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_LTHE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. VOL. x1P- rICKENS, S. C,, TI URSDAY, JANUARY 8. 1903. PALME1O_of6LEANINGS. I'inor Events of the Week In a Brief Form. Saturday night about 9 o'clock Dr. Andrew N. Gray of Columbia fell dead in th'. bridge kecper's house at the foot of (b'rvai; street. Dr. Gray con iwets a drug store in lrooklyn and lives In Cohamnbia. lie had walked ai-ross th Congaree bridge and had tried to catch the 8:46 car. Ilaving llnisseid hi>. car. Dr. Gray went into the hotlst" of Mr. I,ybrand, the bridge kepr, andi wis talk lug and joking with thisO around the fire. Mr. I.y bralnd says that. Dr. (.ray wits stand lug with his back to the fire auci was appmrently in good heaith and spirits when lie took a step forwards as if to .go to the loor. He fell forward upon his fac, and when Mr. laybrand and otihers in thi' room got to him1n and tulrncd him over. Dr. Gray was quite dead. lie was subject. to attacks of this kind, and hiis death. while unexpected. was not in1h of a shoek to his fanily as it night olherwise have been, ,. 0. Rtissell, a well-known citizen of Ande,son coulnty, met a sudl'n death il:mier peculiar circumstan'es Friday. Ile and ihIs son, a young man about. grown. had been to a neighbor hood house and were returning home. They were in a buggy and in sone way one of the shafts broke and it was lim possible- to pro:eed further with the vehicle. Air. Russell wiais under the In 1luence of liquor. and his son decided to leave him seated in the buggy while be rode he mule home for assistance. TlIhe young man went on home and when he eiinie back a short while after wa(trds he was horrifed to find that his father had fallen frQm the buggy and lioken his neck. lie had fallen over it dashboard, landing onl his face. The coroner held an inquest Saturday and th' jury returned a verdict in ae'ord an.1' with the facts. Thie1iay night at a negro frolic on Mi. liob Cowan's plaice, about two miles from Rock Hill, Sam Allison was shot and almost instantly killed by his stepson .lohn Smith. It seems that. Al lison was heating his wife, when the boy caitme up and interfered. Allicon upon seeing that it was the son junmped ill). kicked him and then went for his shot-gun. He tried to shoot Stmith. but, the gin failed to fire the first time. and as he was trying the second tine Smith shot him with a 3-caalibre pistol. Allison fell and Smith came to the city and gave himself up. At the inquest ia verdi't was rendered of killing in self iiefense'. Smit.h. however. is in the guiard house here. having been found guilty of carrying the wrong size - .s.hootIng iron." Coroner Black held an inquest I"ri day morning upon the body of 0. N. .wanegan at his home in the Vest End of Greenville. and the jury ren 'lerted a verdic"t that the deceased 'amne lo his death fron an overdose of mnor ihline .adma11inliste'ed by his own hand. He bought 15 cents worth of morphine onai Clristmas day at the \Vest End drug store, and that night ended his lif'e by swallowing the fatal drug. Hiis aIlege'd wifc t"estlilled that he said to ii r Ihiat Ili Would take the lorphintie to kill limnc'elf' anal that lie had thre::t ned'i severt'al tinaes to cutl his than-il. lie toldl her' ait he had b heen tid t hree I tmes for his life and that his peplthad inuas'l~t im 1 off. It. Is niot.I lkely tilat hae was tuilMing utnder his pa'opae' tialile. altid huis ~tu history will prob1 aly~ nevera Ihe kiicwn. Swanegaaz is a very' tai'i;tl nantae. Saturaday afterntooni Offi acir H-al, of t h 'a poit' forc'e :arrest ed on the' ' ihni i::rl"'i Saatanburgt~'t a mil(et a ert wite ain v.ho hasi: baen g;oinig abom)lt lhI st1i'i' JIretendingL to be t allute' al OIirit intg aluIaas. A anumbe 1i'of icersons' pilit's thi' nppara'tly3 afflicted t tioan. so) ;tkir' aand tile ofVih:ar took( himl to ft -It atioan house.. lie plalyedLLi t' roe of at tileI for' three'i hourt"; buat then~ e':ved in and i tohil the (fil' that1. heo was shaamm:inag lIe pr'oiineed a p)iiackag' of cardIs, onl (eh ofI whichi was pinated ai I uga urioaus wa I. a skintg fot' ch,ia'it y for i the. aftflicted. lite will be ti'ied in' policle TI'h edircitrI': of thle Mol loh on 'l anI 'i'fa atuainog ('o.. of' NewhIearry, at a met - itng (detidl:d to i':nrese the capital toc'k oft t'' cman frlvi.oml $200,000 to 000.0000) hIn i ilias' the capaity of te inili to ::Mta spindtle's. When the miill was bit iIIt'was(X txpected Li) in tireast' th pihot . anld t his improvemnlt, runingtit. The' I polat ion (i'ofii th ill tUlatge will he abtant doulet. .