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Markets
Middling last year, 13%.
augustTcotton
CLOSING QUOTATIONS
Clou#.
Good ordinary f» 1-8
Strict ifood ordinary ... 6 7-8
1/Ow middling 6 5-8
Ptrirt low middling 7 1-16
Middling 7 1-4
strict middling ~..7 7-16
Good middling 7 11-16
Previous Day's Figures
Cloaa,
f' »d ordinary 5 1-8
Ftrlct good ordinary 5 7-8
Low middling ... 6 6-8
strict low tnldllng 7 1-16
Middling .. ... 7 1-4
•■Uriel middling 7 7-16
Good middling 7 9-ifi
Receipts For Week
dalea. Bpln. Shlp’t
Saturday .... €94 B*l 1865
Monday ——
Tuaaday —-
"VVedneaday . . «— — ——
Friday • -—•
Totals .. .. .. ..
Oomparatlv# Receipts
ISIS 1914
St. I Urdu y 1919 3006
Monday ——
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thmsday •
Friday —-
Total. ——
Stocks and Receipts
Ptork In Augusta, 1 913 56 577
Flock In Augusta, 1914 146,370
llnce Sept. 1. 1913 216,380
since 1, 1914 ..222,574
Augusta Daily Receipts
1911 1914
Georgia Railroad SO:’ 062
Hon thorn Ry. Co. 50 203
Augusta Southern SOO 102
Augusta-Alkrn Ry. Co. ... 5 17
Con of Oh R H 219
Georgia and Florida 'l4 046
C It W. C. Ry 230 343
A. C, L. R R r>« ISO
’Wagon 252 96
Canal
Rlvar ■—
Net receipts 1769 2290
Through 100 716
To4al 1919 3006
Port Receipts
Today. Lnf Tr
Galveston - 17053
New Orleans ... 7828 8299
Mobile - 2350
Pavnnnah 88821 7426
Charleston 2773
——
Norfolk ----- 4857
Total ports (eat.) 5500
Interior Receipts
Today UK T r
Houston 19194 28418
Memphis 7482
Weekly Crop Movement, End
ing Friday, Nov. 20, 1914.
1912 |1903 | 1916
B. 381,011) 376,703) 373.717
Shipments 283,2401 310,1*51 54<0.744
Block 1.024.4951 699.8601 628,376
Came In St. ... 347.779| *76.1801 696.725
Crop In St 3.970,00416,453.81816 868,144
Vis. .upply ... 4.2*6,29414.886,59515,065.538
DAILY COTTON TABLE
New Orleans Middling, 7 3-8; r. -
cetpts, 7.8-3. exports, >,6:7; ales, 0,136,
■lock 199.690.
Galveston Middling, 7 3-1; receipts,
34,114; export*. 14,866, axles, 190, stock.
4)4,860.
Moblip- Middling, 7 3-8, receipts, 446,
awle#, 160; slock, 34.183.
Savannah-Middling, 7 1-8, receipts,
M. 334, export*, 7,000, stiles, 3,665; Hook,
1*4,147
Charleston Middling, 7 1-4; receipts,
8,700 export*. 100; stock, 82,766.
Wilmington Middling, 7 1-8, receipts,
1,142. slock, *7,726.
Texes City Receipts, 1.864
Norfolk Middling. 7 3-i6. receipts,
3.K6L seine. 1.286, etock. 48.314.
Ilttlllmoro Middling, 7 1-2; etock, 4,-
443
Hoelon Mlddllnc, 7.40; receipts, 160;
•took. 3,100.
Philadelphia- Mlddllnc, 8.00, receipts,
10, exports 480, stork, 6,837.
New York—Mlddllnc, 7.76; stock, 76,-
168.
Minor ports Receipts, 1.6*2; **j>ons,
'17,646; stock, 46 868.
Total todsy- Receipts, 62,421; exports,
188.348; stock, 1,114.374
Total for week Receipts, 62,421, ex
ports. 38.848.
Totsl for season Receipts, 2,444,841;
receipts, 1,060,806.
Interior Movement.
Houston—Middling. 7 11-14, receipts.
18144; shipments, 18,041; sales, 3,768.
Stock, 140.744.
Memphis- Mlddllnc, 7 1-4; receipts, 7,-
061; shipments, 8.83> sales. 3,100, stock,
*29.117.
Auguste—Middime, 7 1-4; receipts, 3,-
004, shipments, 1 846, sales, 184, slock,
146.370
(41, 1-oul#- Middling. 7 S-6; receipts, I -
OCJ; shipments 2.0v6, stock, 28.434.
Cincinnati —Receipts. 614. shipments,
921, stock. 4,003.
Little Rock—Middling 6 8-4; recslpts,
1.150; shipment*. 1,240. etock. 40 620
Dsllsa-Middling. 7 1-8. sales. I,l*l.
Totsl today—Hectpts. 32,007, ship
wonts 29,601; stock. 690.418
tcTdoremus &~co.
