The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 16, 1914, Image 4
LOSE GREAT SUMS
MISHANDLING OP COTTON IN THE
COUTHJBRN STATES MEANS
HUGE LOSS TO PLANTERS
Farmers of the Southern States Fare
Great Annual Loss in the Wasteful
Methods Used in Shipping and Haling
Their Cotton?MuAt Improve
It.
It has been estimated by students
of the cotton industry as it exist* today
that the American people are losing
$75,000,000 per annum from the
mishandling of their cotton crop.
Our present system of procedure Is
both slipshod and wasteful. Therefore,
one of the vital problems confronting
the people to-day is the efficient
and economical handling and
marketing of the products of the soil.
It presents a problem of vast magnitude
both from an agricultural and
economic viewpoint, and it is a problems
in which every wearer of cotton
goods is interested.
It so happens that cotton, the purest
known natural form of cellulose,
will bear more abuse than any other
crop material and yet retain a large
proportion of its original value. Corn,
because of its perishable nature, demands
far .better treatment, and receives
it. If our billion-and-a-halfdollar
corn crop wero treated onehalf
as badly as our cotton crop it
would no doubt shrink in value half
a billion dollars annually. There are
corn cribs on the farms and elevators
and warehouses at the railroad
stations and primary and secondary ,
markets for the protection of the
crop in general. Still, 10 bushels of
corn, worth ordinarily at market
prices from $5 to $6, requires as
much space as a bale of cotton, for
storage, which is valued at from $50
to $60.
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ing too many varieties in each community,
and are careless in picking
and in handling unginned and ginned
cotton on the plantation. Nevertheless,
in a broad sense the individual
farmer is unable, because of the complexity
of the present system, to cope
with the great problems that exist.
Most of the abuses with which spinners,
especially foreign spinners,
charge the American planter arise
after he has parted with his cotton
and when he no longer lias any voice
in Its treatment, These facts must he
clearly recognized as necessary and
permanent reforms can be brought
about only by community action
among the planters and by co-operation
between growers, ginners, compress
men, common carriers, bankers,
buyers, spinners and merchants.
An occasional period of low prices
is not as serious a danger to the
American cotton industry as continual
high prices that servo tc stimulate
a rapid development of cotton
in foreign lands. A well established
foreign market means an ultimate reduction
or restriction of our own
prices. This in turn, injures every
one concerned, from the planter to
the producer. The United States possesses
no natural monopoly of production.
for cotton may be grown In
many other parts of the world. Active
efforts to develop the culture of
cotton are to-day being made in numerous
foreign countries, particularly
Moxico, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Algeria,
Sudan, Togoland, Nigaria, India
Turkestan and China. The only
adequate protection against foreign
competition would be to improve our
own industry by growing better cotton
and by growing it more cheaply
than other countries are able to do,
notwithstanding the lower wages of
the foreign plantation laborers.
Some manufacturers are frank
enough to say that they do not desire
long or strong cotton, thus encouraging
the planters to plant inferior
varieties. If the goods wear out
faster new garments mu X bo purchased
more frequently and this
brings larger profits in turn to the
manufacturers of this weak stock of
fabrics. Such entire disregard of the
interests of the ultimate consumer
may serve to gain a temporary profit,
but it can not be expected to establish
the cotton industry on a basis
or permanent prosperity. The
American public is at last beginning
to appreciate the vast difference in
values of strong and weak cotton products.
Manufacturers of long staple
cotton goods have undertaken an active
campaign of education regarding
the superiority of their fabrics. Some
of the more advanced states have
Jaws forbidding the adulteration and
misbranding of textile goods. The
nsea ior pure-cioines laws is one or
the same vitalness as that for the
pure food law, for the rapid wearing
out of weak cotton not only results
in enormous financial loss to our
public, but represents a general danger
to our national health. Broken
cotton fibers form a large portion of
the household dust that is to-day recognized
as a serious factor in the
steady development of tuberculosis.
Notwithstanding the unique commercial
importance of the cotton industry
the farming public has less
knowledge of cotton than most
branches of agriculture. Unlike oth-1
er principal crops, cotton is not raised
for storage purposes, but is a
purely industrial or commercial product.
