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Consolidated Au*. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1911. Vol. XXXIII. No. 18
NITON GMNEIS' REPORT
VK.R 7,710.000 HAI.I s riiKIVVllKD
>R MARKI-rr TO OCTOBKR 18
ArthU* la rirkiitK Ha* Resulted In
(?Inning Krrr Known at
HtAa*- of lam \
w Cottoa ginning throughout the
South since the picking of the crop
at 1111 began haa been carried on
with nveater activity thin *eeson than
In any year la the history of the In?
dustry *i? hm% resulted In the un
Sr*c?di nteU quantity of 7,740.634
Jba.es of cotton ginned to October 18.
The census bureau report Issued at
la o'clock today showed that great**
quantltlfA wsre ginned during the
?aason In evsry cotton State except
Oklahoma.
^JIThers wars I.ll6,000 bales more
^ian were ginned last year to the
same dato. 1.Sit.740 belie nor* than
ittg ths reo rd crop year of 1904,
47.7 per cent of that year's total
of 11.497.S10 running bales were
to October 18 and 1.444.488
than the btg crop year of 1908,
47.1 per osnt of the year's
crop of 11.481.1 SI running bales were
ginned to that date.
Throughout the growing season va?
rious conditions caused the crop to
?nature much earlier than In most
previous years and harvest conditions
(pare b?#n excellent In mo?t district*
of ths cotton belt.
In Texas ths ginning surpassed pre?
records by more than 600,000
in Georgia by 348,000 bales; in
Algae ana by 119.000 bales; In North
Carolina by 119.000 bales, and <nr
PSoeth Carolin? by 132,000 bales.
Census Report.
Washington. Oct. 25.?The census
Screen's third cotton ginning report.
Showing the number of bales of cot
rof the growth of 1111 ginned prior
OetOv*v tl. was Issued at 10 a. m.
satsap. The number of running bales,
as*, jtff round aa half bales, with
g>ggppai;ajtfra statistics to the eorre
-,ggj gating 4eto lor the pant three yearn
'and ths percentage of ths total crop I
gtaned to that data la those years. Is!
asj fellows:
S* t'ntted States: 7.740.634 balea com.
pared with 8.432.628 bales last year,
when 46 f per cent of the entire crop
was ginned to October 18; 8.510,167
bales In 1909. when 14.t *?r cent was
ginned, and 6.116,166 hale* In 1808. !
I^trhen 48.1 per cent was ginned.
The number of round bales Included
was 13.668. compared with 66.183
bales last y+r, 88.716 balea In 1 809.
and 116,710 bales in 1908.
Ths number of see Island balea in
eluded was 46.034, compared with 15.
?,691 balsa last year. 16.481 bft| m in
M999. end 81.013 bales In 190?.
Olnning by mates, with ccmparl
sons and ths percentage of totf.l crop
ginned to October 19 in QffgltWsl
yeara. follows:
Alabama
Ter ct.
i Tsars Olnned. of crop
1911.814.687
1910. 181.116 44.1
1969. 618.111 49.1
1906 . 694,104 61.1
Arkansas.
1911 . 177,971
1.1910. 161,3*3 ?0.2
1909. 330.964 47.4
1991. 147.461 14.9
Fkirtdn.
1911. 41,178
1910. 17,138 40.6
1909. 86.006 66.6
1908. 14,017 48.1
Georgia.
1911 .1,647.187
1919. 911.611 60.4
1909.1.111,141 60.1
1998.1,119.118 86.6
Loeislans.
1911 . 176 446
1919. 118.770 46.1
1999. 141.977 85.7
1998. 107.992 44.6
Mississippi.
1911.114,976
1919.. . 388.861 29.6
1999. 390.096 36.4
190?. 111.399 38.4
Nortii Carolina.
1911 . 439,466
?918. 180.141 13.1
1999. 163.040 40.2
190?. 276,111 40.4
Oklahoma.
