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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-05
FALSE DATA ISSUED
GREAT INJUSTICE DONE THE
COTTON GROWERS.
Senator Smith Declares that If New
England Yankees Had Cotton They
Would Systematize.

A dispatch from Chester to The
State says a crowd numbering about
500, the majority Of ther. farmers
gathered in Henry's woods at II
O'Clock Friday morning for. the big
farmers rally. Much to the regret
of those present E. W. Dabbs, presi-
dent of the State Farmers union was
unable to be on hand, and United
States Senator e. D. Smith was the
only speaker.
J. G. l.. White, president Of the
Chester County Farmers union, pre-
sided and seated upon the stand were
Senator P. L. Hardin and Col. T. j.
Cunningham. Mr. White, in an in
teresting talk, in which he charged
mis- hearers to exercise greater vigi-
lance in endeavoring to obtain bet
ter price for cotton, introduced the
speaker of the day
Senator Smith began by referring
to previous visits to Shester and the
rand passing of time since he en-
listed in the warfare for better prices
for cotton. He ridiculed the Back
to the Farm" movement as the con-
ception of fellows who are too lazy
to work and want the prices Of the
commodities of life reduced.
He then proceeded to show that the
South is the only place in the world
exactly suited for the growing of cot
ton of the kind that the world re-
quires, and said the total lack Of
business system is the only reason
why the farmers do MT obtain liv-
ing price for their product. He told
LOT, how the merchant and the horse
dealer sell their goods at a price
which includes payment of every
necessary expense plus profit, and
said the farmer s60ald adopt SINH
lar plan. If the New England Yam
KEGS had the marketing of the cotton
crop, he declared, prices would soon
soar to thirty and fifty cents. =
The Brussels conference of spin
ners, Senator Smith declared, was
deliberate effort to lower the price
of cotton by an agreement to cut
down the output of the spinning
mills. This was followed by the is
suing of false bulletins from the Of
flee of the Secretary Of Agriculture.
He told of his visit to Secretary Will
son and the latters disclaimer of any
attempt to bear the cotton market,
also his promise that such report
should not be issued again. This was
followed, however, month later by
another report of similar tenor, the
effect being to lower cotton $40 a
bale.
Senator Smith told of what sena-
tors from the northwest did when it
was proposed to bring wheat in du-
ty free from Canada. They rose as
one man and fought the proposition,
yet when a combine of forces beat
down the price of the South's princi-
pal commodity the North sits by su-
pinely, he said. Men had come to
him, he said, asking him to let up in
his fight on Secretary Wilson on ac-
count of the socretary's age. He re-
allied this, he said, but his peoples
happiness and comfort meant more to
him than the aged secretary's per-
sonal reputation.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-05
\ SCHOONER WRECKED.
Eleven Lives Are Believed to Have
Been Lost in Her. ..

The News and Courier says a por-
tion of the stern of vessel bearing
the name margaret A. May" was
picked up after the storm by Capt.
Hernandez on the beach Of Coles
Island. 1t is feared that this is all
that is left to tell the tale Of the big
Philadelphia schooner which sailed
from Charleston on the 23rd Of Au-
gust, homeward bound, with a cargo
of lumber from the Burton Lumber
Company. Capt. George l.. Jarvis,
Master of the Margaret May and his
crew of eight men, arc thought to
have been drowned. 1t is under
stood that Capt. Jarvis had as his
guests on the trip his two brothers,
which would make eleven souls lost
in the wreck of the schooner. 1t is
not known at what point the vessel
was probably wrecked.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-05
PLEASED BY REPORT
SENATOR SMITHS CONTENTION
CONFIRMED BY 1T.
Says He Was Glad of Opportunity to
Protest Against Reckless Estimate
of the South's Great Crop.

