The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 10, 1903, Image 6
Why Our Futu
By President Roosevelt
ANY qualities are needed b
! power of self-government
M these qualities are forethc
courage which refuses to
disinterested and kindly f
justice to the rights of ot
courage unfit men for selfthe
other, brutal arroganc
of the spirit of selfish dii
k or of the rights cf others
***' In the history of mankind many repi
* less or greater time, and then hare 1
power of governing themselves and ther
* )?> way has this loss of power been so <
tendency to turn the Government into a
Of one class instead of a government for i
F Again and again in the republics of i
tly and mediaeval Flanders, this tenc
dency becaipe a habit it invariably am
the final result it mattered not one v
or of one class or of another. The ou
Country fell into the hands of a wealth;
fcr whether it fell under the domination
the rich. In both cases there resulted
knd disorder, and a final, complete loss
in the end overtaking the class which hr
1 . . . . _ % x ! 1_ 1^
Swell as tliat wmcn naa momenuiruj uc
^republic had rung as soon as the active ]
tthose who sought, not to do justice to al
wtand for one special class and for its in
others.
} The reason why# our future is assure
genuinely skilled in and fitted for self-g
the leadership of those who seek to excil
, jtegonism. The average American knows ]
about what is right, but that his averagt
Mention and the same power to make his ii
? Jie be business man, professional man, f
jlworker, that the welfare of each of thes
jof all the others; that each is neighbor 1
tliopes and fears, has fundamentally the
Wnch the same virtues and the same fau
a Our average fellow citizen is a sane i
*ency and has a wholesome mind. He
Bpr the man of wealth guilty of the mear
those who are less well off, and for the
father feels, or seeks to excite in others, t
those who are better off. The two fci
opposite sides of the same shield, but
wnirit. . >
I The Great City
By the Editor of the Hoc
MMM HERE are a great many
$ I great cities, especially ]
M I decrying all life outside
III themselves the brains an
D g ol Aiiieniit, uuu turn a &
J w | With sucb we not nec
, * a people who are satisfied
danger that persons wh(
into a like belief and g
past in extremely hard places. The tho
rlnced that all good Is confined to big citi
:v_v Shat he can live as deep and as large In
pot with more time to digest what he s<
jthree-ringed circus. In one ring artists
color stunts; in another people are dining
tin armor and blunt swords are playing
(track people are in various kinds of race
Jhdoing" if you get to that, and the feai
jrbat-not
f But does one get so much real enj<
ringed circus as when one goes*to the
Where he has just as much time to liste
W double somersault over six elephants?
- , kdnd so there is about the advantage o
few good pictures, a few good books, a
prer?this may certainly be as beneficia
only cannot see, but cannot possibly thin]
pccount at all the opportunity for seein?
(to live where the nerves are not worn out
ithe inhabitant of a small city will do v
laments his fate. ?
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Heroes and He
By E. B. Sherman 1]
?*'
ARLYLE In bis essay e
its exercise as the chiel
j| ^ or minimize motives am
x fl 9 the most conspicuous ar(
W [ I Luther, Knox, Johnson,
jm ^ A g and others who by wa
V I affected the course of h
no tlnno Rut Pr>rlvl<? 5ll
J&w in the inward spaere of
which exists always, ui
and trivial. His heart is a piece of the e1
J Emerson uses the words hero, heroic
* {Philosophical sense than Carlyle. Happ
the intensity and narrowness of the gre;
.speaks the truth; it is just, generous, ho
8 ^calculations; It feels and never reasons, a
f| It is easy to see that Emerson recc
jnanner upon the condition, limitations c
!rather as a grand overtone whose intini
jaweetest music the sound of every praye
emotions and aspirations of every soul s
^ | Cherishing a feeling of profound r,ev
? teroes, who through the ages have v
achieved enduring renown, who inspired
2>een graven upon imperishable tablets, i
I all coming generations the estimable lega<
* Wet confess a doubt whether the most uu
jaiot been found in the humbler walks of
pliclty of soul and modest grandeur of <
Jtte essentials of true manhood and glorio
heaven's untitled aristocracy.
} How many heroic souls, obscure am
fshed from remembrance, were wroughl
mould, and have made their lives sublii
and self-abnegation!