New York.—Spot intereeie principal
buyer* of December and most of ih*
xradtng mss In thst option McFndden
was s conspicuous bidder for Deceinberi
also other spot bouse* Wall strset
bouses also buying, selling scatter*.!
Outaide business continues very light sue
until there It more interest manifested It
■ Is likely to rule very narrow. Sentiment
■ continue# favorable te further upturn.
Ol titling figure# were without effect.
Spot people buying Dei ember, shorts
oovgrtn* Decors tier March and May.
Little offering Looks higher.—Anderson.
BARELY STEADY
CLOSE IT N. T.
Cotton Market Advanced
Sharply in First Trading.
Later Eased Off Under Real
ising.
New York.—The census bureau report
Saturday broke all records, both In the
amount of cotton ginned for the first
two weeks In November and In the total
for the season up to November 14th.
Ji has been quite generally anticipated
In local trfide circles that the ginning
would be slightly In excess of 11,000,000
bales but few hud looked for such n
large showing at 11,624,708 bales against
10.444,529 last year and 11,313,236 in the
big crop year of 191/1. There has now
been another week of ginning operations
added to tills total, while up to the close
of business last night 4,088,714 bales
bad been brought Into sight, but neither
this evidence of an unprecedentedly big
supply already In the Kouth nor the
strengthening of maximum crop estl
mates appeared to bring any material
selling pressure against the local mar
ket.
The opening was steady at an advance
of 1 point to a decline of 1 point and
the market advanced sharply during the
early trading on renewed covering by
lie-ember shorts, who found very few
sellers around the ring until the price
had worked up to 7.40, or 24 points net
higher, and 55 points above the low level
of Wednesday. Later deliveries, mean
while. were evidently Influenced by the
strength of the near position with Jan~
nary selling 21 points and the spring and
summer months some 11 to 13 points
above FYidav’s closing. Offerings be
came more liberal around this level,
howevar. and prices eased off later un
der realizing. There also appeared to
Tie a little southern selling and the mar
ket closed barely steady, net unchanged
to 10 points higher.
High. laow. Close.
Dec. fold) 7.40 7.17 7.26
Jan. (old) ~..7.43 7.43 7.37
Jan. (new) .....7.60 7.45 7.45
Mar. (old) .... 7.37
Mar. (new) 7.69 7.54 7.57
May (old) 7.51
May (new) ......7.88 7.74 7.76
July (new) 8.05 7.94 7.94
NEW YORK SPOTS
New York. Hpot cotton quiet; mid
dling upland* 7.76; do gulf 8.00; no sales.
WEEK IN COTTON
New York. The first week of renew
ed trading on the New York Cotton Ex
change has been comparatively unevent
ful. The re-openlng of the market on
Monday wag followed by considerable
Honlhern hedge selling of new style con
tracts for March, May and July deliv
ery and there was also llipildutlon of old
December contracts attributed to some
of the smaller local houeea who had
been allotted cotton by the corporation
under the syndicate agreements. Prices
weakened some 60 to 60 points from the
Initial figures under this pressure but
offerings tapered off on the decline and
the market has elnce recovered several
points of the loss on covering and trade
and Investment buying.
Large trade Intereete here aro credit
ed with having purchased most of the
December contracts liquidated during
the earlier part of the week and near
month has led the rally on covering by
the Liverpool short Interest which finds
few sellers around the local ring below
a parltv wllh Southern spot prices. The
talk Is that the Interest Mill ouletandlng
In December Is greatly In excess of the
local etock and that the contracts may
be held for an advance or actual delive
ries.
General bus! as is believed to have
been restricted conalderally by un
famtltarlty with the merits of the new
contract* which are being traded In tile
delivery In January and later month*
and local brokers are predicting a much
more active market once some Interest
has accumulated, and It la generally un
derstood that the contract Is In conform
ity with the cotton futures law Aside
from this, the light business reflects a
divided sentiment with buyer* held In
. heck by the existence of large avail
able auppUe* In the South and the Indi
cations of a crop largely In excess of re
quirement* while seller* are evidently
cautious at prices below the ■ estimated
cost of production and In view of the
improving ex|HWt trade.
WEEK IN TRADeT
New York. —Hradetreet’a today nay»:
Favorable features predominate this
week and in many direction* perform
ance hAN followed the promise of earlier
weeks A further loosening up of mon
ey, with easier tntos. la attributed to
the going into effect of the new federal
bank system. The re-openlng of the
lending cotton exchanges and the re
ports of the successful forming of tlie
cotton pool have made for a more fav
orable Southern aentlment. though freer
cotton marketing has hern accompanied
by easing of quotations from the open
ing prices. War <rtrdora have continued
to come out in : «>od volume and hAve
given emplyment to larger numbers of
employes In various lines to meet rush
order requirements. Hotter feeling and
some resumptions of steel mills have
given employment, lacking for some time
past.
Failure* this week in the United
States were 864 compared with 840 last
a ear; In Canada §O, comparer with 42
last year.
Hank clearings aggregate $2,835,318,000,
a decrease of 15.7 from last year.
