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THE FORT MILL TIMES VOLUME XVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 19Q9 NO. 1 NO POTASH TAX Congressman Lavor Gats Committee to Romovo Duty FROM TARIFF BILL The Farmers of South Carolina Will Save Over a Quarter Million Dollars by the Action of the Committee In Removing the Tax From Potash. Washington, April 8..A special to the Columbia Record sayB after a week of diplomatic activity, Representative Lever of South Carolina, today won a decided victory for the farmers of his State and the South. Following his represehtatlons as to the effect of the potential duty of 20 per" cont'on potash and potash salts, tho ways and means committee today promised Mr. Lever to remove by committee amendment the offensive paragraph from the hill. The flrBt step in the dlreetion pledged by the committee was taken this morning when the committee in executive session of its Republican members voted an amendment removing the duty on all potash salts except basic slag, a variation of the standard product. Learning of this execption, Mr. Lever again called on Chairman Payne and after explaining that basic slag, too, was an essential part of the demand submitted in behalf of tho farmers, Mr. Payne said that he thought the committee would certainly vote a supplementary amendment at its meeting tomorrow morning. The action of the committee Is a personal triumph for Mr. Lerer and ho is highly gratified at the result. The attention which Mr. Levsr's representations received at the hand:> of the committee. Republicans, Is the result of a consistently practiced policy of conciliation on the part of Mr. Lever as well as of the respect his energetic fights on particular questions bellore ithis have called forth on both sides of the hous^. Among both Republicans and Democrats Mr. Lever has many friends, and in that way ha can always get a hearing. After that he relies on bis presentation of his case. Mr. Lever's activities have been unceasing since telegrams reached Washington from Mr. E. J. Watson, directing his attention to the possibilities bidden away in the administrative clauses of the bill. There is one New Knglander on the ways and means committee, Mr. Hill of Connecticut, and as the New England soil in many localities requires practically the sans.* kind of fertilization needed In the South, it was not difficult for one knowing the ground as well as Mr. Lever to interest certain Republicans In his tight. The victory of the South Carolinian will mean something over u quarter of a million dollar* a year to the farmers of South Carolina alone, while to the South as a whole It will mean more than $2,000,000 1b his speech recently on this subject Mr. I^ever estimated the possible loss to South Carolina farmers from the enactment of thie clause at over $300,000, and a telegram he received from Wr. Watson this morning practically substantiate* his estimate. The indication* now are that the Payne bill will go to the Senate with potash and its salt* on the free list, and it is not thought that there will I>e mum cnance oi ion auiy oeirtg restored in the upper house. WILL SERVE UIS TIME. Brought liwk and Put in the State Penitentiary. Columbia, April 7..Sheriff Causey "has brought to the State penitentiary Henry Haynes, the desperado who was arrested in Jacksonvill' a few days ago and brought back to this State to serve out Ave yearr for manslaughter and 16 months on the charge of breach of trust with frauduledtt Intent. THe arrest of Haynes is the culmination of 10 years of evasion of the law.for llaynes. although convicted in 1899 of manslaughter, has succeeded In keeping away from the officers of the law until Sheriff Causey got on his track and located him in Jacksonville. Haynes escaped from Monck's Corner before he could be brought to Columbia to begin his sentence Just after he was convicted In 1899. The guards from the penitentiary had already started for Monck's Corner to bring Haynes and a number of other prisoners here when It was learned that Haynes had made his escape. Since 1899 Haynes has been able to keep away from the officers of the law. Sheriff .Causey sthtes (that Just as soon as he came into office he started to track Haynes and finally was able to make the negro move out of the State which ended In the arrest at Jacksonville. Fishermen Drowned. Naples. April 7..By the bursting dyfc* today at Catanzaro, 22 awept to sea. Eleven of them GUILTY OF MURDER EJLLHD ON* MAN AND TWO HVLFLBSS WOMMN. Avery Blount, Prospennw LralsUu Basiien Mm, Seat to the Gallows by tfvp Jury. Amite City, La., April 7..-Late this afternoon the Jury la the case of Avery Mount, charged with the murder of J. O. Brelaad. Mrs. Breland and Mrs. Joe Bverette, brought in a verdict of guilty In the frst degree. The yerdict carries the death penalty. The accused man received the verdict with much ooolnees. Judge Ellis fited Friday of this week for the hearing on motion for a new trial. Bouut, a prosperous merchant, of Tlckfaw, wan indloted on the oharge of murdering "Buz" Dreeland, Mrs. Breeland and the letter's daughter, Mrs. Joe. Bverette, and wee tried first on the separata Indictment of "Buz" Breeland's killing. (Jarfleld and Ben Klnohea, two brothers, indicted for complicity in the assaasinntlnn o r» wo# /> K® ^i*/i « V / WW VV UV V1IOU. The killing of the Breelauds, and Mrs. Everette waa oat of the most horrible crimes ever committed In the State. The tragedy occurred on the night of January 22. near Tickfaw several miles south of Amite City. Breelnnd and his wife were bringing their daughter, Mrs. Everette, from her former home in Livingston Parish to live with them near Tlckfaw. Mrs. Bverette's husband had boea killed by Bea Klnch* en a few days before. Breelund was shut from ambush. H« was on foot, and tha two women wore riding in a buggy. Acoording to Breeland'B dying statement Arory Blount, accompanied by some other person, then levelled guns on Mrs. Breeland and her daughter. The latter held her young baby in her arms. The elder woman was first shot and killed. Mrs. Everett® in the meantime was beseeching the assassins to spare her baby's life. Her supplications finally resulted in the child being taken from her arms and laid by the roadside. The mother was then shot te death. TRYING TO KILL OPIUM TRADE. New Law Prohibits Importation and Use of I>raf. Washington, April 7..One of the most Important bills paaeed at the last seeBlon of Congress, and which became effective on April 1, was iiiui piuuiuiiuiK uum iuu luipuriikUou uud use of opium iu the United Statee for any purpose w-hatever, except for strictly medicinal ,/urpoBea. Iu recent years the smuggling of opium Into this country has ben one of the serious curses of the time, and all of the larger cities have experienced untold trouble from such J raffle, especially among the Chinese, as the records of the poliee tsatloaa and Criminal Courts abundantly how. Under the new law. If nny person jhall fraudulently or knowingly iraoort er bring Into the United States, or assist In so delng. any opium or any preparation or derivatives or shall receive, coneeal, buy or sel\ or In any manner facilitate the transportation or concealment ef sale of any such opium products after their Importation, knowing them to have teen Imported eontray to law, such goods shall be forfeited and destroyed, and the offender ahall be vned in any sum not e reeding $R,0<10, nor less than $u'i. or oy imprisonment for any time not exceding two years, er both. The treasury department had gone over the new law carefully, and in a statement Just Issued by Secretary MacVeagh, Is Is made plain hereafter there shall be no traffic In this product if it Is posible to stop It. In issuing full directions to collectors at the different ports, these officers are cautioned to guard closely against fraudulent Importations hereafter. In addition