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THE RALEIGH EVENING TIMES.
VOLUME 27.
TWELVE PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGH, N. C, SATURD AY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1906.
TWELVE PAGES TODAY.
PRICE 5c
DEFEATED BY
BRITISH CREW
Harvard Boys Trail in Be
hind Cambridge
LOSE BY TWO LENGTHS
The Cambridge Crew Won the Toss,
Chose position, Took the Lead
Down tin- Winding Course and
Kept It Until the End of the Race.
(By the Associated Press.)
Putney, England, Sept. 8. From
the very beginning of the rafie be
tween the British and American col
lege crews over the tortuous course
on the Thames from Putney to Morl
lalto, there seemed but little hope of
an American victory, despite the facts
that many experts on rowing had
prophesied a triumph for the Har
vard crew.
Cambridge got the lead at the be
ginning and she kept it to the end.
It is admitted that the crew that is
first just after the start is seldom, if
ever, passed on this crooked course.
The result of the race today proved
the truth of this saying. The Eng
lish crew finished (he contest two
boat lengths ahead of the American.
Cambridge's time was 19 minute!;,
1 l seconds.
The record for the course is 1 8
minutes, 47 seconds ,made by Oxford
In 1N9:I.
Story of Race In Detail.
"All the members of the Harvard
crew had an excellent night's bleep
and awoke this morning feeling ready
to row the race of their lives and ye.y
confident of success. The Cambridge
men were no less satisfied that they
would be able to carry off the aquatic
palm.
The weather conditions were ideal
when tho two crews turned out
early in the day for a few brief prac
tice starts, their final appearance be
fore the great boat race which has
caused the greatest excitement ever
aroused in Great Britain by any con
test over the historic championship
course from Putney to Mortlake. The
sky was cloudless, a light, Indian i
summer haze hanging over the river.
The breeze was from the southwest,
and although against the racers, It
was very light in the early hours of
tae day.
The excitement over the interna
tional contest pervaded all London
all the provincial centers and even
most of the sporting communities oa
the continent, judging from the tele
grams asking for early and full stor
ies of the race. The business centers
of this city were gay with the stars
und stripes and Harvard's blue
were conspicuous every where.
Crowds' Line the Thames.
The crowds began moving toward-;
the course early in the day, the rail
roads running special trains and
every available line being taxed to its
utmost capacity. Early in the after
noon the green banks of the river
were lined with people to an extent
which promised the greatest pouring
out of people ever witnessed a", a boat
race here. Although naturally the
light blue colors of Cambridge pre
dominated, the Harvard crimson ran
them close up, while a numerous con
tingent of rowing enthusiasts, unable
to make up their minds as to which
would win, had donned rosettes of
ribbon combining the blue of Cam
bridge and Harvard's crimson.
The members of the American col
ony in London and hosts of Ameri
can visitors to tho city were early in
the field, taking up points of vantage
from which to enliven the American
crew with Harvard's college yell. Ir
fact, the enthusiasts from across the
Atlantic were so numerous t-hlit when
tho Harvard men turned out for their
practice this morning they mighv,
judging from the cheering and Amer
ican college yells have almost imag
ined themselves in home waters.
Experts Het on Harvard.
The maioritv of the expert opin
ion gave the final verdict In fnvo; of I
Cambridge, but Vivian Nickalls, the I
old Oxford oarsman, and quite a
number of other nnst masters in the
art of rowing bet heavily on Harvard.
Although in some quarters , pa
triotic pride drove the Camb. Idge
stock up to as high as 130 to id on
the light blues, most of the betting
was done at nearer even figurer,.
As the afternoon advanced dense
crowds gathered at the starting
point and stretching along tho river
banks as far as the eye could reach,
testifying to the fact that the sport
ing instincts of the British public had
Jieen aroused as they had seldom
been arouse dbefore. The throngs
were wholly cosmopolitan and cheer
ed with equal enthusiasm all appear
ances of the wearers of tho crimson
or of the blue.
