The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 20, 1899, Image 1
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sVoij sobscoweat laser Uoo. 60
Oe* traet? for three moot ha, or longer ?II
to seats et rtdaead rote?.
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OMlcaaiec and trlbntae of raapocta ?III be
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British Defeated Agaio.
Mowed Down by Flank Fire
Before They Could Form
For Defense.
ftortb of Modder Rt?er, Monday,
Dee 11 ?Early yesterday eveoiog the
Qterte of tbo Highland brigade
?roved fron tbe Modder river oamp,
tat rob jog io the oifbt, io a oortb
weeaarly diraatioo. Tbo objeoiive of
lit Hif blaodera wac tbe aaetero apor
af too Boor poaitioo. Ibo 0 oar de follow
m.; ibo book of ibo river, while tbe
Varkcbiro Ligbi lofaotry moved eloog
lit riforaidt. Jo?l before daybreak
lit Htgblaodera orrived with witbit
200 yards of ibo Boor eeireoohments
At tbo hot of a bill.
Uceaepee bg ibol tbo B >ere were
it lit vieoiry, Ibo British were still
twtrebitg quarter column io oloee order,
fjitt they aaet a terrible Ire frost tbe
laola ood wer? foroed io retire witb
boo a i Um.
Tbo troopo reformed ooder tbe tbelier
of ettit rieitg ground and gtllaoty
beid tbeir poeitiot.
Later lie Gordons arrived aod tbo
trtope gradually worked their way uottl
witb?o 800 yarda of tbe Boar poaitioo,
display teg tbe greateat gallantry. Io
lie caseawhiis, a oaval goo at tbe
Modder river, tbe Howitier bettoijee
etd tbe Horae Artillery opeotd a
ttrriie Ire, eoflladio ? tbe treaeb?:s aod
eetrobiog every poriiot of tbe Boor
pooitioo Tbe Boere were eotiraly
eilett. It tbe aaaatvblle tbe Boers,
tt tbe open grotod diraotly io front,
amoved witb ibo object of making a
tatk attack. Bet tbis waa ftctratcd
by tbe Gearda and artillery
Tbe Bjcm reoommeoeed abellicg io
tit eveoiog btt to damage wac dooe.
Tit Briiiab slept oe their poaitioo It
it eipoeted there will be a renewal of
tit Igbttog tomorrow Tba loaaec oo
botb aide? we.e vary beavy
REPORTED BY MErEUKN.
Lnodoo, Dae 13.?The war offiao baa
rcootved tbo following dispetoh from
Oat Metboeo, doted Tue.dey, Dec 12 :
"Oar artillery shelled a very atroog
poeitiot bald by the enemy in o loog,
bigb kopje from 4 ooiil desk Sunday.
It rainet* bard laat oigbl. Tbe High
* *4eod brigade oiteoked at daybreak
%*>edey tbe aoatb cod of tbo kopje
Tie attack wac properly timed bat
failed. Tbc Qterde were ordered to
. protect tbo Highland'* rigbt aud rear
'fie ecvalry med mounted infantry,
witb c Hjwiiair artillery battery,
attacked tbe eoemy oo tbe ieit aod the
Guards oo tbe rigbt, capportcd by field
e til er? and Howiiaar artillery Tbcy
? her 1 tbe pooitioo irom daybreak, and
at I 15 I aeot tba Gordooa to support
tbe Hiffblaed brigade Tbc troopa
- hetd tbeir owo io (root of tbe enemy's
sttrsosbsasni? until dusk, the pomho
encoding, loclodiag tbe kopje, for a
distaat of cil miles toward Iba Modder
rivor Todcy I act holding my por?
tico otd cttrcochiog mycclf. I bad to
face at leact 11000 men Oor loss
we* great "
Gco Foreetier-Walker, lelcgrcpbirig
from Capo Towo at 3 30' p tu. today,
seeds tbe following diapatcb from Lird
Netktet. dated Modder river, Tuesday,
Dot 12. 7.80 p at
"a* ike Boers oooopiod tbeir treooh
cc ciroogly tbis moroiog, I retired io
perfect order bcrc, wbcre I am to
sooortiy.
"I bavc gatbered from some of tbe
pricoecro and from our inco witb tbe
ambtlatee* who talked witb the Boers,
tbat tbe eeesey*? lonee were terrible,
some corps nein*? omplolcly wiped not
"Tbe Boer* bare beeo moat kiod fo
my wounded "
GEN WAUUI10PE K ILLED
London, Deo 13 -Tho war t flico
hat received the following dispatch
from Gen Korrelier Walker :
"Cepe Town, Tuendoy, Dec 12 ?
