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m SISTIIBUTE?. MVYOKE BAN Ii? SENDING OUT 4JHXAT HTREAN. ? Nearly fit.0ttt.09ll Han Loft New Yes* tor Ranking Concerns All the Oooatrr Within the Past -A Renen* kabie Record Soy Now York. Nor. I?The it ream of V rope* void pouring into New Tork has net been halted here to meet lo ? . demand*, but la being allowed to tow through the financial arteries of th? United ttat<? and relieve the n.<ds of etrrlculture and other Indue tnet fenerally f?ld Importers state ? t nearly all of the $21.000.000 which has already reached here will asx'S tad Ks way t > every quarter of the country Nearly llt.090.000 has n eMppe*4 te> th* Interior tm> * dt. Oold has been shipped here rn na Chi -ago ta suwh la rye amounts. It la understood In local banking ctf?l otos, that the Issuance of circulating buJi scrip In Chicago possibly may no I he nscessary The greater part of thr $11.900,000 arriving on the rtvssnsr Lusltanla and of ths $28. eo \#ae still to come will be Immedi? ately as presse (I to out-of-town banks. Nearer In the history of New Tork frmueee, according to gold Importers, hs- there been ay much money en gsoed abroad by out-of-town banks as at present There need be no fears." said a tr. whee of one of the largest gold 1m r ting firms tonight, "that there will he a cessation of gold Importation hii assis of the Increase In ths dis? count rales of ths banks of England and Qersasay. ? Jfm eVMhsi that without doubt ths Sjri atst ffssrt of the gold imports are hemaj seat t# the country hanks who are nshhtnj theer demands on the The fact Must eswetlceUy MO.O0C teo ht tort easy fasaptnajrsa from the Mew Tork bank* within a week, as isjttoated by the test hank stats asent) at ewastdered snfhusat evidence tha? tjbe Mew Tork banks are doing their Its* to gaeet the treat demands upon/ Alga. It la not possible to de tsrndt* what proportion of this M0, rtJte.ett wesft Went and what propor tJ<o\ went Into hoards in New Tork, Of Ues ? sjsgsjm which hare a settsst of swans consultation be? tween is erstarr Cortstyou and lead tag hnnttrs hews last been the sals wf a haecjfc of Pas ems construction toads* hat It as somewhat doubtful II Bsc ejhjp of the bonds to the public ecu Id lay ass da bet?re the ecu tenses s pressure for currency has been dersbfy dull d. MONEY FROM EURO PK. In Wkeoh tt WID of the Cotton as swtng heard yoat now about sssahit from Burope In pay. if Use cotton crop. Ties mode ol ?a m masrestiag. It Is thus ex by a banker. "Cotton and Ii sohl here by local dsn lace in the Interior to who pay for It by checks on beaks. They reimburse tkem fey drawing their bills against to whom they In turn have either rn the United States or In the latter case they draw tt what are called foreign These bills are payable at sight, days, slaty days and ninety days, eery rarely tit days, Attached Mile ars the bills of lading iting the merchandise, the in certificate (where the goods wot cowered by Insurance abroad), of hypothecation statins; the lions on which ths documents to be surrendered, and usually a of ths invoice. Theas hills ars by t iporters either to a local or a bdnk in New Tork. or one he other'larg*) cities In thta coun In case they are sold to local the proceeds are at once placed their credit subject to check. When ST ars sold to bankers In another y the drawers deliver the bills and IB documents together with their tt draft on ths purchaser to the with whom they keep an int. and the local bank remits * the as lo Nsw York or elsswhere for ?therr er lit. Ths credit thus estab ttahed for the local bank la utilised by m^^mM drawn on It for account of their correspondents or sold over thsrr counter to their customers, snd ssash portion as may b? needed In our rwsary hi shipped here by express. Mearty all the currency brought to Baven ash come* from New Y>rk. Th haarrs of the** bills In New York them to their correspondents In si or other Europesn cities and m turn draw their own checks asjnhsst the credit thus setabllshed. SW when rates of exchange are as low at present they Import^ gold at a Ht. It Is now chr.iper to bring gold tt Is to buy exchange, henc* the of the lirge shipments of Id fmm f'?re|?n cities being mn le the newspnpers dally Urn', r tb ~mt iotdltlon it Is Israeli I Her f country gen r iliy tb it i h ? ? ttaontd be larr?