Wheat exports from the limited States
ntul Canada were 7,888,213 bushels,
against (.148,073 n year ago.
SEC 7 HESTER'S WEEKLY
COTTON STATEMENT
In thousands ba'es
In sight for werk 598.000
Do same 7 day* lasi year.,, 680,000
Do same 7 days >enr hefts - *.. 771,000
Do for the month 1.472,000
Do name date last year J.0J1.000
Do same date year before .. 1,027,000
IV for season 4.391,000
IV same date last year 7.062,006
Do asm. date year before ~, 6 846 004
Port receipts for season 3,392.000
IV same dat. last year 6,139.000
Do same date year before
lorn 6,078.004
Overland to mills and Canada
for season 340.000
IV sain, date la.t year ~... SS9 004
IV sam* date year before .. 309,004
Ron them mill takings for sea
son 839,004
IV same data last year 1,061.000
IV aame dat. year before .. 926.004
Interior stock* In excess of Aug.
Ist 9*1.000
Do laat year 634.000
Do year before 683.000
Foreign exports for week 174,000
Do asm. 7 days last year ... 318.000
IV for season 1.612,000
Do name date last year ..... 3.660,000
Northern Spinners’ takings and
Csnda for week 93.000
Do me seven day* laat year 117,000
Do for season 694,000
Do to same dat. laat year... l.oiiiooo
ELGIN ■UTTER.
EH gin, ll*—Butter >3. ; ,J,
NET GAIN I TO 7
POINTS AT N. 0.
First Real Show of Strength
Made Saturday Since the
Futures Market Reopened
New Orleans,— Cotton today made its
first real show of strength since the
future market was reopened. With the
census returns on ginning unexpectedly
high and pointing to a record crop, the
market opened at an advance and kept
rising until the active months were 10
to 12 points up. Shoi .s were confused
and covered in volume.
The real reason for the advance ap
peared to be the operations of large In
terests which control the king end of
contracts. According to the gossip of
the floor these Interests, during ttie
last day or so have been exerting pres
sure on the short side with the result
that Liverpool holders'of American short
contractu have commenced to get un
easy. lYlvate cable messages from the
English market Saturday morning stated
that these shorts were covering.
At the highest of the morning prices
were within IB points of the levels at
which the market reopened Monday. The
close was at a net gain of 1 to 7 points,
offerings Increasing during the last few
rnlnutcH of trading with the result that
the advance was paved down.
High. Low. Close.
Dec. (old) ....: 7.2 2
Dec. (new) 7.25
Jan. fold) 7.37 7.31 7.31
Jan. (new) 7.42 7.32 7.36
Mar. (old) 7.36
Mar. (new) ... 7.55 7.47 7.46
May (old) .... 7.57
May (new) 7.74 7.67 7.66
July (new) 7.93 7.93 7.86
NEW ORLEANS SPOTS
New Orleans, —Spot cotton firm; silts
on the spot 325 bales; to arrive 800. Mid
dling 794.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
Liverpool. —Cotton spot dull; prices
steady, American middling fair 5.47;
good middling 4.79; middling; 4.47; low
middling 3.86; good ordinary 3.17; ordi
nary 2.67.
Sales 4,000 bales Including 2,700 Am
erican and 500 for speculation and ex
port. Receipts 17,244 Including 11,246
American.
Futures closed quiet.
Month. Open. Close.
May-June 4.18 4.16%
July-August 4.2414 4.23%
Oct.-Nov 4.34 4.32*4
Jan.-Feb 4.4014 4.39
LIVESTOCK MARKET
CHICAGO CATTLE, HOGS, SHEEP.
Chicago, Ills.—Hogs: Receipts 9,000;
steady.
Bulk 3 7.25#$ 7.50
Light 6.90# 7.50
Mixed ... 7.15# 7.60
Heavy 7.00# 7.60
Hough 7.00# 7.15
Plgn 4.50# 6.75
Cattle: Receipts 2,000; steady.
Beeves 3 5.76# $10.50
Steers 6.40# 9.00
Cows and heifers 3.60# 9.20
Calves 8.50 11.50
Sheep: Receipts 1,000; steady.
Sheep 5.50# 6.25
Yearlings 6.40# 7.45
Laml>a ... 6.75# 9.40
AUGUSTA LIVESTOCK
QUOTATIONS
Corrected weekly by Augusta Stock Yds.
Tho following ar# the quotations on
the Augusta livestock cattle on the
hoof •
HOGS—Hogs, 75 to 126 lb*., corn
fed 7 «7%0
CALVES—Common 4%@50
Ordinary 6%©60
Good 6%@70
Fancy 7%tf80
COWS Common 2%@30
Ordinary 3%<(Hc
Good 4%4?50
Fancy 6%<UP6o
The Produce Market
(Corrected by Audley Hill & Co.)
