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MACON, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1904.
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DIRECTOR NORTH
IS discouraged
iPained at Expected Boycott
of tlie Ginners
(•LETTER TO BURLESON
Census Reports Impossible
Without Co-operation
OFFICIAL IS IMPATIENT
Texas Congressman In Interview Up
holds Contentions Advanced—Ques
tions Asked by the Memphis Cotton
Exchange in Message to Washington
Yesterday.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 29.—The
Memphis cotton exchangeVhaa dent the
following telegram to CenBUs Ditector
North at Washington:
"Many glnners In this district deny
having made a report as to the amount
of cotton ginned from Nov. 14 to Dei
13. Reliable report from other districts
Indicate that the same conditions exist.
In making up your report what per
cent of cotton ginned was allowed
those not reporting, and what percent
of the total did not report? Please
advise."
North’s Reply.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Director
North of the census bureau admitted
today having received a telegram from
the Memphis cotton exchange stating
that many glnners in that district de
nled having made reports as to the
amount of cotton ginned from Nov. 34
to Dec. 13. He has replied as follows:
"Where Information was refused in
Shelby county the November returns
were brought forward for Decembei
without estimates. Comparatively
few Instances throughout belt where
correct Information was not avail
able."
In discussing the matter Director
North said that for some unexplained
reason a number of glnners refused to
furnish Information regarding the
amount of cotton ginned during the
period stated, and that following the
custom of the bureau under such clr
cumstances the returns for the pre
ceding period were brought forward
without estimates. The final report on
the amount of cotton ginned to Dec.
13 will be Issued by the census bureau
tomorrow, and this report will Include
75 counties not heard from or Included
In the report Issued yesterday. Direc
tor North explained that as Memphis
is In Shelby county, Tenn., his reply
to the Memphis cotton exchange re
ferred speclfldajly to it.
North’s Letter.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.—Director
of the Census North. In a letter to
Representative Burleson of Texas,
made public today, takes notice of the
situation presented by the cotton stn
tistlcs given out for publication yes
terday and expresses his surprise and
concern at the recent alleged move
ment in the Southern states, "appar
ently approved and augmented by the
cotton growers themselves," to destroy
the census reports by concerted refus
nl of the glnners to make returns.
Director North asserts that a con
tlmutnce of the cotton ginning reports
Is Impossible without the sympathetic
and whole hearted co-operation of the
glnners of the South. Immediately af
ter the receipt of the letter, Mr. Bur
leson. a member of the house census
committee, and who was the author
the provision making appropriation for
the gathering of cotton statistics, gnv
out un Interview In which he upholds
the director In the work now being
done by his bureau. The letter is
follows:
Analagous Conditions.
"WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. 1994.
“Hon. Albert S. Burleson, House
Representatives. Washington, D. C.—
"My Dear Sir: It seems proper to In
vite your attention to certain anala
gous conditions which confront the
census office In carrying out the pro
visions of section 9 of the act to estab
lish a permanent census of office, d!
rectlng the periodical collection of the
statistics of cotton production through
the agency of the glnners. This pro
vision was inserted in the law at your
urgent request and that of other
Southern representatives, on the plea
that It was necessary for the protec
tion of the cotton producers against the
speculators and others interested In
depressing the price of the staple for
their own profit. It was urged thst
enormous losses resulted from the un
trustworthy estimates put forth every
# year by speculators and agents of the
Liverpool market, and thst early and
trustworthy official information re
garding the size of the crop would pro
tect the grower, disarm the speculator
and market manipulator And permit the
law of supply and demand'to regulate
the price.
"Since the law was passed, congress
lias appropriated and this office lias
disbursed more than $125,000 a year in
the collection and dissemination of this
Information. The system has been
gradually perfected until It has be
come more nearly perfect than any
similar plan for obtaining exact knowl
edge of the size of any agricultural
crop during the progress of harvesting.
Traced Crop Closely.
"No complaint has been made that
the census reports are not accurate:
indeed for a year or two past, we have
been able to trace tbe crop so closely
that practically every bale has been
accounted tot. The statiatlca increase
In value every year; for it becomes
possible, by comparison of the statis
tics of one year with those of the same
date in preceding years, to judge the
size of successive crops with un ucru-
racy never before known or approxi
mated.
