The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, April 29, 1904, Image 1
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"EXTRAORDINARY COL.
LECTION OF CARS."
The Private Train, of Mr. Ogden, of
New York With Friends, Stops
At Rock Hill?Addresses By
Various Ones.
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The party which Mr. Robert C.
Ogden of New York is bringing
through the South, stopped several
hours in Rock Hill last Friday, and
were taken by President Johnson,
acoompanied by Gov. Heyward, and
Superintendent O. B. Martin, to visit
Winthop College. Mr. Wm.
Banks, off the Columbia State, and
Mr. Zach McGhee, of the Spartan^
burg Herald were also present. The
party arrived in Rock Hill in eight
KinibnmA Pullman cars.
The party assembled in the auditorium
of Winthrop College at 10:30
o'clock, together with the Winthrop
girls and faculty. President Johnson
made a few remarks welcoming
the guests to the college and to the
city. Rofering to the party and its
object he said: "I believe that the so*
called Ogden movement, with which
in education in the SonCh waa count*
ed and which is so well organized by ?
Mr. Ogden and others, has more to,,
do with promoting a better under*
standing of the Sooth's peculiar bar*
den and the South's achievements in
carrying the burden than anything
else."
Governor Heyward said that he
would not make a speech, as the par*
ty had heard many speeches already
- a i a i
on ttus trip ana v<?ua near many
others. He would, however, in welcoming
them, tell of some of South
Carolina's achievements in education.
South Carolina had always been in '*
terested in education. It was one of
the first states in the Union to provide
publio education. In 1698 a
law passed to secure a provincial library
in Charleston. In 1710 the
free school system was inaugurated
J* by law. Records show that in the
eighteenth century 114 Americans
graduated in law in England. Of
these, South Carolina, furnished 44
and Virginia 17. Great advancement
had been made in South Carolina
in recent years. South Caro^lina
has a larger proportion of districts
voting a special school tax
thttt any other State South. He
- - 'Signed more bills as Governor to
; grant this special school tax privilege
Uian of ony other kind. He said
that in welcoming these ladies and
gentlemen and in expressing commendation
of their purposes and the
assistance they were giving the peopie
of the South, he voiced, he be\
i lieved, the sentiments of the people
\ of South Carolina.
Governor Heyward presented the
* invitations of Columbia, seconded by
leading educators in this State for
the Conference for Eduoation in the
^ \ A '^?Q^ to meet next year in Colum\
betters from the following were
,\v jnted: Columbia Chamber of
jfe'- '( aamerce, Mayor Earle, 8tate Supt.
.irtin, Governor Heyward, City
L j^/oohool Board, 8. C. Collage, Clemr.
ton College, Columbia Female College,
Presbyterian College for
] Women, Furman University.
f Supt, 0. B. Martin made quite a
hit with his witty remarks, lie weliv
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ATTENTION
tanking nature enives
our best atten;lad
to have a share
I & SON} Bankers.
r
corned the guests, he said, in the
name of aqarter of a million children
in the public schools of the State and
of the other quarter of a million who
ought to bo in school. He criticised
those who had opposed the work of
these gontlemen, saying: 4%Wc- have
some people and sqme newspapers in
our State, who like a child in an Indian
pappoose, strapped to a squaw,
never sees the world till it has passed
by." He expressed the highest
commendation of these various boards
?*Mt. Robi. CJ. Ogden, responding
to the addresses of welcome, said th at
it was his privilege to bring some Ignorant
persons from New York, New
England and other portions of the
North for some much needed;instruction
about the South, lie said he
was highly pleaseed at the instruction
they had received hW._ and that
he did" not think the faculty of Winthr.
> College should consider the dar
lost bemuse the regnlar classes had
been interrupted, for while ihey'had
failed to give th? regular instruction
to the girhvthey had given some vepy
^Juable instruction t?j_ thi$.pos.t gradWtVTO^jjjjltUtory,,and
q^ology* Tie said hedesiredto make
some little explanation respecting the
Ogden movement* ^ "There is no such
movement. The only education 1
have had has been by contact with
those merer rcarned than I and I
would n$t presume to givo instruction"
.Whatever there is in the way
of a movement has been inspired by
Souther men, chief among whom
were Dr. Curry, Hon. Willian L.