Grape Fruit, Fla.’s. any size, per
box $2.50
Grapes, fancy Malaga's, per keg.. 4.25
Grapes. pony baskets. Lake
Keuka, Concords and Catawbas,
per luisket 15
Apples, York Imperials, Cure Gold
brand, per barrel, doth head... 300
Apples, Haldwlns, per barrel 2.75
Apples, fancy Northern Kings,
rer bbl 8.76
Icemons, extra fancy, 360's, Vi bxs 1.50
1 semen*, extra fancy, whole bxs. 2.75
Hananas, fancy packed, per lb. ... .03
Cocoanuts. fresh 100'a, r sack.. 2.75
Cranberries. Cape Cod, crates.... 1.80
Celery, per standard crates 4.25
Celery, fancy Jumbo, per dor. 75
Turnip*. Canadian. 140-lb. sacks.. 1.50
New potatoes. Northern stock.
No. 1 2.00
Cabbage. Northern, per lb 01 Vi
Onions, yellow, per bushel 1.00
Onions, Red CHobes, per bushel ... 1.00
Onions, Red Globes. per 100-lb.
sack 1 65
Onions. Spanish, orlgtnal crates... 1.15
Idma Beans, per lb 07
Augusta Market for
Country Produce
GYleae raid the farmer !
Drying alxe chickens, each .... 80c to 40c
Fresh country cage, dosen 28c
Sweet potatoes, hushel 700
Turnip greens, S hunches 25c
Cabbages, 8 for 26c
Collard*. S for 26c
Radishes, 8 for ... ... ... 260
Reels. 4 for 26e
Lettuce, doxen 40c
COTTONSEED OIL
Nrw York,—The cotton seed oil mar
ket was active and firm with more con
fident buying owing to evidences of im
provement In the consuming demand
both for domestic use and for export,
but the forwavd months reacted sharp
ly ne.xr the close under aggressive sell
ing by refiners. Final prices were 16
points higher to 4 net lower. Sales. SI,•
SCO barrels
cotton" goods
New York.—Trading In colored cotton
good* at twice concessions is growing
broader Shooting* and print cloths were
quiet today l.lnens were steady. Kur-
Isp* war easy, Underwear and hosier)'
were In lietter demand.
moneTmarket
New York. Closing Mercantile rarer
A«S 1-2
sterling exchange steady: SiWdsy hill*
4 86:6, for cables 4.8586, for deraaul
4.1*26.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
WHEAT PRICES
TAKE A TUMBLE
Argentine Reports Give Bearish
Turn to Market. Corn Down,
Oats Up.
Chicago.—Chances that the wheat har
vest In Argentina might turn out more
bearish than had heen expected, served
as a ground Saturday to pull down quo
tations. The market, although steady
at the close, was 1-2 cent under Friday
night. Corn lost l-4al-2a5-8 net. Oats
finished 1-8 to l-Bal-4 up and provisions
unchanged to 12 1-2 to 15 cents down.
Open. High. How. Close
WHEAT—
Dec .... 115*4 115% 115 115
May .... 121'/» 121% 121% 121%
CORN—
Dec .... *6% 66% 66*4 *B%
May . . . 70% 71 70% 70%
OATS—
Dec . . . 50*4 50% 50% 50%
May .... 53% 54 53% 53%
rORK-
Jan 1867 1860 1860
May . . . .1920 1920 1907 3910
I.ARD
Jan . . . .1015 1015 1015 1015
May . . . .1030 1030 1030 1030
RIBS—
Jan . . . .1005 3005 1000 1000
May . . . .1035 1035 1027 1027
AUGUSTA QUOTATIONS
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS
D. S. rcg. plates, 8-lb. av 11%
D. S. clear plates 10%
I). S. reg. ribs, 45-lb 12%
Pearl Grits, 96-lb., all sizes 2.05
Juliette Meal. 48-lb 98
Coulterville, fancy patent flour.. 6.10
Daisy cheese 17
Medium head rice 05%
Luzianne Coofee (100-lb.) $20.50
Arbuckle's coffee, pr. cs., 100-lb.. 17.10
Cuba molasses, bbls 28
Reboiled Ga. syrup, % bbls 32
Pure leaf lard. 50-lb. tins 6.60
N. Y. Gr. sugar, bbls. or bulk
bags 5.60
N. Y. Gr. sugar, 4-25 bag.... 5.. 5.65
N. Y. Of. sugar, (24 5-lb. ertns).
per lb 5.85
N. Y. Gr. sugar, 32 3% ertns, per
lb 5.85
Pacific matches, six gross, per
gross 33
G r ound pepper. 10-lb. palls, per
pound 20
Salt, cotton bags 52
Irish potatoes, per bag 2.25
2-lh. tdmitOM 70
evaporated milk 2.95
Gloss starch, 50-lb. box 03%
Quaker oats, 18 2-lb. pkgs 150
Evap. apples, 50 pkgs. per case.. 3.25
New Evap. peaches. 50-lb. boxes .07%
New No. 3 pie peaches 95
N. Y. BANK STATEMENT
New York. —The statement of the av
erage condition of clearing house banks
and trust companies for the week shows
that they hold $176,830,540 reserve in ex
cess of legal requirements. This is due
to the new federal reserve banking law.
