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THE 8UMTKR WATCHMAN, Eatabll
or validated Aug. 2,188
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MMJHNAb Or COBOfXROB RE?
PORT DISCOURAGING.
fwaeailmi of the Orop IQstl mated at
mm Paw Osat?Palling Off of 7.1 Per
Oasat within Use Pas* Month?
Worth Carolina the Only State to
gain ? an Inieoane Greatest Low in
Oklahoma.
Mww York. August Si.?The Jour?
nal of Commerce will tomorrow pub
MaH Its September report on the cot
taai condition It will present a dis
oeteraglng outlook. Prom replies of
(nearly 1,700 correspondents of an av
?arags date of August t4. a condition
?if II per cent Is obtained, which
ooenparss with 71.1 last month and
fe\l a year ago. The plant has.
Jgaatafora. deteriorated 7.1. which haa
only once been exceeded In the nine
since the Journal of Commerce
jial reports were inaugurated,
dy. In 1002. when It fell 8.0.
Other years when the loss closely ap?
proached this figure were 1904, con
am then falling 7 points, and 1008
when the loss was 6.5 and
gssctlvety. North Carolina dur
showed an improvement
of I S to 70; but Other
ahowed losses. South
Ing 0.0 to 76.1; Oeor
Plorida. 10.3 to 72.7:
Ii Mississippi, 2.6
Iff**/ f?r T*raJ.
?mi; Arkansas 16.6 to 61.4:
Tsneseee 7.1 to 00; Missouri 3.0 to
?1 ? snd Oklahoma, 10.3 to 63.2.
The destructive work of the boil
weevil, which made havoc with the
crop earlier In the season in Texa.s.
Arkansas and Louisiana, was cheek?
ed by prolonged drought and heat;
and by many correspondents these
ravages are considered practically
stopped.
r>. rynoh i>k\b.
Striche?! on Train Returning Prom
Southern Bieduc?* Trip?Was Ap?
parently In 0*0*1 Health Vp to This
Fatal Attack.
At the ITnlverstty of Pennsylvania
Hospital, st Philadelphia, at 2 o'clock
this morning. Samuel D. Kynor, of
No. 714 Mahantongo street, died from
the reoult of scute diabetes. His ill?
ness and death was most unexpected
as up to the latter part of last week
he was apparently in the best of
health. It was last Thursday while
returning from Sumter. South Caro?
lina, that he was stricken on the train
snd upon reaching Philadelphia was
at once taken to the hospital. There
he received the best of medical treat
ment. Dr. O. H. Boyer being sum?
moned to hin bedside with some of
the most eminent physicians of the
country. When dissolution came, his
wife and only son, Herbert D. Kynor.
who Is a student at Lehlgh Univer?
sity, were st h abedmde
Both are now home and this even?
ing via the 1:11 Philadelphia Read?
Ing "flyer." Undertaker fieorge \V.
<ho^ner will arrive home with the
remain* which will he taken at one"
to hi* late residence.
Mr. Kynor was In the flfty-eigh'h
yesr of his ag" He was a MtlVO ,f
I ff? N'. J . and came to PottsviP
about twentv rears ago. from Stock?
ton, where bf u e< a colliery super?
intendent. I'n ? t,? th.?t time h?> ton
i 'ed an lr<>n ??!?? I.ii-mea* In New
Jersey and al o bad charge of Iron
ore b* >\? i:? Cuba for lbs Bethlehem
Iron snd sb ei Com pan] When !???
located here be took gg coal op*rat<
ing. conducting tbe Mt Hopi Co*l
Company, at St flair, for I BUmbel
of years. He retired from |hc OOal
bust ties* about a half tlnztn years
ago. About a yoai ago he Identified
himself with the Sumter Pine Cypreas
t'ompany. He was on his way home
from a buallH Irtp Sooth |g . on
ne<-tlon vltb that oogipgny, wrhen h
was stricken. Bullying from th ?t at
tack he seemed Improving but last
night to..k a sinking spell. hi> domlM
? ?on foih-u ing, potts-, lilt, pg?i
Newa. Aug. 30.
Wied April. I8S0
1.