\ total dleuruidtion (f eight . ili it. Jau' ol'fic'ars. .ix aa opl('t ' oat ilts wl'i founad alt tw~io. Off'icera'. suceodedi i a' 'r'stintg foua' opertors1)1. wVhot)Ii1 alt) nw in WVaihatlla jail awaiting trial. Alas Aliee Watkins, i<atghtea' of a'r. .1. N. Watkins of the Long Creek sec tioni, was shot Tuesday evening la'st ait heir fat.her'"s homne. Thle hall etntered her'a left. jaw andtt lodigedl in t hack of her head1). '[he ('ond t ith1 of Pte young lady ir end ii to be v'ery criticeal. One o1t' per'zsona was present wvhen tile shot wals 11red. No cauls(' hias beeatnassignled f'or Madte Big Profits. St. Lotus, Special.--Thomias A.~ Cleage closed Is big Doeember eor'n 0.eal at noon WVednesday a heavy wIn ne'. HeI matdo settlement~is on1 all deala ait -16 cents, which was~ 2'cents over~ the eiernt quotatIon at ChIcago. Heb estj r' ites that betwee(n 5,oT3.00.0 and 6, t0)f,000 bu.shels of (co)ntraact t'or't werei' iut'.olved inl tile d(l, andI that, is aver' ego prioiit wa's C 'ctt to L.h" bushel. 'This makes him ahe'ad oin the deal t.i< m300On ( o a m.'ii.o SOME EXCELLENT SUGGESTIONS Plans For School Improvement By Superintendent Mcf7ahaun. The Columbia State of I)ec. 30th con tains the following interesting ex tracts from the forthcoming report of lion. ,John J. McMalian, State Supt. of Schools: "The length of school session is the most conspicuoutts fact by which the school work is Judged. Each one feels satisfied with the school term as long as his own neighborhood school is do ing well and the average for the State is no worse than last year. It ('annot, he too nluc'h impressed ttpon eac'h leg islator. however. that if his neighbor hood school lasts nine mlloiths (or even six 1 it is an exception, and that the State 'average.' and even the colity 'average,' charitaibly covers, as w-ilh a blaniet. the nakl'iness of the back woods country School. Tabi 01ne of the statisth-al part of this report will Show the Iength of session and many othc- facts for :ch ; school iisirict in each county. An examination of these details would astonish 111n who have the Scho in the State are satisfac tory. Suo'h aln examination is not 1151 atlly inle. This is tinfortunate. Surely the consciences of legislators would he arused if the facts were broight. home (t their minds. 13' averaging separate ly t'o' the schools inside and those out side (of incorporated towns we come 11e'are' to an idea of tH' differem-e in schools within a coun:ty,." Some averages are here ne-centci in tabular form. le shows ;*nt of the 2.602 white schools in the State, the average number of weeks of school session is 21 weeks: of the 2.111 colored schools 14.27 weeks. The white schools in the county have an average length of session of 20.3 weeks attd 28.8 weeks in towns. Colored schools 13.6 weeks in the county and 21 weeks in towns. in some of the counties the average length of the sessions of white schools is as follows: Pickens 19.6; lainpton 18.7; Spartanburg 18.3; 1lorry 12.6; Charleston 34.4; Fairfield 29.9: 'Chester 28.5; Richland 24.9: Williamsburtg 1;1.3, etc., etc. TEACIERS' SALARIES. Continuing Mr. McMahan says of teachet's' salaries: "The quality of the teacher is of more coasquence than the nnmber of "eckis he teaches. No report can prop erly set forth the qualities of the teacher. it the salaries receivel for the session or year will alord some basis for Judgment. I regret that I have not the data for seperate aver ages of salaries for town and country tcachers In the State and in each c'onnh ty. In table 2 the average in each dis trict is given, but the schools of one district are not always exclusively in town or in country. "The average annual salary of tenehers in the State in 38 counties re ported is: White teachers, $195.28; negro teachers, $79.41. "in Haorry county white teachers averaged $94.49; some received nothing In Willianshurg the average was $104.30. While the average in