The Elm
Elevator.
VOL. II.
ELM CITY, N. C., SEPT«MBEB 19, 1902.
NO. 6.
JOHN WINTHROPS DEFEAT.
j 3 NobcU
,r Kate luduJS
tCOFTBtOSS BOMSX yOKMM. . " w * I,
" CHAPTER IV. ;
(Continued.)
Tliis suggestion was acted upon Im-
xueuuitely. and the tenants of the
no.-', rest cottage gave tbcm ,ready ad-
Biictf.nce and assistance. Every one'
cu .lie island was awake and fearful
ia that terrible storm. No one could
f jeey or rest with the roar In the heav-
4>bs :’Qd the thunder of waters on the
Jiicscb, the lightning glaring as though
uhe heavens had opened with fire to
:s-\niiow the world.
Kut, interesting though it might be
rfor (liaham to be petted and flattered
acil oared for, it was but ten minutes
lit Kicst ere he was thoroughly recov-
erc i and declared his intention of re-
tinuing to the hotel in spite of every
ob,i-t‘ticn.
"5Iy wife will be anxious,” he said,
ijjv.ire steadily and smiling. “It is a
aatlicr unpleasant night in which to be
(Out, and she will l)e certain to think
•that I have been offered as sacrlfico to
.Keptune!”
• Ncnsense,” retorted Gregory Ben-
soulmrst, with prompt decision, doins
liis utmost to detain hid friend, that
Jie should be entirely recovered after
his !)rave struggle. “We’ll send word
np. Harold! Do be sensible and wait
till the storm passes; there’s a good
leliow' It is abating very much now,’>-
Uut the ‘■good fellow” would not be
persuaded. He shook his head, smil-
-ii:?.
' Don't be ridiculous, Bensooihurst!”
tc srad lightly. -There is notbinj the,
oatter with me. Come! Mr. JSarle
s.ifely cared for here until moi-^iing
.niid tl\3 rest of th? party are,/ai tight!
save for the wetting and ■'''the scare!
.md we’ll go up to th«i hotek The
(Grants have been very pjracioua to this
lot of shipwrecked r^iora^ but we’ll
3;ot infringe upon g mtblfe. There'
is one tiling, how jVep, that I wish to!
say, and I sha7^ thftik you no true
friends of mil) ^ agree
with me: It ^ tJ&it I wish you all to
piomise—all ^ remember—that
you will w /^s>>iold from those who are
not preset ta-nighl, that I saved:
Palmer Uarlel I have my reasons.
They good reasons, too, as you will
iWledge to-morrow. I cannot
>.*:o the matter more clear to yon
1)111 I must have your promise;”
f Allegory Beusonhurst looked at his
■ira 'dd as though he . thought him be
reft of his senses. He and Graham
were alone for the moment, «s the
othors prepared to go up to the hotel.
H:s eyes were keen and steady, search*
%ng the other's face; but so were Gra-
:iur.j's eyes, and .a new. sternness was
about his moutht.
* added, impatiently.
“Don’t tell me so plainly that you ax'e
no:. Kij friend, Beusonhurst. I havd
I'-iy reasons for reQue.3tlng this prom-
loi; will understand—to-morrow.”
*Vli7 not to-night, Harold?”
“liecause”—Graham moved away Ir-
riuibly, a frown on his face—“because
.t---v:i,'lit it is nothing to you, Benson-
ti;: : c. Come I Give me your promise,
"1 ‘ Or shall I go without it
Si’ i know that your friendship is not
£irous enough to stand trial?”
'•iegory liensonhurst laid his hand
the arm of his friend to detain
as he was passing to the door. His
as very , grave. His memory
IS iieen with tlie words of warning
utrrj-ed by Leland the previous after
aico!). Why should this man speak so
lively of to-morrow?
• .'.cok here, Harold,” he said, quiet-
“I call myself your friend. If It
is a friend's duty to give you this
li’ciiilse, I do so. You can trust me.
'And if ever there Js other need to try
i-iy friendship—try meT’
V peculiar change struck Harold
•'Jialiam’s face, but he grasped the oth-
ei’s hand wannly.
^‘ U'ry well,” he said. “I thank you,
j ciisonhiirst. I shall ti'y you sooner
lii:::! you know, perhaps. Let us go.”