to this, the State and municipal officers have been sent copies of the new law by the treasury department with ful directions for carrying it out, and with instructions also for making arrests and pushing prosecutions when such arrests are deemed necessary. Although more smuggling of opi-! um is done perhaps in San Francisco than in any other city in the United States, because o the very large number of Orientals there, the traffic in the drug has grown to enormous proportions in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and elsewhere in the East during the last five years. Not only this, but in some instances negroes, too, have been known to become steady and regular users of the drug, so that now the Chinese immigrant is not the only person to feel its harmful effects. Many murders among the Chinese in different parts of the country have been directly traceable to the illegal use of this drug, gnd It is believed by those who have made a caerful study of the mater that the new law wll be most beneficial In Its effects When ita provisions become generally k^own and ita mandates are carried jout. LIVES ARE LOST And Property Damaged in Various Section of Country BY A HEAVY STORM Several Cities Arc Damaged by a High Wind That Swept the Middie Western States, 'Which Crippled the Telegraph Service and Wrecked Houses and Schools. Detroit, Mich., April 7..At least eight persons lost their lives in the storm that visited Detroit and Michigan last sight and today. Anthony Kaup, a saloonkeeper, Joe Kadich, a barber, and Adam Felln, all of Wyandotte, attempted to cross the Detroit river in a row boat from Wyandotte to Canada this afternoon in a flfty-mlles gale to settle a wager and all three- were drowned when their boat capsized. Kadich bet Kaup Ave dollars that he wonld not dare to cross in the small boat and Felln was the stakeholder. At Jennings, in Missaukee county, three young men. Bernard CarlsoD, Charles Jackson and John Torrey, were killed by being caught .under m «mi Luni w»m mown aown oy inp wind at the Mitchell Brothers mill. Eight year old Benjamin Hellmer was killed by lightning near Irona last night and Ray Miller was killed at Brightwood today when he was struck by a roof that had been blown off. Many Killed. Chicago, April 7..Reports of last night's storm damage received here today are that ten persons are known to have been killed In Mississippi and at least 15 were injured. At the Terrell plantation, east of Weot Point, Miss., a number of negroes were killed. Reports from western Tennessee state that the storm wrecked many small buildings. At Wabash, Ind., Mrs. Jas. A. Hayes and four children were pinned down beneath the wreckage of their home, which caught on Are. The mother was badly burned, being rescued, and will die. The children were seriously hurt. The high wind wns followed by a cloudburst. Many brid'ges are washed away. A dozen houses were demolished in Wabash. The damage wi'n reach several thousand dollars. At Perua, Ind., four factories and Heveral school buildings, many small structures, were wrecked b> the wind. » Several Men Missing. Cleveland, Ohio., April 7..The fishing tug George Floyd, with seven men aboard, and the sand sucker Mary H., with nine men are missing, and the barge Norman Kelley, with a crew of four persons, was rescued tonight after a desperate fight, as a result of a fierce windstorm which raged on Lake Erie today. The wind blow a sixty-mile gale throughout the day. Life savers have been unable to do effective work. Tn* steel bars* Kelley's crow three m«n and a woman, were picked up after floating fifteen miles from Kelley's Island, when the boat IJroke away and ^drifted to sea. There was neither an engine nor an oar on the barge, so the crew was at the mercy of the waves. ^" vera.1 small buildings were wrecked and buggies overturned in Cleveland. Two men were blown from the shore of the Lake into the water. Both were rescued. Injured in New York. New York. April 7..The high gale that prevailed to the west and north of N^w York city today, causing havoc with telegraph and telephone lines, attained its full force here nt 7:45 o'clock tonight, when the wind reached a velocity of 60 miles an hour. Several persons were hurt and much damage and discomfort, resulted. Two persons, an elderly woman and a child, were badly hurt by being blown off their feet and dashed against objects in the street. At Rochester John Velth was killed this afternoon during a 51 mile an hour wind storm, and a 12-year-old child sustained a fractured skull from a v^lnd blown chimney. At Buffalo from three o'clock until five this afternoon the wind tore through the streets of Buffalo at the rate of 72 miles an hour. One man was killed and many people were Injured by parts of building* detached by the force of the wind and hurled through the air. Great Damage at Toledo. Toledo, April 7..Hundreds of men out of work, thousands of dollars damage done and many persons slightly Injured as tho results of a hurricane that visited Toledo and vicinity today. The wind attained a velocity of 89 miles an hour in this city. The roof of the plant of the Massilon Bridge. Company, 180 by 4ft feet was ripped off. and hurled into a field and 300 men were thrown out of employment until the damage can be repaired. Pedestrains were Injured by falling signs, parts of roof, chimneys and limbs of trees and many women were blowed over by the wind. 1 la email town* near Toledo con< CASTRO LANDS 1 HE LEAVES THE STEAMER AT FORT 1)E FRANCE. Very Much Annoyed by American Government's Interference With His Flan of Visiting Venezuela. Fort de France, Martinique, April 7..Ciprlano Castro, in a rage against the British government and the State department at Washington, left the steamer Guadeloupe at this port today and has taken up quarters on shore. Finding all ports in the West Indes, excepting Fort de France, barred against him, the present course was the only one left open to the former Venezuelan dictator. Senor Castro's wife will continue on board the Guadeloupe to LaGuaira. me American monitor Montana came Into port this morning. The Guadeloupe, on board which Castro" and his party sailed from France,^M arch 28,*after four months spent-in Europe, came into Fort de France late last evnlng. While at Pointe-a-Pitre of the island of Guadeloupe, where the steamer touched yfesterday, Castro was notified by the British consul that the British government had decided not to permit him to disembark at Port of Spain, Trinidad, consequently Castro decided to leave the Guadeloupe here. The decision of the British, acting on a request from the State department at Washington not to let him land at Trinidad, was unofficially communicated to Castro a second time this morning. He expressed himself as annoyed and angry at this decision, which he characterized as a violation of the rights of man. He is furiously angry with the American government and the French Steamship Company. The latter refused to let him continue on board the Guadeloupe to Colon. After expressing his annoyance at this unexpected turn in his affaire. Castro disclaimed the bellicose Intention with regard to the existing political situation In Venezuela with which he has ben credited and he declared that his only purpose in returning to Venezuela was to give his attention to his private business. Castro appears still to be in ill health. The steamer Gaudeloupe left here at noon today for Port of Spain and Venezuelan points. She wns followed out of the harbor by the cruiser Montana. 