Chester field was $126.11 ; there were flve dis tricts having 22 teachers whose aver age salary was less than $70. In Saluda the average was $130.42. District. No. 26 had seven teachers averaging $77.13. In Lexington the average salary was $171.77; yet four teachers. each in ia (listrict having hit one white school reived less than $100 each. LOCA1L TAX CANNOT StJt" I"I('lE. A favorite defense against the t' de mland for a. legislative appropriation lo the I)1lii0' schools is the4 Specious argtiment that the extra iax w'hic i e:ac11 listrict is permllitted t vote i i t he way' to good schools, and that sch commulntIity should he left. to apply this !'e'lnedy3 for itse'lf, levy3 a local tax. Tis tax caninot he dl'eended upon1 bty the legislature. It is v'oliunlary. and,tl t hereforelt. 'v ill 1not 1he lev.ied unt il o 4'ommunlOlity' is ailiv(e to its o(wn needsk. Tim d:,irk'st 011aces wvi Ill miin Ia4:rrk o' .a: until light comies inl fromt w':ho41. .Meco:''erci. sonn-.t school distric5ts di( 4e 11he people ar w''~ illinig to noktte sal - ti's for' educcati, are1 ye4: 3t so toor that 11h4 ihavie'St t:ax prIttedi b thei h. still faIls short of1 yiieluing Ith' amutuhIl I quiriaed for' a go(cl :school. 'The4 !i:i o 1(o U <d all other(1 'i<mthernI States in the ally levies a nmoder'ate4 tacx . whIichi yiehti.-: a larg:.e sum11 of moneys hoe:tuise, to 11a13 largely of its. mteanis. wi th but1 anl extra 3-mnill tax, 0or even the4 'nax - imum11 41-mlills. inl adt4ltion to its riiiIegula The1i aiver'a.e ('(st of schoolin1 g i'e' pmpil Is of great signIficanc1e. if we the1 idividulal schiools of cer'tinl ('oun 11r' 4istriits and11 01' ('ties 0 o l prosper 441s townsic. hI t there is conllsideriabhle signif1( ican( ini the (co1inparison02 of the h'V"'Irge's fo' (''rtin ''ounlt is and thtere' (ii' a:no Iinteres inO'IlC t14 copaiso of4'' ' - \virage 441st jper puplIil hais 1been S' 2; 1900O, white $5.55, ne4gr'o $1 .3:: 1901,* white $5.82 negro $1.30; 19,02, whtite $6.01. negro0 $1.53. (In I 8911 six al onties were'4 1not fully roroted , four11 in 190011 and two in 1902.) 5 s(eflorts to seenre'4 a State apprlio piat iOn for1 the putblic schools have thus far' failed. Th'ie only3 form in w)(hih su1ch a1 bill has5 paissed the lower al county1 t 'Iax. Somne of th 114' prdel'sen1ta tive oIS(f r'icher'i coun ties are un'tilwilIlig that1 their(1)10 coutie shold( 1)ay toward4: the sutpporlt of thle schools (of o(ther' th(llat count'is ae iit anI'f d separa~'te1 inl inteI rest anid r'espons1i bility'. Tihe 01(1 Soulth C~tarli na dost rinte is 1ost sight 1 (If, t hat, the( S~tt in the sover'eign. A inore leg itimate a'gum21ent agalinst such'l itn oIpportuity 5Is 2114 jutst fear that,1 It will lhe misspend't. CONl)iTIONS T1O STlATlE AllD. Unhder' preseniClt 'onitions)1 there are ser'iouls obstacles to thle policy5 of State aid to weak schools. T1his pIolicy tile aiet (If 1899 to dlistribte State dis pen'isarly prlofts to bring til defieient schools to a mliniimumn three months termi, or $75 fund. With dlencienlcies 'ofthne .i',c~,mi eanr as n basis. (is. pensary money has been for four years annually apportioned to bring tip the schools to this minimum ses sion, yet the foregoing statistics show that the law has failed to accomplish its purpose. The law does not require the trustees to apply the money to the schools that need it. In my report of 1899 1 called atten tion to the need of safeguards against I he unnecessary multiplying of schools to be thus aided by the Stale. Some districts support several schools and apply the funds in very different proportions to the different schools. The constit utional provision that each county board should lay off its county into convenient school dis tricts of not less than nine more than 49 square miles has been carried out in very few counties. Its spirit and purpose, though ont. Its letter, was that. each district should support but one school for the white and one for the negroes, each to be centrally lo. eated. II some cointies tihie districts are still townships. so large that they tist support several schools. some of which the lruste'es are not inter ested in and shamefu1lly ncglec"t., while some are entirely too neal to others. loreover. i t.hre(' months' school with a $75 teacher Can hardly he cnlled a school. Necessarily the trustevs haive little choice of Ite(i('rs. Wit I tie( acquiescence of the county stlipel inttendents they sometimes employ tctlcne's without. (e'rtfieates of quali lic'ation and unable to pass the ie (11utr-d e'xaminlationls. 