The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
AGAIN UNDER FIRE.
Charged That Estimate Was Held Up
for Two Hours.
For the Benefl of New York Specu-
latOrs. Dirootor North Is-
sues Emphatic Denial.

The census bureau issued o bulletin
Wednesday placing the cotton ginned
In the United States up to October Is
at 4.940,72s bales, round ha!ss being
counted as half bales. The statement
Is based on reports made by the bu
reaus 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 total Of 6,417, 1894 bales, out
year. In 1908, the total production
was 10, 045, ,6l5 bales and the ginning
output up TO October 25, 3,706,248
1902 the total was 10, 827 1853 and the
output to October 25, was 6 6S3,O06
Today's report covered &c, 374 ginner-
les and the statements upon which it
was prepared were supplied by tele.
graph by 702 special agents in the
| field, most Of them representing one
county each.
The fact that bhe 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 sensational
character. They arc summarized In
the following from Secretary Hester,
Of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange
New Orleans, Oct. 25, 1906
Hon. S. NJ ID. North, Director OF
| the Census. Washington, ID. O. Much
disappointment and dissatisfaction
here at delay in Issuing ginners' re-
port to p. M. Beache s. company
Of New York, wire Hayward, Wick s.
Clark, OF New Orleans, as follows
David Miller has just made the
statement to the fleet that the gin.
nerS' report has been delayed from 12
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"
Ono rumor here Is that the report
will show, counting round bales as half
bales being, 100000. All kinds of
rumors are being spread and parties
are selling the market down, under
suspicion OF something wrong In your
bureau. l send this because I think
IL proper you should know it. David
Miller, referred to, was the receiver
or Sully " Company, and Is a prOmi.
nenG member Of the New York Cotton
Exchange.
III G.. HESTER.
To this Director Moth replied
Washington, d. O., Oct. 25
Henry Ct. Hester, Secretary, New
Orleans Cotton ExchanBe,s IL q " f,ss
leans, La.
Telegram received. Nobody in this
Office knows even approximately at the
moment how many bales ginncd the
report will show. The men engaged
In compiling 1t are locked up and the
door guarded on the outside. More
than half Of the telegraphlc reports
from country agents were received this
morning aud their compilation prior
to 2 o'clock was a physical impossible.
ity. NORTH
This telegram was orwarded before
the bulletin was given out and after
some Of the report from some Of the
agents were not received until 10
minutes bsfole 2 o'clock.
The ginning product for the present
year to date by states Is as follows:
Alabama, GAL, 1873 bales; Arkansas,
l17,5ll; Florida, 38,007; Georgia, L..
059, l67; Indian Territory, 1922;
Kentucky, III 900; Louisiana, l4l,.
780, Mississippi, l,472; Missouri,
8,575; North Carolina, 325, 208; Okla.
homa, 05 $50; South Carolina, $780,.
974; Tennessee, 81, 625; Texas, An.
1856; Virginia, 4,05l.