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VOL. I.
ELM CITY, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBBUABY14, 1902.
NO 2T
UD tIFLE BAHLE
A Deadly Fifht in Ihs Streets of
Chica{[0.
ONE WATCHMAN FATALLY flURT.
Another Clash Over the flade Lsnd
Along the Aristocratic Lak» Shore
Drive.
Chicago, Special.—During a fight
with Winchester rifles between the fol
lowers of rival claims to ; property
along the Lalco Shore drive, the most
aristocratic boulevard in • Chicago.
Frank Kirk, a watchman for one of
the clalnrants, was shot through the
head, sustaining a mortal wound.
The property in dispute consists of
made land lying east of the Lake Shore
drive and between it and Lake Michi
gan. Captain George W. Streeter, who
has for many years been a thorn in the
Bide of North Side property owners,
because of his propensity to settle on
vacant ground and then claim in^ the
courts the rights of a squatter, has
erected several small shanties upon
this ground. He claims that the offi
cials of the city of Chicago or the State
i»f Tllinois have no right uppn it. To
night Henry Cooper, a lawyef who has
been active in his opposition to Street
er, accompanied b^ Policeman O’Mal
ley, went upon the ground and w? ^ at
tacked by Streeter, who knocked him
down with the fetitt of a revolver. Sev
eral of Streeter’s followers covered
O’Malley with their , weapons and he
was ordered to leave or be shot
Shortly after. Goopcf and O’Malley
had left the ground a pitched battle
broke out between three of Streeter’s
followers, 'Wiiliam McManners, Wil
liam Block and John Hoeldtke, and
two watchmen employed by Cooper,
Frank Kirk and Sampel Portorous. One
of the first shots fired struck Kirk ia
the top of the head. Portorous returned
the fire of the Streeter men with a
Winchester. A riot call was hastily
sent to the Chicago,avenue police sta
tion and a wagon filled with officers
lirider the command of Captain Revere
was sent on the run toward the place.
When the officers arrived Kirk’s body-
lay in the snow outside the shanty.
While from the window Portorous kept
a steady fire upon the three men in the
other house who were returning his
fire with all the speed with which they
could work their rifles. The firing
■'ceased as the police appeared and a
cordon of officers was at once thrown
around the shanty in which McMan
ners, Block and Hooldtke were. Three
men and Mrs. McManners were placed
under arrest and taken to the police
station.
Returning to the building in a short
time the officers found that Streeter
had barricaded the house once more.
He was summoned to surrender and af
ter some parley gave himself up. When
he came out of the house he carriel a
rifle and four revolvers. All persons li^
ing on the “District of Lake Michigan”
were placed under arrest pending the
death or recovery of Frank Kirk. At
the hospital to which he was taken he
died without regaining consciousness.
130 rien Drowned
Victoria, B. C-. Special.—All hope for
the missing British isloop of war Con
dor which left here J>ecember 2, just
before the big storm \^hich wrecked the
Collier Matthews off Cape Flattery was
abandoned with the arrival of the ship
Egeria from a trip along the west coast
of Vancouver. The i:geria’8 officers
found wreckage from the Condon
which shows that she must have C^ne
down or was smashed to pieces by the
heavy seas. The crew of the Condor
numbered 130 officers and men.
Sentenced to Hang.
Roanoke, Va., Special.—Charles Foy,
the negro who narrowly escaped being
lynched after he had murdered Daytot
H. Miller, treasurer of a coal company
at Tom’s Creek. Va., on December 20th
last, was tried at Wise Court House
and sentenced- to be hanged on March
14. Foy’s case was heard in the same
court ten days ago, at which time the
jury failed to agree.
A Move Against Russia.
London, Special.—The ministers so
well kept the secret that the paper is
sued after Parliament had adjourned*
{or the night announcing' the first im
portant alliance between a Westeni
and yellow or Asian race, comes as a
startling surprise to the public and al
though the Idea of an alliance with
Japan is likely to meet with general
approval, the outcome of this
tional departure will be anticipated
•with no little anxiety. It is regai;ded as
a move against Russia and to explain
the abandonment of the colony
Wei-Hai-Wci
of
The Dry Qoods Market.
New York, Special.—There was no
material change in the market for dry
goods at first hands. Local Jobte?e
generally reported quitj a marked im
provement in tho volaale of bustaess.
A large number of buyers were
and Jobbsrs felt the Narro-w
print clnths were guiet,^but Arm, with
a better demand for wi^e goods at full
prices. Piecc silks wer« la good de
mand aad the was ttroag.
t>!iUa v«i la
m GMYIOXBIU.
A Substitute Metsure AfalBSt Cbcas-
leal Campaoy.
