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VHS fUMTKK WATCHMAN, EMaMk Consolidated Aug. 2,1881 Cbt l&afcbinan anb Soutjjron. | Published Wednesday and Saturday ?BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY suviter, s. a Terms: ILIO par annum?lit advance. Ad vertlseraeots: On* Square first Insertion.$1.00 a>rmj subsequent insertion.60 Cent vets for three months, or loajy*r will be mad* at reduced rates. Ail communications which sub nervt privat* interests will be charged fat a* advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects ertt b* charged for. I i U CHESTER'S ATTACK OX COOK. Admiral Calls the Explorer sit Out? right Fakir. Washington. Nov. 10.?Scientists heie were dlscustdng sn informal h msde by Rear Adlmral Colby Chester. U. s. N.. retfred. at the Iveislty Club In which he charact? er! i*d Dr. Frederick A. Cook as a fakir and declared that Dr. Cook not only did not roach the pole but did not iprosch nearer than a dlstanco of tut 564 riilles from the pole. The Importance of Admiral Ches * accusation lies not only In the fauct that he Is an eminent astrono? mical authority and was formerly su nrlnt ndent of the United States Na Ohssrvatory, but In that he was of the special sub-committee of >e appointed by the National Qeo itc Society to examine the rec of Commander Peary and report hts claim to polar discovery. The ?committee declared that Peary id reached the pole, jftrot Willis L. Moore, president, sd O. P. Austrln, secretary of the P%tty. declined to discuss Admiral enter's speech. They took the id that it would be improper for to talk about It because both id*r.Peary and Dr. Cook were of the soclty. speech last night." Admiral for mal and ex long distance telephone and asked if I would speak upon the po? lar question before the club. 1 agreed and arrive*! In Washington from New York only a few hours before I made the speech. "It Is true that I referred to Dr. Cook as a fakir. I used as the basis of my research the data used by Dr. Cook in hi? copyrighted stories of his polar expedition printed in a New Tork newspaper and carefully studied these ?bservatlons. I base my argument that Dr. Cook did not reach the North Pole on the disagreement between his observations and the known declination of the sun on the date* referred to in his narrative as shown by the Nautical Alman&c. "Where Dr. Cook states t.iat on April 7 he first saw the midnight sun st 16 degrees 28 minutes, a distance of 226 miles from the pole, in reality on that dste, according to the Nauti? cal Alamanc, the midnight sun would have been visible as far south as 82 degrees, a distance of 664 miles from the pole." Not only did Admiral Chestor main tal that on April B, Dr. Cook was far south of the position he gives himself In his narrstlvo but that on ths four subsequent days, Dr. Cook was headed south, away from the pole, which, according to his own ac? counts, was at least 226 miles away. Adimral Chester based this deduction he ssld. on Dr. Cook's statement that on April 3 the sun sank Just below the horlson and that four days later, on April 7, the sun showed a short distance above the horlson. According to Admiral Chester, if Dr. Cook had been traveling north? ward during those four days his change in location, combined with the steadily Increasing declination of the sun would In four days have caused a far greater change In the sun's position relative to the horlxon than that reported by Dr. Cook. A WOMW MOONSHINER. Mrs. Bettle Wooten, Aged ?I?. C<m vk'ted In sutcmrlllc, N. c, Togeth? er Willi Her Son. gtatesvllle. N. C. Nov. 10.?Mrs. Bettle Wooten, 69 years old, was con? victed in the Superior Court hero to? day of blockading and sentenced fee, 30 days in Jail. I*ouls Wooten, her son. was also given six months, and another son Is being sought by the of? ficers for retailing. Because of differences with the new dry administration, all the members of the Spartanburg board of health have resigned. med April, 1850. 4Be Just an L. SUMT 1>ANCiIOit Ol1 HYPNOTISM. "Professor" Fails to Awaken His Sleeping Subject?lectors Called Too I*te. Son.ervllle, X. J., Nov. 9.?Robert Simps.m. young man of Newark, was hypnotised before a large audience in the theatre her last night by Prof. Arthur Everton, a professional hyp? notist, and today he was pronounced dead 'ay the staff doctors of the Som? erset Hospital. After being placed in a cataleptic state the youth did not regain consciousness. Prof. Everton was arrested, but was released in the custody of two police officers, who accompanied him to the hospital where he remained all night In an effort to restore life to his help less subject which the physicians said would he Impossible. Simpson had been employed by the hypnotist as a professional subject for little more than a week and when the performance, which was the first at this place, began last night he seemed in normal health. Everton passed his handj. over Simpson's face a number of times while the young man was lying on the floor, and soon Simpson's body became rigid. Everton then raised It and placed it between two choirs so that the neck rested, on the back of one chair and the ankles on the back of the other. The