The State says when asked for a
statement in reference to the govern
ment condition report published by
the United States department of agri-
culture and the advance in the price
OF cotton, Senator Smith, who ar
rived in Columbia from Chester Fri
day night said:
"Of course it was very gratifying
to me that my contention was right.
And also to see that the kilograms
from the commissioners Of agricul-
ture were practically Verified by the
report from the agricultural depart
ment at Washington.
"I am glad that 1 had the privilege
of being in position to protest
against the agricultural department
at Washington using its immense Of
fician power in such an outrageously
reckless manner.
81 believe that conditions as they
actually exist warranted lower con-
dition report. 1 have not had the
pleasure ,of meeting any of the Cali
fornia cotton growers, but It is ludi-
crous and. perhaps from another
view, more than ludicrous for that
State to be, set down seriously in a
cotton crop condition report as being
100. It mightNbe interesting and en-
Tightening TO know what the compari-
son of the present crop in California
was based upon. 1t has been in only
the last two or thEee years that Cali
fornia has made any cotton at all.
presume the depart1tS9s. scarcely sent
an agent from the East across the
continent to California to estimate
the condition of the crop in Califor-
MIA, as compared with the condition
of the crop in the East. However, in
spite of all this! it is gratifying to
suppose that the secretary of agrtcul-
ture took the pains this last month
of ascertaining through his own per-
sonal supervision, some approxima-
ton of the real condition of affairs.
1T is absurd, even now, TO predict
yield of the present crop with any
degree of accuracy, for the reason
that the deterioration is still contin-
uing. In most States the fertilizer
are now exhausted. And therefore
the plant being at, its maximum in
size or, fruitage has little or no
chance, under any weather condi-
tions, of increasing its fruitage, but
If is subject to deterioration. There
are limited areas in the cotton belt
where on account of the richness Of
the soil, the plant may continue to
bear and a late frost might add
somewhat to the yield in these locali-
ties. But l think I voice the opinion
of every practical cotton grower
when / say that the major part Of
the cotton area where fertilizers are
used have reached the limit Of any
further improvement and is subject
now to no change in condition ex-
cept one of deterioration.
"I think the September report will
show still further decrease in condi-
tion and a consequent snrinkage in
the guesses as to the size of the crop.
I take this occasion to state to all
harties interested that even were a
100000 bale crop, made, he world
have need for every pound Of it.
And if the value of cotton is to
be measured by the price of other
articles Is cents a pound is little
enough in all reason"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-05
A Small Lauuch Containing a Party ol
Eight Struck by Barge.
SEVEN PERSONS DROWN
Lone Survivor in Serious Condition,
Unable to Explain Cause Of Colli-
sion-Bodies not Recovered After
Diligent Search--Sympathy for
Widows and Children OF Victims.

Preparations for the celebration Of
Labor Day at Toledo, Ohio, were Civ
en- check when the citizens stopped
work and expressed their deep SYM
pathy and many lent their aid in the
search for the seven bodies Of city
officials and employees who met q
tragic death by drowning early Sat
urday morning, when their little
launch, a 35 foot craft. was rammed
by the barge, Phillip Minch, hurlil.s
grave.
The drowned are: Harry Batch,
city councilman: James Wister, sup
erintendert Of Water-works; Thomas
Purcell, master mechanic at the wa
ter-works plants; Fred Share, secre-
tary of service Director Wells; Will
liam Blatt, water-works Inspector:
William Corroll, book-keeper at wa
ter-works plant, and Rudolph Yum
ker. .
The accident occurred about 1880
o'clock Saturday morning, but word
was not received Of it in the city uIf-
tn more than two hours later. Pro-
fessional divers, policemen with grap-
ling hooks and local rivermen have
searched the waters of the bay all
day but in vain.
OF the party of eight men, who left
town for Kelly's Island, only one
was saved. The party was swamped
near Maumee Bay. What they were
doing never will be known.
Mayer, the engineer, who was be-
low looking after the engine was the
only one of the party to escape.
Mayer declares he did not hear any
signals sounded from the barge.
In seven homes the widows and
children of the dead men are being
cared for by relatives and sympa-
thetic neighbors. Michael Mayer, en-
gineer and part owner OF the launch
Memo, is practically a physical wreck
at his home after his terrible exper-
ience in the water, following the COL
lision. Though he fought desperate
ly for his life and only was rescued
an hour after the collision, Mayer
remained sufficiently rational until
the middle of the day TO tell what
had occurred. -.
Il did not see my companions for
half an hour after we lett the Down
Town dock on our way out" said
Mayer. II was attending the engine
and the boat was near US when I
was knocked down by the force Of
the co1lisiofl:Ah = heavy door of a
closet fell oven me and>Bfhned me to
the floor. l was stunned for a:time.
Water began rushing into the engine
room and soon it was up to my neck.
tried several ways to get out and
soon the launch parted in the mid
die. .'. .. ~
II did not see my companions when
the collision occurred. heard some
cries and think it was the victims
shouting as a warning to the giant
steel barge" .'.
Capt. D. B. Cummings, Of the
lIinch, and First Officer F. B. Cum
Minis, his brother were on the BRIDGE;
August Swan was at the wheel and
Abner Busle' was Lockout These
men declared they sighted the launch
about fifteen minutes before the COL
lison. They declared warning and
passing signals were given, but no
reply was received.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-05
Draugiss, Wild and Worms Damage lhs
Crop Very Materially.
SIZE OF PRESENT CROP
Estimated a, Nearly Thirteen Million
Bales.-c G ndition on August s5th
shows at Falling Of Since the
Report Of Condition Of Crop Made
ON July 18th.