11ut. in somne cu111nt ies there is ani ampl suipply of incolpetents holding the county .c'c' tificates. Although. the Itrustees of short term1 schools are in thl4e habit of ('tploying very 1)or teachers, for whom it should not, be thli )licy of the State to furnish longer sessions. Aid from the State should be granted not iierely upon a showing of pov erity, but iipon the guarantee of prop er location of the school and the et ployment. of a thoroughly capable tacher. Better far to aid a few schools i nthis way than to aid many less effectively. A legislative appropriation to the 5(110015 should be Iased 111)011 a gen eral law with safeguards along these lines. The teacher whose salary is supplement.ed should he required to have a certificate of qualification from the State board of education ( issued upon examination or u1pon the diplomna of ait approved college). The school shoti id be in district supporting but one school for each race, or the school should not. be less than four miles from every other which the pupuiis might. attend, and if its enrolment. he less than 20 pupils its distance from every other school open to its children should be not. less than five miles, or sieccially justified by swamps or othet peculiar conditions treported by the county board and approved by tlh State board). The county hoard should furnish a list of its schools fulfilling the conditions in teacher. location. enroliment and financial inability. the latter fact being certifled also by the county treasurer on March 15th. if ter the collection of taxes has been completed and the funds of the dis tric't for the clrre:nt scholastic year are ascertained--anl, in the case of the nei'dy districts, exhausted. The nmles of tle teachers and thi' amounts. to be paid them should he (ertilled to the State t.reasuri'er by h State superintendent of eduention On behalf of the State hoard of edu"a tion. Tlie State's aid should he sutti ci(111 to bring up the sila.ries to $:1.i a 111m 11 for six mllontus. At th(le bcginning of this policy no' many school:; would be aile to avail th'msclve's of the prolfered assist an1ce. Undier' thle trlonig in1(flu('cement) lo (c11onorm to tile ('0nditions11. truIst.c('s woob Ihle st irr'ed' from prIesenti . illdif fotcle' andi errlors. Theiire wou ili e :u whuich would : greatly~ strmen r Iw n 43h er). ItheFt en ai.n cmira ttie'l small mis-h lb et'r toi'.:etl with1 hitte l i m-l rte-Sons uniist' with11113 ston man11151 agim--ni anid ' xpt superv!soo n NEWSY GLE ANINGS; St':'rI'l tchanges ini thec land lawts of h,itterpoo'l les: .inst rec'-eie ifs first. 3'oi5lInaiu of0 tiIl:lhe;:a y fi roii A\lts It. lii. 'flotonu Il de iIe thllt shes ilend lssnd ($9.: ii ro l .'.'7drostouiioto iaul ' V. t'u'u url) i.iisir.vi-n j)!3'illy-3 ill 1) ble si ain3' ill)1:) the 30 it' NAoi'd:1.iM. 0 few d'111la li'g10 1idnaoii (1h11 ir 'hlgai.:lil Ir alil o c 11 Th'aie duty ohaveltomabilt ninbl : Usii The rai'war brh)e at Koksil. '11. 'WIGNl 0Iot lions iniia ry 1ierv(i'8 :31)1 10ym14 of015 a sonl'3 itL mone s12 Ito( bJe Alvl ohf solarlmpine westc of rip n hee by J.c a'pnxieyfl iogn.Mxc Aordin to midalegrantseq from'Lon-iI dtn, wage-ans aou gtoifllowi the31 oerd cs of usiingl, Wli n aml1ii Ir ntWoresytshir nglm'tol. to th Wnomesr. nagdmkngaeos Whlaugh, adthe maket neadghs aitd There wroei 1 they-i iiglaughsmakin plnsi o eainun.i drn h OPERATORS' REPLY. Markle and Company File an Answer Before Strike Commission THE OWNERS TELL THEIR STORY Their System of Dealing With Their Ismployes-Not Required to Trade At Company Store. Philadelphia. Special.-- -The answer of G. 11. Markle & Company, itnuen d)nt. cotl operatttors, to the dmiiandis (,f Ite miners. wasas nade it bhlic hier Sr 1l! day. T1he atnswer will I'' submni(tted to) the Anthracite ('((al Sirike('Coin llis siun, which re-:tssemblles inl this e"it.v tunmorrow. it WaS writit'ln by .ilii Markle, mllanltiging partner of the irit. ''lho statemenci t says (he tutu etinploys about. 