hypnotist then stood upon the rigid body of his ubject and perform? ed other feats to jihow that Simpson^ was la a complete catnleptlcoma. When Eeverton had bowed his ac? knowledgement of the large audi ence'u applause he stood the rigid body erect, leaning It against a back wall and then sought to bring around the subject. The audiente soon real? ized that Everton had become highly excited when his first efforts failed. Slmpjion was carried behind the scenei and doctors called ,but It was useless, the doctors saying that Simp? son had died while cataleptic. SENATOR CHRISTENSEN TALKS. L^toJnl? Other Issues Than Liquor Will p*%4l*c* Attention 111 NVxt state Campaign?The Asylum Inquiry. State Senator Nells Christensen, Jr., of Beaufort, was in Charleston today for a few hours on business. Senator Christensen has but recently recover? ed from an Illness, following an at? tack of appendicitis. As one of the committee of inves? tigation into the conduct of the de? funct State dispensary, whose work resulted in the prosecutions for graft which Attorney General Lyon is now press ng to trial, Senator Christenuen has been a very prominent figure In State politics for several years. He has been Influential In legislative matters generally and particularly has he given attention to the enactment of the laws relative to the rgulatlon of liquor traffic, maintaining conslst antly the attitude of a local optionist. Speaking today of the political sit? uation In the State, Senator Chrieten sen said that while the liquor ques? tion would, undoubtedly, be a factor In the State campaign, which will be held next summer, there were so many other matters of importance to the Interest of the peop > that he was not at all sure that the Issue would depend upon that. The prohibitionists he said, were very active, and would undoubtedly make an effort to elect a governor of their persuasion upon a platform of State-wide prohibition, but, in view of the fact that only six counties remained wet and as these could all submit the question to local vote at the election next year, If they desired, the demand for State-wide prohibition had lost considerable of Its force. He was not Inclined to think that the legislature would en? act a general prohibition law at Its session which begins In January. Senator Christensen Is chairman of the committee which has been In? vestigating the administration of the State asylum for the Insane, and he says that their report will be formu? lated within the next few weeks and be ready to submit to the General Assmldy In January. While he would not dteCUBS the reeomendatlons of the report] he intimated that radical re? forms would be urged and the practi? cal reorganization and rehabilitation of the Institution, on large lines, in? volving the expenditure of a large sum of money, would be propsed. Senator Ghrlstensen said he knew very little of the plans of Attorney General Lyon for the further prosecu? tion of the dispensary graft cases, but he PTMumed the! the transfer of the proceeding to Chester was xpected to bring better results than were obtain? ed In Columbia from the first trial that was held there a few weeks ago. ?Charleston Post. d Fear not-^Let all the ends Thou Aim ER. S. 0., SATTJRD? MOB LAW IN' ILLINOIS. Murderer of Woman Confined in Steel | Ca^e. and Crowds Dispersed by the Poiit e. C?.iro, 111., Nov. 10.?Bee * of reports that an organized effort would be made tonight to lynch Will James, a negro suspected of murder? ing Miss Annie Pelley, a shop girl the prisoner tonight was placed in the steel cage in the county jail, sur? rounded by a strong guard of police? men and deputy sheriffs. Many per? sons arrived today from nearby Uli nois and Kentucky towns and the po? lice feared that many of these want? ed to lynch the negro. Later James was secretly taken out of Cairo in a train tonight. It is probable he will be put in the Murphressboro jail. Before daylight today Chief of Po? lice Egan twice dispersed crowds of men and boys who had started to? wards the city jail. In one case he tore a mask from the face af a man who seemed to be leader of the gath? ering and then prevailed upon the others t<? disperse, pleading that the evidence against James were only cir? cumstantial. Most citizens, after an outburst of Indignation, tonight were ready to let the law take its course. For this rea.son it was thought that the situa? tion would be controlled. Jamea, who is known as "Froggy" because of bis facial resemblance to that animal, was "sweated" by the police today. While all circum? stances point to him as the slayer of Miss Pelley, including the action of bloodhounds, which went from the alley where Miss Pelley's body was found to several places where James had been on the night of the murder, tha. prisoner refused to confess. Cairo, 111., Nov. 10.?A long dis? tance telephone message from Don gola, 111., said that after James was taken off the train there by the sher? iff he was rushed into the woods by the sheriff, his deputy and one other man. Dongola is 10 miles from An? na, where a mob was awaiting the arrival of the train. As time passed and the people 'learned"that the" negr0 had'been spir? ited