The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
AGAIN UNDER FIRE.
Charged That Estimate Was Held Up
for Two Hours.
Fol h Benefit of New York Specu.
latOrs. Director North L.
sues Emphatic DenfaI.

The census bureau issued o bulletin
Wednesday placing the cotton ginned
In the United States up to October Is
at 4.040, 1928 bales, round bales being
counted as half bales. The statement
Is based on reports made by the bu
reau's special agents in the fold.
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 d total of CATS 1914 bales, out
| Of q total of Is 500, 279 bales for the
year. In 1903, the total production
was 10, O45, SIS bales and the ginning
output up TO October %, 3,706, 248;
output to October 25, was 6 6S3, OO6.
Today's report covered 20, 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 the bulletin was not
issued until 2 o'clock, two hours after
tho 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 q sensational
character. They are summarized in
the following from Secretary Hester,
Of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange:
New Orleans, Oct. rs, 1905.
y1o, @ NJ ~ NT--t~ q
the Census. Washington, d. Q. Much
disappointment and dissatisfaction
here at delay in Issuing ginners' re-
port TO 2 p. M. Beache s. company,
Of Now York, wire Hayward, Wick 81
Clark, Of New Orleans, as follows:
David Miller has just made the
statement to the effect 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 IL that the report
will show, counting round bales as half
bales being, 6, 100, 600. 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 l think
1T proper you should know it. David
Miller, referred to, was the receiver
OF Sully u Company, and Is a promi.
nent member Of the New York Cotton
Exchange.
II G.. HESTER.
TO this Director North replied:
Washington, d. o., Oct. g25
Henry G. Hester, Secretary, New
Orleans Cotton ExchanRe, Now car
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 locked up and the
door guarded on the outside. More
than half OF the telegraphic 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 forwarded before
the bulletin was given out and after
1t was Issued, 1t was stated that
some Of the report from some Of the
agents were not received until 10
minutes befole 2 o'clock.
The ginning product for the present
year to date by states is as follows:
Alabama, 64l,l33 bales; Arkansas,
ll7,5ll; Florida. 3S,007; Georgia, L.
059, 1877; Indian Territory, 1929;
Kentucky, 177,000; Louisiana, l41,-
1870, Mississippi, 3l1,472; Missouri,
1915; North Carolina, 325, 298; OKLA
homa, 05. $50; South Carolina, $780,
974; Tennessee, 62, 625; Texas, 1,4l7,-
45G; Virginia, 1851.