1911. 391.011
1910 . 421.626 45.8
1909 399.129 69.6
1908 . 132.566 19.2
South Carolina.
1911 . 792.911
1919. 616.23? 42.6
1999. 624..101 54.9
1906. 660.679 54.9
[911. 12f..791
?10. |1.769 18.0
is>?9 im.::,o 42.1
HEBELS EXCITE MEXICO.
TFRBfLENT SC'EXES FOLLOW I\
( HAMHKK OF DEPUTIES.
Dl*MM?*fnctlon With Government
Lead* to Condemnation of Madcro
and Praise of Dial.
Mexico City. Oct. 25.?Shocked by
the realisation that the forces of
Emiliano Zapata had entered the fed- !
eral district, sacked a town and then
stood off a detachment of the federal
army, the chamber of deputies to?
night demanded that the acting min?
ister of war and the minister of the
Interior appear before that body and
render full reports regarding tho In?
surrection and the measures being
taken for its suppression. It was
agreed to remain in session until the
ministers appeared and that should
ths head of the war department fall
to report before morning r.o go to his
house.
The action of the deputies resulted
in a special session of the cabinet
snd It was agreed that the deputies
should be given, as soon as possible,
fthe details of the campaign against
the rebels.
Not in many weeks had there been
so tumultuous a scene in the
chamler. I.very paper in the
city carried long accounts of the bat?
tle of Mllpa Alta which stated that
.the Zapatistas had repulsed the fed?
erals. 1 Illing and wounding more than
half of the battalion sent against
them. ,
Late in the afternoon the report
reached the city of a night encount?
er between rebels and federals. This
news Increased the tension In the
chamber. Francisco I. Madero shared
ths denunciation leveled at the gov?
ernment by the excited deputies and
the galleries applauded.
' One deputy made compllentary
referynce to Dlax and his government
and again the audience shouted Its
approval.
Mllpa Alta today was In the hands
of the government troops. In the
streets.pf the town tonight some 60
bodies remain nnburled.
BOWEN HELD AT TILLMAX, 8. C?
Wonld-ho Rapist Reported Captured.
Will he Legally Dealt With.
Springfield. Oct. 25.?Several tele?
grams have been received here this
evening from Tillman. S. C, claim
.tue that the authorities have under
attest a negro answering the descrlp
|| ?n ?.f Arthur Bowen, who attempted
u criminal assault upon a well-known i
married woman here on Monday.
A party from here will meet Sher?
iff Bailey there tomorrow morning
for the purpose of Identifying him.
Some doubts are felt as to this be
Ing Bowen, as It Is generally believed
that he Is attempting to make his way
to Philadelphia, where he has rela?
tives. It Is practically certain that
he was assisted In making his es?
cape from Springfield and some
prosecutions may follow. Spring
field will legally handle Bowen, If he
Is caught, and that he will be cap?
tured Is the sentiment of the people.
KIl.i.FD BY THE STABLEMAN.
Capitalist's Daughter Wounded Be?
cause She Gave Reprimand.
San Jose, Cal.. Oct. 25.?Simon
Hotnero, a capitalist, was killed and
Miss Helen Quexada, daughter of
Francisco Quexada, a millionaire
planter of Costa Hlca, was wounded
early today by Manuel Garcia, a
stableman. Miss Quexada had repri?
manded him for riding her thor?
oughbred horse without permission.
Miss Quexada's life was probably
suved by Mrs. Ampreaao Zeledon, of
i Costa Hlca. a guest at the Quezada
(house, who Jumped on the murder
'er's oack as he ran at the girl aim?
ing his revolver. Garcia escaped and
a posse started In pursuit.
A lynching story really would not
Sg ' omplete without having In It
something about being "armed to
the teeth."?Charleston Post.
#90?. 131,073 39.2
Tesa*.
191 1 .2,694.067
1910.2,070,261 70.2
1909 . 1,675.42? 67.8
,1908. 2,047.796 56.5
All Other State*.
1911. 39,19? ....
