The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
AGAIN UNDER FIRF.
Charged That Estimate Was Held Up
for Two Hours.

For the Sene fit Of New York Specu
larors. Director North Is
sues Emphatic Denial.
The census bureau issued bulletil
Wednesday placing the cotton ginne'
in the Uoited States up to October l
at / 940,72 bales, round bales hein'
counted as half bales. The statemec
Is based on reports made by the bu
reau's special agents in the feld.
No estimate is made Of the tota
crop for the year, but figures are givel
out concerning crops Of former years
These figures show that Up TO this dat
in 1904, the product OF the gins hat
reached total OF 6, All S9i bales, out
OF total OF IS 693: :279 bales for tn.
gelr. In 1903, the total production
was 10 045, Sis bales and the ginning
output up to October Is. 3,7c6 24S
1902 the total was 10. S27 16S and th'
outpus to October 25, was 5.6S3, 0Ce
Today'S report covered 26. S7z glnner
les and the statements uroa which il
was prepared were supplied by tele
graph by 702 special sgents in the
field, most Of thsm representing one
county each.
The fact that the bulletin was moi
issued uatil o'clock, two hours ate,
the usual time, caused some complaint
from brokers in different cities, aDo
some OF these which reached the bu
reau before the document was givar
to the public, were OF sensational
character. Tney are summarized il
the following from Secretary Hester
Of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Now Orleans, OSt. 25, 1905.
Hon. S. n. D. North, Director Of
the Census. Washington, D. G. Much
disappointment and dissatisfaction
here at delay in issuing ginners' re-
port to 2 p. m. Bsache s company
OF New York, wire hey ward, Wick s
Clark, OF New Orleans, as follows
David Miller has just made the
statement to the feet that the gin
ners' Re port has been delayed from IL
O'Clock to O'Clock, so as to allow more
time to certain parties to sell cotton
and says he will stand by the above"
Oae rumor here is that the report
will show, counting round bales as half
bales being, s, 100000. All kinds OF
1umors are bsirg spread aud parties
are selling the market down, under
suspicion o. something wrong in your
bureau. I send this because think
It proper you should know IT, David
Miller, referred to, was the receive
Of Sally s. Company, and Is a p:oni
nert memoer OF the New York Cotton
Exchange.
q G. HESTER
To this Director No ta replied:
Washington, D. c. Oct. 25
Henry G.. Hester, Secretary, New
Orleans Coston Exchange, New Or
,,-ans, La.
. ;iegram received. Nobody in this
OUCS hACWS SSSA ASpH4SAAAASoS4S CIV eAS
moment how many bales ginned the
report will show. The men engaged
in compiling it are licked up and the
door guarded on the outside. More
than halt OF the telegraphic reports
from country agents we're received this
morning and their compilation prior
to 2 o'clock was physical inpoSsioil
ity. NORTH
This telegram was forwarded bsfof'
the bulletin was given out and after
it was issued, it was stated tina
some OF the report from some OF tn
agents were not received until 10
minutes bsfole 2 O'clock.
The ginning product for the present
year 10 date by states is as follow:
Alshama, GAL, 1873 bales; Arkansas,
l17,511; Florida, 9S,007; Georgia, l.
o5S,167; Indian Territory, 10, ,222;
kentucky. l77,0oO; Louisiana, l4l,-
$50, Mississippi, 3ll:472; Missouri,
S,575; North Carolina, 325. 29S; OS.a-
noma, IS $50; South Carolina, 63s,-
s74; Tennessee. 81, 625; Tex.s, All
456; Virginia, 4,05l.