Seri?Bs Railroad W?e?k.
T&e Ronda Vestibule and
Columbia Special in
K| From the Daily Item, Jan. 21.
Charleston, sVc, Jan. 21.- Tb? mo?: se
nous wreck that bat occurred OD the Atlantic
Coast Line in many years, happened near
: Ashley Jonction this morning Train 62
that leaves this city at 7 a - m. for Columbia
ind train 37. the Florida Vestibule limited,
came into collision a short distance from the
Jonction, where they ebon ld have set and
passed Both trains were wrecked, and
although only two persons were killed out?
right and nineteen injaree , it was tn the
nature of a miracle tbat juan? other lives
r were not lott. Both cogioca are al mott de?
molished, and the coach? serious!y damaged.
r^- LATER REPORT.
Charleston, S. C., Jan. 21-Train 37 of
Allan tic Coast Line from New York for i
' Florida, and train 52, local Cram Charleston
to Colombia, collided about eight miles yt est
of Charleston at Tl 7 this molding Two,
men were killed and a number were . inured.
The collision waa caused by a cbo fusion of
Iorder?. So 37 bad right of way, ?>ut was late,
and Icoml leaving bad orders to take aiding !
if it co-sld be made by 7.19. Point waa
reached at 7.?7, but the special waa a few
minuta? ahead of time reported, and the two
tfarot (?rn? together. Both locomotives
I . ao&abed, nut ooh two. cars damaged. Re?
lief train sent at once and injured brought to
' city.
0?MFLBTS LIST C* KILLED AND
WOUNDED.
4 Train No. 52 wac in charge of conductor
Webb and Bogioeer Hail.
'gfrt ftaiowiog is the Hst of killed and
w?*e?*d o? trait No. 52: -.
:?^;5tab<?K fireman, killed,
?flafl, engineer, arm broken.
r Jj?pB^ bruised
!..; -:J; B Binghaa^ colored, ma:! agent, badly
- ?o^t ?nd mi?? injured. :
. : ^ . . Powell, express meoienger, leg
J&lt&ii&e, baggage matter, head badly
I Jika Williams, colored, porter, slightly
.:'i?oordiio, colored,, paateoger, cut in
J W. Hood, passenger, cut in bead.
f ' ?4^^?a^ of killed ?nd
wounded "?? train Nc . 37 ;
Bbb James. firiMUan, killed.
-r- Sa I ruck, conductor, cut about bead.
; J. L Nealy, engineer, ir jared inte? nally
and body badly broken up ; will probably
die
, Job? Selters, train porter, badly burned by
ates?.
' RR. Ly lea, baggage matter, inieroulty in
jiredand buro*d.
|j -?- If it*b*n, flagman, cat *bcot bead
Toot Tbomsoo, first cook, cat on ?ead.
.-Seaford, second cook, ir jared ioter
nally.
B Bacon, walter, burt io chest
W W ~ Johnson, waiter, badly bruised
Uri. T. A. Sendly, Philadelphia, lassen
ger, small bruise o? arm
Jin. Stokes, Philadelphia, passenger,
; braised on head
F. R. Clark, electrician, injured by con?
cussion.
CHILL & FEVER
TAX COLLECTION S
F2n? Showing Made by Treasurer
Scarborough
/ County Treasurer Scarborough reports tba:
be coUeeted between 92 and 93 fer cent of all
raset doe.the county and State cn real tad
perros? 1 property before tbe books cloted.
The poll taz collections fall ?hort of tbe col?
lection last year lett than one hundred dol?
lars, which is a great deal better tbao any?
one anticipated, at it wat thought that under
the new law tbere wonld be many who.would
prefer relir qoisbing, the right to vote rather
than pay the tax.
.e. H wet estimated by many that tbere would
be between three and four hundred less poll
tax receipts written in 1897 tuan ia 1896, but
thc collections show bow far wrong those
estimates were. Sumter County makes a
showing tbat will, without doubt, compare
tolerably with any other County ia, the
BI8HOPVILLE NEWS.
?tisbopville, S C , Jan. 20, 1898 -A tent
meetifeg was tegua here on the 13tb instant,
by a band of holiness people who were re?
ceived with regret and hatred by a few otd
"rusty sinners," but who will leave with the
good withes of all who know them. Tbere
ts no question about the sincerity rf tbe
workers, and all their work bas been for the
elevation of the cante of Christ. It is won?
derful so kaow tb? conversions which er? this
moat bave reached among tb? hand red s
Old and yoong are thinking of their soul's
welfare in i he hereafter, and they think the
good work it Just DOW beginning.
A well known tod well-to-do negro, Elias
Jackton, dropped dead this morning about
9 o'clock while plowing near hit bouse.
Wheo found, which was io a very abort time,
bs held the linet io bit hands and hit pipe
wat still io bit mooth. Magistrate Scarbor?
ough, with Dr Mannine ?od a jury, held
aa Uqoest over toe body, aod toe verdict
wat that ht came to bia death from oatural
M.