LAST REPORIS WORST.
RIGHT HUNDRED BODIES RE?
COVERED IS MONTEREY
Many Thousands Homeless?Hun?
dreds Are Destitute in Watersvrept
Valley of Santa Catarina.
Monterey, Mex.. Aug. 30.?With 800
bodies recovered and burled in Mont?
erey up to nightfall. 2,000 is now the
estimate of the city authorities of
those who lost their lives throughout
the valley of the Santa Catarina riv?
er. The number of homeless, many
destitute, is placed at 16.000 and 20,
000.
The Santa Catarina river at Mont?
erey has subsided sufficiently to per?
mit a pasaage into the district lying
to the south and a visit to that sec?
tion by a correspondent of the Asso?
ciated Press revealed an appalling
condition. People who had been sav?
ed from the flood of Saturday morn?
ing had been without food until to
I day. when on some cables a small
I amount of bread and beans was got
I across. The river was still running
I swiftly and In order to get across It
I was necessary to wade t>rough half
I a mile of water so as to avoid the
I strong current which would still
I sweep a man from his feet.
I Once on the south side of the river
I evidences of the terrible destruction
I wrought by the flood were to be seen
I on every hand. Five blocks of the dls
I trict were as though they had never
I existed and in the remaining portion
I of the district bodies were being tak
I en from the ruins and buried by a
I party of gendarmes sent across for
I the purpose.
At 4 o'clock 400 bodies had been
I recovered and were burled on the
I hillside south of San Luislto, thus,
I with the same number buried yester
I day, making in all 800 bodies which
I hav<> been received in Monterey alone.
I Thus far no Americans have been
I reported lost and It is not expected
I that any of them are missing, as few
I of foreign families resided in the
I needed district.
Reports from the country up and
1 do* n the valley are meagre and hsird
1 v j t '
I to obtain, as all telegraph communi
I cation has been cut off in this direc
J tlon, but fiom what has been learned,
I the number of dead has been placed
I it 2.000 and the homeless at between
l ..000 and 20.000.
j Most of the people are in destitute
I circumstances.
Reports from down the river state
I that many bodies have been recover
I ed but there are many that will never
I be accounted for as the Santa Catar
I ina river bed is full of quicksands,
I and many bodies have no duobt dis
I appeared in these sands.
The authorities are dotng all in
I their power and the federal govern
I ment has sent $50,000 in money and
I provisions for the relief of the suf
I ferers. Contributions have been re
I calved from San Antonio and New
I York city firms which have repre
I eenUvos In the city.
Many houses have f?llen from the
I effects of the continuous rains which
I have occurred in this city during the
I 7 2 hours ending at noon Sunday. Dur
I tng this time 21 7-8 inches of rain
I fell in Monterey and up the Santa Ca
I taring valley.
I One of the buildings destroyed was
1 the Sun Francisco church, which was
I Uli oldest building in the city, it hav?
ing been built In lf>72. The barracks
I of the rurales was washed away and
I much military equipn ent was lost.
POSTAL DEFICIT LARGEST YET.
llltcttcwk Confers With President
About It.
Reverly. Mass.. Sept. 1.?Postmas?
ter Oneral Hitchcock had an impor?
tant Son fare nee with President Taft
thi.-. afternoon regarding tha plans he
ha formulated for cutting down ex?
panses itj tha postal establishment,
it" told the preeldenl that according
to lha lateal estimates the postofflce
department will show ? deficit for the
Aecal yeai ended June io la^t of more
than $20.00oo.h>. This is the larg?
est deficit d" postal aervlce ever has
k nown.
The dalle i for the fls< al year end?
ing June |S, lift, \\a:< about |f,000v
?)?'? The Increase as nearly as can
be ascertained was due In part to
extensions of the service, to the busi
nesa depression during tin- first pan
ol the fiacal year, and to cumbersome
ic i expensive method-; of handling
the mall and In other departm< nti ?>i
postal work
Three mulei and ? horse were kin
ed b) lightning In Lanoaater county
Sun.lav night.
b sorl ?>i climb
very plentiful in
'lie Just ai
IT Ml
v inllla grows on
iUK Orchldi which is
the tropics.
id Fear uoi-~Let all the ends Thou Air
BANDITS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
LONE ROBBER HOLDS UP EX?
