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Consolidated Aur. 3.1881. SUMTER. S. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1912. Vol. XXXIV. No. 8.
RECORD G?TTIN CROP.
SIXTKI.N MILLION BALKS ITS
Tlli:\?l \l>OVS TOTAL.
6>*r*mbrr l *timate of 14,885,000
Cur Sur|MtM*4<d?South Carolina'*
Stktrr I* 1.477,964.
Wi uhlncton. March 20.?The cen
?u* bureau's preliminary report on
cotton ginning, giving the govern?
ment s first figures, other than esti?
mate!), on the sise of the 1911 cotton
crop of the Cnlted States was Issued
st It o'clock this morning, and shows
the total crop to have reached the un?
precedented slse of 14.060.819 run?
ning bales, counting round as half
bales and Including Unters, which is
equivalent to 14.205.097 500-pound
bales.
The crop reporting hoard of the de?
partment of agriculture, in Its eutl
mate of the 1911 cotton crop, issued
D^oember 11 last, reckoned the total
production at 14.89S,00d bales of 600
pounds, gros? weight The country's
1916 production was 11,005,488 bale*
of 609 pounds. In previous record
years the total crop was IS,687,204
bales In 1908. 18.696.491 In 1906
and 18.479.964 bales In 1904.
Included In the figures for 1911 are
129.144 balee. which glnners and de
Unters eatlmated would be turned out
after the time of the March canvass.
Round balee Included In the 1911
figures are 100,429 bales, compared
?Ith 112.887 bales for 1910 and 160,
6*4 bales for 1969.
Sea inland bales included in the
1911 total are 119,262. compared with
90 964 bales for 1910 and 94,791 bales
for 1909.
Unter bales Included In the 1911
total are 646.769. comparer with 397,.
611 bates for 1910 and 212,478 bales
in 1901.
The average gross weight of the
bale for the erop, counting rounl as
half bales and Including Untere, was
664.6 rounds for 111. compared with
66L7 pounds for 1910 and 496.6
By ft taten the cotton crop grown in
1911. with that grown in 1910 and
the bag erop years of 1908 and 190* ,
expressed In equivalent 600-pound
balee, follows:
Alabama.
1911 .1,753.484
1914.1,223.285
160?.1,374,340
14v ,.791,311
Arkansas. i
1911. 791,311
1910. 848,874
1968.1,013,402
1964. 923,635
Florida. |
1911 . 84.977
1910. 40.049
194K. 43,221
190?. 57.133
Georgia.
1911 .2,838,571
1910.1.820.610
1948.1,980.077
190?.1,626.330
Louisiana.
1911 . 899.525
1910. 256,733
190?. 486,350
1404.1,012.673
Mi?<**?lppl.
611 .1,248.521
1910.1,242,680
1968.1,906.668
1904. 1,569.530
Mlrtrtourt.
1911.(not given)
1916 .. ?2.159
19?? ...". 44.533
*t06. 64.472
North Carolina. . .
1911.1,101,101
1910. 726.850
1909. 643.167
1404. 594.387
Oklahoma.
1911 . 1.060.13?
1910. 958.955
1908. 706,81 f?
190?. 918775
South Carolina.
191 1 . 1.477.204
1410.1.191.929
190?.1.195.235
1966. 895.130
IVnnesxee.
1911.. . . 478,285
1910. 349.47m
1409. . . . 359.859
190?. 317.611
laansa
191 1 . 4.427.2K5
1910.3.172.4HH
190?.3.913.OH t
190?. 4,281,824
Virginia.
1911.(not given)
1910. 14,815
THIRTY LI VHS THREATENED.
Darlington People ill Danger From
Drinking Milk?Judge Spain's Xar
?gej Escape.
Darlington. March 20.?All the
doctors in the city last night were
kept busy fighting an epidemic of
ptomaine poisoning which threaten?
ed the .Ives of more than 30 people,
many of whom are of the most promi?
nent families. The polaoning was
wholesale and was caused by drinking
milk.
In many instances a hard tight by
physicians was neceasary in order to
save the patients and only at 10
o'clock this morning did they cease
their all night vigil. From every por?
tion of the city this morning came
reports of the epidemic, and it was
not until late in the day that the ex?
act number of cases was ascertained.
Judge Thomas H. Spain of the
Fourth judicial circuit had a very
narrow escape, as did a traveling man
stopping at a local hotel, who drank
only one glas? of the Infected milk.
Members of the "Buster Drown"
company, which was presented here
last night, were also stricken. In
fact, many of the people who attend?
ed the performance at the theatre
were forced to !??;.ve during the per?
formance and quickly secure the ser?
vices of physicians.