“The ginning reports of the census
office have crowded out the speculative
and interested estimate* referred to,
ami the single object which the South
ern representatives had in view, in
urging this legislation, has been buc-
ssfully accomplished.
In view of these facts, I have been
prised and concerned at the present
movement In the Southern states,
hlch Is apparently approved and aug
mented by the cotton growers them
es, to destroy the census reports,
the concerted refusal of the gln-
s to make the returns upon which
they are based. Thus far the move
ment has not seriously affected our
work, but If It continues and spreads,
will necessarily destroy its value dur
ing the coming year. It appears to
have been suddenly discovered that
these reports, undertaken solely at the
demand of the cotton grower, are high
ly detrimental to his interests. Mr. E.
Wopber. president of the Memphis
Cotton Exchange, Is quoted as declar
ing that "the cotton interests of the
South have everything to lose and
nothing to gain by their continuance;
they put the manufacturing interests
in possession of Information which
works irreparable Injury to the South."
The Ginners' Association.
'My attention has also been called
to the so-called 'National Cotton Gln
ners'Association* the purpose of which
Is stated to be 'to gather accurate and
reliable information regarding the
amount of cotton produced In advance
of the government report.' It also ap
pears that 'this Information is to be
sent In code; and the members of the
association will be sworn not to di
vulge it.’ The information is still high
ly desirable, but possession of It Is to
be restricted to those who grow and
gin cotton.
'I can understand the disappoint
ment of cotton growers at the present
prices of cotton, and their feeling that
these prices are due to the unusual
size of this year’s cotton crop, early
and definite knowledge concerning
which has been given to the public by
the census reports. But I confess my
self unable to follow the reasoning
which lead the growers, and through
them the ginners, to Imagine that It
will be to their advantage, because of
this exceptional situation, to destroy
the efficiency of the official machinery
through which they learned the pres
ent situation, early knowledge
which has undoubtedly, extended the
change In the price of cotton
much longer period, and thus saved
the growers and the country from
much larger losses than would other
wise have been encountered In con
nection with this year’s crop. It
would seem to be plain that # In the
long run, taking one year with anoth
er, only one thing can decrease the
speculative element In the business
of cotton selling, and thus permanent
ly benefit the cotton grower, and that
Is knowledge of the exact truth as to
the size of the crop, from an absolute
ly Impartial and trustworthy source, at
the earliest practicable dates. This
was the unanimous contention of the
Southern representatives In congress,
when the law was passed.
Muht Havo Co-operation,
"It 1b not my purpose,'however, to
argue the matter. I simply desire to
call your attention to tho fact that
the continuance of ‘the census cotton
ginning reports Is Impossible, without
the,/ Aplel • sympathetic and whole
heat 1 co-dperatlon of jhe thirty odd
thof *nd glnners of *the South. The
census office cannot enter Into compe
tition with a cotton glnners’ assoc'n-
tlon which proposes to gather the same
data ’for private information only.’
Moreover, It cannot continue to pro
mulgate statistics of the quantity of
cotton ginned to certain dates, after n
has reason to believe thnt these re
ports are no longer correct. In conse
quence of a concerted boycott by the
glnners. Otherwise It would be guilty
of the Identical evil of mlsrepresenta
tlon Its reports were established to
prevent. The census bureau has no
Interest In the matter whatever, be
yond the discharge of Its duty oh es
tablished by law, and the maintenance
of its reputation for the compilation
and publication of accurate statistics.
"I have, therefore, derided to notify
you in this letter, and through you the
cotton growers of the Houthxthat the
continuance of the movement which
they have begun will necessarily result
in the discontinuance of the cotton gin
ning reports of the census office, for
without the hearty and general co-op-
eratlon of the glnners, those reports
would become valueless and their com
pilation an unpardonable waste of pub
lic money. The situation would then
revert to what It was five years ago.
