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HEB SITMTKR WATCHMAN. EMMI otvollduted Aug. 2.188 Cbt WLitrl-.man anb Soutbnm. Fabllehf 1 Wednesday and Saturday ?BT? MTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY aiJMTBR, & a $1.10 per annum?In advance. Advertisement*: One Square first Insertion.$1.00 ?very subsequent Insertion.$0 Coutraets fur three months, or loafer anil he made at redu* 1 rates. All communications which sub* serve privets Interests will he charged for as edvt rtherosnts, Obltuartei sr.d tributes of respects will be charged Her. mm cottow mikeT MAKUFACnT flKRS* ASSOCIATION FA YOU CCRTAIUsTENT BY Prtco of Cocsesi Two High?Director* Of Ns sin aal OfgenTistson Soy Ihre Is Wow Wo prows la Textile Work. Chariot ts, N. C. Oct. t.-?That the preoent disparity between the price of cottow and cotton goods precludes the possibility of the successful operation of Southern mills Is the unanimous opinion of the board of governors of the American Cotton Manufacturers' association which was In session near? ly all day. Resolutions ware adopted by the board setting forth this fact and) appointing a committee of five to fegenulatc a curtailment agreement which every mill In the South will be urged to sign. The following promt - newt manufacturers were named as thwojesmmlttee: L. W. Parker, Green? vlttO. ?. C,; W. A. ttrwln. Durham, N. C; *D. A. Tompkms, Charlotte, K. C: K. A Smyth. Greenville, S. C.~. T. H. Remnls. Fell Ctty. Ala, Chario ts wan sal setsd as the place Tor it 1? trusting of the association wnlch will be held the fourth Tues? day la May. Atlanta, RhYhmond. St. JUm&s, Memphis and a half dosen Cftleg eatsawaa Invitations. of ewe CWtson Journal Donlr* Asnoum lieft From Last Sen? as ?*! Atlanta; Ga.. 'Oct. S.?Henry S. Reed, editor ef The Cotton Journal, has Issued a statement about the al? leged large stocks of that commodity carried over and now held in reserve, lie esrys: "Statement* have b<?en mads rela? tive* to the ?normous stocks of cotton etc. But the carry-over, as shown in the following figures fnr September i. ltOt. and Septemrer 1. lOOt, was but normal. "Spinners stocks In Great Britain on September 1. ltOt, were 202.000, Safes ws against 277,000 bales awl September 1, a ysar ago. or an actual shortage ?rt 71.000 bales this year as compared -? Ith last. ,4fliplnsM9rs stocks on the continent of Surofe September 1. 1000. aggre? gated 1.814.000 bales against 1.181.* 000. Heffternbtr one year ago. ThW Is an actual Increase of 1ST.000 bales, making t*he increase In foreign stock* September 1, 100t. over September 1. 1001. ?2.000 bales or enough to run the continental mills three days, er enough* to run English mills Ave days. Th'e Rnglhih mills used 80.000 balee per week during August. 1000. and '?0.000 bales during August, 1008. The Continental mills used 110,000 bales per week during August, 1000. and 1008. The total weekly consumption abroad during August. 1909. was 190. 000 bales agraJnst 172,000 during Au? gust. I 008.* NEW It \TF DATE POSTPONED. Cluing** In Fertiliser Tariff Not to Become Effective Vntll Nov. 1. ? olumbla. Oct. 8.?The effect!v* date of the fertiliser tariff has been postponed until November 1. The tariff was to have gone Into effect on October 12. At a recent meeting ??f the railroad commission a number of feVesentatlvcs of the roada of th* State sppeared and asked that the rates OS fertiliser be not redveed. Tht commission put th?? date off so as to have time to consider and Investlga gats the question thoroughly. SEVENTEEN MFX KU.LFD. Freight Train Cratlie. Into Work Train In Hansa? ? Topeks. Kas., Oct. 8.?Seventeen persons were killed and ten severely In/.ired In a collision between a freight train and a construction train on the Atehison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail? road, near here today. 1 The dead are eleven Mexicans, four section fore nun and two brakemen. ?bed April, 1850. 