 12,109
Chester . . . . 26,905 27,787
Chesterfield . . 24,82 6 2 7 223
Clarendon.. .. 35,009 30,019
Colleton .. .. 10,935 1 2,503
Darlington. .. 31,072 35,930
Dillon 29,975 3 1,209
Dorchester. .. 1 1,772 1 1,244
Edgefield .. .. 27,972 24,1 04
Fairfield .. .. 20,74 1 22,484
Florence . . . . 37,427 33,352
Georgetown. .. 3,080 2,681
Greenville. . . . 34,000 27,328
Greenwood. .. 25,63 0 2 0,4 6 8
Hampton .. .. 10,937 1 2,555
Horry 7,730 7,950
Jasper 5,59 9 1,3 3 3
Kershaw .. .. 22,933 23,484
Lancaster . . .. 1 9,57 1 22,401
Laurens .. ... 3 0,04 2 31,61 1
Lee 32,2 10 30,501
Lexington. . .. 22,1 72 1 8,04 4
Marion 15,073 1 0,508
Marlboro .. .. 44,029 57,948
Newberry .... 32,299 29,1 9 1
Oconee 1 0,3 69 1 1,4 4 0
Orangeburg . . 67,330 50,807
Pickens 1 1,0 2 0 9,7 3 0
Richland .. .. 19,458 1 8,301
Saluda 21,5 60 21,1 29
Spartanburg .. 58,473 49,1 66
Sumter 35,2 40 3 1,114
Union 16,819 15,3 27
Williamsburg . 21,4 84 19,938
York 33,4 82 34,662
Total 1,1130,8 1 a 1,0 4 1,080
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WILL MAKE TEST.
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Barnwell to See Hall's Maturing Machine
Tested.
John B. Hall, of Philadelphia, inventor
of Ilall's cotton maturing procoss,
arrived in Barnwell Wednesday
with a party of northern capitalists
who are associated with him in marketing
his invention. A model machine
has been expressed to Barnwell
and is now being erected at the
Barnwell Oil Mill. A practical demonstration
was made Thursday morning
at which time two tests wore made
one showing how much cotton will be
saved on an acre by maturing frost
bitten bolls. There will be a woighl
test, the bolls being weighed beforf
they are treated in the machine. Th
seed cotton will bo woighod after it
has been matured.
Mr. Hall stated that a plant foi
the manufacture of the machines will
be located in tho near future. Stock
In the company is to bo offered tc
tho farmers and business men. Tlu
results of the demonstration will be
watched with groat interowt.
CORN SHOCKS VALUABLE.
Nebraska Robber Tildes $1,000 it
Meld or a Farmer.
Hugh M. Fins, 2 0 years old, arrested
t wo days ago on suspicion of being
the man who robbed the bank al
Primrose, Neb., last Thursday, has
confessed the crime, according tc
Sheriff Shutton, of Greely county
His confession is said to have Implicated
Paul Carston, on whoso farm
near Primrose tho officers found $3,700
of the $4,000 taken from the
bank. Tho money was hidden in corr
shocks. Carston was arrested.
Lost a Good Friend.
The South?the social, agricultural
and commercial South?lost one
of its hest friends whon President W
\Kf ITInlnv r?f fh? SnnMinpn Ilallaov
died lately In Washington. Hla faitl
in the South and in all things Southern
was almost without limit. He
won confidence whererer ho wont
His death is deeply regrettod. He
was a native of Mississippi and was a
magnificent man, whose place will be
hard to fill.
Owl Slaughters Flocks.
Residents of Welser, Ind., are ex
cited over ths depredations of a glanl
owl. It has annihilated many flocki
of chickens, killing 30 in a singh
aiglit.
MAKES THEM STOP
AMERICAN ADMIRAL PROHIBITS
BATTLE AT TAMPICO
OFFERS TO OPEN FIRE
I luerta's Men Held Position in Town
Where They Were Protected by
Shells Front (jiuiboat Bravo?'They
Manage to llctuiit Town Until
Fletcher's Mandate End Strife.
Rear Admiral Fletcher, commander
of the American naval forces in
\J nxlpnx wntoru It'riil nr/lnroil Itio
rebels and federals lighting at Tamplco
to coaso firing, threatening to
open upon thom with tho guns of tho
gunboat Wheeling if his order was
not obeyed. Both sides coinpliod
with tho order.