“But after the private and Interested
estimates controlling the market price
have again for a few years been too
high, as they undoubtedly will be, and
the repeated losses of the cotton grow
ers In consequence have again con
vinced them that the change they de
manded in 1901 was a wise one. It will
be far more difficult and may be Im
possible to Induce congress to re-es
tablish a system which the cotton
growers set up once before only to tear
It down when It chanced that a knowl
edge of the facts was to their disad
vantage.
"I deem It my duty to acquaint you
with the probable course of the census
office, In order thst you may take Any
steps which may seem to you desirable
or necessary in connection with the
matter.
"Very respectfully,
"8. N. D. NORTH, Director.'
Mr. Burleson’s Statement.
Upon receipt of the letter, Mr. Bur
leson gave out the following state
ment:
"Believing that it was to the Inter
est of the producer of cotton to ellmi
nate as far as possible the speculative
element from entering Into or affecting
the market price of his product,
caused to be embodied in the act mak
ing the census bureau permanent the
original item providing for statistics of
cotton ginned during the current year,
and the result of the census bureau’s
labors In carrying Into effect this pro
vision has materially aided in accom
plishing this *nd. The result haa not
influenced a change of opinion on my
pkrt.
"If I may be pardoned a personal al
lusion. a grower of cotton myself, hav
ing frequently experienced the damage
occasioned by the high est Invites snd
cocksure assertions put forward by
those acting fo?' speculators and cotton
gambler*. I felt the necessity of some
Importiril source of information which
would be as accurate as possible. This
the census bureau has proven Itself
to be,
"f concur in every word contained in
his letter of Mr. North and feel that it
WILL PROBABLY
STEAL OFFICE
Alva Adams to bo Done Out
of His Honors
REPUBLICANS’ SCHEME
Governor Peabody Is to Be
Reseated
REAL GRAND LARCENY
Because in Absolute Control of Gen
eral Assembly, Grafting Old Party is
Preparing to Perpotrate Most Monu
mental Theft in History of Colorado.
DESPERATE DEED OF
A TH0MASVILLE MAN
J. B. Bar
Hii
Kills Mother-In-Law, At-
Slay Wife and Shoots
elf.
DENVER, Dec. 29.—By the action of
the state canvassing board In Issuing
certificates of election, as senators, ta
Casimero Barela and Henry B. Millard,
the Republicans have secured such ab
solute control of the general assembly
that it is now regarded in Democratic
circles as highly probable that Gover
nor James H. Peabody will be re
elected. The Republicans’ plan, It is
said, to accomplish this by throwing
out the vote of all Democratic wards
In Denver and counting the vote of
the Republican wards.
Although the members of the can
vassing board refused to say how they
stood on the proposition to go behind
the returns It has been learned that
one member. State Treasurer Whitney
Newton. was opposed to the action
taken. Those who voted In favor of
unseating the Democratic senators-
elect are: Governor James H. Pea
body, Secretary of State James Cowle,
Attorney General N. C. Miller and Au
ditor J. A. Holmberg. AH the members
of the board are Republicans.
Carpenter Before Court.
District Judge Samuel L. Carpenter
nppeared before the supreme court to
day in response to a citation requiring
him to show cause why he should not
quash the alternative writs of mnn-
damus issued by him against the
state board of canvassers and ex pin in
why he assumed jurisdiction In disre
gard of the opinion and judgment of
the supreme court. Judge Carpenter
issued the writs In question, requiring
the board to accept the returns from
Las Animas and Boulder counties,
which showed the election of tho
Democratic candidate for the senate
nfter the supreme court had refused
the Democrats permission to file a
mandamus suit and ordered the lower
courts not to Interfere with the can
vassing board.
Judge Carpenter explained that he
did not know tho full purport of the
supreme court's decision when he Is
sued tho writs and admitted that the
higher court order made it obligatory
to dismiss the proceeding In the dis
trict. This explanation was accepted
nnd the citation against him was dis
missed.
Wolcott Followers Honest.
