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lien the trst letJtai ser ? legist! j ay> *t?aa and toetudi In flfct 'fntt and indem to ) eecaai ami $i?o, the It It neinted aCTby th< official* that mm*tu aaaaanra win meet a public Ml fee tj ?*??? and safe means tf?naenlttiae1 Christrtas packanes others mi fcks chsroctsr, snd that grsataslhill of the fee In accor ce wVtB) the risk involved and the Of ears necessary to insure In In accord with principles, been suggested that the a step further by ?ste? te? raise the limit of fee so that the depart - in full liability for all sacSpted for registration and an adequate chsrge for Ibtllty undertaken. %nase4 JsBashess M It assa has b Cotton Stalks. Oe., Oct. It.?The Southern ?n Stalk Paper Co.? through Its native. Mr. J. R Green, of At fceatn, met the business men of this Be yesterday and competed all the arrangements looking to I pott In r In a paper mill it this place to manufacture paper rom cotton stalks, of a 20-ton-per-d* y capacity, that will cost from $7?.001? to tlOtt.OOu tred the stockholders here it the mill would be In operation lens than six months from date. The Ensign Oskamp sawmill sits just north of town, at the crossing of the Seaboard Air Line and the Atlanta Birmingham 4k Atlanta Railroad i. with an arteslsn well and a storage building loc.ited thereon been secured for the mill. The first mill to be constructed by this company will be at Cordeh , Ga.. snd at this place wilt be the second of the l as r I es of the ssversl the c< mpsny pro to put up. sll tn tie Southern A test of the product from rotion stalks heretofore made Is a guarantee of the success >f this now Southern enterprise, and I . Is no long? er an sxperlment. but the zotton plan? ters wilt find s resdy market for what than been heretofore not only a worth? less) product, but sn tncumbrance of ttr farms.?Manufsctur? re' Record. The big advertisement cf O'Donueii Co. Is addressed to housekeeper* psrticular. Those who ire furnish? es; or refurnishing will be Interest In the prices quoted. m Msyssvllle dispensary was id Saturday night, the utock of Itq havlng been sold out. The local imarv sf rapidly cloa ng out the aad will probably close before tth instant. Ths sales Saturday to more than 11.80?) ?Be Just at l. SUMT Conen to 5 mm. 8JHNATOR SMITH EXPECTS TO SEE FAMINE PRICES. Ttse Junior Senator Is Informed by Statistician N'eal That the Crop Will Probably he About Ten end a Half Million Bales?Nr. Smith Explain* The Mill Curtailment Movement. Florence, Oot SO.?United States ^Senator S. D. Smith la in receipt of u fetter from Statistician R. L. Neal. [ WH? advance sheets of a circular to be it out. showing that, after a trip the South, the moat careful eetl of the cotton crop this year indl a possible cotton crop of 10,620, bales. agreeing with a recent esti? mate Issued by Senator Smith. From exporters Senator Smith teams that U Is expected, if the gov errment report Issued next week on cotton confirms private advices, cot tea Will he bound to reach yfamine prices. Sneaking of the recent cur? tailment of production by the mills, the senator1 today said: "The ourtailment by the mills Is not because of the high price of the staple, nor the depression In the price J of goods, but because the spinners see that there Is hot going to be cotton enough to keep the mills busy until the next crop, and a shutting down is Inevitable. They make,** convenience of necessity now In the nope such ac? tion will depress ootfhn, While they buy greedily whersve^^ey can, de ilte their argument. "The farmers now htrve an oppor? tunity to eee how corporations stick to their organisation when business in? terest demands individual action. Just as was the csse with thja farmer when he rushed his cotton \& market, to their amusement, de?pit* the farmers' organisation. "This is now the farmers' day, thank OodV 1 la Genes at MeeAiig. Manning, Oct It.?Tip Cotton ket at this place, whloj^has held up well all this season, got fhto the 16 itfs^^^sw ^wfcrwsp^i^nrwsnr-wewi sw^trw and sold, however and tbe high price will not benefit a great many. Quite a number of farmers in this county sold cotton early In the season for fall delivery at 10 cents and it makes them sick to see the price going up. Many ave been selling at the higher prices recently prevailing are buying new horses buggies pianos organs etc., and trade generally has been quite brisk, while the merchants are having better collections than In any fall for several years past. A good crop of corn, hay, oats and feed stuff general? ly has combined to place the farmers In poatlon to actually enjoy the good prices for cotton. 