This information is containod in a
dispatch received at Mexico City Friday
night by Sir Lionel Carden, the
British minister, from Hear Admiral
Sir Christopher Craddock of tho British
cruiser Berwick, which is lying
off Tamplco. Tho federals hold the
centre of tho town of Tampico and
tho water front. Hoar Admiral
Flotclior has ordered foreigners to
take rofugo on board tho ship or to
congregate on the water front, where
they will be under tho protection of
his guns.
Two thousand federals at Tampico,
protected by tho shells of tho gunboat
Bravo more than by their own
efforts, late Friday were waiting for
a forward movement of the rebels or
some other manoeuvre that might decide
the fato of tho seaport. The
fighting, which began two days ago,
was then continuing.
How many rebels are engaged In
the attack on Tampico is not known
but it is estimated that their number
is at least twice that of tho federals,
and their operations indicate that
they expect more men from Victoria,
capital of tho State of Tamaulipas,
which lies half way between Tampico
and Monterery to the north. The
rebels, who are in possession of the
railroad yards and shops and largo
stores of material, have detached
from their lines sufficient men to undertake
repairing the railroad north
and west from Tampico towards Victoria.
Occasional shells fell In -the heart
of Tamnico durlncr the dav and link
Iota from ritles and machine guns
wore numerous enough to make it
advisable that, all residents not engaged
in the conflict seek cover. The
rebels hold the area between Tampioo
nropor and the coast, Including Dona
Cecilia and Abol Grande, where are
located the storage oil tanks of the
Waters-Pierce company, the Cowdray
interests and the llsuarae company.
The Waters-Pierce refinery is at Arbol
Grande. The Codwrays also have
a refinery there, but it is not yet in
operation.
According to reports the rebels
. have not damaged any property, but
the firing, especially that fror the
i Bravo and a few federal cannon, en.
dangers the tanks of the refinery of
. the Waters-Pierce company. The
I federals havo their positions in that
, part of the city behind a triangle
. formed by the Panuco river, which is
- really the city's harbor, and the canal
running into it botwoon the city and
, the coast. Just below the mouth ot
the canal, and above Dona Cecilia,
; lies the Bravo.
> The rebels aro utilizing a hill about
, 100 feet high In attempting to land
shells on the Bravo, which, In turn
la f r ir I w rr f r? ren/iAw ^V\ a! - 5 4 1 ^ ? -- ?
?u u Jinft VW ICIIUUI uim pwn IIMMI IJ I I .
tenable. To the wont or roar of the
I city tho federals have a defense In
the Tanezi river, which also flows
, into* the Panuco, a stream not easily
, crossed. Trains entering Tampicc
s from tho west do so over a drawbridge
which the federals are koeping
open. No rebels yet have appeared
on that side of the city, to the
wonderment of tho government observers.
' The track of this railroad has been
respected, and two train loads ol
refugees were taken out of the town
Failure of tho rebels to throw out ol
; commission this line, which extends
t to San Luis Potosi, beforo tho inaui
guration of their attack, enabled the
> government materially to strengthen
. tho garrison of Tamplco. Three
train loads of men wero run Into the
i town from the west.
Tho meagre Information available
5 indicates that tho federals at
i Tamplco will bo able to do nothing
more than resist the rebel attack. II
it not believed likely that the 80C
men the war office says left Vera
. Cruz for Tamplco will be ablo to en
j ter the town, as tho robols hold the
banks of the river from tho coast
farther In than Dona Cecelia. The
i loss of life In the fighting at Tarn.
. plco probably has not been great.
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Cans? Many Accidents.
> Hobble skirts, aided by high heels
i hare caused 138 accidents on Penn
> aylvanla railroad trains In the last
three months, according to statistic!
!'"implied by the company.
I ?
.! Forty-six Lives Ix>st.
t Forty-six lives wore lost Thursday
i by the foundering of the Swedial
s steamer Malmberget off Dodo, Nor
way.
WAS STILL IN THE JAIL
WHEN <;o\ i:H\OK ui.i: \SI: TI'HNi:d
him loosi:.
Cuughnmn llud Not IIi'kiiii Scrvlny
Sentence in flu* Penitentiary When
Iteleused.
A dispatch from Sumter says the
reh use of T. lUrnic Ciuighinaii by
Governor Please has been much discussed
there on the street and there
seems to he general dissatisfaction
among the people that a parole
should have been granted, especially
so soon after the killing took place
and before Caughman commenced to
serve his sentence. Since his conviction
in October, Caughman has been
kept in tho county jail awaiting the
result of an appeal to tho State Supreme
Court for a new trial.