Methueo wir** that Own Wouchope
*aa killrd in neti >?? yesterday "
Usn Wat] lr i>" of the Wm k
Welch commamlid the Highland
brigade with Urn Met'ntieii'e column.
He eerved in Aalianti, Ejrypt, and Hie
Wooden. Ho wee fr? qnenlly nion
tinned in dispatches and twice gots
leeted Midlothian, oiich against >ir
Gladatnno 11? wac a gn at favorilf?
in Ibe army.
Modder River, Deo 12 ?The Brit
iab cteoaltiea included the Maiquess
#| Winchester, susjor of tbe teoood
April. IS40.
"Be Jus
SUMTE
battalion Culdstream. Guards, who
was killed, and Col Downham of the
First battaliou Gordon Highlanders,
who was mortally wounded.
When the Highlanders met the
murderous point-blank fire of tho
Boera about 200 were mown down,
The Black watoh regiment on reform
ing was able to muster only 100 men.
The Boers lost heavily in the
trenches and also in the wire en?
tanglements when they came into
the open io an attempt to make a
flank attack on the British
The terrifio British artillery fire
provoked no response ezoept from
the Boer riflec until nearly 4 oelock
in tbe afternoon when the Gordan
Highlanders formed to renew the
attack on the entrenched kopje
They advanced with the utmost
gallantry to attack tbe Boers, close
to tbe place where lay their dead and
wounded comrades of the Highland
brigade
The enemy opened with a heavy
shrapnel fire as the British advanced
and ii was found pnyaicaUy irapossi
ble to take the Boer trenches The
Tbe British got within 200 ysrds but
oould not get nearer It was here
that Col Dowobam fell.
DETAILS OF THE BAT?
TLE.
London, Deo 15. 4 45 a m ?The
star office is still without news from
Ladysmith other -hau that already
published Tbs general belief was
that the large B jor forces L>rd Me:hueo
eoeouotered at Magersfooteio were
partly drain from Natal aad that Gen
eral Bailer will strike a blow before
these bavs tine to rstaro.
Modder River, Cape C dooy, Tues?
day, Dee 12 ?Details gathered here
by a representative of Tbe Associated
Press ?moog the wouoded British aod
Boers giva eoane idea of tbe deeperale
nature of tbe first at Magersfooteio.
The Highlander* did all that tbe most
gallaot troops to the world oould do,
but it was impossible to faoe the terri?
ble firs of tbe B;ere. Tbe British
artillery again saved the situation aod
divided tbe honors of the day with the
Soots. The bsttsriet worked for hoars
under galling nfle fire.
According to. the Boer atories it was
impossible for tbs burgher* to have
escaped fearful loss. Ooe Bjsr prison?
er said a siogls lyddite sbell killed or
woooded over 70 und tbat two other
shells burst ovtr tt?o bodies of Boers
eoseoneed behind the rsoge, doing
fearful damage. All agree that the
Boer fooght throughout with the
utmost gallantry Their sharpshooters
seldom missed tbe n ark
A Seafortb Higilaoder says tbat
while he wee lying wounded on the
field be saw a B ?er of typijal German
appoaranee. faultlessly dressed, with
poliabed top boots, a ebirt arith eilk
rufhSs aod a oigar io his mootb, walk
tag among tho ant hills picking off tbe
British lie was juiro alone and ll
was apoarent from the freqaent use he
made of field glaises tbat be wa*
singtie)| out officers. Aooibsr wounJ
sd Boer says tbat a lyddite sbell, fired
Sunday, fell io tbe middle of an opeo
air prayer meeting held to ofLr aonpli
nation for tbe auostsa of tbe Bier
Iff i
All tbe woooded are foil of praise
for tbe treatment they rcocived from
tbe medieal department on the battle*
field.
While the Goards were advancing on
tbe plain whioh the Boers were shelling
from tbe adjoining ridges, they encoun?
tered aod out op a at -ongcr Boer picket
potted on a bill, for purposes of ubser
I vatioo All of the members of the
picket were either killed, wouud.d or
taken prisoners.
DEAD NKAR THE TRENCHES.
Modder River, Wednesday, Deo 13.
? Ambulances starter, early yesterday
morning, under a flag of truee, to col
leot tbe wouoded and bury the dead
who fell at Magersfooteio.
