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COTTOll CROP
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1 KEW FEATURE BY GOYERIXEIT.
To Secure Qn!ctly'i Iccnrate Statistics
' , ' of the Cotton Crop. .
Mr. Bruton L. Taylor, of Elusion, has
been appointed a local special agent
the census ofSce to collect eofcton-glnning
statistics for this county and we join
y. the government In urging the gtnnera to
give Mr, Taylor their hearty support and
co-operation, thus enabling him to make
prompt and accurate returns. We would
impress upon the glnners the fact that
this, agent Is a sworn officer of the gov
' erement, and that their reports are for
warded as given to him directly to the
- census office, at - Washington, without
' . passing through the bands of any mid
dlemen. The information given Is held
. as strictly confidential, ' and the opera
tions of Individual glnners are not di
, rulged. Upon the joint co-operation of
the. cotton grower, glnners, and local
agents must depend the success of the
, census office In this inquiry, and its abil
ity to render this great service to the
southern people and to all Interested in
- the cotton staple. . ;
The census cfflce has demonstrated
three annual reports the fact that the
- glnners are the only reliable source of
.' Information as to the volume of the an
nual cotton crop. This is very eompli-
- mentary to the glnners, who, no doubt,
v will feel pride in sustaining the reputa-
tation earned. rXX::X::; v''-:- ';-".v-
In recognition of this Interest shown
' by the ginners, and of a general demand
for more frequent reports through this
source, congress, In the act creating
permanent census office, provided for the
collection and publication of these statis
tics at interval during the ginning sea-
, son. For the crop of 1002 the office will
Issue three reports: the first two will
cover the quantity of cotton ginned up
to and Including October 18 atd Decern
ber 13, respectively; and the final report
will cover the total quantity ginned from
the growth of 1902.
Realizing that the col lection of the data
for these reports Is made at a season
when the glnners' time Is greatly taxed.
' and appreciating the necfselty for prompt
returns, the census office has located, lu
eacn county containing ten or more gin
neries, an agent, who will visit each gin
nery In the county and secure a report of
the quantity of cotton ginned up to cer
tain dates. In undertaking the frequent
and hurried reports now sought, It Is of
vital Importance that the returns be
made with absolute uniformity, and that
all be received at Washington at one
time. This result could not be expected
from individual requests made by mall of
30,000 glnners, at a time when they an?
engrossed In 'their ginning work. Fur
thermore, the census office must be kept
advised of all changes In the manage
ment and operation of these establish-
.merits, and secure returns from all new
"and revived plants. To accomplish such
results, It becomes necessary for the office
to have .local representatives who shall
be charged with the ' duty of keeping In
close touch with. the ginning industry In
In each county, and of promptly report
Ing the quantity of cotton ginned. " ,
The statistics for the October report
will be collected during the week begin
ning with Monday, October 20, and gin
ners should keep such records as will en
able tnem to iurmsn promptly tne re
quired Information. These returns will
be tabulated, and the result published
within one week from their receipt at
Washington. "
Cotton statistics' collected through the
commercial system, however accurately
implied, fall short of the demand of
both producer and manufacturer first,
la that as they cover the quantity of cot.
ton marketed between September 1 of
one year and August 31 of the following,
they are not statistics of a crop grown
In any one year; and second, In the liabil
ity to error Involved la statistics so com
piled. Nothing short of official reports,
made sufHelenily early to form a basis of
prices, will entirely satisfy the cotton
grower or manufacturer. It is eatfylujr
to know tlat tie south has the assis
tance and co-c ferae! on of the povern
Efr,t la trlE-'.nij about tie result thry
d 're En ondertailrgf tLe S3pcp.s of
L'. h now dTnJj tr.-ri t'e cottun
f-owers en3 glacers tl.cn:f !ve .
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A WONDERFUL CONVENTIONS
Anaaal Meetla of ' the - Disciples of
Christ at Omaha Will be a
Record Breaker.
For the first time in the history of the
Doited States every railroad has made a
one fare rate to a ; religious convention.
The convention in question Is the annual
international convention of the Disciples
of Christ, which meets la Omaha. Neb.,
October 15-23,1902. ? One fare for the
round trip from every railroad station in
the United States has been offered.
Parties interested should consult , the
nearest railroad agent. X.