* Imports of gold, pie ess our own finances on > ' ?'" a*rong"r hssls " M HjjjWjl SITUATION. CONDITIONS IN NEW YOHK ARE CLEARING VP. Reacrve* Are Generally Intact ami De? ponit? Are Rccomlng Heavier? More Gold Coming to Aid Situa? tion. New York. Nov. 10.?The most eventful week in the financial history of the present generation came to a close on Saturday with conditions much clearer than a week before, but with some clouds still hanging over the financial horlson. The previous week had closed with the disquieting announcement that the New York bank reserve had lost $30,000,000 in cash in spite of deposits by the gov? ernment during the week of a nearly equal sum, representing a net cash los- of 160.000.000. , The bank statement of yesterday changes thi? sit nation. While , it shows a nominal decrease in required reserves of $13,086,800, more than two-thirds of this decrease is due to the reserve requirements caused by Increase In deposits because of the taking over of loans from the trust companies by the banks. Moreover, the actual cash loss of $4,313.000 Is due to the system of averaging ac? counts for the entire week, including several days before the arrival of the new gold. Unless demands from the country are very heavy next week the arrival of additional gold will more than offset the loss of cash last week and make a creditable showing for reserves on Saturday next. The week began on Monday with a feeling of grave doubts as to the future of the two trust companies which had been subjected to severe runs. The possibility that they might go down and drag with them much of the financial structure whloh still stood erect kept Mr. Morgan, the trust company presidents and other financial leaders in almost continu? ous session until late Sunday morning and again on Wednesday until 3 o'clock In the morning When it was finally announced on Wednesday fore? noon by President King of the Union Trust company, acting as chairman of the committee of trust company presidents, that the management of the Trust Company of America and the Lincoln Trust company were to receive all the assistance they re? quired In turn for depositing the ma? jority of their stock In the hands of the committee, the situation cleared, a large degree of confidence returned and the stock market advanced gen? erally from S to I points. It was felt that the danger of a general crash In New Tork was over, and that the surging waves of the storm would gr&duslly subside ACTED FOR HARRIMAX. Thome and Ferry Were Only Agents ""For Harrtman In Georgia Central ?nee. It Ie Said. New York, Nov. 11.?According to The New York Herald the sale of the Central of Georgia railroad by the holding committee representing the Southern railway was In reality to E. H. Hani man. Oaklelgh Thorns and Marsden J. Perry were simply acting as the agents of the great Harri man. Control of the Central is vested In 1:4,000 of 50, 000 shares. This block of stock, owned by K. H. Harriman, Is now In the hands of J. P. Morgan A Co., as security for a loan to Hani mat., who took up another loan with the Trust Company of America. R. F. Way. a wealthy planter In Or? angeburg county, Is dead at his home In that county. % DANGER OF CATARRH. Un1e*? Properly Treated With Hyo mel. Becomes Serious. Catarrhal troubles are far more dangerous than they seem at first thought. If you have catarrh, there Is an Irri? tated state of the mucous membrane and weakened tissues which fcgord an Ideal lodgment and culture medium for dist ggo germs, especially th< . i consumption. You should get cured as quickly a* possible beforo any dangerous germi that you may breathe lodge on the diseased t)ssue and work destruction In the throat and lungs. The easiest, simplest, qickest, surest and chespest way to cure catarrh It by the direct method, breathing Hy Bmei This wonderful medicated air tr? itnient does not dmi ill ingo the stomach, but Is breathed in. di? rectly following an destroying all dlseu^e germs that may have been inhaled. The usual way hi which Hyomel i soM by J F? Wi DeLorme Is the beet evident.r his confidence in the treatment and should d pel i n doubt as to its enmtive proportion He .i.' f ? ? ? s t? > r* f? 111d t).? pi." . Ii i*e pt Um to I yone whom Hyomel fails i ? benefit* ii i fii do pint ihk i eenl In l< nnu ? sting virtues A oompleti out? .it . i~t* i.nt $i ir it helps you. not i ? ?? hi If it dene not do nil tint la < leim? ad : ?r It, 11-1 i le> w INCONSISTENCY IN FIGHT. OX CHARLESTON'S BLIND TIGER ELEMENT. So Say* Editor .Tames Henry Rice? Gives Facts to Rack Up His State? ment?Attempt to Put Row a Tigers Has Dissolved Into Thin Air. Mr. James