The statement follows:
Average Condition.
Loans, etc $2,146,0 89,000
Reserve In vaults 350,462,000
Reserve in federal reserve
hank 96,060,000
Reserve in other depositories 64,424,000
Net demand deposits 91,932,000
Circulation 92,652,000
Aggregate reserve 510.946,000
Excess reserve 176,830,540
Summary of state banks and trust
companies in Greater New York not In
cluded in clearing house statement:
Loans, etc., increased $ 732,600
Specie increased 249,800
Legal tenders decreased 977,500
Total deposits decrease 1,199,900
Reserve.
Banks cash in vault $12,231,300
Trust companies cash in vault 41,906,900
SUGAR AND COFFEE
New York. —Raw sugar, steady; molas
ses. 3.36; centrifugal. 4.01; refined,
steady.
IHE PDISOII PEN
or WORK 10 AIKEN
Anonymous Letters Received
By a Number of Women At
tack Character and Spread
Scandal and Venomous In
sults---The Writer’s Identity
Known and Prosecution May
Follow.
Aikan, S. C.—For several months
past anonymous letters have been
flooding Aiken. With the poison pen
some person, for sinister reasons of
her own—for It la apparent that the
person who la circulating the filth, the
scandal and the scum la a woman
has resorted to this contemptible meth
od to besmirch the character and en
compass the social ruin of another.
Until within the last two or three days
the writer of these cowardly epistles,
all directed toward one woman, has
eluded detection— sending her poisoned
darts through the 'mails to different
Aiken women anil concealing herself
like the assassin who strikes In the
back and sneaks away from the victim
undeh cover of darkness But lately,
becoming bolder and less clever, add
ing the viper sting of Insult to vulgar
insinuations In her letters, the elusive
j writer of these anonymous epistles has
unwittingly revealed herself. Her
Identity Is now known.
During the past three days a de
teettve has been digging Into the mys
tery, and although the several letters
have been written In a disguised hand,
with the assistance of a handwriting
expert suspicions which have been en
tertained have been devedoped Into In
criminating evidence. Just what use
win be made of this evidence or what
course will be pursued remains to be
determined. The women who have re
ceived the anonymous letters are Justly
Indignant and several of them* with
their huahanda' counsel are considering
turning the collected evidence over to
the postal authorities. There la a se
vere penalty for circulating anony
mous communications which attack
character and spread venomous Insin
uations and Insult*.
The case will likely b# vigorously
prosecuted.
Cause and Effect of she Hamburg
Riot of 1876
A monument is to be erected to Mr.
McKie Meriwether, the young man
who lost his life in the Hamburg riot
of 1876. The people of North Augusta
are raising funds for this purpose.
At a recent meeting of the North
Augusta Civic League Mrs. A. M.
Parker read a paper on “The Cause
and Effects of the Hamburg R4ot.” It
is A very interesting paper and is as
follows:
It would be impossible for you or
I who live peaceably here in our homes
to partially understand, or even con
ceive of the deplorable state of affairs
that existed in South Carolina after
the civil war.
There was a section said to be a
law that gave to every ignorant negro
the right to vote and hold any office
in South Carolina, taking such rights
from white men connected with the
Confederacy.
At the head of state affairs were
Robert Scott and Frank Moses, and
with the legislative halls filled with
negroes, who could neither read or
write, imagine what a regular "log
rolling,’’ corn-shucking” time of it.
they had.
It is told of an old negro in the leg
islature who, napping away while a
very important bill was being read,
aroused In the midst of it and said —
“Gee dar, lize! What for you don’t get
straight in dat row. you know
mules and niggers gwinter soon be
freed! ”
Yes, we had negro clerks of courts,
negro magistrates, negro legislators,
negro everything, except a few white
rascals who acted as advisors. My
grandmother had to go before her
stable boy to get school claims signed.
The republicans sent down Chamber
lin, apparently a gracious gentleman,
who was elected governor, to straight
en out things. Mr. Chamberlin said
he could do nothing with voting citi
zens who were too ignorant to under
stand a law.
Condition of Affairs Locally.
Negro military companies were
formed all over the state, and drums
could be heard all night. Smoke
houses were robbed. Produce taken
from wagons along the public roads,
and any resistance meant that you
would be knocked on the head. Houses
were burned, children’s faces slapped.
And, on all sides, ignorant negro of
ficials.
In July, 1876, young Mr. Thomas
Butler (a brother of Mrs. Dr. Meal
ing) was going into the city on a
very important business deal, when
he was turned back and told that he
could not pass through Hamburg. Re
turning home he was joined by his
brother-in-law, Mr. Henry Getzen,
who advised going around the town
to avoid further trouble. While re
turning, a military line formed ahead
of them and they were ordered to stop.
Mr. Getzen, who was a very deter
mined man, gave his horse a decided
cut with the whip and went through
the line. On arriving at home they
were met by an officer, who arrested
them for defying military rule.