Wilson, Bishop Dudley of Kentucky,
members of the faculty of the University
of Virginia, of Washington
and Lee,-and the Southern Institutions,
through Dr. Edward Abbott,
of Cambkdge Mass., was the first,
one to suggest it. The Southern
Education Board, an outgrowth of
these conferences, consisted of six
Southern and two Northern men.
They have not presumed, he p*id. ?o
come into the S?m'h country, to give
any instructions as to education. It
has had a fund for a propaganda
carried on by Southern men. Those
in other sections regard themselves
as privileged to sympathize and as;
sist in any way they can.
At the conclusion of the addres-es
the party was shown over the college,
the ffirls as ushers. Th?
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special Ogden train left Rock Hill at
12 o'clo<^p|br Cheraw and Tuskegee.
Alabama, via Charlotte, Spartan-,
burg and Atlanta. Supt. Martin,
President Johnson and Mr. McGhee
of The Herald, upon the invitation
of Mr. Ogden, accompanied them as
far as Spartanburg.
Various members of the party expressed
themselves as highly pleased
with Winthop and its girls.
SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON.
Record Showing Number of Bales
From EaelaCounty.
Washington, Apri|, 21.?(Special)
?The census bureau has just finish
ed a report on the quantity of cotton
ginned in the United States from
the crops of 1908. 1902, 1900, and
1899. These figures ehow the total
nnmbei of bales in 1908 to have
been 10,205,078, of which 9,859,472
ware square belet and 770,208 were
round bales. In addition1, there
were 75.398 bales ot sea island cotton.
The production of cotton in
the United States last year by States
whs as follows:
Alabama, 1,028,959; Arkansas.
741.236; Florida, 58.572; Georgia,
1,329,278; Indian Territory, 812.776;
|Ksnsas, 75; Kentucky, - " 44;
Louisiana, 858,568; Mississippi 1,439,294,
Missouri, 89,288; North
Carolina, 555,380; Oklahoma, 204,957;
South Carolina, 813,351; Tennessee,
250,437; Texas, 2,5Q2 632;
Virginia, 13,681. It will be seen
from these figures that Virginia produced
less cotton than any of the
Southern States, and that the State
producing the smallest amount of
cotton was Kansas, with seventy-five
bales, on increase of thirty balea ovhr
. l i nnn m - -
tun cruj) ui xijvi. xexas, oi coarse,
ranks first among the great cotton
producing States of the county
Mississippi is second, Georgia thud,
Alabama fourth, Louisiana fifth)
South Carolina sixth, Arkansas
seventh, North Carolinr eighth, Indian
Territory ninth, Tennessee
tenth, Oklahoma eleventh, Florid*
twelfth, Missouri thirteenth, Virginia
fourteenth, Kcntueky fifteenth; and
Kansas sixteenth. Indian Territory >
has held ninth position in1 pottsft
growing for four years; OltUhema4
eleventh place for five years. Tennessee
has been tenth in the list of
cotton growing States for four years,
and Virginia persistently retains
fourteenth place. South Carolina
remains the same as in 1902. There
is lit le change in the poeitioigpf.sny
of tho States, except Lbnia^aiy!^
arhfoh held seventh place last yfar,
but went up to fifth position in 19Q&
Th? total number of bales prodhce<i
in each county in South Carolina
during 1903 was a& follows: Abbeville,
26,528, against 27,007 in 1902;
