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WOULDN'T ABOLISH CONTRACTS SKNXTOll SMITH'S YIKWS ON tMVTTON TRADE. Thinks Oracle rian HcstriVtlmi Will Meet Objection* to Present Sy*. lent of Helling and Ituylug. Washington, Sept. .t.?A ilay or two ?ku when the hum h discussed "C larke amendm nt to th?? tariff hill, which altee ts rotten in all of its phases, was before ths senate, Senator K. D. smith made one of the hest speec hes en the subjec t whteh has yet been delivered in the upper house of congress. What he ssld Is so elear, so complete and so convincing mil goes Into amend nient so exhatiMively and explains It so thoroughly that it is herewith given at such length at space will permit. It should be stated here that Sena? tor Smith has received letters from a number of people in South Carolina, Including E. W Dabbs of sumter, C. A. Me Lurk In of Chester. W. C. M?Pad den of Chester, M. P. Llpacomb of Osffnev o. C. Scarborough of Sum inerton. W. L. He Pass of Camden, Wsde Stackhouse of Dillon and many others who are interested In the mat? ter. speaking on fhls proposition, Sena? tor Smith said in part. "1 desire to say in the beginning that 1 am heartily In favor of the principle Involved in his amendment. I wlath to state to the senate, however, In order that Iis members may thor? oughly understand this question, that the thing about which the cotton rais? ers of the South are complaining Is the nature of the contracts on the eschange. The matter Is a technical one. and Ihere'ore tt will require some little fXplunuM .n. "Under the t ;rms of the New York contract there are 15 or more grades. They did have at one time, 1 believe, *7 grades. In the middle of those grades there la a grade known as middling.' They would sell a contract, basis middling, with a proviso In the ? ontr ict that the seller of the contra't might have the option of delivering on that contract anything from the low? est and most uncommercial to the highest and finest grade of cotton. The consequence was that the pur? chaser of the contract never would Know what grude of cotton he was going to get. "The practical working of the mat I?t > at the grade committee in rk, and at one time in New I m?ets and arbitrarily tlxee tin dlhtsfOJMg between middling and thl glades abo\e and the grades below for 90 days. The result is that If an Individual bid 10 cents, basis mid? dling, and the committee had tixed the difference between that and or? dinary at 1 cent, when the pure haser came to demund the specific fulfill? ment of his contract he would get ordinary delivered to him at I certs. He bid 10 vents for middling, und he would get ordinary ut the option of the seller. The result was that If the general trade would not accept his ordinary at s cents, but would give him only 8, he lost $5 a bale. The result was that the next time he bid on middling he bid without reference to the value of middling - without reference to the law of supply und demand for mid? dling?but bid with reference to what he was probably going to get, which ewas ordinary, at a tixed. arbitrary difference between what he bid on middling, and what he got ordinary for. Therefore he bid y cents for mid dhng without regard to Its real value. "I can submit papers to the senate to ahow that middling cotton on the board of New York for a long period of time vs.is quoted, say, at 10 cents a p. und. when the spot middling In th ? v ?rehouses, where the buyer would ? the right to go and sample each nd selert hi* 1 '>?? hates of mid gJl SOS from a cent to g cent and *,!???? ?. the board price. I 's thit demoralization from . oh-h the farmers of the South beg relief. I Introduced ? bill requiring that eac h and gvery contruct for the future dehwrv of cotton should speci? fy the parti, i.lar grade contra? |Od for and that such grades as were con? tracted for should be delivered I'pon Investigation 1 found that what the senator from Arkansas says is lurgeh tine perhaps entirely so?that the ? oiirn hOVi ruled that a contract orig? inating in o < ntered Into by c ttlxen* or another state- m ,,ot a suh? lst ' of Inten lata common s? I i Ion to,.k ... castes to write to the rarmers of the- different cotton arowin.: w it-1 and i isenlttsd le them the nmendine nt proposed by tin sen ali>r from Arkansas. The, . I.ion Unit all I hey desire