Thursday night, when notified of
his parole, Caughman requested permission
to remain In Jail over night,
as ho was without funds and had no
place In town to which ho could go.
Friday morning ho canto up Htroot,
whero ho met and spoko to a number
of friends and acquaintances, visited
the barber shop and then returned to
the jail; until time for his train to
leave for his homo at Smithville, Fee
county, about fifteen miles north of
Sumter.
Caughntan has never scented to
realize tlio seriousness of the offence
of which he was convicted and his
demeanor changed little when he was
told that lie had been granted Itis
freedom. Ilatenian, who was killed
by Caughntan, was a stanch Bloaso
man, and many of his friends, it Is
understood, who are also Rio a so partisans,
deem the governor's action as
unwarranted. In fact, one of them
stated Friday that lie and several
more ho knew of who had always
voted for Blease in the past., would
never do so again.
Chief of Police John R. Sumter
stated Friday morning, when asked if
he had signed tIte petition for leniency
for Caughntan said that, he
most certainly had not. Mr. Thomas
S. Sumter stated that lie had signed
the petition out of friendship for a
cousin of Caughntan's, but that it
stated that Caughman was to be
given his freedom after he had served
n rnnsnnnhln time
IJllVAN STDKSTKPS.
Doesn't Let "Political Indiscretion"
Kmlmrass Him.
At the annual banquet of tho Philadelphia
Sona of Delaware on Saturday
night ex-Congressman Handy, of
Delaware, introduced William J. Kryan
as tho "next president of the United
States." Mr. Bryan told tho diners
that ho hoped they would not treasure
up against Mr. Handy tho "political
indiscretion" ho had just committed.
"Ho means well," Mr. Bryan
aid, "and it only Indicates how a
habit ho learned 17 years ago has become
fixed."
*1 beliove tho tosatmaster is of the
opinion of many others," Mr. Bryan
continued, " that my highest ambition
has been to become president of
, the United States. That in not so.
( From my earliest manhood I have
held a worthier and a higher ambi|
tion. I have considered that office on,
ly as a means to an end. I consider no
one worthy to occupy that high office
I who is not more interested in the
, things that can bo accomplished than
in the famo it brings.
"I am happy, and I want you all
to boliove me when I nay no, to nee
| those things so near my heart being
done by another; happier than if I
were in that Dlace. I am haDDV to see
, a nation of people change itn point of
yiow and adopt those things which
( havo always been close to ray heart."
, PHYSICIANS LICENSES.
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Examiners Admit Eighteen Out of
Forty-four.
As a rosult of examinations held on
November 11, 12 and 13 beforo the
i Stato board of medical examiners the
' following are licensed to practice
. medicine:
I). A. Harrow, Uoxbury, Mass.; O.
i Tj. P.urorton, Potersfield; W. I). Clutp
polio Jr., Columbia; L. M. Daniels,
? Columbia; It. 13 Durham, Perry; It.
i F. Flowe, Kannapolis, N. C.; Samuel
> Frledheim, Hock Mill; B. H. Henry,
> Clinton; Edmund Johnson Jr., Abbeville;
A. T. King, Johnston; A. F.
? Mahoney, Ferguson; R. T. McCraw.
: Oxford, Ala.; T. E. Mlllor Jr., Char;
le9ton; W. C. Myers, Meldrlra, Ga.;
: a. h. inpiii, clover; u. c. Hcott, Clioi
R. S. Sharp, Sonooa; T. O. Sharpe,
l Charlotto, N. C.; J. D. Smyser, Flor
once.
) Homeopaths admitted are: O. T.
t Lythcott, Charleston; J. A. Mason,
? Rishopvllle.
Mary R. Herbert of Chester Is admitted
to practice as an osteopath.
Runted to IX*atli.
Essie May Doygett, of Newberry,
- was burned to death Monday aftert
noon. Her parents, while in the yard
3 heard her scream and found her
clothes afire.
Yeggmen In Georgia.
7 The post office safe at Register.
i fla., was blown open by yeggmen
- Monday night. They secured $400
In cash.
CURRENCY REFORM
SENSTOR SMI1H PUTS INTO IT
SOME NEtf FEATURES
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FIGURES BACK REPORT
Senator Molds Attention of the Kcii~
ate on t're<lit? and NwhIr of Commercial
life in America?Increase
of Production < >\ersFiadows Increase
of Circulating Medium.