'Re Just an I. _8UMT. " GflilG HIGHER UP. injunction gotten in tiik semi.sole case. Stockholders of the Carolina Agency Sue Clark. Jon cm and Bryan nutl i Garllngton Latrr?Alleged to Have Dissipated $47,500 or Agency's Ak j seta, Bestdes Changing $75,000 Block of Stock, Which Had Not Ye Become Legally ilia. Columbia. Oct. 8.?Injunction pro | ceedlngs by the receivers and attor? neys for the Seminole Securities Com? pany against the officers and director* of the Carolina Agency Company tal liee up another sensation from the Peminole-Carollna Agency Company mudCt, I The order from Judge Memmlnger requires the defendants to show cause on Monday why the receiver should not be appointed and in the mean? time all persons are restrained from I further dissipating the assets or pro ' ceedlng any further with the suits against the agency company. The complaint alleges that John Y. Garllngton. while treasurer of the agency company, dissipate! $17,500 of the agency's asrets in addition to changing his $76,000 block of agency stock, which had not become legally his, for $75 000 of Semtnol.? stock, the defendants, W. A. Clark, Wills Jones and T. 8. Bryan, being Semi? nole as well as Carolina agercy direc? tors; that the only business of the Carolina Agency Company was the general agency of the Rome Mutual Insurance Company and was wiped out by the Rome Mutual cancelling this agency contract, and that the uuency company now has no income, and Is dissipating the few hundr ?J dollars It has left In ita treasury la attorney fees In a suit against Oar* llngton for llS.ltl, a salt against the Rcme Mutual and a camre of act'.on against its own officers t r failing to require a bond of Garhngton white he was treasurer as stipulated ty the by la wc; that the agency company's of? fice* have been closed and the books onrt tarnte transferred to Mr. W. AJ -mm pniJbn^ etft< company responsible for tire strvlc*s he is now rendering. Paragraph 11 of the complaint says that "the defendants, W. A. Clark. Wille Jenes and T. S. Bryan, own and control a majority of the tt:ock oi the an id corporation and are themselves the wrongdoers as hereinbefore and hereinafter alleged." The tffle of the proceedings Is E. N. Chlslom. W. C. Fatrey, Tolson Rtckenbaker. D. W. Vatger and A. C Watson as Carolina agency stockhold? ers, against the Carolina Agency Co.. W. A. Clark. Wille Jones, T. S. Bryan. John Y. Garllngton, J. Fuller Lyon. George 8. Legare. John R. Black, Willie Stackhouee wnd T. A. A maker. txfW it ate** rem wax festival. Ttsftroeds Annosaace Price of Tickets From Many To Hit*. Charleston, Oct. 9.?^Extremely low round trip rates 'between Charleston and points in vthe States of North and >*outh Carolina a*rd Georgia were an? nounced yesterday by both the At? lantic Coast Line and Southern Rail? way companies, en account the Char? leston Fall Festival, October 25 to 30. The railways are eager to work hand In hand with the general committee of the coming Carnival, and willingly made an exceptionally low rate from points in three States in order to bring a record-breaking crowd to Charleston during the five days of festivity. The excursion rates apply to all points In South Carolina, all points between and including Maxton. Gibson, Wadesboro, Charlotte and Asheville. N\ C. and Augusta and Sa? vannah, together with Intermediate points In Georgia. Tickets will be on sale from Octo? ber 25 to 31 inclusive, with a limit to return up to, but not later, thr.n midnight Of November 1. i-'peclal low rates have also been granted to military rompanies and brass bands In uniform, travelling in Partie? of twenty or more, from Co lumbia. $2.00; Greenville. $4.80; Green woodi $4.40; sumter, ii.su; .-'p:trtanhurg. $4.4.'