I hey joined the others in the hall
and upon the piazza—a group ot
dicached men, with their coats we!)
i'u;toned up about their throats and
?heir hats pressed close down on thair
Few would have recognizad
•T.ffioi2g them the half-dozen fashiona-
j onng men idling tlirough the pre
'■;oiis day. The yacliting party were
their- save Paimei’ Earle, the
Ijoafs owner and the one most se-
vcitiy injured. The storm had some-
^'bat abated and they could reach the
liot! 1 without such difficulties as they
in starting out. They pretty well
JiHc l the cottage and were unwilling
Joa-er to trespass on the hospitalitj!
the Grants. Mr. Earle was well
tarf d for and comfortably asleep, the
Simulant ordered for him leaving hlni
httie time before slumber. His friends
' ould safely leave liim and secure theii
own comfort at the hotel,
li-oy looked considerably mystified
Inrormed oi; Graham's wishes
i^'garding his share iii the rescue; but
Diojt of thsiii asseatea readily enough,
a skeptical shnis of the shoulflers
3cd uplifting of the brows. . It waa
lione of theii- business if this man
 he -e to hide h!s"b:^very. If be had
for his reticence,.-was-it for
them-sooie of th«m the men be had
‘elpcd to save—to bruit his business
to the world?
group in the hotel parlor had
previously that
eir fnends were among the rescuing
beach, and If it were
w increase, it
r.rf.,1 + increased. Alecia endeav-
*‘®tain her brave face and com-
fort her
Of cheer; but it
companions with her words
was a difflcaU thing
for hef tS do, knowing that her hus
band was in the storm. Many women
would have been still more terrified-,
knowing of the burden upofi hlii shb^i-
ders that might make blisi ireekless
of his life.
“You ate Bucb a dear, sweet, brave
thing, Alecia,” said Kathryn t'ranklln,
admiringly, nestling hearer her friend
upon the aofft, and patting one of her
hands tenderly. “I don’t see how yon
can sit here telling us so quietly not
to be afraid, when yon know that your
husband is in this horriMe llghtnlhgv*'
“You must be a fat \ list, Alecia.”
Althea Dnnraven «r!tsdv with inidden
animation. '‘Though 1 don’t see how
you caa beliere that he Is safe dtat
in the storm as In here away from it.”
“Oh, but we’re not away from it,
Althea,” moaaed poor little pretty Bess
Catherwodd, with reproachfol eyes.
“We’re Just right In the very midst
of it! * I’ll never again come down td
the sea In summer—never, never, nev
er! It’s too di-eadfol.”
“You’U forgst all about it to-morrow
when the sun shines,” said Leland,
comfortingly, in an undertone. “But
you’re not to forget, wicked little
Besst that you have given me your
praniise to-night.”
“Oh, dear!” she cried, wretchedly,
“dear, dear, dear! If you’ll keep me
^fe through this. Lane Leland, I’ll
never be bad to you again! I’ll just
lowe you forever and ever! I am so
afraid!”
, “Well,’* he said, calmly, “I shall re
mind you of this, if you do forget,
Bess, t cannot be patient forever, you
know!”
But she could not quarrel with him,
for she was too terrified, and only
lifted those great black reproachful
eyes of hers to his with a grieved
curve to her. red lips, that gave him a
deplorable feeling of base ingratitude,
and caused him to be infinitely tender
to her for that time.
“I am not a fatalist—no,” said Ale
cia, smiling, in reply to Althea’s re
mark.. “It Isn’t that, my dear, but if
there is need for him to go I would
not keep him. I would not have him
a coward, you know, even to sav» his
life,”
“That's like you,” said Clara Brad
ley, softly. “I never saw another
woman to equal you, Mrs. Graham!
But I’m not brave, and I don’t want
to be in such a horrible storm. Just
think of our being 'ut off from home
by all. that water, with no way of get
ting there should we wish, and the
hotel liable to be washed away ”
“There is the lighthouse,” sa3d
Alecia, quietly. “If the worst should
come—which isn't probable—we could
go there, you know. That wouldn’t
be washed away!” ^
“Oh, but you don't know,” protested
Miss Clara, fretfully. -And, besides,
we would all be blown into pieces be
fore wc could get there. I tell you it's
awful to be here in a storm!”
“m not let you comc then, nest sum
mer. Clare,” sajd Kinette, roguishly.
“I’ll tell Uncle Hallett what a coward
you are. and he'll cut you off from
bis will without eu much as enough to
buy s. bonmt, c.nd then what will you
do?”