In the Sehatd Monday Mr. t¥ebdw*
Son, for the majority of the committee
(>n Judiciary, made a. report on Senator
Graydon’s bill to debar the Virginia*
Carolina Chemical company from do
ing business in this State. The repo^
recommends the passage of a subsiir
tute bill, which Js as follows:
A bill withdrawing permission from
the Virginia-Carolina Chemical cont-
pany to do business in this State ex
cept upon the conditions herein staited.
Whereas, the Virginia-Carolina^
Chemical company, a corporation
formed under the laws of the State of
New Jersey, did on the 22nd day of
January, 1900, file with the secretary
of St&te of this State the papers neces
sary to enable it to do business in the
State as a foreign corporation, and
V/hereas, the said foreign corpora
tion previous to the filiqg of said pa
per did violate the laws of this State
and has in ether respects violated the
laws of this St^te and
Whereas, every corporation char
tered under the laws of this State is
subject to the right of amendment, al
teration. cr repeal by tha general as
sembly of the State, itherefore.
Be it enacted by the general assem
bly of the State of South Carolina:
Section 1. 'Phat the permit, or; per-
mis.:ion to do business in 'this State by
the Virginia-Oarolina Chemical com
pany be, and it is hereby, revoked, to
take effect on the 1st day of May, 1902.
Provided, however. That this abolition
of said permit shall not take effect if
before sad date the said company or
its stockholders shall eitlier take out
a charter from the secretary of State
under the laws of this State as a do
mestic corporation, or file a stipula
tion with the secretary State, to the
elfect that said corporation will abide
by all laws and regulations of this
State now existing or hereafter enact
ed relating to domestic corporations of
like charter, and a bond ia the pena!
sum cf $50,000. with sureties to be ap
proved by the secretary of' State, con
ditioned to pay said sum absolutely if
said company shall in any way fail to
pay any fines and penalties now due
to the State or observe any of its laws
applicable to domestic corporation, or
attempt to question the jurisdiction of
the State courts.
Senator Eimwell. for a minority of
the committee, made an unfavorable
report on Senator Graydon’s bill asd
d^lined to recommend ihe substitute
bill, holding that neither plan was ap
plicable to the circuinstances.
S*ate Sunday School Convention.
The following oificial announcement
has been made, dated at Newberry:
To Pasters and SnperintcndcnKs.
The South Carolina Sunday School
association will be convened in an
nual session in Greenwood. S. C.,
March 25-27. A very interesting con
vention is promised. In addition to
prominent and forceful speakers and
Sunday school workers of cur own
State, we will have with us. as the
representative of the International exe
cutive committee, Mr. Chas. D. Meigs
of Indianapolis, Ind one of the fore
most Sunday, school workers of the
West. Mr. Meigs will discuss
topics of great interest to the Sunday
schools. Alt this forthcoming conven
tion delegates will be elected to the
10th International convention to be
held in Denver. Col., next June. W^e
appeal to the Christian people of our
beloved commonwealth who are speci
ally ittterested in this great cause to
identify themselves with this organ-
ized movement to the end that the
cnnvention may be an assured success.
Let pastors and superintendents take
up this matter at once, with their
teachers, presenting the great need of
larger equipment and the benefits to
be derived by attendance upon all the
sessions of the convention. The rail
roads will extend the usual courtesy
of reduc^ rates. The good people of
Greenwood will entertain all delegates
For programmes address Wm. E. Pel
ham, chairman executive committee.
A Suicide.
Greenwood, (Special)—News has
reached here of a suicide in the lower
section of the county. Mrs. Seaborn
Rush, a married lady about 30 years
old, committed suicide last Wednes
day by shooting herself in the head.
She had been in bad health for some
time. Last year a little child of hers
was burn'9d to death, and four years
ago accidentally shot himself while
hunting.
Philippine Captures.
Manila, Special,—A brother of Mal-
var, the insurgent leader, has been
captured. He was chief surgeon of the
B&tangas insurgents at a strong insur
gent post captured near Calamba, La
guna province. A number of rifles, bo-
los and six typewriting machines fell
into the hands of the Americans. It is
believed this post formed Malvar’s
heacquarters.
MardI Qras Festivities.
New Orleans, Special.-Beantifnl
weather contributed to the suceess of
the Mardi Gras programme. Quotations
from literature were illustrated by 21
effective floats In the pageant Res. im
personated by M. J; Sanders, arrived in
a gorgeous car-stt the head of his pag
eant and was enthusiastically greeted
by thousands. The ball and reception
of the King was held tonight The
night programme included the annual
pageant of the Krew of Comus, the
oldest of mystic societies, and a ball
whieh ends the carnival.