.; Xewberry. $3.4.". Correspondingly low rates from other points. School Association Meeting. There will be a meeting of thn Ru? ral School Improvement Association on Saturday, Oct. 16th in the grand Jury room of the Court House. In addition to regular programme, there will be an Item of business which will be of interest to every teacher In the ? ountry. All teachers are invited to attend. MISS E. W. McLEAN, President. lo-f-2t. id Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aim ER. S. C, WEDMESE MHO CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES.! NATIONAL MBAGfTE CHAMPIONS DHC AT PKTROIT TIGERS. Pittsburg Capture* the First Game Of the World's Series, in Spite of Miillln's Masterly Pitching?Ameri? can > Are Outplayed in Every De? partment After the First Three In? ning's. , Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 8.?Pittsburg, the National League champions, won the first game of the world's champ? ionship series by the score of 1 to 1 at Fortes Field today. After the early innings Detroit was outclassed in every department of the game, al? though in the first three sessions the American leaguers outplayed their . opponents. An immense crowd, 29,264 paid ad? missions?a new record for attend? ance in a world's series game, wit? nessed the exciting battle. The great majority were Pittshurg supporters, hut a large delegation of Detroit en? thusiasts made plenty of noise in the early Innings. Manager Fred Clarke and Tommy I Leach were the stars of the Pittsburg aggregation. It was Clarke who broke the apparently Impregnable wall of, Mulllna wonderful pitching with a smashing home run into tho right field bleachers in the fourth inning and tied the score. Thl3 appeared to take all the play out of the Detroit team and scoring was comparatively easy for Fltrsburg after that. Leach*s sensational catch of a ter? rific drive from Ty Cobb's trusty bat with two Detroit men on bases in th'? seventh inning saved the game. Leach was playing deep for Cobb, but this drive went almost to the centre field stand, and H was only after a hard backward run that the diminutive star was "able to make the thrilling catch. Both George Mull in and Charles Adams pitched admirably. AUnm*, In the opening round, gave two bases on balls and allowed two hits. Then ho steadied, Detroit not getting more than one hit an inning, * Mullln was a complete enigma to, * f , * the locals in the frrsr three innings. when he did not allow a hit arfd gave but one base on balls. lie had re? tired two PittsbuTg men in the fourth,) when Clarke made his corking homcj run. On Delehanty's Tiditrulous error at the beginning of the fifth, Abstem made three bases. This was followed by a two-bajgger 'try Gibson aad an? other error by Bush, gave Pittsburg two rune and the game. Mullln, however, pitched a remark? able anme throughout. In the fifth mnmg Mullln hit Tiryne in the head with a pitched, 'ball and ft looked tor an instant as Chough he had kaecftced out the little third base? man, but after a few mlnsrtes he got | up and trotted to first. Pittsburg played with machine-lik? decks ton all the way. Bryne and Gib? son starred with clever bits of field? ing. The presence of the leading 'batter of each Ibesgue?Cobb and Wagner? created great interest, and the -work of born men was closely watched, as many bets have been made as to which will hit better starring the Se? rien. Wagner today made a two-bag? ger and was hit in four times up, giv? ing htm an average of :ZZZ. Cobb was up tour time.., and 'drew a base on balls and scored Detroit's only run. Cobb also stole a buse in the fifth inning, and it was on this play that Wagner made a remarkable one handed scoop of Gibson's low and wide throw. The play was close, and the Pittsburg men disputed Umpire IO'LoughTin's decision for some time before they would continue the game. THE MURRAY CASE. Columbia, Oct. 10.?The extradi? tion of George Murray, the colored ex-congrtssmun. is causing units a stir over in Sumter. Mr. J. H. Grady. agent for the State, who conveyed the requisition papery from the office of Governor Ansel, has returned without the prisoner. The Governor of Illi? nois has given Murray thirty days of ??race, and in the meantime eflfocts are being made to present u petition j io Governor Ansel for the conditional pardon of Murray or the withdrawal of the requisition papers from the Governor of Illinois. Governor Ansel is out of the city today, and, therefore, an expression could not be had from him as to his stand in the matter. But It is a well established rule with the Governor that h<- does not pardon a man unless the man actually begins serving