“WTiat do I care about bonnets?” re
torted Clara, with tearful eyes, “in
such a storm as this, Ninette Bradley!
But you will be a mean, mean girl it
you tell Unclc Uallet anything. I nev
er do.”
Her sister laughed. They all knew
sufQciently well Clara Bradley’s pas
sion for bonnets.
“Oh, this Is simply dreadful!” cried
Jliss Catherwood, starting to her feet
ivlth her hands over her ears, her
face deepening in pallor with fear, as
a peal of thunder crashed overhead,
shaking the building, and thundered
on and across the water Into the far
distance and was still. “The lightning
is bad enough, but It Isn’t anything
compared with the thunder. You
;ought to be ashamed to laugh and
talk about bonnets in this storm, you
■wicked girls.”
“Well, it’s very nice to have bonnets
In clear weather, anyway,” retorted
Kathryii Franklin. “And we’re not
wicked to talk about them, you little
craven!”
“Everybody is so unhind to me,"
paid Bess, pitifully, ’with quivering
lips that brought her lover’s heart to
still deeper subjection, “because I’m
afraid of thunder. 1 can’t help It. I
did|t’t make myself. If I had, maybe
I'd have made myself more like you,
Alecia, or like Kathryn.”
“Poor little thing,” said Alecia, kind
ly, with quick sympathy, as she rose
and crossed over to the girl, her hand
touching lightly the curly dark head
ns she stooped and kissed the soft
cheek nearest her. “Poor little thing!
It is uukind to be unkind to you.”
“And you’re such a dear!” whis
pered Bess, impulsively, catching the
soft hand from her head and dragging
It down to her lips. “You’re such a
dear—and so beatatiful, Mrs. Graham!"
Lane Leland Icioked shamefully jeal
ous of all this privilege, and Bess,
knowing this wiy well, even in her
fear could not resist being the least
bit wicked.
"It Is so nice to hare people com
fort one Instead of teasing,” added this
small tyrant, with her red lips and
great eyes and eloquent face lifted to
the beautiful woman above her, as
she held the caressing hand between
her own two hands. “It Is so sweet
of you, Mrs. Graham, to understand
Just little me.”
Just Little Me was wickedly under
standing Of what was in her iovefH
heart* lie had tnuuteo her with beihtf
cruel and forgetful; ahd. although sbii
needed his ebnipanioiifehip and strength
too Ihticli tb quarrel with him, shi
could repay him for all slights most
cruelly.
Probably Mrs. Graham understood
that quite as well as Miss Catherwood
herself. Anyway, she laughed as she
patted with her other hand the two
hands clasping hers ere she turned and
resumed her seat.
•Must L!ttl« Me iS a feliarming child,”
she said, kindly and swoelJy. "Already
the stomi Is passing. Miss  atherwood.
You need fear no longer. The -Itght-
ning and thunder are still seveie, but
they are too far away now to harm
us. Be of good cheer. Just Little Me!”
‘‘And here comc the others t'* cried
Althea Duniraven, delSglitedly. “NoW
we Will know what is the matter end
have them teafe"’
"If thfry are safej” supplemented
Constance Armitage, wickedly.
For Miss Armitage knjw quite well
that George Priestly w;tS one of the
party in the storin, ant' that George
Prie«**v u.c«“p than a friend to
pretty Miss Dunraveir. And Miss
Armitage could be a trific spiteful;
too, because her fiauce was t;iuiplng
in the Adirond'ac-kis instead of board
ing at the Surf Hotel on Fire Island.
“Of course they’re safe'” said Al
thea, indignantly, a flush on her
pretty cheeks and her blue eyes shin
ing. “Don’t you suppose we would
have heard of it if anything had hap
pened? Bad news travels always
faster than good!”
But Miss Armitage was saved the
necessity of replying to this con-
Tincing remark by the entrance of the
drenched party Into the ha’.l, and the
prompt adjournment of f je parlor
group to learn what news they
brought. SutBcient newSv ihdeed; and
(he group that had shuddered in the
parlor, through the stormv felt uncom
fortably small When compared with
Iheto men who had passed through
60 much in thn midst of it. What
heroes they m.*tde of them! Crowded
about them In their pretty gowns, re
gardless of the sea-water or the rain,
their bright eyes eloquently alive with
pride.
