The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-01
AG Nm UNDER FIRF.
Charg d That Estimate Was Held Up
for Two Hours.

For the Bene tit of New York Spe Gu.
.lators. Dire t North Is-
sues Emphatic Denial.
The census bureau issued a bulletin
Wednesday placing the cotton ginned
in the Uoited States up to October Is
at 4 $40, 1913 bales, rourd bales being
counted as half bales. The statement
is based on reports made by the bu
res us special agents in the field.
No estimate is made OF the total
crop for the year, but figures are given
out concerning crops Of former years.
These figures show that up to this date
in 1904, the product OF the gins had
reached q total Of 6.417S9 bales, out
of a total Of Is 693 ,279 bales for the
yelr. In 1903; the total production
was 10 045. 6l5 bales and the ginning
output up TO October rs. 3,706. 248;
1902 the total was 10. 1927 1853 and the
outpui to October rs, was 5 683, 0O6.
Today's report covered 26. 374 ginner-
les and the statements upon which 1t
was prepared were supplied by tele.
graph by 702 special agents In the
field, most of them representing one
county each.
The fact that the bulletin was not
issued Until 2 o'clock, two hours after
the usual time, caused some complaint
from brokers in different cities, and
some Of these which reached the bu
reau before the document was given
to the public, were of a sensational
character. They are summarized In
the following from Secretary Hester,
Of the New Orle ans C)ston Exchange:
NV Orleans, OFT. rs, 1905.
Hon. S. N. D. North, D re'tor OF
the Census. Washington, D. G. Much
disappointment and dissatisfac ~
here at dslay in issuing ginners' re
port to 2 p. m. Besche & company,
of New York, wire Hayward, Wick 81
Clark, of New Orleans, as follows:
David Miller has just made tie
statement tv the Eject that the gin
ners' re port has been delayed from IL
O'Clock to 2 o'clock, so as to allow more
time to certain parties to sell cotton
and says he will stand by the above"
One runner here Is that the repor-
will show, counting round bsles as half
bales being, 6,100, 600. All kinds OF
juniors are being spread and parties
are selling the market down, under
suspicion OF something wrong IN your
bureau. I send This because I think
it proper you should know it. David
Miller, referred to, was the receive
of Sally s. Company, and is a proni
nent member of the New York Clifton
Exchange.
81 G.. HESTER
To this Director No tn replied:
Washington, D. G. Oct. rs
Henry G.. Hester, Secretary, Ne"
Orleans Cotton Exchange, New Or
leans, La.
Telegram received. Nobody in this
Office knows even approximately at the
moment how many bales ginned the
report will show. The men engaged
in compiling it are 'cked up and the
door guarded Oh the outside. More
than halt OF the telegraphic reports
from country agents were received this
morning and their compilation prior
to 2 O'Clock was a physical impossible
ity. NORTH
This telegram was forwarded before
the bulletin was given out and afber
it was issued, it was stated that
some Of the report from some OF the
agents we're not received until 10
minutes before 2 O'Clock.
Toe ginning product for the present
year to date by states is as folloWs:
Alabama, GIL, 1873 bales; Arkansas,
III, 5l1; Florida. SO, 0 Georgia, l.
O5S, 1877; Indian Territory, 1922;
Kentucky. 177,O00; Louisiana, l41,'
7S0, Mississippi, 3ll,472i Missouri,
S,575; North Carolina, 1926, 298; OLA
homa, 95 2S0; South Carolina, $780,.
974; Tennessee, 81. 625; Texts, l,4l7,-
456; Virginia, 4,051.