A food crop remains a part of
the life of the agricultural community
where it is produced, only the
surplus passing into the general channels
of commerce. In former days,
when the weaving of cloth and the
manufacture of garments were domestic
arts, both producers and consumers
were more familiar with cotton
and more able to apprehend tho
better or poorer quality of the fiber.
13ut to-day cotton is no longer a part
of the domestic life; it is raised on
tho farm to be shipped to a city a
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tuuuotviiu am iti's* ana/ iu uc uiauuia^tured
into poods.
Improvements in textile machinery
and the factory system of labor have
led in the last 50 years to an enormous
expansion in production and
use of cotton, yet there has been no
corresponding improvement in quality
or intrinsic value of the fiber, nor
in the methods of growing and marketing
the crop. The industrial superiority
of cotton is usually supposed
to lie merely in its cheapness, but
cotton of good quality can compete
with any other fiber in strength, fineness
and durability. Though the consumption
of cotton has vastly outgrown
that of any other textile material,
the true possibilities of the
fiber are still very inadequately appreciated
by the general public. A
lack that educaton alone can remedy.
The popular conception of a generation
ago that fine fabrics were
stronger and more durable than
course fabrics was based on methanols
have thoroughly overcome. With
ical limitations which modern inventstrong
long staple cotton can to-day
bo made from much shorter and
weuK.er noer. ine uecnne in tne
wearing qualities of cotton fabrics is
often ascribed in cities to the use of
destructve chemicals in public laundries,
yet the samo deterioration is
recognized in rural districts, where
household washing is still practiced.
Fully $25,CCo,000 worth of cotton
cloth is thrown away by the consumer
each year, which represents a
loss from which no value has been
appreciated. This loss has been made
a fact because the textile manufacturers
are producing a poor quality
of material in cotton cloth.
Millions of dollars are being lost
annually in cotton by the farmers who
endeavor to hold their crop until the
markets raise sufficiently to warrant
a sale of the product. The majority
of the planters who are following
this pastime have insufficient means
for the storage of their crop. It
I means leaving the bales out in the
weather, sometimes on platforms or
boards, but ofte nalso llat on the
ground without any protection whatsoever.
The saving of this cotton
each year would make such a material
difference in the cost per yard
of cotton cloth to the consumer that
all buyers would immediately notice
the saving.
Under the present system, the ginbox,
plantation, flat, or uncompressed
baie, as it is variously termed, has a
density of about 12 to 15 pounds to
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mit? uuuiu iuui. us usuai dimensions
are 5 4x2 7x4 3 Inches. An average of
25 flat bales are leaded in cars of
ordinary size and shipped to the nearest
compress, usually as a re-compress
or railroad compress. As the
usual commercial lot consists of 100
flat bales, four ordinary cars are required
for the haul. The compress
collects its fee for service, amounting
to ten cents per 100 pounds, or about
50 cents per bale, direct from the
railroad company, the latter having
included this amount in the freight
bill. This the producer pays, as well
as insurance, freight and other
charges, all of which are deducted
before the price has been fixed.
Upon arrival at the compress platform,
which often has insufficient
roof protection for more than onequarter
of the total shipments on
hand, the 100 bales are unloaded,
weighed, put on range, which means
lined up side by side with faces out.
and sampled. They are now classed,
compressed, and patched while in the
press, and then are ready for reloading
for shipment to port or domestic
mill. Compression reduces thickness
one-half or more, bringing them to a
density of 2 2 pounds to the cubic
foot. Two cars will now accommodate
the 100-lot shipment.
Compresses ordinarily employ the
cheapest type of labor, and are under
pressure to show a largo output
of bales during the season they are
in operation. In the Southeast their
earnings must be ample, as the overage
number of bales handled is relatively
largo. As an example, Georgia,
with a crop averaging 2,000,000
bales annually, has ,but 35 compresses,
while Oklahoma, production hut
7 50,000, has 35 compresses.
Although the bad condition of
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presses furnishes some extenuation,
tlie quality of the work is in many
instances unnecessarily poor, due to
overcrowding and carelessness in
handling. Pressure by carriers, legislation,
and systematic compress inspection
would vastly improve the
present undesirable conditions, which
cause the ultimate consumer to pay
a far higher price for his cotton
goods titan is necessary considering
the vast amount produced in this
land to-day.