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Too wsnt a remedy that will oot only give
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LESS COTTON,
MORE MONEY.
THE F?BMSBS HAVE THE
POWER TO PIX THE
PRICE OP COTTON.
From The Sute.
A correspondent in Edgefield
county sends ns an annotated copy
of a cotton circular of Hubbard,
Bros. & Co. of New York, dated
January 19.
One paragraph reads :
In 1892 and 1895 it was thought
that tbe sooth bad learned of ita abil?
ity to control prices by reducing the
production, and that it would this
season pursue a similar policy .We
believe it will, but . the mass of the
trade and outside buyers would like
to see acd read more evidence of tbe
success of tbe movement started at
Atlanta and Memphis to reduce the
cotton area. They do not see in the
southern press the same unanimous
expression of opinion that the redoc
Hon will tie advantageous to the
planter, or thai it-is the only policy
which can pr?vent lower prices next
season^
Onr correspondent comments :
"Move the press to unanimity if yon
lean."
Another paragraph is as follows :
Will the markets continue to move
toward a lower level, is the question
which now interests ns all. Toe an?
swer will depend entirely upon the,
action of the sooth. If it has learn?
ed to produce cotton profitably on
the basis of 5 cents there will be no
reduction ic acreage and merchants
and manufacturers will have to admit
that their position is wrong It is
the fear that it will prove wrong
which is DOW weakening prices, for
it is an old adage that "fears, not
facts, make values "
.'Not 5 per cent of the cotton
around me is profitable now at 5
cents" is the annotation of our cor?
respondent
A third and final paragraph is this:
Should it become evident during
the next 60 days that present prices
are not profitable there will be a sub
stantial reduction in the acreage and
the sale of fertilizers which will lead
to an active market We believe the
reported increase in the wheat area
in ihe south will be followed by an
increased area in corn and oats, and
that little new land will be cleared
for cotton planting, as we cannot yet
believe that there is any other logi?
cal conclusion to be reached wheo
cotton is bringing less than the basis
of five cents in the interior In the
meantime, the problem for the sooth
is to convince the spinning world
that it does not intend to raise bom
per crops of cotton at present prices.
Until this is accomplished there will
be small chance of a permanent ad
vance in prices
Our correspondent ?dds to this the
request : "Give your best efforts to
prove these facts and you. will again
render most valuable aid to your many
patrons and friends "
The same mail brings us a cotton
letter from Latham, Alexander & Co
of New York, under the same date,
and it supplies the facts and the argu?
ment. We present ;t in full :
It seems to us that the most vitally
important lesson for the sooth to
learn is that over-production cf cot?
ton is seriously harmful to the mate?
rial prosperity of that section
We have repeatedly written on
this subject and feel that we have ex?
hausted the argument ; nevertheless,
with the result of the current crop,
we are constrained to write again,
even at the risk of reiterating what
we have said before
Whatever share the merchants and
planters of the sooth are to have in
the revival of business and general
prosperity of the country, now ap
parently well started, will depend
upon the profit that is made in the
production of . cotton, a crop worth
$300,000,000
The total crop of 1895--96 was 7,
157,346 bales, and it soldat the aver?
age price of 8 09 cents per pound, or
$40 82 per bale according to the re?
cord of exports and the official figures
of the bureau of statistics at W ash
ington The planters that year made
larger food crops, and when the plant
ing season the next year began,
they were fortified with every re
quisite to produce cotton cheaply.
Last year the total crop was 8.
757,964 bales, and the average price
was 7.42 cents pound, or $37 40 per
bale, the crop yielding, perhaps, a
larger profit than for many years, be?
cause planters had few supplies to
boy.
The success resulting from the con?
servative policy which was pursued
these two years did not induce plaut?
ers to adhere to that lioe of action ;
on the contrary, they increased their
purchases of fertilizers this year, and
many of them drifted beck almost to
the all cotton principle, and planted
the largest cotton acreage ever known,
hopiDg that the world would pay re?
munerative prices for the staple, no
matter bow large the supply.
The disastrous result of over-plant?
ing this year is already clearly shown
by comparison with last year, when
the acreage devoted to cotton was
decidely less.
Last year the amount of cotton
marketed to January 1st was 6,398,
192 bales, the average price realized
was 7 ?3 cents per poned, $37
per bale, or $242.939,350
Thia year 7,260,033 balee w
marketed to January let, the aver
price realized was 6 05 cents
pound, $30 49 per bale, or $221 SI
406
The planters shipped to mar
861,841 bajes of cotton more by J
nary 1st this year than last, and
ceived for them $21.580,944 1
money In other words, owing
the lower price, induced by ov
production, the people of the soi
have lost on cotton shipped to m
ket by January 1st this year, the
tal value of 861,841 bales, name
$32,724,102. and $21,580,944 I
sides, making a grand total loss
$54 305,046
To further illustrate the ruinous
feet of over planting, we make t
following summary of crops a
prices :
Crop Av'age
Jales. Price Froceedi
1893-94 7.549,817 7 69 $292.932.8
1894r-95 9,901,151 5 79 288,918,5
1895-96 7,157,346 8 09 292,234,4
1886-97 8'757,964 7 42 327,547,8
lc will be seen that in 1893-94
crop of 7 549,617 bale? sold for $<
014 395 more tbao the large crop
9 901 251 bales tbe next year;
1895 96 a crop of only 7,157.346 bal
brought $3.315,933 more than tha i
901,251 crop, acd that the crop of ?