PRESS TRAIN.
Oets Several Thousand Dollars In
Currency and 10,000 Pennies,
Thinking Coppers Are Dollars.
Lewlston, Pa., Aug. 31.?One of the
most audacious and startling holdups
of a railroad train in the Eist for
years occurred in the eastern slope of
the Alleghany mountains early today,
when a lone highway man stopped a
Pennsylvania railroad express with a
dynamite cartridge and at the point
of a revolver compelled the crew to
carry thousands of dollars in coin and
bullion from an express car to a spot
in the wilderness.
When the conductor of the train
attempted to Interfere with the rob?
ber's plans he was shot in the hand
and the bold bandit succeeded In
making good his escape.
In the darkness, however, he mis?
took a bag containing 16,000 new Lin?
coln pennies for gold coin and stag?
gered away with it, leaving the real
gold bullion to be recovered.
When the news ?f the robbery
reached the railroad and express
company officials they immediately
ordered every available detective from
the East and West to the scene in
an effort to capture the audacious
bandit. Bloodhounds were also put
on his track, but up to a late hour to?
night no trace of the man had been
found.
The looted train was made up of
an engine, three express cars and two
sleeping coaches tilled with passen?
gers. At about 1:30 a. m., it was run?
ning through Lewistown narrows,
whena uddenly a dynamite cap ex?
ploded and the engine driver brought
the train to a standstill. Then he was
confronted by a masked man with a
gun pointed at him.
"Are there an. mail cars on this
train?" demanded the highwayman.
"No," was the reply of the start?
led engineer.
The engine crew was then forced at
the point of the gun to accompany
the robber to the first express car. A
revolver was pointed .it the messen?
ger's head, and threatening to blow
up the car. the robber forced the mes?
senger of the two express cars and
engine crew to carry all the gold.ap'1
bullion stacked in the first car to the
side of the tracks.
Conductor i. it. Poffenberger of
Harrisburg. Pa-, who came up while
this work was being accomplished,
was ordered back by the bandit, who
emptied one of his revolvers at him,
one of the shots penetrating his hand
and the others grazing his body.
Despite the appearance of three
passengers who had been awakened
by the shooting, the robber calmly or?
dered the crew back on the train and
compelled them to steam away, leav?
ing the bullion beside the track. It
was recovered later by a posse sent
on a special train. When the train
was leaving he called out: "Good?
bye, an good luck; I hope to see you
again."
It was reported tonight that in ad?
dition to the missing pennies several
thousand dollars in currency was
missing, but the express company of?
ficials refuse to announce the exact
.amount of their loss.
Agent Hamraaker of Lewiston sent
a safe to the scene of the robbery to
receive six hags of pennies on which
the stals had not been broken, but
which had been cut open with a sharp
knife to ascertain the eontenis and
abandoned by the robber in disgust.
With practically every detective and
officer employed by the railroad, as?
sisted by special detectives employed
by the Adams Hx press Company, en
gaged In a anarch for the lone bandit.
tiie prediction was made tonight by
railroad officials that his apprehen?
sion la but a few hours off.
The highwayman, it is said, took
$6.000 iti bullion and $200 In pennies
liorn the Car and all of this Ins be< tl
found along the rails but *?;'>.
JUSTICE MOODY SERIOUSLY ILL
Member of supreme Court Removed
From Railroad Station .o in*. Home
In 11 a \ tit) ill.
Have; hill, Mass.. Aug. 31.? With
many precautions for secrecy Asso?
ciate Justice William H. Moody of tin
United States Supreme Court w as re?
moved In ;i police ambulance from
the Bradford railroad station to hi.
home here tonight, it is understoo
that hi-. Condition Is serious. H?- BP
"?and to be helpless during the trans
i? r from tiu? train to the ambulance
Although Justice Moody's Illness wat
announced official!) as a caae o
rheumatism and gout. local physl
clans, who have known him for yean*
11 ilevc it to be more ?erioua.
is't at be Ihf Country's, Tliy God's ani
v RFr- 4MBER 4.