Mr. Robert Butler learned from
Prince Rivers, the magistrate, that the
military company was not mustered
in service and had no right to inter
fere. Then Mr. Butler had the negroes
arrested for obstructing the public
highway. At the trial, July 18th, Mr.
Getzen was placed on the stand and
asked if he did not know that a mili
tary company had the right of way
over civilians.
“Such is my understanding,” replied
Mr. Getzen, “but I do not consider
yours a military company.”
“What do you consider it?" was
asked Mr. Getzen.
“I consider it,7 replied Mr. Getzen,
“an organized gang of robbers.”
This made Attaway, the negro com
madant, very mad. He rushed out of
the door saying. "1 know what dem
white folks wants. Dey wants us to
call ’em marster, but us'll wade in
the white men’s blood up ter our knees
before us’ll call ’em marster any
more.”
He then went into the armory with
his company.
General Butler, who was attorney
for Mr. Robert Butler, arose in all his
dignity and said. "This is a farce.”
Calling to one of the negro lieuten
ants he said, "Cartledge, go up yonder
In that armory and tell those negroes
that they have no right to those guns.
If they will turn them over to me I
will see that they are safely landed
in Columbia. And if they are not so
delivered by sundown, the white peo
ple are going there and take them.
Preparing for teh Riot.
It was a warm afternoon In July,
and Hamburg’s streets, now overrun
by pickaninnies an 1 washer-women,
were at that time very prosperous
looking, being filled vtth cotton ware
houses and wholesa e grocery stores.
Squads of men begau riding Into town.
The negroes aooui town hied away to
the swamps, among them Rivers, the
magistrate, leaving there only this
military company, occupying the arm
ory.
Just about sundown Colonel Butler
(Mrs. John Kansey’s father) rode Into
town with a cavalry company of 50
min. The negroes barricaded the wln
do vs with guns. General Butler called
for volunteers with rifles. Mr. Will
Butlor, Mr. Henry Getzen, Mr. Mills,
Mr. v'inley and Mr. Joe Meriwether
stepped forward. There was a boy
ish tussle between father and son, and
finally McKie Meriwether got the rifle
from his father, saying: “Give me the
gun, father."
“Henry," said Colonel Butler to Mr.
Getzen, “take charge of this detail.
Go down to the abutment of the bridge
with your rifles and fire Into the win
dows. The rest of the men have shot
guns and I want to get in shot gun
range of the building and unless you
boys with rifles run the negroes away
from the windows we cannot get
them."
The detail went down and ran the
negroes from the windows to the para
pet on top of the building. Just about
•hi* time, the Auguita people, think
ing It purely a negro affair, fired a
volley from the other side of the river
and the detail was compelled to pro
tect themselves by a railroad bank.
After the firing ceased a bit, Messrs.
Mills and Finley left, saying their am
munition was out and Mr. Meriwether
stepped behind the pier to roll up hla
trousers. In a few seconds Mr. But
ler turned to Mr. Getzen saying:
"There lies one of our men." Mr.
Getxen tells It with much feeling.
“It was Just about dark and bullets
were fl.vlng around me. I went over,
felt young Meriwether, who was trem
bling In the convulsion of death, and
found a hole aeros* the top of his
head. My young companion. Will But
ler. said. ’I cannot help you, Henry,
because warm blood has a strange ef
fect over me.’ So a young man. St.
Julian De Arman, came by and as
sisted me In delivering the body to Dr.
H. H. Shaw, Colonel Butler, and Mr.
Meriwether."
Augusta Sends Help.
That fine old gentleman, Mr. John
Conway, of Augusta, at that time a
very popular stable man, hitching some
of his very best horses to a cannon,
came over, with other Augustans,
among them a Mr. Blount, who drove
the horses and was later killed, fall
ing from the cannon.
After the first cannon shot the ne
groes seemed to vanish in mid-air;
others, figuratively speaking, went
through a hole in the ground, but sev
eral sought hiding places in the build
ing. Attaway, the commandant, was
pulled out from under the steps by
Mr. Tom Hammond and one negro was
found in a coffin with the lid on. It
is sometimes thought that negroes
were shot at random, but this was not
true, for only those who had commit
ted some crime were shot, except in
an instance or two.
After the Riot.
Every man in a radius of 20. miles
of Hamburg was "sent word" to ap
pear at court in Aiken. So eager were
they to meet the requirements of law
that they spent a whole day encamp
ing near Aiken and consulting with
lawyers: Colonel Butler of Edgefield,
Major Gary of Augusta, Henderson,
Croft and Aldridge of Aiken, all re
fusing pay for services.
At the trial the men were dismissed
on the most ridiculous bond.
Mr. Matheney, a mail clerk, stood a
hundred thousand dollar bond and
owned nothing but his hat. This was
the last of the trial.
The First Red Shirts.
While the boys were being tried the
girls of Aiken were making shirts:
white cambric spotted with Venetian
red, and these were the first red shirts
worn. But later, when Gen. Wade
Hampton came to South Carolina,
companies of red shirt boys were
formed all over the state. One of the
original shirts is now owned by Mr.