The breeze freshened somewhat as
the time for starting the race ap
preached.
Cambridge Wins the Toss.
There was much eagerness to as
certain which crew was the Winner
of the toss for positions, as it Was
calculated that the choice of the Sur
rey side of the river might give the
lucky crew an advantage of as much
as a length. Cambridge won the toss
and chose the Surrey side. Tho Har
vard crew were afloat first.
The Race Hy Bulletins.
At 4:30 p. m., the start, Cam
bridge took a slight lead. At 4:32
Cambridge was leading by a length at
Beverly Brook.
At 4:34 p. m. Cambridge was still
over a length in front. x Harvard was
rowing 42, Cambridge 38. At Craven
Steps the Cantabs was over a length
ahead. At Crabtree Cambridge was
leading by 2 1-4 lengths.
4:38 p. m. At. Hammersmith
bridge Cambridge wa sa length and a
Quarter ahead.
4:40. At Lead Mills Cambridge
maintained ho.' lead of a length und
a quarter, both crews striking about
4:41 p. m. Both crews rowing eas
ily passed Lead Mills; neither
seethed distressed.
4:42 p. m. Opposi.c Doves Har
vard gained somewhat but Cantabs
quickened and led by a length and a
naif at Thorneyi rofts.
Harvard lost ground at Doves by
steering too far out.
4:48. Cambride won by two
lengths.
A HUGE DEFICIT
IN THE RESERVE
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Sept. 8. The state
ment o foleurlag house 'banks today
shows a deficit in the legal reserve
required of $6,577,920. This is if
to be the largest deficit In the legal
reesrve required since 1895, when it
was necessary to issue bank certifi
cates. The stock market today practically
Ignored the showing of a deficit of $fi,
577,825 by the banks below the legal
reserve requirements. Prices drooped
momentarily when tho statement first
appeared and then rose vigorously on
powerful support to a strong closing.
Speculative confidence was professed
that the heavy engagements of gold for
Import, which will become available on
Monody through the operation of the
order of the secretary of the treasury
to facilitate the Import movement will
be sufficient to replenish the deficit in
New Yolk and to supply means for
easing the money market. Estimates
of the amount of gold already secured
for this purpose vary from ten million
to over fifteen million dollars. Stocks
were comparatively dull and moved in
a hesitating Way until the final burst
of strength which followed the publi
cation of the bank statement.
MYSTERY IN DEATH
OF AN ENGINEER.
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Salisbury, Sept. 8. There can be
nothing found out about the death yes
terday morning of Engineer Clint 0.
Cltnkscales. He left Salisbury . shortly
after niHnlght and went to Spencer
where he was recently promoted as
yard engineer. When he was seen next
he was lying on the track used by foot
men, his left leg and arm torn from
his body and his head hurt.
He was yet conscious and said he
had been pushed from the ear. The
unfortunate fellow was taken to the
Whitehead-Stokes Sanatorium and died
at 6 o'clock in the 'morning. The re
mains were shipped to his home in
Blythowood. S. C.
MILLIONS LOST
IN THE FLAMES
(By the Associated Press.)
Denver, Col., Sept. 8. Fire In the
refinery plant of the Argo Smelter
last night caused a loss estimated at
over $300,000 on the building and fur-
naces. Bullion and partially
refined
melted
Hiatal valued at 175.000 were
by the flames, causing a loss of sev
eral thousand dollars more. There was
no
Insurance on the plant.
i TWO MEN BURNED
TO DEATH IN OAR.
(By the Associated Press.)
Messemer, Mich.. Sept. 8. Alfred
Hanson -and Henry Frank, sleeping In
a car on the Northwestern track at
Turtle Station, burned to death last
night. Both men had been drinking
und set tire to the car with their pipes.