Henry Rice, Jr., one of the editors of the Spa.rtanbu.rg Jour? nal, writes as follows In his paper re? garding the dispensary situation in Charleston: The rest of South Carolina, not fa? vored with the privilege of visiting Charleston, has wondered what the real situation was. Many sensational publications have gone forth as to the closing up of blind tigers and it seem? ed that a new regime was being ush? ered in. Tue <"icts appear to he, in so far as they can be gathered today, that RIdock A Byrnes, mu.agers of the Charleston hotel, of the Argyle hotel, of the Hotel Seashore on Sullivan's Island and of the Isle of Palms, have "got it in the neck," to quote from the small boy. The other blind tigers seem to be enjoying life and have little care for tomorrow. None are shut up, so far as a thorough canvass of the situation today showed. Common report says that they do business as of old. Now, it will be remembered, James S. Farnum, who held some kind of a hold on the breweries and sold all the beer that the State bought, as cording to some, reaping a harvest that could easily be measured in fig? ures that would stagger an ordinary imagination, was always a thorn in Attorney General Lyon's side, even when he was a member of the invest? igating committee. For Farnum he yearned; Farnum alone kept out of his way. Now Attoreny General Lyon had the notion, Whether right or wrong, that the relations of Farnum and Rlddock and Byrnes were too in Itmate for the public good. He could not get at Farnum but he could get at RIdock and Byrnes who wsre ope? rating special privileges, granted by former hoards, that netted them handsome returns every month In the year. So the blow fell and RIdock and Byrnes got the full effect of it. Their places were ctoeed. No drink is to be had there. Why these hotel men have been singled out from the rest it would be hard to say, except on the hypothesis cited. It remains true that the blind tigers of Charleston are still seen when wanted by the thirsty and that they have not been bother*! to any extent. What rr<nilt will fol? low from this remain I to bo soen It Is a curious ride light on politics and sh<ws how llrte may !>e expected from an ordin?r politician when iri Quest of future favors. In so far as suppressing the blind tigers la con? cerned, absolutely nothing has been done. A prominent Charlestonlan said a few moments ago the whole thing was a farce in so far as enforcing law was concerned, and was only a strike at RIdock and Byrnes. This strike, by the way. hits hard, for RIdock and Byrne* control the tourist trade of Charleston. At the Tsle of Palms they handle an Immense summer traffic some of which come from Georgia and other States. Knocking them out Is practically knocking out th tourist trade'from Charleston. It la well known that tourists ahull placet! run in the Interest of prohibition^ ej they would shun pc*Uleno*. it is not alone the absence of drink, but the air of the thing and the principle at stake. It will certainly be a revelation to the people of the State when they learn the true situation h-^re. There has not b^en the s\\y itesl at. n \ I in so f.ir as can he learned to shit! down any blind tigers, except in this one ca.se. If others hnVt occurred the Charleston police, including the be^t Informed men In the community, have no knowledge of It. My coming here has uncovered what has been well known to local newspap'-r men for many weeks hut they have written acocrding to the Uvwi governing the ease. German element of Charleston pported Governor Ansel, becausv he wet ian and also beoaute he si..,* loi lue 1 option, an! they nn derstood that to mean that he would favor '!? cal rule for Charleston, In this ail important matter of getting lome thtnfl to drink. They will tolerate no Interference with what they regard as their rights and any attempt t<? shut "ff their drink Is going to mean '' rld< f ?? tli ) man who mjJ? ? >a the at? tempi Pome people do not like th< idea "f suicide. In the meantime there It little or no attempt in the State at larjre to eonceal th<? growing trength of prohibition, The next legislature may pass a State wide prohibitory act and If It d<>< s not then toe n< \t ore elected win. When that happens then* will be wid spn ad Mssalls ? <? tion. The I???nt option men, Inelui Charleston, will h> ?? thai tl. ? have been buncoed, for iii^re has never in en any desire on the pari of lue men eng! e. ig tin- prohibition fight to do mythlng but force inelr own