8TABBS I1IS WIFE. Drunken Negro Trie« to Kill All Ills Family. Rock Hill. April 7..This evening at 8 o'clock Lawrence Boyd, a well known negro cook, while drunk, run amuck on Ratterree hill and succeeded in a\£}Ost murdering his wife, Louisa, stabbing her deeply in the shoulder. He started for their child of three years old and cut at I , III- -I~* »-» » - * V * iw. run miua smut?! KUlUUmi til mill and prevented him from cutting the baby, but received a nasty cut on the arm herself. Boyd then fled and has not been caught. CHARGED WITH MURDER. Two Police Officers Shot Another Man to Death. Fitzgerald, On., April 7..Indictments charging murder were returned by the Irwin county grand Jury today agalnat Chief of Police Druebaker and Patrolman Johnson, who on Saturday night sh<$t (to death Robert Oresham, manager of a local mill, the officers stating that they were after him for an alleged theft and shot him down only after he had fired shots at them in a dark alleyway. The officers are in jail without bond. Guest of Honor. New York. April 7..United States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman will be the guest of honor and one of the speakers at the annual dinner of the South Carolinians in this city April 22. Members of other Southern States societies and of the Southern society have been invited to attend the dinner. Fight About Taxes. Atii a1 r* nln hria A *>« !1 iuuuiriruiifi| v/aiaiu ia, n(M 11 Four men were killed and many other# wounded In a conflict with the local Carabineers. The authorities are endeavoring to collect new taxes, which are exceedingly unpopular. slderable damage was done. Many houses were struck by lightning and the occupants stunned, but there were no reports of fatalities. Six injured. London, Ont., April 7..Six persons were injured, one fatally, and a financial loss of full fifty thousand dollars was entailed by a northwest hurricane which pased over this city today. At the Aberdeen public school, a tall chimney crashed through the roof, imprisoning 30(1 pupils, and creating a panic. Mary Laburltis, aged 9 years, was fatally Injured, and four other pupils were i eevererly hurt. The fire department worked rapidly and succeeded ir quieting the children, who were re- moved by me&a& of tedders. CUT IT OUT The Farmers Urged To Reduce The Cotton Acreage VERY GOOD ADVICE Which Would Help Out Wonderfully, If the Cotton Producers Would Only Follow it Out Generally Throughout the Cotton Producing Region. Columbia, April 8..President B. Harris, of the South Carolina State Farmers' Union, has issued the following address, which he desires that the county papers of the State should copy: "Again I want to call your atten- , tion, farmers, that now Is the time y to fix price on the 1909 cotton crop. | Will you make It 8 or 15 cents? It ^ Is in yonr power to make it either. t "I want to, if I can impress upon j you, that diversification of your ( crops 1b the keynote of the situation, 1 want to urge every Southern farmer ^ to plant at least 25 per cent of his cotton land in food crops, so aB to let's see if It will pay us as farmers to diversify our crops. To my knowledge, the farmer who has not been v making home self-supporting has ^ been swapping $1 for 50 cents. Now p let's see if this assertion is true. a "The farmer who bought corn last, ^ year paid $1.10 cash for it. If he 0 borrowed the money to buy with, It 1 cost him $1.25, as he paid interest a on the money. If he hauled it home e ten miles it cost him 10 cents. It t is worth 10 cents per bushel to haul a corn ten miles, so his corn cost him p $1.35. Now, any good, progressive 2 farmer can make all the corn he will need on his farm for 35 cents per f bushel. You see he gave a dollar for what he could have raised for a 3 5 cents per bushel. Are any of u the Southern farmers guilty of the t above? If so. go and sin no more. n "Did you buy any bacon? It is n selling now for 12 1-2 cents ca6h. g Still swapping $1 for 50 cents. Any good farmer can raise enough for t his family use or 3 cents per pound. s Did you buy any hay? I you did e you are still at the same old way a of exchanging. If you bought n n horse or a mule you paid from $200 to $250. You can raise one just o as good for less than $100. Now, ( brother farmers, do not say that you can not raise corn for 35 cents. Try 1 to do it. I have met more than 50 farmers this year that raised it for 11 less than 35 cents per bushel, and 1 as many as 15 who raised It for less a Minn 0 0 nnnfo "The farmer who is raising corn n for 3 0 cents, bacon for 3 cents, rais- 8 ing his own horses and making home self-supporting has quit swapping $1 o for 50 cents. The farmer who is la buying is still at his old job. While 1 the farmer who is buying on a lien and mortgage on his crop is Just i swapping $1 for 25 cents, for the cash buyer is swapping $1 for 50 cents. He can raise it for half what he pays for it when he buys it. Brother farmer, if you are guilty of the above sin I say to you, Bin no more. "Now, what price will you have for the 1909 crop? Will you have 8 or 15 cents? Romember, it is all in J your hands, and you will get what- d ever price you make it. To get 15 $ cents you will have to diversify your i crops and stop exchanging $1 for f 50 cents, or you will never be able i to get a remunerative price. Now, t what is the use of the farmers of t the South to raise 12,000,000 bales of cotton and not get for it any i more than they can for a 7,000,000- t or 8,000,000-bale crop? Think of 1 the enormous expense of raising the extra 5,000,000 bales to bear the < market down. And who does this? It is the farmer. Think and consld- :-r for a moment what you are doing ( and you will quit it, "Do you think for a moment that the manufacturer would do any such ruinous business as this? No, he would stOD one-half of his machinery at once and curtail his output onehalf and make the same profit. Now, brother farmers, use a littl- good business judgment and common (TAA/1 hnrcm cmnon T hno r oswin r* fo e er say Mr. Jones Is going to cut his cotton acreage and I will just increase mine. Sad, but thlB is too true to make a joke of.. This is just what the speculative world says you will do. The most essential thing for the farmers to do this year is to plant 3S> per cent of cotton land in food crops and live at home. "I took dinner the other day with a man who lives in the country. 1 can not say that he was a farmer, for his dinner did not satisfy me in calling him a farmer, for everything he had on his table was bought. Out of curiosity I asked him how he cured his bacon. He said Mr. Armour cured it for him. I asked him what tomato he found was best for canning. He told me his were canned in Baltimore. I asked him . what kind of turnips he sowvd for ' making salad. He told me he bought ! that also. Then I v;anted to know what kind of cotton seed bo planted. * *nd he quickly answered: 'I plant ' Toole's and Cook's.' "So you can readily see that he ' was a planter and not a real, real - farmer. This is the kind of farming » that causes 8-cent cotton. I was in a grocery store the other day and one of these planters caaio in to ^... PROVED A FAILURE THE WILLIAMSON PLAN DID NOT WORK WELL. Practical Tmto Prove Same Amount of Fertilizer Will Produce More Corn Without Stunting. For the benefit of all the doubting Thomases in corn culture, I ask you to publish some tests made in Fairfield county by good, conservative farmers. The men had such implicit faith In the Williamson method that when approached on the subject of (rowing more corn per acre, or as nuch with less expense, they would reply: "Give me the Williamson plaa and I will make more corn ban Dr. Knapp." But maay are the converts since harvesting the crop of 1908, and the rear 1909 will bid a long farewell on nany farms to Mr. Williamson. >Vhlle his plan of preparation (that s, a deep seedbed well prepared) is vhat we want, we do. nat want any nore stunted corn that takes a fertlizer bill a yard long to pay for half he yield. Due credit hag been given Mr. iVilliamson for having provod that he yields can be increased, and I iope the day is not far oil when every armer in the South will have alvays a seedbed ten to fifteen Inches leep, well filled with humus made