WERNZ CHOSEN
BY THE JESUITS
As General of the Great
Religious Order
HE IS FROM GERMANY
Is Predicted That This Man,
Whose Selection Gratifies tl.it1 Bp"
mail Pontiff, Will Infuse Nov. Life
Into the Company of Jesus A
Progressive .Man.
(By the Associated Press.)
Rome, Sept. 8. Francis Xavler
Wernz, a German, today was elected
general of the society by the congre
gation of list company of Jesus, in
succession to the late Father Man in
who died last May.
Following the election a messen
ger was immediately dispatched to
the Vatican to inform the pope ol
the choice, which, to become effec
tive, requires tho papal sanction.
Two Hallots Taken,
Although the strictest secrecy was
observed, it is learned that two bal
lots were taken before I lie iinal
choice was made. At the conclusion j
of Hie decisive balloting, announce- j
ment that a new general of tae or- i
der had been chosen was conimuni- '
cated to the outer world by the ring
ing of a bell which was tha signal
that the meeting was at an end.
Formal announcement of the elec- j
lion then was made to the rector ol
the college. At the same moment
Father Alfred Maertens, procurator
general of the Jesuits, started for
the Vatican to inform Pope Pius ot
the company choice. He was re- j
CSived immediately by the pontil't ,
who expressed great satisfaction j
over the selection of Father Wernz.
"He is just the man lilted for the
position," said the pope when he bad
heard the message brought by Father j
Maertens. He charged Father Maer-
tens to take to General Wernz the j
apostolic benediction and also an af
fectionate letter of greeting which
he wrote to the new general.
In the meantime General Wernz
was receiving congratulations from
m ambers of the order and many
others at his own room in the college
where he went immediately after tho
announcement of the election. Father i
Warnz's comment upon his election,
according to a story which came from I
the council chamber, made immedi
ately upon the conclusion of the bal
loting, was "'God 1 am not worthy.!
but Thy will and that of St. Ignatius j
be clone."
-No time lias yet been fixed for the
election of assistants to the general
and for other officials including a
secretary and monitor.
A Sketch of the General.
Father Francis Xavler Wernz was
born at Kothweil, Wurtemburg, on
December H, 1841, and at the aga of
fifteen years entered the society of
j which he today was chosen head.
I After a long course of preparatory
I work, he took up tho study of canon
law at Dittan-Hall and in 1888 re
ceived an appointment as professor
in tho Gregorian University. He also
has been rector of the .university
since 1904. In 1S97 Father Wernz
began tha publication of a series of
books dealing with the most pro
found questions of canon law. Four
volumes of ibis work already have
been published. Ho is a consulting
member of the congregation ecclesi
astic extraordinary affairs and index
council.
It is predicted that the choice of
Father Wernz as general of tho com
pany of Jesus will result In the in
fusion of new life into the organiza
tion. He is recognizad in church cir
cles as a progressive man, of present
day ideas and extremely energetic.
An Interesting anaedole of Father
Wernz's boyhood, when a gypsy
soothsayer predicted his later suc
cess In life. Is recalled in connection
with his election today. According
to the story, when the old gypsy
fixad her eyes upon the boy she
raised her hands above her head ex
claiming: "There is a man of the
future."
All those present who had heard
(he gypsy's words pressed around
the old woman and tha boy, pouring
questions upon the fortune teller.
"He will command men," she told I
them in answer to their inquiries of
what she saw for the lad In the fu
ture. "Will he become chief of the gyp
sies?" asked one of the spectators.
"He will be more than that," the
old woman replied. "Others may
he king of the gypsies, but be will
bo popa of the gypsies."
FOR SOME NEW
SCHOOL HOUSES
Stale Board
of Education
$7,630
Loans
WAKE GETS A PORTION
C ilar Forkf Murks Creek, Cary ami
Union's Creek IHstriets in This
County llcucfit by the Loan The
Olher Counties and Ann. nuts They
Receive.