CONMTIOS SEMOPS.
Presideors S02 Grows Soddealy
Much Worse.
SYMFfOMS m YEIY ALARMING.
A Lons and Anxious Day For tho
President and tiis Wife at the
Bedside of Their Sick Soa
Mass., Special.—Theordore
Ooosevelt, Jr., the soa of President
Roosevelt, is seriously sick, but It is
too early to say what the chances are
for his recovery. This was the state
ment issued by Mr. George B. Cortel-
you, secretary of the President, at 0
o’clock Monday nigui, and was made
after a careful examination by Dr.
Alexander Lambert, the family physi
cian of President Roosevelt, who arriv
ed here fer>m New York at 6 o’clock.
President and Mra. Roosevelt spent a
long, anxious dc.y. in the infirmary
awaiting the crisis of the disease which
this morning appeared to have taken
such a strong hold of their son. The
change for the worse in the boy’a con
dition during the night had showed it
self when the regular morning exami
nation was made by Dr. Shuttuck and
Dr. Wanen. Secretary Cortelyou. who
is the only nieans of communication
with the sick room, made the an
nouncement of the patient’s serious
condition, although he said laen it was
not alafming. “His temperature is
higher.” said Mr. Cortelyou. “and his
respiration is weaker than Sunday, but
his pulse is better.”
He also said there was no immediate
change, only the natural progress of
the disease. He announced that the
disease bad spread and involved both
lungs.
This sudden and unfavorable turn
warned the Prosident that the most
skillful medical treatment was neces
sary, and so he called to the aid of
Dr. Shuttuck and Dr. Warren his fam
ily phsrsician, Dr. Alexander LambOTt,
of New York, an eminent practicioner
and a man well acquainted with , the
bey’s physique. i
Groton, Mass.—The condition of
Theordore Rooseve.i, Jr., at 8:
Tuesday morning was apparently
very serious. For half an hour
the voice of the boy calling for
water could be heard on the streets.
Nothing could be obtained from the
house, but it is believed the patient is
deliroue.
To Buy English Railroads.
New York, Special.—The incorpora
tion of the Great Britain Railway De
velopment Corporation, at Trenton, N.
J., is announced ,and according to a
director of the company who will be
quoted in the Journal and American,
will build and purchase electric lines
in England, in those places where the
transit facilities are inadequate to the
demand and the equipment behind the
age. According to the same paper, the
charter of the company calls for only
1100,000, but this is merely nominal.
As a matter of fact. $3,300,000 have
been subscribed already by citizens of
New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Richmond.
The Prince Coming.
Berlin, By Cable.—Prince Henry of
of Prussia, came with Emperor Wil
liam from Potsdam Monday morning.
The Prince will remain quietly at ihe
Schloss until Tuesday evening, . when
His Majesty will give a dinner in honor
of Prince Henry and his suite. There
will be no speeches made. This will be
the Emperor’s farewell to his brother.
Emperor William and the Prince will
have a private interview before the
dinner. The Prince will go on board
the Kron Prinz Wilhelm Saturday af-
terno(». Emperor William and Prince
Henry expressed concern at the news
of the illness" of President Roosevelt’s
son, and received frcim the Gcrinan
ambassador at Washington re-assunng
replies to their messages of inquiry.
Dr. Talmase's Narrow Escape.
ValdosU 6a-, SpecIaL—Rev. T; De-
Witt Talmage, had a narrow escape inf
a train wreck at Dupont on the Plant
System, this afternoon. A Dupont train
collided with another train. Dr. TW-
mage lost a part of ms baggage but
sustained no worse Injury than a sev
ere shaking up. Three men of the train
crew were Injured.
Telegnplilc Brfefo.
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Fitzhugh Lee in Chicago.
Chicago, Special.—General ntzhngh
Lee lectured here Monday night at the
Auditorium, under the auspices of the
National Union, a patriotic fraternal
organization. There was a large attend
ance and the welcome accorded Gen.
Lee was in the nature of an ovation.
His subject was “Peace and War ia
the United States and Cuba.”
Steals a riillion.
Detroit, Special.—Vice President
Frank C. Andrews, of the City -Savings
Bank, which has been in the binds of
State Bank Commissioner G^rge L.
jse, since Monday morning, was ar
rested late in. the afternoo? and ar
raigned'at 9:30 o’clock at night on the
charge of ‘‘wilfully, fraudulently and
knowingly” securing from the bj
without security . and without the
knowledge of the other directors, a
sum exceeding ?1,000,000. He was re
leased on $10,000 bail and his examina
tion was set for February 21.
Order Rolling Stock.
