The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 26, 1914, Image 5

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THLY COME ACROSS MJW YOHK COTTON MXCH.VNCK TO AIM)l?r GOVMltNMKNTS - [OfTIN UU5MF1CA1 ION Senator Smith Calls It a "Signal Victory" for the South?\\ ill i*iish His Hill Towards the Achievement of Complete llcfor in of Cotton Classification in K\clinn<;?a. "This is the most signal vlctorx won by advocates of fair dealing for the cotton farmers of the South yot achieved," said Senator Smith of South Carolina Wednesday when shown the statement frotn New York that the cotton exchange of that metropolis had adopted resolutions makinc the cnvprnniont ?t;nwini?a typo of cotton tho basis for trailing after April. 19 15. But Senator Smith declared that the adoption of this resolution will not in any wa> affect him in rushing through congress his bill which would force the New York brokers to begin this new method of dealing at a much eadier date. "Np to the present, New Yo\*k has had 27 or more grades," said Mr Smith. "All of these represent an arbitrary and fictitious deference in values, which, of course, was detrimental to tho farmers. The adoption of these grades as being the ; nl> ones deliverable upon contract will go far towards making the cju tations from the Now York exchange in line with the real value of spot cotton, i! they strictly adhere t) the real values of tho grades. "This means that if the nine grades are adopted, and thoso alone are tenderablo upon contracts for the future delivery of cotton, and the tlxod difference between the grades Is olitnina'od and tho r^al spinning values of the grade ;s lound by the department of agricjb urn under the provisions of my a nendtneut to the last agricultural appropriation bill, that the farmers wi!'. ho guaranteed a fair and just price for oott m. "I feel that this is an achievement brought about by the fact that the New York exchange saw the inevitable and bowed to It. I am perfectly confident that ray bill now pending will pass and 1 am glad that the Now York exchange has made it easier for it to pass in that they have at least recognized one feature of tho bill, viz That the government standardization shall he recognized by tho exchanges of this country. Now the otho pronosition that tho exchanges shall not have a fixed difference or a deceptive commercial difference, but shall have a difference based entirely upon the real ascertained spinning values of the different grades is cared for also in the bill which 1 have pending. "I am certain thai the finding of the department of agriculture as to the spinning values of the govern incut standard grades has been largely if not entirely responsible for the action of the New York exchange, because, in the light of the startling faels which that test proves as to the small difference in the va'ues of the different grades, no exchange could hope to exist which had the absurd difotence now obtaining. "The Now York exchange makes this new grade delivery effective Ap'il ! i a i This shall not deter me frorn forcing with all of the vivor at ?nv command the passage of nn 1>iM at the earliest possible moment ard the pnttng of it into effect immediately upon Its passage. I want to save *o the farmers the balance of this crop at n hotter price, and guarantee to them, if it he possible, a hot t.er pr'ce for the crop soon to he plan f od "There is no reason why the Now York cotton exchange should recommend the adoption of the nine government standards a year hence: unless it he that tliev have already com.miffed themselves to the delivery of such a quantity of cotton a' such prices that they may never hope to escape without a tremendous loss unless they keep in vogue the present old robbery system to enable them to os ape. I shall call up my hill at the earliest possible moment, now that it Is ti'-on tho calendar, and press it tr o (i 11 ' e 11 ? ? K I l 1 I i | J , Spartanburg (.'ets Hospital. It was announced Wednesday that the H. S government had tinpronrimod $47,000 for a pellagra hospital to be established In Spartanburg. Cuts Man and Hides. Albert Ratteree of Cheater on Saturday nlyht seriously cut Herbert Woods, and litis since disappeared. Roth of the parties tire white. Fire Horse Drops Dead. "Jerry." the best horse owned by the Son, ' Kite department, dropped dead \\ . nesdav while m iking a long run to answer an alarm. Killed in Collision Dr. A. J Ransome of (Jalnesvlllo. On., whs killed near Ocnla, Kla., Saturday. His auto rati Into n wagon. 