"a total p ;oduction of 12;91S,200
bales Of cott IN as the snal yield this
veal: is indi 'ated blythe Department
Of Agricultu res official report Of the
condition o. the growing crop OF
August rs, which the crop reporting
board, from reports from its cores
pondents ard agents throughout the
cotton belt, estimated Friday at 1872
per cent Of j normal.
This estimate based on a ratio OF
the average yield for the past ten
years to tie average condition of the
crop on An gust 25, for the past ten
years, would mean final yield OF
1855 pounds per acre on the plant
edtarea of approximately 34,000,oOO
acres, allowing for an abandoned
acreage of 100000 and provided
the crop does not decline or improve
from the date the condition was es-
timated to ime of picking.
These estimates Of production,
while. unofficial, were reckoned by
the official method adopted by the
Department of Agriculture and used
by the crop reporting board in its
monthly estimates of the final yield
oa the i'm portant cereal crops OF
the country.
Unofficia:. advices from. thee otton
belt indicage the most important de-
clines in the crop were due to severe
droughts, rot winds and worms. Re-
ports indie ate that heavy shedding
caused by not weather was the chief
factor of d eterioration in practically
all States, except Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi, where there has been exces-
sive rain. Heat >and drought very
greatly damaged cotton during the
month, specially in Texas and Okla
homa. .....
Since th,, date on which the condi-
tion was taken-August 25-there
have been rains which greatly reliev-
ed conditions and considerable i'm
provement is looked for when the
October re port is issued.
THE con iition of the growing cot
ton crop TN August 25th was 1872
per cent of a normal, as compared
with S9.1 :,er cent. on July 25, 1911,
72.1 per cent on August 25, 1910,
6S.7 per cent on August 25,@ 1910,
and 63.7 per cent on August 20,
1909, and 1875 per cent, the average
of the pas. ten years on Augustf25,
according 20 the crop reporting board
of the bureau of statistics Of the
United Stltes Department Of .Agri-
culture, ei>timated from the reports
Of the cor orcespondents and agents of
the bureau.
Compar sons Of conditions by
States follow:
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-05
Women Ran MormanS.

Two Norman church elders were
drummed out of Kamra, Iowa, by a
brigade of angry women. Mormons
delivered proselyting speeches. The
women were inpnsed.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-05
Merchant Caught in Own Trap.

O. F. Cooper, a merchant in Blue
Mountain City, Ala, may lose leg
as result of being shot by a gun
he set as a trap for burglars at his
store. He forgot the trap on enter
ing the store on the morning Of the
accident and received the full dis
charge of birdshot just above the
knee.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-10-05
ANOTHER jOHNSTONN
Dam Gives Way Sending Death and
Devastation On Another PennsyI-
vahian Town.

Austin, Pa Sept. 80. More than
500 persons we're drowned and 9TH
ers we're injured when the dam Of
the Bayless Pulp and Paper CON-
pany, holding back more than sO0,-
900, 900 gallons Of water, went out
today. A wall Of water swept over
the city With its 5000 inhabitants.
Hundreds of womea and children
The men we're away at work
we're caught in their homes and
drowned or crushed before they
knew what had happened. Houses
vent down before the mighty onrush
Of water and gas pipes, bent and
broken, released their dangerous
fluid.
Before the water had passed on
its terrible course through the town,
a dozen fires we're burning in as
many places, and the cries of the in
jured and imprisoned persons joined
in the terrific thunder Of the food.
Much Of the debris lodged against
the shops of the Buffalo & Susque-
hanna railroad and there the FIRE
ragged freely. Many men we're
caught here and it is believed that
few. if any. escaped with their lives.
The course of the food was
through the business center Of the
town. A majority Of the buildings
we're Of wood and those which we're
not Immediately wrecked by the tor
rent =ere soon in flames.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-10-05
GENERAL NEWS