The character of the American cotton
bale, both as to condition and
covering, has been a source of universal
complaint and criticism for many
years. The blame has quite naturally
been laid at the door of the plant
STOP TRACK BETTING
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GOVERNOR STUART OP VIRGINIA
RUNS BOOKMAKERS OUT.
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Detectives Raid Track and Arrest
Bookmakers?Governor Threatens
to Call Out Militia.
Acting on orders Issued by Gov.
Stuart of Virginia ten detectives employed
by the Baldwin agency, entered
the Jamestown race track, near
Norfolk, Va., Wednesday and arrested
fourteen men accused of book making.
The detectives were armed with
big revolvers and one of them carY'io/f
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erable excitement among: the women,
but amused the majority of the race
followers, who followed the detectives
to the gate, slior':'*.g joer'T
warnings.
The detectives poked their revolvers
under the noses of the men offering
odds on the races, and made a
grab for the money, which in most
cases was carried in a satchel. Only
four alleged bookmakers were arrested,
while ten others were not molested.
The raid occurred after the
second race, but the entire six races
were run and many bets were made
after the officers left.
Manager Bob Levy, of the Jamestown
track, Wednesday night announced
that meeting would continue,
but instead of offering purses,
the horse owners would divide the
gate receipts each day. The race
track management will flglit the case
in order to get a legal opinion that
will prevent future interference. Tt
is claimed that the system of betting
in vogue at the local track is not a
violation of the Virginia laws.
After being warned by Gov. Stuart
that the State militia would be used
if necessary to suppress violation of
the Virginia anti-botting laws, the
Jamestown Jockey club late Thursday
night abandoned the spring race
meeting, which was to continue until
April 17. Sensational raids and fines
ana prison terms imposed upon bookmakers
had marked the few stormy
days the meet had been in progress.
In a formal statement the officials
of the Jockey club announced that
they had decided to discontinue the
meet to avoid "any conflict of opinion".
The statement added that if
the higher courts later construed the
laws so "that we can conduct racing
without fostering a violation of the
laws of Virginia, we will resume;
otherwise the course will be permanently
closed."
ers. lie is reality has .been merely
the victim of an out of date, incorrect,
and oppressive method of arriving
at the net weight of cotton in a
hale. The buyer, whether for domestic
or foreign trade, does not pay cotton
prices for the bagging and the
ties placed on bales at the ginnery,
although a vast majority of the cotton
planters suppose they do. Allowance
for "tare" always is figured
in same manner of form in the price
offered to planters for their cotton.
In other words, a 500-pound bale is
considered as containing 47 0 pounds
of cotton. If the "middling" price
in Liverpool is 12 cents, the bale is
worth not $60 but $56.40. As the
buyer purchases on a gross-weight
basis he must protect himself against
the tare rule; hence his offer to the
planter, profit and other items of expense
having already been reckoned
in, is $56.40 divided by 500 pounds,
or 11.28 per pound.
The effect of the whole are situation
is, indeed, vicious. Its net result
is to introduce complications and
confuson n all cotton transactons
whether it will go to New England
or to some of the numerous Southern
cotton mills. In other words, lie does
not know whether he should put on
2 2, 24, or 2 0 pounds of tare. As a
matter of fact he practically puts on
the same amount of,baggings and ties,
weighing usually from 19 to 22
pounds. If he attempts to "tare up"
his bales he is met by the notice
from the great cotton-buying concerns
that operate in his section or
from mill owners if in the Southern
mill sections, that they will not purchase
cotton that carries more than
the usual amount of bagging and
ties, which is six yards of bagging
and ties.
In the interest of good, straight >
forward business and for the protection
of planter, cotton merchant,
spinner and consumer the present
diversity in assessing tare and in
making tare calculations should be at
once terminated. The economic
waste involved in the purchase of
millions of pounds of extra canvas,
on which freight and handling
charges must be paid should be stopped
at once.
The present system of cotton growing
and distribution is both wasteful
and costly. It loses money for the
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er, and the needed reform of these
melhods will aid in solving the problem
of the high coat of living for the
great army of cotton consumers.
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Double Killing.
Because his sweetheart, a housekeeper,
quarreled with him, George
LeFauve of Poabody, Mass., Saturday
shot her and her employer.
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Columbia leads the league! Rise
up, ye ancient hopes.