The state
(lay allowed
fund aggref!
the building
board of
loans fioi
ating 1.7,0
of new
dueilion to
special loal
0 lo aid it
put
ouiiii
Wal
It' sc'ioo
as fol
- P.tifiO
bouses in sixteen
lows: Sampson $:lti"p
kitchell $1,025, Can
wood IfllOO, Pamlico
ret $ 1 Oil, 1 !:i
$:l)(l, Oat iwau
$100, Anson
Wilkes $250.
1)25,
.? 1 05,
i Stanly
j 100.
: The
Transylvania
Rowan $5110,
$575, Stokes
Cabarrus tfi
$.-
ill.
Gat. Lin!
thei' jkt e
allowance.
I'm
Wal.
Car
Creel,
ire Cedar Fork, No. 1
Marks
i Creels
.No. 1, $lho;
and Barton's
.so.
.No.
$250,
$:; jo.
THEN SHOT DEAD
Oaks, Whiskey Inflamed, Goes
to Meeks' House
DRAGS Hi OFF PORCH
Endeavors lo I train Mini With a
Blackjack Mocks Retaliates by
Shooting Mini Down The Woman
In the Case Appears (o lie Sirs',
Mocks.
(Special lo Tha
High jMtil, N.
this morning I'lea
age, was killed
Ha years of age.
Evening Times. 1
C, Sept. S. Karly
s Oaks years of
by George Mocks,
igo. The murder tool,
home of Me.'ks in the
of the city, and after
ks came up town ami
up to the o Ulcers,
sea give the following
murder: Oaks, a much
dan Meoks, came to i ii
kg drunk and engaged
place at the
southern pari
the' deed Me
gave hi nisei I'
10y wit ncs
light on the
heavier man ;
house of .Alee
in an altercation With the latter.
Oaks jerked M eks off his ( Mocks I
own porcu. do was ordered away,
when Oaks struck at Mocks with a
black jack and shoved him inside
the door.
After ordering Oaks away three
times Meoks shot him dead just a
Oaks was trying to brain Meoks with
a blackjack.
Mocks' wile and Mr. Mike Morris,
a boarder, wore eye witnesses of I lie
tragedy.
On thS dead body of Oaks is a
pistol and a blackjack fastened
his wrist anil run up his sleeve. It
is learned that the real trouble
which resulted in the murder was
Oaks' effort!! to put himself on too
Intimate nfooling with Meaks' wife.
The coroner wil hold an inquest,
this afternoon. John W. Wilson,
county attorney, nnd E. H. Farrlss
represent the slate and W. P. Ragan
and P. O. (Jokl the defendant.
Judgment Against the Tar Heel
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Greensboro, X. C, Sept. 8. In
justice Collins' court today Dr. W. j
A. Lash was given judgment against i
the Tar Heel Publishing Company !
for $ 1 1 0 for rent past due and offi
cial notice was served on the com-!
pany to vacate the room on north j
Kim street usoa oy the paper as an
office.
A Case ot Usury.
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Greensboro, X. C, Sept. S. A war
rant was issued this morning against
(1. I). Masters & Co.. a money lend
ing firm hero, charging them with
usury and extortion, and the case will
be tried Monday. Fugene Thorn, a
negro, is the complainant, claiming
that he has boon made to pay more
than $200 in usurious fees for a
loan.
THRICE WARNED
BASIS OF PEACE
TERMS NAMED
j Menoca! Indicates Demands
! of Rebels
GUERRA MAY RE LEFT
Some
Thai
Wen
More
Veterans Assert, However,
His Recent Hostile Aits
to Gain
I (ridges
Better
Mown
Kio.
is Two
('lilting
on Pinur Del
(By the Associated Press.)
