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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, GA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 26, 1906.
OF COTTON
OF
BY
STATISTICAL SITUATION
COTTON REVIEWED
TWO AUTHORITIES FROM
DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS.
% KNOWN EPITHET
APPLIED TO WHITE
' COST NEGRO. HIS LIFE,
Joe Lawton, a Section Hand, Struck on the Head by
H. L. McClendon With a Haminer.
Baltimore, Jan. 26.—In this week’s
Issue of the Manufacturers’ Record ;
two leading authorities discuss the'
statistical position of cotton.
Mr. Atwood Violett, of New York,
after reviewing the steady expansion i
in the world’s demand for cotton, ,
aays: I
“The exports from this country for ;
the cotton season ending August 31,'
1905, were 8,745,316 bales. I
“Total takings by American mills j
for the same season were 4,565,733
hales. I
“The exports for this season to the ■
19th of January were 3,948,060.
"American spinners’ takings for thej
'same period were 2,272,583. There
fore, the total of exports and domes
tic takings this season to date are
6.220,643, against, total exports and to
tal American takings all of last sea
son of 13,841,049 bales, a difference of
7,120,406 bales.
“Assuming that the total require
ments for exports and domestic tak
ings after the 19th of January shall be
' 6,000,000 Instead of 7,120,406, as above,
after the same date last season, where
Joe Lawton, a negro about 19 years of age, was struck on the head
with a hammer by Mr. H. L. McClendon yesterday shortly after noon, and
he died at noon todny of fracture of the skull.
The aftalv occurred on the Atlantic Coast Lino train to Brunswick,
while It was being switched about at tho railroad junction, about a mile
and a half across the river.
Mr. McClendon is assistant yardinaster for tho Central of Georgia,
and he was in charge temporarily of the A. C. L. train, ns It was being
sent back to the depot for the trip to Brunswick. He had been given
orders never to allow anyone on the trains.
Joe Law Con is a section hand for the A. C. L. He hoardod the train,
,It appears, and McClendon ordered him to get off. Lawtbn refused, reply
ing in an insulting manner. He did not get off. Later, McClendon again
ordered him off. This time the negro got ofT, but he applied a mean epi
thet to McClendon, the one most offensive to a Southerner.
Lawton seemed to be anxious for a fight, and as the negro was much
larger and more powerful than the white man, the latter armed himself
with a hammer.
In the scuffle that followed, McClendon hit the negro a ringing blow
across the head, Just above the right ear, with the hammer, and the ne
gro fell to the ground, his skull fractured and the wound bleeding freely.
The injured negro wns taken to hls home abdut a mile off, and Dr.
W. W. Bacon, the A. C. L. physician, was summoned. Dr. Bacon pro
nounced the Injury a very serious one. It occasioned no surprise when
the negro died at noon today.
As far. as can be learned, the negro was on the aggressive, and the
white man was justified in the attack. At the time of writing, no
charge had been preferred against McClendon, and he was still at hls work
in the railroad yards.
Mr. H. L. McClendon Is well-known here, and his friends, as well as
he, regret the occurrence very much, although he is hot blamed for the
course he pursued. He was married here only a few weeks ago.
is such a supply to be had. especially 262i000 bale8 . But what the weekly
in view of the world’s consumption of
American cotton?
average is to be will depend entirely
I upon the amount obtainable, and with
“The world consumed of American the current’crop 10,250,000 bales max-
cotton during last season lljtMM imum mark etea; a serious condttkkof
bales.
American mills, however, will probably
consume 150,000 bales more than last
season, thus making the estimated
consumption of American cotton by
the world’s mills this season 11,368,000
bales, being 400,000 bales less than
last season.'
...... things would seem likely to confront
The takings of American cotton by thfl world , g cotton . spInnIng Inau8try
the world s spinners since Septem er before a new orop next aummer BbaU c j shepperson states that the ex-
1 last have averaged 252,788 bales per . rao - . ^ omsuperaon 8iaie8 inat ine P
-weak,.•.Indicating, a£. tys.^averjge re- .;. “Thg jgfl'ygg - b pconsumption.’’ says
quirements for the twelve months end-. „ .
. ' __ ■. . :■ „,., , v 1 Mr. violett, show what an enormous
ing August 31,1906, of 13,144,9/6 bales,
. „„„ , , ... demand there has been for cotton dur-
or 1,262,000 bales more than was the , ,, , , ,,
,______ Ing the present season, especially
llan cot-
Idntlrieht
consumption of last season. Of course,
no such amount of cotton will be avail
able this season. Therefore the week
ly takings can not, for reasons stated,
average for the balance of this season
Ada
with the price now about five cents
higher than it was this time last year,
and the further fact that cotton has
been bringing higher prices, actually
and comparatively, than last year,
since September 1, 1905, explains the
, rapidity with which It has been sold.