Brig Gen Wauobepe, who led tbe
Highland brigade, was found dead noar
tbe trenches, abot ii the ohesr. and
tbigh A few wouoded wern found
near the trenches. Several wounded
IJjere wsre taken to (he Bruch hoe
I p.lal
The aide of the bill and tho immedi?
ate nei 'bborhood of tho Hier trenches
showed dead bi dir a all about ()?o
wounded liter ioforncd a correspon?
dent of The Associated IV *s that
their losses was terrible The whole
Scandinavian contingent was destroyed.
Judging from information gleaned It in
tbe B ?? r wounded aud from prisoners
taken in oiftVejt parts of the fi Id,
the B ?er lohnen Tiost igSSSfj 7<'0 The
destruction wrought by tho nav<ti |1QI
wee i normou?.
W' rd whs paused uloitg |fcs B r
lisjtf to prepare; to retroat at nightlull.
AH confer that it tvss their greatest
los? during the war.
Th?: Brititk tfoops havo returnsd ie
M-uder rivor, owing Io lbs lask ol
water oear tlic position h> I I yestetaj IJ
A COMPLETE SUB PULSE
London, Deo 15 ?The correspond
t and Fear not?Let all the Ends thon a
1R. S. C, WEDNESDj
ent of The Standard at Modder river,
describing the fight at Megorefontein,
says : "Six miles bad to be covered
before the Highlanders brigade oonld
reaoh the Boer stronghold. It is not
yet olear through what mischance the
force, which was led by guides, came
upon the Boer treoohes so unexpectedly
and so suddenly.
"Beyond qoestioo the Boers were
aware of the approach of the British
and bad prepared to reoeive them.
Aooordiog to ooe version two Highland |
ere, through nervousness or olumeioese,
disoharged their rifles prematurely ;
but it is equally probable that the
advanoe Boer eooute oonveyed the
iotelligeooe.
"Oar meo were totally uoprepared.
They had not even filed bayonets.
The disaster was all the more exaspera?
ting beoaoae of the consciousness that,
bad the brigade been extended and
with fixed bayonets. tb* trnoohes might
bavo beeo saoooesfuliy rushed with far
less sacrifice of life "
8EVEN HUNDRED CASUALTIES.
London, Des 14 ?A revised list of
the total casualties to the British
troops of all arms at Magersfontein
places the number at 832
There were fifteen officers killed
sod four (?) wounded and in addition
five are missing and ooe is known to
have been made prisoner.
The war office has received a
message ststing that there were 650
casualties among the non commission?
ed officers snd men of the Highland
brigade at Magersfontei a
The brigade lost 10 officers killed,
38 wounded and 4 missing
GEN FRENCH HAS SKIRMISH
London, Deo 14 ?The war office
has received the following dispatch
from Gen Forestier-Walker at Cape
Town:
"Gen French wires, under date of
Dec 12, reporting a skirmish at 4
o'clock in the moroing with 1,800
Boers who were advanoing south
towsrd Nsauwpoort. The sbirmish
ing continued all the morning, the
Boers fighting on a front of 14 miles.
The enemy retired with a loss of 40
killed and wouoded. ? Oar casualties
were one killed, seven wounded, in
eluding one officer, snd two mies
log"
BULLER LOSES 11 FIELD
PIECES, MANY MULES
AND MORE MEN.
London. Deo 16, 12 47 a. m ?The
war tffioo has reoeiveo a dispatch
aooouooiog that Gen Buller has met |
with a serious reverse, losing ten guns.
Gen Buller was attorrptiug to oross
the Tugela rivor. Finding it impos?
sible to effect his ob]*?r, ho ordered a
retiiement, in order to avoid greater
losses. He left 11 guns behind
Tho following is the text of Geo
Boiler's dispatch announcing his re?
verse :
* Boiler to Lansdowne : Cbievely
Camp, Dee 15, 6 20 p. m.?I regret to
report a serious reverse. I moved in
full strength from oar oamp near
Cbievely at 4 o'olook this morning.
There are two fordable places in the
Tugela river, and it was my intention
to foroe a passage through at ooo of
ihem They are about two mileo apart
'My iotentioc was to foroo one or
tbo other with ooe brigade, supported
by a central brigade. Gen Hart was to
attaok the left drift, Gen Hildyard tbe
right road aud Gen Lyttleton was to
take the centre and to support either.