As the most delicate and fragrant fl(
estly among the dead leaves or peeping t!
ao the most resplendent virtues blossom
lowliest and roughest paths trodden by I
The rose may seem to add pride to i
Its delicacy by a tacit demand for admir
unrivalled fragrance only to the earnest
in the hidden nook where it was planted
fcreath of dainty dryads.
tiSod has vouchsafed to tb6 world uo <
|H|^^?es and heroines who give to earth it:
H^HftAnce heaven would suffer irreparable 1
B
[re is Assured
w - 1
y a people which would preserve the
in fact as well as in name. Among .
>ught, shrewdness, self-restraint, the '
abandon one's own rights, and the j
:ood sense which enables one to do
hers. Lack of strength and luck of 1
government, on the one hand, and on
e, envy, in short, any manifestation 1
iregard, whether of one's own duties i
. are equally fatal.
ublics have risen, liavc flourished for <
fallen because their citizens lost the i
cby of governing their State; and in
often and so clearly shown as in the |
government primarily for the benetit ;
the benefit of the people as a whole. J
incient Greece, in those of mediaeval ,
lency was shown, aud wherever the ,
3 inevitably proved fatal to the State. ]
vhit whether the government was in :
tcome was equally fatal, whether the i
y oligarchy which exploited the poor
of a turbulent mob which plundered j
violent alternations between tyranny ,
of liberty to all citizens?destruction ,
id for the moment been victorious as .
en defeated. The death knell of the
power became lodged in the hands of
11 citizens, rich and poor alike, but to
terests as opposed to the interests of 1
1
d lies in the fact that our people are
lovernment, and therefore will spurn ,
te this ferocious and foolish class an- ,
" 1 * fA <1A
oot oniy uiai ue uiuiscji iuu-uu? ^
? fellow-countryman has the same iuatention
effective. He knows, whether
'armer, mechanic, employer or wa;o T
;e men is bound up with the welfare i
:o the other, is actuated by the same '
same ideals, and that all alike* have <
ilts. 1
ind healthy nan, who believes in de- *
therefore feels an equal scorn alike .
1 and base spirit of arrogance toward ^
man of small means who in his turn (
he feeling of mean and base envy for i
jlings, envy and arrogance, are but i
different developments of the same i
tv J 1
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Versus
the Town
ae Companion
people lu this country who Inhabit
Sew York, who have ? fashion of
of a metropolis. They arrogate to
d the world-knowledge and the taste
cornful lip at their provincial friends,
essarily quarrel. It is pleasant to see
with their station. But there is a
> do not live in great cities will fall
et to think that their own lines are
u?htful man will not readily be cones.
A little experience will show him
i a quieter neighborhood, seeing less,
?es. A huge city is something like a a
are performing all manner of little s
in good clothes; on a stage men with t
' a game called drama; all around a
is for pennies. There is. a great deal
ts are wonderful, extraordinary, and
?
jyment for one's money at a three- u
i old-fashioned show with one ring, e
n to the clown as to see a man turn
At least there is a reasonable doubt. ^
f a great city over a small one. A F
play or two, and time to think them ^
.1 as a flood of stuff which one not t
k about And this does not take into t
; green things every day, the chance a
: by horrible noises. Upon the whole, r
veil to count his blessings before he j.
*4 '*' <" * v - V ^ ~ 5
^ ,
s
roines [
n Humble Life I
c
m heroes seems to regard power and t
! requisites of heroism and to ignore
1 moral qualities. Among his heroes
e Odin, Mahomet, Dante, Shakespeare,
Rosseau, Burns, Cromwell, Napoleon j
r, literature or oratory have largely ^
listory and the destinies of men and
so says: The hero is one who lives
things, in the true divine and eternal,
aseen by most, under the temporary
rerlasting heart of nature herself." I
and heroism in a broader and more
ily, he was free from the prejudice, i
:t Englishman. He says: "Heroism *
spitabie, temperate, scornful of petty
iud therefore is always right."
)gnized heroism as depending in no
>r accidents of human existence, but ! s
te vibrations reinforce and turn inio i r
r, uttered or uuuttered, the generous i c
seeking a belter life. |
erence and admiration for the great ! j
rrought grandly for humanity and i y
I utterances and shining di eds have j
and who have bequeathed to us and
y of their illustrious example. I must
agniOecnt exemplars of heroism have T
life, among those who, in their sim- <~
character, never dreamed that in all s
us womanhood they held high rank in c
I
i unknown, whose names have per- 1
; and fashioned in nature's divinest s
ne by gracious deeds of beneficence a
uwers are often found nestling mod
[midly forth from some shady bo\. er,
and diffuse their sweet aroma iu the t
iruised and bleeding feet.