BUMPER COTTON CHOP.
SOUTH PRODUCED NEARLY
FOURTEEN MILLION BALES.
The Crop of 1908 Was the Greatest
Ever Grown by More Than Quarter
Of a Million Bales?Hester's Fig?
ures Made Public.
New Orleans, Aug. 31.?Statistics
showing that more cotton was hand?
led during the commercial year end?
ing at midnight tonight than ever be?
fore and that all records had been
broken in the amount of cotton con?
sumed by Southern mills was the fea?
tures of the annual crop statement of
I Secretary Hester of the New Orleans
cotton exchange. The document forms
the preliminary report of Secretary
Hester's annual review of the com?
mercial year.
The count of tho commercial crop
showed it to be the largest on record.
13.825.4S7 bales. The previous larg?
est commercial crop was 13,505,586.
marketed in 1904-06. Last season's
total was only 11,671,960.
The very large total for this year'"
crop was a surprise to the trade, in?
cluding both the bulls and the bears,
and if the figures had been issued
while trading was going on it is prob?
able that they would have had a de?
pressing effect on prices.
The most Important feature In the
report next to the size of the crop ll
?elf was the statement on the amount
of cotton consumed by Southern mills
during the season which closed to?
day. Here all the records were again
broken, the total being 2.559,873
bales. This point was regarded by the
bulls as being even of more impor?
tance than the size of the crop Itself.
It was taken as official confirmation
of the many stories of the great ex?
pansion of cotton manufacturing in
the South. The figures compared with
2.193,000 last season and 2.439,000
two seasons ago.
In the point of port receipts an?
other record was broken. Net re?
ceipts at all ports of the season were
put at 10.062.845 bales against only
8.579.842 last year and 9,919,555 two
yeaee ago. ., V ^
Liverpool will have the first chance
to trade on the report. Tonight the
trad., is about equally divided in opin?
ion over the effect of the total, bulls
claiming the bearishncss of the big
( rop is more than offset by the bull?
ishness of the big consumption in
Bplte of the claims o;* the bears that
it i.. a decidedly bearish document.
COTTON MARKET WEAK.
Bullish Crop Advices Soon Lost In
lliience?Close Was Barely Steady.
New York, Aug. 31.?An early ad?
vance in today's cotton market on
bullish private condition reports was
not maintained, the market weaken?
ing later and closing barely steady at
a net decline of 3 to 8 points, under
realizing and moderate selling en?
couraged by the theory that a low
September bureau had been discount?
ed. The opening was steady, at an
advance of 4 to 6 points on the firm
c ables.
The market improved early on bull?
ish private condition figures. This
advance carried December contracts
up to 12.50 and as outside demand
seemed to become less active at the
higher level, local longs turned for
profits for over the government re?
port, which is due at noon on Thurs?
day. During the middle of the day
thtse offerings were pretty well ab?
sorbed around the closing prices of
last night, owing to the further pel*
vate condition figures showing a
marked deterioration, as compared
with last month, but later offering!
became heavier and tin- market
closed at about the lowest.
KecelptS at the ports today 21,547.
Bg'iinst 7,201 last week, and 17.!? ,T,
last >ear. For the week 60,000 bales,
.!iMdi>t 34,709 last week, and 70.332
la*l venr. Today's receipts at New
Orlcnnn 2,604 Lb lea, against 13,422
lust )car,
Cotton .-pot closed quh t, 10 points
decline; middling uplands 12.80; mid?
dling gulf 13.06; sabs 800 bales.
Futures opened steady anil cloaed
ban i\ steady.
Standard Oil Dividend.
New York, Sept. l.?six dollars a
bail1, as usual, will be paid in dlvl
dends by the standard oil Company
this month for the current quarter,
on the :is:{.:'s:i shares of stock out
tandlng this will moan a disburse?
ment of 65,800,298 for the quarter,
it tin- December dh dend is the usual
$10 a sahre, makini $l<> a Bhare for
the year, the company will disburse
almost 840,000,000 for the year
1909, The regular September divi?
dend has been $6 for several years.
out I)
d Truth'*." THE TRTJ
< 909 New 8
JAPAN AND CHINA.