away they became more excited. The crowd around the jail yelled in derision and open threats against James were made. BIG FOUR EMBEZZLEMENT. Woman in the Case Says She Will Tell the Whole Story. Cincinnati, Nov. 10.?Mrs. Jean nette Stewart, also known as Mrs. Ford, one of the women accused by Chas. Warriner, the defaulting local treasurer of the Big Four railroad, of having shared in his peculations by blackmailing him, declared to- j night that she would tell the inside story of the $643,000 theft when the case came to court. Mrs. Stewart de? nied that she had ever received money from Warriner. The sudden breaking of her silence was caused, according to her, by a quarrel which she had with another woman, who has also been mentioned by Warriner. This quarrel resulted in the attachment of Mrs. Stwart's furniture today. The officers who made the attachment were quickly followed by reporters and, in the stress of excitement, Mrs. Stewart's reserve broke down. "I never received a cent from Charles Warriner," she said, "and I never gave any information to the railroad about his shortage. It was another woman that did it all; a wo? man I thought was my friend. I know the whole story and I will tell it in court, too." One of the women said to be in volvel in the case started to leave Cincinnati tonight but was advised by detectives that if she left the city her arrest would follow. She then abandoned the plan. At present the question that is ex? ercising the railroad officials is: What became Of the $643,OOO which Warri? ner admits having stolen? Warriner says he lost it in stock speculation and in satisfying the de? mands of blackmailers, but that ex? planation is not satisfactory to the officials. Warriner says he is penniless, and his neighbors at his home in Wyom? ing, Ohio, declare that he is a sick man. It is admitted by railroad officials that Warriner might have continued his peculations Indefinitely if he had not been betrayed by a woman, so great was his superior s confidence In him. The sheriff of Colleton ec unty seiz? ed an Atlantic Coast Line freight train for the non-payment of judg? ments ugainst the railroad. is't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and lY. NOVEMBER 13, SOUTH'S EXPORT TRADE. President Flnley of the Bontbern Railway Writes of Groat Possibili- I ties of Future Development. Editor Daily Item: The publication of the letter on the importance of direct and regular steamship communication between our South Atlantic and Gulf ports and the Latin-American countries, which I addressed, under date of July 8th, 1909, to the editors of Southern newspapers, resulted in the I receipt by me of a large number of 1 letters showing a widespread interest I in this subject throughout the South. I This correspondence revealed the fact that some very important manu- 1 facturing interests are ready to take I advantage of opportunities to extend I their trade in this direction by ship nents through Southern ports. This I information and statistics of existing I commerce indicate that, with regular I Unas in operation and with systematic I ? nd co-operative efforts on the part of I our manufacturers and mrchants, a considerable trade may be built up. In fact, something may be done in I this direction even in advance of the establishment of regular lines. j The Southern ports, in endeavoring to build up trade with South America, I should rely principally on the devel- I opment of new business and on the I more systematic handling of the ir- I regular traffic now moving in both I directions between them and South 1 America by vessels chartered for I single cargoes. There is a consider- I able volume of this business, but it is I pot sufficiently regular to afford con- I stant employment to the vessels I which engage in it. They seldom I make round trips with cargoes in I both directions. For instance, in the year ended Jdne 30, 1908, there were I Imported through the South Atlantic I and Gulf ports 245,415,955 pounds of I coffee, largely from Brazil, and some I rubber and other Brazilian products I were brought in through these same j ports^ but the vessels bringing them | did not obtain return cargoes, but J sailed in ballast to North Atlantic I ports or with cargoes to Europe, and this notwithstanding the fact that I Brazil, in that same year, bought I from the United States products to I the total value of $19,490,077; in- I eluding 3,470,818 yards of cotton] goods, 742,896 gallons of cotton seed I oil, 306.871 barrels 0f flour, manufac- I tures of iron and steel to the value I of $5,945,082, and other articles, some proportion of which could advanta- I geously be shipped through Southern I ports. In like manner we imported through Southern ports, principally I from Chile and Peru, 82,165 tons of I nitrates, but the vessels bringing I them in seldom or never obtained re turn cargoes, though the west coast I countries are steadily increasing their purchases of American goods. The best customer the United States I has In South America is Argentina, j to which country our exports in the I fiscal year ended June 30, 1909, I amounted to $33,712,505, including I 1,510,317 yards of cotton goods, 