will on thi people, Thoy will nol re gard < impacts, rights, privileges or anything. Victims of an idei?f they I are going the length to cany out that Idea, believing anything justifiable that will bring about the result de? sired. There will be sadder and wi^er men in South Carolina after the next elec? tion. Meantime the valorous attempt to put down the blind tigers of Charleston has dissolved into thin air. GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION. Fixes Thursday, November 28, as Day of Thanksgiving According: to Pres? ident's Previous Proclamation. Gov. Ansel Issued Thursday his first Thanksegiving proclamation, fixing Thursday, November 28, as a holiday to be observed by South Carolinians in gratitude for the many blessings bestowed upon all during the past year. The proclamation is unus .tally ap? propriate, the governor thinks, after the season of plenty, and therefore his message to the people of the State is something more than a matter of form. Te says: "In conformity to a beautiful cus? tom establisheo by our forefathers and perpetuated by the religious senti? ment of our people, I, M. F. Ansel, governor of the State of South Caro? lina, do hereby designate and ap? point "Thursday, the 28th day of Novem? ber, 1907, a3 a day of general thanks? giving. "The State of South Carolina has been signally blessed during the past year. We have enjoyed the liberty and security guaranteed by a peace? ful government; we have advanced in education and morality; our material resources have developed; our field?? have yielded their harvest In great abundance; we have been spared from famine and pestilence and no public calamity has befallen the common? wealth. "Let all the people, therefore, put aalde their usual vocations, upon the day herein appointed, assemble in their houses of worship and in their homes to return thanks to Almighty God for Ilia wonderful love and mer? cy to us aa a people and as a State, and for the manifold blessings He has bestowed upon us. "Let us also, on this day of thanks? giving and pralae, remember the poor and needy, the widow and fatherless, the sick and distressed and the or? phanages In our State with words of comfort and cheer and with our gifts. Out of our abundance, let us enrich and make glad the unfortunate, real? ising that the greatest of Christian virtues la charity. ?Mnd let US ever !nvoke the r.r-a' Giver r?f ever.' gOiKl and perfect g:f! for a continuance of hip Infinite kind noes,, that peace prosperity and hap pltn-?B may abide In Um land for? ever." ESTABLISHED TRACK RECORD. Get Away, Owned by D. M. LfcuU of Sumter, ?Makes Track Running Record at Spartanhurg. Get Away, owned by Mr. D. M. Da? vis, of this county, established the track running record for all half-mile tracks at Spartanburg In Thursday's races, making the mile In 1:48. The fjolloVlng are tie- results of the events in which Sumter bdrset made slve.\ ir.gs: South Carolina trot, 2:30 class? Beatrice, first; Ben Hur. second: Just;? Moment, third. Time 2:27. 2:19, cla-s trot?Zella Muck, hrst; Belle Isle, second; Harold third. Time, 2:28. Free-for-all race?Pad News, first; Flccta J, second; Minnie Thompson, third. Time, ItII. Half mile running race- Little Belle, first; Catherine Kenna, second; Amelia B, third, Time, 51. Special 1:80 class ? Landrum, Bret; Pe rless Dan. second; Rocky Mount, third, Time, 2:23 1-4. Kxtra 2:20 pace?Marguerite, first, Sweetheart second; Major Kipling, third. Time, 2:20 One mile dash?Get Away, first; Lady Carl, second; Ben Chance, third. Time. 1:43. Consolation rare?Itaglio, first: Princess Titanla, second. Time, 1:06. Artcmus Wards Reined,. "'lit c *'f living was very high, . 'or years tip.- people complained bitterly. One day a lucky thought struck them. They r< :*.!>? d t>> pay the exorbitant prices, And price . fortwiih, came down. The ladies if Greenwood realised $000 fr<un their recent Bower show. Fifteen negro men were caught gambling in a dry well in Columbia. Y? ggnu n ' 1" about 5^"? from the Anden n Traction Company by brei king ?p< " ife of the company. 