Gypsy Smith. ihs great Enellsh
evangelist. Is vising With shs fair a,
drawing card Al Spokans ihi,
seek
Uahsd States Senator Isaac Slsph-
enson q Wisconsin Is On trial be.
fore . ssnais investigating commit.
Tee On a charge q using money 10
secure Bis election. he admits be
speai si07 .79s IN The effort.
The special bearing President Taft
and party westward arrived al Lin
coin. Nsb eleven hours late Sunday
night. having made 4 periloas pas
sage through q district flooded BY a
closdbsrfi IL eastern Nebraska.
The ghreslened strike Of the shop
men On The Hartman lines and Illi-
nois cessral broke loose Sunday and
over 20, 900 men walked out. The
strike is the ressi, Of the refusal BY
The railroads 10 recognize the shop
msn's union. Railroad officials main
tain that the strike viii not interfere
18th transporation.
War vas declared Saturday be-
tween Italy and Turkey ard several
naval engagements have been report
ed. bui the news Is 80 conflicting that
Il Is difficult 10 deeiPher just what
has been the result. A bloOdless var
Is anticipated. and Turkey Is expec-
ted 10 cede Iialy's claims in TriPoli
The bone Of contention.
Admiral Winfield Sect, Schley,
hero Of the brief and conclusive bat
tic Of Santiago HaTbor, entered upon
bis 6nal voyage last Monday. Death
overlook him as he vas walking
on west 44lh street in New York
City, where he had just returned
from a visit to Nj. Kisco. He will
be buried With honors due bis station
ii the Arlington national cemetery
At Washington,
By a trick Of The wind, Cromwell
Dixon. the io.year-old aviator who
last Saturday won $4,000 and few
into world fame by successfully
navigating the FIRST bi-Plane across
Inc Rocky mountains, vas hurled 70
rns.an. death Monday afternoon at
me Spokane fair he had .uss start
ID on hi irss exhibition flight at the
air and was about 100 feet in the
n when a gust Of wind turned his
,rat. nearly half over preciPitasing
h 10 a rocky railroad cut.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-10-05

The Kamiah city council last week
purchased 6.sOO-pound steam fire
engine and other FIRE protective
measures will be installed there.
In commenting upon the matter, The
Progress Of last week said: when
We think of four large Obstructive
fires that Kamiah has had in little
over seventeen months and which
could have been prevented if We had
had proper FIRE protection it seems
high time that something be done.
From April, 18th, 1910 to Sept. p,
1ol1,we have lost by fire three hotels
The Kamiah, Savoy and Dean, the
old Progress building and Pomery's
and Dissmore Nero. Co. stores be-
sides two smaller fires, the loss pro-
baby aggregating sl2s. 900, more
than enough to have purchased sew
eral FIRE engines and built reservoirs
in plenty to make ample protection
against the scourge of fire"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-10-05