>eerlcss beauty; the lily to minimize J
ation; but the shy arbutus yields its
wooer who septs it with loving care 1
by fairy hands and perfumed by the 1
t
choicer blessing tl ip. the unconscious c
s greatest charm and without whose t
oss.?Chicago Tribune. c
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A FtVER EPIDEMIC.
Ravages of Typhoid in a Pennsylvania
City Gives Alarm.
Butler. Pa.. Special?No authentic '
report of the number of cases of typhoid
fever that developed in the city
Sunday could be obtained. The chairman
of the war committees reported 11 ,
that they had heard of. but the men
had no opportunity to ascertain the full
number of cases. The total of the day <
will probabiy run from 15 to 20. Only
pne death occurred. This evening there
are reports in several cases that patients
are not expected to live through
the night. Dr. Neely, Harris. Minter,
McAdee and Heilman are now on the
fever list. This evening a sub-commit- i
tee reported to the executive committee j
pn the relief work. The resume shows
that the total number of favor cases roporteri
up to Sunday mo:ning was 1.133 '
md the total number of deaths result- i
ng from typhoid fever 43: that there .
were three cases of diphtheria and !
three o? scarlet fever under quarantine
in the town, which is above the usual '
number in a city of lS.OOt) people; that (
ibout 200 families had received a!d, ,
md t' at the State board of health and
D s. . reach and Hcuston had said to
prepare for a struggle of from six 1
weeks to three months with the epi- <
femic. A fund of at least $30.COO, and (
perhaps twice that amount, timy estimated.
would be tieo-snry and to raise 1
his amount all voluntary contributions ;
would be received and used iu tl?o t
work. (
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ConViCI KIIIS II Illxr.i,
Thomaston. Me., Special.?After
eading a letter from his attorney in
which the recipient was tokl that there
was no hope of a pardon for him,
Charles Morgan Wallace, a life eon. ict
at the State prison, killed himself
by taking morphine. On January
>, 1885, Wallace, who was a prominent
3rand Army man and lived in Augusta
.vas convicted of murder in the second
legree, in killing Deputy Sheriff Bownan.
Influential friends have since
nade repeated attempts to secure his
mrdon. Wallace had been charged
vith selling liquor to the inmates of
he old soldiers' home at Togtis, Bownan
stopped Wallace's carriage, in
vhich were Wallace and his wife. Walace
claimed the officer had insulted
Us wife. Wallace came to Augusta
rom Philadelphia, where it is said reatives
now live. He was possessed of
some means and during his imnri^onnent
made several gifts to public inititutions.
Fired on the Fort.
Aden, By Cable.?Lieutenant Comnander
Charles Grabau, an Italian of
Iflcer. commanding an armed anow, i 8
nnded a party of friendly natives at
)arbe. Somaliland, Africa, and ordered 1
he Italian flag hoisted on the fort. The I
ommandant of the Tort refused to per- a
nit the order to be carried out unless ^
t had the sanction of the Sultan,
lieutenant Comamnder C-rabau there- c
ipon gave the commandant two hours t
n which to obey the order and at the t
xpiration of that time, the command- E
iant not having complied, fired on the
ort. The fort replied with shell, kill- jag
Grabau. The dhow then put to sea *
ind was picked up by the Italian crui- ?
er Galilee, which landed the officer's J
lody here.
Big Fire at Pittsburg. r
Pittsburg, Special.?The Hubbard &
ihovel Works, one of the largest man- I
ifactories of its kind in the country, r
mploying close to 1,000 men and cov- b
ring a ground space of nearly five
icres In Butler street, near the Sharps- a
mrg bridge, was almost totally de- e
troyed by fire Saturday night. Before r
he fire department arrived, me suui> ^
ures were a mass of flames, and, as
he water supply was short, it was but
i short time until the plant was alnost
completely wiped out. J. W. Hubiard,
president of the Hubard Shovel
'ompany, says the loss will reach
250,COO, with but little insurance.
Railroad Officials Ditched.
McArthur, 0.. Special.?While the
ipecial train carrying President Monarratt,
of the Hocking Valley Raiload.
and 15 Pennsylvania Railroad oficials,
was passing a switch here the
wo last cars dashed into the switch
tnd collided with the caboose of a
reight train. The car containing the
ifficials was overturned and a number
tf the officials sustained scratches and
iruises.