his sentence and then seldom ever. Gov? ernor Ansel was pressed to send for Murray. and? after some delay the State bore the expenses of the extra? dition arrangements.?News and I Courier. and i is't at be thy Country's, Thy God's ax )AY. OCTOBER 13. ] PELLAGRA DUE 10 BID WATER. ARMY SURGEONS ANNOUNCE IM? PORTANT DISCOVERY. Dread Disease May be Caused by Spoiled Corn Also, But the Latter Is Not Thought to be the Onlj Cause or Even tlie Main Cause Washington, Oct. 8.?Army sur geons have Just made important dis? coveries as to the origin of the dread disease "pellagra." These discoveries have been made at Peoria, at the Il? linois State General Hospital for the Insane, where a cio>* study of the db ease has been conducted by Sur? geons Joseph F. Siler and Henry J. Nichols. It has been found that spoiled corn or corn which has for* rr.ented does not cause the trouble It appears that patients afflictc 1 with pellagra have first undergone an af? fliction of the intestinal tract, resemb? ling dysentery, which is often 1 rought about by an impure supply of water. It appears that the army surgeons found great ignorance at the Peoria Hospital as to the nature of pellagra. It is alleged that severa' hospital attendants were discharged because of the belief they had scald? ed pellagra patients. The peeling cuticle on the hands and arms, the authorities thought, was caused by scald! ig water instead of by a dis? ease. That the disease at the Peoria Hospital was due to impure -vater is said to be well estaMlshed. According to Capt. Siler, pellagra has lately been discovered in New York. He expects other communities, however, soon to be heard from. The army surgeons do not consider th*?y have found out all there is to be found about the origin of the disease. They still look on corn as one of the food products that may cause it, but it is considered that many eat? able foods of a starchy nature may also be responsible In part. It is thought pellagra is caused by the ac? tion of starchy substances on the damaged linings of the intestines. It Is said to be now prevailing in North Carolina at an alarming rate. FARMER KILTED AT GINNT^RY. George W. Browne of York County Caught In Maehiery of Engine Died From Injuries. Rock Hl IV Oct. 8.?Mt. Geo. W. Browne, a prominent and well-to-do farmer of thlB county, living In the River Bend Bectlon, east of this city, was so badly injured at his ginnery this morning about 8 ?"'clock that he d'ed a short while afterwards. It Is not known jest how the acci? dent occurrred, but Mr. Brown* was around the engine and it is supposed, there being no one else near at the time, that his clothing got caught in some way In the fly wheel ef the en? gine and he v as whirled around the shafting, posiiibly several hundred times before he was discovered, and the engine stopped. When taken out both legs were fewnd to be broken and he was badly Injured otherwise. LABORER GETS FAT SALARY. $10,000 Per Annum Paid Him By Great Leather Company. Elizabeth. N. J., Oct. 8.?John T. George, although employed as a common laborer in the plant of the Harrington Leather Company, enjoys a salary of $10.000 a year. That was his salary under contract as vice president of the company until it was bought out by the United States Leather Company recently. The new owners asked for Mr. George's resignation, he refused and then came an order directing Mr. Georg'e to dr an apron and report in the ?? r work. Again Mr. George su.,.:sed the trust by doing that very thing. He came to work in his automobile and had his chauffeur call for him In time to take him to lunch. Since then Mr. George has been keeping It up and says that he rather enjoys it. He receives no extraordi? nary privileges and may see no visi? tors dining working hours, but once his apron is off, Mr. George become the wealthy man again and drives home in his automobile as he has ?lone for years. He says that he will never quit. ANOTHER STORM WARNING. New Orleans. Oct. 8.?At 9 a. m. today tin4 weather bureau repeated its storm warning of last night. A tropi? cal disturbance i-s sa*d to be still