by growing cover crops before the corn, ind when every farmer's fertilizer till in the fall will read so many tons if high grade phosphoric acid (and f need be, some potash), but not o much 8-4-4 or 8-3-3 that he buys very year In the face of the fact hat nitrogen floats in abundance round him, and can be secured by ilanting peas, soja beans, crimson lover and other legumes. The following are the tests reerred to: Mr. W. J. Durloy planted one ,cre of corn on Dr. Knapp's plan, sing the same amount of fertilizer hat he did on the Williamson plan, nd secured ten bushels more per ere than he made on the Wtlllamon plan. F. R. McMeekia & Bro. staked off wo acres side by si le. using the I ame amount of fertilizer, and statd at the time that the Williamson I ere would "skin" the Knapp aero a aile. They harvested thirty-five I ushels on the Knapp acre and thirty 1 a the Williamson acre. Their en- I ire crop for wages this year will 1 e plantod by the Knapp method. I Mr. D. L. Stevenson tried the two aethods, planting the poorer acre by he Knapp method, using the same mount of fertilizer per acre. The I Cnapp acre yielded thirty bnshols ind the Williamson acre twentyeven. Mr. M. W. Doty, one of the largst planters in the county, will work lmost his entire corn crop on Dr. Cnapp's plan this year. W. R. ELIOTT, ,oeal Agent of Farm Demonstration Work, Winnsboro, S. C. BLACK HAND SCHEME, fust a Fool Notion Caused by Dime Novel Reading. Atlanta, Oa. April 7.."It wns uat a fool notion I got from reading lime novels," said Daniel W. Johnion, Jr., the 18-year-old boy who van jailed here laat night for having ittempted to extort $35,000 from \sa O. Candler, prominent hanker ind Georgia's wealthiest citizen, hrough Dlaek Hand methods. The young man at first told thp >oIice that he had been forced by hree strangers to write letters to Mr. Candler, demanding the money fJe now admits that the scheme was if his own concoction. Johnson wrote the second letter Sunday, repeating his threats of loath to Mr. Candler in case of his non-compliance, and then went to ihurch and took his regular place In Mr. Candler's Sunday school class. Commits Suicide. Richmond, Va., April 7..Frank T. Glasgow, Jr., 38 years old, a well known resident of the city, and connected with the Tredegar iron works, shot himself through the head at the office of the plant today and died instantly. Ill health resulting In despondency was the cause. buy some corn, flour, bacon and hay. He asked the price of corn, $1.10: flour, $7 per barrel; bacon, 12 1-2 cents per pound, and hay, $23 per ton. He said to the merchant. 'Are you going to ron me?' The merchant told him he had robbed himself. You did It by planting all the cotton you could last year. "Now. brother farmers, let's look at things square In the face and see that October cotton Is being sold for about 9 cents on the New York exchange. Now, are you going to plant, another big crop when you know that 9 cents Is about the cost of production? Surely not. There Is just one thing that will keep you from delivering your cotton crop of 1909 for 9 cents, and that la organize into the Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union of America. Plant 35 per cent of your cotton crop Into food crops and yon will get as much money for an 8.500,000-bale crop as you will for a 13.000,000bale crop. "B. fcUBRlS. WANT IT BACK ; * | The State May Be Asked To Pay Back a LARGE SUM OF MONEY Ijoaned It Hy the United States Government Many Years Ago. Names of the States That Received the Money and What Kach One Received. Washington, April 8..If the bill Representative Murdock of Kansas has Introduced in the federal house of representatives, requiring twentysix States, which in 183 6 were loanoH 198 ftft" ' ior nnernal improvenients, to return this money, becomes a law, the federal government will have a hard tint collecting from South Carolina, which is said to have received the sauie amount as Georgia, $1,051,422.09. In 1S3 6 there was a surplus of $23,000,000 in the national treasury from the tariff taxes, and a bill was passed lending this amount to the various States then in the Union, with the understanding that It was to be returned whenever they were called upon to do so. The apportionment of the money was made according to representation in congress. Vv hen three installments had been paid In 1839, congress repealed the act. When the repealing act was passed ( it provided that the money apportioned "remain with the States until otherwise directed by "congress." While some of the States have kept the fund segregated and loaned it out at interest, other States have lost track of it completely. All the Southern States lost their part of the fund during the reconstruction period, and in many cases all the records relating to it wore destroyed. New York, however, received $4,01 4,520.71, and has kept the amount Intact. It has been loaned out at interest, and the amount received from the investment put Into the State treasury. New Jersey and Delaware are also said to have kept their part of the money segregated. The various accounts are still carried on the books at the national treasury department, and each secretary of the treasury has had to give a receipt for the money. It is.carried as "available funds." Mr. Murdock said recently that ho simply wished congress to "otherwise direct" as the bill provided in 1839, and he is confident the amount can be collected. It is said the president and the secretary of the treasury have approved the plan of Mr. Murdock, and have agreed that if the bill is passed Kv I. ~ **44 'i; >.wiif,n;3!j mo nuuruuy general will have no trouble In settling up the old account. The largest amounts received by the States are as follows: New York $4,014,520.71 Pennsylvania 2,867,51 4.78 Ohio 2,007,269.34 Virginia 2,198,427.89 Illinois 477,919.14 Georgia 1,051,422.09 South Carolina 1,051,422.09 Massachusetts 1,338,173.58 Maine 955,838.25 Now Hampshire . . .. 669,036.79 Vermont 669,036.79 Rhodo Island 383,335.30 Connecticut 764.670.60 For the last 25 years, say some of the older members, attempts have been made to have the nation apportion the remaining $5,000,000 between the States, but all the bills Introduced have died in the committee. The now States that were created since the money was apportioned are in favor of having the amounts returned, but the States that received the benefit, especially the Southern states that lost it entirely, will fight any attempt to force a payment. The bill has cause-! n y. d deal of discussion among th» i ebership of the house, and v. is said the States should be held responsible, it is not believed the bill can pass. LYNCHED FOll MI RDER. Strung l*p and Body Then Riddled "With Itulleta. Pensacola. Fla., April f>..Dave Alexander, a negro, was lynched here this morning for the murder of Pollcrmai Canton, whom the negro Uceman Canton, whom the negro slating arrest. While the police station was comparatively deserted, a crowd of 25 men, at the point of revolvers, took the black man from his cell and hanged him from an electric light pole, a half block from the Jail. As the body swayed In the air, 40 bullets were fired into It by the mob. Woman Dies of Wound. Bogalusa, La., April 7..Mrs. Elizabeth King, aged ?.4 years, died here today from the effects of a bullet wound inflicted last night by fl Deputy SherifT R. 3. Carson, who C was a boarder In Mrs. King's house. I j The shot which struck Mrs. King I was aimed at a supposed burglar. I I Carson was exonerated by the coro- « ner'a jury. I
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THE FORT MILL TIMESVOLUMEXVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 19Q9 NO. 1
NO POTASH TAXCongressman Lavor Gats Committee
to Romovo Duty
FROM TARIFF BILLThe Farmers of South Carolina
Will Save Over a Quarter MillionDollars by the Action of the
Committee In Removing the Tax
From Potash.