Very few members of the legislature
have yet arrived In the city and
whether the plana of William O. Evans
and other Republican leaders to re
seat Gov. James II. Peabody will be
adopted by a majority of the Repuhll
can members is still undecided. The
Republicans have an even two-thirds
of the votes on joint ballot, nnd can
carry any measure on which they are
united. A Republican caucus probably
will be held next Monday, at which
the plan to continue Gov. Peabody In
office will be considered. Some Re
publican members known as followers
of Edward O. Wolcott, have declared
that while they do not contemplate a
union with the Democrats under any
consideration, they will oppose vigor
ously any plan for keeping Adams out
of the governorship.
SPLENDID WORK
OF LIFESAYERS
Thrilling Rescue of North
eastern's Crew
THOMASVILLE. Ga„ Deo. 29.—Af
ter killing hia moUvr-in-law, Mrs.
VV. II. Parrish, making a desperate
attempt to kill his 18-year-old wife,
and shooting himself twice with a
Winchester rlllo here today, J. B.
Barrow in lying In the city hospital
tonight In a precarious condition close
ly guarded by officials-
Barrow Is an engineer on the At
lantic Coast Line. lie Is 33 years old.
and had been married but two years.
His wife was 20 years his Junior. Do
mestic Infelicity is given as the cause
of the tragedy. The verdict of the
•coroner’s Jury does not say whether
murder was committed, or tho killing
was accidental.
THREE LOST LIVES.
Burning of Farm Rocidenco in Now
York Yesterday.
OENESEO, N. Y., Deo. 29.—Three
persons lost their lives in a fire which
totally destroyed the farm residence
of Chas. McMillan, at the head of
Conesus, lake early, today.
The dead: *•
Chna. McMillan.
little McMillan, his sister. ,
Frank McMillan, his nephew.
Lulu McMillan, another sister, es
caped. The cause of the fire has not
been explained.
The McMillans were among the
prominent families of Livingston
county.
The three McMillans lost their lives
In an attempt to save the house from
destruction. Aroused by the crackling
of the flames tho family filed from the
house in their night clothing nnd
awoke a farm hand who occupied a
house a few rods*away. He arrived
on tho scene Just In time to see
Charles, Frank and Chhrldtte rush
Into the burning building with palls
of water. Lulu McMillan and Mary
Dornan, a servant, were restrained by
main force from following the others.
The charred bodies of two of the vic
tims were found In the ruins. It Is
supposed the third body Is In the
debris.
22 GRATEFUL SOULS
Accomplishment of Seem
ingly Helpless Tcosk
CONQUERED ELEMENTS
Brave Men Whose Mission Saves Hu
man Beings From Davy Jones' Lock
er Sent Cockle-Shell Boats Indomit
ably Into Angry Breakers and Won
Contost for Supremacy.
Moore Gets Pie.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—President
Roosevelt has appointed J. Hampton
Mooro of Philadelphia, chief of the
bureau of manufactures of the depart
ment of commerce and labor. Mr.
Moore Is president of the National
League of Republican clubs and was
formerly city treasurer of Philadel
phia. He has accepted the appoint
ment and will enter upon the discharge
of his duties about the first of the
year.
would be nothing short of a calamity
if the ginners should at any time fall
to furnish prompt and accurate re
porta to tbe census bureau. To fall
to report to the census bureau will
only play Into the hands of the cotton
gamblers and will serve to promptly
re-establish alleged statistical agents,
who are now, thanks to the bureau of
statistics of the department of agri
culture and the census bureau, thoro
ughly discredited. If during next year,
ns a result of decreased acreage and
Imperfect weather conditions, there
should be a short crop, which is not
Improbable, then the glnners reports
issued by the census bureau would
again be In high favor by the cotton
growers. What It wanted and what is
really always to. the Interest of the
rotton grower is a prompt knowledge
of the exact truth.
"It is my purpose to prepare and
offer at this session of congress an
amendment to the census act provid
ing for the collection and publication
of Accurate statistics of the number of
bales of cotton consumed eneb year
and the surplus of cotton held In the
hands of the manufacturer, and the
number of bales exported. This is ne
cessary and only falf to the grower of
cotton. He should prompMv have this
Information ait the m «i. jf lurer of
cotton throughout the world are given
knowledge of the ngmi-r of bales of
cotton grown.