Roanoke, Va.. Special.—In a4ditlon
to an order placed with the Southern
Car ft Foundry Company, of Birming-
Al»., last week, by Norfolk
ft Western Railroad for 1,000 box cars
and 750 coal cars, that road announced
its intention to place an order for 500
flat cars with the Roanoke Machiw
Works of this city. The orders for
ralli&f stock, placed by th® Norfolk &
to pwf
NORTH 5TATE News.
$75,oo» Fire in Washhugtoa, N. C.
Washington. Special.—A bad flra
is raging here as this ^ispatch is brtng
written, but is under control. It orig
inated in the Atlantic Coast Une ware
house, which was destroyed. It con
tained a large amoimt of freight Fol
lowing are losei^: Atlantic Coast Line
warehouse and contents, $35,000; B. Pe
terson, wholesale'grocery, 130,000; W.
C. Dudley, bar, 11,000; Mrs. C. K. Qal-
lagher, building, $1,000; Dr. D. T. Tay-
loe, building, $500;. Mrs. B. S. Hoyt,
building, $8,000, H. Busman Pamlture
Coippany, damage to stock, $1000. Quite
a number' of merchants and others
were damaged by removal of stock, etc.
The cause of the fire is said to hav«
been, a defective flue ia the Atlaatie
Coast Une office.
At one time the whole of Main ttreet,
the business portion of the town,
seemed to be doomed, but by heroic
work on the part it tiie fire company
and citizens the fire Is now under con.
trol. This is the second time within a
year our town has be«i risited by s big
fire-
Change in Convict System.
Raleigh, (Special.)—^The Directors of
the State’s Prison, whose session closed
Friday, not alcme attended to routine
business, but made an important ar
rangement for the State’s Prison;
The company wiU manufacture pants
and overalls in thi^ penitentiary, and
the prison authorities are to be under
no extra exjiense beyond aiaintalnlnir
the prisoners, guarding the peniten
tiary, and providing a general overseer
who is to see that the convict do the
work as contracted.
For this the State is to receive 02V&
cents a day for each convict at work.
The directors are to furnish at least 100
hands, and ^pwards to 300. In these are
to be included th? one-legged and
otherwise disabled Convicts who are
not able to do hard work.
It is estimated by a member of the
board that the ^t to maintain each
convict ia 35 cents per day. and thf
difference between, this and the con
tract with the Atlanta firm goes to tbt
I»'ofit account. The " ork is to begin on
March first.
All farm work has abandoned, ex
cept work on the up!.' 'ds at Caledonia^
where there are some 4,500 acres ot
land that the State sUU holds.
Wants a Railniod.
Statesville. Special.—*rhe citizens of
North Iredell are arousing themselves
In behalf of a railroad for that sec
tion. In an Interesting letter which ap
pears in today’s Landmark Is set forth
the inducements for such a road, ih«
profits that would accrue from the line
and what a factor it ^ould prove in de
veloping the naturajj^^orces of that
section, which. It Is a well known fa^.-t.
Is possibly capable of greater develop
ment than any part of the county. It
is the best watered and timbered pai*.
of the couutry. In the article referred
to it Is show'll that on the several
streams the different water powers can
readily be developed several thousand
horse power. Some of these powers are
already partially developed. It is the
most inaccessible part of the county,
because of the extremely bad conditlua
of the public roads. They are very
much in earnest about a road and de
monstrate that, owing to the topogra
phy of the country along certain Sug
gested I'.res a road can be built at
much less than the usual cost of rail
road building. They natprally prefer
that Ibe road be built from Statesvlllu
via Bethany. Tumersburg or Olin and
Williamsburg, and connect with the
most accessible point on the road be
tween. Winston-Salem and Wilkesboro.
If not this route, theb they will try to
get It from Coolemee. The citizens pro
pose to have mass meetings at as early
a date as possible to formulate-plsn*
for accomplishing the end desired, and
in this they ask the hearty c»-opera-
tion of an who wish to see this rich
section developed.
riysterious Murder Near Mocksvilie.
Smith Grove, via Mocksvilie, (Spe
cIaL)—Will Kelly was found dead near
the well of Mrs. Hoat. widow of Dr.
Hunt, in Yadkin county Friday morn
ing. He had been shot through the head
and twicp through the shoulders. There
i!> damaging testimony «gainst Mrs.
Hunt and her brother,-'-Will Martin.
Martin had fied with officers in pur
suit A Roberts boy was captnred car'>
'ying Martin’s clothes. Mrs. Hunt .and
her lovely daughter. Miss Daisy, an .
strongly guarded.
Kelly killed some distance fron
the house and draped to a welL Th«
tracks of a man and woman were founa
around the body. Kelly was a nephew
of Mrs. Hunt and was courting the only
daughter of the wealthy widow.
