Claiborne guardian., 1880-02-11

considerations, ana are lahlt 10 M
Overruled by American specnlai ion.
That country has of late Years con.
trolled our market tOa great extent;
and it ia quite possible it ma, force
it up again the coming year 10y AN
other wave of wild excitement.
There is one thing to note III the
above extract which cotton pi,nluc
ers would do well To heed. As
cotton growers all The world over
are getting Il very rrnnneratI,r
price" remarks the circular. "wc
are undoubtedly sowing the seeds
of a large cotton supply. The
New York Financial thronit'lr IRA
sous from the same basis against
the necessity of paying high prices
for the present years rro;', argulng
that the incentive To extra prnlur
ton, aS matters stand. will make il
dangerous for parties Ia accumulate
stocks of manufactured goods
against another years demand. Ii
the Southern cotton lanlrr would
only take the hint here 81 nninI>
takaMy given. hr wonId hr rrndrr
ing himself a,aluahlr srr> ice. puu
the question oi half million more
or less bales depends the issue even
now whether cotton shah command
10 or II cents per pound. Al l'w
per pound J.MW.O bales cotton IL
worth s31j, ,WW, 600: ~ l2c. per
pound j.jOO, ,WU bales is worth
$3.50. .uN. .OtW-a difference of 40.
600. 600 IN favor ut the producer ior
the lesser quantltN, Can ANY thug
be palmer as To what should lW the
policy of the planter under such
condiiions' Upon the matter oi
American prodnction must prima,
rlly hinge the question how much
the world would pay tor its cotton
supply, for after all it Is The AmcIi
can crop that still tips the balance.
The South should give the bread aud
meat question u little more attention:
as matters stand the cotton crop
can take care Of itself for Il season
or tWO.-IJ.
\ special to the ~. Louis Demo.
crat dated Sherman. TEXAS, Jan.
2Sth SAYS
Another tragedy, whereby II
young man WAS hurled into eternity
without warming, WAS enacted ~ Il
bagnio in the city 1T | a,el.@k last
night. a party ot roughs. Neeprd
in liquor hoiStcd III ai another
guided palace oi shame. visited Il
"deadiall" known rs the Red Light,
and, kicking mp considerable nulsr,
were requested 10y the proprirtnl>
to leave. This they refused tu du
at first with terrible oallIs. but titN
Marshal sam BAH, who happened
in, informed them that he had n
right to demand their exit. aud al
vlsrd them To ,lrpalt, fluall> all
went out except one named All.
johnson, who remarked with an
oath that hr would not 90. Ball
took him toy the arm AMI piprrrhr,i
to march him oil. When outside
the house .Io,insun turned and fired
at Sam. BAH. the ball entering his
right breast ahout IN inch below
the nipple, passing through the
lower part of the righr lung. ludg
ing IN the muscles oi the back Two
inches to the right oi the spinal
column and midway it's lrdgtE
Ball trcu CRASHED The mnzzlr ~
.l"hHSoh pistol, AMI holdiit. II uii.
,ir, " his own and shot his anrago
MIST dead, firing three shots INTO
his left breast, one ot them cutting
into blood vessel near ;lIr hriIi.
Another party, supposed To hr
'IohnSonS brother. and NOW under
arrest. then ran up AMI fired III
Balls face, the ball cutting the skin
his lett eve, burning utl
his eyebrows and filling his tirr
With burnt p"~drr. BaIl MAS c"m
veNrd home ~ Il carriage. and Is
now attended hN two phN sicianS,
who deem II II critical case, but .
have hopes uf his recovery. John !
sons remains have been lNin. in II /
room oi the courthouse all ,laN. and /
the cornnrr> .luiA began lnNrStiga .
tlon this afternoon. which will not
br concluded until morning. He
was the son oi Il respectable and
wcllto.uo tarnrr hrar Ruuhan. .
fannln county. an old Veteran oi /
the Mexican war. johnson WAS .
twcntN.siN Years at agr. He pur /
chased the revolver during the day. .
and the paStrhoard box III which il I
had been packed is still III his IN f.
side coat pocket. \ number oi /,