15 Cents at Lauren*. Laurens, Oct. SO.?Cotton reached the IS-cent mark here today. How? ever, the bulk of the day s receipts, something like four hundred bales, was bought at 14 3-4c. Cotton King at Abbeville. Abbeville. Oct. 30.?Cotton Is king In Abbeville today. It sold on the Ab? beville market during the day for 15 cents per pound. Will Clo?e> Two Days a Week. Charlotte, N. C, Oct 30.?At a meeting of all the cotton mills of Al amanac county, held at Burlington to? day it was unanimously resolved to curtail production to the extent of two days a week, or one-third time, until February next. The agreement goes into effect immediately and every mill in th county to the number of 26 sign? ed up. In the aggregate nearly 200, 000 spindles and 6,000 looms are af? fected and nearly 20,000 operatives. 1 IRE IN NE WHERRY. Maze Threatened Business Section of Town. Newberry, Oct . 31.?Fire at 3 o'clock this afternoon destroyed the livery stables of B. T. Bishop, T. C. Bool and A. L Knlghton. The fire started In the loft of the Blflhop stables. All the buildings were of wood. The loss Is covered by insur? ance. The fire was near the business section, which was in great danger, but was saved by the good work of tlig firo department. Big Financial Distribution. Toronto, Nov. 1.?Between today and Nov. 15 over 1 14.000 checks, ag? gregating $625.000. will be sent out by the National Trust Company as the first 25 p^r cent, dividend to the cred? itors of the defunct York County Loan Company. Receipts of the dividend are scattered all over the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan. id Fear not-~Let all the ende Thou Aim ER. S. 0., WEDNESI NEGRO STATE FAIR. TO BE A GRKATKR SUCCESS THAN LAST YEAR, Will Be Held In Batesburg Instead of Columbia But Change Will be Bene? ficial?A Very Large Attendance Expected. Columbia, Oct. 30.?Special: Last year's negro State fair in Columbia being a success both financially and in the nature of the exhibits and the attendance, a still better success Is an ?lew for the State colored fair to be held at Batesburg the week fol? lowing the white folks State fair in Columbia. The same general manage? ment la In charge for the negroes this year as carried last year's project to success, except that it has ben ma? terially strengthened, and the last year's success has heartened not only the management and stirred it to greater effort and better system so as to profit by the mistakes of the past, but the colored people over the State themselves appear to have more con? fidence In the project, and there is every reason to believe that the at? tendance will be still better this year. Last year ths attendance exceeded 16,000. The leading white people of Bates? burg are taking an active interest In the enterprise, and in addition to providing splendid grounds and ade? quate buildings are individually assist? ing in making the enterprise a suc? cess. The same railroad rates on all of the roads In the State will apply to the colored fair as* were acquired for the white fair. The rate will be a fare and a third for the round trip for distances between 100 miles and one and a third fare for the round trip plus 25 cents for gr??ter distances. The railroads hove also made the same concessions to shipments of exhibits. The first day ~bf? thu fair, Tuesday, November 9, will be devoted to fra? ternal orders, when there will be much parading with tanners and en 4jfe4a.and a deal of speech making. Ts^le** *U%rfg* en ee*?r%t ht der doings and this will be a great day. Wednesday will be farmer's day, and ought to be mos: productive of good. There will be speeches by Congressman Lever and Dr. Ira W. Williams, and other prominent white men. Senator TUlman has been in? vited to talk on farming, but has not yet been heard from. Governor Ansel will likely not be able to attend on ac? count of having to be absent from the State. I Tuesday will be Georgia Day, whon I big crowds from Augusta and nearby i territory will be on hund. The fea? ture of this day will be addresses by Dr. C. T. Walker, of Augusta, and Dr. B. H. Moses, of Washington, and Rev.: A. C. Kennely, and others. Friday will be educational day, and there will be a big whooping up for education all along the line. On Saturday, which will be devoted to children, there will be a big prize baby show, and the contests for the prizes will be moet exciting. Every day ther will be mule races, fox chases, trotting races and a plen? ty of good clean side shows. Like last year's show in