Miss Daisy Hunt is prostrated about
ber lover being killed.
Cherry Tree rten Uadrr Bonds.
Rutherfordton, Special.—H. Hester,
H. L. Clower. C. D. Wllkle, G. W. Rol
lins and C. F. Geer, of the cherry tree
concern^ who have been on trial fo^Jkbe
past two days charged with hsiVing
used the niails for fraudulent purposes,
were bound ini a bond of $1,000 each ior
their appearance at the next term of
the Charlotte Federal Court This
makes 11 of the cherry three men who
bme been baund over, and there are
jret other arrei^ t» be mad*.
rmckers Ask Better Rates.
Wilmington. Special.—The executive
committee of the Eastern Carolina
Fruit and Truck Growers’ Association
met here and had a conference with
Tra3tc Manager T. M. Emerson, of the
Ck>ast Line. The result of it appears lo
have been entirely satisfactory, judg
ing from interviews with several of the
prominent members who are 4t the
meeting. The committee is not asking
for better rates. 4Jioae in effect be’.ng
entirely satisCactnry. but it wants a
bolter s*fTVlce and will no doubt receive
!i this season. The strawberry m6ve-
v.tnt will be abflwt April 5th aai ihe
'top is expected to reach 400,000 bas
kets. There is said to be a very mate
rial iscroMt m tbt born Mmgt
BiGCONFLAGRATlONS
Loss 11 PattersoB, N. J.
Fire ia St Louis Kills II People. *
EIGHT PUBLIC BUILDINGS, FIVE
TAR HEEL NOTES.
Four Banks, Fine Club
Seven Office Buildings,
Two Telegraph Offices, a6 Stores
•ad Two Newspepers.
Paterson, N. J.. Special.—A great.flr«
swept through Paterson on Sundiy
and in its desolate wake are the em
bers and ashes of property valued in
preliminary estimate at $10,000,000. It
burned Its way through the business
sectioa of the city and claimed as its
own a majority of the finer structures
devoted to commercial, dvie, educa
tional and religious use, as well as
scores of. bouses. There was small
tribute of life and Injury to the con-
Oagration but hundreds were left
homeless and thousands without em
ployment A relief movement for the
tare of those unsheltered and unpro-
rided for has been organized and John
Uenchclitte said tonight that Paterson
would be able to care for her own
without appealing to the Qkarity of
other communities and States. The
gi«at manufacturing plants of the place
are safe and the community, temporo-
sUy dazed by the calamity, already has
commenced the work of re-organiza-
tioa and restoration. The fire ewe at
midnight and was checked only After
a desperate fight. Every city and tow;n
within reach of Paterson sent firemen
and apparatus to the relief of the
threatened city, and it took the united
efforts of them all to win the battle. A
partial list of tiie properties destroyed
follows:
Public Buildings: City hall, public
library, old city hall, police station.
'No. 1 engine house, patrol stables, high
school and schooL
Churches: First Baptist Second
Presbyterian, Park Avenue Baptist St
Mark’s Episcopal and St Joseph’s Ro
man Catholic.
Banks: First National, Second ;Na-
tk>nal, (partially); Paterson NaUonal,
Silk City Trust Hamilton Trust and
Paterson Trust
Club Houses: Young Men’s Christian
Association, Knights ot Columbus.
Progress Club. St Joseph’s Uall'" and
Ibmilton Club.
Office Buildings: Romaine building,
Kaft building, Marshall ft Ball; Cohan
building. Old Town Clock, Old Kinne
building and Stevenson bulldins.
Telegraph Companies; Western
Union and PosUl Telegraph.
Theatres; The Garden.
Newspapers: The Evening News and
Sunday Chronicle.
Stores: Quackenbush’s dry goods;
Boston Store, dry goods; Globe Store,
dry goods; National Clothing Com
pany; Kent’s drug store; Klnsella’s
drug store; Muzzy’s hardware and gen
eral merchandise; Marshall & Ball,
clothiers; John Norwood, paints;
Obag*s grocery; Wertendyke's grocery,
P. H. ft W. G. Shields, groceries; “The
Paterson,” dry goods; Jordan’s piano
store; Sauten ft Company, pianos; Fed
erer ft McNair, shoes; Zendlcr’s con
fectionary; Pappin’s tea store; Bagow-
skl’s millinery; Brohal ft Muller,
shoes; C. E. Beach, automobiles; More-
jk Son, clothiers; Paterson Gas ft
Electric Company; Skye’s drug store
and Mackintosh’s drug store.