News Notes.
s
Mr. Cleveland was quoted as saving ?
le was not a candidate for the Presi- 1
lency.
c
Thirteen miners were entombed by c
in explosion in an Arkansas mine. j
Three persons pleaded guilty of f
leouage at Savannah, Ga.
Fifteen or twenty Civil War veterans .
n the army are soon to be made
irigadier-generals and retired.
i"lr Spr tiger Dead. '
Washington, Special?Former Reprc'ntative
William M. Springer, of Illi;ois,
a Democratic leader, conspicu- i
uis in the House of Representatives (
nw'io- a * r\ tVift fan cr r P 2 P ~ j
uclusive, and once chairman of the
?ays and means committee of the
louse, died at his residence, in this
ity Friday, aged 64 years. His death
ras due to pneumonia, contracted in
Chicago on Thanksgiving Day. Mr.
ipringer has been a resident of this
ity during the past few years, foliowng
his retirement from Congress, and
las followed the practice of law. He i3
urvived by a widow and a son, who is
l chaplain in the army.
Attempted Train Robbery.
Harrisburg, Pa., Special.?An atempted
train robbery was frustrated
Saturday night by Special Officers
"Codger and Heisler, of the Philadel>hia
& Reading Railroad, at Ruthercrd
yards. William B. Crabb, supposed
o be from Pottsville, had mounted thr
sngine of a train and drove the firenan
ofhthe engine, firing twice at him.
Jrabb was overpowered by the officers t
ind committed to the county prison.
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THE BRISTOVV REPORT':
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On Postal Frauds Reviewed By Presi-! J
dent Roosevelt. j 5
jROSS CORRUPTION IS DISCLOSED. ! '
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Questions of Parly Policy ilust Sink j
Into Insignificance Beside Duty of
Prosecuting and Punishing Guilty.
President Roosevelt's memorandum
rpon the various papers submitted
rom the Department of Justice and
he Postoffiee Department concerning
;he investigation into the corrupt prac- '
jces obtaining in the Postoffiee Do- j
wrtment, notably in the office of the 1
ftrst Assltant Postmaster General and
u the office of the Assistant Attorney
General for that Department has been
jiven to the press. He says:
It appears that in December, 1902, !
Postmaster General Payne and Congressman
E. F. Loud, chairman of the j
:ommittte on the postoffiee and post- :
oar'.s, held various consultations re- j
warding the postal service, and, as a 1 I
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esu'.t cf thess interviews, it was ue- j
ermiued that, as soon as possible after i
he necessary appropriations could be ;
nade by the Congress, an investigation |
ihould be made of the service, both i
Hessrs. Payne and Loud agreeing as j
o the need for the investigation and !
he time when it should take place. Ac:ordingly,
an increase of $5,000 in the
ippropriation bill reported in January
vas made for the express purpose of
:arryir.g on the investigation in quesion.
Tbe reasons for the increase in
he appropriations were known only to
he Postmaster General, to Congresspan
Loud and to Congressman Bromvell.
Subsequently, sometime in January,
nformation was laid before me by Mr.
Jeckendorff tending to show improper
onduct by Beavers, general superinendent
of the division of salaries and
dlowances, and Machen, general su>erintcndent
of the free delivery sys
em, and by Mr. William Allen White, j c
c
ending to show corruption by or under g
ryner, Assistant Attorney General for i c
he Postoffice Department. First Ab- a
istant Postmaster General Wynne also j j!
nformed me that he had become sus- j
licious of the integrity of both Machen a
ind Beavers, Assistant Postmaster 8
Jeneral Bristow should make a thor- a
c
ugh and exhaustive investigation of c
he charges in question and of all mat- i
er3 that might be developed in con- 1
lection with them. Mr. Bristow's rea
ort is a record of as thorough a bit of p
nvestigating work as has ever been J,
lone under the government Owing to ,
he importance of the. case, It was ^
leemed advisable that special counsel j,
ViaiiM Kn AmnlnvArl onH \T ooarfl .
i^WUlU UV V>U4|/1V/ VUf HUU *l*V0W*W* 21
Iharles J. Bonaparte and Holmes Con- 8
ad were chosen for this purpose. _
lessrs. BBnaparte and oCnrad, In their j
.lessrs. Bonaparte and Conrad, in their ^
eview of the report of Mr. Bristow, v
peak as follows:
"We heartily commend the report
ind deem its conclusions fully justifld
by the facts it sets forth, and, while
egrettlng, in common with all patriitic,
citizens, that the grave abuses of s
ong-standing which it reveals should I
lave grown up in the Postoffice Delartment,
we consider the exposure of r
here abuses and the attempts made to r
tunish those responsible for them a t
vork of the highest public utility, d
lulckly and ably performed." In all s
hat is thus said of the report of Mr. i
Jristow, I cordially agree. J
"The invetigation of Mr. Bristow dis- j
loses a cordition of gross corruption f
n the office of the First Assistant ?