Some fenuine land snaps now
See Harding & steilmon.
The best butter wrappers are
printed at The Herald ONCE.
Visit DR.. Booths optical parlors.
the best fitted this side of Spokane.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Gross are at
tending the Interstate Fair at Spo-
kane this week.
MILLINERY See the swell line
at Mrs. Williams store. opposite
Fink's studio.
WANrED-Girl to do general
housework for small family. Inquire
Of DR.. Booth.
Mrs. oFbison of couer d'Alene,
formerly Of Nezperce. is visiting old
friends here this week.
Your horses feet are good place
to save money. Billie, the horse
sheer, saves the foot and the horse.
II you want a secondhand sewing
machine, see the Felt Nero. Co.
They have about dozen to select
from.
Deputy Recorder Tannahill on
Monday issued a marriage license
70 Arthur R. Rockford and Viola NJ.
Rife, both Of Kamiah.
The fall opening at the new milli-
merry store viii occur Saturday. Oct.
7. A beautiful display. Don't miss
il. Opposite Fink's studio.
Just arrived: 2 car loads Clear
Coast Fir flooring and ceiling. rus
tic. interior finish and molding.
Come in and tee Il.
Nezperce Lumber Yards.
Pete Galarneau returned from a
business trip to Nezperce yesterday.
While away he sprained his ankle
and Is nov going on crutches.-Ju-
liaslia Sun.
Harry Williams. the painter. has
just closed contracts for painting the
new residence being built for w. W.
Nix q. and the J. w. jenkins resi-
dence east Of town.
Money to Loan on real estate.
Low rate Of interest with privilege
Of paying 500 or any multiple there
Of al any interest payment. FcrPar-
iiculars write, phone or call on A.
c. Gross. NeEperoe, Idaho.
Harding & Siellmon offer the !
following cash prizes: 81 each for
.he best sample bundle each Of
wheat. oats. barley ard fax for so
days. Also 81 for the best I bushel
Of ,hreshed grain Of each kind.
IF YOU OWE Billy The Horse
sheer your bill is past due and he
needs the moneys pay up before
the 10Th Of Oct. as all bills over due
thereafter will be charged 10 per
cent interest.
Billy The Horseshoer.
Messers. Pomeroy and Adams
have leased the Nezperce Transfer
Co. BAN and business from F. NJ.
Johnson and viii conduct the same
this winter Mr.. johnson viii take
a several months vacation with the
hope Of recuperating his health, in
which his many friends here wish
him abundant success.
We have recently opened up in
Nespsrce in the jewelry business
With a dependable stock Of goods
and new goods are coming in. You
viii End Us ever ready to attend
10 your wants, and We expect to rem
der you such service that you will
come again. ]. B. Caldwell,
Matchmaker and Jeweler.
H Jameson of Richland, Wash
Ine,on. has been visiting relatives
and old friends in and nsar Nes-
,ercs the past several days. He
made the Herald a pleasant call
renewing his subscription
md remarking that he would hardly
nv 10 get along at all without the
I'D home paper which he enjoys
,ery much.
Red Cedar Posts.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-10-05

the stage had been swept of IFS set
ting. Along the foothills were throwr
shattered houses. At either end Of
Main street brick buildings acted al
buffers as the twenty-five foot wal
Of water rushed downward with it,
mass Of debris.
The wrecking Of the dam was as
complete as it was sudden. Two
immense sections from top to bot
tom, a hundred and fifty feet vide,
we're thrown out bodily, like the i'm
mense gates Of a canal lock. The
outward swing was more than fifty
feet and on either side the remain
ing structure began gradually to
crumble away. Repairs last spring
had consisted Of a patch Of cement
IS feet square. One Of the severed
sections yesterday began at that
patch.
The cause Of the break is a mat
ter which the district attorney Of the
county viii investigate. The Bayless
dam was examined by experts more
than year ago and recommends
tons we're made looking to its safety.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-10-05

G. w. Robinson. the well known
plane man is in the city and has
made arrangements to carry sam
pie line of Hobart NJ. Cable, Milton
and other makes of pianos at Mrs.
Rice's Grand Union store. VIII
guarantee to undersell other dealers
from $50 to Si0O on corresponding
grades. Main Office, Grand Hotel,
Lewiston.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-10-05
Travelling Men Would Better HOte
Service.

Lewiston, Idaho, Oct. lin an
effort to make a fight against poor
hotel service and extortiorate rates,
the travelling men who cover the
north Idaho district last night at a
meeting held in the commercial club
headquarters effected a permanent
organization in the nature Of vel
fare league and elected the follow
ing officers: Harry Hartford, pres
ident; J. E. Nelson, vice president.
and Leon lie Quime, T. E. Allen
and c. v. csvanaugh, trustees.
A memorial to the state sanitary
inspector, asking that ne investigate
conditions in some of the hotels in
the northern part Of the state, is be-
ing circulated, and in the event of
no relief being secured in this man
ner it is intended to send a delega-
ton to Boise to confer with Governor
Havley in regard to the situation.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-10-05

The Dissmore Mercantile Co., and
]. F. Pomery, whose store buildings
we're recently destroyed by fire in
Kamiah, are preparing to erectbrick
buildings in their stead, the Diss-
more building to be so K 80 and the
Pomery building so K lis. They
are to be ready for occupancy Dec.
Is.