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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-04
A WONDERFUL GROWTH,
Development Of the South's Cotton Mill III
ereStS-NegrOeS Can Not Raise Cotton
PrOfltably.

II. III. Edmouds, IN the Monthly Re
view of Reviews
Owing to the fact that the negro,
as an independent or as a tenant
farmer, is not successful in produc.
ing as good results in agriculture as
when, in slave days, his labor was d.
rected by the planter or an overseer,
much of his farming has been un-
profitable to him, and at the same
time ruinous to the soil He has not
understood the value of raising his
own foodstuffe, and as yearly ten
ant, moving from place to place, he
has not had much incentive to i'm
prove the soil, even if he had had
the knowledge. His work has, there
fore, made him every yenr less i'm
portant factor in the production of
cotton. Absolute statistics Of the
relative amount Of cotton produced
by negro ana by white labor pc not
obtainable, but everywhere t h
out the South, except in se, ms
similar to the Yazoo Delta, the
amount of cotton raised by negro la
Dor in proportion to the whole crop
is steadily declining. Such stats
tics rs are available for II few dis
tricts bring this out very clearly.
Fifty years ago defenders of the
institution of slavery upon economic
grounds thought that the production
of certain staple crops Of the South,
especially cotton, depended abso
lutely upon the maintenance Of
slavery. Their reasoning WAS that
the negro was necessary in the pro-
duction of cotton, and that the best
results could be obtained from him
as a slave. Subsequent events have
demonstrated the fallacy Of the argu-
ment, even though the free negro
is not yet as efficient in agriculture
as was the slave under some one
else's direction. The actual work Of
raising cotton was never exclusively
in the hands of negroes. 1t Is Ger
tain tha.tn,c+a 70 the passing of slavery
at thar ,.nce in this particular
A brid,a steady decline. This
grading ,rstood IN the South, but
~ pfove f, are. In 1880, in an Eng
Tho Testimony was given to
ing tb; "that cotton grows very
slider Ieorgia, and can be raised
o persons without the aid OF
Jes," and this has been true ever
,.ce, though many writer's not faml
liar with southern conditions even
yet suppose that almost the entire
crop is raised by negroes.
COTTON MILLS IN SOUTHERN STATES.
The development of the cotton mil
interests of the United States is indi
Gated in the following figures:
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-04

three fourtbs of Hil the cotton used
i by them comes from the cotton fields
Of tho south; but that section, with
all it's progress, still has only 5000,
| 600 spindles. The entire country
has only about 22,000,OOO. We are
still shipping to Europe over 60 per
cent OF our raw cotton every year.
almost as uneconomic as it would be
to ship our iron instead of turning
it into the finished product here. In
1900, there were 100000 hands en-
ploy ed in the cotton mills of this
! country On this basis the full util.
ization in our own mills of the TO-.
100000 bales we now produce
would furnish employment to nearly
a million operatives. For the con.
troll of this vast industry, employ
ing million people, probably two
billions of capital, and producing
about $l,500,000,00O year Of
finished goods, the south is now be.
ginning to contend 1t is prize
worthy the struggle, for it is enough
to enrich III empire. Add to the
$5O0,000,000 or $550,000,000, the
present value of the cotton and seed
crop, the $1,500,OO0,0O0 as the value
of the finished product, and the
100000 as the present value of
the product Of cotton seed oil mills,
and the total of about 50, ,250,O00,000
merely, Of course, n rough esti-
mate in round fgures--is the daz
zling wealth which the south, by nat
ural advantages, has the right to
claim and the certainty of eventually
winning.
| TRUE VALUE OF PRESENT CROP.
When the wheat crop or the corn
crop is below the normal yield, in
part, at least, substitutes can be pro.
vided, but for cotton there is no sub
stitute After it has left the field,
it affords employment in it's manu-
facture to over million operatives,
| besides the hundreds of thousands
employed in the making of machin-
cry and in other work connected
with this industry. The capital in
vested in the cotton manufacturing
interests of the world has been esti-
mated to exceed $4,000, 100000. The
worlds production of cotton has
averaged, for the last six years, 13,
100000 bales of 500 pounds each,
of which the south is now producing
an average of 10,O23,00O bales,
or rs per cent. The south ls
now producing al average of about
| 1O,500,OO0 bales year. The larg.
est crop which it ever raised WAS
| II, 1,2H,840 bales in 1893; but, owing
to the very low prices then prevail
ing, it's value was the smallest fol
any year since 1878. In that year
the yield WAS 5,O74, 1856 bales, but
this gave to the cotton planters of the
south S236,58G,000, while the II,
100000 bale crop of twenty years
later brought 1892, ,772,000.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-04
NOW COMES THE TUG OF WAR.
Macedonian Leaders Order a General Up
riSing.-Gen ZOntcheff and Col
JankOff at the Head Of the
New Outbreak.