Aiken, 20,671, against 25,360 in
1 QOO. A A O KCT : .
iiuutiouiij TtJyfJ'J I j B^dlUHt
47,827 in 1902; Bamberg, 13,928
against 15,962; Barnwell, 28,992
against 30,975; Beaufort, 3,997
against 7,524; Berkley, 12,083
against 14,882; Charleston, 8,690
against 10,340; Cherokee, 10,274
against 11,083; Chester, 19,417
against 22,211; Chesterfield, 14,120
against 13,784; Clarendon, 22,659
against 27,921; Colleton, 9,256
, against 11,892; Darlington, 22,719
against 27,719; Dorchester, 6,662
against 8,418; Fairfield, 18,960
against 23,653; Florence, 19,970
against 21.174; Georgetown, 1,950
against 1 657; Greenville, 27,704
against 32,523; Greenwod, 24,237
against 27,769; Hampton, 10,537
against 12,895; Horry, 6,181 against
5,314; Kershaw, 14,025 against
19,158; Lancaster, 18,834 against
30,151; Laurens. 32,005 against
37,155; L*>e, 23,257 against 26,856;
Lexington, 18,752 against 14.887;
Marion, 33,968 against 34,886;
Q7 OAT :?. At tAA.
iuaiiuuiU) "i ,wi agaiuat tiflt'lj
Newberry, 29.847 against 32,640;
Oconee, 9,520 against 12,806;
Orangeburg, 47,912 against 70,211;
Richland, 8,599 against 13,871;
Saluda, 16,546 against 17,093; Spartanburg,
87,453 against 42,894;
Sumter, 22,072 against 80,937.
Union, 15,404 against 17,296; Williamsburg.
CO,215 against 21,027;
York. 28,106 against 80,744. Not
a single county in the State shows a
gain in production over 1902, and
many of them show extensive losses.
Orangeburg county, which is the
greatest cotton producing county in
the State, shows the heaviest failing
off from naUfral causes, there being
an immense decrease from 1902.
The decrease in Darlington and
Somter oountiea is partially accounted
for by the organisation of Lee
County out of theee counties. And
ere on county is the second largest
cotton eounty in the State 'and has
held that rank a number of years.
Marlboro is third and Spartanburg
fourth. W. W. Price.
Th? tbree-year-^ld son of Mr^
Lao.tU^BelJ, of Riverside in Lances*'
tfr *M ran oner end killed
l??t ^tpurdsy Ij^n freight brain on
W*8 iQ toWn at
court hy fif*on the night ofl^\pril
20th. The fire was disoottami about
night end seemed to hayjfcph'ginated
in a closet up a&airs. . All the furnijflK
jpft the 4xceptg^ir of a piano
wsU' troyed. hjffc reden had in*
MMbc to the aoSoont of thirteen
IumEu? dollare. Hp was not at
ho^'Hfcd was with friends in Lanreujf
for the night.
. Colombia State says the story
tbntue original hfjjjinatioe of secession
c f South Carolina is in the pee*
Jffi' m ?
sobkuti oi a iiew Jersey women, is
notc^'roct. Such a story has appewre'J
in the public prints of late.
Thtf S^ate declares tbst the doctimenf
ifa$ lj!e archives of the State at Codulafci*,
and that Secretary of State.
Gaittt takes pleasure in showing it
to of those who desire to see it.
The pension warrants were sent
out April 22nd by the pension clerk,
Miss Kate Mayer, to the various
olerks of court. The following are
ounts sent eaoh 'county, loss
es of county boards, expense
e board printing, etc.: Ab~
AoAcreow, $10, 915.00;
Charleston, $3,125.95; Cherokee,
$5,054.12; Greenville, $10,$>7.89;
Greenwood, $3,148.71;
Hampton, $4,127.77; Horry, $4,767.61;
Kershaw, $3,223.68; Lancaster,
$5,743.69; Laurens, $6,624.02;
Newberry, $3,587.89; Oconee,
$7,207.20; Orangeburg, $1,425.42;
Pickens, $5,099.40; Richland, $5,136
02; Spartanburg, $16,676.10;
Union, $5,155.81.
An attempt to wreck a Southern
railway train near Campobello was
made Thursday afternoon of last
week. The result was that two negro
members of the train crew, which
was a freight train enroute from
Asheville to Spartanburg, were injured
and two cars were almost cle
molished. The mometury damage is
about $990. When the freight train
was about one mile South of Campobello
and running at a high rate of
spee 1,- the engine struck a cross tie
which had been bound to the track.