'HELD FOR NEGRO'S DEATH | I KOI U WIIITL HOYS or r>LACKSf 111 KG ALL IN TUOL'llLL. , | Ollicei * Sench Auto Preparing I I .?ave and 1' lnd Pistol til' Sumo I Calibre as the Duo I sod. Jamie Whisnant, Hugh 1 avis, Zeb ^ Moll, Fulton Whisnaut, of lllacksburg;, S. C., are hold without bail In connection with the murder of Sol W illiams, an 1 S-yoar-old ue' gro who was shot through tho head end killed Tuesday night at an overhead bridge near King's Mountain, X. C. These four young men, together with Dock Fulton, formed an automobile party which came from 1 1 Plaokshurg to attend a carnival. ! Williams when shot was on the east * side of tho roa i over which is the I bridge, while tho carnival Is exhibit- ! ' ng on tho west side. Two shots were heard, but Williams could uot 1 j bo seen or tho persons firing, owing j j to darkness which was intensified by ;1 i tho iifrht behind tiie largo crowd as-j sombh?d at the carnival. The chlef of poliie and tlio mayor, hoard the shooting and came to the ; carnival grounds. They found tho negro Williams lying on the ground dead. A bullet had entered the bark) of the negro's neck, severing a jugu-j lar vein and large artery, causing) i do it h hv bleed I Tier On the same side of the road were four men gathered about an automobile, preparing to crank it. up for leaving. Thinking it | possible that there was some connec- j lion between their proximity to the negro and his death, the officers stoppod the party and searched them. No pistol was found on the men, but a quantity of boor and whiskey was found in the machine, while in the rear of the car was a 32-caliber i Smith <?- Wesson revolver, covered by i a laprobe. Two chambers were empty, the other three having loaded j cartridges. According to tire officers the empty shells had been fired within a few minutes of the time the pistol was examined. A coroner's jury composed of some of the most prominent men of town j was empaneled and a post-mortem j examination revealed the fact that' the bullet which had passed through ! the neck and lodged back of the ne-, J gro's eye was of 32-calibre. Chief of Police Lindsay in the meantime had gone to Blacksburg and was told on Inquiry that Deck Fulton bad bor-1 ; rowed a 3 2-callber Smith & Wesson' ' pistol which appears to have boon a duplicate of the one found in the car. Fulton before the jury swore that he gave the pistol to Zeb Bell, another of the party, before reaching King's Mountain and that ho saw it, no more. Fulton's brother was with him at some distance from the automobile when the shooting occurred. He was not with the crowd when the car was searched. (HILLS (OLLIOLH HCIIXS. Four Hundred Massachusetts Inmates I/oave Colliding Safely. Perfect discipline, coolness and bravery on the part of the students and faculty members prevented loss of life or injury when College hall. ' oldest of the Welolsley college buildings. at Wellesey, Mass., was burned Tuesday. Two hundred and fifty ! young women students, fifty instructors ^and 50 maids were in bed whon the fire was discovered. Kvory one was saved nnd not one] of the scores who marched in an or- I | d.erly procession through smoke-filled hallways suffered so much as a i [ scratch. The building was left a b'ackened shell. Within Its crumbled walls was wreckage representing' a loss of $900,000. Of this amount' $10 0,000 was the estimated value of ! personal property of the inmates.' nearly all of whom escaped In scanty attire. Insurance will amount to ] about $000,000. I I or FURS NO COMMENT. Senator Smith Says it is F-vcry Man's Privilege to Itun. When asked if he would make an? statement with regard to the report i of several others intending to enter I the senatorial race, Senator E. D Smith, at Washington, Monday said "It is the right of any white citizen to aspire to any office in the gift of the people if he sees fit. I do not consider that I have the right to encourage or discourage any one's candidacy. I am looking after my own a flairs." Two I nion Negroes light. Wallace Howell, a negro of Lockhart Mills, near Lnion, was killed Sunday night by Dave Adams, another negro, in a fight over a woman. Hoy Hurra to Death. LT'lttlo Hermann Ooawell of Soartanhurg county. was burned to death Wednesday afternoon when his , clothes mtight fire. Routed by the Wind. A strong north wind Monday night reduced "("'.eneml" Kellev's army, which Is penned up at Sacramento, Cal., to 300 men. umm RLPLILS" ? ? HUNKS MA( H ( (MM Y SMOl 1.1) A<vr I Oil ITS CITIZMNS. SitlilO BFAI, V III! li!M It Willing to Listen to