Sofia, Bulgaria, September 1.-The
Macedonian revolutionary leaders
awaited the anniversary Of the Sui
tan's accession to proclaim the long
anticipated general ,nsurrection in
Northern Macedonia, the proclama-
ton Of which was issued today, signed
by all the members of the insurgent
general staff.
The new outbreak is headed by
the famous Macedonian leaders, Gen
Zontchetf, president of the Macedo.
nian committee, and Col Jankoff,
who was wounded in the rising of
1902
The new territory covers the dis
trict in the Valley of the Struma, at
the base Of Rhodope Mountain chain,
and to the north Of the River Var
dar Col Jankoff is directing the
movements of the bands in the south
ern part. News of severe fighting is
still coming in. At the village Of
Armensi, after a days fighting, the
Turkish troops in the night time
massacred the entire population of
$50 men and 200 women. The
Turks have also massacred the inhabi
tants of the village of Velesi.
1t is reported that Hilmi Pasha,
the Inspector general for Macedonia,
fears to leave bis headquarters in the
Konak at Monastir. The insurgent
leader, Grueff, in q letter to Hilmi
Pasha, demanded that he prevent
the barbarous acts Of the Turkish
soldiers and Bashi Bazouks, other
wise the revolntionists would massa-
ere all the Turkish inhabitants. The
insurgents have occupied the noun
tam pass Of Gergele on the main line
from Salonica to Uskub, and Tur-
kish troops have been sentto dislodge
them
The town of Malkoternovo is re-
| ported to be in u state of anarchy,
the Turks plundering the houses and
committing unspeakable atrocities on
the women.
PROGRESS OF coTroNs FLEET.
Messina, Sicily, September 1.-The
United States cruisers Brooklyn and
San Francisco passed through the
Straits of Messina at 11.20 a. m. to
day, bound south The semaphore
saluted the war shins wishiDo thap,
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-04
PASSENGER RATES HIGHER,

The passenger rates are very much
higher all over Europe than they
are in the United States, the average
rate per mile being between 3 and 4
cents. Sleeping car charges are
much higher and in good many of
the countries they allow 10 free bag,
gage at all. In France which is
the most liberal of then all, they
allow only So pounds. This is about
one-third Of that allowed in the United
States. The American tourist can
figure on paying for excess baggage
33aa per cent. Of what his ticket cost
him.
The employees Of railroads are
very poorly paid, | believe l am
safe in saying that engineers, fire.
mon, conductors, and railway en-
ployees generally Darn only about
one half the money abroad for per
forming moro work than the same
class Of workman receive in this
country.
From close observation of the
transportation question, | am salts.
fled that the American people re.
ceive moro comfort and better facil,
tiles in every way for less money
than those in any European country,
and that both passenger and freight
rates in the United Statos arc 3d.
per cent. cheaper than those abroad,
while tho employees Of American
railroads receive in wages nearly
twice az much as that paid to similar
workmon in Europe
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-04
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items Of More or Less Interest Condensed
Outside the State.