2,100 ten, and inany ii its eil ployes rside in the viiittlaes of I ree tad ab(dItout. 1 wO tiles distailt, amd Hlazleton, ;lht aot teven miltes distant., from .leddo. 'ThI'e lessees erected and1e w11ni) tl( il!ot' ee'1d 0istipo t hei i' pro perty,i(ncluding breakers, stOre, shops and tenlem(nt houtses. It say the company always has mtaintained two physicians for the m en. de'let 75 ents a mlonth from the matrriod and 50 ('enIls a month fromt the single mnen therefor, and paying it over tO the physieianls withotit clhar0ge or deduction. ''his arrangemtent was not comipulsory u1pon the mlen %)r famlili(-s. Stores for the sale of general er ehandiso and of m1iners' supplics have always been mnainltained upon the property, and have been and are an accolmmodation to the mlenl and their famnilies. The men have never been r'eguired to deal there. It says in September, 1897, a eomi mittee of miners prosented certain dlllallds to the Iirl. An agreement was then in existence between tlt' colpany and mnen to settle differences by arbitration. 'rht colipaly replier to the demands and i'tved no fut'th er collmunication from the miners. Work at the mines continued unin terrupted until the latter part of 1900 when John Mitchell made his head quartet's at. Hazleton and endeavored to organize the Marlcle employes. In September, 1900, another list of grievances was furnished the firm. wnich offered to arbitrate. but the men strtuck. Between 1900 and 1902, mitny requests were made for the correction of alleged grievances wlt:lhi were all taken Ilp and consldo:'e( and acted 11pon, "ut. neither Individually nor collectively, orally or in writing," says the statement. "did the men make any complaint in reference to the collecting of dities for the doctOi'S or the priests: nor was our attention ailled to any defect. in respet to ven tilation, or unfair treatmlent at tht store: nor as to the size of the ear.s nor as to the slope cleaning; or the locking, tutil April, 1902: and we had every reason to believe t hat, taken as a whole, the mteni wCre ett ire1 ly sat.( illoymt.l't Obijectilon is also mallde ltha the full Ill pet' Centt. adlvan--i was ntot explained ((to ii th ('en anid it will b shown by thie Cei't aiC'Couttt Ihat hitra'tion C'ommiiission, and says tht ' 1 men11 (evijted w'~ere so treatetd herau11-e 1m10n fromn I <stuning work'l. No att(0m11 w~as miadeC to) C'ill'''t fr'm themit arriei: inig fromi $350 toI $1O.000. Spioeitic sa thle fCmmirissiont alleginig htarish tre'm-s mienlt of v'ar'ius individutals wvll.> namnes had beent'i givent. Against Anterican Cotton, Pais. fly Cablle.--It is saild that Jle s Siegfri ed, i ihtiChar Warr'tinIgI t depuities aoml Senaitorts, andC a numberi of' leadin Il otton)1 1011 mnflaturers(t', hiave foirmedi a ('oloinial ('ott(on Association,. wvit aI iw to'v rIes4istinlg I ite Amerilcan 'The Colorado Sentatorship. l)onver', Special.--Th'ie s'-nati(':l sit utlin in Colom ~do is liuoin lig dIeeldi edly ('omlient CaIed and sl:on111id presentII( dleclarecd plans he carried out th' tn teCs1t overi thie select ioniiC of a1 successo,:' b'gin1 in C arne st 'wi (th(1 C th Voen ing of th LiC egitslaturt e (1n Wednesda':Jty neoxt, will, to ray (lie lea~st, lie ('xC!ting and mtCoe thani liknlIy e putttaeilarI. Thle aol id sutppo~rt of Itho D emoea tie wing oIf the LoglIla!tre rot' 'Tellet' is still 1m5 sinain1, whIl theI llC' pu)tbllcana striength It.: paricel led amnig four' canitt - datl of' whom fiom' Sentor 10E. 0. W\ol ceitt i; (lhe raoutst ('OIrmpiCous. Destructive fire. Olympia, Wash., Splecial.-The build itng (lccuplied by thle Capidtal BrewvIing ICompany, as bottlinag workhs, was al most comntpletel y demtol ished Saturdl(ay ntightt by ai slide of sand fr'om the bluff back of thbe biLlding. l'The bluff Is about 50 f'eet high andt was e.lmosit per-' 1'endiular with the side of (lie buildI lng. T[he oIfIen buildinag is in Immedi ato danttger' and t he officials oif the com.. pan1y are expecting It wvill he crutshed at any13 mtomenlt, Cas small slides are Iconls(ttlv ('nmbg down. SUIT FOR DAMAGES. Claimed Tlat lany Were Ktidnappe and Sent to the lines,. New York. Special.