cen? tral over the gulf, just to the south of the western half of Cuba. Masters und pilots have been advised. No further bulletins were issued during the day. \m. BY JURY. OBSERVANCE OF ONE LAW AND CHANGE OF OTHERS NEEDED. Yok e of Judge Is Raised In Behalf of Justice in South Carolina?Admir? able Analysis of Weakness? The Remedies. To the Editor of The State: The late trials in the Richland court of sessions and the result r*f them have caused a storm of criticism of courts and Juries. The public mind ought now to be in the right temper to receive any truth which may find | lodgment there. The object of this communication is to ascertain the uth. It is true juries sometimes go wrong, but so do judges, and so do all human agencies. The highest court in the land, or perhaps in the world, hag more than once aroused public protest by its judgment. But as long as men violated law they must be tried for it; and the only agency to try them is men, be th*y called jurors or judges. The fundamental law of the nation and of the State lodges the power ot trial in the Jury, and that can not be changed unless the constitution shall be changed. The constitution Of the State does declare that Jurors must be electors I and men of good moral character. If that qualification should always be observed in the selection of jurors, there would be no room to complain. But men often get in the box who are not men of good moral character. The statute law has prescribed how the jury box shall be filled; the agency to fill; the number of names Lhat shall be put in; the time when and the palce where and the man? ner in which it shall be done. Here, then, is room for the exercise of wisdom and of care. If right names are not put inthe box they can not be drawn out; and if wrong names go in. Nthey must come out at the drawing. The only remedy at this point, the fountain head of the stream. fl^H throve* "upon whom is css*sW-th'e select men of good moral character, j to see that only such are selected. No new law on tTae subject is needed; the only thing needed Is to see that the law is fulfilled. It orten happens, however, oftener than otherwise, that good names go into the box and are drawn out in the court room, but these men do not sit, for one reason or another. They too often seek to be excused, and some of them assign the most frivolous reasons in order to escape service. For their conduct there is some good ground but only some. The confinement of 13 men in a room pending the trial, and before they retire to make up their verdict, is an old practice. It obtains in the United States courts and in the courts of many of the States. It is nevertheless a bad practice, and it causes good men. used to the comforts of life, to shun jury service. And the impounding of the jury in a room, until they all 9hall have agreed on the bame thing, is as old as the law. But it is a practice against which good sense rebels and will re? bel as long as men are called to sit on juries. **? Unanimity in the jury room has long since been abandoned in conser? vative Scotland, and it ought to be abandoned here; until it has been, sensible men will avoid so hard and unreasonable a service. In the con? vention of 1895 an ordinance was pro? posed to allow less than the entire jury to return a verdict; it was intro? duced by a distinguished lawyer, and it was opposed by another, both of whom had large practice in the court Of session.-. The measure was defeat? ed. The bar alone can secure such B reform. Tlu.re reasons stated above operate to keep desirable men out of the box. but there*is yet andother reason. When good men's nettles gel Into ih<* I ox and when they ar-* Willing t<? serve, yet they can not sit, they are peremptorily challenged i>y the de? fense. For the crimes <>? mur ier, man? slaughter, arson, rape, grand larceny, burglary and forgery the statute law allows the defendant to exercise ten such challenges; and for other offen? ses five such challenges. And If there be two defendants. ?,n trial for the same offense, they may exercise 20 such challenges! The whole panel consists .?f 36 men. but generally not more than from 30 to 34 will be present to serve. By all the law of chances onl> 12 of these men will be forceful characters; that is a large proportion. Of these 12, the chance is that only one-half or two-thirds will be drawn out of E SOUTHRON, Established June, 18M km?Vol. XXX. No. 14. CROP CONDITION REPORTS. ESTIMATES SPRING WHEVJ YIEI.O AT ?91 848,000 BUSHEIjS. Figures for Corn States?Average Condition for United State* is 7S.