Ivcprosentnlions, Hut Points Out Tliut Those Should Como I-* mm ConstiN of States Whose People Aro Involved ?Will Hood Tltoso of A morion. Gen. Carranza lias consented to iiave American consuls look after interests of foreigners In constitutionalist territory whore their own governments h ive no consular representatives. Whore there are such representatives he suggests that, oven whore their governments have recognized llurta, these consuls can unofficially communicate with him wiih out involving their governments. Also he suggests his willingness to listen and heed any applications matlo to him directly by the friends and relatives of foreigners whoso lives or property may ho threatened and investigate every case and to j punish any of Itis followers who ma\ be culpable. This is the substance of a telegraphic report made to Secretary j Bryan Saturday by American Consul ! Slmplch. The declaration of Gen Carranza was transmitted promptly to the various powers Saturday by diplomatic representatives in Washington. Embassy and legation officials commented on tha Carranza note only in general terms. One fact is accepted, however, that the Cnited States -an not continue to act for them in defiance of Carranza's refusal to listen to representations on the old basis. They feel that there is no warrant of law for allowing United States consuls to accept credentials also from foreign governments, as seems to he required by Carranza ? even if the various governments were willing to bestow such powers. The text of Geu. Carranza's reply to Consul Stinpich was as follows: "As you know, the department at Washington has communicated with me through yourself and the Amori-1 can consul at Hermoslllo to make two classes of representations to me, both unofficial, the one concerning American citizens, the other non-American foreigners. "As you are aware. I have entertained the representations Secretary Bryan thought fit to make when nationals of his country were concerned, the said representations, however, being used by me as information to redress and avoid the wrongs to which they relate. In his letter to you about tho injuries suffered at tho Dosengano mine at Guanacevi, Secrotary Bryan tells you that countries which liavo recognized tho Iluerta government can not apply to mo. since every nation can have but one diplomatic corps accredited to oue other and consequently those countries which have recognized Huorta can not make representations to me. "This is clearly my understanding and I have never claimed that those governments accredit diplomatic rep resentatlves to me. But these same nations may vory well, under International law and diplomatic usage, have unofficial intercourse with me In my capacity of commander-in-chief the constitutionalist army which dominates a large part of the nation "This unofficial manner may bo availed of by the aforesaid countries through their representatives accredited In Washington or through their consuls residing in the Mexican territory controlled by tho forces undo" my command, an (J if there should bo no foreign consuls In the territory controlled by the constitutionalist forces, pointed out by Secretary Bryan in connection with the Desen gano mine case, then the government concerned may very well authorize other persons who may well be the consuls of the United States to present their unofficial representations in the name of those governments, the power being properly drawn up "As I truly do not see what objection foreign nations can have to that method of communicating with me, all the representations I have received or may receive hereafter dealing with non-American foreigners do and will serve the pole purpose of bring ing to mr notice, If not already reported by the Mexican authorities the fart that this or that foreigner has suffered some injury and of my issuing appropriate orders that all individual guarantees be extended to foreigners, punishment, when occasion arises, being inflicted on the re sponsibile parties who, in violation of the law and dsregard of their duty and mv orders, should ever so slightly molest foreigners, nor would there he any need of waiting for any rep reservations, for It is one of my purposes that i"sMce and the law shall he respected to the utmost in mv count ry. "Deeming this a suitable opportu nlty, I wish to say further to you tha* if the foreigners or their relative> will address their persona! rcpreson tntlons to rr>p and bespeak mv.v r o tectlon of their lives and Interests they will he immediately attended to TEST YOUR SEED CORN I IWRMIHl CAN \IAKU HIS OWN I { <:i:;r iin m ion tmmt. Moi'O l?itsh<'lH to tho .