Early in the day I saw that Geo Hart
would not be ablo to foroe a passage,
and I direoted htm to withdraw He
bad, however, attaoked with great
gallantry and bis leading battalion, tbe
Coonaogbt Rangers, I fear, suffered a
great deal. Col I. G. Brooko was
seriously wouoded
"I then ordered Gen Hildyard to
advanoe, whiob he did, and bis leading
rep'meot, tbe East Surrey, occupied
Coleoeo station and the houses near
tbe bridge At that moment I heard
the whole artillory I bad sent to support
the attack?the Fourteenth and Sixty
sixth Field batteries and six naval
12 pounder quiok-fires?under Cd
Long, had adfanocd close to tbe river
tu Long's dome to be within effective
range It proved to be full of the
enemy, who opened a glancing fire at
olose range, killing all their horse*:, and
the gunners were oompelled to stand to
their fSJOC. Some of tho wugon teams
got shelter for troops in a donga, und
deapsrste efforts were made to bring
OQi the Seid guns
'Tho fire, however, was too severe,
and only two were waved by Osptatu
Behofield sod 10ms driven wooes bamri
I will furnish.
"Aootber mosl gsllaol attempt wi h
three teams was made by an effioer
whose Derne I will obtain Of ih 18
hoi ? * I ?> were killed end as several
driven were wouoded I wou'd ooi
allow another attempt, ii? it ? iui d
tail they would be a shell msrk,
?SSrifiotee life lOS gallant attempt to
I rse iki passage sjosopported be
artillery, 1 directed the troopj lo
withdraw, which tbey did in good
order
fcims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's t
kY. DECEMBER 20.
CAPT G. W. SHELL
DIES SUDDENLY.
Had Represented His District
in Congress Four Tears.
Special to The State
Laurene, Dec 15 ?Capt George
Washington Shell died suddenly at 2
o'clock this afternoon at bis home
three miles from this city He was
here a while yeeterday on hie way
home from Greenville, where he had
been on business pertaining to his
office, district census supervisor, and
while there bad an attack of some
thing like crampa, but soon recover
ed sufficiently to travel and immedi
ately came home A second attack
today, which probably affected the
heart, proved too much for hia then
weakened condition to witstaod and
he expired almost suddenly.
Gapt Shell retired from public life
in 1895 and has since devoted bis
time to farming on a modern and
extensive ecale. Hie appointment as
district census supervisor was on
firmed only a few days ago anc \e
waa in the discharge of hie nt '
office when the summons came
Cspt Shell wss 70 yearn old, a nran
of pleaaing address and marked
ability.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock from Chestnut
Ridge Baptist church, of which he
was a lifelong member
Everybody here waa shocked and
pained at the suddenness of bis de?
mise and general sorrow is felt
W. L T.
SKETCH OP HI3 LIFE
George Washington Shell, the au
thor of the famous shell manifesto
that marked the inauguration of the
Tillman revolution, waa born in
Laurene county Nov 13, 1831 He
obtained hie early education in the
common schools and the Laurene
aoademy, attending the latter one
year At 16 yeara of age he came
to Columbia, and for two years wae a
clerk to Andrew Crawford He re
turned to Laurene and farmed for a
year, losing hie wife at the end of
that year?1855 The next two
years he engaged in mercantile busi?
ness in the town of Laurene Then
he became euperintendent of the
Liurene railroad and held it for a
year and a half, resigning and going
to New York He took a position
as a collector and remained for about
six months, returning to his home
juet prior to the breaking out of the
war
lie was among the first to enter
the Confederate army, enlisting as a
private in Co A of the Third South
Carolina the first year of his "ser?
vice he wss private secretary to Gen
Bonbam. who commanded the bri?
gade. Then he became second lieu
tenant of hie company The day
after his promotion he was msde
quartermaster of his regiment, then
commanded by Col Nance He was
in this position for a year and toen
became division qusrtermastrr. scrv
ing about the same length of time
Then he was assigned to duty with
the chief quartermaster of the Army
of Northern Virginia, at Gen R E j
Lee'e headquarters, serving there
from September, 1864, until the sur?
render He was entitled to the rank
of msjor, but never received tust
rank I
After the war Capt Shell returned
to Laurene and went on the farm
which has always been his home. In
1882 be was elected clerk of
the court of hia county, hold
ing the office for eight years
Then came along the political
revolution ot 1S90 in South Carolina
Capt Shell was B R Tiilmun's
chief lieutenant in the fight, and he it
was who penned the famous "Shell
Manifesto" of 1890, a document that
will ever remain prominent in the po?
litical history of the State Prior to
issuing this document Capt, Shell
hsd been a member of the State
Democratic executive commiitee?