in the world Is i li.it if Ihors Is u con? ti i ? for t he- fnt hi ? delft SI \ of cotton the grade- snail be spec tiled in the contract, ami. upon demund, shall be !. i tegd Tsx i sa] II ntl if I sal i srs eh,ne. as the govetin.nt hie SlSnd sHMssd sine grndsn sneli grade being u dlstlne t c? mine rial commodity, as sew h ho a-* if it frees a different gftl , || no man would | - ... -it. and t 1mm e ?,,nld Si to. omplcint ot this SJMUslpU istion of the genfkei i wroi? Utters as the subject le ?? number of farmers' organizations, und in response I got u letter, which 1 will read, from the Farmern' union. I Just want to Hhow their attitude in ret er? nee to the matter. "The Clarke amendment taxes all contracts. Tiierefore, no matter who ?eil*? a eontra -t, whether basic or spe clflc, if for ar y reason he can not fill* till the eontrriet, no matter how hon est he may be when he makes it, ho ho* to i?ay this tax under the Clarke amendment. Hut we farmers?and that is my occupation?say, if you rar-, eliminate the bad contract from the fOodi 00 that if you do not conform to a specific Krade in your contract you shall pay this tax. The reason is that it is unfair; It is gambling not to specify the Kraule; it is a pure case of collus on for the purpose of buying and sellinj? at your own sweet will thousands and millions of bales of cotton that never were In existence. Hut you do not dare to sell a specific contract under those circumstances, because were you to sell it to me at a specific price, say 11 cents, and it specified middlinK according" to gov? ernment standardization, I could take that and sell It to a miller, and un? der the law he could demand fulfill? ment of the contract. "I want to say that the farmers do not believe any harm can be done to them If the contracts are so made as to specify the grade contracted foi and the grade that is contracted foi? ls made accordiuK to government standardization. Tne government has now for the first time in the history of cotton growing standardized the grades. 1 propose as an amendment to the amendment proposed by the senator from Arkansas, (Mr. Clarke) that the contracts hereafter tihall specify the grade or grades contract? ed for and such grades as ure con? tracted for shall be according to the government standardization. And such contracts as conform to this shall be exempt from taxation. If this is done it will guarantee an ap? proximately honest market. It will give the man who produces cotton a market in which he can sell his cot? ton ut any time if he wishes to do so. lie can name the grade or grades and deliver these grades without huvlng to pay a tax In case he is unable by any reason to make deliveries. Un? der the present system it It the lat? itude given, the seller that has caused all the trouble and dissatisfac? tion. Under the present form of c<#i? tract on the exc hanges the seller hin? the option of delivering anything on thw contract from the lowest to the highest grade. The senator from Ar? kansas has quoted Lewis W. Parker as saying he would not demund de? livery on a New Vork contract, but would run from it. The reason for this is, as I have stated before, that the seller of that contract in New York would not be likely to deliver spinnable cotton, hut would dell\?-r some low grude stuff overvalued, which Mr. Parker could not take V. the price tendered and spin or sell without a !oss. Under the amendment I proposed particular grades would be specified and Mr. Parker or any other person demanding deliveries would get what he bought und no harm would be done." K11,1,1 I) IN FALMNtJ PLANK. Army Aviator looses Ills Lifo When flying Muddiic Plunges to tin1 Earth. S.'n Diego, Cat, Sept. 4.?First Lieut. Moss L. Love, Signal corps, U. S. A., wa.H instantly killed today when his aeroplane plunged 300 feet to the ground at the army aviation school near here. Shortly bsfOTS the accident he be? gun to descend from an altitude of approximately 2,000 feet. When 300 fed from the ground watchers say they saw a puff of smoke on the machine und it dropped like a shot. Nearly every bone in the officer's body was broken. Lieut. Love rose for a llight at 7.35 o'clock. The day was ideal, there being scarcely a breeze. After flying around North island for 20 minutes, the aviator circled for alti? tude until he reached ? height of 2,000 feet There be .shut off the motor and volplaned until bbj machine was about Ml fiel from the earth. In tome manner the motor was started while the planes were pointed down and the muchine was driven like a shot to the earth. Lieut Love meeting dr.ith at the ramp from which be had ascended. The body Of the otllcer Will b? taken to 1' iiilav. V.l., where .lames If, LoVS, hlS father, lives. i:ic\cntii Hervtce Flyer. Washington. Sept. I. Kleve,, aVlU tors have been Rilled In the army and navy ttrVlcc since experiments m . re ttai ted with heavler-than-alr m o hlnec In I!?? In the army ind ans In Ihe nai y, In at latIon the world over, IM persons base bean killed sin.e It OS, 111 during the present year. Despondency. is otten caused by Indigestion and constipation, and quickly disappears when Chamber In hYi Tablets are tak , en. For sal* by uil dealers Advt. mm get UHU i: HKHIWAYMIA WITH HLACRFNF.D FAC HS I on OFFICFHS AT PAR ft SHOALS STATION. J. C. Joyner, Puirficld Comity Deputy, Wounded in Fight. Bloodhounds Fail to Trail RotibetS?Oili< lals Of fer Hcwurd ?>f $OtM>?Hccchc Mon? ey by Fxpress. Columbia, Sept. fi.?Three high? waymen, alleged to have b ?en dis? guised with blackened faces, yester? day aTternoon robbed three officials Of the^ J. (). White Engineering com? pany of over $11,000 near the Parr Shoals station. J. C. Joyner deputy sheriff, was slightly wounded. "It was pulled off just as If It had been planned for 99 years," said an' official of the company yesterday. The money was sent out from the National Loan & Exchange bank of Columbia on Southern passenger train No. 13, of the Columbia and Spar tanburg division, which is due at Parr Shoals at 2.19 p. m., and was address? ed to J. T. McLellen, superintendent of the J. ?. White Construction com? pany. The money had been receipted for by II. W. Mahar, the cashier of the J. Q. White Construction company.yA few minutes later as he, with Fred Bultman and J. C. Joyner, Fairfleld county deputy, were on their way to the offices of the company, they were confronted by three white men, each armed with two revolvers. Deputy Joyner hesitated to raise his hands and reached for his pistol. As he did so he was shot, receiving a painful though not serious flesh wound In the thigh. Three other shots were fired, It Is said, but these went wild. The money was in three packages, one containing $$000 in gold, another $11,166 In currency, and a third.Mien* with $:if>:i.ll In small change. After the holdup the robbers dash? ed across the railroad and Into the woods on the east s'.de of the track. The entire plant of the construction company was shut down that the men might assist in scouring the woods. The searchers were divided into parties, each headed by a captain, and as many as 2,000 men are be? lieved to be hunting the robbers. The $3,000 In gold was made up of $5, $10 and $20 pieces. Of the cur? rency, $1,500 was made up of $1 and $2 bills, and $1,200 in $5 and $10 and $20 bills, the larger portion be? ing of the two latter denominations. A third package, one of silver, con? tained $35:1.11 in small change. The money was in charge of H. W. Mahar, cashier of the engineering company; Frd Bultman, assistant cashier, and Deputy Joyner, a police? man at Parr Shoals. The robbers were also three in number and had black? ened their faces that they might ap? pear like negroes. As the bearers of the money were passing through a railway cut between a string of box j cars and the side of the cut they were confronted by the highwaymen and had six pistols thrust in their faces. At the command to throw up their hanos, Deputy Joyner I hesitated and made an effort to pull his pistol. As he did so he was shot through the thigh, the bullet inflicting a pain ful though not serious flesh wound. | Mahar and lUiltman did not offer re? sistance, it is said, after the deputy i had been shot down. Seizing the three packages of money the robbers dashed down the railroad track by the station and on Into the woods down the Mayo creek. As the robbers passed the station J. A. Hancock, the camp boss, at? tempted to Intercept them He was fired upon three times, none of the shots hitting him. There was nothing to indicate that an Intensely dramatic incident was to be enacted when train No. 13 of fhe Columbia and Spartanburg line