Rigid inspection of milk will
doul tleas ensue as a result of last
night's epidemic, people having ex
pressed their Intention of drinking
no more m'.lk until this is brought
about.
Mil l I It CASE CONTINVES,
Testimony of Expert Wltm****** Con?
tinue**?-Case Liable to Last Anotlier
Day.
The cas, of Jas. A. Miller against
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad com?
pany still continues In the court of
common pleaa and at present It seems
that It Is liable to last more than a
day longer. Cpt to recess today all
of'the wrfn'e?ses had testified and two
witnesses were recalled In reply by
the p!alntlff. ?
Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday
Morning wa^s taken up In hearing the
testimony of other doctors and sever?
al railroad men. Drs. J. A. Mood, S.
C. Baker. L, U K. Philpotts, of Co?
lumbia, were the experts put on the
stand, while R. B. Hair, assistant su- j
perlntendent. and C. L. Porter, district
superintendent, and W. U. Abell, j
yard master -it Columbia ?vere among
the railroad men put up. The facts
in the case seem to hang on the fact
aa to whether Mr, Mtl'er Is suffering
from one disease or another and there
seemed to be a number of the expert
witnesses who did not think alike
about the matter.
Before court adjourned Wednes- J
day J. A. Miller and Dr. F. K. Hol
man were put on the stand In reply
by the plaintiff. I* W. McDemore.
Ksq., of Florence, has done all of the
examining for the defendant, while
Mr. Jennings and Mr. best have tfiken
turns in the examinations for the
plaintiff.
MINES VIST CLOSE.
No Neu Agreement Possible lb-fore
April I.?May 1m- Big Strike Also.
Cleveland, March 10,?Wage dls
eaaotoas between the operator! and
repfoat ntatiVOS Of 2<?,<o?0 union miners
in the bituminous coal fields of West?
ern Pennsylvania, <>hlo, Indiana and
Illinois, aiming nl averting a pro?
long, d Buapeneiofl Of business after
April I. and also to avert a possible
strike todaj were without definite re*
suite.
The piospeet ?h it all bituminous
eoal mines could I ? losed after the
first of tb,. month, pending the mik?
ing of i n? -w tw.. \,,.r working find
wage agreement, was said to bo im?
minent It al-e u.iv -aid the lack of
a wags Mai?- in the Central states
would leave Ihe union bituminous
eoal miners in other Mates without ?
baatfl upon whab to work, ant.' they
would have to close, entailing Idle*
I ness for more than Ot)?? miners.
Ittl. 12. ;i 2 ?>
l?mr,. 11,111
\n Other Mates.
i!?ii. i r? 4.. :t 7
Ittt. I,C11
190*. r>. 4 :t i?
190?. 4,0'JS
i Virginia and Missouri Included In
".mi t ?tio r States." >
The statistics ol today's report for
the year 1'.? 11 are subject to slight
corrections In the full report to be
published about Ma) i.
CQT10N MARKET CiNDITIONS.
OPENED STEADY, FOUR TO SIX
POINTS HIGHER
Opened at Net Advance But Selling
Sent Pfiuee Down, This Was Fol?
lowed by Rally.
New York, March 20.?Scattered
realizing or liquidation which seemed
to he Inspired by the final ginning
report of the census bureau cost the
cotton market an opening advance,
but prlees soon firmed up again on
prospects for a renewal of unfavor?
able weather in the South, and the
close was sttady at a net gain of 4
to 6 points for the day.
The opening was steady at an ad?
vance of 7 to 9 points on better cables
than expected and over-night buying
orders based on yesterday's late pre?
dictions for unfavorable weather in
the belt. The census report indicat?
ing a total ginning for the season of
16.060.si9 bales, including Unters, ap- I
peared to be pretty closely in line
with recent forecast but It was evi?
dently rather larger than expected by
some of yesterday's buyers and the
market eased off to about the clos?
ing figures of yesterday right after
the call under realizing or scattered
selling for long account.
The official forecast, calling for un?
settled weather with rains in the east?
ern belt and rains or snow in the
western belt, with lower temperatures
for tonight or tomorrow, checked the
s< Hing movement, however, and the
i
mnrkel later developed renewed firm?
ness on reports from London that
British coal miners might all be back
at work again next Monday. Leading
bull operators were buyers on this,
advance but considerable long cotton
s?emed to be coming on the market j
around 10 60 for July and 10.65 for i
October, while there was also local
selling on the failure of the unfavor- j
able weather predictions to stimulate
hay outside buying of consequence.