"I have discussed thin with Henator
Bailey of my state, end !> »gr**s with
me-*an fo tbe Importance ■.<.d necessity
•tl this amendment^qnd ugfe*.* to lend
a helping hand in securing »U adop
tion,"
FRANK S. BLACK HAS
COME OUT OF RACE
Chauncoy Depcw Will Succeed Him
self as United States Senator From
New York. .-V
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Chauncey
Mitchell Depew, of Now York, will
succeed himself for a term of six years
as United 8tute* senator from tho
state of New York, continuing as the
colleague of Henator Thomas C. Plntn
who has still four years to serve.
The formal announcement of this
conclusion was made late this afterr
noon at the Fifth Avenue Hotel by
Governor Odell, ns chairman of the
Republican state committee, nnd came
as the culmination of a series of con
ferences by prominent Republicans
extending over several weeks, nnd
practically continuous during the puat
three dAys.
The purport of the announcement is
thnt the candldncy of former Governor
Frank 8. Black of Troy, which has
been warmly pressed by his friends
during the past fortnight or more. Is
to be withdrawn, and that the nume of
Henator Pepew will be the only one
presented to the caucus of Republican
legislators which will select the party’s
candidate for senator.
Governor Odell's formal announce
ment, which. Is regarded ns closing
the controversy on the subject, gives
it as his conclusion that "party hnr-
mony will be best subservod by the
re-election of Henator Depew’’ con
cedes thnt the sentiment favoring his
selection Is very strong throughout the
state, and declares that "It would have
been the worst kind of party general
ship to hnve run countsr to this ex
pressed public opinion."
Late In the afternoon a letter was
given out. addressed by Mr. Black him
self to Henator Depew, In which the
former governor withdraws his name
from further consideration for the
senatorshlp, and declares thnt In this
course his duty us a Republican and
his private sentiments coincide, for
he protests that his private interests
ond persona! tastes have both been
distinctly against entering a contest,
or even accepting public office, even If
It earne without controversy,
graceful lette/ of reply Henator Depew
thanks Mr. Black for his cordial
tlmants nnd declares that the former
governor's action places the party un
der great obligations to him.
EXPLODED DYNAMITE.
Fatal Attempt of Convict to Make His
BIRMINGHAM. Abf.^Dee.- 29.~-.Whlt* a
train carrying 12»> convicts In tho employ
of the Tenner*** C(nl. Iron Ut nallro.nl
Company w»r coins from Mine No. Z to
the prlron, Will Filler, a negro convict,
exploded n sxck of dvnamltc In on* of
the eosches with a view to effecting a
wholesale escape.
Dawkins, a convlrt from Henry county,
was killed. Guard Pickett lost a lew nnd
nn arm George Dtlaney, one of th*
trainmen, was hurt and several convict*
were *Sfsht!y injured. During the stam
pede guardr from the other cars .fusVd
forward and prevented th* er'-ape of any
of tin- convicts. The explosion blew out
the end of tit* coach.
NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 29.—After be
ing imprisoned on the wrecked oil
stenmer Northeastern nine miles 6ft
Cape Hatteras for thirty-six hours,
Cuptain Wilder ond his crew of twen
ty-one men were taken nshore at noon
today by the crew* of Klnnnkeet,
Creeds Hill and Hatteras life saving
stations.
The big ateamer is pounding Dia
mond shoals under a terrific sea and Is
given up by the crew as a total loss.
In a bewildering fog Tuesday night
the Northeustern on her way up the
coast from Port Arthur, Texas, to New
York, with a cargo of crude petroleum,
shoved her prow Into the deadly sands
off Hntterns nnd was fast In the
clutches of the graveyard of shipping
before her crew realized what had
happened.
Helpless In Storm.
This was at 11 o’clock npd beforo
day hnd come the gale thnt swept over
the country from the nilddlewest had
struck the sea and waves were crash
ing over the helpless vessel Incessantly.
The force of the wind and tide threw
her on her port .beam nnd the flood of
water extinguished hSr fires before
her Inflammable cargo could bocotna
Ignited. Had this not boon the case,,
the twenty-two men aboard the North
eastern would have met a horrible futo
with no possible chance of escape*
When morning dawned the wreck
was sighted by the life savers nnd
the weather observatory at Hatteras.