drew up at the Parr Shoals station at 2.20 I o'clock, The money was received by J. M. Campbell, the express agent, i and was Immediately transferred to Mr. Mahar. Two minutes later the whole camp was thrown into con? fusion by the news of the oaring deed of the bandits. The news Hashed in Btantly tO all corners of the camp, and the 7uu laborers were at once released Ural they might Join in scouring th<? woods for the highwaymen, The men I were organised into small companies, I each directed by a captain, and wer? j.nt out in every direction to patrol toads and to keep :i sh..'p lookout for any suspect. Telepl ?ne medsuges were sent to the police department In Co lumbia and to Sheriff McCain of Uich land county lor bloodhound -. Kit bland county happens to have no dogs of its own, t?ut the message was trans? ferred to Ihe state penitentiary, and William H. Bond ley, captain of Ihe guard, dispatched the dogs kept at the penitentiary. Tin y left Columbia at i o'clock and were under the super \i |on of J, l?, Ilobbins. guard, who has led many chases in South Caro? lina for fleeing criminals Sheriff Mil ler ol Lexington county was also noil tied and be also went to the scene, The money was went out yesterday from the National Loan and Exchange bank in three packages. One con? tained $3,000 in gold, consisting of $5, $10 and $20 pieces. In another was $12,655 of currency; $1,500 of this be? ing In $1 and $2 bills and $11,200 in $5, $10 and $20 bills, the larger por? tion being in $10 and $20 bills. The third package was of small silver change, there being $.553.11. The total amount stolen, to be accurate, was $16,008.11. The money was consigned to J. T. McLeller., superintendent of the J. G. White Construction company, and was carried out ot Columbia on Southern train No. 13, of the Columbia and Spartanburg division. This train leaves Columbia at 1.10 o'clock and is due to arrive at Parr Shcals.at 2.19 o'clock. There is a large force of hands engaged in the construction work at Parr Shoal, and that pay? ment is made every two weeks is gen? erally known. When the train from Columbia ran into the Parr Shoals station yesterday afternoon, H. W. Mahar, cashier of the company, sign? ed the express messenger's receipt, and, with Fred Bultman, assistant cashier and Deputy Joyner started to the offices of the company, which ar?e about a quarter of a mile up the hill. There is a steep embankment on the west side of the railroad track, and a stairway leads to the top of this. As the three men in charge of the money ascended the stairs, they had to pass between a part of the embankment and a group of box cars. It was while in this narrow gorge tl^at they were confronted by three white men, who had blackened their faces. Each of the assailants carried two revolvers, and these were thrust into the faces of the bearers of the money with the demand that their hands be thrown up. Deputy Joyner hesitated and reached for his gun, and as he did so he was shot in the thigh. DOGS AID IN THE CHASE. Bloodhounds Arc* Sent to Purr Shouls. t Columbia, Sept. G.?Between 2 O'clock and 3 o'clock yesterday after-; noon an urgent call for hloodhunuds was received at the State penitentiary. J. C. ltobblns, guard, left with two dogs by train for Parr Shoals at 4 o'clock4. John C. McCain, sheriff of Klchland county, had been called over the long distance telephone about the same time and asked to bring his dogs to the scene, and the county having no dogs the sheriff referred the party ori the other end of the line to the State penitentiary. Sheriff McCain said that he could not go to Parr Shoals himself, us he w;!^ busy with criminal court. NATIVE OF COLOMBIA. I Yed Dub man one of Three Men Held Columbia, Sept. 6.?Fred Bultman, assistant cashier of the Parr Bhoala Development company, who was one of the three men held up yesterday afternoon, is a native of Columbia, a son of L. L. Bultman. 