It is expected that upwards of 30,000
visitors will be In Omaha during the con
vention. Even lower than one fare may
be secured from points within 200 or
300 miles if large parties are organized
and excursion trains run.- Try it from
your locality.
The convention will be held in the
Coliseum, which has been redecorated
and refurnished for the occasion. The
Coliseum will seat comfortably 14,000
people. Restaurants will be conducted
within the building. Booms may be se
cured by addressing the chairman of the
entertainment committee, care Millard
hotel ' -. -
' The Coliseum was erected for Pattl
to
sing in and 22,500 people heard her.
The first national convention of the Peo
ple's party was held under Its roof.
William McKinley spoke to 20,000 peo
ple within its walls. The great Bryan-
Thurston debate was held there, and
85,000 people crowded In. Its anconstlc
properties are unexcelled. It is an Ideal
convention hall and three lines of street
cars are within three blocks of It. f
The Disciples of Christ In the United
States number 1,800,000. They have
6,500 pastors, 10,(K)0 church organlza
tions, 9,000 church buildings, hundreds
of schools and colleges and numerous
missionary stations in foreign fields.
For fall particulars of convention address
C. 8. Paine, chairman, Omaha, Neb,
THE ELUSIVE POLE.
To actually reach the pole would
give an explorer enduring fame, but
the world would be very little better
off because of that feat Troy Timet.
..The north pole still stands in Its
primeval Icefields, laughing at the ef
forts of man 'to reacb.lt Doubtless
those efforts will be successful some
day, and national 'pride leads to the
hope that the man who make the suc
cessful dash will be an American.
Pittsburg Gaaette. , -X;:
From Peary himself -we have the
word that there is no northwest pas
sage round the pole and no sea of eter
nal Ice in the same locality. There la
plenty of ice and plenty of water, bnt
neither is available for any practical
purpose. This being the case, why
sacrifice any more Uvea in pursuit of
the useless? Nothing can be done with
It even when It has been found. Phil
adelphia Inquirer, ,
ANIMAL ODDITIES.
A horse cannot do much work after
he Is twelve or fourteen years old.
The specimen: of the Japanese ben in
the Museum of Natural History, New
York, has a tail twelve feet long.
An elephant has only eight teeth al
together. At fourteen years the ele
phant loses Its first set of teeth, and a
new set grows."::'::. :?:-:-, ;;.:;:
An ostrich "never goes straight to Its
nest but always approaches it with
many windings and detours In order.
if possible, to conceal the locality from
observation.
THREE KINGS.
Kaiser Wilhelm seems to have gone
in to cultivate the Poles with an ax.
Atlanta Journal. - r
King Alfonso acts as though he in
tends to be his own matchmaker.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The sultan of Turkey is not alarmed
by the prospect of another ultimatum,
tie eats 'em alive. Montreal Herald.
Fat u4 Leu. ' 's
Hoax Do you like fat girls?
"Well, I rather lean that way."
hlladelphla Record.
Comolatloa.
"Take back your heart" th letter said.
With tears his eyes were wet
Until ha found the gift he'd aent
Hunt be with diamonds let.
Xator&I Aoiiety
otters reird erproatl,;: ? t!;;-r--:;.-et9,
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WITHOUT CAUSE
PROBABLY , EORTALLT .WOUIDED
Thongbtto Haie Been Done by White
Kan Hamed O'Neal. -
Orrel Hugglns, colored, was shot Sat
urday night aboul6 SO o'clock by on
oi two wmte men supposed in an proba
bility to be Jim and Charley O'Neal, it
being one ol the most cold ' blooded
crimes, and without provocation, that
was ever committed in this communuty.
Although the crime was committed in
the presence of a nnmberof eye witnesses,
the perpetrator has not yet been posi
tively Identified. The two white men
supposed to be the O'Neals! drove up In
a buggy' to' a colored ' restaurant . on
Queen street, In Tackahoe section, kept
by Adam Singleton, colored, shortly af
ter dark, and fn a boisterous manner 'de
manded supper be brought but to them
to the buggy. ' Singleton said he would
not serve tnem unless they came inside,
which they did. They continued their
boleterousness and Singleton asked them
to keep quiet. They then cursed Singleton
who asked if one of his customers would
not go for an officer, . Hugglns got up
to comply with the request and was
told by the white men not tb go, bnt be
kept on, whereupon one of the white
men pulled a revolver and shot, but
missed. Hugglns turned and the man
shot again, Hugglns sinking to the side
walk. Before it could be realised what
bad taken place, the white men got up
in their buggy and drove off. ,
Hugglns was taken to the c fflce of Dr,
W. T. Parrott, who gave temporary
medical attention and was then
taken home. Dr. Parrott at the
first inspection, found that Hugglns had
been shot in the lower part of tbe abdo
men. The doctor later went to the home
of Hugglns to operate, but the , family
preferred that Huguiue take his chances
without the operation. . .