Hhe was nine miles off shore and tho
water between whs a seething mass of
mountainous aves. No surf boat ever
built could have lasted one minute In
auch a sea and the life guards on
the coast bjul to stand by helplessly
and watch the big ship being pounded
by the waves. During Wednesday
night tho wind diminished b(it tho
temperature dropped about twenty
degrees, adding to tho suffering of tho
row. This morning at sun-up tho
hardy life savers began their attempts
to get a surf bout to the ship. Again
and again the life boats were sent
head-on Into the sea only to he caught
up by n monster wave nnd hurled
back on the beach.
Human* determination conqured the
elements after a three-hour struggle,
and at 9 o’clock three life boats, with
their brave crews, were safely across
the breakers. Wh6n the turfmen
reached tho wreck they were con
fronted with a problem of great danger
nnd difficulty. The sea, while It had
subsided to some extent, was still In
an angry mood, and the little life boats
were being tossed like cockle sheila
about the helpless mass of steel. Lines
were finally strung between the boats
nnd the Northeastern nnd every mnn
was taken from the vessel In snfety.
It was over six hours before the first
of tho boats reached shore again. Tho
almost exhausted crew was cared for
by the Hntterns life savers. No state
ment could be secured from Captain
Wilder tonight owing to the fact th
the const wires were broken shortly
after the barest facts concerning the
rescue were obtained.
The vessel, it is said, will be a total
loss. ^
The Northeastern Is a steel ocean
steamship built In Chicago In 1901,
snd Is owned by C.' Counselman of
Cincinnati. The Northeastern sailed
for Port Arthur December 3 from
New York, arrived on the 17th and
sailed the same day.
SOUTH IS LEADING.
Some Bouquets from Speech of Prof.
A. J. McKelvey.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 29.—Diet as
a factor in the prevention and cure of
consumpt’on, the negro race problem,
hlld labor question In Southern mills
and number of other themes of equal
Interest formed the basis of some of
tho many papers read before the sec
ond day’s session of the American Asr
sedation for the Advancement of
Science.
Edward L. Blnckshenr of the Prai
rie View State Normal and Industrial
College of Texas, discussed "Some Sur
vivals of Primitive Racial Instincts In
American Negroes." He said the edu
cation needed by the negro is one that
will develop character, a sense of per
sonal responsibility and a aence of tho
Inviolability of personality. As a so
lution for the race problem, he said
he would suggest simply education, ex
perience and the scattering of negroes
over the country.
Prof. A. J. McKelvey, assistant i
retary of the Natlonnl Child Labor
obnunlttes, read a paper on "Child La
bor In Southern mills." After calling
attention to the condition of compara
tive well-being that exists among the
children of tho South, ho said there are
more children under sixteen years of
age working In the factories of Penn
sylvania than there are in all tho
Southern states put together. One
reason why tho percentage of child
workers to adult workers is large In
the South Is that the percentage of
children Is larger. While Massachu
setts has 600,000 more population than
Georgia, he said, tho Southern state
had 100,000 more children of school
nge than the Now England state. Tho
South, he said, is lending the country
In wages compared with the cost of liv
ing, In sanitary conditions and other
ways, though there are* some condi
tions whtbh exist that ought to bo
wiped out. It was his opinion that
child labor was not a sectional but a
natlonnl evil.
□ell Lines Bold.
ROANOKE. Va.. Dec. 20.—Tho Bell
Telephone company's plants In this
city nnd at Halem, Vn„ hnve been pur
chased by the Virginia nnd Tennessee
company, which operates an exchange
here. The two exchanges will "'bp con'
solldnted under .the management
tho Virginia and Tennessee company
Jan. 1. Traffic arrangements have
been mnde to give* the new owners
connection with the Bell long distance
lines.
NEGRO LYNCHED FOR
KILLING WHITE MAN
Infuriated .Citizens .Take .Prisoner,
,Hang Him nnd Riddlo Hio Body
With Bullets.
ATLANTA, Oa„ Dec. 29.—A special
from Neal, On., says Herbert Simmons,
negro, was lynched here today for
the killing of J. A. Park, a white mnn,
and one of the community’s best
known citizens.