Washington, April 8..A specialto the Columbia Record sayB aftera week of diplomatic activity, RepresentativeLever of South Carolina,today won a decided victory for thefarmers of his State and the South.Following his represehtatlons as to
the effect of the potential duty of 20
per" cont'on potash and potash salts,tho ways and means committee todaypromised Mr. Lever to remove
by committee amendment the offensiveparagraph from the hill.The flrBt step in the dlreetion
pledged by the committee was takenthis morning when the committee inexecutive session of its Republicanmembers voted an amendment removingthe duty on all potash saltsexcept basic slag, a variation of thestandard product. Learning of thisexecption, Mr. Lever again called onChairman Payne and after explainingthat basic slag, too, was an essentialpart of the demand submittedin behalf of tho farmers, Mr. Paynesaid that he thought the committeewould certainly vote a supplementaryamendment at its meeting tomorrowmorning.The action of the committee Is a
personal triumph for Mr. Lerer andho is highly gratified at the result.The attention which Mr. Levsr's representationsreceived at the hand:> ofthe committee. Republicans, Is theresult of a consistently practiced policyof conciliation on the part ofMr. Lever as well as of the respecthis energetic fights on particularquestions bellore ithis have calledforth on both sides of the hous^.Among both Republicans and
Democrats Mr. Lever has manyfriends, and in that way ha can alwaysget a hearing. After that herelies on bis presentation of hiscase. Mr. Lever's activities havebeen unceasing since telegramsreached Washington from Mr. E. J.Watson, directing his attention tothe possibilities bidden away in theadministrative clauses of the bill.There is one New Knglander on theways and means committee, Mr. Hillof Connecticut, and as the New Englandsoil in many localities requirespractically the sans.* kind of fertilizationneeded In the South, itwas not difficult for one knowing theground as well as Mr. Lever to interestcertain Republicans In histight.
The victory of the South Carolinianwill mean something over u
quarter of a million dollar* a yearto the farmers of South Carolinaalone, while to the South as a wholeIt will mean more than $2,000,0001b his speech recently on this subjectMr. I^ever estimated the possible lossto South Carolina farmers from theenactment of thie clause at over
$300,000, and a telegram he receivedfrom Wr. Watson this morningpractically substantiate* his estimate.The indication* now are that the
Payne bill will go to the Senate withpotash and its salt* on the free list,and it is not thought that there willI>e mum cnance oi ion auiy oeirtgrestored in the upper house.
WILL SERVE UIS TIME.
Brought liwk and Put in the State
Penitentiary.Columbia, April 7..Sheriff Causey"has brought to the State penitentiaryHenry Haynes, the desperado
who was arrested in Jacksonvill'a few days ago and brought backto this State to serve out Ave yearrfor manslaughter and 16 months on
the charge of breach of trust withfrauduledtt Intent. THe arrest ofHaynes is the culmination of 10years of evasion of the law.forllaynes. although convicted in 1899of manslaughter, has succeeded In
keeping away from the officers ofthe law until Sheriff Causey got on
his track and located him in Jacksonville.Haynes escaped from Monck's Cornerbefore he could be brought to
Columbia to begin his sentence Justafter he was convicted In 1899. Theguards from the penitentiary hadalready started for Monck's Cornerto bring Haynes and a number ofother prisoners here when It was
learned that Haynes had made hisescape. Since 1899 Haynes has beenable to keep away from the officersof the law.
Sheriff .Causey sthtes (that Justas soon as he came into office hestarted to track Haynes and finallywas able to make the negro move
out of the State which ended In thearrest at Jacksonville.
Fishermen Drowned.
Naples. April 7..By the burstingdyfc* today at Catanzaro, 22
awept to sea. Elevenof them
GUILTY OF MURDEREJLLHD ON* MAN AND TWO
HVLFLBSS WOMMN.
Avery Blount, Prospennw LralsUuBasiien Mm, Seat to the Gallows
by tfvp Jury.Amite City, La., April 7..-Late
this afternoon the Jury la the caseof Avery Mount, charged with themurder of J. O. Brelaad. Mrs. Brelandand Mrs. Joe Bverette, broughtin a verdict of guilty In the frst degree.The yerdict carries the death penalty.The accused man received the verdictwith much ooolnees.Judge Ellis fited Friday of this
week for the hearing on motion fora new trial.
Bouut, a prosperous merchant, ofTlckfaw, wan indloted on the ohargeof murdering "Buz" Dreeland, Mrs.Breeland and the letter's daughter,Mrs. Joe. Bverette, and wee triedfirst on the separata Indictment of"Buz" Breeland's killing. (Jarfleldand Ben Klnohea, two brothers, indictedfor complicity in the assaasinntlnno r» wo# /> K® ^i*/i
« V / WW VV UV V1IOU.
The killing of the Breelauds, andMrs. Everette waa oat of the mosthorrible crimes ever committed Inthe State. The tragedy occurred onthe night of January 22. near Tickfawseveral miles south of AmiteCity. Breelnnd and his wife werebringing their daughter, Mrs. Everette,from her former home in LivingstonParish to live with themnear Tlckfaw. Mrs. Bverette's husbandhad boea killed by Bea Klnch*en a few days before.
Breelund was shut from ambush.H« was on foot, and tha two womenwore riding in a buggy. Acoordingto Breeland'B dying statement AroryBlount, accompanied by some otherperson, then levelled guns on Mrs.Breeland and her daughter. Thelatter held her young baby in herarms. The elder woman was firstshot and killed. Mrs. Everett® inthe meantime was beseeching theassassins to spare her baby's life.
Her supplications finally resultedin the child being taken from herarms and laid by the roadside. Themother was then shot te death.
TRYING TO KILL OPIUM TRADE.
New Law Prohibits Importation and
Use of I>raf.
Washington, April 7..One of themost Important bills paaeed at thelast seeBlon of Congress, and whichbecame effective on April 1, wasiiiui piuuiuiiuiK uum iuu luipuriikUouuud use of opium iu the UnitedStatee for any purpose w-hatever,except for strictly medicinal ,/urpoBea.
Iu recent years the smuggling ofopium Into this country has ben one
of the serious curses of the time, andall of the larger cities have experienceduntold trouble from suchJ raffle, especially among the Chinese,as the records of the poliee tsatloaaand Criminal Courts abundantlyhow.Under the new law. If nny person
jhall fraudulently or knowingly iraoorter bring Into the United States,or assist In so delng. any opium or
any preparation or derivatives orshall receive, coneeal, buy or sel\or In any manner facilitate the transportationor concealment ef sale ofany such opium products after theirImportation, knowing them to haveteen Imported eontray to law, suchgoods shall be forfeited and destroyed,and the offender ahall be vnedin any sum not e reeding $R,0<10,nor less than $u'i. or oy imprisonmentfor any time not exceding twoyears, er both.
The treasury department had goneover the new law carefully, and in a
statement Just Issued by SecretaryMacVeagh, Is Is made plain hereafterthere shall be no traffic In this productif it Is posible to stop It.
In issuing full directions to collectorsat the different ports, theseofficers are cautioned to guard closelyagainst fraudulent Importations hereafter.In addition to this, the Stateand municipal officers have been sentcopies of the new law by the treasurydepartment with ful directions forcarrying it out, and with instructionsalso for making arrests and pushingprosecutions when such arrestsare deemed necessary.