Ahdy montgomery, liz yeats OLD,
the Oldest negro in Georgia, died in
Atlanta on Tuesday.
A negro was hanged at Richmond,
Va, on Wednesday for an attempted
assault upon white woman.
The international arbitrators at
the Hague are in session on some
claims of the Venezuelan govern
ment.
An Austrian steamer was blown
up Oh route Burgas to Constsntinople
on Wednesday, twenty nine persons
losing their lives.
Three men working in sewer in
milwaukee,, Wis, two white and ono
colored, were sutfocated by sewer
gas on Tuesday.
The engagement has been an
nounced of Miss May Goeblet, rich
American girl of Newport, II. l., and
tho Duke of Roxburghe.
Judge J. G. Ellis, one Of the best
known lawyers Of western Kansas,
died at his home at Pratt after hav-
ing gone 81 days without food, fol
lowing theory that fasting is Il cure
for indigestion.
The people of Shawneetown, H.,
went to the Jail Tuesday morning to
lynch negro who had assaulted a
whito woman, but the mob WAS held
at bay by the sheriff and finally dis
peraed.
A terrific hail storm swept over
Virginia the early part of the week.
In Appomattox alone it destroyed a
million tobacco plants. The storm
swept Amherst, Nelson, Appomattox,
and Charlotte counties.
A teacher of negro school in New
Noads' La, was killed Monday night
while riding along road horseback.
The negro teacher had been making
speeches tending to incite the negroes
against the whites.
The remains of Lord Salisbury
we're inferred on Monday beside
those of his wife in the burial
ground of the Cecls at Hatfield.
The only floral tribute on the coffin
was wreath sent by Queen Alexan.
dra.
a three days Bible conference,
under tho auspices of the committee
OF the John G.. Martin educational
fund, was held in Atlanta this week.
The fund Is used to promote the ed.
ucatlon of negro preachers througout
the South.
Owing to lack of wind there have
been no yacht races since the second
vlstory Of the Reliance over the Sham
rock ILL.,, though there have been
several attempts in which the Ameri-
can boat has walked away with the
challenger.
At " recent meeting Of the creditors
of the Oliver Refining Co., of Nor
folk, Va, which recently failed for a
quarter Of a million dollars, the
brothers of the president of the com
pany offered to assume all liabilitie g
and pay ono hundred thousand dol
lars cash down.
The members of the New York
Yacht clnb h"vo called for popular
subscription for a silver service to he
presented to Sir Thomas Upton. 1t
ls desired that the subscription be
national end the service will be pre-
sontod in the name of the people of
the United States.
Saturday morning when the officers
Of Fortress Monroe discovered tina,
l five prisoners had escaped sentinoIs
i were placed at guard over all the
coils. Notwithstanding thla, on Sun
n day night private Valentine, who wa.
IN solitary confinement, made his
0 escape from the fort
Seven directors of q Newark ~ r
trolley line and four Of the highest
officials have been indicted in tbf
t courts Of New Jersey for manslauph
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-04
NY In 1880 the South had GG7,OOO

ny In 1880 the South had 667,OOO
sspindes, out Of total Of lO,7GS,OOO,
hand it's capital invested in cotton
frmanufacturing WAS S2l ,O00,00o--"
= fraction over one tenth Of the cotton
|. mill capital of the country. BY 1890,
7 the number of spindles had Increased
to 100000, and the capital to SCI,
100000, the capital then being over
one sixth of the total for the country,
y and the South had then, for the frat
time, come to be seriously reg"rded
as pusaible dominant fnctor III GER
tain lines of cotton goods. The cen
sus of 1900 showed that in that year
the South had 100000 active spin
dies and $l12,O00,0O0 Of cotton mill
capital. At the present time the
South has. in round figures, total
of about 100000 spindles, repre-
eenting an Investment Of between
SITS, 100000 and $200,0O0,OOO.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-04
Slow Trains to Grccnvlllc.

A prominent citizen of Groonville
has filed the following complaint in
the Office Of the railroad commission
in Columbia:
"For the past eighteen months the
Columbia and Greenvillo train No
ii has run from twenty minutes to
two hours late, averaging probably
| fifty minutes late. Most Of the de
lay, understand, comes from wait
ing on the Charleston connection
Cannot your body influence the rail
roads to leave Charleston at 6. 30
a. no. instead Of 73O, or leave Column
| bia ut 12.40 and reach Greonville at
5.25, 80 that every passenger on that
train every day in the year, would
not lose ono hour, absolutely thrown
away"
Secretary Duncan has taken the
matter up with superintendent II. l..
Wells and this matter Of late trains
will bo remedied if possible.
1t ia reported from Nenezuola that
harsh injustice is being meted out to
foreigners who present claims against
Venezuela The hatred Of foreigners
has gone to such an extreme that a
gibbot was erected on the streets of
one of the principal cities on which
was hung an efligy representing a
foreigner.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-04

A 10 year-old boy was killed dur~
ing dramatic performance in Bir-
mingham. During the play blank
cartridges were fired and through a
mistake bullet in ono revolver
caused the death.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-04
WHY SHIP TO EUROPE !

While the largest expansion of the
cotton mill industry is in the sonth,
this does not mean the decay Of New
England's mill interests There is
room for growth in both sections,
certainly for New England to main
tain it's present cotton business by a
steady tendency toward the tioest
products even though most of the
future growth should center in the
south. There are about 11O, 900, 600
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-04
PROGRESS OF COTTON's FLEET.

