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State Treasurer Lacy says there will
be needed this year an increase of the
valuation of property of between $100.
000,000 and $150,000,000 in order to get
out of debt and stay out. Of course
this will not meet the appropriations
for 1903, because the taxes on the as
sessment made this year will not be
available until 1904. The State Treasr.
urer mads an estimate of the cost of
operating the State government for the
lllrs 1903-04. as being $2,899,600. To
tbis sum the Legislature added ?152,ooo
for the two years. The present assess
ed value of property is $341,220,209. It
appears that the deficit for. the two
years ,1903-1904 will be something like
$200,000, which the Legislature hoped
would be made up by the increased tax
derived from the license on distilleries
find the increased liquor tax, these, it
being calculated, would raise $158,000.
Estimates of the increase in valuation
of property vary very widely, ranging
from $50,000,000 to $150,000,000. Some
of the officials seem to think J75,000,
00 will be something like the figure,
this being a little over 20 per cent, in
crease on the assessment made four
years ago. It seems to be the view that
most of the increase will be towns, but
there will be some in the valuation of
country property. State Treasurer Lacy
eays that he has really not the slight
est idea as to what the increase will
be, and was never more at sea in his
life than as to this matter.
On the 19th 1st. the work of the
State tax commission, which is com
posed of Franklin-McNeil, Samuel L.
Rogers and Eugene C. Beddingfield, in
conferring with the county commis
sioners and tax assessors in all the
counties of the State, will be com
pleted. It is felt that these conferences
will be productive of good in all ways ;
that they will bring about a Juster
valuation of property and one more
equal, since the differences in valua
tion even in adjoining counties are
sometimes great Some observant peo
ple think the increase in the valua
tion of property in the State will be
as much as 20 per cent, as compared
with the assessment of 1899. In some
counties there will be a large increase;
probably in none more so than in Har
nett and Moore, which have nlade
really wonderful progress in the past
lour years. Railway building and
other enterprises have a great deal to
do with this development, and to this
Is added in Moore county the remark
able influx of settlers from the North.
The latter "are said to have added 50
per cent, to the valuation of the coun
ty in the past ten years.
A special from Asheville says: The
tribulations of the Southern Railway
were multiplied in this mountain sec
tion Friday in a remarkable manner.
No. 9, due here about 3 p. m., is de
layed near Melrose by a landslide such
as has not. been seen in the. mountains
for years. For several hundred yards
stone and dirt cover the track the
depth of several feet and it is said that
huge boulders loosened by the inces
sant rains continued to roll down on
he track for hours after the first great
.fsection of the earth moved glacier-like
down the side of the mountain. Some
fayjt will take two days to remove
this mountain of earth and stone from
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: slide reached Asheville passenger traUi
TKo .10 was started toward the moun
tain. When No. 10 reached a point
iabout half-way between this city and
Hendersonville the rails spread' and i the
engine, baggage and mail cars rolled
down an embankment and the second
class car left the track. The train was
running at least 25 miles an hour and
that no lives were lost is a circum
tance that is proving a source of won
der to even practical railroad men.
The State Superintendent, of Public
Instruction is gratified by the receipt
of a letter from the Superintendent of
Camden county, in which the latter
says more progress has been made in,
the past twelve months in the way cf
improvement of school buildings, in
creased attendance and better teach
ing than was made during the five
years previous. This statement is the
more Important because Camden is a
small county and has not a large
school fund.
The State -Superintendent of Public
Instruction will, in a few days, issue
the new list of books recommended
for use in rural school libraries. State
warrants were issued for two libraries
in Jackson county and one in Vance.
.. , Rev. T. D. Johnson, Presbyterian
minister, who has been residing in
Morganton and preaching in Burke for
several years, has accepted a call from
the church at Burgaw, N. C, and will
shortly move, with his mother and
sister to that town.
Mrs. Sallie Avery, wife of Judge
Avery, has purchased the Walton or
Herald building, corner East. Union
and Green streets, in Morganton, and
will remodel the same for a hotel. Ad
ditions "will be built and other im
provements made to the building.
- Dr. Chas. C. Weaver, president of
Rutherford College, who has been
elected president of Davenport Fe
male College at Lenoir, vice Rev. R.
- C Craven resigned, is a son of Dr. J.
H. Weaver, presiding elder of the Shel
by district, and a man of fine sense and
splendid Qualifications.
The National Guard of the State
will be flCled by the admission of the
, company of infantry from Sanford.
This will make the three Infantry
fCBuaems ox iz companies eacn.
The old Albemarle hotel property on
the corner of Main and Road streets,
Elizabeth City, has been purchased by
Mr. E. F. Aydlett He will expend be
tween $10,000 and $12,000 improving
and modernizing the building, which
( will be made a first-class and modern
hotel in every particular.
Messrs. White Williamson and Com-
pany are building a new mill at Saxa
pahaw. It is 100x135 feet, two stories.
wnen complete d - they will add
inn
looms and put lip a finishing plant.
s
xui wiii .gjve mem zqu looms, about I aeni .tnat ine trucKers, berry-growers,
sufficient to weave the product of their! etc.. have more money than ever be
spindks. fore. " .
STATE TEACflERS ASSEMBLY,
(lathering of Many Educators on the
Coast For Pleasure and Im
, ' provement Speeches.