Although more smuggling of opi-!um is done perhaps in San Franciscothan in any other city in theUnited States, because o the verylarge number of Orientals there, thetraffic in the drug has grown to enormousproportions in New York, Chicago,Philadelphia, Boston and elsewherein the East during the lastfive years. Not only this, but insome instances negroes, too, havebeen known to become steady andregular users of the drug, so thatnow the Chinese immigrant is notthe only person to feel its harmfuleffects.Many murders among the Chinese
in different parts of the country havebeen directly traceable to the illegaluse of this drug, gnd It is believedby those who have made a caerfulstudy of the mater that the new lawwll be most beneficial In Its effectsWhen ita provisions become generallyk^own and ita mandates are carried
jout.
LIVES ARE LOSTAnd Property Damaged in Various
Section of Country
BY A HEAVY STORMSeveral Cities Arc Damaged by a
High Wind That Swept the MiddieWestern States, 'Which Crippledthe Telegraph Service and
Wrecked Houses and Schools.Detroit, Mich., April 7..At least
eight persons lost their lives in thestorm that visited Detroit and Michiganlast sight and today. AnthonyKaup, a saloonkeeper, Joe Kadich, abarber, and Adam Felln, all of Wyandotte,attempted to cross the Detroitriver in a row boat from Wyandotteto Canada this afternoon in aflfty-mlles gale to settle a wager andall three- were drowned when theirboat capsized. Kadich bet Kaup Avedollars that he wonld not dare tocross in the small boat and Felln wasthe stakeholder.
At Jennings, in Missaukee county,three young men. Bernard CarlsoD,Charles Jackson and John Torrey,were killed by being caught .underm «mi Luni w»m mown aown oy inpwind at the Mitchell Brothers mill.
Eight year old Benjamin Hellmerwas killed by lightning near Ironalast night and Ray Miller was killedat Brightwood today when he wasstruck by a roof that had been blownoff.
Many Killed.Chicago, April 7..Reports of last
night's storm damage received heretoday are that ten persons are knownto have been killed In Mississippiand at least 15 were injured.
At the Terrell plantation, east ofWeot Point, Miss., a number of negroeswere killed.
Reports from western Tennesseestate that the storm wrecked manysmall buildings.
At Wabash, Ind., Mrs. Jas. A.Hayes and four children were pinneddown beneath the wreckage oftheir home, which caught on Are.The mother was badly burned, beingrescued, and will die. Thechildren were seriously hurt. Thehigh wind wns followed by a cloudburst.Many brid'ges are washedaway. A dozen houses were demolishedin Wabash. The damage wi'nreach several thousand dollars.
At Perua, Ind., four factoriesand Heveral school buildings, manysmall structures, were wrecked b>the wind. »
Several Men Missing.Cleveland, Ohio., April 7..The
fishing tug George Floyd, with sevenmen aboard, and the sand suckerMary H., with nine men are missing,and the barge Norman Kelley, witha crew of four persons, was rescuedtonight after a desperate fight, asa result of a fierce windstorm whichraged on Lake Erie today. The windblow a sixty-mile gale throughoutthe day. Life savers have been unableto do effective work.Tn* steel bars* Kelley's crow
three m«n and a woman, were pickedup after floating fifteen miles fromKelley's Island, when the boatIJroke away and ^drifted to sea.There was neither an engine nor anoar on the barge, so the crew wasat the mercy of the waves.
^" vera.1 small buildings werewrecked and buggies overturned inCleveland. Two men were blownfrom the shore of the Lake into thewater. Both were rescued.
Injured in New York.New York. April 7..The high
gale that prevailed to the west andnorth of N^w York city today,causing havoc with telegraph andtelephone lines, attained its fullforce here nt 7:45 o'clock tonight,when the wind reached a velocityof 60 miles an hour. Several personswere hurt and much damageand discomfort, resulted.Two persons, an elderly woman
and a child, were badly hurt bybeing blown off their feet and dashedagainst objects in the street.
At Rochester John Velth waskilled this afternoon during a 51mile an hour wind storm, and a
12-year-old child sustained a fracturedskull from a v^lnd blownchimney.
At Buffalo from three o'clock untilfive this afternoon the wind torethrough the streets of Buffalo atthe rate of 72 miles an hour. Oneman was killed and many peoplewere Injured by parts of building*detached by the force of the windand hurled through the air.
Great Damage at Toledo.Toledo, April 7..Hundreds of
men out of work, thousands of dollarsdamage done and many personsslightly Injured as tho resultsof a hurricane that visited Toledoand vicinity today.The wind attained a velocity of
89 miles an hour in this city. Theroof of the plant of the MassilonBridge. Company, 180 by 4ft feet was
ripped off. and hurled into a fieldand 300 men were thrown out ofemployment until the damage canbe repaired.
Pedestrains were Injured by fallingsigns, parts of roof, chimneysand limbs of trees and many womenwere blowed over by the wind.
1 la email town* near Toledo con<
CASTRO LANDS1
HE LEAVES THE STEAMER ATFORT 1)E FRANCE.
Very Much Annoyed by American
Government's Interference WithHis Flan of Visiting Venezuela.Fort de France, Martinique, April
7..Ciprlano Castro, in a rageagainst the British government andthe State department at Washington,left the steamer Guadeloupe at thisport today and has taken up quarterson shore. Finding all ports in theWest Indes, excepting Fort deFrance, barred against him, the presentcourse was the only one left opento the former Venezuelan dictator.
Senor Castro's wife will continueon board the Guadeloupe to LaGuaira.me American monitor Montana
came Into port this morning.The Guadeloupe, on board which
Castro" and his party sailed fromFrance,^M arch 28,*after four monthsspent-in Europe, came into Fort deFrance late last evnlng. While atPointe-a-Pitre of the island of Guadeloupe,where the steamer touchedyfesterday, Castro was notified bythe British consul that the Britishgovernment had decided not to permithim to disembark at Port ofSpain, Trinidad, consequently Castrodecided to leave the Guadeloupehere.The decision of the British, acting
on a request from the State departmentat Washington not to let himland at Trinidad, was unofficiallycommunicated to Castro a secondtime this morning. He expressedhimself as annoyed and angry at thisdecision, which he characterized asa violation of the rights of man.He is furiously angry with the Americangovernment and the FrenchSteamship Company. The latter refusedto let him continue on boardthe Guadeloupe to Colon.
After expressing his annoyance atthis unexpected turn in his affaire.Castro disclaimed the bellicose Intentionwith regard to the existingpolitical situation In Venezuela withwhich he has ben credited and hedeclared that his only purpose inreturning to Venezuela was to givehis attention to his private business.
Castro appears still to be in illhealth.The steamer Gaudeloupe left here
at noon today for Port of Spain andVenezuelan points. She wns followedout of the harbor by the cruiserMontana.
8TABBS I1IS WIFE.
Drunken Negro Trie« to Kill All
Ills Family.Rock Hill. April 7..This evening
at 8 o'clock Lawrence Boyd, a wellknown negro cook, while drunk, runamuck on Ratterree hill and succeededin a\£}Ost murdering his wife,Louisa, stabbing her deeply in theshoulder. He started for theirchild of three years old and cut atI , III- -I~* »-» » - * V *iw. run miua smut?! KUlUUmi til mill
and prevented him from cutting thebaby, but received a nasty cut onthe arm herself. Boyd then fledand has not been caught.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Two Police Officers Shot Another
Man to Death.