1886 87. In 1888 he was chosen
president of the farmers' Association
of South Carolina, and a later fired
the opening gun of the Tillman cam
paign in the shape of the manifesto
The political revolution landed Capt
shell in congress from the Fourth dis?
trict in 189U, and when his term
ended he was given another, after
which ho retired to private life.
('apt Shell Was twice married, lirsi,
in 1861, M isa Maty Dial of Laurens
county They had one son, who
died. Mrs Shell died in 1859, his
second wile being Misa Ellen Walts
Kill of Abbeville county The fruit
ol Ibis marriage was 10 ohildren, two
of whom died Ihis lall Mr Shell
was the eldest child of his parents
lie ieavea a sister, Mrs W .1 Oath*
oarl ?*f Colombia, and i? brother,
Warren, who is now very ill
? ????
Ttas revenue offii rn have I'en
instrooted to report for trial a I nor*
eh ants who fail to oaoeel ?tamp* co
empty oigar boxen. Tho fino in J5U
Thia it frequently forgotten by a dealer.
xnd Truth's.
the ?
1899 Xe\i
Brumby's Ancestors
Were Carolinians.
Descended From the Hayns?
worths of Sumter County.
To the Editor of The State :
Lieutenant Thomas M. Brumby is
Georgia's ranking hero of the Span* 1
ish American war. and iast October
he was paid a high, bat deserved
compliment in the city of Atlanta by
being presented with a handsome
sword of honor by Georgia's govern?
or on behalf of that commonwealth
The day was marked by other fee
tures of an interesting and striking
character, an account of which ap
peared in the press dispatches at the
time It wss a proud occasion for
the progressive city of Atlanta.
In The State of September 24,
There appeared a chatty, bright
little article about the lieutenent and
bis parents. As a suppliment to that
article I will give a sketch of Lieu
tenent Brumby's ancestry and will
begin by saying that he is descended
from the old and well know Hayns
?orth family of South Garoliua
Richard Haynsworth (or Hains
wl. h, as the name appears to have
been originally spelled) was the
founder of this family in our State.
We find his name mentioned in the
old records, where we learned that
he was paid by the colonial govern
for "entertainments of Indians "
One of Richard Haynsworth's
daughters?Margsret by name?was
married twice?first to Mason Green?
ing, afterwards to Peter Mellett.
Mr Greening came from Virginia,
*i?A we are informed that he was "a
gentleman of influence-"
By her first husband, Mrs Greening
was the mother of two children,, a
sod and daughter This daughter,
Susannah Greeoing born in December
1774, just at the time the storm
of the revolution was preparing to
break forth, was married to Thomas
Brumby in 1791 He was an Eng*
lisbman, who left that couotry at an
6arly age for America
Richard T Brumby was a son of
Thomas and Susannah Brumby
For many years he was connected
with the University of Alabama, and
was afterwards connected with the
South Carolina College That emi
nent English geologist, Sir Charles
Lyell, entertained a high opinion of
Prof Brumby's scientific attainments
In his ''Travels in the United States.
Second Visit.r he gives a very read
able account of an examination of
the Alabama coal fields, which he
made in company with Prof Brumby
in February, 1846 In this examina
lion, a considerable scope of country
was passed through, and Sir Charles
formed a poor opinion of the
Alabama roads, as the following
extracts from his writings will show :
"We traveled in a carriage with two
horses, and could advance but a' few
miles a day, so execrable and often
dangerous was the state of the
roads "
An appreciable notice of Professor
Brumby wiii lie found in Mr Willis
Clark's "History of Elucatbn in
Alabama" and a full shetch in I)r M
LaBorde's "History of the South
Carolina College.M i would advise
any one who has a copy of this latter
work to carefully peruse this excel
lent eketch From it I gather the fol
lowing facts about the gifted man :
Prof Ii T Brumby was born in
Sumter district in 1804 He was an
earnest student when a young man,
and graduated at the South Carolina
College in 1824, with first honor. He
became a lawyer and finally settled
in Ttiscaloosa, Ala , where he edited
a newspaper. The very month in
which he attained the age of 30
yearn, "lie was" (to use the language
of LaBorde) "most unexpectedly
I elected to the chair of chemistry,
mineralogy and geology, in the
University of Alabama '* This was
in August, 1834 He continued with
this university until January, 1849,
when he lemoved to Columbia,
where ho was professor in the South
Carolins College Iiis health finally
broke down, and he was unable to
discharge his duties, but the trustees
were unwilling to give him up, eo he
remained with the college a year
longer, but a* he did nut regain his
health, his resignation was accepted
in December, 1866 To show Prof
Brumby's attainments wo cannot do
better than to quote Ihe following
from LsBrode : "Prof Brumby's
labors in the University of Alabama
were of ihe most valuable character,
Makes the food more de
_ _ nOVAl BAKING POWl
fKLK SODTBKON, Established Jone 1 Zh6
Series?Yol. XIX. No. 21
and reflected the highest honor upon
him " Speaking of hia connection
with the South Carolina College,
La Horde eaye : "He wan always to
be found in the laboratory. There
he toiled with laborious, persevering
j industry, amid chemicals, shells and
fossils 99
Col A V Bromby, brother of the
precedicg, wss the father of Lieu?