'ostmaster General and in that of the r
^ssitant Attorney General for the
'ostoffice Department. In the case of
he superintendent of free delivery,
dachen, the evidence shows that his
jis:onduct began immediately after
lis appointment in Peptcmber, 1S93. In
he ease of the general superintendent
if salaries and allowances, Beavers, it
legan son after he was appointed to
hat place in 1897, In the case of Asistant
Attorney General Tyner, it has
tone on for a number of years, but it
s impossible to say exactly when it
legan. A melancholy feature of ^be
:ase is that, with one exception, all the
iffenders have been for a number of
ears in the government service. (Here
ollows a list of the 14 postoffiee em- *
iloyes in the service at the time this
nvestigation was begun, who are aplarently
most seriously implicated in
he wrong-doing, together with an ao p
ount of the steps that have beer p
ahcn by the government in each case .
iird a statement of the date of orlgi:al
appointment of each man in the
er"ire.i tj
The details of the corruption are set
torth in full In Mr. Bristow's report, .
irui neeu not oe recapuuiateu dv me. i .
Vs refaids Messrs. Bcaveis and Much- !
'n, (he corruption tcok the form of j
iribery and blackmail in connection I
vith the purchase of government sup- ^
dies. In the office of the Assistant Atoraey
General for the Postoffice Dclartment,
under Tyner and Barrett, far
greater wrong was inflicted upon the
)ublic than could be measured by a
>ecuniary standard, for in this office a
he corruption of the government offl- C(
:ials took the form of favoring getich-auick
concerns and similar uwimi. n
ing schemes; in other words, the crim- n
nals, whom it was the sworn duty a
>f these government officials to prose- ji
:ute, paid them for permission to o
leece the public unmolested. tr
I heartily approve of the recommenlaticns
of Messrs. Conrad and Bonararie
that the statute of limitations be t<
rxtended in the case of government s
;ervants to a period of at least five c
rears; for the persons who in such pciitions
of trust engage in corrupt prac.
iees can ordinarily conceal their guilt
or a longer time than is covered by
he present short statute of limitations rc
fh's recommendation has been laid be- si:
oro the Congress in the report of the it
attorney General, ana it is earnestly
loped that it will be acted upon fa.
-orably. Moreover, our experience
ihows that outsiders claiming political
nfluence some times sell their in- .
luence to candidates for office, or, in I
)ther words, blackmail these candi- '
lates. There should be legislation '
vhich will permit of summary dealing
with such offenders.
However, the prime need is not new j
egislation. but the punishment of
hose who offend existing laws. The
3ostoffice Department is making cer- j
:ain changes in the methods of adminstratlon,
notably in the method of in- '
vpertion, by which the service will be
mproved and the chance of corruption
ixisting without discovery be minimi- j
:ed; but the only way to meet the real
svil is to punish the offenders, by renoval
in any event, and where posiible
by prosecution under the criminal
itatutes. In any great business, public
)r private, wrong-aoing is certain at
imes to occur. The way to guard
igainst it is rigorously to scrutinize the
iharacter of those appointed, carefully
.0 supervise their actions after ap)ointment
and, flnaliy, to punish with
elentless severity those who go wrong.
Ml this is being done.
The immediate reformation of the
service by the turning out of the cases j
igainst both those within and those
without the Postoilice Department,
vho, by their acts, have brought them-,
selves within the grasp of the -law,
vill be pushed with the utmost vigor, j
Svery effort must be made to see that i
jotii the delinquent official and the out- j
sider who shares his guilt are punished
o the limit of the law. In pursuance
f this policy the individuals above
'numerated have been indicted. In no
ase has the indictment been sought,
save where the officials of the government
were convinced of the man's guilt
md in everv case the government will
rtchaust every expedient in Its power in
he effort to see that justice is meted
)ut to the offenders. Those in tho pubic
service whose duty it is must ever i
>e vigilant in the detection of wrongloing.
fearless in its exposure, relentess
in its prosecution; but, in the last
esort. when everything which the pub
ic official, whether legislator, judge or
xecutive officer, can do has been done,
t remains for the jury, drawn from
he people and representing the people
o do even-handed justice, shielding
he innocent, but declining to be mised
by any plea refraining from punishnont
of the guilty.
