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THE COTTON IN SIGHT.
Hester's Weekly Statement of the
World's Visible Supply.
New Orleans, Aug. 18.-Secretary
Hester's statement of the world's vis?
ible supply of cotton issued today
shows the total visible to be 2,701,
289, against 2,787,712 last week and
1,252,285 last year. Of this the total
^f American cotton is 1,676,289,
against 1,712,712 last week and
506,285 last year, and of all other
kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India,
etc^ 1,025,000, against 1,075,000 last
week and 746"000 last year.
Of the world's visible supply of cot?
ton there is now afloat and held in
I
.Great Britain and Continental Europe
1,515,000 bales, against 692,000 last
year; in Egypt,52,000, against 65,000
last year; in India 673,000, against
361,000 last year, and in the United
States 461,000, against 134,000 last
fc- ?
'year.
Behind in Exports of Cottons.
Secretary Whittam, of the Amer?
ican Cotton Manufacturers' Associa?
tion, rn an article that recently ap?
peared in American Industries, point?
ed out that while the United States
supplies the world with about 75 per
cent, of -the raw material, we stand
sixth in the list of nations -which ex?
port cotton goods. The annual ex
port of this class of manufactures ap?
proximates S^V-'OO.OOO, including
yarns, wearing apparel, etc., of which
Great Britain is credited with $358,
000,000, Germany with $79,000,000
and the United States only with
$23,000,000. India's imports last
year amounted to $101,600,000, and
that of China $S3,000,000, the bulk of
which went from Great Britain. Mr.
[Whittam says we can sell in India on
an equal footing with England and
every other nation, yet we harve prac?
tically given this vast market for cot
ton goods no attention. Some of the
most weighty of our present hin
drances are the lack of knowledge as
to packing and shipping details for
the different markets, ignorance of
foreign customs, regulations and re?
quirements, and aversion to extend?
ing credit accommodations. There
is an utter dearth in the supply of
,T>roj>erly trained commercial repre
sentatives to cover foreign territory,
and, finally, we do not have even the
rudiments of a selling system for
reaching foreign consumers at a rea
sonable cost. All these attributes are
essentially of slow development; but
when any house finally determines to
enter the race for foreign trade, it
will be necessary before we can com?
mand success that we give and take
hard knocks, and any preconceived
rosy view of big profits easily ac?
quired which the beginner may hold
will be speedily and effectually dis?
posed of in the fierce brunt of inter?
national competition. Yet persever?
ance, ability and true American push
will give the same results when ap?
plied to potential customers, whether
at home or abroad. The demand is
there; its character is well defined,
'lt remains for us to decide whether
our own industry shall supply at least
its fair share or whether we shall re?
main content to spin enough of our
American-grown cotton to cover our
own backs and sell the remainder
^or Europe to spin and weave to
Clothe the rest of the world.
A branch of the Cotton Growers'
Association was organized in Abbe?
ville on Friday.
The jury in the case of John Clegg,
:who killed his son in Greenwood
t
county last January, while drunk, re?
turned a verdict of not guilty on Fri?
day.
Some grafting has been going on
in the Equitable. Therefore let's
abolish all the insurance companies.
A newspaper in this state has not
been conducted properly; therefore
let's abolish ail newspapers. A min?
ister has gone wrong; therefore let's
close all the pulpits. Do these sug?
gestions remind you of any other
gsJti^-fctfons thar > on have ho.ird
lately ?-Anderson Mail.
SENATOR TILLMAN PRESCRIBES.
TELLS HOW HE WOULD REFORM
AND SAVE DISPENSARY.
He Would Do Away With State
Board of Control and Quit Sell?
ing Speeial Brands of Liquor.
Col. Talbert Talks Pro?
hibition.
Anderson, S. C., Aug. 16.-Sen?
ator Tillman, "the daddy of the
dispensary system," outlined today
what he regards as essential to the
salvation of the dispensary and to
kill the talk of "graft." His position
is very much the same as outlined
at Gaffney, except that he has gone
more fully into the details. Chair?
man Landrum, of Spartanburg,
thought the county boards were
humbugs, and Senator Tillman thinks
the same of the State board. He
seems to put the blame for the pres?
ent troubles of the dispensary first
on the State board of control, and
second on the general assembly, and
if there is to be any complaint let it
be made to Tillman. He said the
State board "has been lax and alto?
gether censurable," and then went on
to say: "It is a wonder we haven't
had a worse carnival of corruption
than seems to exist" And he ex?
pects worse things to come out than
developed at Spartanburg. In brief,
Tillman's remedy is to place the pur?
chasing power in the hands of a board
consisting of the governor, attorney
general and comptroller general. He
is absolutely opposed to to the pres?
ent plan of legislative elections. Then
he wants competitive bids and copies
of the bids with bonds sent to the
board, the chief justice and the
speaker of the house. These bids are
to be opened in public during the
legislative session, and the lowest bid?
der is to get the year's business under
heavy bonds as to quality, purity and
coming up to sample.