TWO COUNTRIES COMPROMISE
MANCHURIAN DISPUTE.
Will Sign Seven Articles Relating; to
Concessions to Japan and Three to
China.
Peking, Aug. 31.?China and Ja?
pan today concluded their negotia?
tions on the general Manchurian ques?
tion;! that have been in uispute for
some time paat. The two countries
will sign an agreement of 10 articles
under the terms of which China
agrees first, not to construct the Hish
mlntum-Fakumen railroad without
consulting Japan; second, in the event
that the Kirln railroad be extended
to the Korea border, half the capital
required will be borrowed from Ja?
pan; third, Japan is given the right
to work the mines in the Fushun and
Yental districts; fourth, Japan will
construct the extension of the Yin
how railroad; fifth, there shall be
joint exploitation of the mines in the
sone reached by the Manchurian and
Antung-Mukden railroad lines; sixth,
China agrees to open four trade marts
in the Chientao district between Ko?
rea and Manchuria; the Koreans liv?
ing therein shall be under the juris?
diction of Japan, while those residing
outside the marts shall be under the
jurisdiction of China except that Ja?
pan shall have the right to hold court
in cases calling for the infliction oi
the death penalty; seventh, China
agrees that Japan move the statior,
of the South Manchurian railroad tc
Mukden.
Japan agrees, first, to recognize
Chinese sovereignty in the Chientac
district; second that the terminus ol
the Hishmintun railroad be moved
to the city of Mukden, and third, tc
indemnify the owners of the Fushuii
and Yentai mines, the amount of the
indemnities to be determined later.
INSCRIPTIONS ARE WANTED.
( hair.mm C. Irvine Walker A-ks Men
Of State to Suggest Suitable Word*
For Memorial to be Erected on
Cupitol Ground*.
r h ? ??
Columbia. Sept. 1.?What do the
men of South Carolina owe to the
women of the Confederacy? Th*
funds for a memorial to be erected
on the capltol grounds have beer
raised. Sculptor F. Wellington Uuck
stuhl is now designing the monumeni
and the design has been declared oik
Of the most artistic ever prepared. On
the monument just in front of the
State house, erected by the women ol
South Carolina to the soldiers whe
died for the "Lost Cause." are tw<
beautiful inscriptions. These recite
the valor and heroism of those "who
true to the instincts of their birth
have glorified a fallen cause by the
simple manhood of their lives and
their patient suffering." "and in the1
dark hours of imprisonment, in the
hopelessness of the hospital, in the
short, sharp agony of the field, found
hope in the belief that at home they
would not be forgotten."
These were some of the words in?
scribed by the women of South Car?
olina on the monument to the sol?
diers.
It is now necessary for the men of
the State to send to the commission
In charge of the work of erecting a
monument to the women of the Con?
federacy suitable inscriptions for the
tribute to their self-sacrifice and de?
votion.
The following has been issued:
South Carolina Commission
for the Monument to the Women >f
the Confederacy,
Columbia. S. C., Aug. H, 1909,
To the Men of South Carolina:
Two inscriptions will be required
for the two large panels of the ped?
estal of the South Carolina monumeni
to the women of the Confederacy.
These Inscriptions are designed to
"declare to the world what these wo?
men of the South did to deserve this
honoring." Bach must contain fro*n
00 to SO words, preferably 60.
The men ol* our State are cordially
invited to suggest appropriate word*
Ing for these inscriptions. Those deem?
ed most suitable by the com miss
will be used. Suggestions should be
Kent to Capt. Wm. B. Gonzales, se ???
tary and treasurer, Columbia, before
November 1, 1909.
c. IRVINE WALKER,
< Chairman;
.1. T. MOORE,
e\ a. REED,
J. Q. RICHARDS, .HI
WM. E. OONZALES.
Sec. Treas.
it is believed by the Turks that
geraniums wer?' originally Bwall3ws,
and that their existence was changed
i>y their touching the robe of Ma?
homet.
V0%
E SOUTHRON, Established Jane, IHM
eries?Vol. XXX. 3 ?. 3
THE SOOTH HOW LEADS.