INTEREST AROUSED)
EXPULSION OF 8PAN1AKOS MAY
CAUSE COMPLICATION ??
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THIS COUNTRY WATCHING
Constitutionalist Chief Sustains Villa's
Order and Aflirms as a Constitionalist
Policy the Expulsion of
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r?i>iiiiiiiruN n cuiiiiy iieiu^ues
Reach Border.
Olficial interest in the Mexican situation
at Washington Wednesday
night was divided between the grave
problem presented by the arrival 01
the 800 Spanish exiles at El Paso
and the outcome of the battle at
Tampico. Sharp lighting already has
occurred at Tampico, and army and
navy strategists expect the battle
there to bo the next decisive struggle.
Itear Admiral Fletcher at Vera
Cruz Wednesday notified the navy
department that refugees already
were going aboard men-of-war in
Tampico harbor. He forwarded a
report from Rear Admiral Mayo at
that port asking for an army transport
as a refuge for non-combatants.
The American fleet at Tampico is
composed of the battleships Minnesota
and Connecticut, the cruisers
Chester, Des Moines and San Francisco
and the dispatch boat Dolphin.
The battleship Utah has been ordered
| there from Vera Cruz. Read Admiral
Fletcher reported he had ordered
the hospital ship Solace, now
at New Orleans, to coal and be in
readiness for service at Tampico.
State department officials were reticent
in discussing the expulsion of
Spaniards, in whose behalf vigorous
representations were made to Gen.
Carranza. Officials were noncommittal
when asked whether further representations
would be made. The
war department probably will be
called on to direct measures for the
care of the refugees at El Paso, although
at the state department late
Wednesday it was said that phase of
the question had not been considered.
While officials agree that in international
law these Spaniards have a
right to seek asylum on American
soil, it is realized that the problem
of their ultimate disposition is likely
to bring up many questions to be adjusted
by the United States, Spain
and Mexico. The gravity of the situation
will be increased if the constitutionalists
carry out their threat
to drive the Spaniards out of all the
territory they conquer.
A dispatch from El Paso, Texas,
says eight hundred members of the
Torreon Spanish colony, expelled by
Gen. Villa, found a haven in the
United States Wednesday. They had
been stripped of their property temporarily
at least but supplied with
temporary funds. They had refused
to leave the train in which they and
their baggage had come from Torreon
to Juarez until American Consular
Agent C^rothers arrived to advise
them.
Carothers was unable to assure
any vhat they would be restored to
their homes, his interview with Gen.
Carranza having met with the flat
statement that expulsion of Spaniards
from Mexico was a settled policy
of the rebels and would be modifled
only in the cases of individuals
who had not been involved in politics.
Rafael Arozena, wealthiest resident
of the Laguna district and reported
to be the most extensive grower of
sea island cotton In the world, was
one of the Spanish refugees who rode
to the border in a second class coach,
with only his personal possessions to
show for his lifetime struggle in the
Coahuila cotton country.
Aronzena is to the Coahuila Spanish
colony what Luis Terrazas is to
the Chihuahua refugee colony of
Mexicans. He is the leader in commercial
activities of the Laguna district,
owns a number of the largest
haciendas in the district and his
wealth is estimated at $17,000,000
Mexican currency.
Aronzena carried only a leather
satchel, a big steamer rug and a bag
filled with his personal belongings,
which he hastily gathered when the
order was given by Villa for the
Spaniards to leave the country. The
Spanish millionaire is a striking looking
man with a heavy white beard, a
shock of white hair and a pair of gold
rimmed glasses over which he looked
sharply when parrying the questions
of reporters.
"I am alone. My relatives and
my possessions are all in the Leguna
district," he said. "I hope to he able
to return, for I have had no part in
the internal politics of the country.
For that reason I prefer not to say
anything for fear it will be misunderstood.
I was not mistreated by any
one at Torreon and have no plans for
the immediate present."
The most important property left
behind the Spaniards was cottbn said
to be valued at $15,000,000.. Word
was received from Torreon Wednesday
that $1,000,000 worth of cotton
was being loaded on trains for shipment
to El Paso by Villa.
It is said the Spanish owners can
not touch the property if it. arrives
at El Paso in bond, as is frequently
CONFIRMS WILSON'S MAN
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AFTER tHREE DAYS* FIGHT THE
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SENATE GIVES CONSENT.