No orders are to be placed outside
of the order placed at the beginning
of the year. No case goods whatever
to be bought except on direct per?
sonal order. Only X, XX, XXX and
XXXX liquors are to be sold under
dispensary labels, and so as to avoid
changing labels, the grade is to be
blown in the bottle, and it is to be
hermetically sealed. He thinks this
will prevent drummers going about
pushing their liquors because every?
thing to be sold will be known as
one, two, three or four X, and no
special brands are to be sold through
the dispensary except in cases an I
on order. He would abolish beer
dispensaries. He would have the
county board composed of the
mayors of cities, the county supervis?
or and one appointive officer. Sena?
tor Tillman thinks most of the trou?
ble to the dispensary has come from
the legislature electing its own mem?
bers to office, and he wants a clean?
ing out and fresh start made, but
with officers elected by the .people.
Senator Tillman came here today
to make an important dispensary
speech, but when he was finally call
on, the audience had heard six or
seven hours of speaking, and he, and
everyone else was tired and worn
out, and he told the campaigners that
the next time he wanted to make a
speech he would have a meeting of a
different sort
The Farmers' Union, under whose
auspices the meeting was held to?
day, were anxious not to have the
dispensary situation brought into thir.
meeting, that it was adjourned sev?
eral tmes, and President Glen and
others explained and kept on explain?
ing that the dispensary-prohibition
speaking was not under its auspices,
and that it had nothing to do with
that part of the program. It was
really funny how the Farmers' Union
tried io dodge the liquor issue, and
a:though the liquor talk was side?
tracked until near 5 o'clock, some of
thc people got hopping mad because
Mr. Sherman, who seems to be a sort
of organizer from out West, was not
given a ehance to talk untii after
Hilmar Lad had his long delayed in?
ning, and some went off in one cor?
ner to fctar Organizer Sherman.
There is a decidedly strong move?
ment in Anderson to vote the dispen?
san' out. Some of the ardent friends
of the dispensary thought Senator
Tillman could do a great deal of good
nt this time to save the dispensary.
What effect his speech today wlil
have, remains to be seen, but the fact
is that ho made a strong argument
here today, ile was provoked that he
should have been "'kept on the bench"
as Long as )w was. but he made a dis?
passionate. H?;:.'i and good humored
speech aro! presented tm- dispensary
side in as strong a manner as could
be done.
Col. W. Jasper Talb< rt was called
, upon to present the argument in
j favor of prohibition. He did so very
well but discussed it purely as a
moral question and did not press any
of the dollar and cent arguments, as
did Senator Tillman on the other side.
The prohibition executive commit?
tee of this county utterly repudiates
the selection of Col Talbert as spokes?
man. While it is glad to have him
and every other champion, it an?
nounces that Col. Talbert was select?
ed without conference with the local
committee, and that they advised
their friends to "hands off" at the en?
tire meeting.-News and Courier.
RUSSIA'S CONGRESS.
National Representative Assembly to
Convene in January-Event Over
Shadows the Liberation of
the Serfs.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 19.-In a sol?
emn manifesto Emperor Nicholas an?
nounces this morning to his subjects
the fruition of his plans summoning
the representatives of the people, as
outline?-" r y him in a rescript issued
on Mai i 3rd last and fixes the date
for the first convocation as mid-Jan?
uary, and in a ukase addressed to the
senate formally orders that body to
register as the imperial will a law
project formulating the nature, pow?
ers and procedure of the new govern?
mental organization.
The manifesto, ukase and project
are published this morning in special
editions of the Official Messenger in
St. Petersburg and Moscow. They will
be given out for publication at noon
to all the newspapers throughout the
empire, many of which are preparing
to issue extra editions to signalize a
momentous historical event, over?
shadowing in importance the libera?
tion of the serfs in 1861.
The national assembly will be a
consultative organization in connec?
tion with the council of the empire
and not a legislative body. The pow?
ers of the emperor remain theoreti?
cally absolute. As the emperor is the
supreme lawgiver and autocrat, the
decisions of the douma have only a
recommendatory and not a binding
force, though the rejection of any
legislative measures by a two-thirds
majority of both houses is sufficient
to prevent that measure from becom?
ing law.