1703 Main street. Mr. Bultman, who is 21 yearn of age, was formerly a student at ?t. Mary's college, Belmont, N. C, and has been with the Parr Shoals com? pany since work began on the big power plant. tOTEST ON BANANA TARIFF. Central Aiuericuii Countries Huve Complained Against Levying of This Duty. Washington, Sept. 5.?It developed here today that the Central American countries have protested to the state department against the levying of a tax on bananas as provided in the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill. They claim that if this provision of the bill is not amended that it will se? riously affect the cotton roods trade with these countries. It is claimed that last year these people purchased over $12,000,000 worth of cotton goods of the class which is manu- j factured in the South. This trade has been built up at considerable cost by the Southern cotton manufacturers during the past four years, it is claim? ed. A tax on the banana growers WOUld have the same effect as a tariff by England on raw cotton j would have on the Southern fanners and would result in retaliation against cotton goods, according to represen- j tatlvei of the Central American coun* tries. i Further than to admit that a pro test had been made by these countries, the state department would not talk of the matter lor publication. Mother of eighteen Children. "l am the mother of eighteen chil? dren and have tiie praise of doing more work than any young woman in my town," writes Mrs. C. J. Martin. Boone Mill, v.i. "1 Buffered for bv. years with Btomnch trouble and could Hot cat as much as a biscuit without suffering. I have taken three bottles of Chamberlains' Tablets and am now a well woman and weigh 168 pounds, I can eat anything 1 wan' to, and as much as I want and feel Letter than I have at any time in ten years. l| refer to any one In Boone Mill or vicinity ami they will vouch for what I say." Chamberlain's Tablets are for sale by all dealers. -Advt. Up. HI NT POR PARR SHOALS HAN. HITS CONTINt'KD. Man Hunt During Sunday FoClMsod on Woods Near Daw kins. Posses Relieved. DawkiM, Sept. 7.?Consistent comb? ing today of the woods to Which pur- j CUera were led Saturday afternoon by 1 Bobbins' bloodhounds failed to locate the three bandits wanted for the Parr j Shoals robbery. Hedges and high? ways had been guarded, railroad tracks had been patrolled and Other precautions taken; but when the searching party beginning its task at daybreak, covered the clump of woods into which the trail led, no robbers could be found. Kinds of three water? melons, supposed to be the remains of the bandits' evening repast, fur nish evidence that the three men tar-j ried in the undergrowth. September's new moon sank at about 10.30 o'clock and J. T. McLellan, superintendent of construction, who was in personal charge of the searching parties, said yesterday that if the men traveled j during Saturday night it was after the moonlight has ceased to cast its glow on the woods, leaving the place very dark. Relieved by a dozen men from Parr Shoals, who arrived on the early train yesterday morning, about the same number of searchers, fatigued from) duty, returned to camp for needed' rest. The new arrivals immediately joined Mr. McLellan's party At day? break the dogs hod been placed at the tree where they IOtt the trail at dark Saturday afternoon. Al? though they could still .scent the old track, they could not follow Its course further than to the tree which had been the previous stopping place. Guard Kobbins took his bloodhounds over the vicinity, but at a late hour they had been unable to trice further the steps of the three men. Where the men went, and where they are headed are the questions worrying the authorities. The search will be continued. Dawkins, little City of one store and a depot, had an exciting Sunday. Cit? izens from nearby points came to town, and a number of residents of that community joined in the day's search. Most of the hunting was done about three miles from Daw kins, which is a station on the Co lumbia-Spartanburg line of the South? ern railway, 10 miles north of Parr Shoals. J. T. Mc Lellan, superintendent of construction, was found by The State's reporter about two miles from town. Sitting on the side of the public road, he gave an account of the search which has been made for the ban? dits since the robbery occurred Fri? day afternoon. Mr. McLellan believes that the three men came out of the woods about S.30 o'clock Saturday night and stayed around that vicin? ity all night. He said that every road was patrolled, the ravines and hollows had been thoroughly covered, and that tb*1 only chance for the men to have escaped was after the moon went dwn. "Twenty-live minutes after the