Prices turned somewhrvt irregular un?
der these offerings and fluctuations
late in the day were nervous, but the
close was in 2 or 3 points of the best.
Privat 3 cables from Liverpool at- ,
tributed the relatively firm showing
of the market there to heavy contl
nential buying and trade calling,
Which suggested a renewed demand
from Manchester, possibly in anticipa?
tion of an early settlement of the
strike.
Cotton futures closed steady:
Cotton spot closed quiet, 14 points
higher; middling uplands 10.65; mid?
dling 10.90; sales 200.
DEMONSTRATION IX EL PASO.
Anti-American Feeling Aroused by
Tightening of Embargo on Muni?
tions of War.
El Paso, March 20.?A street dem?
onstration occurred in Jaurez this af?
ternoon when It became known that
the embargo on munitions of war
hereafter would be construed on the
American side as including food as
well as arms and ammunition and in
fact everything which a soldier needs.
The demonstration was started by a
?aloon keeper commonly called "Bib
Petit" He walked into the middle of
the street in front of his place, and,
seeing ? number of Americans, began
a tirade against them. A crowd
gathered qulokiy, As the crowd of
Mexicans grew denier the Americans
worked their way out and lost no
time in KettitiK on the American side
of the International bridge. After
the departure ??f Gen? Bojai and hi.s
column fron: Juarez this afternoon,
leaving a garrison of ooo men umbr
Col, Pascual Orosco, sr., the aalooni
were opened for the llret time In
week a /
MR. THURMOND IN THE CITY.
Campaign Manager for Judge Jone??
Visited Bumter Wednesday.
Mr, William Thurmond, the cam?
paign manager for Judge Jones in the
gubernatorial campaign, was in the
pit) for a couple <>f hours Wedneaday
afternoon between trains, looking
over the city with b view of ascer*
talnlng the strength of Judge Jones
iu this section.
He c ime In <>n the aft< moon train
from Cam den and left later on the
train for Bl hopvllle where he will
try boosting up Jonoa' candidacy. Mr.
Thurmond stated while here thai
Judge Jonoa was willing i<? visit
Bumter at any time the people In?
vited hint, provided be did not al?
ready have an engage menl for ib<
date named.
OASE AGAINST PACKERS.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY CLOSES
PLEADING IN BEEF TRIAL.
Vpholds the Sherman Law?Declarer
DisolHxlleneo of Anti-trust Law is
Cause of So-called Commercial Fog.
Chicago, March 20.?United States
District Attorney Wilkerson demand?
ed the conviction of the packers
charged with criminal violation of
the Sherman law in his closing ad?
dress to the jury today. lie review?
ed the evidence at length and de?
clared the government had proved
beyond all reasonable doubt every of?
feree charged in the indictment.
"There has been an attempt on J
the part of counsel for the defendants
tc surround ihe antitrust law with1
an atmosphere of mystery," said
Mr. Wilkerson.
"The Sherman law is not the fog
through which the ship of interstate
rommerce has been sailing. The real
fog has been the contempt for and
disobedience of the law. In this law
is crystalized the spirit of industrial
freedom. I
"The government has proved its'
case against these ten defendants and
demands that in the interest of Jus?
tice you return a verdict of guilty." j
"All the prosecution alleges is a
technical violation of the letter of the
law. and it has not even proved that,"
Attorney John S. Miller, representing
the Armour group of defendants, had
declared within his closing argu?
ment.
He defined "restraint of trade" as
such restriction as to destroy compe?
tition and Injure the public, assert?
ing the government did not even
charge these things and quoting gov?
ernment statistics to prove that the
indicted packers produce only a third
of the meat consumed. It is expected
the case will go to the Jury Friday.
OUTLAWS STILL FREE.
Search for Allen Gang In Mountains
Hlllsvllle, Va., March 20.?With the
search for the Allen gang fruitless
on the eve of the seventh day since
the court house tragedy, it seems
probable tonight that the death list
soon may be increased to six before
morning. Andrew P. Howlett, who
was she>t in the back, is not expected
to live through the night. He was
trying to protect his wife from the
showers of lead which killed the
judge, prosecutor, sheriff, a woman
and a man and set the countryside
into such a state of excitement as it1
had never known. The ball cut
through his body, coming out above
the che3t.
Detectives who were hurriedly sum?
moned by messenger! yesterdny to
the supposed hiding place of the Al?
len gang, had not returned from
their mountain quest at nightfall
With almost a week elapsed since the
shooting up of the court, not a single
authentic report has reached here of
the me?vements of any of the outlaws
who have spread terror throughout
the countryside for more than a gen?
eration.