Fitzgerald, On., April 7..Indictmentscharging murder were returnedby the Irwin county grand Jurytoday agalnat Chief of Police Druebakerand Patrolman Johnson, whoon Saturday night sh<$t (to deathRobert Oresham, manager of a localmill, the officers stating that theywere after him for an alleged theftand shot him down only after hehad fired shots at them in a darkalleyway. The officers are in jailwithout bond.
Guest of Honor.New York. April 7..United States
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman will bethe guest of honor and one of thespeakers at the annual dinner of theSouth Carolinians in this city April22. Members of other SouthernStates societies and of the Southernsociety have been invited to attendthe dinner.
Fight About Taxes.Atii a1 r* nln hria A *>« ! 1
iuuuiriruiifi| v/aiaiu ia, n(M 11
Four men were killed and many other#wounded In a conflict with thelocal Carabineers. The authoritiesare endeavoring to collect new taxes,which are exceedingly unpopular.
slderable damage was done. Manyhouses were struck by lightning andthe occupants stunned, but therewere no reports of fatalities.
Six injured.London, Ont., April 7..Six personswere injured, one fatally, and
a financial loss of full fifty thousanddollars was entailed by a northwesthurricane which pased over this citytoday. At the Aberdeen publicschool, a tall chimney crashedthrough the roof, imprisoning 30(1pupils, and creating a panic. MaryLaburltis, aged 9 years, was fatallyInjured, and four other pupils were
i eevererly hurt. The fire departmentworked rapidly and succeeded irquieting the children, who were re-moved by me&a& of tedders.
CUT IT OUTThe Farmers Urged To Reduce
The Cotton Acreage
VERY GOOD ADVICEWhich Would Help Out Wonderfully,If the Cotton ProducersWould Only Follow it Out GenerallyThroughout the Cotton ProducingRegion.Columbia, April 8..President B.
Harris, of the South Carolina StateFarmers' Union, has issued the followingaddress, which he desires thatthe county papers of the State shouldcopy:
"Again I want to call your atten- ,tion, farmers, that now Is the time yto fix price on the 1909 cotton crop. |Will you make It 8 or 15 cents? It ^Is in yonr power to make it either. t"I want to, if I can impress upon jyou, that diversification of your (crops 1b the keynote of the situation,1 want to urge every Southern farmer ^to plant at least 25 per cent of hiscotton land in food crops, so aB tolet's see if It will pay us as farmersto diversify our crops. To my knowledge,the farmer who has not been v
making home self-supporting has ^been swapping $1 for 50 cents. Now plet's see if this assertion is true. a
"The farmer who bought corn last, ^year paid $1.10 cash for it. If he 0
borrowed the money to buy with, It 1cost him $1.25, as he paid interest a
on the money. If he hauled it home eten miles it cost him 10 cents. It tis worth 10 cents per bushel to haul acorn ten miles, so his corn cost him p$1.35. Now, any good, progressive 2farmer can make all the corn he willneed on his farm for 35 cents per fbushel. You see he gave a dollarfor what he could have raised for a3 5 cents per bushel. Are any of uthe Southern farmers guilty of the tabove? If so. go and sin no more. n
"Did you buy any bacon? It is nselling now for 12 1-2 cents ca6h. gStill swapping $1 for 50 cents. Anygood farmer can raise enough for this family use or 3 cents per pound. sDid you buy any hay? I you did
eyou are still at the same old way aof exchanging. If you bought n
nhorse or a mule you paid from $200to $250. You can raise one just
oas good for less than $100. Now,
(brother farmers, do not say that youcan not raise corn for 35 cents. Try 1
to do it. I have met more than 50farmers this year that raised it for 11
less than 35 cents per bushel, and 1
as many as 15 who raised It for less a
Minn 0 0 nnnfo
"The farmer who is raising corn n
for 3 0 cents, bacon for 3 cents, rais- 8
ing his own horses and making homeself-supporting has quit swapping $1 o
for 50 cents. The farmer who is labuying is still at his old job. While 1the farmer who is buying on a lienand mortgage on his crop is Just iswapping $1 for 25 cents, for thecash buyer is swapping $1 for 50cents. He can raise it for half whathe pays for it when he buys it.Brother farmer, if you are guilty ofthe above sin I say to you, Bin no
more."Now, what price will you have for
the 1909 crop? Will you have 8 or15 cents? Romember, it is all in Jyour hands, and you will get what- dever price you make it. To get 15 $
cents you will have to diversify your i
crops and stop exchanging $1 for f
50 cents, or you will never be able i
to get a remunerative price. Now, t
what is the use of the farmers of tthe South to raise 12,000,000 balesof cotton and not get for it any imore than they can for a 7,000,000- tor 8,000,000-bale crop? Think of 1the enormous expense of raising theextra 5,000,000 bales to bear the <market down. And who does this?It is the farmer. Think and consld-:-r for a moment what you are doing (
and you will quit it,"Do you think for a moment that
the manufacturer would do any suchruinous business as this? No, hewould stOD one-half of his machineryat once and curtail his output onehalfand make the same profit.Now, brother farmers, use a littl-good business judgment and common(TAA/1 hnrcm cmnon T hno r oswin r* fo e
er say Mr. Jones Is going to cut hiscotton acreage and I will just increasemine. Sad, but thlB is tootrue to make a joke of.. This is justwhat the speculative world says youwill do. The most essential thingfor the farmers to do this year isto plant 3S> per cent of cotton landin food crops and live at home.
"I took dinner the other day witha man who lives in the country. 1can not say that he was a farmer,for his dinner did not satisfy me incalling him a farmer, for everythinghe had on his table was bought.Out of curiosity I asked him how hecured his bacon. He said Mr. Armourcured it for him. I askedhim what tomato he found was bestfor canning. He told me his werecanned in Baltimore. I asked him
. what kind of turnips he sowvd for' making salad. He told me he bought! that also. Then I v;anted to knowwhat kind of cotton seed bo planted.
* *nd he quickly answered: 'I plant' Toole's and Cook's.'
"So you can readily see that he' was a planter and not a real, real- farmer. This is the kind of farming» that causes 8-cent cotton. I was
in a grocery store the other day andone of these planters caaio in to
^...
PROVED A FAILURETHE WILLIAMSON PLAN DID NOT
WORK WELL.