\nrc Can bo ^ i*i <m1ik<v1 I>y Making (^uAoU Tests ^ at. No Nvpous". Kvery farmer la South Carolina , who plants corn should begin solectlig his seed for planting at one*, is the advlco of Prof. W. I.. Hutchinson, of Clonisnn college. Prof. Hutchinson urges every farmer to make t germination teat of his sec I. which tm morons exporlmou s hare proved beyond a doubt will result In a large increase in yield. An ear-to-row test ! with seed that has boon tested for gertuiniting powers will be sure to pay a farmer handsomely in future crops, but even if ho makes only the rortnin ?i n t< :.t this year, lie is like- I :y to have nis yi M l inoroasi.nl from 1 * flvo to t<?n bushels an n re. at b ast. Tho toot Is bo simple ami requires 90 1 'i'tlo time in proportion to results * that there is no farmer in the State ' who can not make it. The average farmer in this State selects Ills planting ears by sight 1 ilo: <?, 1 ich'ng out the ears will h ap- ' pear sound. I'nloss lie is an expert nd has had training in corn judging, ' this method is not of great value to 1 him. What bo should do is to select 1 hfs boat looking ears and then put these through a germination tost. A ft or selecting tho best looking oars, arrange them aide by Bide on planks, driving a tonpeuny nail after each tenth ear. The ears should then bo numbered consecutively, which can bo done by marking the number of ' each ear on the plan with lead pencil. 1 They should then bo le't until after t tho germination test is completed, xcept when they are taken out one I by one for the purpose of getting kernels from them. One of the simplest and best moth-1 ods of testing is the use of a sawdust box. Fse a box about two feet 1 square and four inches deep. Fill the box to within an inch and a half of the top with sawdust, well packed. Select a piece of white cloth a little 1 larger than the box and mark this to ' tell the number of any of them with, , ... . ... 1 r,u irouoio. ny leaving outside rows rac&nt all around the box, there will be about one hundred squares. Tack ' the cloth Inside the box so that it ' resfs firmly and smoothly over the ' sawd ust. With the box near at hand, take the ears from the plank one by one. Select from each ear six kernels, taking ' them from different parts of the ear and no two from the same row. Place the six kernels from near No. 1 In square No. 1 on the cloth, and so on with all the ears. Kernels should bo laid with the germ side up. Put each I oar back In its place on the plank. When each square in the box, except those In the outside rows, contains its six kernels, sprinkle water I into the box until the corn and sawdust are thoroughly moistened, taking care not to disturb the kernels. Then place a dry white cloth carefully over iho kernels and another cloth on top of this ono. Finally, covor the top cloth with sawdust until tho box is level full. Keep the box In a fairly warm room, leaving It undisturbed for seven days. Then catch the ends of 'lie top cloth and ralso the cloth carefully from the box. This will take off tho top layer of sawdust without listurbing the corn, ltaiso the second cloth, still using groat care, and it Is then possible to read tho tests. See which kernels have germinated well and which have germinated i Doorly. Tf square No. 16 shows poor | germination, go to your plank and 1 'nke out oar No. 16. throwing it into 1 'ho food pile. I>o thin with each oar 1 .vhoao kernels show poor germinating powers. The oars loft on your plank j will then ho good ones end you are ' ready for your planting. If you do '' not soouro a good crop you can feel certain that it was not the fault of ' the seed. j1 I'se one box for every one hundred ' ears. It desired, however, a larger ' box may he used. But that described ' above Is the most convenient si/e to handle and should satisfy the needs ' of the average farmer. The time to make this test is really j In wintbr, when the ears which turn out well are stored for planting in ^ spring. However, if it was not done , In winter, there is still ample time to ( make the test now and the farmer who makes it has the unanimous opinion of all the exports that it will bring hiin rich profits. 