It is believed that there are a doz?
en o? the Aliens and their nench
men in the band se>mewhere in the
mountain fastness here. Many of the
men in the posses, which trained de?
tectives are leading, are mountain
eers accustomed to the country and
to mountain skirmishing.
Tht. law of rarroll county has thus
far been powerless to bre?ok the sit?
uation, but the detectives and their
followers are not disheartened. If
bushwhacking and guerrilla warfare
are brought into play, as now seems
Inevitable, the Aliens will meet their
match in cunning, courage and endur?
ance. If the chase becomes a siege it
will continue until tin last of the Al?
len ' lan is killed "r captured.
THREE WARSHIPS TO PHILIP?
PINES.
Irmorcd Crullers Leave Honolulu for
Olongapo to Moid Their Spring
Practice,
Washington, March 18.?The ar?
mored cruisers, California, South Da?
kota and Colorado in command of
Rear Admiral Boutherland, sailed to?
day from Honolulu for the Philip?
pines,
Notwithstanding the International
significant s to England of this sud?
den and considerable reinforcement of
the American Asiatic fleet, the naval
official! state thai the purpose of the
11 uis?> of the three vessels is to en*
aide them t ? dock at the na\al station
in Olongapo und to hold their spring
target practice in Philippine waters.
KANSAS FAVORS WILSON.
According to Governor's Headquar?
ters, thirds of Them are Wil?
son Advocates.
Washington, March 18?The Wood
row Wilson headquarters here today
issued a statement virtually claiming
the majerity of the Kansas delega?
tion to the Baltimore convention for
Wilson. The statement claims Wilson
delegates have been elected in six of
the eight congressional districts
of Kansas and claims a total of 12
out of the 16 district delegates. Two
of the four delegates at large were
also claimed.
The statement asserts that two
thords of the Kansas delegates favor
Wilson and that although the con?
vention instructed them to vote fir
for Clark, the instructions per ^y
them to swing to Wilson after f v>
cast a ballot for Clark. N
MAYKSVILLF MARKS Gh, JD
SHOWING.
Annual Itci>ort of Financial Condi?
tion of Town Just Issued?Split Log
Drag in Fso.
Mayesville, March 20.?The town
council has Just issued a report of
the financial condition of the town for
the pebrlod from April 8, 1911, to
March 8, 1912. This includes all but
one month, the present, of the term
of office of the present council. Fi?
nances were collected as follows:
Fines, $1.125.50; Bonds, afterwards
refunded, $900; Licensee, $359.25;
Street Taxes. $163 50; Rents, $150.00;
Cash on hand. April 8, 1911, $2,808.60;
I Msbursements. $3,792.12, having a
cash balance on March o, 1912, of
$1,718.10. The report makes a very
creditable showing considering the
heavy expenses of the town and the
fact that there are no taxes on pro?
perty he?-?, and no revenue from the
dispen^j The whiskey raids of
last summer, when detectives were
employed by the council, resulted in
fines to the amount of $705.00, but
there was considerable expense at?
tached to the convictions ot *he "tig?
ers," including detective services, at?
torneys' fees, stenographer's services,
and special police salaries. Mayor
Womhle was the first official to in?
stitute this publishing of reports of
the town's financial condition and he
is to be commended for this action.
The split-log drag, which has been
tried with much success in Sumter
and elsewhere, was put to use on the
main streets here this week and much
good was accomplished for the streets
had become badly cut up during the
long, rainy spell, and no doubt this
?simple hut effective method of im?
proving the roadways will he con?
tinued whenever it is needed.
The skating rink was opened up
Monday night after being closed for
some months and quite a crowd of
young people enjoyed the sport. It
will be open on Friday nights from
now on.
Mr. Sam Cox. the well-known in?
surance man of Columbia, wsj in
town on Tuesday on business.
Dr. W. W. Gardner has gone to
Bethune to visit his parents.
CHILI) STRUCK RY AUTOMOBILE.
Heavy Machine Peoees Over Spar
tanhurg School Girl*
Bpartanburg, March 20.?While
returning from school at 1 o'clock
this afternoon. Charlotte Dehon. the
8-year-old daughter of Theodore De?
hon, was run down by the automobile
of B. King Cooper. The little girl
was knoi kn! to the ground and the
hug. car passed over her unconscious
form, but fortunately her body lay
between the wheels and theae did not
pass over her.
l>r. P, L. Potts was nearby at tin
time and he picked the child up and
carried h? r to his private sanitarium.