& As Against 77.8 October l, IflOg? Tobacco Ml.5. Washington, Oct. 8.?The crop re? porting board of the department of. agriculture today made public the following estimates of crops on Octo? ber 1, last: Corn condition 73.8, as compared with 77.8 on the same date last year; spring wheat, quality. 90.B? as compared with 88.1 in 190.8; spring and winter wheat. combined average quality 90.4, as compared with 89.4 la*t year; oats, quality, < 91.4, as compared with 81.4 a year ago. The indicated total production of spring wheat is about 291.848,00a bushels, against 224,194,000, the final estimate in 1908; of spring and win? ter wheat combined 724,7(8,000 bush? els, compared with (44,402,000 last* year, and of oats about 9 8 3.H18.00C-' bushels, against 807,154,000 last year. Comparisons for Southern, oorr.? States follows: Ton year Ott. Aver. 72 Oct. 1. Oft. 1 1909 m* States Texas.50 8 2 Georgia.87 4* 82 Oklahoma. . . .44 7.3- 74 Kentucky . . .82 75 80 Tennessee . . .74 82 72r Alabama ... .79 83 7? North Carolina .71? 82 81 Arkansas ... .44 79 7* Mississippi . . .47 ?1 75 Louisiana. . . .84 81 78 South Carolina . 81 %% 77 Virginia ... .74 i9 84 United States. . 73.Sr 77.8 79.2 The average condition of tobacco 31.5, against 84.1 last year, with im? portant States: Kentucky 81, North Carolina 77. Virginia 88. Ohio SS, Pennsylvania 44, Tennessee 82. Wie consin 75, South Carolina 84,-QflfJ The gift of a loving cup to the Ja? panese navy by men who participated in the round-the-world cruise is the latest utter ignoring of the Hobson sentiment.?Phihv elphia Ledger. the hat by the boy. Against them, the peremptory chal? lenge promptly exercised, and the ? weak men on the paael are sworn, tc * try the case. The operation is perfect for its work; it is almost automatic; it may be observed any day where a court sits and men are on trial for grave of? fenses. The legislature alone can remedy * this defect in Jury trials, for it is ?/ ? serious defect. Here a new law Is needed. This summary rejection of good men, without cause, *e itself a sub? ject of mortification to them an<3 leads them to avoid lie maniteslaitor - by dodging jury service And all these causes lead good men to avoid registration and to thereby become disqualified for jury service. The names of such disquali tled citizens never get into the )ux> box. of course. But there is yet another cause: the legislature has exempted a large an.t select clam from compulsory Jury service, they are named in the statute and aggregate somtthing like 40 classes. These names are not put feh the* box, and if they happen to be, the.* privileges of the statute ar? im? mediately claimed and, of course, al? lowed. An examaination of the large and varied and excellent classes of citi? zens who are thus exempt from jury service will astonish the uninformed . Among them arc all numbers, teach? ers, doctors, druggists, cashiers, tel? lers, editors, printers a'id numerous others. Why should any man be exempt from a service which 50 ' keenly affects the public gO< d ! It is not surprising that thai net? work of Impediment otrmhtm * nahe Jury trials in the court Of PtsstOUO a hazardous business. but bank of ' these causes, and mere pctem than, them, there are yet two <obstacles to right verdicts. Public opinion m not airaipned en i the side of the law. and Juries, like men. follow public opinion. Why public opinion is not for the enforcement of law is a erofoendes question. A large number of the bar pr* ter ft verdict for their elieai to. I vofdlnfl for truth. Why a I the bar is net fOY* rift* ver let is a serious issue, for the tar and for the State. "Onlooker