Messina, Sicily, September 1.-The
United States cruisers Brooklyn and
San Francisco passed through the
Straits of Messina at 11.20 a. m. to-
day, bound south. The semaphore
salnted the war ships, wishing them
good luck.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-18
THE DOGS LOOKUP.
Animal Without a Collar Gave Itself
 Up This Morning.

It was counting death. All the po- licemeIl admitted that. not because the incident happened in court, that it was counting anything, but because it did not have it's collar on in the presence of so many cops. The bare idea of being in such company without col lar was nothing less nor more than taking short cut to canine oblivion
 This one was gaily cantering around the green in the freshness of 9 o'clock, when the janitor was raking what he said should have been beautifully hay, but, alas, was the debris made by the storm of last night. It coursed around and around the green until one would think it should have bad headache, and then it's canine cu- rfosity took it into the city hall. For a moment it stood on the steps looking at the janitor as if trying to ascertain if he was a Thoms or Lynch man, and in it went, walked into its own death trap. But that is the way with some dogs. Even Commissioner La hey's bull terrier with the inquisitiTe nose and the black tail is thus afflfct- ed. It's curiosity is said to be abnor- nal.
 Upon entering the court room the dog jumped on all the cops, but it seemed to attract no particular notice until it jumped on Officer Allen. Fer got yer collar hey?' said the officer, tipping the wink to Officer Brickel, who in his day was quite a dog fam cier. Poor thing, fergot yer collar" !" said Allen again. Brickel got hold ot the dogs nose, but let go immediately, for it snapped at his hand. Then AL len tried to get the string of his club over it's neck, but the dog was too quick for him. It snapped at the of f1cer Of course this did it no good; if anything it only hastened its end. The officer got around it again and this time Allen managed to get it's head in the string. Then he twisted the club until the string was quite tight and he pulled the dog toward the doggery in the lookup, where it's life will be extinguished this evening unless it is claimed by someone, who will be immediately prosecuted for having a collarless canine
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-18
SHOOK AND BURNS ON TROLLEY
Joseph ssery is Treated to an un-

Joseph skeIy is Treated to an Un-
 pleasant Experience in Westville.
 New Haven, Sept 18.-While wait ing for the Westvflle car bound for the city to start, Joseph Skelly, 20 years old, 1s1 Clay street, was severely shocked by electricity and sustained a painful burn as result of the car be- ing charged with juice.
 Mir Skelly was leaning against ono of the iron uprighfs that support the roof of the car at 9:15 last night and while talking to the conductor he touched the upright with his hand In- stantty he was shocked and his face came into contact with the iron and a spot about two inches long and d half inch wide was blHneS on his neck.
 This is only one of several similar occurrences that have happened on the cars during a wet spell and it be- hooves people to beware of the metal trimmings on troIIeys in rain storms or when the metal is wet.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-18
Storms Damage Great.

NEW YORK, Sept. 18 The full ex- tent of the loss of life and property in Wednesdays fierce storm is only just being realized as reports are received from different districts showing the havoc of the gale. It is now believed that at least twenty lives were lost in accidents on land and along the coast. The property. loss can be estimated only vaguely, but it is thought that it will reach $1,o0O,O00. Stories of narrow es- capes from death are told from all quar- ters, and incoming vessels had harrow ing narratives to relate about battles with the hurricane.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-18
SOME REAL TRAGEDY. 5
Actor Manuel Castano Arrested By
 Detectives.

New Haven, Sept 1S.-Manuel Cas- tano, member of the cast playing Slaves of the Mine'' at the Grand op- era house, and whose stage name is Hugh Doherty, took part in a bit of real tragedy Wednesday night in which Detective Sergeant Dennehy and Detective Frey played their roles as detectives after the most approved fashion
 A complaint was received from Danbury that Castano was wanted there for hiring a dress suit in that place and forgetting to return it. The detectives. armed with a warrant and description of their man, started for the opera house.
 The officers secured seats in the front row and proceeded to closely scrutinize each actor as he came on to do his stunt. After watching the play for some time the officers decided that Hugh Doherty, husky miner with red wig, was their man. Hugh had strenuous part in the show, but it didn't call for dress suit, and the officers were almost afraid they had missed their cue.
 Towards the close of the play there is a scene in which one of the female actors invited one Jim Reed to have his supper. Reeds lines Are some thing like this. 'I would that, could accept your hospitality, dear heart but I have lost me appetite,
 At this juncture Hugh enters rear l." and frantically exclaims, T ain't lost mine; I'd lose my reputation first"
 Sergeant Dennehy grabbed his com rade by the coat sleeve. Did you hear thatg' he whispered. Well, that's him all right, and he'll lose his reputation in about twenty minutes :
 The officers made their way behind the scenes. After falling oyersa bank of stage grass and setting the stage thunder going they brought up in the presence of a bit of stage furniture and sat down to wait the final curtain. Both alighted on Hugh as he was de posting his papier -mache miners pick in the property box and intro duced themselves. After considerable telephoning Hugh paid the officers $2O to turn over to the Danbury chief for the owner of the dress suit and was allowed his freedom.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-18
TIMELY TOPICS