The result. was that four freight care
were derailed. Two of these were
badly tofla up. The engine, strange
to say, was not injured. It left the
track, but remained on the oroas ties.
The engineer and fireman were not
injured at all.
The South Carolina Cotton Oil
Co., of which Mr. H. E. Wells is
vice president' and Mr. M. C. Robertson,
Mgr., has decided to erect
a large cotton ginnery in Columbia,
for the needs of the farmers of the
Columbia market. The need of a
new, up-to date plant of large capacity
foas been felt here for some time,
and ^it was decided to erect one
upon the property of the company,
which will have a capacity of
about eight balee per twenty four
hours. It is expecttd that as a result
of the plant, Columbia will once
more% beconje a cotton market
of considerable importance. The
cotton will now come in from the
outskirts of the county that used to
crt\ tn nmrhv (avm ?UkA??.K !* ?
?w ?? K??uuu^u an nno
the wish of the farmer to bring it to
| this city.
1 Judge Gary haa issued an importLjjf
& "**. w; u.v" Ml *'*i ** Vs\'*
f- >-^ s . iSISS^i
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r.m. fab?, i'll ?i|mi.
.A - Merchants and Pti
Is not quite (?) the largest Bank oa
at the "Old stand" successfully,
thirty-two years. d
It baa a capital and suiphaf*
IS pwyt FOUR per iWflW
It has paid dlndetida amount
k lumn alil
We solicit your bakLuces, home
the oourteelee that arc Usually exta
conducted Bank. "'
l I iir-mB9Sm
ant^fecree in the now celebrated
FdWhera' Alliance case, which will
probably diapoee of the $16,000 now
in the bank, which has fyeen awaiting'
the order for some months. The or*
der was that the master of Richland
county, John 8. Yerner, should advertise
for several weeks for all cred
itors and stockholders of the Farmer's
Alliance exchange to present to
him all claims with proof preparatory
to a. settlement There are several
hundred sub-alliances throughout t&e
State, who own stock in the alliance*
each having about $100. BoshIm
there are a large number of olaims
filed, some of these being in form of
enits, this being the c&ase of the die?
ruption of the alliance. All of these
will now be referred to the mastMjgj
who will have the power to pass upon
the validity of each. . k
A COTTON BuintEJECTfO;'
Refused Membership On New Tprk
Exchange Out Of Spite.
upon his application for membership,
is the nearest admission on the patt
of that body of sharks that none but
cotton bears are wanted, that has :
ever been made public. Read the I
following and judge for your selves: 1
Thomas J. Majors has for many
years been a member of the New Orleans
cotton exchange, and has been
during that time one of the foremost
operators in the SouthVchief staple.
Mr. Majors was in the historic syndicate
which took actual delivery of
more thar 300,000 bales from the
New York bears in the summer of
1903, and thus routed a veteran
army of manipulators. Mr. Majors,
(or perhaps we should say the firm of
which he was then the head,) failed
during the crisis of 1895, but the suspension
was temporary and all credit
ors were soon paw apiiar lor dollar.
His personsal cbaraoter is above reproach
and his present wealth is
known to be large.
Not very long ago Mr. Majors applied
for membership in the New
York cotton exchange. The application
was favorably reported by the
committee on membership, but was
rejected by the board of managers.
Everybody hereabout marveled at
the taboo, and the wonder deepened
into amazement when the New York
Times frankly declared that the episode
simfly crystalized a resolve to
have no more bull manipulators in
the ranks of the metropolitan body.
Such a reason is worse than no
reason at all.
We should be the last to deny the
right and the first to affirm the duty
which an exchange owes to the public.
The character and standing of
applicants should be scrutinized with
infinitA pur A an fViof nn dn.m.cJn..