---Sutits haVe bee brought by 22 residents of this cit_ who claim that during the recent co. sirike they were devoyed to the mine in Pennsylvania by agents of the Iri road and of the Pennsylvania :Co Company. Damages for $50.000 to each. amounting to $1.100.000 in al Are stued and the attorney f>r" 1.1 plaint iffs consulted wit h an assstaIt oistriet attorney today alout uriugin the matter before tlhe grand ju1 y to h .1worn in next Mondt.y. The ,;a:.tiff claim that under pletene" c; idoine, work for the railrea and c"ct,tl ."om pan1y they were dec"oyed tc, II'bokc"o wNher' they were lorkc "ci in at ,";:r .ui carrhrd, against their N' ill. t(, IIhe ("o, regions in Pennsylva,iat atcl cot,:ptull' to act as st riki'-,itker.; .i' r irceat of, " lIg tillried oNic r 11) tile fIury of I lk mniners.'' The nu'n s,,y they 1inal!) snce(lrcded in m<atking t hir way he l to the city'. but I'I.tr " th:lt oII th i way houe they had ;tuerow , ;-ape I rom being inoblbe"d. An oice'r of ti i0t i.' RIailtoad :si. that no eomplailit t:a". been served .t: yet oin t he company. I1 saidi he hac 1-0 dotlbt that the roipaiie: wonht ht able to succes:tfully iI"fend any suit: that might be brought against Ihem The company. said this oli''r. Is al ways ext.remely carel;tI to explain t4 the men the colition. under whicL they are employed. Pacific Cable Opened. Washington. Specinl.--The followin; cablegram was received at the Whitc House at 2:30 this morning, dated Hon olulu. .January. 1, II:33 p. m.: "The i'resident. Washington: "The people of the territory of Ia wall send their greetings to you anc express their gratillcation at the inau guration of telegraphic co mnunieatioi with the mainland. We all believe tha t.he removal of the disadvantage o isolation will prove ia strong factor Ir the upbulldingk of a patriotic and pro gressive American Comonill 11 weal ltih i1 these islandis. (Signed)i IENRY 1E. COOPECR. "Secretary of liawaii.' The President's response was as fol lows: "White House, Washington, ,Jan. "llenry E. Cooper, Secretary of -lawai Honolulut, Hawaii: "The President sends through yc to Governor Dole and the people c Ilawaii his hearty congratulation upon the opening of the cable. lie be iieves that it will tend to knit. tI people of Hawaii more closely tha ever to their fellow citizens of tI main land and will be for the great ad vantage of all our people. (Signed) GEO. 13. CORTELYOIJ, "Secretary to the President." To Fight Trust. Chattanooga. 'Penn., Special-\\'hole sale hardware dealers in thi: city hav recelved advic's from the h!adliuarter of the East Tennessee liar"dw are anm Implemecnt Dealers' Associall:n to thi ce'ffct. that a pollev has been adnplte for the do aler"s inl the assicia ilon to r< t sen ted by he l .trnlat iionalI Ilm etr Cmpato Atneasthri know as1 the tru-d. A\tich; :.g:int 1h Iwr by41 uth o lo al Srepr":en t4aive''( oft I S.A bl,ieaboar'd Chanes.'i'iaI. N( rfil . Sp~~' ecil.-14 -\ie ill 'r ol andIiti ( .-ne alr .\ ln ger l. .\ lid a r. lhi 'w (K. illSe, super(intIem' ieNew or i wouhit hel nail l"as g<ner superr:1in tendet' ofi lthat' system. (ftoi;l succed (4 4lved I. how4ver. 4tit:lj- ill h e a41 (4)1n44.:d. .\lajor4'4 \lli ((r ad .\If, th Ir 14har~~tre htle, with a:l~ (nIa to k l44i come14~4 associated41 n it ffiias o (Iheus 11I4 Loui:: & i'w franicoa i n 5iijirs Ah 1:1 v fats The0ohj4--I of1 ohe 0(orp oio i to bueillng ofi ailrot rom No'' 14 s*.rlans byli1 way. o \rkansas toiI'$ ('h 4.') The1(4 t(4b oranztion (if in connal tion cwth th- rAncquiftte is 'ilt Sings .--'Sig.,o sh r to i. h e(y (l a.ir vihi; 'gxof th 1e '/ur a $5,000ie from h:s8 onjur lils.' AhIm i48 11red, sweling Ithlist tvo more thal41 rig.i'Ti.w mor viatcegbi < tare 11 stil ain lhiandmr int T iruitfam,y Cicago(, N.eCa.---Spialor Masa ti h e compoer l starraged ini conil ard lltard, hI'o Hngtou.Afr Fihear wasX V4ile wah etly who applan)d flevarod,00.. ISpean.--Thursd Origin of flre unknown. REPORT ON COTTON Government Statement of the Crop of the Past Season A FULL RECORD OF BAlES GINNED Niere i4 no liuess Work About the 'igures This Year, as (in Records t have Ileen kept. W\ashtint(t. Ir-erial.-- Thill"n. lt1)r--;lu repor tt (ln te ruttou tinne(t fir t, hli' 1!m' ! (IrI)) ut i nto ti l rI lull. in i 'n1tm b r I::. l -st . i i !.:; 11 ..lI !,i hales. irreSJ)eetiv. (If 5halr- ( r we'ighlt. l' -1 1 to .\.911.5,(. 