Havana, Sept. 8, -General Meno
cal said today that the leaders of!
the rebellion in the province of
Santa Clara had intimated that they
would negotiate for peace on the
basis of new municipal elections, a
new general election, amnesty lor
all insurgents and the appofntmoni
of a special commission to investi
gate the death of Congressman Yil
lllehdas the national liberal candi-:
date fo) president, who was shot and
killed in a light with police at Cion
I iieges September VI, 1905; and who
is said to have boon deliberately
niurdor.il.
When questioned regarding the
rebels in Havana province, General
Mcnoeal said they also had intimat
ed that thev would ngrea practically1
to tlie same terms, leaving the force;
commanded by Pino Guerrii the only
one in the Held. Menoenl positively1
declared thill if Guerrii did not agree
lo accept reasonable peace terms all
the rast ol the country would lie,
against hint. This statement would
appear to ln supported by l he ex
pressions of a veteran who attended'
Ihe peace conferences here today.
Some of them assorted that Guerra's
recent acts of hostility wore merely ;
'moves calculated lo sacure bettor!
lorms of peace, and that if he does I
ftlpt consent, to negotiate lie must be
compelled to rto so. by the rest of thai
: country.
Two more bridges on the Western
1-Railway were blown Up last night,
one of them situated twelve mil's
I ( nsl of I'inar Del Kio, near Puerto
Golpe. i hits cuiiing off railroad com-!
muiiiciition with I'inar lie) Kio.
The troop train which returned
'til "aiacios last night resumed Its
; jour'aay at 10 o'clock this morning,
j going ahead of a regular passenger!
train ironi Havana to Puerto Golpe.
Owing to the lack of wire commu
nication there is no noe s, official I
or (likewise or last night's events bo-,
' .vend Puerto Golpe.
" ;
BRYAN TREATS IT
WITH CONTEMPT.
(P,y the Associated Press.)
Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 8. "You can ex
pert that kind of attack from (bat
kiln! of pie." said William J. Bryan
tiKluy in talking' of the attack made
upon him lasi nigh I by linger C. Sul
livan, member of the democratic na
tional committee from Illinois. Mr.
Hryilfl said be was not prepared to
answer Mr. Sullivan's charges. Mi.
Itrj'ttll also said thai he could not Bay
just when he would make a statement
on Ihe Illinois situation.
SOVTHKHX'S GHKAT
WOKK AT SAI.ISlll
IV.
(Spe.
Salisb
la! t'
Tlie Evening Times.)
Sept. S. - Tile Southern
will in a few days begin the con
struction of the largosl transfer shed
anywhere on its system in the south
lorn states. The imniuisity of the
j undertaking Will be understood well
t when it is said more than 7.T.O00
cubic yards of din will be taken out
for the foundation and the work oi
i excavation. This item alone will cosi
' nearly $1 a, 000.
Ot late years there has been such
a congestion of freight that sonio-
. tiling of the kind has been
I imperative. The work will
' next week
found
begin
J. N. HOLDING IS
COUNTY CHAIRMAN
Mr. Ij. H. Peg nil
chairmanship c 'he
democratic cx6 tltive
resigned Ihe
Wuke county
committee .ii
the meeting of the cojnmilt.
held this afternoon (old Mr
being
.1. X.
Holding was elected in his stead. Mr.
Mr. K. K. Hrillon also resigned as sec
retary of the committee. The selec
tion of his successor was left with
the chairman and the appointment
will be made later.
Mr. Pegram's resignation was on
account of the duties of the ofileo in
I torforing with his business oblign
l ions.
Tin1 nu oi ing was
od and the political
County wns very
cussed . .Many of
largely atfend
n flail's of the
generally dis
he democratic
county candidal
participated in
s wi re present and
In' discussions.
Tin1 arrangements for the recep
tion of .ii'. Bryan will bo announced
later by Chairman Holding. There
will iv committees on arrangements;
finance and reception and perhaps
others, Mr. Divan will be the guosl
of Governor Glenn at the mansion.
i m;
missing
is
CASHIKlt
NOT YET fiOCATKU.
(Special lo
Fuyetievitle
The Evening Times.)