“I knew that you were brave,” said
Alecia, very softly, with her hands
around her husband’s arm and her
shining eyes upon his, her lips half
trembling in spite of their smiling. For
they had told her of his bravery, with*
holding only his rescue of the mau in
the cottage. “I couldn’t be afraid»
Harold. I had such faith in you!”
And he was grateful in the inneri
most depths of his soul, that he could
meet her eyes without shrinking with
guilt.
“And I don’t see why you couldn't
Lave gone with them and been brave,
too, instead of staying safely in the
parlor,” said cruel Miss Catherwood
(>etulantly, as she parted from Lane
Iceland at the stairs, a few minutes
later, not even yielding him her band.
ALABAMA POLITICS.
The licket Nominated By liie Siite
Repibiicaa ConveDtieii
SON OF EX GOV. SMITH HEADS It
The Platform Adopted Expresses
Confidence in President Roosevelt
—Some Ufscord.
CHAPTER V.
Z.ZAVI}9a the old life.
The ZIngara. anchored at the pier,
had been badly battered aud tossed I
during the night, but when morning
broke and the sun shone in a cloudless
sky, she rose and fell quietly on the
waves, waiting for her passenj^ers
across at Babylon. Few passengers
came that morning, for there w^as lit
tle Interest evinced in business among
the hotel guests. Gregory Beusonhurst
was going for the day, to take a look at
Wall street, he said, easily, ihough in
his heart he was not easy regarding
the condition of Graham's affairs as
hinted by Inland on tha previous after
noon.
The yachting party v/ere to cross,
also, to report the wrecking of the
Queen Taphencs and the rescue of her
passengers and crew. And as though
it were the merest matter of course,
Mrs. Graham announced that she was
going to the city with her husband, as
they had changcd their intention of re
maining the summer through at the
Surf Hotel.
“But yoj* will come back to us?”
queried Bess Catherwood, earneslly,
her pretty f?ce lifted to her friend In
the broad sunlight upon the pier as
they walked down to the waiting boat.
For those guests who were up after
the events of the night, were going
down to the dock to see them off. the
little steamer’s departure and arrival
being the special events of the day.
“You mustj>rcmise to come back to us,
Mrs. Graham.”
Alecia smiled upon the eager face be
side her. She knew quite well that
this small woman and her lover had
quarreled, for her eyes, seeing all that
concerned her friends, had noted their
avoidance of each other. She would
make some one happey ere she left her
old life, she said to herself, bravely.
So she patted the fingers upon her arm,
replying to some remark of Ninette's
before she spoke to this other friend.
“I cannot promise,” she said then,
smiling gently. “You are kind to wish
It, Miss Catherwood, but I think it
scarcely pro'oable.that we shall return.
Unezpected business calls my husband
away, and doubtless we shall reman
in the city for some time. WSen we
•save. I think we shall travel through
the West. ^Ve intended last fail to
take a CaUforoia u*ip, but were pre
vented. So, you see, it is not likely
that we shall return here.”
“I see,” s^ Miss Catherwood. sor
rowfully. wish I could not see so
clearly. Mi's,. Graham. But”—a soft
rose color deepened upon her cheeks
aud a smile stirred the parted lips as
though she scarcely dared tender her
request—“if ever you have time—and
care to —will you write to me, dear
Mrs. Graham? I should be so pleased!
You somehow understand me better
than my other friends, and, perhaps, I
may—mind, I only say perhaps I may
—grow brave from knowing you.”
. (To be continued, j - ,
Birmingham, Ala., gpscial.—The Re
publicans of Alabama Wedaesdar
thated the foilowihg ticket!
. eovcrhor, W; J. Smith, ^ ait-ftiflS;^
him; Lieutenatit* Goremdr, 6iias. P;
Lane, of Huntsville; Attorney G6neral,
W. H. Armbrecht, of Mobile: Secre
tary of State, J. H. Carter, of Culman;
Auditor, M«Nair, of Marshall county;
Treasurer, H. Lee Brown, of Conuef
county: Superintendent.of Education,
J. C. Fonville, o' Crenshal county;
Commissioner of Agrloultur**, T. B.
Morten, of J^yeiteVille. W. J. Smith,
thie nominee for Governo.r. is a son ol
the late Hon. H. V. Smith, wh' was
Republican Governor df Alabama du
ring the reconstruction period and is a
prominent lawyer of this city.