The representative- of the people
will have not only the right to be
heard on any legislation proposed by
the government, but also can voice
their desires on new laws and will
have the right to exert a certain sup?
ervision over budgetary expendi?
tures, j
The suffrage though wide is not
universal. It is based on property c
qualification, the peasantry having a
vote through membership in com?
munal organization.
A considerable portion of the resi?
dents of the cities, possessing no
lands, together with women, soldiers,
civil functionaries, etc., are without
suffrage.
The imperial manifesto says in
part:
"We reserve to ourselves entirely
the care of perfecting the organiza?
tion of the douma and when the
course of events shall have shown
the necessity for changes correspond?
ing completely to the needs of the
times and the welfare of the empire,
we shall not fail to give at the prop?
er moment the necessary directions.
"We are convinced that those who
shall have been elected by the con?
fidence of the whole people, and who
will thus be called upon to partici?
pate in the legislative work of the
government will show themselves in
the eyes of all Russia to be worthy
of the imperial trust and that, in per?
fect harmony with other institutions
and authorities of the state estab?
lished by us, they will contribute
profitably and zealously to our labors
for the strengthening of the unity,
the security and the greatness of the
empire, as well as for the tranquil?
ity and prosperity of the people."
The manifesto concludes by ex?
pressing the hope that Russia will
emerge triumphant from the trying
ordeals through which she is now
passing and will be born again in the
strength, the greatness and the glory
of her history, extending through a
thousand years.
Former Intendent McCombs, of
Xew Brookland, and two accessaries
were convicted at Lexington on Fri
day of committing fraud in the town
election. They were sentenced to the
chaingang for four months.
Governor Heyward has pardoned
Tom M . H.-. who was serving a. term
of two and one-half years cn thc
Spartanburg chaingang foi- man?
slaughter. Tlic pardon was granted
on account of Moore's bad health.
TWELVE GENT COTTOf.
BIG SOUTHERX BULLS PUT UP
COTTON PRICE.
Brown and Hayne, of New Orleans,
Open Their Campaign-Said to
Have a Strong Wall Street
Following and Will Put
Price tc 12 Cents.
Two years ago William P. Brown
and Frank B. Hayne, of New Orleans,
ran one of the most successful bun
campaigns ever known in cotton. Yes?
terday they were the leaders in a bull
effort that sent prices up with a rush
and they are said to be at the head
of a clique representing many mil?
lions of dollars that has been organ?
ized to force cotton to 12 cents a
pound.
It is said that, acting with Brown
and Hayne, is a strong Wall Street
clique which is often called the
"Waldorf-Astoria crowd," a Chicago
coterie that is better known in wheal
than in cotton, and a number of
prominent New Orleans and other
Southern cotton men. It is not
claimed that any "pool" has been
formed, but it is said all these inter?
ests believe that cotton is too low,
and have a sort of gentlemen's agree?
ment to act together in forcing the
market up.
The bulls say that crop prospects
are so poor that one of the smallest
crops in recent years is certain. They
: predict record breaking prices later
j in the season.
On the bear side of the market are
some of the.best known members of
the local cotton exchange and a ma?
jority of the members of the Liver?
pool Cotton Association. There are
big short lines out in both New York
and Liverpool. The bears argue that,
no matter if the crop is to turn out
a small one, the spinners of the world
will not admit the fact yet, and as
they have cotton enough for several
months on hand, they will refuse to
buy.
The bulls say that if the spinner
tries to depress prices by staying out
of the market the farmers will
checkmate by refusing to sell at a
price that does not suit him and that,
as the spinners have plenty of busi?
ness before them, and the Southern
farmers are prosperous .the spinner
is ?bound to lose the contest in the
end.
The bulls began to rush things
right at the start yesterday. The
bears, of whom E. M. Weld is gen?
erally looked upon as the leader,
made a game fight, but they could
not hold the market down. The New
England mills can be depended upon
to support the bears in every way pos?
sible, while the South is certain to
line up behind Brown and Hayne.
The general feeling on the floor of the
exchange is that the fight is going
to be a very pretty one before it is
over.
Theodore H. Price has not as yet
come out on either side. He insists
that he is not in the market, but it
is generally expected that he will ar?
ray himself with one faction or the
other before the fight gets very much
older. D. J. Sully is very bullish, and
is acting with that side.-N. Y. Com?
mercial, Aug. 18.