She did not regain consciousness until
late this afternoon, but it is still Im?
possible to determine the extent of
her Injuries. There Is no doubt that
they are aerloUS, but physlclant can?
not determine whether or nol the)
will prove fatal,
\ORTII DAKOTA FOR LAFOLFTTF
Roosevelt Second, Taft Poor Third,
in Presidential Primary.
Fargo, x. March 20.?With l,
k.7 of the 1,800 precincts In the state
heard from In the North Dakota
Presidential preference primary elec?
tion 't' yesterday, complete returns
xi\e Senator LaFollette 84,159 votes;
Theodore Roosevelt l*2>77. and Pres?
ident Tafl 8,000. Senator LaFollette's
plurality in these preclncti is 11,
ANOTHER MINE HORROR.
ONE HUNDRED AM) FIVE BE
LIEVED TO HAVE DIED IN
OKLAHOMA.
Surveying Percy Headed by w. D.
Roper of Clio Not Accounted For?
Two Score Americans Among the
Victims?Interior of Pit Wrecked.
McCurtain, Okla., March 20.?One
hundred and five lives is accepted to?
night a3 an approximately correct es?
timate o' human toll taken this
morni* n Mine No. 2 of the Sana
Roir j? company here was wrecked
b' xplosion. Of the 116 men of
ft shift only 11 are known to be
$ <i while the others are entombed
' <*hind the debris. In the opinion of
government experts and mine officials
they are dead and a special train
which brought physicians and nurses
from Fort Smith, Ark., today return?
ed tonight. Five physicians remained
with the faint hope that some of the
imprisoned men might be found alive.
Among those unaccounted for are
the members of a surveying party
headed by W. D. Roper of Clio, S. C.
, Forty-three Americans were employed
I in the mine.
I The explosion occurred shortly af
ter 9 o'clock this morning. Those
on the surface heard a faint rumble
and an earth tremor. When those
nearest to the mouth of the mine
reached the opening a cloud of dust
and smoke belched forth.
Then came tense moments of wait?
ing for those in the mine to emerge.
Frank Fields, a miner, was the first
to si agger out. He was walking in
an entry and heard the explosion, he
said He jumped into a side room
and the explosion passed and he
mad ' his way to the mine opening.
Other miners escaped through a
man-way.
A "rope-rider." who was coming to
the surface when the explosion oc?
curred, was the 11th man to escape.
Superintendent Brown of the coal
company led the first rescue party in?
to tho nVne, but,they could proceed
no further than the sixth level be?
cause of the accumulation of debris
and returned to the surface with the
body of John Colwas, 17-year-old
youth.
NEW FACTORY INSPECTOR.
W. S. Bonner Appointed by Commis?
sioner Watson.
Columbia, March 21.?WTilliam S.
Ronner was appointed yesterda> as
a factory inspector for the State de?
partment of agriculture. commerce
and Industries by Commissioner Wat?
son. The second inspector to assist
In the enforcement of the factory in?
spection law will be named today by
Mr. Watson.
Commissioner Watson considers
Mr. Ronner particularly well fitted
for the work. He was educated at
Braklne college at Due West, and has
had several years' practical exper?
ience in the mills of the Piedmont
section of the State.
Mr. Watson said that in making
the selection he had done so in pur?
suance of his policy of securing men
specially equipped for the work re?
quired. Mr. Ronner was strongly in?
dorsed for the position by well known
men of the State, among them being
H. L Smith, speaker of the house,
and Lownden J. Browning of Union,
chairman e?f the ways and means
committee of the house.
The factory inspection act provides
for two inspectors with a salary of
$1.200 and traveling expense.-*.
BUILDING PALLS, THREE KILL?
ED.
Two Women Bl ?1 Little t.iil Victim*
of IMstrcesing AectaV at
Wadesboro, x C, March SO.?At
li o'clock this morning the wails e?f
the Parsons Drug Company's store,
a t\\<?-story brl? k structure standing
on the public squi n ol this city,
crashed with loud notes and car?
ried a number of men and v. omen
beneath the ruins. klll'ns at least
three of them Instantly. The dtad
am little Virginia May Povington,
oldest daughter ??f Dr. and Mrs. j.
M. Covlngton, ,lr.. MISS Marian ami
Miss Lore little, daughters of Mr.
and Mrs, J. J. L'ttle, all et Winden*
boro.
The building belonged to Pr. W. .1.
Mc Lend on and was being remodelled*
The cause of the wreck was eaCOVB
tlons being mad1 underneath, and
the wet weather probably affected
the walls. The I mldmg was worth
$5,0td, and the bos to the drug com
pany's stock is about $r..ooo.