Witlirop M. Daniels of New Jersey is
Named a Member of Interstate ?
Commerce Commission.
Nine members of the Senate, headed
by Senator ILaFollette, openly re- 4
volted against proceedings behind
closed doors Saturday night after
an executive session in which the
Senate, by a vote of 36 to 27, confirmed
the nomination of Wiuthrop
M. Daniels of New Jersey to De a
member of the interstate commerce
commission.
tSenator LaFollette declared on the
floor that he proopsed to defy the
rules of the Senate in future and
discuss publicly legislation not affecting
foreign relations, and later
it was announced that Senators Rristow,
Cummins, Clapp, Kenyon, Morris,
Jones and Gronna, Republicans, ,
and Poiiulexter, Progressives, would
maintain the same attitude.
The revolt created a sensation and
there was much speculation as to the
effect it would have 011 future execu- 1
tivo sessions. The general opinion
was that there would bo no attempt
to take action against members who
disregarded the rule of secrecy.
Confirmation of Commissionar ,
Daniels closed a three-day light marked
by one o? the most bitter debates j
heard at the capitol in years. Both
sides contested determinedly, Mr. i
Daniels' advocates having the sup- port
of President Wilson's well (
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nnu n it ucoiiu iiiuk ma iijijiuiuico niiii
personal friend be confirmed without :
delay.
Opponents to the confirmation based
their objection on tho grounds 1
that Mr. Daniels' views on the valup- (
tion of public service property wotfe {
unsound. As during the two preced
ing days, senators continued to In- J,
sist that Mr. Daniels' ideas, as expressed
in the decision of tho New ,
Jersey public service commission, of
which he was chairman in the Pas- ,
saic gas rate case, would make him
dangerous as a member of tho interstate
commerce commission, at a
time when the commission wa3 fix
ing a valuation on railroad property. (
Senator Hughes of New Jeisey j
called back from a congressional fight ,
in his state, spoke at length in sup- ,
port of Mr. Daniels, and was joined ;
by Senators Nowlands, chairman of
the interstate commerce committee; '
Pittman and Williams.
The opposition was nettled by the
patching up of tho split in the Democratic
ranks over night. They consented
to postponement of a vote Friday,
when victory apparently was in
sight, to allow Democratic senators
to talk with the president about withdrawing
Mr. Daniels' name after the
noimnation had been recommitted.
They denounced the determination
of Democratic leaders after a visit to
the White House to force a vote on
confirmation as evidence of bad faith.
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KILLS LITTLE HOY.
! While Firing at Each Other Two Men
Cause Lad's Death.
In a difficulty Saturday afternoon
between R. E. Briscoe and Ben Bradley,
both of St. Stephens, Briscoe, it
is said, in attempting to shoot Bradley,
fired the gun and killed the little
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Jaudon
instantly. The little fellow received
the whole load of shot intended for
Bradley in his breast. Bradley saved
himself by catching hold of the muz
zle of the Run. He lost almost the
entire hand, it being shot away by
the same load that killed the child.
The boy was about seven years of age
and a fine little fellow. Excitement
was very high, but violence was prevented
by cooler heads.
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Mexicans Quit War for Work.
Ten Mexican federal deserters
threw their rifles into the Rio Grande
at Laredo, Tex., a few days ago and
crossed the U. S. border to find work.
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Gunmen ltob Gamblers.
Five armed men entei ed a New
York club early Thursday morning,
broke up several poker games, grabbed
$5,000 and fled.
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Had an Eye Shot Out.
During a general row among Rome
negroes at church near Reno, Laurens
county, one negro bad his eyes shot
out at the hands or another Sunday.
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Could Not Stand Rlindness.
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Olazer of Philadelphia Monday killed J
his wife and himself. Their two sons I
believe robbers killed them and the
police are withholding the truth.
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Bandit Bobs Express Car.
A masked bandit robbed an express
car near Littlo Rock, Ala., Thursday
of $3,000.
the case.4 If it comes bonded for
transit through the United States for
shipment abroad it can not be recovered,
it is said. It is said the only
way the original owners have of getting
their cotton back is in a court
of equity in case the consignment is
released from bond in the United
States.