1; bl VV1 Ite Rock mil, J? mill ? p r live, \>. kill? d by n then. freight ii:ti,; ' hile [U i* ptln t to steal a rid. . A Masonic temple to post $17,000 will be erected In Greenwood by the Mus ?us. ?B0?1 BRYAN'S WEAKNESS LACK OF INTEREST IX AN XOU N CEM EN T 1)1 N X RR. Is the Enthusiasm Over the Great "Orutor of the Platte" Now On the Wane? Washington, Nov. 10.?Were it not that leading Democrats consider it a serious matter, the efforts that Wil? liam J. Bryan's press agents In this city are making to inflate and keep in? flated a good sized presidential boom through the means of a dinner to be given in this city before the end of the present month, would be more than ordinarily funny. Mr. Willis J. Abbott, with headquar? ters in one of the largest office build? ings here, is Mr. Bryan's political dinner manager and boon maker. Mr. Abbott, it Is said at headquarters, has been busy for weeks past sending out in\d/ations to prominent citizens, those preferably who will whoop up the j great Nebraskan. The "executive committee," which Is charged with the duty of going over carefully and miutely the names of all parties, speakers and privates In the ranks, who are expected to contribute at the rate of $3 a plate, now announce that i the prospects are bright for all of the 400 or more places being occupied when the psychological moment shall arrive for Mr. Bryan to make the long over-due presidential announcement. This coming at a time only four days before Congress opens its long winter session and when Washington is more than ordinarily filled with Democrats from every part of the'country would Indicate that it has not been an easy matter for Mr. Bryan's dinner man? agers to dispose of tickets to the forthcoming political pow-wow as was at first anticipated and leads easily to the belief that whatever enthusiasm there once was over the great Ne? braskan is slowly but surely on the wane, and that Democrats have about come to the conclusion that their at? tendance on the banquet, or dinner, or lunch, or spread, whichever it may be termed, would hardly profit them In any sense, either politically or gas tronomlcally. TWENTY YEARS WILL EXHAUST THE FORESTS. If Present Rate of Cutting Down the Timber Keeps Hp, So Says the Re? port of the Government Forester. Washington, Nov. 7.?"In 20 years the timber supply in the United States, on government reserves and private holdings, at ti ? present rate of cu* * I, will be ? shausted." This announcement Was made today by Gifterd Plnchot, the government 1 forester, who has juai returned from a six-months' inspection trip on which he traveled 10,000 miles. In sounding his warning Mr. Pln? chot urged that the danger of the sit? uation should not be underestimated. He said that the United States uses more timber per capita than any other country and that every man, woman and child would be affected. He de? cried the policy of discbunting the future of the country by failure to protect the natural resources and he advises everyone who has not already lone so, to read President Roosevelt's >peech at Memphis on this general subject. About one-fifth of the forset area Of the country is In government re? serves, but Mr. Pinchot called atten? tion to the fact that as privately own ed timber lands are better than the government reserves, as a general rule, the government does not control one-fifth of the timber supply. The forest service will ask congress for more money and more men In order to extend the service and will push the work of reforesting the denuded timber lands. President Roosevelt expects to call a conference In Washington shortly of governors of States and experts in the study of natural resources. The con? ference will be for the purpose of de? veloping sentiment In favor of the ad? ministration's policy of looking Into the future and into the matter of con? serving the ft rvr"1' resources, such as timber, c< I oil nd gas and the va? rious minerals. The next congress may provide a subsidy of many millions of dollars for the shipping trust, hut farmers are hereby notified not to ask for a sub? sidy to help them build warehouses to hold their cotton oft" the market when the prices aro calculated to im? poverish them. The farmers must foot their own bnis.?Wilmington I Star. R. B. Bates, colored, has been ar? rested In Greenville, charged With se? duction. Adjutant General Boyd is in Wash* Ington In the Interest of the state militia. A party - f New Yorkers interested In the South A Western Railway vt - Ited i> turens Thursday. Spartanburg's horse show and coun? ty fair closed Thursday after a very successful meeting! IMPROVE COAST DEFENSES. LAUGH AMOUNT ASKED FOR CONSTRVC TION WORK. Mote Imoprtant Forts to bo Fully Manned and Coast Defense* Gener? ally Will be Strengthened in the Near Future. Washington, Nov. 10.?The annual report of Secretary Taft to be sub? mitted to congress at its convening