In other words, the temptation to sell
| by the producer has been unusually
KjCXlt sreat ’ an< * he 1,118 P art °d with hls
to
value
;
of
Y our Farms
by using
100 Pf>r
^holdings more rapidly perhaps than
: for any crop on record, except that of
11903-1904, considering the percentage
, marketed to the probable size of the
crop.” i
j Mr. Alfred B. Shepperson, of New
‘ York, the cotton statistician, writing
on the same subject, makes the total
visible supply September 1, 1905, as
! 1,594,000 bales, stock in United States
mills at the same date 634,00b bales,
j stock in European mills 840,000 bales,
!or a total supply on that date, exclu
sive of cotton on American farms, of
: 3,068,000 bales. Adding to that the
| commercial crop of 1905-06, which he
^ 1 1 estimates at 10,500,0000 bales, gives a
. HI W 10 1C cl XI total for the season of 13,563,000 bales.
He estimates the consumption by the
• mills of the world during the season
j at 11.36S.000 bales, which, according
jto hls figures, would leave stocks in
;the markets and mills on August 31,
J190G, of 2,200,0000 bales. Mr. Shep
person writes:
| “It is estimated that the world’s
I mjlls consumed last season 11,768,000
running bales of American cotton, in
cluding the 325,000 bales shipped toJa-
j pan. In view of the very much larger
| supply of- East Indian cotton this sea-
json and the comparatively high price
I of American cotton, I think European
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mills will use during the season 500,-
000 bales more of East Indian cotton
than last season and 400,000 bales less
of American cotton. The exports of
American cotton to Japan last season
were more than twice as much as ever
before, and the indications are that
they will be 150,000 bales less this
Beason. Considerably more than one-
half of the cotton consumed by Japan
ese millB is East Indian cotton, and
600,000 bales of this growth were Im
ported into Japan last season. The
Japanese mills undoubtedly held a
large Btock of American and East In
dian cotton at the commencement of
this season. Deducting for Europe
and Japan 550,000 bales from last sea
son's total consumption of American
cotton would reduce the figures for
this season to 11,218,000 bales. The
so far this season over last season is
237.000 hales, that during the same
period to January 19th the receipts of
cotton to Bombay were 997,000 bales,
against 726,000 bales for the corres
ponding time last season, showing an
Increase of 272,000 bales, that the ex
ports of cotton from all United States
ports from September 1, 1905, to Jan
uary 19, 1906, were 3,939,000 bales,
against 4,899,000 bales for the corres
ponding time last year, that there waB
a decrease In exports to Great Britain
of 549,000, to the Continent 355,000
bales and that the deliveries of Am-
bales, while to France there was a
small Increase of 3,000 hales, that the
total decrease In exports was 960,000
bales and that the deliveries of Am
erican cotton to spinners from Sep
tember 1, 1905, to January 19, 1906,
have been 252,000 bales less than dur
ing the corresponding period last sea
son.
I
Damaged Jail in Efforts
to Get a Negro Who
Was Wanted for As
saulting White Girl.
Chattanooga. Jan. 26.—The Hamil
ton county Jail, which was stormed
last night by a mob intent upon lynch
ing a negro held for crlmlnnlly assault
ing a youpfe white lady, was dam
aged to the extent of a thousand dol
lars. Militia was on guard until 5
o’clock this morning. Ed. Johnson,
the negro whom the mob wanted, had
been taken to Knoxville, qccordlng
to the sheriff. A party was seen In
a closed carriage In the country, but
nothing definite Is known as to where
the negro is.
STATEHOOD BILL
Committee Agreee to ' Report House
Bill Favorably.
Washington, Jan. 26. — The Senate
committee on territories agreed to re
port favorably the statehood bill as
passed by the house, with a few minor
amendments.
BE T
• HELDS TO
Death Came' Last Evening After an Illness of Six
Days at Sister’s Home in Brooklyn.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26 —Gonernl Joseph Wheeler, the famous Confed
erate cavalry leader, lind a brigadler-genernl of the United States fifmy In
(he war with Spain, died at 5:35 o’clock yesterday aftoruoon at tho home
of his sister, Mrs. Sterling Slfilth, in Brooklyn.
The veteran of two wars wns 69 yenra old, hut in spite of his ago
there wns hope until yesterday of hls recovery from the nttnek of pneu
monia which caused hls death.
General Wheeler was taken 111 six days ngo at his sister's home,
where he had been living recently. He contracted a severe cold, which
developed Into pleurisy and pneumonia. From the first hls age told
against him, but the family did not give up hope until the night before
hls death, when the disease wns found to have affected both lungs.
Central Wheeler’s immediate relatives were all with him. His
daughters, Mrs. W. J. Harris and the Misses Anne, Lucille and Carrie
Wheeler, had been summoned from the South, and arrived early In thq
week. Hls son, Joseph Wheeler, Jr., United Slates Army, now statlonod
nt West Point, was also present, as well as General Wheeler's sister,
Mrs. Sterling Smith, and her son.
The family were summoned to the bedside nt midnight, when the
doctors In consultation concluded that tho end was but a matter of hours.