1ccord ing 73 th-' -(111 -1t'lal '4 041 11i n.1 "1T' i ' I' ' t(l. t r 'ntl . I lfil e cr1 . ' lal n\"eI'71 1 1111 ( (Ii. i44 (' 1t1:1114 iThe' a l e slati1stics1 of t he sp7antily (It (111ou intell tI I I'l'e'1tl ober I.1,. (re i 'e.se il h1 a s as r11'essei a1t t4 i.itel('il"s, irres(5 l (I i1 f il :hti - W: w( it;bI. In the( to(-:1 l (f l'.31 1. :1.- hail.., I1h('re are :.',1; 1 2. 1. ( 11und h11l("s av'er Ia:ginti fronit to :,f00 pnirun s (11h. ('llntiuig siuch Io1t1c h,als as hall' hales, as is tIel e(iston1 in til' com: the(rc'ial onnln)nity the lotal gIlnned1 in 1)l'("ellEl')r 13 is t"9 f:.:..i3. The giln n'rs have not. yet retui n t h( i eir ha11' weights for !tis ('rol, ut -140 c"'onllc ('omp r('ss vompallnies distributed throuighoul the (oltonl states advise til' offleI tin they ro1r11isseId an I nctna11"l wvighed1 froinl the growth otf 1!(2 up to I)enheb' 1:1. I 1tit,43I l bales. averaging eah .ell ,I3.N l1unls gross. 'sing this weight as the aver at;e ('or S<inare halrs and1 for. rounll hal(s 2:3 pllonnds. ilthe average Ih taige(1 from, th(' we'tigiit returns of the hol'u ofi('O, of I the rop111)aniPS oper),a. 1 1ng s1t4("Ith tll'Is. the t u(I vai ett( 1 t-11111 4- lr ,ir 500-plontal hlies ginned to 1)e lrenlher 13th is f'oundi to be S.971,722. I)edluning the wreight of the bagging andlt] ti(S 122 1 punds i)er sqiuar.e hale), tht' nunliber of eqlulvalet 500 poundi( 1 hales, n''t weIgh, is found to ie N, , y1 two inost tho'olughl ennv1 1tSS('S this selason, 32.528 gintleries, netive - 1nd i(1', have been locate(1 and re I)orted1, of which1 numnber :10.194 have he'ln operat''d for' tils c"roi. In their )evembi)e' (av .1 thl' a1(111 spe InI agents asre1'ritan11 tll quilitity of r( tion ginned froln the beginning of 18 the S('a1SOn1 to an inrluding Ieenl. 3- her 13 t h, an(1 also s'nred from, eaeih e of tht' at'tive gil'ners his estimate of nthe (unttit.y of ('otton to be ginnedI by his ('stahlishnl nt. after ' c1")ee m'nlber 13. The( (Stimalt(' of the( 1)'1erlentag( of lth (ro) gillnn(d is inil:e'd on the ('St1111a (cs of 621l ('din%'aSSIh,'J agents. wVht wvere instrn(eted to ((Infine their (Stinante' Ito the terr'it rieh "iln :1 v Ssed by I hemn 1ani to thei knowleIdgc gained Ithere. fromt. 01n esti late, II(ref( r Ie, se1''e" as a4 if i :tgli.et t114- oth1 -r. Areo(rdl ing to th"' l t n111ate of the. giline S 111.2 per (etll. of the c'roll rematinled t' hn ginne(1 aft1r1 Ih-e e)ulr I::. Wh)ille, according to thi - estillna e of itlh emtll t S ing t he 44er4e ntIl);e w', 4 thle aill 4ers. i14 4j.!43.I,i hab.:41. 74n4! :14 I ( rdli lg to4 til'he 4''7114 7 7an'assing ',. we4ight1 of 7ti4 '4414nds1. lT'h.. 45 su of'' h1(4 assun44o1 5 37, re- 'pour-,4ihi7liy for 4 1' ... 71(''4r17ey of1 tills4' 4'43s ;tial . Tis , illrt wil il ' 4e follow4'led 1, by 4 tird a'1 7414 17inal reportli' 't the4 '':41 4f t il 4. g i17j;. 4l1441an4 and 7444 7 a1; Is 1lmit ('(tto(444 mit4h14rpor1 117h4't(or .\ler'i'i-jim4 st thi47-t 1:,' 74t1 i41'. 74h' 4 f ( t ol a t Il unnhor of:& Im 11' l 4'f 444l 4( till' tInt has' 1 471111 been da' -'by 41414,u 1ffi4' is eto m4)k11 and1l~~' t1 verf the41 (b4ition Anyhm11 y (is a'I') liberlhy to exmine 111114t wholei'I 1714I process mitpe by43 the11 1444 nsus44 returie 41(4 pr'e'4 nt' (.lin- 4 ginnin4g4 74p ra - 4ns11 74of ''~ '~>'' every 4inning es tlishmen whi'ch1 47 h I h.indhV i4liy p (rtion 3f 11.44 1-4441mIt a very1 171 414 4 I ppoima('t i41.n o'f 14ound hale 4414,. 144olu ('pr Iobab t(imWt11 .\ 'iar 1h 4144h tixt, w 1'ill sho a1vai-' t ill' of I(''7,'41 hal 1 frotI he44 4171 imales of14h41total'4rop wi)1 are( submi)0ed 1''hel' f ~iiie of4y'I 741 (ietio tn ginn"d, feem Thi3 S is t he44') firs i tim in ithe11 h o ry11 of3(71'50(1 the4144rican 115tton 0( r ll 1hat ('01l n il1I('7 4m '1xa114114 knowtleg lIof 1te3 sea session of( th144 pubic' at1 1o 14arly a dat.il or within a1 31a1t4 livt mnh aseiin early. n(( ion wit t741 1he tirop 1( of 1 114 Its first yreport4' will 'overI'l tie ('tton1 g110inld, ing7441I31' Se tilling 1. Tis&I'l pr i of each year1 (I ro is nlf'owl ass(inet tle Wom~ t1 the41( previustyar a,s. th'e fommtrcre dY pTht secon repor~i.th w'ill ncIudedl t.ob 1eral)eh, 13t, the dafth ofl th ftr y 11 report. oe h cto indu It will he seen at tnis plan i"on tenrplates praetically a monthly report (i'Ag