The platform as adopted reaffirms
the Philadelphia platform, favors “the
organization of labor for its legitimate
protection and the enactment of laws
for tb© peaceable and fair settlement
by arbitration of disagreements as
they may arise between organized cap
ital and labor,” favors child labor leg
islation relating to work in cotton
mills; condemns “the Spirit Which
seeks to arouse prejudice of the people
against the railroads” atad adVocatesI
the “enactment of laws so regulating
the railroads as tb adequately protect
the interests of the people.” but Is op
posed to any drastic measures. The
platform then “endorsed tte wisdom of
toe DIngley tariff law” and urges a
continuance of that policy. Republican
legislation to build an Inter-occanlc
canal Is approved. Tho “bravery and
heroism of our soldiers and sailors In
the Philippines" are applauded and the
alleged attacks of the Democratic party
on them is condemned. The platform
then expresses coafidence In the ad
ministration of President Roosevelt
and says: “We express our faith in his
thoroughly American and patriotic
Ideas, and we believe that his leader
ship establishes confidence both in the
success of the Republican principles
afid the continued prosperity and prog
ress of the country and we therefore
favor his renomlnatlon to the great
office Which he fills with patriotism and
ability.
National Committfoman J. W. Dim-
mlck and State Chairmon William
Vaughan are endorsed for their admin
istration of party affairs ia this State.
There was some opposition to the en-
doresemnt of President Roosevelt for
renomination due. It is understood, to
tho recent action of the President in
removing William Vaughaa, retiring
Republican State clubman, from t’ae
offire of district attorney for north Ala
bama for alleged neglect of duty. A
substitute platform omitting the en
dorsement M-as voted down, however.
158 to 14i. and the original report
adopted by a large ma.lorily.
In a resolution which was adopted
the Republicans of Alabama accept* the
new State constitution, but disclaim
ail responsibility, for its enactment.
Boxers Active Ajtain.
Pekin, By Cable.—United States
Minister Conger has presented to the
Chinese Foiei?n Ofllce a letter from
Dr. Canrlght, the American millionary
of Cheng Tu Pu. regarding the massa
cres of native Christians there in July
Dr. Canrlght says that eleven convei'ts
were killed by Boxers and that the
local cilicials refused to take measures
against the Boxers. The letter was
written August 2. The missionaries
were then guarded by troops and were
unable to leave the mission buildings
except when escorted by soldiers. Dr.
Canrlght’s recent telegram says the
situation Is w^orse. The native papers
declare the trouble is due to the collec
tion of excessive indemnities for Chris
tian an account ot troubles of 1900,
and owing to the Christians’ arrogant
attitude under foreign protection.
Turpentine Operators.
Jacksonville, Fla.. Special.—The Tur
pentine Operators’ Association in ses
sion here elected the following officers:
President, A, D. Covington; secretary.
John H. Powell; treasurer, H. A. Mc-
Eachern. The constitution was revised
so as to stipulate for one and a quarter
cents for the.rating of ti;rpentlne box
es. Nest year's convention will agai^
be held in Jacksonville.
News Briefs.
Italian authorities have sent a num
ber ot army officers to prison for en
gaging In duels.
Generals Young and Wood rode after
the Kaiser in a German cavalry charge
at the Frankfort maneuvers.
General Chicoye, the Haitian revolu
tionary commander, has been senten
ced to death.
Important expeditions of English sci
entists will be sent to Africa to study
Prince Francis Josaph of Bragansea
was put on trial in I^nd^m charged
with a crime committed wlUle he was
a member of a coronation embassy.
Wife off Senator Stewart Killed
San Francisco, Special.-^Mrs. Wm.
M. Stewart, wife of the senior United
States Senator of Nevada, was killed
Friday at Alameda, Cal. Mrs. Stew
art was riding in an automobile with
Henry Foote and a young man named
Taylor. Through an accident the ma
chine ran into a telegraph pole. Mrs.
Stewart was thrown against the pole
with great force and was so serious
ly injured that death. soon followed.
Her home was at Washington, p. C.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAl
A (106,000 Getton (Mill.
Mention was made last week that
the Magnolia Cotton Mills of Mag
nolia, MiSs:; had called for bids on the
fconstructtoii of its buildings. Hereto
fore the cOliipany had not announced
the extent ot Its textile equipment,
but now states that this will consist
5,000 spindles and 150 looms. This
machinery will be arranged for the
production of brown cotton she3tlns
38 1-2 inches wide, 5.15 In weight. Con
tract for furnishing the machinery
wag awarded several weeks ago to
Stuart W. Cramer of Charlotte, N. C.