The negro wns taken from the offi
cers* by infuriated citizens while be
ing carried to the Zebulon Jail, and af
ter being strung upon a treo his body
ns riddled with bullets.
Mr. Park wns murdered on the night
of Dec. 27, his skull being crushed In
with a large stick. The coroner's ver
dict was thnt he came to his death at
the hands of Herbert Hlimnons.
COTTON FACTORS
ADVISE THE FARMERS
Big Lumber Failure.
NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 29.—The U V.
De Borrlennve Lumber Co. was thrown
Into involuntary bankruptcy today by
the filing of a petlton by counsel for
the Blades Lumber Co. of Elizabeth
City, North Carolina, and othPr credi
tors. While the total liabilities claim
cd by the petitioners aggregate $771
the obligations of the corporation are
estimated at $20,000 or more. Its as
sets consist of mills In Hurry county
and a large stock of lumber on hand,
five million feet of standing timber, a
logging outfit end a herd of horses.
The petitioners claim the company
nn act of bankruptcy by transferring
funds to a creditor a few days ago.
Charter for United Americans.
ATLANTA. Oa„ Dec. 29.—Secretary
Of State Cook today granted a charter
for the United Americana, ft-, fraternal
and benefit social .order, national and
International in its scope. The head
quarters of the new organization will
be Atlanta. Ga. The petition show
name.! a* given In fbe application >re
K. fi. Thornton. George B. Lound**,
O. V. Carter, William Owens, J- T,
Kelly. Richard Thornton and J. B*
tiutlez, aU of Fulton >■ ui.ty.
Mexico's New Finances.
ELPASO. Tex., Dec. 29.—A. L. Van
Antwerp, traffic agent of the Mexican
American ateampshlp company, says
that Mexican pesos have been pouring
into that country from foreign cities
at a' rapid rate since the announ<
ment of the new financial system. Af
ter Jan. J the import duty on Mexican
sliver money will be* prohibitive and
those holding it In New York and
where have hurriedly shipped large
consignments to the republic to get It
there before the law became effective.
Mr. Van Antwerp says that the day h
left Mexico a Ward liner brought In
consignment of one hundred end eev
enty-five thousand Mexican dollars.
Mobile Invites Roosevelt.
MOBILE. Ala.. Dec. 29,—Jones Afc
Withers camp No. 675, United
federate' Veterans, today forwarded to
President Roosevelt an Invitation tc
visit Mobil-, assuring him of n
pltahle Houthern welcome from all
Confederate veterans and till ..'ns at
Urge.
IIHLUNG F0KT
IS CAPTURED
Taken After Fierce Assault
by Japanese
STUBBORN RESISTANCE
Small Garrison Inflicted e,
Terrible Loss
CASUALTIES WERE 1,000
iportant Breach Now Exists In For
tifications of Port Arthur and Heavy
Guns Can Now Easily Reach Town
and Harbor—Kuroki Alive, as Evi
denced by Message.
FUSAN, Dec. 29.—(Headquarters of
the Japanese army before Port Ar
thur.)—Rlhlung fort wan captured at
3 o'clock this morning with a thousand
Japanese casualties. Seven dynamite
mlnoa exploded at 10 o'clock yesterday,
made breaches In tho front wall,
through which ft large body of Jap
anese troops charged under cover of
a tremendous bombardment and cap
tured the first line of light guns, a
bitter fight resulted in tho capture of
the fort. Tho garrison, i
hundred men, escaped.
Rlhlung fort, sltuatod on Rlhlung
mountain, formed part of the inner cir
cle Of the chain of forts defending
Port Arthur. Rlhlung is situated
about two miles from the outskirts nf
the town of Port Arthur, from which
It bears duo northeast. The fort Just
enptured Is a mils and a half south
east of Keck wan fort, recently cap
tured by the Japanese. The possession
of these two forts should nn,k*« u most
Important breach In the fortifications
of Port Arthur and cut off communi
cation between tho Golden Hill forts
nnd tin- forts of the western section of
the Inner circle of .fortification*.