1910. 8.540 10.2
1909. ll,Stl 34.6
190?. 23,623 32.3
?gg l-diiml Distribution.
Th ? distribution of ? ? | I land POl
Ion f.?r 1911 bv St..I. I Is:
Florl |a. . . . 1 r,.ioo
(b '.rgla.21.215
Sooth Carotins. .. .. 119
I
( ami: FROM BEHIND and BEAT
ATHLETICS in TENTH,
?randall t'ailed in as Heliof Pitcher j
?Helped t<> Tic leave i" Ninth?
(.apt. Doyle Hatting Star.
New York, Oct. 25.?The Giants
found their bats today and with but
one game between themselves and
defeaVt for the world's baseball
championship, won by the score of
4 to 3, In the tenth Inning of a sen?
sational, uphill struggle against the
Philadelphia Athletics and put them?
selves again In the running. Tonight
the world's series stands:
Philadelphia, won 3; lost 2.
New York, won 2; lost 3.
i
The national commission announc?
ed that the total attendance was 33,
228 and the total receipts $1.9,384.
Of this the national commission's
share was $6,938.20 and each club
received $31,222.80. No money went
to the players because the game to?
day was the fifth and it was stipulat?
ed that they should not receive any
share of the proceeds after the fourth
game.
While the Giants won largely by
hard and clean hitting, it was de?
clared tonight by Umpire Klem, the
National league official who worked
behind the plate, that had a timely
\ point been taken by the Athletics
ion the last play of the game, when'
with two out Larry Doyle slid home
with final tally, the runner would
have been declared out and the in?
ning ended with score still a tie, 3
to 3.
Doyle, according to Klem, did not
touch the plate, in sliding In. and it
needed only a protest by the visitors
to nullify the winning run. The tech?
nical point was not made, however,
and the game stands as a Giant vic?
tory.
Nobody In the stands knew any?
thing of this and the edge of the
crowd a enthusiasm was not dulled by j
the Injection of any technicalities.
Seldom, if ever, haa there been such
a scene of excitement witnessed on
the historic Polo grounds as during I
the sensational and winning rally of |
the Giants In the presence of a crowd
of nearly 36,000 persons. Discour?
aged by the loss of three straight
games, with their premier twirler,
Matthewson, twice beaten, their fa
mous left hander, Marquard, for the
second time taken out of the box af- I
? r a home run rap from a Philadel
I pnian's hat, and the score 3 to 1 j
against them, the New Yorkers
swung their bats against "Iron Man" I
I Jack Coombs* curves in the ninth
inning to such effect that two tal?
lies came over, tying the score. Then
in their next time up, the Giants start?
ed in ?t Eddie Plank, who had re?
lieved the Kennebunk star, and push,
ed over another tun for a well-earn?
ed victory.
New York hopes had been at a low
ebb as the game started with Mar?
quard and Coombs as the opposing
twlrlers and sank still further as with
two men on bases, Oldring drove the
ball Into the left held bleachers for
a home run In the third for three
Philadelphia tallies. Combs was his
old effective self meanwhile, the
Giants having scored but a solitary
run?in the "lucky seventh"?up to
their final rally. Ames had relieved
Marquard In the fourth and was
pitching scoreless ball when In the
seventh Crandall was sent in to bat
for him.
IThe turning point of the struggle
may be reckoned from Crandall's In?
jection Into the game. The husky
twirler, after being passed to first in
the seventh, but without effect on tha
score, pitched the Athletics Into cop?
pers in the eighth, ninth and tenth
and came to time with a cracking
double with two men out In New
York's ninth. Ills hit scored Fletcher,
who had doubled, and Devore, an?
other of the day's many heroes, lined
! a safe drive to left for a slnglo that
j brought Crandall home and tied the
j score.