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THE HORRY HERALD .
CONWAY S. C. 1
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Published Every Thursday.
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THURSDAY, APRIL. 17, 1014.
PROFESSIONAli CARDS.
H. H. WOODWARD, 1
Attorney and Counsellor at Iiaw.
CONWAY, S. C.
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II. II. SCARBOROUGH.
Attorney at Law.
CONWAY, S. C.
H. H. BURROUGHS,
Physician and Surgeon.
CONWAY, S. C.
W. E. McCORD. ^
Dental SurgeoD. jt
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v/vn f* nx| (3* Vi W
RENE RAVEN EL, ^
Iiand Surveying 1
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Drainage.
Spivey Building, Conway, S. O.
SPEAKER LOUDLY HISSED. ^
Retired Army Major is Cat-Calle<l
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When He Attaeked Wilson.
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liaise and blame for President )
Wilson's Mexican policy wero min- i
gled at last week's session of the
American Academy of Political and ^
Social Science, held at Philadelphia,
hut there was general agreement that
there will be no peace in that country i
until the land question is settled. The i
joncensiiH was against intervention. I
Major Cassius L. Gillette, U. S. A.,,
retired, described conditions in Mexico,
and declared that it was his belief
that the president would not be
unwilling to becomo a war hero in ^
order. to get a second term. Loud
and long hisses came from different
parts of the hall at once. He added
that he knew yhat ho said would
arouse protest, and prophesied that,
such a situation would come about.
Congressman S. F. Prouty of Iowa ?
resented the remarks of Major Gillette.
"Although I am a Republican
and have fought all my life to defeat
Democrats," he said, "I will uphold
with all rny power the president
of my country in his Mexican policy
and in his eftorts to avert war." He
also resented, he said, the "dragging f
of the president down to the level |
Huerta". I
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BLIND TIGER IN JAIL.
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\cgro Arrestee! at Gaflfoey Keeps
Ills Whiskey Sales*
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On Saturday afternoon the Gaffney Mj
police arrested Cephas Littlejohn un- H
der the charge of selling whiskey, to- 3BN
gether with two other negroes. They Ifl
also raided an alleged blind tiger and |H
captured 36 pints of booze. Thf I n
whiskey was in a box near the door ! X
of the cell in which Littlejohn wag II
confined, though not quite within I,
reach. A confederate from the out- B
side handed him a piece of stiff whiT* I
with which he pulled the box near tflg
enough to be reached, and during the
day disposed by sale and otherwise \l
of 15 pints of the whiskey. A great
crowd was around the city jail dur- * i
ing the whole day, but it was not die- U
covered until later that Littlejohn JH
had been supplying the thirsty deni- II
zens. Hi
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Dynamite Kills Three. *
Three men were instantly killed,
one was so badly hurt that he lived ^
only a few minutes and four others T^l
loss seriously injured by an explosion Hi
on The Dalles Celilo canal works
near Dalles, Ore., Tuesday.
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Town Terrorized by Crazy Negro.
Lewis Martin, a crazy negro of H
Pendleton, armed himself with a long ^^
knife Tuesday and went on the warfftB
path. Citizens organized a posse and
finally captured him. He was sent to I
the insane asylum at Columbia. I
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Life Convict Freed.
The governor has granted a parole ^
to Lobe Mungo, who was convicted in *
Kershaw county in July, 1911, of
murder and sentenced to a life term
in the State penitentiary. I
Negro Stabs Colored Woman.
Leila Smalls of Florence, a negress,. ^
was stabbed Saturday by Fred Mel- A
ton, another negro. She was rushed h
to the hospital in a dying condition. JB
Fireman Fatally Ilurned. |H
A. C. Fage, captain of the Troy?
Ala., fire department was burned to- *
death Monday when he entered a.
building in a search for a child.
Unknown Men Drown.
Two unidentified men were drown-s^t^
ed when a bride over the Mohawk jM
River, Schenectady, N. Y., was swept ?
away Friday. r
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Lexington to be Wet. y
The election in Lexington in favor
of the county dispensary sytem was< I
declared legal Friday by the supreme 1i
court. f
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Explosion on Torpedo Boat.
An explosion on the torpedo boat a
Aylwin stationed at Norfolk resulted J
in the death of a fireman Monday, op
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