Practical Tmto Prove Same Amountof Fertilizer Will Produce MoreCorn Without Stunting.For the benefit of all the doubting
Thomases in corn culture, I ask youto publish some tests made in Fairfieldcounty by good, conservativefarmers. The men had such implicitfaith In the Williamson method thatwhen approached on the subject of(rowing more corn per acre, or asnuch with less expense, they wouldreply: "Give me the Williamsonplaa and I will make more cornban Dr. Knapp."But maay are the converts since
harvesting the crop of 1908, and therear 1909 will bid a long farewell onnany farms to Mr. Williamson.>Vhlle his plan of preparation (thats, a deep seedbed well prepared) isvhat we want, we do. nat want anynore stunted corn that takes a fertlizerbill a yard long to pay for halfhe yield.Due credit hag been given Mr.iVilliamson for having provod thathe yields can be increased, and I
iope the day is not far oil when everyarmer in the South will have alvaysa seedbed ten to fifteen Inchesleep, well filled with humus made bygrowing cover crops before the corn,ind when every farmer's fertilizertill in the fall will read so many tonsif high grade phosphoric acid (andf need be, some potash), but noto much 8-4-4 or 8-3-3 that he buysvery year In the face of the facthat nitrogen floats in abundanceround him, and can be secured byilanting peas, soja beans, crimsonlover and other legumes.The following are the tests reerredto:Mr. W. J. Durloy planted one
,cre of corn on Dr. Knapp's plan,sing the same amount of fertilizerhat he did on the Williamson plan,nd secured ten bushels more perere than he made on the Wtlllamonplan.F. R. McMeekia & Bro. staked off
wo acres side by si le. using the Iame amount of fertilizer, and statdat the time that the Williamson Iere would "skin" the Knapp aero aaile. They harvested thirty-five Iushels on the Knapp acre and thirty 1a the Williamson acre. Their en- Iire crop for wages this year will 1e plantod by the Knapp method. IMr. D. L. Stevenson tried the two
aethods, planting the poorer acre byhe Knapp method, using the samemount of fertilizer per acre. The ICnapp acre yielded thirty bnsholsind the Williamson acre twentyeven.Mr. M. W. Doty, one of the largstplanters in the county, will work
lmost his entire corn crop on Dr.Cnapp's plan this year.
W. R. ELIOTT,,oeal Agent of Farm DemonstrationWork, Winnsboro, S. C.
BLACK HAND SCHEME,
fust a Fool Notion Caused by DimeNovel Reading.
Atlanta, Oa. April 7.."It wnsuat a fool notion I got from readinglime novels," said Daniel W. Johnion,Jr., the 18-year-old boy whovan jailed here laat night for havingittempted to extort $35,000 from\sa O. Candler, prominent hankerind Georgia's wealthiest citizen,hrough Dlaek Hand methods.The young man at first told thp
>oIice that he had been forced byhree strangers to write letters toMr. Candler, demanding the moneyfJe now admits that the scheme wasif his own concoction.Johnson wrote the second letter
Sunday, repeating his threats ofloath to Mr. Candler in case of hisnon-compliance, and then went toihurch and took his regular placeIn Mr. Candler's Sunday school class.
Commits Suicide.Richmond, Va., April 7..Frank
T. Glasgow, Jr., 38 years old, awell known resident of the city, andconnected with the Tredegar ironworks, shot himself through thehead at the office of the plant todayand died instantly. Ill health resultingIn despondency was thecause.
buy some corn, flour, bacon and hay.He asked the price of corn, $1.10:flour, $7 per barrel; bacon, 12 1-2cents per pound, and hay, $23 perton. He said to the merchant. 'Areyou going to ron me?' The merchanttold him he had robbed himself.You did It by planting all the cottonyou could last year."Now. brother farmers, let's look
at things square In the face and seethat October cotton Is being soldfor about 9 cents on the New Yorkexchange. Now, are you going toplant, another big crop when youknow that 9 cents Is about the costof production? Surely not. ThereIs just one thing that will keep youfrom delivering your cotton crop of1909 for 9 cents, and that la organizeinto the Farmers' Educationaland Co-operative Union of America.Plant 35 per cent of your cotton cropInto food crops and yon will get asmuch money for an 8.500,000-balecrop as you will for a 13.000,000balecrop.
"B. fcUBRlS.
WANT IT BACK ;* |
The State May Be Asked To PayBack a
LARGE SUM OF MONEYIjoaned It Hy the United StatesGovernment Many Years Ago.Names of the States That Receivedthe Money and What KachOne Received.Washington, April 8..If the bill
Representative Murdock of Kansashas Introduced in the federal houseof representatives, requiring twentysixStates, which in 183 6 were loanoH198 ftft" '
ior nnernal improvenients,to return this money, becomesa law, the federal governmentwill have a hard tint collectingfrom South Carolina, which is saidto have received the sauie amountas Georgia, $1,051,422.09.
In 1S3 6 there was a surplus of$23,000,000 in the national treasuryfrom the tariff taxes, and a bill waspassed lending this amount to thevarious States then in the Union,with the understanding that It wasto be returned whenever they werecalled upon to do so. The apportionmentof the money was made accordingto representation in congress.Vv hen three installments had beenpaid In 1839, congress repealed theact. When the repealing act waspassed ( it provided that the moneyapportioned "remain with the Statesuntil otherwise directed by "congress."
While some of the States havekept the fund segregated and loanedit out at interest, other States havelost track of it completely. All theSouthern States lost their part ofthe fund during the reconstructionperiod, and in many cases all therecords relating to it wore destroyed.New York, however, received$4,01 4,520.71, and has kept theamount Intact. It has been loanedout at interest, and the amount receivedfrom the investment put Intothe State treasury. New Jerseyand Delaware are also said to havekept their part of the money segregated.The various accounts are still carriedon the books at the national
treasury department, and each secretaryof the treasury has had to givea receipt for the money. It is.carriedas "available funds."
Mr. Murdock said recently that hosimply wished congress to "otherwisedirect" as the bill provided in1839, and he is confident the amountcan be collected.
It is said the president and thesecretary of the treasury have approvedthe plan of Mr. Murdock, andhave agreed that if the bill is passedKv I. ~ **44'i; >.wiif,n;3!j mo nuuruuy generalwill have no trouble In settling upthe old account.The largest amounts received by
the States are as follows:New York $4,014,520.71Pennsylvania 2,867,51 4.78Ohio 2,007,269.34Virginia 2,198,427.89Illinois 477,919.14Georgia 1,051,422.09South Carolina 1,051,422.09Massachusetts 1,338,173.58Maine 955,838.25Now Hampshire . . . . 669,036.79Vermont 669,036.79Rhodo Island 383,335.30Connecticut 764.670.60
For the last 25 years, say someof the older members, attempts havebeen made to have the nation apportionthe remaining $5,000,000between the States, but all the billsIntroduced have died in the committee.The now States that were created
since the money was apportioned arein favor of having the amounts returned,but the States that receivedthe benefit, especially the Southernstates that lost it entirely, will fightany attempt to force a payment.The bill has cause-! n y. d deal of
discussion among th» i ebershipof the house, and v. is saidthe States should be held responsible,it is not believed the bill can pass.
LYNCHED FOll MI RDER.
Strung l*p and Body Then Riddled
"With Itulleta.
Pensacola. Fla., April f>..DaveAlexander, a negro, was lynched herethis morning for the murder of PollcrmaiCanton, whom the negroUceman Canton, whom the negroslating arrest. While the police stationwas comparatively deserted, acrowd of 25 men, at the point ofrevolvers, took the black man fromhis cell and hanged him from anelectric light pole, a half block fromthe Jail. As the body swayed In theair, 40 bullets were fired into It bythe mob.
Woman Dies of Wound.Bogalusa, La., April 7..Mrs.
Elizabeth King, aged ?.4 years, diedhere today from the effects of a bulletwound inflicted last night by flDeputy SherifT R. 3. Carson, who Cwas a boarder In Mrs. King's house. Ij The shot which struck Mrs. King Iwas aimed at a supposed burglar. II Carson was exonerated by the coro- «ner'a jury. I