No crime calls for sterner reprobaion
than the crime of the corruptionist
n public life, and of the man who seeks
0 co.Tupt him. The bribe-giver and
he bribe-taker are equally guilty.
Joth alike sin against the primary law
if the State's safety. All questions of
lifference in party policy sink into iniigniflcance
when the people of this
ountry are brought face to face with
1 question like this, which lies at the
oot of honest and decent government.
)u this question, and on all others like
t. we can afford to have no division
imong good citizens. In the last reort,
good laws and good administration
dike must rest upon the broad basis
if sound public opinion. A dull public
onscience, an easy-going acquiescence
n corruption, infallibly means debasenent,
in the end means the ruin of our
noHliiUnno Qolf-unuornmenl hftfnmPR
t farce If the representatives of the
itople corrupt others or are themselves
orrupted. Freedom is not a gift which
trill tarry long in the hands of the
llshonest or of those so foolish or so
ncompetent as to tolerate dishonesty
a their public servants. Under our
ystem, all power comes from the people,
and all punishment rests ultimatey
with the people. The toleration of
he wrong, not the exposure of the
rrong, is the real offense.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Railway Men Elect Officers,
Baltimore, Special.?Sunday's sesion
of the Brotherhood of Railroad
lYeight and Baggage Men of America
ras devoted to the election of the reaaining
officers for the ensuing bienliura
and the adoption and revision of
he constitution. The following adlitional
officers were chosen: Grand
orrofarv-trpasurer. John F. Waltz.
laltimore; grand board of directors,
H. Bracken, Wilmington. Del.,
>resident of the board; Wm. Sellman.
Baltimore, secretary; George Bretzen.
Syracuse, N. Y.; A. F. Melvin, Baltinore;
B. H. Barden, Trenton, N. J.
Cotton Mill Improvements.
There is to be an addition to the
laleigh cotton mills and this is now
indcr construction. The addition will
)rovide a space for 100 additional
spindles, making a total of 15,700 foi
losiery yarns. In the mill 15 bales ol
otton a day are used. President A. A
Thompson, of this mill, Caraleigh and
<Jeuse mills, says that at the latter a
10-horse power engine and boiler are
>eing put in to aid the power when
he water supply at the Falls of Neuse
uns low. In this mill tucre are d,uo(
spindles and 256 Icoms.
Advance In Cotton Goods.
St. Johns. N. B.. Special.?Col. Geo.
!. Jones, president of the Cornwall &
ork Mills Company, which operates
svo large cotton miils in this city, said
hat because of the very high price of
aw cotton the company had increased
jcir prices on practically all grades of
utout f.om 5 to 10 per cent. They
ave a few weeks' supply of raw cotan
on hand, bought at low prices, but
rill have to go into the market for
ature supplies. They use practically
11 Southern cotton. Col. Jones looks
ar further advances in manufac.
jred goods.
Leading R:c * Planter I ead.
Wilmington, Special.?A. W. Reiger.
leading rice planter of Brunswick
aunty, died suddenly Wednesday at
oon at his home, four miles from Wilmington.
He was about 60 years old
nd wa3 register in bankruptcy her.ist
after the war. He leaves a wife
ne son and two daughters. The Interlent
will be at Southport
Ex-City Attorney L. K. Salsburjstified
at Grand Rapids that whole
ale bribbery had been going on In the
Ity government there.
?irst Ur.e of the Dahlia.
The dahlia was introduced into Euire
for the value of its bulb as a
ibstitute for the Irish potato, which
resembles when baked.
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MAY CUT PRODUCT.:
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General Movement to Reduce Pro
(taction and Wages imminent*
NEW ENGLAND LOOKING SOUTIf
.
i President Sandford of the AmericanCotton
Yarn Exchange Say? the
| Situation is Serious and Calls for
Concerted Action.