The General was then awake, and conscious, and hls mind was apparently
active. He seemed to know that death was approaching, nnd, though too
weak to speak, he succeeded In giving signs of recognition nnd encour
agement to hls children.
Later the General sank into a peaceful slumber, and at the request
of the doctors the family quietly withdfew from the'stek man’s bedside.
General Wheeler was never again more than semi-conscious. He lin
gered until evening, nnd passed away quietly.
To Be Burled in Arlington Cemetery With Full Military Honors.
WASHINGTON, Jnn. 26.—General Joseph Wheeler will be burled In
Arlington cemetery with full military honors. The program provides for
the funeral to be held In St John’s Episcopal church here Monday after
noon, and an escort from all branches of the service will accompany the
body to the cemetery.
CHINESE IHPE1L MOM
mu eit v in isiim.
f.
FIREMAN OF THE ILL-FATED
SHIP WHO HAS.REACHED
VICTORIA SAYS HE LEFT 8+
ON BOARD.
Port Townsond, Jan. 26.— Tho
stonmor “Topeka” arrived early this
morning with twenty-three survivors
from the Wrecked "Valencia.” These
included otghteen rescued from a raft C;
and also the boat’s crew of five which
carried tho first report of tho wreck
to Gape Bealle.
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Victoria, Jan. 28.—A fireman rescued
from the “Valencia” on n raft says
that eighty-four people were on the
'‘Valencia” when he left it Wednes-.
day morning.
With the finding of four more sur
vivors on Turrett Island, in Barltle;
Sound, the total number of, survivors
accounted for now is thirty-seven.
THE CONVENTION OF
UNITED MINE WORKERS,
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 26.—The con
vention of tho United Mine Workers
of America convened again today to -
decide on a course to be followed on
acoouht of the refusal of the operators
to admit the Bouthwest to Joint ci
ence. This territory Includes
sourl, Kansas, Arkansas and
Territory, there Is considerable d
Vision of sentiment and the
was held over till afternoon.
Washing-ton, -jau. 26-.—Several members of Be Chinese
200 PASSENGERS BRUISED
BUT NONE Kl
imperial commission spent today visiting the Washington
public buildings, paying a long visit to the treasury depart
ment. The chief event of the day will be It banquet to the
commission at the Chinese legation this evening. The in
vited guests will include two members of the cabinet anc
prominent members of the senate, the supreme couYt anc
army officers.
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 26.-
sourl Pacific express train
Into n freight train on the mn
here today, bruiBlng 200 passeng
but killing none.
NOT GUILT!
SITS THE JiiRI
In
the “Town Topics”
(Hapgood) Case-Attor
ney Jerome Arraigns
Newspapers Severely.
New York, Jan. 26.—The jury in tho
“Town Topics” case has returned a
verdict that Editor Norman Hapgood
Is not guilty of criminal libel.
Prosecuting Attorney Jerome today
continued hls argument to tho jury.
He said he was unable to express hls
loathing for some of the witnesses he
Introduced. He declared that the trial
had shown exhibitions of human
weakness and folly and degradation.
Hp declared that the law should be
applied to other New York news
papers, scarcely one of which
doesn’t print vile scandals and ob
scene matter. He said that such stuff
was printed to pay dividends to the
stockholders. The papers were run
from the standpoint of the counting
rrtom. These papers, he said, have
not reached the condition of “this vile
sheet,” but he was not there to Justify
"Town Topics."
ENGLISH LIBERALS
HAVE CLEAR MAJORITY.
Parliamentary Electiono Are
Practically Over.
Now
London, Jan. 26.—Twenty-eight di
visions are polling today In parliamen
tary elecUons. This practically ends
the elections, as less than a dozen
scattered constituencies remain to be
polled after today. The totals now
stand as follows’: Liberals, 351; Union
ists, 149; Irish Nationalists, 81; La-
borites, 49.
our
Prescriptioi
Information Desired as
to Whether, a Plant
Would be Pitying En
terprise,.
H
ere
The City Council has rofused to
grant a private corporation a franchise
for the erection and operation of a
gas plant, hut agitation of the matter
has had the effect of bringing before
the Council a request that Investiga
tion ho made of the cost of a gas
plant, with a .view to erecting the
same should that course he deemed
expedient.
Amerlcus parties asked the City
Council foi^a gas works franchise sev
eral months ngo. The matter wns re
ferred to tho Waterworks and Electric
Light Commission for investigation.
At Tuesday night's meeting of tho
Council, a report was received from
the commission, it being recommen/lcd
that the franchise be not granted. The
report was based on tho fact that the
city owns the electric lighting system,
which is a source of revenue, besides
furnishing street lights without ex
pense to the taxpayers. A gas com
pany would enter the local field as a
competitor of the city, and would in
some degree reduce the city's income.
But the commission recommends
that the city investigate tho gas ques
tion, and if it be found advisable that
a municipal gas plant be established,
that the subject be laid before the
people. It 1b requested la the com
mission's report that a committee of
the Council be -appointed’ to inveatl-
gate the matter, and this course will
probably be taken.
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