1 Farmers Have Fatal I ight. I J. C. Krone and F R Cmwfnnl farmers of Kulford, Fla., quarreled Thursday over tho division of their crops. The former was killed. t t t < Shot by Posse. Samuel Godwin, an Insane inhabl-(J 'ant of Pelfontaine, Ohio, was shot and killed Tuesday by a posso after Me had run amuck. ] % Homicide* Frequent hi New York. ! During 10'? ISO homicides took 1 olace in Vow York. Tho arrests umbered only vlthout any need of their govern- ( ient officially or unofficially inter- ' venlng." *111. Ill: Himilll I i < o > lv Kill CAN OK MILK A( HON ON I KIJK TOLl S KRi'UAL iLRATt Will's UN HilUSt ? ' ' Utlmugli Naturally llxpeetod to Take tlio I eadei sh i p ii? Such Matter*, the I PPT llon<? is Calmly ; Waiting to .-ssi YVhat the I<ow#v House l>o??. Nothing Ins occurred to reverse ! I he probability that congress 'vill ! mbordlnate its own vi"ws to those if the president with regard to chnrgntt our own ships for pausing hrough the Panama canal. This probability would hardly exist If contress did not believe that serious lipiotnatiq considerations. apart from ho m*rit* of the canal-tollc controversy. has Impelled the president to evise the opinion expressed by him telf In the 1912 campaign that the exemption of our own coast wise chipping from tolls was proper. 'Flip Senate seems determined to lo nothing about the repeal until he House has shown its hand. The rriginal idea of the administration rvas to have the Senate act first, as .lie body which shares tire presidt nt sj reatv-making functions, but the Seine was not found in a mood to act he pace. On the House side the situation is relieved to Rome evtont hv Hip f ? t Lhat more than one-third of the 147 nifiiib^rs who voted for exemption In May. 1912, a re no longer in congress rherefore, only about 90 of the present representatives w ill have to faco i [ho problem of reversing themselves >n a roll call. Two of the former members who escaped the ordeal are in the president's cabinet They are Secretary ">f Commerce Redfteld, who was carefully paired for exemption of our j coastwise ships from tolls, and Se^re tary of Labor Wilson, who voted for exemption. It i* true, moreover, that the majority of the Democrats participating in the roll call of May 22. 1912. voted against exemption. The almost solid Republican vote for exemption turned the scale in its favor. Speaker Clark did not vote at all. One of the Democratic members o? the present House who have declared their positive decision to vote and apak against the repeal of the exemption cluuhs of the (anal act is itepre 3entatlv0 Rairsdale of the Sixth South Carolina district, who holds that the platform plank is sufficient justification for his stand and argues that President Wilson had no right as the leader of his party to advocate reversal. In the last congress Mr. Ragsdale's district was represented bv Mr. J E. Ellerbe, who voted in favor of tolls and against the Doremua ainond111 out. On the vote In 1912, which was takeA before the Democratic national convention met, the South Carolina delegation as a whole was decidedly iu'ulnat exemption. Besides Mr. Ellerbe, Messrs Finley and Byrnes were present and voted for tolls. Mr j I,ever was paired, with a statement that he was for tolls and that his pair partner was against tolls. Messrs Aiken and Johnson were paired with Republicans who would presumably have voted against tolls The lat" Mr. I.egare, who was 111, was the only member of the delegation absent an 1 unpaired when the roll call came, came. There was no vote in the South Carolina delegation in favor of the exemption clause when it wnr adopted; but tiie outlook is that there will he one or two votes in the delegation against exemption's repeal. A shift of the kaleidoscope not exactly parallel, but very interesting, is seen in the circumstance that Representative Small, of the First North Carolina j ... 1. ^ ~ . l. _ \ .... _.. __ I ll^LIICJt, WHO \> il? I lie Oil iy III Pill DOT :>f hia delegation who voted for exemption In 19 12, is now leading th lelegutlon in advocating its repeal; nrhlle Representative Kitchln, of the Second North Carolina district, wbo was not present at the vote in 1912 and did not leave any statement of ?.ls views with the pair clerk, is outspoken now against repeal, agreeing with Leader Cnderwood. whom io- is slated to sueced when tho Alu.Uanian goes to the Senate. . ^ Child Disappears. The two-year-old daughter o! Frank Rragg, of S ienna, (Ja , disappeared Tuesday. It is supposed t( lave been kidnapped. ltescuo too Rales of Cotton. Wreckers have raised 100 bales of] :otton from the sunken Monroe iftlileh went down when hit by the Nantucket. Two .Miners Die in Explosion. Two men wore killed and much property damage done In an explosion in a Buxton, Iowa, mine Wed aesday. r Negro Woman Killed. Tda Kolle/. colored, was killed bv nil IT Washington, also a negro, In a i shooting scrape near Ilonea Path Sat_ ' nrday. ' \ , ,v >?. V. ? . -r'-iv A >, 1 WOULD HELP REPEAL ACT ? U:\ATOU WARNS SI rfRAWISTH or I-.111 AMKNOMWt. Id.ihoan "*hnrk? Xtiditors hy Afsrrtl'?j? That it Was a Plunder In the I i-xf Place and N?w a J*r?d I/Otter. After a v!