I The acene of enthusiasm that no
( nmpnnled this feat of the Giants was
Indescribable. The shouting and
cheering from the stands merged Into
one continuous. deafening roar. A
few moments later came the final yell
of triumph on the part of the happy
home fan* who had seen defeat turn?
ing Into victory as Larry Doyle slam?
med a corking double to 'eft, advanc?
ed to third on Plank's efforts to catch
blm when Snodgrass attempted a sac?
rifice and cams home when Merk It
filed high t" Murphy f<?r :m effective
sacrifice.
The gam ? centered In the third,
ninth end tenth innings and the
pitchers, vreri not eo much the fooui
RURAL MAIL CARRIER IXJURUD
BY JOY RIDERS.
Ills Wagon Smashed and Horst? Rill?
ed?Auto Driver Has Fled?Rail?
road Commission Issues Orders.
Columbia, Oct. 26.?Leaving Atlan?
ta October 30, a party composed of
representatives of the American asso?
ciation for highways improvement,
the capital highway association, auto?
mobile Blue Book and the Atlanta
and Richmond chambers of Com?
merce will make an automobile tour
of Inspection over the capital high?
way to Richmond, via Columbia and
Raleigh. Edwin W. Robertson, of
Columbia is vice president of the
capital highway association,
i Urgent inquiries as to the methods
used by Jerry Mcore, the Florence
county boy corn growing expert, have
been received by Commissioner Wat?
son from Auckland, New Zeland. Pre?
viously he had received similar in
j quirles from the Island of Jersey, in
the English channel, and other foreign
parts.
I Secretary J. r>. Moore announces
that the State conference of Baraca
Philathea methods which was to have
been held November 3 and 4 In
Spartanburg has been deferred.
Rural Mall Carrier Swift Sligh,
who has been longer in the service
, than any of the other carriers here,
was seriously injured, his wagon was
smashed and his horse so badly hurt
j he had to be shot, when his vehicle
was struck from the rear on North
Main street at 6 o'clock this morning
by an automobile, which the driver,
I William Long, bad taken without per?
mission from the Etheridge garage,
where Long was employed. Up to
this hour the police have not located
Long. He brought the car back to
the garage and then disappeared.
The Railroad Commission today or?
dered a further hearing on November
8th on the btandard freight tariff.
A special order was issued warning
the railroads against baggage smash?
ing.
FROM ALABAMA BY AUTO.
Eufauta, Ala., Man Comes to Sumter
In An Auto To Vlrtt Relatives.
After driving his Flanders "20"
touring car something like 4 40 mileb
since Sunday 12 o'clock, when he
left Eufaula, Ala., to visit relatives
In the Game Cock City, Mr. J. W.
Spencer arrived in town Wednesday
about 12.30. Mr. Spencer is a broth?
er-in-law of Mr. J. B. Richardson,
I and desiring to visit relatives here,
J he adopted the novel mtehod of using
his touring car as a means of trans?
portation for himself and bis wife and
child. Mr. Spencer states that the
trip was an enjoyavle one In every
way. as has car suffered no accident
on the road to mar the pleasure of the
journey. The three nights of the trip
were spent at Macon, Augusta, and
I Columbia respectively.
J. O. PATTERSON DIES.
?farmer Congressman Succumbs to
Long Illness.
Barnwell. Oct. 25.?James O'Han
lan Patterson, for a number of years
representative in congress from this
district, died at his home here this
morning, after a lingering lllnes3 of
several months.
of Interest as in the preceding con?
tests.
After Oldrlng's home run in the
third had showed McGraw that his
left-hander was being gauged effec?
tively by the Athletics, he was obliged
to fall back upon his second string,
Both of these, Ames and Crandall,
came up nobly to expectations.
For the Philadelphlans Coombs
i seemed to have as much speed as
. wldeness of curve In the latter part
of the game as ever, but the Giants
were Unding him and there seemed
to be no stopping them once they had
started*
Th?* New Yorkers hit the bay hard?
er than In any previous game of the
series. Doyle starred at bat with tWO
Singh's and two doubles in five tlnv-s
up. Murray struck out three times
out of five times at bat. He has failed
to get a hit during the seiiee, For
the Athletics Coombs and Oldling
each had two hits. Baker, the sen
?atln of previous games, failed to ac?
quire b safety from any of the three
Glanl twlrlers.