Boston, Special.?That a widespread
' curtailment of production by cotton
j mills in the United States will be found
necessary during the next few months,
! on account of the great cost of the raw
| materials, is the opinion of leading mill
j men in this city, from which the policy
I of many cotton mills in the North is
' directed. The market for finished maI
terial has been unsatisfactory for
| months, and prices have not risen correspondingly
with those of cotton. The
j cotton mills in New England employ
fully 175.000 hands, 65,000 of whom
have had their wages reduced 10 per
[ cent, this fall and 15,000 additional will
suffer a cut within the next two weeks.
A matter of great interest in New
England is the project now on foot in
several mm treasurers nave iuuay
predicted that an extensive curtailment
is Inevitable. Should no genral curtaiment
In NewEngland beagreed upon
during the winter, it is thought that
only the mills that are financially the
strongest will be able to keep all their
machinery in operation. In Manchester,
N. H., Lowell and a number of
Maine points, there is said to be a
large supply of old cotton on hand, but ~
in Fall River and many Rhode Island
towns and elsewhere the amount is
limited.
There are about 1,300 cotton mills in
the United States with nearly 22,000,000
spindles. Of this number 570 mills
with nearly 14,500.000 spindles are in
New England. About 2,192.000 bales of
cotton are consumed annually in the
Northern States, when the mills are all
running.
On Serious Charge.
Winston-Salem, Special.?Samuel
Hauser, a well-to-do farmer at whose
home moulds and material for making
counterfeit money were found last
week, was given a hearing before a
United States commissioner and bound
over to the next term of Federal court ?
at Charlotte. Hauser put up $730 cash
bond for his appearnce. The evidence
against him is damaging.
Special Permits for J-ws.
Berlin, By Cable.?American Jews
are no longer permitted to cross the
Russian frontier without a special per
mit in each case from XI. von Plevwe,
the Russiati Interior Minister. Most
Americans travel through Russia by
way of Germany. The practice until
the last two weeks was for the Rus.
sian consul general here to advise the
Jews passports upon receiving a statement
of their purpose to visit Russia,
and that their stay there was to be A
temporary. The new restriction is an
extension of the policy initiated by the
recent withdrawal of the vice powers
from the Russion consulates in America.
Ask Appropriation.
Washington, Special. ? Representative
Burgess, of Texas, introduced a
bill to lessen the damage of the cotton
boll weevil, directing the Secretary
of Agriculture to appoint a commission
in his Department to include residents
of the State of Te' as and Louisiana
to study the p'.oblfm. The bill
appropriates $250,000 to be used for
this purpose. The suggestions cf this
commission are to be embodied into
regulations and recommended to Legislatures.
gi'r'fP-!I^.'i >, " ' .UUlA^>tAfr i' I'.K
the Southern States to bring about a
| general curtailment. A meeting of the
Southern manufacturers has been called
for next Tuesday and if a policy of *
widespread curtailment is adopted, it will
have much influence on the future
! action in large New England mill cen^
j tres.
Whether or not a general agreement
in the North can be reached is not
| known at this time, but it is expected
that if the Southerners decided a gen|
eral policy it will induce a large number
of Northern Manufacturers, especially
in Fall River and Rhode Island,
to stop their spindles. If no agreement
is reached in the South, there is no
likelihood of an understanding being
arrived at between Northern mill owners
as a whole, for those who have cotI
ton do not care to stop manufacturing
I while their competitors are turning
their usual amount of goods into the
market.
Most manufacturers here agree that
the cotton situation is the most critical
for 25 years. ,
Arnold B. Sanford, president of the
American Cotton Yarn Exchange here,
says:
"The situation is very serious and
the outlook offers no encouragement I
cannot see anything but a general curtailment.
The conditions confronting
! 1 J X iU- ??s *- ? ? ?
me liiuusiry art; me wunsi iu xnaujr ^
years. The mills will not. manufacture
at a loss. They must, therefore, curtail
production and reduce wages. This
will result, undoubtedly, In great suffering.
The one thing to be done under these
circumstances to save the situation is
for the manufacturers to get together
throughout New England and the
South, as well?for it cannot be done
without concerted action?curtail production,
reduce wages and break the
present speculation by not buying cotton.
"Seldom in the history of the business
has it been so difficult for the
manufacturers and their selling agents
to make terms acceptable to buyers v
and consumers. This has been the
cause of the poor demand and the poor
prices. Reduced prices and reduced
wages seems to be the only way to
meet the situation."