The company organized several
moliths ago, with capital stock of
$100,000, as Was announced in this de
partment at the tim«. T; B. Lampton
Is president.
Park Cotton Mills.
Park Cotton Mills of Troup Factory,
Ga., mentioned last week as to
remove Its plant, has definitely de
cided upon La Grange, ten miles from
pr^ent site, as its new location. The
company will erect a warehouse and
a mill building under supervision uf
Howard P. Park, and will install new
additional machinery. This new ma
chinery will Include a 100-horse power
engine, sprinkler equipment for fire
protection, and a plant for chain dy'e-
ing. The textile equipment consists ot
1,600 spindles and fifty-two looms,
etc., and with the additional equip
ment the company will manufacture
striped goods, denims and sheetings.
Textiles for Cuba.
United States Minister H. O.
SqUiers at Havana suggests that
American manufacturers have elthi?r
hot sttidifed or not heedea certain iit-
dispeiisablc requirements to gain and
retain the cotton goods trade In Cuba.
He urges special and careful packing,
accurate Invoices, with complete de
tails, liberality in credits and atten
tion to the needs of the market. The
British have the largest part of the
cotton goods trade. Spain and the
United States are close rivals. Spain
surpassing this country In some lines,
notably in knitted hosiery and under-
Textile Notes.
A dispatch from Huntsville, Ala.,
states that during the past ten days
some of the largest mill owners in the
country have visited Huntsville and
took part la the discussion concerning
the proposed merger of about sixty
Southern cotton mills. Nothing defi
nite will b& given out, but It is un
derstood that these mills will be com
bined and successfully under written
within the next month. Thirteen of the
mills which are said to have agreed
to enter the merger are in Alabama,
seven of these being in Huntsville.
This includes all of Huntsville mills
here except the Dallas and Merri
mack.
Anderson (S. C.) Water. Light &
Power Co. has about completed its
new dam. and next week the Ander
son Cotton Mills will resume opera
tions at full capacity. This mill's ma
chinery has been partially Idle sines
last January, w^hen the former dam
was destroyed by floods. About half
the machinery has since been running
by steam power. It is a 61,000 spindle
and 1864 loom plant.
Messrs. Wm. H. Kimball. Wm. C.
Kimball and Leora Kimball have In-
corpoi-ated the Kimball Knitting Co.
at Tallapoosa. Oa., and placed the
capital stock at $20,000. with privi
lege of Increasing to $100,000 If de
sired. This company succeeds Messrs.
W. C. Kimball & Co.. operating eight
knitting machines, sixteen cylinders,
etc., in the manufacture of ribbed
hosiery.
Ashcraft Cotton Mills of Florence,
Ala., has completed the installation
of its dyeing plant, which w^ill treat
the product of fifty looms at the start.
This will be increased later on. The
company has also completed the ad
dition of a square-bale cotton com
press to its round-bale compressing
plant.
It is reported that Muscogee Manu
facturing Co. of Columbus, Ga.. has
decided upon the construction of an
additional mill at an expenditure of
$150,000. The company at present has
16,000 spindles and 500 looms, dyes
its own product, uses electric and
water power, and has a capital of
1157,500.
It is reported that Philadelphia
capitalists are negotiating for the
Cuthbert (Ga.) Cotton Mills, with the
purpose of putting the plant in mod
ern condition and operating it. It Is
also stated that local and outside capi
tal proposes establishing a plant for
the production of undecwear.
It is rumored that a $100,000 cotton
mill will bo built at Marshall, N. C.,
and that $75,000 of the capital will be
furnished by Northern capitalists.
The Andrews Loom, Reed & Har
ness Co. of Spartanburg, S. C.. is in
stalling an 80-horse power boiler ad
ditional in its plant. This improve
ment is necessitated by the increas
ing demands of the cotton mill trade.
McColl Manufacturing Co. of Mc-
Coll. S. C., has given notice of its in
tention to increase capital stock from
$200,000 to $230,000, and probably in
tends adding new machinery. It now
operates 15,000 ring spindles on hosi
ery yam.