.w?...vj ww w"v?v MW uvo|/vi auuco
may have the opportunity to play
fast and loose with other people's
funds. But an exohange is not a
mere club after all, and the general
welfare rquires that ,operators of all
shades of opinion he represented
around the "Kings" where prices for
a basis commodity are made. What
would not be said, and lightly said,
if the New Orleans cotton exchange
should rejeot an applicant simply because
he chanced to be an invetorate
bear? Mr. Majors has 'within the
last few weeks, been elected a member
of the Chioago board of trade.
In the light of recent developments,
concerning the Sully crash, we may
be permitted to doubt whether New
York can give moral instruction to
the "Pits," whieh set the pace for
the trade of the wprhl. .
i The South, hat ling belitvad that
i i 'iinrfr
J. IX Abtbvb, Oubier.
iters National Bank ^
ttuifi, bmt H continues to do bmminem
S|f bom been doing for the post
txi |n wkh Time-lock,
mtMM br *n Officer,
i flfcTOnata In Union combined.
vey Augo or mmull, promising nil
udod by mm obliging and cmrefully
a iji i i f
theNew York cotton nxebango was
nothing more then a mighty hammer
to pound values on whieh the pros?
pentv of Bullions of producers depend.
The hammer has not worked
well firing the last four of five years
beba^se nature's irresistable forces +
h$**t)>oem en the other side. Novenhehes,
the will has been there,
thangh* the way has been blocked.
The rteftfbers of the New Yoik cot- .
ton exchange, may say with Commo* .Y^
dom Vanderbilt, "The public be J
<h^V but they will surely find
that tte-eavth is not theirs, nor the
full^^|hereef. Mr. Majors has not
betodBTt, nor has any real stigma,
hbsk Pit upon him; but bis self constituted
censors will presently discover^
that they have dealt themselvqf
a fatal blow. True critieism,
like^true charity, begins at home.
fuDH opinion is not a spent torce,
rvet^ in the city by the Hudson.?
Novi Orleans Times-Democrat.
fun weBrgotten
TO SPELL.
e$?3sed over \j>rtain pronouncementy.
?om high places that school
hmld^eay and even college graduates
m today, have not the knowledge of
frtglfofrorthography that characterized
the pupils of a generation ago.
TheWfce as stated4 by the Brooklyn
Eagle is: * '
The nnb of the matter is just this,
the public-school children can not
spell. The principals of the high ?
schools know that they can not spell,
as does everybody else who has occasion
to receive letters from them. If
a series of competitions were held, this
most troublesome fact of the school
situation to those on the inside might
be rpvealed to the great body of parents
and taxpayers. Then there
might arise such a hue and cry for
common sense and the fundamentals t
of ?dn<*J?tion RH wonlrt otihatt
?- ? W M wuuuvjr VUC
authorities who now make out our
scientific and philosophical course of
stud/, which slights spelling for gen- v-# ' , A
eral information about everybody - .* ** %
from Confucius and Buddha down to
Admiral Togo.
Assuming that there is justice in
the Eagle's contention, the New Haven
Register says:
The seriousness of this fact need
not be dwelt upon. It is patent to
every man, active in any one of 'tlx?
several walks of life. Not to be aljle
to spell is to enter the race of life
handicapped. To make it a chief
and fit ?
??? vuuvatiun HidJT IC(|Uin3
a modification of the modern ornate
system of eduoation, bat this would
not be so much of an evil as it appears
upon the surface.
The Tacoma (Washington) Ledger
admits that?
Children who go to school but who
do not learn to spell a great many
words in the English language are
no rarity now, but for that matter
they never were. There are plenty
of grown-up people who went to
School in the trood eld d*<oa ?lion
? O J"
they had 4'spelling-downs" every day
who would make a poor showing in a
spelling teet in almost any of the
grades now.?Publio Opinion, April
21it.
[' '. Fire! Fire!
The annual meeting of the Farmers*
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Union
county will meet in the Court House
at Union, May 7th, (1st Saturday) 1904.
All policy holders are requested to he
present. W.' T. Jztkr,
J. M. Grkkr, Plant
Sec. and Tre*, - Sir