the cotton ginni,g season of 1903. If It shall he found that stilT more frequent reports are de'guitrle, the ('ensum Office wilt be prepared to make them fot the crop of 19M4.. The census methoti of seerta'iing the annual cotton cro1 can bd gradua ly extended and developed with cen paratively little increase of expen'sti so as to include statistics of the cotton seed oil industry. the aereage. n'nuaf ly devoted to cotton. and' tie tuflT t'ak ings and eonsutnptlon of cottort, tiitus; making the reports t conplete show ing of the Jroduetfon and clnsum)ptIom of dlomlletis cotton. AFTER TilE HOLIDAY R[CESS Congress (iet. Dlownl to Wotk O'iv, flore. \\horn the ierar " re("o'vened Nfond'ay atfer the huoiuv re("(.,-. few Senators: Wlv. a 1 sent. Ahlno(si immledliately a. dlis, usyi')nt be'l'u r(";;artling the coal. Sit(ra ti((r. .\Ir. fd)clge Prefacel his intro dti o4)mn of a hill isu4penhinl: for 90 days on 'oal. with I.hle at.atemnt that in. New 1t1inlct there was n teh distress owing to the sca'("lty of 0(:1i and that nln( 5 relief was aff'ord(l at once, a. unh1 er" of factoriesz wotti h .r(' to shut (owl. lie Was aWare, he aaid, that S uhl a ilI should originate in. Ihe lIonse of I(epretientatives. t.tt it was his desire to cnll the attention of th'3 linnlce cc tlnntittee to the state of af fairs. Mr. ('alherson followed witir .t. resoluttiont providing for the removal of the duty on anthrrlc"ite coal and asked. for its illediate cousideration. Mr.. PlatI. of ('onnestient, objected. saying it was his un11dersianding that there was no (luty on anthracite coal. Mr. Vest took exception to this stattement. and said that the board of general :ap prailsers and l'resident Roosevelt had decided that such a dity is imposed. MIr, Vest also introduced a resolution on the subject. Another resolution bearing on the subject of coal, intre dulce(rd by .Mr. .Jones. of Arkansas, refer lug to the charge of W. R. Hearst that there was an illegal combination among certain railroads to control th shipment of anthraclte coal and calling upon the Attorney General for the evi denee vhich it was alleged had been secured by him, caused a lively debate. In which s("veiral Rlepublicatl Senators vigor ulsly resentei1 what they thought Was a reifect ion on the Attorney (en eral. i' iiltssion colntinued until 2 o'clock. when the resolution went over beling listplaceId by the omnibus state hood bill. MIr. Nelson, of Minnosota, a(iressed the Senate in opposition to the bilt and fit voted single statehooi for Oklahoma and I dian Territory. At -1 o'clock the Senafe adjourned. House on Military Bill. The i louse retsuned its work Mon (ty after a reeess of two weeks, but within t wo b(tl1-s the machine'y broke down for lack of a (tuorumn. The bill to1 ereate ct gentral staff in the army w%"as 1hw issue. .\n at.temlp was made to I ass it uIn(i>r ti(1st enusion of tit' 1ules, whicth rt-quires a Iwo-thirds Ia ffl4the l4'd rried18 Iat''r in hicitwa Wheni ' i he b)11ill wl as41 en 'l ti4), .\lv 14)i)hardson.l of TeinesseeI)) )3 . 1 144nor ,ir l ofr ide hilitrv nb litee tl-c tishrel bit un op' iuton n (ltao ndt he,fllye ''i. o i' G r!I:L . .lr. 14il. .said Nha t'.h :1)m J'ltal of he 'attnyIat prese lieu Inyt! b.hi .lr.ll' f \'r i h, e - 4m414) t het1llt m ilit'r con1 nite, i n sup-- tI Ill'i of tIe h''id'll.C t detalhd te c toil Al.a ih y ''r 1win 30to th' I e o iie of athrity 5 e:That isndition he aid, "I wo' ub)1 cl Il(e 4 Ql I to ak, a t 1r 44 .ii i-. f (iltl: a o "iI tahise hi(l(lJ4does noe t"'pra'lcalof04y 3 ehnIa he 4lieuten-40 a4u.1)4 ged.a tmviunn.Te101 'Enntye-as an tche fsafu d eqr to bei" ss''Tissrag .\tlr.('1t,iay: " 1111oub the dtail ed l ays <an nder il oflihe arey cetIn eli w'ao i I lt h l' e t' IC ent c e ail tlr. net''s :r ' t'To A r Ishle t shnas s'in an od l'/.to th coun.s taul ofath i little.wA csubet oa thus t t he ch(o'l10tie. pticetamy inet'Wsarein .\rec .('la: "Do yttean itheta Peyi.. ont"vit thbeyt to'fe th?" stffr .r. St't iee "hay vt ti ha l'lZ meurt' The ll-echal resu0te o08 teo' c9 omea Sh pseln e of. olycatt0 itmbs st aboioum, and hatvecl the l VClotha :EyIgofgses anatahies. i "A muastach prn,otIetsthte timeight. men ithnl me wt smouth-sa "that note coce ith he upe 11p ad vey im the l is have th evs r ut Aih shave,