Severely criticising the inadequacy
of the present currency law, Senator
Smith, in a speech in the Senate
Thursday, held that K<dd and government
bonds were at. present the only
basis of issue; that prime commercial
paper in addition to the gold and the
government bonds, weis absolutely
nocessary In view of the Increase of
farm productions which amounted to
7X per cent, for the past decade,
while that of the circulating medium
was only 1 1 per capita for the past
decade.
The Senator strongly criticised the
Republicans for not having enacted
in their regime an adequate law by
which the credits and the n?*eds of
commercial life in America would at
:ill times and under all circumstances
he met by an adequate circulating
medium. With a table piled high
with statisticse, Senator Smith held
the attention of the Senate, while he
Injected now features into the currency
debate.
The Senator first called attention
(o the cotton increase h> citing that
in 1900 the value of the increase was
more than double the value in ten
years. The South Carolina Senator
then road to the Semite a mass of figures
whereby ho effectually and
clearly pointed out that m addition to
cotton all farm products, mining products,
manufacturing products and
commercial products had increased
in varying amounts during the past
10 years, while the amount of increase
of the circulating medium was
hardly worth consideration.
Senator Smith then cited figures to
show the increased population and
the actual increase of money during
the past census period. From the
data, he drew skilful comparisons to
demonstrate on what "thin ice the
American people were traveling."
Comparing the amount of money
in circulation in 1 8(?f? to the amount
now in circulation and the value ol
the crops of that year to those of tlu
present year, Senator Smith said thai
unless the amount of money was in
creased to a sufficient, amount thai
the commercial and farming interest:
might conduct their business without
inconvenience, ruin would confron
the nation.
The large amounts r,f money storee
in the reserved centers, particularly
in New York, Chicago and St. Louis
which are used for speculating pur
poses, was ueciarea unnecessary t<
the classes and of harm to th<
masses. The value of the incremen
of railroads and their earnings wai
discussed in detail.
"The acutla products of America it
wealth is outstripping beyond tin
available circulating medium, evet
where tse money is equitably diffus
led, that is, if eaeh branch or divisioi
of our industries were to get a pre
(lata share according to the law o
supply and demand of the circulatirif
medium, on account of the inflexibtl
| ity of the present banking and cur
rcncy system, there is not a sufflcien
amount of money to guarantee faitl
and confidence to meet the cxpandinj
trade; therefore, I want to state tha
it is the duty of the government t<
provide a safe and adequate law b;
which the credits and the needs o
agricultural and commercial life cai
at all times and under all circum
stances by an ample circulating me
dlum.
Senator Smith then commented 01
the safety of the proposed increas
by stating: "Thirty-five per cent, o
the loan secured by gold or by government
bonds in addition to the I o<
per cent, secured bv prime eonimer
fin 1 paper Is certainly enough for an;
reasonable man. It is necessary, fo
the prosperity of the nation, that thl
bill be passed."
In concluding bis speech, Senato
Smith cited the trials the farmer ex
periences in the financing of his crop
with the following: "As nature cai
not be forced it takes nine month
to produce a staple crop in America
This means that the cost Incident ti
production must wait nine month
for liquidation. The value of th
produce depends largely on a fore
beyond the control of man? it cai
never be calculated, discounted o
foretold?this force consists of th
seasons, and the uncertainty of th
labor supply. The supply, if It b
kent up to the demand, must be prop
crly financed, so there will be an In
ducement for Its increment."
Oilld and Mother Burned.
On Thursday while Mora Jacksor
of Chesterfield, wan standing In fron
of the great with her back to the fir
and In some way her clothes wor
Ignited ar.d before the fl?*e could h
smothered bv her mother who. 1mm<
dlatelv enveloped the child In he
skirts, both mother and child wer
burned.
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NEGRO KILLS WHITE MA
i
ST.AIIS .MlMi OPKItATI VK TO |
DIvATII WITH KNIFK.
Tlio Negro Fl?l llut Wa,s Caught xiwl
m
Jailed and Mob Wantwl to Lynch
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llini.
At Anderson on Friday OUio Kinard.
a white man, employed In tho ^
frame room of the Orr Cotton MIIIb,
wan stabbed to death by Will White, j
a negro, employed in the picker room 1
of tho same mills. Death was instan- 4
t a neons. Testimony adduced at. tho 1
innuest is to the effect that Klnard *1
had been drinking and that ho, in I
company with two friends, met White *
and asked him to accompany them to ?
tho woods. Kinard is said to have !
teased the negro until the negro be- *
car.ie angry, and without warning \
drew his knife and stabbed Kinard to '
the heart. White ran off, but was ?
captured, and Is in tho county Jail. *
About half past .9 o'clock Friday ?
night between fifty and soxonty-flvo !
men gnthored 011 Church street, near '
the county Jail, while three of them. ?
ncconling to report, went to tho Ja
door and made demand on Hhori ?