Brenham Cotton Mills of Brenhani,
Texas, mentioned several times re
cently, has let contract to W. A. Griffin
at $8,S95 for constraction of its main
building. As has been previously an
nounced, the plant will have 5,000
spindles and 160 looms; capital is
$100,000.
It is reported that the Griffin Manu
facturing Co. of Griffin, Ga.. will
double Its plant. It has an equipment
of 16,000 ling spindles and 600 looms
at present, operating by steam power,
and it is said the improvements con
template the substitution of electri
city for steam power.
Lumber and Timber.
The extensive saw-wlll plant of the
Whltevllle Lumber Co., of Whitesville,
N. C., is now in full operation, and the
entire plant among the best equipped
in the State.
DECLINED THE HONOR
Speaker Heidersoa lefnses Keaoiii
flatiofl For Coifress
ASSIGNS HIS lEASONS THEIEFOI
Declares tllniself Not Fitily In Ac
cord With HU Party on Trusts an4
the Tariff.
The following letter was addressed
to C. E. Albrook, chairman of the no
tification committee, Eldorado, Iowa,
by Mr. Henderson:
"My Dear Sir: I have never answered
the kind notice communicated by you
and your associates advising me of my
nomination for the eleventh time by
acclamation as the Republican candi
date for Congress for the third con
gressional district of Iowa. Reported
conditions in the public mind in my
district upon policies induced to make
this delay.
“Since my returil to the district 1
have made a careful study as U> the
sentiment in the district and State, and
I believe there is no little sentiment,
and a growing sentiment among Re
publicans, that I do not truly represent
their views on the tariff question. Be
lieving this condition to exist and
knowing that I do not agree with many
of my people that trusts, to which I am
and have been opposed, can be cured,
or the people benefited by free trade, in
whole or in part, I must decline to ac
cept the nominatirn so generously and
enthusiasically made.
“I have devoted 20 of the host years
of my life to the service of my people
and my country and I have fought for
what I believed td be best for the far
mer, the laborer and the business inter
ests of this district and Stat€. 1 am
grateful for the devotion that has ever
been accorded me and to the hour of
my death I will hold in a grateful
heart the memory of that devotion. I
will give, later on, in some detail, my
views and convictions on our condi
tions and public questions, and will
state my reasons why the Republican
party and its policies should continue
In the confidence of the voters of the
United States, and why the doctrine of
the Democracy should find no lodg-
roent in the faith and teachings of the
Republican party.
“Very truly yours,
(S'gned) “D. B. HENDERSON.”
Speaker Henderson announced his
withdrawal after a conference of sev-
Rral hours duration with Chairman
Glssser, of the congressional commit
tee. and friends this afternoon. Speak
er Henderson has l)een contemplating
this action for two weeks, but had in
timated nothing of It to friends until
yesterday. At' today’s conference, his
friends Implored him not to take the
action, but to no avail. He said he had
made up his mind and no argument
:;ould cause him to change his decision.
When asked for his reasons for his
withdrawal. Speaker Henderson said:
“My letter to Chairman Albrook is
the whole thing in a nutshell. You can
not kill the trusts by applying free
trade without killing our own indus
tries. The foreign trusts are fighting
the American trusts and I do not be
lieve that for the purpose of controll
ing American trusts, we should make
a maket for foreign trusts, thereby
crushing out the Industries of this
'country. After my conference last Sat
urday at Waterloo, hearing the views
of the chairman of my district, I con-
cltided that my views on the tariff
question were at variance with those
of many of my party, and I did not de
sire to appear In a false position.”
Speaker Henderson gave out an ad
dress this evening in w^hlch he states
his views on the tariff and trust ques
tions and because these, in his opinion,
are not in accord with the State plat
form and with the opinions of promi
nent members of his party, he declines
to accept tho nomination.
In his statement. Speaker Hender
son says: “For three years I have ad
vocated giving control of trusts to Con
gress. In my judgement, proper super
vision can never be had until Congress
has power to treat them. I am glad
to see from speeches made by our fear
less and upright Chief Executive that
he Is advocating Federal control over
these corporations and while in some
quarters they may sneer at it, I have
5C3t seen any proposition yet, except
this, that seems at all likely to bring
relief. No proposition has ever bee»
made by the Democracy excepting to
put everything on the free list and to
give the country free trade. In othw
words, they propose to kill the child
dead in order to cure it. In my opin
ion, if conmbinations could be regu
lated and controlled, we would h*v
very little ground for changes in f
tariff laws. For my part, if any p
Interest in this country is for pro-
Ity through protective policies o
other legislation and is using
vantages, growth and nrospe
plunder the American people. ^
am ready to strike it by wba
means we may be able to
vided that in so doing, we
innocent Interests.