Both teams showed more life on the
bases, each Ilde being credited with
two steals, while both Lapp and M< jr?
ers nipped other attempts mi tthe
piths.
Fl THURSDAY MORNING.
STORES, RESTAURANTS, UNDER?
TAKING E8TABLISHMEN T,
CHAPEL AND NEGRO
TENEMENTS BURN?
ED.
Damage Amounts to Approximately
$2,000 or More?Rev. P. K. Ker?
shaw Principal Loser?Mr. A. E.
Gregg's Store Damaged.
One of the biggest fires which ha?
occurred in this city recently t<,
place early Thursday morning when
a restaurant on Manning avenue
caught and the flames spread to ad?
jacent buildings, all of which were
destroyed, except a store belonging to
Mr. A. E. Gregg.
The fire caught about 5 o'clock,
from f. defective flue, it is stated, and
quickly spread to all parts of the
building, in which were a colored
people's undertaking establishment, a
restaurant, a store and a church in
the second story. Two negro tene?
ment houses in the rear of the bulid
ing also caught and a store belonging
to Mr. Gregg, which was situated next
to the undertaking establishment. Ad
of the property was owned by Rev.
Friday K. Kershaw except the stor?
of Mr. Gregg.
The restaurant in which the fire
originated was run by a man named
Tidas. Geo. Robinson was the pro?
prietor of the undertaking establish-1
ment and Thomas Washington ran
the store, all of which were on the
ground floor of one building, while
the Baltimore Chapel had quarters In
the second story. Rev. Friday Ker?
shaw being pastor of the congrega?
tion.
In one of the two negro houses
were living a man known as Go
Wilson with his family and in the
other were several negro women,
whose names could not be learned.
The tenants lost almost all of their
personal property and the buildings
were all burned to the ground.
- All of one side of the roof and one
wall of the store building belonging
to Mr. Gregg was burned and the
stock of goods was damaged to a
considerable extent. The lose to Mr.
Gregg was probably about $300 on
store and stock, while that to Rev.
Kershaw was much greater, he hav?
ing lost one two-story building and
two four-room tenement houses, be?
sides the loss on the buildings, the
occupants lost all of their belongings.
Altogether, the total loss was esti?
mated at somewhere between $2,
000 and $2,600, about $1,500 of which
was sustained by Rev. Rershaw. The
buildings were insured, but it is not
known whether the tenants had in?
surance on their stock of goods. Mi.
Gregg had his building and goods in?
sured.
This lire occurred at the coiner of
Divine street and Manning avenue,
the exact place where about a year
ago fire destroyed a store and several
houses. The two fires did about the
same about of damage.
. The fire department did not get to
the flro this morning until it had
spread, but it was only by their work
that a number of the adjacent build?
ings were saved.
LAYING OF BRICKS COMPLETED.
Putting In of Expansion Joints and
Cementing of Brick to Be Done.
The last brick has been laid in the
Main street paving, the laying of the
brick having been completed early
Thursday. Thursday the work?
men were going over the ground
where they had laid the brick Wed?
nesday re-adjusting those of the
bricks which needed such adjust?
ment and replacing bad brick with
good ones At the same time other
workmen were employed in spread?
ing the tar at the expansion joints
with a coating of cement.
All that remains to be done of the
work is the going over the second
two blocks of paving and Alling in
the expansion joints with tar. This
w;is not done at the time that the
bricks wars laid because of the fact
that the proper ingredelnts were not
on h.and.
with the completion of this last
block of paving Btimter has four
blocka of vitrified brick paving as
good as any In the State. The pres?
ent paving is In strong contrast to
that Which was there before the blick
paving was put down, it will prob?
ably be alu.nt t?*l days before the
laat block of paving will he thrown
open to the public.