513,- I 357 gallons of cotton seed oll, manu- I factures of iron and steel to value of $7,875,789, furniture to the value of I $214,981, garlcultural implements and I farm machinery to the value of $4,- I 309,223?manufactured principally in I localities from which shipments can I be made conveniently through South- I ern ports?and a long list of other I articles. Our imports from Argen- I tina In the last fiscal year amounted j to $22,230,182, the principal items be? ing wool and hides. Probably little Argentine wool is used in the South, but Southern tanneries use South American hides to a considerable ex? tent and their use may be expected to increase, as there is no duty on them under the new tariff law. At present these hides come in through the North Atlantic ports almost en? tirely and are shipped to Southern tanneries either all rail or by rail and water. Some 0f them even go by way of Europe. In one case that came to my notice hides for a North Carolina tannery Were shipped from Argentina to Antwerp, across the ocean again to New York, and thence by rail to the tannery. In another case a South? ern tanner bought 20,000 hides in Mexico but found that, on account of shipping conditions, he had to have them carried from Vera Cruz, Mexico, to New York, and thence by rail to bis tannery. in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908, seventy-six steam vessels en? tered at our ports south of Cape Charles, Virginia, with cargoes from South American ports, and seventy cleared, with cargoes for South Amer? ica. While this trade, as a whole, is I thus nearly balanced, it is not so us # -cv Truth's." * rilE TRUE _ J? _ L909. New Seri to individual ports, as is shown by the following table: Entered Cleared Norfolk & Ports., Va. 1 15 Newport News, Va. 1 3 Charleston, S. C. 14 Savannah, Ga. 4 1 Fatnandina, Fla. 2 Apalachicola, Fla. 2 Pensacola, Fla. 7 Mobile, Ala. 1 8 Pearl River, Miss. 31 New Orleans, La. 54 Galveston, Tex. Total, 76 70 The principal commodities carried by the steamers which cleared from Southern ports for South America were lumber, naval stores, and coal. The first step in the direction of developing more regular service might be taken by systematic efforts, both in the Southern ports and in South America, to secure return car? goes, so that vessels could make round trips and be encouraged to stay in this service. Then, with knowledge in advance that a certain vessel was to arrive at a Southern port with coffee from Brazil or nit? rates from the west coast, it would be more practicable to concentrate a return cargo, and, in the same way, if it were known in advance that a vessel from a Southern port would arrive on a date at Buenos Aaries there would be a better chance of getting a return cargo including hides for Southern tanneries. This em? ployment of vessels of known capa? city for round trip service would obvi? ate one of the practical difficulties en? countered in trying to obtaii cargoes for tramp steamers, which is that, when the exact carrying capacity of a ship is not known, there is dan? ger of not getting a full cargo and having to pay higher charges than if the vessel were loaded to its capa? city or of concentrating at the port more goods than it can carry, and then, in order to prevent undue delay, the surplus must be reshipped by rail or coastwise steamer to some ether port where it can go by a regular line. e> While some increased business might be built up by thus systematiz? ing the use ot Irregular steamers, the establishment of regular lines is of supreme importance. At the outset it might be found impracticable to develop enough traffic to support re? gular lines with but a single port of call at each end of the voyage, but there are various combinations that might be made. Vessels might stop at two or more ports of the United States, discharging part of their car? go and receiving part of a return cargo fom each. In the same way, vessels engaged In the River Plata trade might also call at Brazilian ports. In some cases ports in the West India Islands might advanta? geously be included in a round trip voyage. Thus, Cuba buys large quanti? ties of sun-dried beef, known as "jerked beef," from the River Plata countries. The vessels carrying this beef to Cuba get no return cargoes from that Island, but only a short voyage would be required to bring them to South Atlantic or Gulf ports for such a cargo. If this trade is to be developed to the utmost and is to be made of the gieatest possible value to our South? ern people, earnest efforts must be made to build it up. One thing that might be suggested is the establish? ment at our Southern ports of houses devoted to handling export business directly from these ports. Such house handling Southern cotton goods, for instance, would not only be of assistance in developing th< Latin-Amrlcan trade, but could make direct exportations to the Orient and other parts of the world as well Another thing of importance is direct representation In the countries in which it is sought to sell goods and a careful study of the wants of each particular market. This is particular? ly desirable In selling such articles as cotton goods and