THE FEVER SITUATION.
The War Against Mosquitoes Contin?
uing With Redoubled Energy.
New Orleans, Aug. 22.-All ships
from Colon coming into this port, or
other Southern ports, from now on
will be disinfected and held in quar?
antine for five days, notwithstanding
they are being fumigated before
leaving Central American ports. The
general fumigation of all vessels last
Sunday was so successful that it is
now planned to screen all windows
and doors of all houses in the city and
then refumigate in this way. It is ex?
pected living mosquitoes will be very
thoroughly exterminated. Dr. White
declares that the outlook of the situ?
ation is promising.
New Fever Cases.
Xew Orleans, Aug. 22.-The report
today shows eleven new cases of fever
and six deaths at *1 o'clock.
Quarantine. Aug. 22.-The Donald
Steamship Company's steamer Athos,
due to arrive here from Jamaica Aug
lu, was sighted Inst night oft" Scot?
land lightship in tow of the Atlas
Line steamer Atlas. All aboard are
reported well. Food ran out and it
became necessary to catch fish,
mishap t<> thc machinery was the rea?
son for thc late arrival of the
THE COTTON REPORT SCANDAL
HYDE MAKES AX UNQUALIFIED
DEXIAL OF THE CHARGES.
Eic Says He Has Forwarded an. Affi?
davit to Washington Covering
His Connection With the
Cotton Report.
London, Aug. 22.-John Hyde, for?
mer statistician of ?f? United States
department of agriculture^- who at
present is in London, has been under
Ihe care of a physician for several
weeks and is still prohibited by his
physician from attending to bus
ness.
He has given out the following
statement:
"I have just seen for the first time
:he revised cotton acreage report is?
sued by the United States department
)f agriculture on July 26. The crop
estimating board reduces the official
estimate of June 2 by more than
L, 100,OOO acres and even goes so far
is to say that I made the estimate
ower than the reports received from
)fficial reporters employed by the
jureau warranted. To this state?
ment I give unqualified denial and
issert that the most trustworthy of
he various sets of figures on which
he report of June 2 was based af?
forded the most ample warrant for
ny estimate.
"It is only by an entire-disregard of
he reports of county and township
correspondents that the department's
icreage reports . can be prevented
"rom once more becoming the laugh
ng stock of the world. When con?
cerned only with the condition of the
crowing crop except under special
circumstances the reports of county
md township correspondents are not
vithout value. When, however, these
correspondents report either upon the
icreage or upon the size of the crop
n bales, their reports are absolutely
vorthless. For Instance the crop last
rear was estimated by township cor?
espondents at less than 12,000,000
>ales and by county correspondents
it less than ll.00u.000 bales. Failure
>n the part of the board to recognize
he widely varying degrees of relia
dlity which characterize the reports
?f its different classes of correspond?
ais will inevitably destroy the value
?f its reports for general statistical
mrposes."
Mr. Hyde said that he gave this in
erview against the earnest protest of
lis physician, and that he had for
carded an affidavit to Washington
overing his connection with the cot
on report. He said that he expected
o return to America about Octo
ier . 1.
EXPRESS AXD TROLLEY WRECK
.Tiree Men Killed and Ten Iniuml
Collision On B. <uul O. Xcar
Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Aug. 17.-Three men
.ere killed and ten injured late last
iftht when the fast through e?pr?ss
rom New York to Cincinnati, on the
{altimore and Ohio Southwestern
rashed into a trolley car at Winton
?lace, a suburb of this city. The en
inieer of the express, S. P. Spauld
iig. vas badly scalded and may die.
'hose killed and injured were in the
rolley car with the exception of the
ngmeer.
A NEW RUSSIAN LOAN.
t. Petei-sburg Banker Confirms Re?
port That American Bank?
ers Will Finance Russia.
London, Aug. 16.-It is reported
rom St. Petersburg that a prom
lent banker has confirmed the re
ort that a new Russian loan has
een concluded in America.
It is also stated today important
upplimentary dispatches were sent
? M. Witte yesterday. The feeling
egarding the outcome of the peace
egotiations is generally becoming
lore optimistic.
A Young Hero.
Out at the Eureka cotton mill
rade Ferrell, a youth 12 years old.
es a corpse. After a short illness
e died yesterday afternoon. This
oy was the sole support of a nam?
er of younger brothers and sisters
nd an aged grandmother. Besides
importing those dependent upon
tm. Wade has ieft a small amount
f insurance, small when viewed ir
?H- light, yet great when the circura
nuces under which he labored are
etsidered. .He did more for thost?