Phe automobil,- appeals to be In*
effectlve when n Is used by i sh<r
|ff to anticipate a lynching.?Charles?
ton Post.
NAVAL OFFICERS FLY.
TWO LIEUTENANTS COVER 145
MILES IN 117 MINUTES.
When Aviators ArrP Off Old Point
Hydra-acroplaii' m? to Settle
on the Wate
Fortran* \\W. /a., Oct. 25.?Af?
ter \ Jp? .tydro-aeroplane, 14 5
mij' ^v ,ast from Annapolis,
# . S. Grodon Ellison and
\jr lowers, U. S. N., landed late
on the broad beach of Buckroe
-eh, Va., three miles from here,
.?'he officers were suffering from the
bitter cold when they landed and
hurried to shelter.
Lieut. Ellison, who is in charge of
the naval aeronatic school at An?
napolis, and Lieut. Towers made
their decent after the most remark?
able and successful flight in the his?
tory of naval aviation, having flown
from Annapolis, a distance of 145
miles, In the remarkable time of two
hours and 27 minutes.
The flight was made without stop
or mishap. The flight today was the
second attempt in as many weeks,
the psucky aviators being forced to
return to Annapolis on their former
attempt, owing to engine trouble af?
ter covering half the distance.
Over Old Point today the engine
was stopped and the hydro-aeroplane
was allowed to settle in the water
which It did with the grace of a gull.
The gear was changed in the propel?
ler shaft and the machine was run
ashore.
Lieut. Ellison said the start from
Annapolis was made in a strong east
wind which continued throughout
the trip and which grew stronger to?
ward the end. The speed varied from
50 to 70 miles and averaged nearly 66
miles. Each of the lieutenants took
turns at steering by means of the
shift controller. They expect to
make the return trip to Annapolis
Friday, starting in the morning.
BACK TO THE LAW.
There Is 1aTk of bringing Jthe cae.
of the men who lynched the negro at
Honea Path before the grand jury.
That would be worse than useless,
for it would be impossible to convict
the lynchers, even if Josh Asheley,
the leader, would stand up before
? he jury and make full confession and
give the names of all who Were in the
party. If a verdict of guilty should
be brought In, a pardon would be
granted as soon as it could be writ?
ten.
An arrest and trial would make
heroes of the lynchers and eminently
qualify them for public office in the
opinion of many voters. Josh Ashley
is the logical successor to Governor
Blease for he boldly and fearlessly
executed what the governor had sug?
gested and advised.
The act < f the negro was brutal,
but the lynching and the manner in
which it was done was as savage as
anything ever done by the Indians
in their most savage moods. It shows
that we lack a long way of reaching
the degree of civilization where
righteousness and mercy unite in the
life of a nation.
An associate of Justice Harlan said
that he went to bed every night with
one hand on the Bible and the other
on the constitution. It has come to
pass in our state that some of our
leading citizens throw the law ind
constitution away and keep one hand
on the pistol and the other on a
rope.
When people are encouraged by
governors and courts to lynch negroes
for one special crime, it will not be
long until they take the execution of
vengeance in their own hands and
punish men of any color who are ob?
jectionable to them.
The people are not as law-abiding
as they ought to be and they should
he encouraged by all in authority to
respect and obey the laws.
The events of the last few days in
this State are sufficient to Indicate
that the people feel that they have
license to violate the laws. In Green?
ville and Union at the ^hvse of the
\\e? k there were homicides that were
savage in their nature. In this coun?
ty a 12 year-old boy shoots and kills
ins brothei. From many counties
come reports of homicide and at?
tempts to kill. It is time f.>r the gov?
ernor and all in authoritv to advise
and urge the people to obey all the
laws without exception.?Bpartanburg
Journal.
More than thr. times :is much
money has been paid In In I ixss this
Season than was pawl Up to the same
time last year. Tits reason of this,
however, is that one of the largest
tai payers in the connty paid up all
! uf !,is t.i\. at one time.