furniture, in which different markets require different grades and styles. The Importance of this Is shown by the decline of the exports of cotton goods from the Uni? ted States to Brasil. . The Brazilian market for these goods was formerly one of great promise. In 1905 it took 9,689,055 yards of American cotton goods. Each year since has shown a steady decline, until. In the last fiscal year, the amount was only 2,468,460 yards, a decrease of nearly 75 per cent. In four years. This is partially explained by the fact that Brasil, under a high protective tariff, is building up a cotton manufacturing Industry, using native cotton. But English mills. In ni<>st of the years of this period, increased their ship? ments to Brasil by having their ex? pert representatives on the ground to study the needs Of the market and to ?upply those grades of goods not : SOUTIIROX, Established June, ISM es?Vol. XXX. No. 23. made by the Brazilian mills. In the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908, Bra? zilian purchase? of American cotton goods amounted to but $373,545, as compared with purchases of British cotton goods fr the calendar year 1908 t the value ff $8.357,766. The total purchases of American cotton goods by all the South Ameri? can countries lor the fiscal year 1908 amounted to but $2,760,231. In the calendar year 1908 the values of cot? ton goods bought by these same countries from the principal Europ? ean countries wre as follows: United Kingdom, $38,330.205; Germany, $13.832,000; France, $5,702,000; Italy, $8,332,764, and Spain $2,030, 282. In other words the United States sells to these countries less than four per cent, of the total value of the cotton goods they buy from the six countries above mentined. This poor showing can not be improved merely by supplying better steamship service, important as that is. If a larger share in the South American trade is to be bad it must be sought earnestly and be won in the face of sharp competition. Otherwise it will be impossible to develop sufficient traffic to warrant any improvement in the present limited ocean transporta? tion service. There is much practical informa? tion of great value as to foreign mar? kets, the tariff laws of foreign coun? tries, etc., that can be obtained from tha state department, the bureau of the American Republics, bureau of manufactures, and other government offices in Washington. All this in? formation is readily accessible to the Southern Railway Company, and, with a view of being of practical as? sistance to our manufacturers and merchants desiring to develop export business, this company will take pleasure in securing and supplying any of this information that may be desired. Correspondence on this subject should be addressed to the president of this company. Yours very truly, W. W. FINLEY. Presi DENVER GAMBLERS Sports $60,000 to the Bad Through Trick Worked at Latonia. Denver, Col., Nov. 10.?Denver and Sal* Lake City bookmakers yesterday lost $60,000 on horse races at the La? tonia race track near Cincinnati, through cleverly executed tapping of telegraph wires near the Latonia race track. The odds on Howdar Pear? son, the winner of the sixth race yes? terday at that track, were boosted from 7 to 1, to 20 to 1, and even as high as 40 to 1. Handbook makers reluctantly ad? mitted tonight that they lost heavily on the race and many of the Denver bookmakers tolay refused to pay bets on the race. Two of them, it is said, were forced out of business. According to a local, bookmaker, the odds apparently were changed before post time and "the boost" from 7 to 1, to 20 to 1 did not cause suspicion. When the wire was tap? ped, the post odds were held back, and the false odds were sent out. Then the plunge was made. It Is said that the operations extended to Chicago also. PREACHING IS A LOST ART. The narrow-minded, out-of-date preacher is the real and direct and immediate cause of more "freethink ing." skepticism and agnosticism than any other factor in today's life, writes a correspondent in The De? lineator for December. Preaching seems to have become a lost art. Droning has taken its place. I sup? pose I've been to church thirty times in the past year, and the only sermon I've had the patience to hear out from beginning to end was a "Talk given by Miss Jane Addams on settle? ment work. That eras realized Chris? tianity, not idealized <lush. Now I am not more critical than the fellow beings with whom I asso? ciate, nine-tenths of whom would probably bear witness to this truth? that the reason why church-going is dying out is because the ministers do not make the right effort to hold and interest their congregations. We want the vital, living, every? day truth from the pulpit. We want to know how to meet the temptations that face us during the week. We want to know how to live?now; and how to dh> when our time comes. We want preachers who will help us to work out our own salvation, and not wooden images who have had no ex? perience of lifo and who are satisfied to shout out a few galvanized com? monplaces at our beads every Sunday and sit down satisfied in their studies all the rest 0f the week, imagining they have done their duty by us.