An estimate fro» » general inspec
tion of the. ruins of the residence dis
trict places the number of people left
without shelter at 1,000, A re-estimate,
when order succeeds confusion, m^ al
ter those figures.
St Louis, Special.-An early Sun
day morning fire, which d^troyed the
Empire Hotel, a large three-story
lod^ng bouse at 2,700 and 2,702 OUr^
street, oceuplcd by men exclusively,
caused the death of 11 persons-r-ten
men and one woraajv—and danger
ously injured eight oiners. Ten
more had narrow escapes from death
fal the fire, and numbers were morp
or less Injured by being frost;bitt«P
Twenty thousand dollars it is thought
will cover the damage to buildings
and contents which were totally de
stroyed.
The dead are: Morris Tall, senator
member of the firm of Tall, Clark and
Cowen, .manufacturers, of fine cut
glass, formerly of Chicago, burned to
a crisp; John C. Lueders, father of
Deputy City Marshal Lueders. skull
fractured in jumping from third story
window; Geo. Thompson, . switchman
termtaal yards, burned to death.
Mexico City, Special,—lb® "Federal
government has voted $20,000 in aid of
the victims of the ear^quake at Chll-
pandlgo, and the city government of
this caiMtal will send sid.
Big Rre at Elberton. Qa.
Elberton, Oa.. SpecIaL—Fire o«
Sunday destroyed nearly all of the
business section of this place, doing
damage which is estimated at $-00,
000. The Are at one time threatened
the entire city. Among the firms burn
ed out are Stillwell and Govern. W’
H. Corley. T. J. Hulmes, E. B. Tate
and Sons, two stores; the Tate block,
livery sUbles of R. E. Hudgins and
M. H. Maxwell, their stock being
turned loose and not yet recaptured
T. W. Campbell. J. R. Mattox. Taber
and Ahnand, S. O. Hawes, M. r
weU, Jos. Cohen, the T. M. Swift
block and the new plant of the South
ern Bell Telephone Company.
Uveiteaos e« StMe News Oathercd
FroaiMaay Ss«rcss.
Fomttnro Plaat at LetlagtM, N. C
Lexington. Special.-The Blk
ture (^mpany, of Lexington, has been
chartered by the State of North -Caro
lina. It is capitalized at $40,000. with
the privilege of increasing to $100,000.
The new company will manufacture
furniture, venewing,’ etc. The plant
will be located oppoidte the Dixie Pur-
niture factory, on the other side of ihe
Southern Railway ti^k. The Blk wlU
be fitted up with th^flsost modem and
improved machinery. wHl have its own
electric plant and wift be one of the
most thoroughly up-to-date factories
in the South. The .stockholders, oif the
company held their first meeting to
day and organized by electiM Dr. E.
Buchanan president; R. I- Burk-
head. vice president, and D. F. Conrad,
secretary and treasurer. The dlrrctors
elected are: R. L. Burkhead, D. F.
Conrad. J. R. McCrafy, H. B. Varner,
G. F. Hankins. W. S. Upp and J. H.
Alexander. The site for the factory has
been secured wid the railroad switch
surveyed near the Southern *Jepot. A
building committee was elected and
work on the buildings will ■ begin as
soon as the contract ca^ let.
Money For North CarofiM School.
New York, SpecUL—Mrs. Blma
Brewster Brick, who died at the ag* of
in her home in Brooklyn, Februaiy
3rd. bequeaths In her Will, which was
filed Tuesday, a great portton of her. es
tate, which is said to be worth nearly
$1,000,000 to charity lu which she has
been interested for 50 years. To the St.
Joseph Brick Agricultwal Industrial
and Normal School, In Edgecombe
cpunty, N. C., the bulk of her property
goes. The American Mlssimary Asso
ciation Is to take charge of this be
quest, the exact value of which could
not be learned today. This sdiool has'
been one of Mrs. Brick's , parUcular
cares. It was named in memory of he?
husband, who died a generstloa ago,
and Is fbr the education of negro boys
and girls.
News Notes.
A lighthouse ship built .at the ship*
yard in Petersburg, Va.. for the govern
ment at a cost of $100.KK> and 4o be us.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAl
New Enterprises Tknt Are CnrlrMm
As Ulostratlon of the poaslbUMias oT
Industrial developmeat in the Soath la
seen in the Slayden-Kirksey Woolen
Mills of Waco, Texas. This- institutioa,
which was estoblished in 1844. annual
ly consumes 1,0(K).000 pounds of wool.