..!.>. ndent upon him than many
:..).? able-bodied men d<>. He may
? considered a hero as he lies cold
. death. Those foi whom he ear -i :
a i labore i are ?aid to be left in de?- J n
rn. h\
RUSSIA FEARS mi
REASON FOR REFUSING INDEM-,
NITY GIVEN BY M. WITTE.
Says It Is Not Indemnity Itself, B^f
the ITse to Which Japan Would
Put It That Russia
Objects.
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 22.
Witte, the senior Russian envoy,
an interview this morning said th^,.
japanese demands for the s-jrrende$\
of the interned war vessels and thfe.
limitation of the Russian nava?^
strength in the Pacific, were not madcs
with sincerity. He declines to makf>
a conjecture as to the outcome of the>
negotiations, but said that whatever
the result of the meeting of the en-v
voys is it has not been in vain. "For,**
he says, "in the midst of this strugx,
?le, when war is still going on, a ne\$.
force in the person of Presiden^
Roosevelt comes to the front and
powerful enough to cail a halt and tc*,
lead both sides to meet at the confix
ence table and discuss the questions,
In dispute. If nothing comes out ofc
this conference, and about that I say
nothing, it will make it easier when,
we meet again. We have gained, ^
great deal."
In regard to the indemnity,
Witte said: "We cannot pay Japar,
indemnity, it is impossible. If JapaJt
would use the money to buy dia<*
monds, clothes and other good things
for her people it would be one thingv
but-Japan will use the money te*,
buy," M. Witte hesitated and addedi
-"ships and other things. If Japan<
gets the indemnity from us she wil?
use it as she used the indemnity fron\
China. In twenty-five years she wiH
make war with some other country*.
[ cannot put that declaration in, any
stronger terms."
But the hopes of a settlement ot
the dispute is not absolutely extirw
tinguished, for M. Witte, in order to,
make his position perfectly plain^
continued, "I will not pay an in.-,
demnity. until ? am ordered by my.
imperial master, the czar, to do sok
My own views a^e not controlling, t^
im the envoy or his majesty. It is tho,
will of the czar that is controling.1*
M. Witte then said that Russia is
ible to continue the war. having am-?
Die resources to do so indefinitely.
PEACE CONFERENCE BLOCKEDv
Portsmouth. N. H.. Aug. 22.-The,
nembers of the Russian party pro??
needed early this morning to the con*,
"erence chamber in the navy yard fot?,
he purpose of concluding their
preparations for the afternoon's ses-.
?ion. While waiting en word from
?t. Petersburg the peace envoys havo.
irranged to hold a short session to**
lay and adjourn over until Wednesx
lay. at which time it is hoped some?
)fficial declaration will have been re*
;eived. This arrangement, however,
s subject to modification and the ses.*,
.ion today may be abandoned alto>.
pether.
The Session Adjourned.
Portsmouth. N. H., Aug. 22.-An,
)fficial announcement has been is?,
?ued that today's session of the peace,
mvoys will be adjourned until 9:3ft
L. m., tomorrow.
- ? ?? ~o?- Un
ARTICHOKES ARE WANTED^
Commissioner E.. J. Watson Findi
Market for Them at 75 Cents
the Bushel.
Columbia. Aug. 19.-Commissioner
3. J. Watson is exceedingly anxious
o have every person in South Caro?s
ina who is growing artichokes thi$
ear in any quantity from one bushi
.1 on up to communicate with him.
.t once. He has received a request
rom a pickle factory that wishes tt\
>btain artichokes for pickling pur*
>oses this fall and this concern wish^
s to secure them in any quantity
rom one bushel to 5.000 bushels tc*
he shipment. The factory has of*
ered 75 cents per bushel for th*
:round artichokes shipped either ir\
iags. barrels or baskets delivered a^
he port of Charleston.
This offers an opening to those who,
tave only a few bushels of artichoke^
aised in their gardens to place them
tpon the market, and should finally
ead to the establishment of an in,*
Lustry in the Stair.
At present artichokes aro raised ::\
louth Carolina very largely for homet
tickling and for feeding to stoc*
'he commissioner ts sure of a per
nanon: market if" th? i.pie will fur
ish the product.
- - 111 ? o - -em*- ' -? ? ?
Cormorant. Miss.. Aug. 17.-Henrjg
'oung. a negro, was taken from ih>%
heriff and deputy last night b> a
,ui> of one hundred men m<t
inched. Young shot and kitto,! EM