. The ball could hardly enter the place
It didjwithout t jperfortlng the Intestine
and probably entered an organ of the
body. ; Hugglns m living today bnt tbe
chances are considered very much
atralnst his recovery. ' ' He had been
working tit the Gay Lumdur Co. V He
Is about 19 years of age, and does not
have tbe reputation of being a bad ne
gro. , '
There were a number In the restaurant
at the time of the shooting who say they
could Identify the men, and the man who
did the shooting, but did not know their
names. . '; ;::.-.:
Tne u weals referred to were seen
driving around the streets the afternoon
of the shooting, drinking and carousing
generally. They drove a blazed face
horse. Charley O'Neal was employed as
blacksmith at the Gay Lumber Co's.
logging camp, Jim O'Neal had no em
ployment at the time. Although of the
same name they are not related.
Sheriff Wooten, Deputy Sheriff Sutton
and Jim Cunningham drove out Satur
day night to the Gay Lumber "Co's. log
ging camp for the purpose of arresting
the O'Neals. Upon Inquiry as to the
whereabouts of tbe O'Neals the sheriff a
party were told "damn it, go find tbem if
you can; Tne shenn s party were un
able to do so. It Is supposed . that the
O'Neals were given Warning before the
arrival of the sheriffs party. They were
reported to have been seen In Jones
county Sunday driving the same blazed
face horse they had in Klnston, and It Is
supposed they are making for the home of
one of them in Craven connty. Warrants
have been sent to the sheriff of Craven
and efforts will be made to capture them
if they show up there.
Caae of Dedaetioau
"Sister expects you."
"How do you know?"
"She told the maid she wasn't home."
Town and Country. "
. ; ! JSo Balloon Route.
To reach the mountain of Wisdom, .
Bo all the segea aay.
You must cross the vala of Experience,
For there's no other way.
Chicago Tribune.
Protracted.
E1U Did the giraffe have a Ion 111-
essT
Jin Yes; he had a sore throat Ton-
kers Statesman.
Cuilii'i lack.
r,nr Ci" ' 1 Is a l i Ky 1 ?
h nre I i rricl cnal t come to pass,
I f w ho have t e r "ul to kick
Vfcea be tar&s c:ao t-e costly rn
I .a:;:nore New
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INTERESTING GROUP
' In this instance the camera has
esting because of their great wealth
' man Is Clarence H. Mackay. who by
father has become the practical head
prises. 'Behind him Is his wife. The
daughter of William O. Whitney.
' . Acrdlaar t BerttlloB. -
When Mr. George Griffith was study
ing the French prison system In New
Caledonia, he was one day asked by an
official if he would like to submit to
tbe Bertillon system of measurement,
used for the Identification of prisoners.
He agreed and was told to take off bis
boots and coat This is his story of
tbe process:
The official put me up against the
wall, arranged me properly, lowered
die measuring bar to my head and
called to tbe clerk, "One meter, 818."
I was placed in a chair, the back of
which was a measuring scale and the
seat longitudinally divided by a ridge,
and there, my ; sitting height was
takea . '
Then be measured my head with
calfpers In two directions, from back to
front and across, and after this he de
scended to minor matters, ' such as
ears, nose, lips, thumb and finger
Joints, eyelids and so on. He stood
me on a box where a human foot was
rudely outlined, and on that my foot
was : measured. My right arm was
measured from the elbow to the point
of the middle finger. After that a
print was taken of my thumb and
three fingers. - .
Then came the most trying part of
the ordeal general observation during
which I stood to attention and was
looked through and through. No de
tail escaped those gimlet eyes. A scar,
half hidden In the eyebrow, tbe result
of football twenty years before, was
discovered and noted. The scars of
two old knife stabs In my hand and
the trace of a parrot bite on my finger
were set down. My eyes were exam
ined and the color of the iris placed
In the proper category.