Columbia, the affair will be free from disorder. The excellent conduct which prevailed at all times here was much comment? ed upon by the whites last year. There was no drunkenness here; none is expected in Batesburg, but if it shows up the victims will be promptly hand? led. Ample provision has been made for that. A big crowd is expected from Sum ter. BOOZER KILLING AN ACCIDENT. Brother Who Slew Brother Did So Un? intentionally. Lexington, Oct. 31.?Coroner Clarke conducted an Inquest today over the body of Ross Boozer, the young white man who was shot and killed by his brother, Daly Boozer, late yesterday afternoon. The jury returned a ver? dict of accidental killing. There were only two witnesses to the terrible tragedy?the wife of the unfortunate man killed and Daly Boozer. Each swore that the shooting was acciden? tal and the jury so found. Ross Boozer was buried this after? noon at St. Thomas's Church, Dutch Fork. There will bo no rush of cotton to market during November?most of the weak cotton has come Into sight and the men who have held cotton thus far will hold still longer. They will not be frightened by a speculative slump in prices but will hold fast the cotton which the mills need and must have. i**t at be thy Country'^ Thy God's ant )AY. NOVEMBER 3, ALL NEW YORK GUESSING. MANY KINDS OP PREDICTION a MADE BY POLITICAL PRO? PHETS, Practically No Betting Done?Brood Guage Men Say It Will be Gaynor? Murphy Making the Fight of His Life. Now York, Oct 30.?Never in the history of New York city elections has it been so difficult to get a line on the. vote as in the present contest, which will be settled Tuesday. Leaders of the Democratic and Republican or? ganisations have sent their lieutenants out three different times to make house-to-house canvoeses, and the fig? ures brought back have been incom? plete and unsatisfactory each time. No one can tell with any degree of accuracy what the count Tuesday will "how. There are political wise men who say that Qaynor will be elected by 150,000 plurality, while others, with all sincerity, declare that Ban? nard, the Republican nominee, will be elected by pollir.?r his party vote In addition to thousands of Democratic conservatives, who regard both Qay? nor and Hearst as radicals. There are still others who assert that Bannard will make a miserable shawing, that Gaynor will lose thousands of votes, and that Hearst will be swept into of? fice. Those who take the broadest view of the situation believe that Judge Gaynor Will be elected by something like 60,000 and that it will be nip and tuck for all the other places on the ticket, with Tammny losing probably half of its county ticket. There Is practically no beetlng. Ten thousand dollars was offered today at evens that Hearst would run third, but no takers appeared. Wagers placed on the head of the ticket arc two to one, Gaynor against the field. The present contest is the more 1 in? teresting because it may mean the downfall of the Murphy regime in Tammany or the elevation to high leadership of Congressmon Herbert Parson,s, who is the Republican leader at New Y^rk county. Murphy is fighting desperately, real? izing that if he loses, the rebellious element of his organization will rise and demand a change of leadership. He has played a hard game four years ?being at odds with the Mayor all that time and kept on a stingy diet of patronage?and it is only by dis? playing flashes of genius, such as most persons do not know be posses? ses, that he has kept himself intrench? ed in the chair long held by "Dick" Croker. On the other hand, Herbert Parsons, who is the new type of leader, and whose ambition is to laad in the Uni? ted States senate, will find himself one of the big men in his party If he suc? ceeds at last in giving the Republicans a substantial foothold in New York county, for a half century the fortress of Tammany Hall. He has been work? ing for six years to prepare for this very contest and it is generally believ? ed that if he succeeds, his path to the United States senate as the successor of Chauncey M- Depew will be rose strewn. The strongest efforts are still being put forth to make the "White slave" traffic the leading issue against Tam? many. Reformers from various parts of the country are sending on state? ments designed to show that the traf? fic in human lives in the metropolis is an actuality, and the statements are eagerly accepted by the reform news? papers. Tammany declares that the new issue is a boomerang. Judge Gaynor is making nightly campaign tours which are truthfully described as "whirlwind." So marked a contrast is his campaign to the tran? quil life he has always lived that he has begun to show signs of wearines. He also chafes under the repeated at? tacks made upon him. He is manag? ing his own campaign and frequently fails to appear at meetings which have been arranged by the regular organi ' zatlon. Mr. Bannard, the Republican nomi? nee, is also showing evidence of fati? gue from his nigutly romps through the boroughs. He has done no mud slinging, leaving that for the other Republican campaigners, and has given only plain talks promising a business administration. I_ Abolish Smoking Cars j ' i Chicago, Nov. 1.?The abolition of smoking cars on some of the suburb? an traction lines today hos aroused meat indignation among the commu tori given to the solace of tobacco while going to and from their wrk. Several protest meetings have been held. Clarance A. Knight, president of the Chicago & Oak Park Elevated road, originated the movement. - if . 1909. & jjew Seri THt iflONEY MARKET. PERIOD OF UNCERTAINTY STOCK MARKET ENDS. IN Speculative Atmosphere Cleared by Renewed Confidence in the I inter? national Money Situation and by Improved Industrial Conditions? Excited Speculation in Cotton Mar? ket an Adverse Factor. New York, Oct. 31.?The relaxed tone of the money market in New York last week cleared the specula? tive atmosphere to some extent and the stock market merged through ? I period of uncertainty and irregularity into substantial recovery. The deter? mination of the directors of the Im? perial Bank of Germany to leave the minimum discount rate unchanged at 5 per cent was the initial factor in imparting renewed confidence over the international money outlook, A state? ment made by the authorities ot the Bank of France to the Associated Press was a potent influence in the same direction not only in its asser? tion of the unwillingness of that insti? tution to loan gold to the Bank of England on the same terms as in 1907, in case of necessity, but in its expressed opinion that the situation called for no such meaure. The Bank of England, under these circum? stances, contented Itself with the 5 per cent, official discount rate established the week before. The money market in New York was sensibly relaxed. A substantial relief to the New York money market was afforded by the placing in Paris of large blocks of New York city revenue warrants, which served to meet maturities of similar warrants coming due on No? vember 1, and held in large amounts by foreign investors. Later in the week there came complaints from London of the reappearance of Amer? ican borrowings there, effected through the inducement of a liberal commission. The increased offerings of funds which made their appearance in the New York stock market and re? vived thel?l er'speculation' was ascrib? ed to^these operations. The revised speculation owed no small part, also, to industrial consider? ations. The first impression made by the quarterly report of the United State Steel Corporation was one of disappointment. In the maturer con? sideration, however, the unfilled or? ders tonnage was pointed to as a fav? orable condition. Supplementary re? ports of the large volume of orders placed dally since the first of October, and the better prices since established confirmed this more favorable view of the situation. Some special signifi? cance was attached to the new strength manifested by the copper se? curities. One of the contributory influences in the Week's stock market was the revival of railroad deal rumors espe? cially concerning the supposed future projects of Edwin Hawley. The ex? cited speculation In the cotton mar? ket, the high price for that staple and the widespread movement towards curtailment of output, which has fol? lowed amongst spinners not only in this country but in England, was re? garded as a distinctly advere factor. VICTOR BLUE PROMOTED. Carolina Officer In the Navy Will Command Gunboat Yorktowii. Washington, Oct. 30.?His first im? portant command was ?lvein>to Lieut. Commander Victor Blue yesterday when the navy deportment assigned him to the gunboat YorUtovvn. Com? mander Blue won fame and a promo tlon by locating the Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor and carrying the first information in regard to its exact lo? cation back to the American fleet. For some time be has been the executive ofticr of the North Carolina. He is a native of Marion and his relatives there will no doubt be pleased to learn of his promotion. BABY BORN OF I>EA1> MOT11EK. Physicians Save Infant's Life After .Mother