in December will contain estimates ag? gregating $5,525.920 for construction and other work in the coast artillery service during the fiscal year 1909. This construction work is to provide in part for shelter for the coast artil? lery troops authorized by the act of January last, when the service receiv? ed an increase of 44 companies, with a corresponding number of officers. In accordance with the decision of Secretary Taft last November, a con? centration scheme is "jeing worked out in the coast artillery service by which some of the 78 separate forts where modern coast defenses are installed or in process of installation are to be completely manned and the remainder placed in the hands of caretakers. Thirty-two of the principal forts are selected as main posts, having, as nearly as practicable, garrisons of 100 per cent, of a full manning detail, the remaining forts to be left to such care-taking detachments as are neces? sary for the proper care and preserv? ation of the defenses. First It is proposed In furtherance of the con? centration scheme to construct at the main posts the necessary barracks and quarters for accommodating the increment to the coast artillery and to follow this with the construction at these main posts of the barracks and quarters necessary for the ac? commodation of the troops n >w at the subposts. The posts at whic'i work Is to be done and for which appropria ations will be asked Include the fol? lowing, the amounts asked being giv? en In round numbers: Caswell, ?. C, $109,000; Dade, Fla.. $106,000; Monroe, Va., $211.000; Mor? gan, Ala.. $181,000; Screven, Ga? ll 53.000; Taylor, Fla., $3??,000. Hold Cotton. The financial shake-up in New York has depressed the price of cot? ton, but the financial situation is sure to be better. Meantime there Is, in our opinion, a concerted determina? tion on the part of the buyera of cot? ton that they will not pay higher price than those now prevailing if they can help It. Journals of the New England manufacturer*, openly <*ay that the price Is nofjf too high; that eight cents would be a fair price; that j only the holding by farn>'-- can pre? vent the price from declining, and that the Southern farmers vrlll not be able to hold longer than the present month. In other words, they have re* solved that the market shall go to pieces In December. In our opinion, the farmers can hold, and ought to hold. We do not *i y that they will get fifteen cents for cotton, but we do say that if their line breaks under the pressure of the "bears," if they stampede, the price ?will drop another cent or two. In order to hold cotton, the farmers will have to practice economy. The purchase of that piano or buggy may have to be postponed. The Christmas celebration many not be quite as Joy? ful if the cotton be left in the ware? house, but in the end the farmers will get their money back. The great tdanger of a good crop is thr.c it lead* to habits of extravagance. We are quite aware that In giving this advice we may not pleas; all our merchants and the best bankers want the farmers to prosper, want them to save, to become year by year more Independent. The economical farmer la a better customer for ten years than is the extravagant farmer who spends largely for one winter and then "goes broke," and it Is therefora to the highest interest of every busi? ness man in this city to encourage the fanners In their efforts to prevent the cotton market from going to pieces. What the cotton crop will amount to nobody knows, but most nth ri ties agree that it will not be rerj larce. I*ast week an English Invest!' agtor estimated the crop at eh ven million bales. That estimate is toe small. The Wood and Cotton Report? er, of Boston, thinks it will e nOaretf. fourteen than thirteen mllll n bales. That is a ridiculously larce fttmate. We can see no reason why cotton should not be worth any whir* from eleven 10 thirteen and a half cents* ae ] while anybody's pv. dl ; as good as another's as to ? tt^n prii i we think that the price will tx twelve cents at least before four months have passed, and it may go higher. But if the rarmers turn loose their cotton in the manner that the North? ern spinners wish, the price will drop to nine or eight cents sure. ? La in ? I Advertiser. Certain sections of Colleton end Berkeley counties wish to be Includ J i:' Charleston ? unty. Construction work on the Green? ville und Knoxvtlle Railway h is been delayed on account of the Iniposeibtl? ity to secure rails.