Finally the clerk asked, "Intellectu
ality?" , , i . t
'Mediocre," said Mr. Gimlet Eyes,
with a brutal frankness. ; .,
Ko Iyonsjer Crase.
The passage of the American Bicycle
company Into receivers' Jianda Is a
token of the passage of the
bicycle
craze. The bicycle as a 'toy has been
supplanted by the bicycle as a medium
of travel, and as such does not com
mand either tbe price or the patronage
It did a few years ago. In the park
and on the streets riders have ma
terially decreased, and bicycle stores
and repairing shops are now few and
far between. In 1800 and-1897 the bi
cycle business was in a highly Inflated
condition. The bicycle . took nearly
every one by storm. All sorts of fancy
prices were paid for all sorts of fancy
wheels. It was not remarkable to
hear that more than $100 had been
paid for this or that wheel. Now good
wheels may be bought for $50 or $73.
Chainlesa wheels were once held fur
$100. It is now possible to buy one cf
this style for $40, and the sales of
these wheels are not so much to those
who seek riding for pleasure's nal
but as a means of going to end Tw.i
offlce or factory. There were tw-n;.-eight
bicycle factories in the AuurU-.--,
Eicycle comrany when It started; a
there are six. These can su:
tie machines needed Just new.
1 he Seaeoa.
The football season now 13 or..
And fcviuty. clothes an J '!t
jrost ta arj go; the horruly Im
Ihow n;o.-.-.s the raI,-st
Chitatjo Ntfas
cnTntion.
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OF WEALTHY FOLKS.
caught a group of persona who are Inter
and prominent social position. The
the comparatively recent death of his
of numerous great business enter
other young lady li Miss Whitney.
JINQLES AND JE8T8.
FroBalaea. . .
One when I was very sick t "
And doctor thought I'd die
'And mother couldn't smile at me -v
But It juat turned to cry. a.
That was the time tor promises; -.
You should have heard them tell
The lots of good things I could nav
v If I'd get well.
But when the fever went away .
And I bf Kan to mend
: And begged to eat the goodies -'
That Grandma Brown would send
i; They said beef tea was Better
And gave tor grapes to Nell
V And laughed and said, "You're mighty
cross
v Blnce you got well." ' -fcntury.
, Thongatlesa Girt 4 .
Tess lie used to take me to the the
ater every other evening or so, but one
evening when we were sitting in tbe
parlor I foolishly allowed him to kiss
me.
. Jess What has that to do with the
theater)
Tess1-Well, now he wants to sit In
the parlor all the time. Philadelphia
Press.
; Gaatroaomle Triolet.
The man who writes of things to eat
Has, as a rule, a good digestion.
. His cup of joy is full, complete. -Tha
man who writes of things to eat
Sot telling truth la hard to beat
'i His views are honest, without question.
The man who writes of things to eat
Has, as a rule, a good digestion. , -Pittsburg
Dispatch.
j A Straas Being;. .
Grace Is her husband a man of
much sentiment?
Alice Not a particle. He seems to
think golf links were made to play golf
on. Town Topics.
Exit.
When fame seems the veriest bubble.
When fortune has passed you by.
When you would make light of your
- trouble . .
Well, there Is the gas let anigh.
Uppincott'a i
. Ho Woader.
"There goes a man who draws great
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nouses every qay. .
ib uu on miuri
"No; an archltectual draftsman."
New York Herald. . .
A Fall Jtaarle.
Bappy days'U come once 'more; . -Don't
keer what they say.
Put some white sand on the floor; .
Dance the world away t '
Atlanta Constitution.
Reliability. ' .'
"Is Wiggins a reliable man?'
"In one sense." If you tell him to do
anything, you can count absolutely on
bis forgetting all about it" Washing
ton Star. ' ' . . ,
Coaslder Welt
No girl should say too quickly "Yea"
When ardent lovers press her.
If marriage la not a success.
Divorce is a successor.
V . -Philadelphia Preaa.
A Careless Fellow.
"Here's an automobillst who got
killed himself while running over a lot
of other people."
"How careless I" life.
The Schoolboy's Sorrow
He studies his geography
And thinks he has it fine
When some one brings the soldiers out
And moves the boundary line.
New York Times.