Which is (rtrtained within a radius o
150 miles ot the city. This company
employs 600 operatives, and from tho
raw product carries the wool througa
to the iinisbed garment making wors*
teda. cassimeres and pants, whidi aw
sold in twenty-one States, twenty-six
traveling men beinS employed tor tma|
purpofw. It is the boast of this co^
psny that under onb .roof it cames its
work Ifom the shew to the fiala^
gsrmeat having «»e neceesary facliw
tics and machinery for treating the
wool through all stages o preparation.
The steamship Cyclades cleared isst
week from Savannah. Ga.4or BarcrioM
and Genoa with 2012 tons ot hl^-CTado
Florida phosphato rock, valued at *».-
120. with other cargo.
Industrial Miscellany.
. Carolina Northern Extwieien^
The Carolina Northdm Railroad, t(
cently completed between Lumbertoi^
N. C.. and Marlon, S. C.. a distanceof
forty-one miles, it is reported, will
be considerably extended during ths
present year, la a letter to tte Mmu-
facturers’ Record Vx. Augustus Mel-
president of h»«company, wrote
an extension from Marion was in
contemplatien. It' is understood that
this extension ^ H
Charleston, while another Une will be
built between Lumberton and
ville.- N. C., forming a new route no-
tween Charleston and FayrttevHle.
and connecting with
Central division of the Seaboard Air
Line «t Lumberton. It has beM re
ported that the Carolina Nort^rt
RallrdiaF was qlosdy associated ^th
the Seaboard Air Line, and the Cw-
leston extension. If built
the latter another outlet at tide^ter
Tha total length of the road, 11 tans
completed wlU be 175 ^es.
Textile Notesi
^It is proposed to organise a eotto^
mill company at Entaw, Ala., ahd B.
B. Barnes is interested,
Kersheede Manufacturing Co. of
HohMiwald, Tenn.; has erected an M*
ditio^ building to tti lace mill.
, W. P. Higgins, Columbus, O., Is re-
ed off the "coast of Pcrtland. Me., we*! ported as to esUblishrin I^^i^a
launched yesterday in the presence ol. Ky.. a carpet-cleaning and manula^-
a large assemblage. i ing plant
The Saline County Bank, at Stont | u is reported that Tras Co^
Fort. 111., was robbed by safe-blowen • co. of Straws, Texas, will build a law
of $3.0(K> in currency. Bloodhoundi. cotton mill, to use Beaumont natarss
lost the trail of the robbers a£ter fol- ’ ©11 as faeL
lowing It for about four mUes; '* ~ J Wheeling. W. Vs«
Hughes Legroux. chosen from th* negotiating for the establiahmrat ^
group of great Fitench writers as fiftl a mill for knitting hosiery, projected
lecturer in the Hirvard course, arriv- by philadetphla (Pa.) parties,
ed In New York from Paris Oh La Gas- Oxford (N C.) Cotton mills U now
cogne and left tA night for Boston. inatalling Its equipment of 5000 splnd-
The Vii^nla consUtuUonal conven- i**. etc.. and will be ready for Prodne*
tion begun the consideration *ol -hig soon. Its cspitalizsiion is $1(W,*
the report of the committee on corpo OOO.
rations by secUons. The deb^ on th ^ j ^ sported that the Ia Grange
corporation quesUon was continued. ^ Grange, Ga,, will InstaU
Representaitive Lewis, of Georgia - plant for making cotton-rope. This Is
has introduced a bill in Congress- re- a United States Cotton Duck Corpora-
quiring the payment of 2 per'cent in-' tion mill.
t^est on government funds in naUona! j j ^ Greenfield of Kemersville, K.
• c., has purchased all the machinery for
Last year Lake Champlain “frozt his knitting mill, previously reported
over” on Feb. 1. This year It snug | as to be established, and will com*
gled down under the ice on Januarj j mence operations soon.
Q-m - • Harriman (3otton Mills of Harriman.
No less than 4334*20,935 passengen _ «i«ean resumed operatlqas run-
rode in the trolley cars In Massa ’ gooo spindles on the production «if
chusetts iMt year, according to th«, g 30-warp yam. single or ply, ptU
report of the railway commlssiottsrs i ,^nier reels or windem, .
which was 38,449,738 more than thi j -
year before. | gttrick Manufacturing Co., Peters-
In a recent address to the Mississip 1 burg. Vs.. contemplates spending $50,-
pi Conference of the African Metho j 000 to enlarge and improve ita imlV
dist Episcopal Church Bishop Fowlei i but has not mirfe any decrslons now
cautioned the negro ministers against; has S184 spindles and 26Z looms,
the use of big words In tb^soraieas gtockbolders *»f
the Jackson (Tenn.) Fiber Co. have
decided upon increasing plant’s capaci
ty 20 per cent The si^ndles now uam>-
ber 20.000 and the looms C24.
Adariral $Mipson Orows Worse.