Has Committed Suicide. Philadelphia. Pa. Oct. 31.?After Mrs. May Schneider had committed suicide today by drinking rarbollC acid, a healthy baby girl aas born in the hospital where the woman had been taken. Mrs. Schneider, who was eighteen years obi, swallowed the poison in the room she occupied With her husband. she was quickly removed to a hospital where she died shortly after her ad? mission. After a hasty preparation. The physicians performed a Caesarian operation and succeeded in saving the life of the baby. C0TI* : SOUTHRON, Established Jane, ISM es?Vol. XXX. !io. 20. TWELVE PERISH IN MINE. FATAL EXPIATION IN SHAFT NEAR JOHN STOW fi, PA. Disaster is Tlioughl to Have Keen Caused by Dynamite Explosion, Though Mine Officials Deny This? Victime, All of Whom Are Foreign? ers, Suffocated by Poisoneas Gases. Johnstown, Pa., Oct. 31.?Twelve men were killed in the Cambria Steel Company's coal mine two miles from here tonight, as the result of what >r ?.opposed to have been a dynamite ex ploion. All the dead are foreigners. Three men escaped with their lives by a perilous clhmb on life ladders through poisonous mine gases and falling slate up the walls of the main shaft. At the time of the explosion only fifteen workmen, all track lay? ers, were in the mine. The explosion occurred at sundown as the workmen were putting their tools away at the end of their day's* work. FIGHT WEEVILS WITH FIRE. Louisiana Cotton Planters Have Cleared Their Felds and Burned the Rubbish. New Orleans, Nov. 1.?Reports from throughout the cotton regions of Louisiana indicate that practically all of the fields have been cleared and the cotton stalks burned, in accord? ance with a general movement to ac? complish this end before the llrst of November. Mass meetings, attended by both white planters and negro tenants, have been held in many section?;, and pledges exacted to conform to sugges? tions from government entomologists as to forestalling the boll weevil rav? ages next planting season. Effective work by federal agents has brought a change of sentiment in favor cf mod? ern methods in fighting the cotton, pest and this winter will find few hib? ernating places for the weevil. GET RID OF WHITE HORSES. Government Employs Cannot Draw Money Between Pay Days. Woshington, Nov. 1.?By an-order effective today, the last of the "white horses" has passed away in Ike de? partment of justice. These "v. hite horses" are not of equine stock, but constitute part of a fiscal transaction that has been current procedure at many offices, though never specially, authorized by law, a wsy of accom? modating employes in need of funds between pay days. Attorney-General Wickersham ha?? found that many employes have got? ten into the habit of running shy of ' funds Just after pay day, which oc? curs twice a month, and of exchang? ing with the disbursing officer r. oa. ceipt on white paper for an advance' of part of their salaries. Mr. Wickersham figured out thaf twice a month afforded ample tvf/f-or thnity for securing and husbanding* salaries, and the result of his investi? gation are embodied in an order'he has just issued, which will pa*s into history with government employes as "Department Circular No. 116." di? rected to the officers and employ*?* otf the department, "and to others ion cerned." The order direct*- that on ami after today no payments will be made on account of salary between the regular pay days, 'unless fir*t ap? proved by the Attorney-' U n? ral v- his priv ate secretary or the Soli? itor-tlen ral." The order adds: "Thi*! applies not only to employes in the department proper now paid twice a mon'h in? cash, but to all employes ot th" gov? ernment, who are paid by th*- disburs? ing clerk of the department of jus tic^ once a month by check. On and after today, the regular pay days for employes of this department, who arc paid In cash twice a month will be the 1st and 16th. No check* of any dc Bcrlption whatever will be csjgbjael by. i'Af disbursing clerk." DO YOl WANT A ITANO? Great Vottag tontest to be Conducted' By Ostccu Publishing tVnipsny. There is BOW on display at the Sa? voy a $4im) piano which it* to be the capital prize In a voting contest which* the Oeteen Publishing Co., (Daily Item and Watchman and Southron) will inaugurate. The piano is a ?tan dard make and is guaranteed by tin manufacturers. Full pertteulars of the contest will be published In ? few days. If you want the haadeOBM piano <>r wish a friend to have it you have the opportunity to accomplish yom desire by a little work in spare time It is a prize worth striving for.