As raoaL " -
"They E.iy te has so moeh money bo
dorr -a't know what to do with it"
"Yes. An 1 he !a't doinj it"
TUB WHEELS . -
OF JUSTICE
MAYOR'S COURT D9IIG BUSIXESS
Tnrninfj Oat Sentences' That Swells
. . Coin's Exchequer.'".'
' At tha mayor's conrt today there were
quits a number to tell their troubles to
his honor and listen to his words of ad
vice, and also, when occasion justified it
they were asked to contribute to the
city exchequer. Up to the noon hour
there had been IS or 14 cases disposed
of.with various degrees of punishment be
fitting their crimes, ' ; : ' ',!-
The first to occupy the attention of tbe
court was Ell Bunn for being disorderly.
Judgment suspended upon payment of
costs. ' 1
Charlie Watts and Lucile Carilng
ton were up for assault. As no serious
damage was done to either person or
property, judgment was suspended on
payment of cost .
' John Owens was called next, and asked
to show cause why he should not le fined
tor being disorderly. , John failed to do,
and was lined 2 and cost
Mike Powell and Wright Bones, who
had came up from Dover to have a good
time Saturday night, succeeded only- too
well, and Chief Rouse arrested tbem for
being disorderly and on searching them
at the lock-up .discovered re sore and
pistole to beat the band. Of course the
boys were bound over to conrt
- Nathan Day, for using vulgar and pro
fane language, waa fined $3.
Mordecai Bell was find f 2 for tbe same
offense. L " ,
Bill Wooten, for Indulging too freely
In Intoxicating beverages (in fact, Wooten
owned to being drunk) was fined f 2.
Virginia Coleman, tor vulgar and pro
fane language, waa fined 2, Also Vir
ginia had some trouble with Policeman
Taylor, when she saw him leading her
lord and master to the calaboose several
days ago, and was fined $3Jand coats tor
Interfering with an officer while In the
discharge ef his duties. , .
Ill the parties above 'mentioned are-
colored.
Tko "CnAergrroand" la Slngr Slagr.
I was particularly interested. In tbe
underground tunnel, for I Immediately
perceived Its great usefulness. This
was the secret system by which con
traband articles, such as whisky, opi
um and morphine, were "brought Into
tbe prison. When a rogue Is persua
sive with the coin of tbe realm, he can
always find a keeper or two to bring
him what he deems the necessaries of
life, among which are opium, whisky
and tobacco. If you have a : keeper
right you can be well supplied with
these little. things. TO get him right It
la necessary to give up a certain recog
nized, percentage, about one-fifth, of
the money sent from home. . This sys
tem Is worked in all tbe state prisons'
In New York, and during my first term,
nine months of which were spent at
Sing Sing and the reat at Auburn, I
bad no difficulty in supplying my grow
ing need for opium. From "Autobiog
raphy of a Thief in Leslie's Monthly. .
Depopalatloa of Rassla.
According: to a recent rertort Rnsste
la in more danger of being depopulated '
owing to the extent of infant mortality
than is France. In certain governments
of the empire the proportion of the
children who die in the first year la at
high as 40 and even 50 per cent In
southeastern Russia it Is even higher.
It Is also noted that tbe rate of Infant
mortality la much lower among the
Mohammedan and Jewish nomilatlnna
than the Christian., The report ascribes
this terrible mortality mainly to tbe ig
norance or the peasants. The report
also recommends that measures be
taken to cause mothers, esoeclallv
among the middle class, to care for
their own children, as It Is nointed ont
that the low rate of mortality among
Hebrew and Mohammedan children is
chiefly owing to tbe fact that in Russia
Hebrew and Mohammedan mothers
nurse their own Infanta.
Loadoa'a Fosr.
A leading English chemist Dr. Red
wood, says that If oil were generally
used for fuel In London the great Insti
tution known as the London fog would
absolutely disappear. The doctor says
that the fogs are caused by uncon
sumed carbon suspended in the air
and originating from the thousands of
factory chimneys belching ont smoke.
There is no carbon or ash from oil. '
The doctor points out that oil has been
successfully burned as fuel on sea and
Und and urges its compulsory adop
tion by the manufacturers cf the great
metropolis.
Only sixteen stones remain rrrirtt
at Etonehenge. Only two of tlcse te
lorg to the laser circia.
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