J. M. McKie.
This ended the radical rule in South
Carolina.
One of the golden keys that un
locked the gate that led down the rug
ged path to reconstruction was found
on the evening of July 18, 1876, on
the spot where Thomas McKie Meri
wether was killed.
Prince Rivera.
My story would not be complete
without giving you a description of
Hamburg’s magistrate, “Prince Riv
ers.” He was magistrate, inspector
general of South Carolina and a mem
ber of the legislature—a most unusual
negro, tall, stout, and very erect. As
black as a crow and as slick as a
peeled onion and as shiny as a new
mirror. He always greased his face
on state occasions. He wore brass
epaulettes and horsehair helmets and
rode a most beautiful horse. He had
a large, flat nose and could boast of
as many kinks as any cereal corpora
tion. Prince had a very elaborate li
| brary, shelves and shelves of books,
ranging from blue-back spellers down
j to stacks and stacks of discarded rec
. ords. He could neither read nor write
I and signed hts name in a kind of
scroll. He used a typical low-country
1 dialect and as magistrate he was ab
surd in the extreme.
"When mad with the negro men in
court he called them heifers, quite an
elaborate term these days of “high
living.”
As a slave he was a coachman for
Mr. Hutson, who owned a big rice
plantation near Charleston, and F t/e,
as the “man on the box,” he ie ,r ed
the art of riding erect.
Later, after the riot, he was arrest
ed for some misdeed and bonded by
Mr. Langley, founder of Langley’s
Manufacturing Company, for whom he
continued to drive until the last days.
INTERSECTIONfIL
FOOTBALL GAMES
GROW IN NUMBER
Were Eleven Contests This
Season But There Will Be 20
and Probably More Next
Season.
New York.—There were 11 intersec
tlonal football games this season, but
In 1916 there will be 20 and probably
more.
The intersectional football games
played this fall were on something
of an experimental order. The expe
riment proved highly successful.
Every game in which East met West
was a big financial success.
Yale and Harvard staged games
with Notre Dame and Michigan this
year. Princeton had no game with a
big western eleven but it Is almost
certain that Princeton's 1916 schedule
will call for a meeting between the
Tigers and one or possibly two west
ern elevens.
Negotiations now are under way for
a game between Dartmouth and Mich
igan In October. 1915, to be played on
the Polo Grounds, New York. Such
a game would draw a capacity crowd
to the New Y’ork Giants’ Field. Dart
mouth long has been a big favorite in
New York and the New York foot
ball enthusiast has been anxious to
see a Michigan eleven ever since Yost
assembled his great eleven of 1902-
03-04.
Lowbrow!
Michigan and Notro Dame figured
In aeven of the eleven lntersectlonal
games this season. These colleges do
not belong to the western confer
ence. The conference, up to this sea
son, frowned upon such a low brow
thing as meeting Easterners. But
the conference awoke to the fact this
season that the business of battling
with eastern elevens helped the finan
cial end of football quite considerably.
Home college authorities try to kid
the public Into believing that they per
mit their students to play football, not
for the gold it produces, oh, no! They
I permit football Just to give the boys
] exercise. But the sordid fact remains
i that the colleges do stage football
; games for the sake of financial profit
1 as well as gridiron glory.
And so the fact that Michigan and
Notre Dame grabbed off a nice little
profit through playing lntersectlonal
games has influenced acme of the
Western Conference teams to look
eastward for games next fall, and be
fore the schedules are completed it Is
I certain that at least a half dozen big
I western elevens will be dated up for
■ games in the East in 1915.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22.
DR. BROWNING IS
REV. W. M. STUCKEY
Tampa, Fla —Rev. Wallace M. Stuck
ey, of Ottawa, Kas., who has for sev
eral months been operating a phar
macy in this city under the assumed
name of Dr. Marion Browning, was
arrested here today on the charge of
being a fugitive from justice and will
be returned to Kansas to serve a pris
on term of from one to five years.
Stuckey, who was convicted in a
case involving the character of a girl,
escaped to Cuba while an appeal was
pending three years ago. He will re
turn without requisition papers, leav
ing his wife, whom he married while
in Cuba, In charge of his business. He
admits both identity and conviction.
WITHIN HIS RIGHTS.
Employe—Mr. Brown, I should like
to ask for a rise in my wages. I’ve
just been married.
Employer—Very sorry, my dear
man, but for accidents to our em
ployes outside of the factory we are
not responsible.-—London Opinion.
Atlantic Coast Line
NOTE—These arrivals and departure*
are given as information. Arrival* and
connestions are not guaranteed.