Washington, SpedsJ.—Alarming ru
mors were afloat here Saturday to the
effect that Admiral Sampson had takea
& seriouf tan tor .the worie within tlie
last twenty-foor boors. Inquiries at the
Sampson reiid«nee and of the nav.^l
physicians, dsvdoped that there hs.a
bsea no decided change in Admiral
Sgnpfoara coBditlop. b«t that a steady
Mttoimiioa ii to progiM li
"You don’t know what they mean.''
he said, "and your congregations don't
know what you are talking about”'
No less than 700 separate, photo
graphs of the Emperor of tifennanj
are extant says a Philadelphia photo
grapher. He is the most photo|prapbed
man alive and in his pictui^' he al
ways looks tall, though aa a mattei
of fact he is a little fellow of 5'feer
7. There are over 300 photographs ul
the King of Enghtnd.
Durham, (Special. )-^Senator Sim
mons has engineered throufft the Sen
ate a bill appropriating $135,000 for a
public building for Durham, end $25,-
000 additional for improvements. A fa
vorable has also been received'bn a
Bill appropriating $100,000. for a simi
lar building for Winston.
Family differences ca^i^ HSater
Turner and his brother Jam^ tr* kill
each other, at Alexander. S.y., yester
day.
Last year the Pennsylvsnfa Rail
road Company paid out in pen^ops tc
its-old servants $S$2.2dO. Tte’pension
appropriatitm for this year Is. $300.-
000. 'Since 1899 it has paid $530,316
to 1,574 pensions. “The pension
fund,” explains a contemporary,
“must not be confounded with^ the
voluntary relief system which has
been established ^ the company for
the benefit of its employf^s, and
which pays out lw«e sums of money
every month to dlMbled njen or their
families. The two are wholly dis
tinct"
United SUtes Consul 0. J. D. Hughes
reached New York from his post at
Coburg. :
Quarreling over cards^ Ernest- Hall
killed Walter Bryan and fatal^ wound
ed Lennie Gunn, at CincinnaU, O.
Killed 9r • IHaat.
Roanoke, Va.. 8peclal.«>-Jo]m tiopley
was instantly killed and Saatuel Brown
was fatally injured, by the nttc^^teJ
d^losion of a blatt at the the
fligaiBore Goal sad Coke
ntir Duhring, Mer^ county. W. Va.,
l»t nli^ The men thinklog a fuse
whldi had been ||gbted aoiSe time had
gone out, rotuiviagfto cot another fuse
rfUgbt it wlMii tht iTMl oft
T. I. Hickman of Augusta, Oa., has
been app(^nted receiver of Millen
(Ga.) Cotton Mills, with Inscructioas
to report on the condition of the pro
perty snd its readiness lor profttab^
operation.
Dr. J. B. McSnilan and -Cspt S. W.
Howland of Warrenville, S. C.,'will o*«
ganlze a company for the purpose of
building a cotton factory, and purcbas-
.ed last we^ a tract of 200 acres o«
which to locate the necessary baildingf.
A. R. Morrison, Kutztown. Pa., Is
seeking location for a silk mill, and
views Clarksburg, W. Va., with favor,
probably the plaat will be located
there. Two other large silk mills of
New York are considering the estab
lishment of branch miiis at Clarks
burg, and tlM Board of Tra^ Is e«-
deavorinic to locate mem.
Brownsville (Tenn.) BuslnMS
gue hss been organized, and‘^wlU e»-
deavor to locate textile indoBMes, pr»>
ceeding in a systematic way u» secore
same. S. F. Thomas is presidcat, sad
Clyde Orisssm, secretary. ^
Alpine Cotton Mills, Mprgaaton, N.
C-. Is now completing its Na 2 mill of
3000 apindles and complementary ap
paratus that will enab’.e the oompmy
to produce finer yarns than 8s to 14s
warps, Its previous productute.-Abont
SIOO.OOO has been expended f«r tlM ad
ditional pISBt
The Hsrvin Hoisery Mills ^ of Msa-
nlng, S. C.. intends to put in machinsry
for the manufacture of carto^ and
other boxea for packing its protnct cf
hosiery, etc.. and ssks mskers o( the
necessary madifasry to send full par-
ticnlani.
LocUsnd Mills of Scotland Neck. K
C., has changed its title to Crescent
Hosiery Co.. with Geo. T. A«r^.
presldeat and Charles L.
secretary. Plsnt haa serenty-ft^ wUXr
ting machines.
Newtoa (N. a> Hcdsery Mills IS re
ported as to Instoll twenty-Sre ma-
chines for the predcetiOn of isce efleeia
and to naks othor impr»7eiBsiits.
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