tenant Brumby Ae a pre ty full
notice of him hae already appeared
in your columns, 1 will only make a
paaaing allusion to him here.
Through the influence of John C.
CalLouo, Arnoidas V. Bromby was
placed at West Point, where he
graduated, and like hie distinguished
brother, be became an educator. He
was connected with the University
of Alabama, and afterwards founded
the Georgia Military Institute.
Soch is a sketch of the ancestry of
Thoraas M Bromby, the brave flag
lieotenant of Admiral George Dew
ey. McDonald Forman
Ramsey, Privateer Township, Dec
12, 18?9.
An Historic Building.
The Sons of the Revolution in
Charleston celebrated the one hundredth
anniversary of Washington's death
Thursday by unvieliog a tablet in the
old postoffioe building in Charleston, to
the memory of the patriots executed
there by order of the British govern*
ment. The tablet recites the history of
the building and the site on which it
ia located In 1650 it was the guard
pest of the oolooy. In 1718 the
pirates were imprisoned there. Io
1767 taxed tea was stored there and
forcibly detained In 1774 the first
provincial congress met there, forming
the first independent government in
America. In 1781 Isaao Hayne was
led from that building to execution.
In 1791 a grand ball was given there
to Washington on bis eootbern tour.
It was then said to the finest building
in the colooics and the ball given there
the grandest of that age.
The building was used as a custom
bouse for many years, then as a post
office. It is now used as sn exebaoge.
It will be preserved for its historicsl
associations.
Orangeburg's Extra Court.
In accordance with the recommenda?
tion of the state supreme court,publish?
ed a few days ago. Gov MoSwecney
yesterday com missioned ex Circuit
Jadge J II Hudsoo to bold the special
term of oourt io Barowell County
commencing on the third Monday in
February This will be welcome
new* to the members of ihr Btrnwell
bar, who have case* pcading ?The
S ate, Deo 16
Tbc Seaboard Air Lice bn just
bought the Bennett milt property in
Charleston to use for depots This
makes ?70,000 tb%t this road bas paid
for real estate in Charleston already.
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The price of oottoo jo^tifie? fbe
belief tbat the cotton acreage text
ocxt yo-r will be greater than ever
before. It is the very geoeral under?
standing that the present crop will be a
short one?not more than 9 500,000
bales certainly not more than 10,000,
000 bales A orop next year therefore
will not neoeasarily mean 5 oeuts co'too
agaia, though if tbo farmers ar*? wieo
they will keep tbe aoreage *;fhir.,
reasonable limits by diversifying their
orops?by giving a part of their nme
to such food crops as they need for their
ficnilie9 and stock They are con?
fronted, however, with tbo statement
that the fertilizer oombice idteedc to
demand much higher prices for fertil?
izers thau the fertilizer manufacturers
obtained iast y ar.
It looks therefore as if tbe actual net
profit io ootton next year would not
be sj great, evco if tbe prico should
hold up and tbe yield be good If
there should bs a crop failore, or if tbe
price of oottoo should fall telow 6
oents a pound, the farmers woud be in
a very sorry plight. The fertilizer
oombine is stating through ill agents
that the reason the price of fertilizer ia
so much higher this season than it was
last, is tbat the prices of the mao rials
used in their manufacture have ad?
vanced greatly To what fXtent this
is true we do not know, but ii icesni t )
us that the commissioners of agriealtsjft
of tho vertan eottoa star." could
render tbe fernen a great service by
investigating tbil Statement If il net
a difficult natter to find out whether
the advsoos in the pries of fertilisers is
largely abitrary or is doe wbcllj to the
advance tti tin- prices of the raw
Material ? Aikcn Bee rder.
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