Ashley for Will White, the nogro wfc \
is charged with having stabbed t *
rlnnlli OI1i? Iflri.. ?*1 .. .. 11 111 *
m i i v/i iiv) i \ nidi u in. \ / i i (vi hi t ?
Friday afternoon. The men, who, It *
is claimed, were recognized by the ?i
sheriff when he answered tho alarm J
at the door, told the officer. It is said, i\
that they had come for White; that
he (Sheriff Ashley) could make a big
hlulT to convineo tho public that ho
tried to save tho negro from thorn,^
and that tho crowd could then tako
tho negro.
Shei ill' Ashley replied forcibly, it
is said, saying that thoro is no bluff
in him, that he has sworn to protect
the prisoners and that ho intended11*
doing so with all his might. Ifo told
thorn further that thoy wouldn't got
the nogro unless thoy did so over his
dead hodv. Tho throe men withdrew
one of them remarking that tho^egt,
would be back later that, night, it h
said. Tho crowd dispersed soon afte
It. was rumored thoro at 10 o'clo?
that a crowd had gathered Just sotn
of tho citv, but tho sheriff and h
deputies did not give tiro story ai.' '
credence. The sheriff has tho jai
well barricaded, having called h
four of his deputies and two of th
city policemen. They are well fort^n.
| hod.
ItomtHI) OF SA VINO'S.
ce?p
f Anderson Man Says Trio Followc Him
Across Country. glrl
Arrested for acting queerly whreVer
' lie alighted at Richmond, Va., c
Thursday from a train from Waslwn
^ ington, 0. T. ICstes, of Anderson, to
a story of having been followed frohonSan
Francisco to Washington by |Jfo
' trio of men, who finally drugged hi
' and robbed him of liis savings of ni>arts
years, amounting to more tnan JbU
" Estes said ho was en route horfair,
} from nine years spent in tho Phil
' pines, where ho had been doing s<? no
t vieo witli tho United States coast tn bo
* tillery, near Manilla, having enli
ed at Fort Hunt, Virginia. h6lp
i He had his money when ho rea<mt.
3 od San Francisco, but said later
i met up with tho three men, who p
- sisted in his drinking with .
l When he camo to himsolf lie was
) a hotel, near the Mount Vernon p
f tion, Washington. Kates claims thing
A ho got off the train and acted likoiable
- was going to commit suicide, in toum
- der to be arrested, to avoid the nured
t who wero on tho train with him. lent,
i had $22 in cash and papers, wh?ay8l
A showed he had been honorably <*on 8
t charged from service at Sao Fr^cze"
> clsco. been
y t t t have
f NKAK TO DEATH. c, of
tl has.
* fo're
Voting Florence Man is Said to II*uart
al
Taken Strychnine. eitYo
n q
Ueorgo McU.ee, of Florenco, 13
f young man of good appearance
a man of supposedly good habit* ,
( said to have attempted sulcido by
soiling Monday morning. He de
that lie had taken anything, mafire
^ friends claimed that he had trie V.
strvchnino and wood alcohol almeon
h 1 o'clock. A friend brought M<f >rmto
his boardning house, and, ith is
r reporting the case, summoned is the
doctors. They wero with him Lew
' some time, and pumped his ston
:1 and found that ho had taken t
3 strychnino.
There is no positive cause as 1*
H ed for this rash act. Ho told the
(> tors that he owes $10 and tha
0 one cares whether he lives or m
ri that it doesn't matter one way o
other. Ho also stated that he
0 out of a Job and was despondency*
e * * *
0 Rtole Money to Hay Drug.
Confessing that he broke tnt?
nn?t nfflpn nt If lntr??An Ho onH
I ? ( f " ? W VV/kl | VJ l?l| ItllM
about $75, taking it to buy a
George A. Clark, about forty
old, was Thursday sentenced to
i teen months In the Atlanta pel
,t tlary.
6 ! __
n 1 Confederate Reunion.
? I
e Gen. Rennett H. Young, comi
?- er-in-chlef of the United Confec
>r Veterans, has named April 29, 8
e Mn 1 an the official days of tho^g
reunion of the organisation. Chcsthe
'ill wonIthsUnd
. 50c <