.N. ('., Sept. S. W.
missing cashier of the
A, Jbnei
Hank of
Hans of
disapp "J
not ye'
, i hi
Hope Mills,
Fayellcvillo
red on last
been hoard
i branch of the
this city, who
Saturday, has i
from, although
nia.de lo locate
every effort is
him. Further
boim
investigation of the
bank's affairs shows no disci
There is no run on t he bank-;
paney.
in fact
sires to
no sign thai any depositor d
Withdraw account .
CONTRACTS AWARDED
Heating Court and Jail and
Plumbing in Jail
llulcjgli i;i "c!ric Company Wants to
I'liitc Switches on Hillsboro
Street Other ( images in Track
Suggested Make It Level With
Koad.
The board of county commission
ers, in special session yesterday af
teniooii. took up the bids for
steam healing of the court house
Ihe
and
jail.
The following bids were submit
ted: W. A. Stunkle & Co.. of Ral
eigh, $1,100: Young & Hughes of
Raleigh, $:!.! 7 1 : 1!. McKenzie of
Greensboro, ?:;,xro.
liids for tho plumbing in Ihe jail
were also submitted, as follows:
Young & Hughes, $ti3: W. A.
St link el Co., tot 2.
M was ordered that
the contract
for healing bo awarded to Young &
Hughes at file price of $3,845, using
sectional boiler instead of tubular,
which was another bid submitted by
that lirni.
Hughes i
The
t Ik
bid of
plumbing
Young (t
wns also
accepted.
The ttaielgl
made applicnii
of uniting 111.1 :
Marx's School
front of (.'. II.
Fleet l ie
in for the
Company
privilege
witch
wil h
in front of St.
the switch in
Kelvin's, making a
double track between those points,
A commit tee consisting of Messrs.
l ily, llroughion nnd Fdwards was
appointed to confer with the electric
company and suggest a change in
tile curve on the western limits of
St. Mary's School and to lower the
present (rack from the city limits to
the level of the road bod to C. H.
Belyin's, and within one year's time
to lower all their track to the road
level to ihe fair grounds, and if this
agreement can be reached the com
nittteo is authorized lo make con
iraci ai once to lie executed by tho
chairman.
On r icohinjenda.ti.on
ing committee h was
the id. ins and specitt cations for the
court house extension as submitted
By II. P. McKoller be accepted and
that bids be advertised for by the
cor
the
mill 1 1
worl
for
the construction of
made discontinuing
d I lillsboro road was
work on
rescinded
lie
CANNON IN A HOT
-tattotttxtmatvii I
JbljMliSli I'M MAIJNlli. 1
(By the Associated Press.)
Portland, Mo., Sept, 8 The Maine
political campaign closed today with
many rallies and final speeches by
prominent men. Speaker Cannon,
who shows the effect of making nine
addresses in five days, will speak al
Ellsworth tonight with Senatpl
ElV
gene Halo, who will doll vol
speech of the campaign.
his only j
!
Fl'NEHAIi DIRKCTOItS
MEET NEXT AT NORFOLK
(P.y the .
Chicago. Se
officers for tin
tional Funeral
Vssoclatcd Press.)
pt. s. After electing
i ensuing year t lie Na
Direc tors' Associal ion
closed its annual convention here to
day. The next convention will he
hold at .Norfolk. O. IJ. Quinlun of
Chicago, was chosen president; H.
M. Kilpalrlck of Kim wood. 111., sec
retary, and Charles A. Miller of Cin
cinnati, treasurer.
WAKE FARMERS
AGREE TO IOC.
Hot Springs Resolution Unan
imously Endorsed
SEVERAL STRONG TALKS
Mass Meeting Today Hears Col. Cuii
ingliam, Prof. Carlyle, Capt. C. N.