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many Matters »f Oeneral hiterMt ia
5tiort ParagraplM.
The Suany South.
The burning oil gusher at Reau>
Inont, Texas, ceased flowing of its own
accord and fire in the oil field was
extinguished.
Since Texas began the shipment ot
oil Id 1901 up to July 31. 1902. tbs
State exported 7,653,453 barrels of pe
troleum.
Richmond, Va., Special.—^All the
seven gamblers who wer^ arrested on
warrants In t2ie coarse of Policeman
Wyatt’s crusade against the vice in
this city, pleaded guilty in the police
court and were sent to jail and to pay
a fine of $100.
President Roosevelt was enthusi
astically received at Chattanooga and
Knoxville, Tennessee.
Robert Burrows, of Johnson City,
was nominated by the Democratic con
gressional convention of the first Ten
nessee district to make the race against
M. P. Brownlow, the present Represen
tative.
The New Orleans maritime exchange
has established a department -for the
inspection of cotton seed products. It
is expected to be of considerable ad
vantage to planters, merchants and the
trade generally.
The jury in the case of Chas. Lowen-
back, charged with implication in the
lynching of the negro Chas. Craven,
near Leesburg, Va.. July 31st. return
ed a verdict of acquittal after an ab
sence of nine minutes from the court
At The National CapttaL
The Navy Bureau of Intelligence is
about to issue an interesting publica
tion on the naval progress of- the
world’s powers.
At The North.
At the beginning of the nineteenth
week of the coal strike, neither opera
tors nor strikers show any signs of
weakening. Paul Haulick, a non-union
miner, was accidentally killed by a
deputy.
More than 50 persons were burned
to death and a large amount of prop
erty destroyed by forest fires in Wash
ington State.
Two dinners were given at New
port. at which Grand Duke Boris was
expected, but he did not appear at Mrs.
Stuyvesant Fish’s elaborate entertain
ment
Engineer George Lutz Was killed and
two others injured by being blown out
of the cab of a Pennsylvania locomo
tive, which exploded near Jersey City.
After being blind for seven years
the sight of Mrs. Julia Morrow, of
Trenton, N. J., was restored by an
operation.
Ex-Assemblyman J. K. Mur.'ell in
a confession stated that 19 m embers
of the former St. Louis Assembly
were in a combine to systenutiaclly
sell their votes.
The widow of Bradford B. HcGre-
gor, of Mamaroneck, N. Y., wto mar
ried him two days before his death,
will receive a fortune of over' $1,000.-
000.
J. Aspinwall Hodge. Jr.. In his an
swer in the stock convenUon suit at
Newark, N. J., declares that the Steel
corporation intimidates complainants.
While defending his wife Thomas
Burke, of Terre Haute, Ind., was fa*
tally cut by a negro.
From Across The Ssa
Rev. J. H. Smyth-Pigott, who says he
is the Messiah, was mobbed In Lon
don.
Reinforcements of Colombian troops
are being hurried to the isthmus to
defend Panama and Colon.
F. W. Reitz, formerly. State Secrcj-
tary of the Transvaal, wlU sail for the
United States September 23 on a lec
turing tour.
There are the gravest fears for
Marie Henriette, Queen of the Bel
gians, who is ill of heart disease and
-asthma.
Destructive storms have prevailed
in Germany.
Rome. By Cable.—Pressure tor tne
appointment of another American
cardinal continues to reach the Vati
can from American Churchmen. The
correspondent of the Associated PresK,
however, is in'a position to say that
whatever the future may bring forth,
there will be no American cwndinel
nominated at the consistory which
will mark the close of the i»pal Jubi
lee.
Several earthquakes have occurred
in India.
Emperor William, at a dinner partr
at Potsdam, alluded to his d^re t >
visit America, but said he. feared ic
was •'osslble.
Provisional Government
n ny that it was not of-
■ -'ng of the insurgent
-t.
'Med and 5)
-‘ntina.
The Odd Fell'
Dcs Moines, low
Wright, of Allent^
elected deputy g*
e reign grand Ic
session here,
day were the
tests of the
fair groun
tion of th
circle hr
grand'
parad