1-11M " 1 11bIiing iimimt .in, which Ih
nearly opposite 203-AIetr- mil. are un-
nhle to hit, thus making It apparently
Russian second Fl
eeting of tho Factors nnd Warehoi
men of Macon— Urgo That the Fa
ers of Middle Georgia Borrow No
Monoy Before February or Mi
and Not Then Until They Find It
Absolutely Necessary.
impossible fur
rifle squadron I
Arthur even at
tent themselv
ng posit lor
iiuKo any i
Id tho Jap
<>f Pr
TOKIO,
months of flgii
the JnpiincH**
Rlhlung mom
On Wednesda
o’clock In the nil
olumn of our
Mon* they now
Tokio's Report.
fire
"At 4 o'clot
our occupatlo
W# charged
lines of hen
quently dlslo
enemy's fore
gorge fort, i\
BERLIN'. I)
!e at Dorlmu
occupied the rimer
in positions, i/ibse-
A meeting of the cotton factors and
warehousemen of Macon was held yes-
terday, due to the extraordinary con
dition of the cotton market. By un
animous vote tho eight factors end
warehousemen of Macon adopted the
following resolution:
Macon, Go., Dec. 29, 1904.
Resolved that In view of the unaatia-
factory prices prevailing for cotton,
we, the undersigned cotton factors
warehousemen of the city of Macon,
most earnestly advise the farmers of
Middle Georgia to borrow no money
before February or March, and not
then, until they find It absolutely
necessary, and that they use less Com
mercial Fertilisers, and reduce tho
cotton acreage S3 1*3 per cent.
C. B. WILLINOHAM.
MAYER ft WATTS.
HEAR RROH.
HOLMKH ft HARDEMAN.
W. A. DAVIH CO.
BEN L. JONEH.
ENGLISH, JOHNSTON ft CO.
UNITED EFFORT8 NEEDED.
Negro Educators Think This Neces
sary For 8o!ving Race Problem.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Dec. 29.—The ne
gro educators seem to be a unit In
declaring that the solving of the i
discussed problems of today will re
quire the united r.fforts of the bet
lasa of white people and the better
class of negroes, both North and
South.
Among the numerous subjects dis
cussed today was "The teachers In
Community,” by Prof. Frank Trigg,
of Princess Ann academy, Maryland.
Prof. Arthur W. Mitchell, principal
of the West Alabama Normal and In
dustrial Institute, Greensboro,
and perhaps the youngest prtnelp
the South, was Introduced and d
ered an address. He made a piej
the young men of hia race and
about to accomplish something foi
Heptoniber, a card of enthtutooti .
grnfiliations o n his military
and has now yecofvsd the following
answer: h
"On the Battlefield in Mflnchurlr>
November 5, 3901 iw-.s l f() f ‘„'
congratulated ,.t no great .. ,iisr an( ...
upon our victories. As you knov we
are pupils of Oerngin tan ,
I have double pleasure ,. wf
» ' ' I I I. C.-rn. ,u i, . f j
’•With iptcUl rt-K.u.S, your obedient
servant, k uroki.’*
Tho nllnv,. Ml..r from Cm Kuroki
If any J ,hat
Gen. Kuroki Ih Mill alive n,.’
penitently reported to have t,** n
kill'd during mo fighting of October
4 last.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
Stations to h« Established, Several in
the South.
WASHINGTON. Dee _-9. i Wr Ajfl .
mlrdl M inri' V, < h!ef of the bureau of
equipment, h.n < ornpleted plane fur
st■ iLI l -«'n11t of ,i line of w1rel*MH
j * extending from
Elizabeth, near Portland. Me., to
stations
having a rnr
stations will
lopen at th<
Diamond ah
Hatteras, R.
lnclu
tilth
D**I.i
The
ape He
NORFOLK. V«
day to Join
ran which
waten prei
ship,
t, N. C\; i
Penxacol.i
equlpmer.'
/
‘ Squadron.
Dec. 29.—The bat-
Keritucky and
lampton roads to-
th Atlantic squad-
" W.voun In thoxo
Inspection by
.y next Thum-
'• Inspected the
Work lx y»elng
• rgwing repairs
Club.
-9 —Col.
well known
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