Allen, Secretary Parker and
Others lielieve It's a Short Crop,
Meet Again a Week From Thurs
day. The mass meeting of Wake County
otton growers today in Metropolitan
Hall endorsed by a unanimous vote the
resolution adopted by the executive
committee of the Southern Cotton As
sociation at Hot Springs yesterday
evening, which calls upon the farmers
i m.t to sell this year's cotton at less
I than the cost of production, which Is
j of course a ten cent minimum, and to
market slowly and only on a advancing
i market, and withdraw all cotton at
every decline.
The meeting was not very largely
attended, and both the president of the
county association, Mr. A. C. Green,
and the principal speaker who had been
announced, Mr. Ashley Horne of Clay
ton, were absent.
However, strong addresses by Col.
J. S. Cuningham of Person, Prof. J. B.
Carlyle of Wake Forest, Secretary T. B.
Parker of the State Association, Capt.
('. N. Allen of Auburn, and others,
w ere enthusiastically applauded.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr. J. M. Templeton, chairman of the
county executive committee, In the
i absence of President A. C. Green.
I Secretary Walter Grimes read the
! resolution adopted by the executive
j committee of the Southern Cotton As
; sedation at Hot Springs yesterday, as
j follows:
"Inasmuch as we, the cotton grow
I ers of the south, know that there has
been great deterioration in the cotton
crop since August 15, and
"Whereas. The concensus of opinion
of the members of this committee Is
! that the deterioration is sun going on,
we deem it unwise to make an esti
mate of the crop at this time. We are
satisfied the crop will not be as large
as the current estimate.
"AVe, therefore, suggest and urge up
on all our members and producers
throughout the south not to sell their
cotton at a figure less than the cost of
production.
"We call upon southern interests to
aid in maintaining for all time this
price as a minimum. We urge the
necessity of marketing the crop slowly
and only on an advancing market and
withdraw all cotton from the market
at every decline."
Col. R. H. Jones moved that this
meeting endorse the resolution just
r.ad. He favored slow marketing ot
the cotton crop this season.
Mr. Buffalo of Swift Creek said his
crop would be short this year.
Capt. ('. X. Allen strongly urged the
making of home supplies and said that
any farmer that would sell cotton at
less than ten cents ought to be sent to
tlv asylum. He favored pluntir 168
cotton, and said there was no use in
cultivating poor land in anything, for
it could be sown in clover or vetch
and the fertilizer gathered in this way
from the atmosphere. The secret of
of tho build-! success In farminK was the proper ro
ordered tha: tat ion of crops. The south could be the
garden spot of the world. Harvle Jor
dan was right when he said the south
had a monopiy that needed no federal
protection'.
Captain Allen declared that the mar
keting of the crop had less to do with
the price than the planting. Plant a
crop of only 10 to 12 million bales, and
the marketing will take care of itself.
The secret of good prices was to plant
just enough for the needs of the buyers
I!
little less, and then they would
I pave (o ngni i" u.
Mr- l: "ntt wc.s ciiiieu on ana
Si,id from bis observation the crop In
this county would hi short. As for
him. he had made up his mind not to
sell a bale for less than 10 cents, and
he hoped no other farmer In the county
would.
Mr. Jeff Upchuroh of Swift Creek
gave It as his opinion that the crop
would be rather short this year.
Mr. Millard Mini thought it was not
so much a ipiestlon of acreage as the
conditions governing the present crop.
He thought more cotton would be made
In his section than last year, but not
so much as was expected. He believed
people ought not to be in too great a
hurry to gin their cotton. There would
lie a grent many people who would
pay no attention to resolutions passed.
A man must use his own Judgment.
The question of acreage did not con-
front us now.
Mr. Ragsdale said the crop Ir. Mld-
' die Creek was less than last year.
I Many of his people were turning to to
bacco. He believed the red land cottoh
would come up to a minimum average,
but the sandy lam' cotton was not go
ing to come up to an average. He con
sidered thai the situation was In the
' hands of the farmers further south,
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