787,954 bales brought $38,629.31
more than was received for 9,901,2
bales marketed io 1894 95
Snob incoo tes table facts show wh
enormous loases the sooth bas sustain
by overproduoMoo, and are suffieie
to cause a radical change io plaotii
operations.
It ts oooeeeded on every band tb
the price thoa far received for tb
year's crop has yielded no profit to tl
plaoter, aod even though more tb*
two thirds of the crop have beeo sb
to this date, pri?es are even yet belo
the cost of prod cotton.
Oo acoooot of tbe large crop ai
low price? resul ti ug therefor m, it ia
vital importance, ?ot only to tbe soot!
bat tbe whale country, that tbe cone
acreage for next year be materially r<
doced, to order to advance the price <
the greatest product of tbe Unite
States to a paying ba?ia
If tbe planters of the south sofie
loss, tbe people of the whole coootr
most ?ber? ia it
Tbe ?oath eaaoot staod another cot
ton orop of the ?ame dimensions a
this year's, without bringing about di*
aster and bankruptcy to plaoters an
baodlers of cotton, and relative harm t
the general mercantile i cte rest of tba
section.
The price of cotton is more readil;
j?oeoced by the inexorable law of top
ply and demand than any other artic!
of c immmerce, for no oomodity is s
sensitive to flacoatiooa, and wben ;.
superabundance is handing over tb
market, cotton trade io ail its branche
ie adversely affected
Cotton raising io this country is vir
toally a monopoly-two-thirds of thi
entire prodoctioo each year ii
readily taken by buyers in foreigi
countries, ?od the plaoters to thi
south are justly entitled to a fair rema
osratioo for their labor Ao over
supply it tbe only reason why thej
have to sell 6,000,000 to 7,000.0G(
bales of cot toa to foreign spinners
without profit.
The cotton crop cao and shcald b<
made the most profitable io this coun?
try, [tis wholly the plaoter's faul
that each is not the ease, as tbe figure*
in this letter clearly show.
Tbe cotton interest of every kind,
everywhere, would prefer ao advanc
Hog market to a deoiioiog one, good
prices to poor ones, because trade io
all of its ramifications is quickened
thereby Eveo the coo sum ere of cot?
ton goods are so t lightly affected by
ao advance of eveo two or three oeotc
per poood in the raw material that
they are not unwilling that tbe plaoter
be well paid for hi* labor. Bat, if the
planting interests of the sooth continue
to ioorease cotton acreage year after
year continua) loss is inevitable
The mere fact that a large crop has
been planted affects the price adversely
at onee, and continues to affect it until
the crop bas been marketed, aod if the
planters of tbe sooth would determine
to largely redare the acreage, a favora?
ble i o flue o ce upon prices and the oottoo
trade of the world would at once be?
come apparent.
By ibv systematic sod cooperative
i aistioo between tbe merchants aod
plaoters the cotton crop most be kept
I within reasonable trade demands or
[ else destroy the most valuable source
! of profit to the mercantile and agricul?
tural interests of tbe sooth Fur the
: good of all COD cero ed, it would be in?
finitely better aoy year to make a mil
j lion bales less cotton tbao half a million
j bales more tbao oeeessary.
The material welfare of the south is
more dependent upon ber oottoo orop
than upon all other sources of income
oombined, aed it is entirely with the
plaoters and oottoo commission mer*
obaots to determine whether the value
of this crop shall from year to year be
a source of annually increasing profit
or a source of disappointment and loss.
Nothing oecd be ?dded to this ex
bibil Notbiog that we can say would
ioorease its force. Agreements to re?
duce the acreage are after all but
ropes of sand-we moat depend at last
apon individual conviction, individual
action. The way to accomplish the re?
duction is to appeal directly to the
people
Therefore we urge, we beg, the
j weekly papers of Sooth Carolina to
spiread before their readers these state
[meots which we have quoted. Let
each of <he?u do it Let every reading
firmer iu ?he Srate know what tbe
em^rgei.cy demand?. Let tham under?
stand that th. ir own aoMon within the
D Z 60 day* ?iii determine not only
the price of the next crop bat that part
of the present crop which is still un?
sold.
Some two million dollars can be ra
rained in Snnth Carolina through the
increased price of colton now in the
hands of oar people if the sooth shall
show now that it means to plant for
a moderate crop Is Dot this io itself
a prise worth striving for? Sorely!
Theo let the planters know of it.
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y ?
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