SOUTH NOW SPINS MORE COT
TAN THAN NORTH.
Centre of Cotton Manu factoring
Moves to a Section Where Cotton is
Grown?Dixie Coming Into Her
Own.
New Orleans, La., Sept. 1.?For the
second consecutive year Southern
mills have consumed more cotton
than the Northern mills, according to
Secretary Hester's report on the con?
sumption of American cotton, made i
public on the floor of the New Or?
leans cotton exchange, at the close of
business, today. Southern mills, \
to the close of the commercial ye*
ending August 31. 100?, consumed
560,000 h*les. against 2,500.000 bales
consume i in the North.
Waen the Hester report a year
showed that the Southern mills
for the first time gone ahead of th<
of the North by a narrow margin,
was generally attributed to unfav<
able commercial conditions hai
had a more serious effect on the Nj
England mills than on those of t'
South.
The figures created considtfral
stir among cotton men for such
suits were hardly expected, altl
It had been reported for f*ome tl
that Southern mills were inci
their spindles at a faster rate
Northern mills and that the
slon of cotton manufacturing In
South was on a scale seldom kn<
in any industry. For years the t}\
here have been claiming that
centre of the cotton "manufactu;i
industry of the world was fast nti
ing from Lancashire to the Ur!
States and that eventually the ceai
would be established in the St
Secretary Hester's statement this
ternoon was taken as e<nflfmatloi
the bulls of their predictions, f
The t. >tal consumption of Ajjtftl
cotton by the world w.-is Pj^wph:
116.000 bales. ih< largi-st #n^e.
larger by l.OfM.0"" ales..than '
year, and larger by "05,000 *,
than the largest com
known before, which
ago. Consumption
ners was put at 8.056.0lT!f baleST
The total consumption of Amerf-'
can cotton last year was 12,112,000
bales, while two years ago it was 12,
611,000. The total visible and in?
visible supply of cotton was - put at
1,062,000 bales, against- 2,412,000 a
year ago and 2,b32.000 two* years
ago. Mill stock? in the United States
were estimated at 4S0.00O- bales,,
against 100,000 a year ago and for?
elgn mills stocks were estimated at
1.100,000 bales, against. I,li3,000 g
year ago. ? ? 1
It was announced that Ellison's fig?
ures on mill stocks for last year have
been corrected from 1.1?3.000 to 1.
350.000 bales.
HAS PELLAGRA A GERM
Durham Doctors Begin Experiments
To Find Germ of Disease.
Durham, N. C, Aug. 31.--Alarmed
by the number of cases of pellagra
which have developed in this city, lo?
cal physicians today began experi?
ments to locate the origin of the dis?
ease. Six deaths from pellagra have
occurred in this section.
An examination of the- blood of i#
powerful negro who has the disease
in moat aggravated form revealed .?
distinct organism and specimens were
sent to Richmond and to Johns Hop?
kins for more careful analysts;
[f a germ is found as physicians
here are inclined to believe, tome ani?
mal will be inoculated Mid a cam?
paign against pellagra on--thfc gem
theory will be waged. ? The theory
thai the dlaeaae has its sort gta in con*
has been abandoned by the local med?
ical profession, but a fierce .. war
again-1 the Importation Of Western
corn is being conducted.
I>r. IfcCampbell <>f the State-hospi?
tal has written a paper -treating with
12 cases of pellagrous .ansaaity and*
death. Three-fourths el ? 01m case*
were among women, which t? urr
usual, it is said, as tin disease oceurv
more frequently among -nun. None
of the cases which have developed irr
this section has bei n traceable gg
corn-bread. One victim was a board?
ing bonsekf. pt r. but none of the
boarders contrac ted the disease.
HAMPTON CONSTABLE A St'KTDf*.
Hampton, Sept, l.? Mr. J. E. Bef
ger, magistrate's constable here, com?
mitted suicide at 11 o'clock la-?*
night by shooting himself in the haae)
over the right ear with a 32-calibve
pistol. Domestic unhapplnees and al?
coholism are assigned as the causes*
of the act. He was about 36 year* w$
age, and leaves a wife and five ?.h?
di an.