The City Lumber & Coal Go are sell ing coal at the same price. See them before it goes up.
 Everything in the best of meats as well as all kinds of vegetables at s. Bohl's market.
 Frank, the shoeman, says there are no better shoes made for the money than those he sells.
 Read the offer in groceries for Sat urday and Monday in the Union Sup ply Co.'S ad.
 Extra values in autumn hosiery at Reid & Hughes for all day to-mor- row, mems and women's.
 Fowls will be 12c to 16c pound at Castles tomorrow: fresh shoulders 1Oc a pound.
 Put in stock of sheets and pillow cases while. 4Ds~ prices are so low at MiKer & Peck's.
 All the hobby fall styles in shoes at Dodge's. See the Ralston health shoe.
 If you want to see what young men of fashion will wear this season, go tc Mullings.
 The Trott Baking Co.'S bread is purs and clean The same can be said o1 all their goods.
 The Currans offer five special val ues in their mems department for to morrow. Regular furnishings day.
 The Mothers helper. 256 North Mair street, will help repair clothing as well as make LID new and stylish suits
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-18
EAGLES SOCIAL SESSION.
Followed Business Meeting at Turn
 Hall Last Night.

A large and enthusiastic meeting Of local aerie, No 379, Fraternal Order of Eagles was held last evening in Turn hall, Jefferson street. The fair com Inittee reported that tickets were go- ing like hot cakes and that everything pointed to a phenomenal success m their first venture. Twenty-Five candl- dates were initiated and 93 appllca- ions were received.
 Relieving the business meeunS caa.c q social session at which the fol- lowing from out of town were present: H. A. Quintard, Charter Oak aerie, No 4O6 of Hartford; B. J. Sullivan, No PAP. New Haven; Tom Murray. No 47, Kansas City, Mo, Earl Giihan, ENo 1O5. Deadwood s. D.; Mike Ma reena. No 34, Minneapolis, Minn.
 Messrs Gillian and Murray made fhe hit of the evening in their singing They are appearing at the Jacques this week, where they have been en- Enthusiastically received. They are both Eagles and were the first to sing the original Eagle song, "Yea, Yea, Yea,'' one of which sings the verse and the other joining in the chorus their voices blending perfectly.
 John Hogan gave fine exhibition of buck and wing dancing and Louis Baker of baton swinging. The Wa terbury trio, Dunn, Thompson, and Adams were heartily received as were J. R. Birney, John J. Dunn and Gar 'rett Sullivan A three round boxing exhibition followed in which the Dunn Brothers were the principals and MT Thompson, referee. Mike" Sullivan followed with a topical song in which the names of Quintard, "Peppy' Noonan, M J. Smith, Billy" Brown and others were mentioned
 They will attend the Jacques this evening in a body.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-18
FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS.
Members Have Dinner and Hear
 Speeches at New Haven

Speeches at New Haven.
 A meeting of the Connecticut society of the Founders and Patriots of America was held at the Country club in New Haven yesterday. After dinner the members present listened to an address by Rev Edward G. Full Ierton, Ph D., of Bridgeport on what We Owe the Pequots.'' Interesting remarks were also made by Rev John c. Davenpors of Waterbury and Theo- dore S. Gold of West Cornwall, who graduated from Yale nearly sixty-fye years ago. Edward E. Sill of New Haven, governor of the order, presided and three new members were admit ted.
 Among those present were William c. Russell, Walter c. Eaxon, Rev Dr William Dryden Phelps MT and Mrs c. l.. Camp, Mrs l.. M. Camp, George F. Newcomb, MT and Mrs l.. T. Snow, Dr H. A. Street and Mrs Frank A. Corbin, all of New Haven; Fl. ". Lup ton and Miss Lupton Of Stratford and Isaac w Brooks of Torrington.