/oro?? n* " om.m ?i'trace in the 3cr*?to 1 ' y *>na?or Borah of frlriho shotn I uif:nge a lrorat.es on t!?o Hoc r u 11 v > i the -aller cs by declaring it was Impracticable and impossible for womon to oMa n the tote by constitutional amendment. lie predicted tb i' lift! r 15 ears of vain endeavor, won n would renew their abandonfd r?(ju?'st b -fore the people of the in socking an aniondment to the Federal constitution they i 1 homselvea down with ths : i re question, tl ? lapanese qnest.lt n a mi a dozon other State's rights r h - nm. "Von will iiowt carry the uinccl 30 States for a constitutional woman suffrage amendment/' ' the Senator, "until you repeal the fifteenth amendment." that the fifteenth n mend Turn t. giving the negro the right to \ote. was a blunder In the frrt place, at 1 now a dead letter, not hour oi f<u e?! In a single state. Senator IJarah asked whether adof the women suffrage amendment now pending, for a rnoment supposed Southern states would add 2,0 00,n Of) to the list of those d'om they must disfranchise. "Vio1 it ion of law is h had thing," he ndd"! ; demoralising to the negro r?me to plane In the constitution the 'orm of r!?!r? that we do not mean to see they shn'l enjoy." The fifteenth amendment, the sonat< r said. was a blunder, engendered in a spirit of retaliation, with the result that after the first blu^h of satisfaction the North had connived at the South'* violations of it. The ' m?ndment infringed upon State's rights. and might furnish h precedent for an amendment declaring the right to hold real estate or attend school shoul 1 not be denied of race or color. "1 have no desire." explained, tire rni'or, "to bestow the franchise on the 10,000 Japanese on the Pacific lope, or yield up to the Federal government the control of the fjc.bool questions of the Pacific coast." Answering a question by Senator Thomas. Senator Porah said he was in favor of repealing the fifteenth amendment if woman suffrage could he obtained in no other way. The Idaho senator and Senator Vardam.in of Mississippi engaged in a till ovor the progress of the negro raco. iir.D him i > sack. Fx press >Ipss?Mi?er Sws Pandit H?ch|K5 Wlih Thousands. After Messenger Martin was put into h gunny Hack, a masked man Wedesday robbed the express car at,, tached to northbound (i\i 1 f. Colorado A Santa Fe passenger train of several packages of currency, estimated to amount to about $14,OOC and c?eared from the train at the village of Helblg. twelve miles north of Penumrnt, Texas. Posses In automobiles chssed the robber but have not found trace of the bandit, believed to be hiding in the dense forest about the village. Man in says the man ordered Man to turn over his keys and that ho obeyed and then wa-i hound and forced ln'o the Bark. That was all Martin says he saw or heard until tho train crew forced an entrance into the rir and released him at the town of Pllsbee, several miles north of Helbig. The suspicions of the train crew were aroused when the messenger did not come from the car at the next stop. SO IA FP A FT lilt I'WKId K Y MA US. Mystery <>f ( hic?m? Man's Disappearance is Over at I ast. Dramatic sequel to the mysterious li appe 'nro of Horace Oreely CI irko, prosperous Chicago lawyer and board of trade operator, from a lake boat twplvff V P CI ro Oft A ~ ? .1 c? f.? uxin (Jllli'i' III IV m orjuio at Cudahy, W is.. Thursday when the body of a "Harry Ilarrie", a railroad section laborer was identlfir d as that of Clarke's. The lawyer disappeared from the boat on June 2S. 1902. lie was traveling with his vouusr bride. A country-wide search for him was unsuccessful and finally it was decided he had fallen from tho st? amei and drowned. Clarke's sister. a Mrs Carson, of Iowa ("it v. mud,, the identification. An aecidental over dose of a drug had caused the man's death, physicians said. Train Kill* Negro. The body of a negro. Charles Gilbert, was found horribly mangled near Ada, in Union county. It is supposed that a train caught and killed him. Tied up and Itohhetl. Three men bound James Ooubllaa of l.aconin, N M , In his store Wednesday and set fire to it. endangering the lives of thirty people who lived upstairs.