rob? bery occurred, the sheriffs of the sur? rounding counties were notitied," said .Mr. McLellan, "and by 3 o'clock posses ha i been started out with the mem? bers of the volunteer lire department as captains." , After these men had spent a busv night, fresh forces were organized Saturday mbrnln( and started in pur? suit. A tip that the men were in the vicinity was gotten by Mr. McLel? lan from a negro who claimed he had been held up In the woods between Parr Shoals and Sueville and that one of the men said, "Wo had better be going" when they heard dogs In the j distance. The negro said that the men were still blacked up and carried bundles, and that they departed up a ravine which runs from Parr's pas? ture to Monticello; With this infor? mation, M*r. Mclxdlnn said that he started out ? arly Saturday morning with about t<l men. He followed the ravine from that point to Monticello, Covering a swath of country four miles in Width. When he got hi* men near Monticello, he divided them into three forces, and one swung to wards Duwkins, covering that space of territory between Monticello, the ravine and Jenklnsvllle. Arriving at JenicinsvlUe at i o'clock Saturday af? ternoon, Mr. McLellan met Sheriff ilood o f Falrfleld county and calling Parr shoals by telephone, found that a nemo bad seen three men on the edge of a melon patch. His louses worn o?d, the superintendent returned to Jenklnsvllle for more men and fresh teams and coming bark to Monticello ngai \ met Sheriff Hood. They Interviewed the little negro ub' named Davis, and took up the nunt again. Striking the trail they kept it up until 9 u'clock Saturday night, when it was lost. Early yesterday morning the search was resumed. "They evidently put oil of mustard on their shoes at the tree where W? lost the trail.' said Mr. McLellan. "Guard Bobbins has done good work.' be continued, "and would have Iraee e- " . ! . the 111? ? 11 further hut lor the oil of mustard which they evidently used." Mr. IfoLellan was enthusiastic in his praise of Mr. Rohhlns and of the people of the surrounding community, and said ho appreciated their assist? ance. II?. said that work would SO resumed at Parr shoals in full time tomorrow, hut that the patrol would im kept up on the roads. Today's road patrol was active and every person passing down the high? way which hads from Dawk Ins to the clump of woods, the central Stage set? ting1 for the day, or on other nearby roads was cither carefully scrutinized or cpuestioned. Some of the watchers were afoot, others were mounted. State of Ohio, city of Toledo, Lucas County. Frank J. Cheney maaee sath that he Is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney and Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and .?tate aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the suri of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of ca? tarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence this Uth day of De? cember, A. D. 18SC. (Seal) A. W. Gleason, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter? nally and acts directly upon the btood and mucous surfaces of the sys? tem. Send for testimonial^ froe. F. J. Cheney and Co.. Toledo. O. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con? stipation. ESTIMATE DAMAGE FIVE MIL? LION. Only Two Lives Reported Lost in Lastern Carolina Storm. Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 6.?Conserva? tive estimates place the damage from the storm that swept Eastern Carolina Wednesday at $5,000.000. So far as known only two lives were lost.. Reports from many points tell of great damage. Train service between Norfolk and Washington will be re? sumed tomorrow. GooeS Creek Island, which is an exposed point, has not yet been heard from, but it is believed residents of the island are sale. Washington is recovering fast and in a few days will have cleared away the wreckage and started to rebuilding. The greatest damage was to growing crops. 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Greelyvilk BUSINESS SCHOOL Individual Training for Beys and Girls. _ t THE course of all English breaches, nhorthand, lypwrlilng ami book? keeping offers irpessed opportu? nities to the youths of your county at a ve.v reasonable price. Hoard can be obtained In town. rV>r parti? culars address, J. M. JERVEY, GREELYVILLE, ? S. C.