38 | 33 | | 35 | 87 ~
2-40 a 2:4op|Lv Augusta Ar 8:65a 1:40*
4:26a 4:l7a!Ar BaFwell Lv 7:13a 13:01a
4-56 a 4:43p!Ar Dernn’k Lv 6:44a 11:34p
6.35 a s:2sp)Ar OFburg Lv 6:57a 10:53p
7:20a 6:551Ar Sumter Lv 4:30a 9:30p
1:00a 8:15p Ar Florence Lv 3:15a 8:00p
l:16p 12:45a Ar Wtl’gton Lv S:4sp
*:00p 5:26a Ar Richm'd Lv 6:S5p 3:15*
11-60 p 9:ooa]Ar ‘Wash’t’n Lv 5:05p 4:30*
1 :SBaflo:27a|Ar Bsltim’e Lv 1:46p 2:50*
4*s4a]l2:4Sp Ar W Phil Lv 11:36a 12:19n
7:13al 2:87p Ar N. York Lv| 9:lsa| 9:30p
Through S«eel oilman Sleepers on
trainu 32 and 35, between Augusta and
New York. Obeervation Broiler Car. be
tween Augusta and Florence. Standard
Dicing Car north of Florene*.
Through Sleeper between Atlanta and
Wl’r dngton. via Augusta on trains ST
end 33. connecting at Florence with N«w
York sleepers and main line point*.
T. B. WALKER.
District Passenger Agent.
Augusta. Os- Ption# tTA-
Charlestons Western
Carolina Railway Co.
tEffectlve Oot-ober 11th, 1914).
The following arrivals anu departure*
of train#. Union Station, Ausmsta, Ga..
aa well as connections with other com
panies. are simply given as information
tad are not guaranteed.
DEPARTURES.
10:35 A.M., No. 1 Dally for Greenwood.
Spartanburg, Greenville. Asheville
conects at McCormick (Dally ex
cept Sunday) for Anderson.
4-40 P. M., No. 3 Daily for Greenwood.
3:00 P.M., No. 42, D. ily for Beaufort,
Port Royal, Charleston and Sa
vannah.
ARRIVALS.
12:15 P.M., No. 2 Dally from Spartan
burg. Greenville, Anderson (Dally
except Sunday), etc.
8:15 P. M., No. 4 Dally from Spartan
burg. Greenville. Asheville etc.
12:25 I’.M., No. 41 Daily from Beaufort.
Port Royal. Charleston and Sa
vannah.
ERNEST WILLIAMS.
General I aenger Agent,
829 Broadway, Augusta. G*.
Southern Railway.
/Schedule eff»efive Oetobe' 19th, 1914.)
N. B. —Schedule figure. publt.Ued only
as Information and are not guaranteed.
Union Station. All train* dally.
Train depart to—
No. Time.
18 Charleston, S. C. 4:20 am.
8 Columbia, S. C (:4C a.m.
32 Washington, New York .... 2:30 p.m.
22 Charleston 1:40 p.m.
24 Charleston 11:40 p.m.
Train arrlva from—
No. Time.
25 Charleston 8:90 am.
131 Washington, New Y0rk....12:50 p.m.
35 Charleston 1:30 p.m.
7 Columbia 8:58 p.m.
17 Charleston 10:80 p. m.
Pullman Drawing-Room Sleeping Cwm,
Coaches, Dining Car Servlca.
Phone (61 or 947 for information, and
Pullman Reservation*.
MAGRUDER DENT.
DlaL Paaa. Agent.
729 Broad St.. Augusta, G*.
OG&Ry
“The Right Way”
Current Schedules, (75th Meridian Tima)
DEPARTURES:
For Dublin, Savannah, Macon
and Florida points 7:30 a.m.
For Dublin and Savannah 3:30 p.m.
For Savannah, Macon, Colum
bus and Birmingham 9:30 p.m.
ARRIVALS:
From Savannah, Macon, Co
lumbus and Birmingham .... 8:30 a-m.
From Dublin, Savannah and
Florida points 12:30 p.m.
From Dublin. Savannah, Ma
con and Florida points 7:50 p.m.
All above trains daily.
Through train leaving Augusta 7:30
a. m.. arriving at 7:50 p. m., between
Augusta and Savannah; connecting at
Mlllen with through tratn for Macon.
Columbu*. Birmingham. Memphis, Mont
gomery, Mobile and New Orleans.
Vestibuled electric-lighted Sleeping
Cars carried on night trains between
Augusta and Savannah. G«.: connecting
at Mil’.en with through Sleeping Cara
to and from Macon. Columbus, Birming
ham and Atlanta.
For information as to fares. schedule*,
etc., write dr communlate with
W. W. HACKETT,
Traveling Passenger Agent.
City Ticket Office, 215 Jackson Street.
J»hone 62. Augusts. Os.
GEORGIA RAILROAD
(Effective August 23rd. 1914.)
Eastern (City) Tima
From To ,
2:29 p.m. Atlanta, Macon,
Athene. Washington 7:40 a.m.
2:20 am. Atlanta ...... 2:00 an,
4:15 p.m. Atlanta 12:10 p.m.
10:20 p.m. Atlanta. Macon.
.. Athena. Washington 9:20 p.m.
9:45 a.m. Camak. Macon (ex
cept Sunday) 4:97 pm.
11:00 a.m. Union Point. Macon,
Athens Washington 4:41 IXla
Phone 247, 881. 2244.
i. P. BILLUPS, G.P.A,