Wilmington, , Special. The twen
tieth annual session of the North
Carolina Teachers' Assembly con
vened Tuesday night at 8:45 o'clock
at the Seashore Hotel, . on Wrights
ville Beach. It was an ideal night on
the beach, and with a mellow moon
light and delightful breezes the
throngs of visitors enjoyed the happy-surroundings.
Proof. Francis P. ' Venable, L.L. D.,
president of the North Carolina Uni
versity, and president of the Assem
bly, called the teachers to order in
the elegant hotel ball-room, which was
brilliantly lighted and was thronged
with lady and male teachers from
various parts of the State. The As
sembly opened with prayer by Rev:
R. B. John, presiding elder of the Wil
mington district, after which Dr. Ven
able announced that Mr. George
Rountree was down on the program
for the welcome address, but had been
called away on professional business.
In his stead he introduced Prof. Wash
ington Catlett, superintendent of pub
lic instruction for New Hanover coun
ty, who briefly extended the teachers
a most cordial welcome on behalf of
the people of Wilmington. His warm
welcome words called forth apprecia
tive applause. Dr. Venable introduced
Prof. M. C. S. Noble, of the chair of
pedagogy of the University, who made
the response on behalf of the Assem
bly. It was a happy effort and the ap
preciative terms and beautifully
phrased speech of the processor creat
ed the liveliest applause. President
Venable then introduced Prof. J. B
Garlyle, of the chair of Latin, Wake
Forest College, who was down for the
opening address before the Assembly.
Prof. Carlyle's subject was "The
Educational Outlook in North Caro
lina," and though his address con
sumed only 20 minutes, in its delivery
it was admirable in conception, ele
gant of diction and inspiring in senti
ment.. He alluded to the great educa
tion conference held in the office of
Governor Aycock in February, 1892,
and remarked that while that confer
ence dealt with the progress of educa
tion in North Carolina for the past
thirty years and considered matters
for the present, the speaker would
deal with the subject from the stand
point of the future. With eloquent
words the speaker addressed his audi
ence with a view to inspiring ad
ditional spirit and zeal as the future
hope of the State. He first discussed
the obstacles to education, elaborated
them first as poverty; second, pre
judice, and third, indifference of the
masses. After urging patience and zeal
in combatting these obstacles, the
speaker addressed himself to the
agencies in calling forward the edu
cational movement: First; tho pulpit;
second, the press; third, the politi
cians; fourth, the business man;
finally, the teacher, upon whom the
great work for the future must fall.
It was an impressive and effective ad
dress,' and upon its conclusion the
speaker was enthusiastically applaud
ed and many pressed forward to thank
Dr. Carlyle for his inspiring and time
ly words in behalf of the movement
for enlightenment in North. Carolina.
One portion of his address which elic
ited ethusiastic applause was an al
lusion to the statue to the immortal
Vance on the capitol square at Ital
eigh, and the suggestion that along
side of it one should be erected to
North Carolina's great educational
Governor, Chas. B. Aycock.
Shoots Himself.
Wilmington, Special. W. H. Bob
bltt, 67 years of age, government entry
taker, and a prominent citizens of Ma
rlon, McDowell countuy, this State,
committed suicide Tuesday morning
about 8 o'clock in the lobby cf the
Orton Hotel, this city, where he had
been a guest since last Friday, with
the exception of Saturday and Sunday,
which he spent at the beach. He had
been drinking to some extent and le
tired early last night, rising rather
early. He came down In his usual
manner, addressed a few words to the
hotel clerk, tore off part of an excur
sion poster and took his seat in the
lobby. A few minutes later he arose,
walked a short distance down the
street, purchased a round )f-cartridges
at a hardware store, and returned to
the hotel, taking his seat on a settee
near the door.
Soon afterwards W. T. Aycock, of
Raleigh, a relative of the Governor,
also came down and took his seat near
Bobbitt, whom he did not know. He
was surprised in a few minutes at
hearing the report of a pistol close to
him and looked around In time to see
the weapon fall from the dying man's
hand. Bobbitt had pressed the revolver
to his right temple and sent a 32-ball
crashing through his brain. The ball
came out near his left temple and
lodged in one of the front doors of the
hotel.
Scrawled on the back of the poster
which he had taken from the hotel
clerk's desk, was a short note to Dr.
T. S. Burbank, of this city who Is
treating a brother of the dead man, J.
M. Bobbitt. at the James Walker -Me
morial Hospital here. The note read.
"Come to the Orton; bring brother
with you. Tell him to look in my pock
ets. He will find everything o. k." The
note was dated June 7th, evidently by
mistake for the 9th.
The dead man's brother came from
the hospital and at once had the re
mains prepared for shipment to Mari
on, whither they were sent tonight.
Bobbitt -leaves a wife and one eon, C.
A. Bobbitt, a clerk in the Bank of Ma
rion. He was a man of large physical
proporitons, weighing perhaps over 250
pounds.
State News Notes.
The comment made on the crops in
the State now is that while they are
late, they are very clean and generally
look virgorous.
It is asserted that the most fortu
nate part of the State this year so far
as ready money is concerned is that
J betwen Mt Olive, in Wavne romuv
I and Wilmington. It la said by a resi-
NORTH CAROLINA CROPS
Summary of Conditions af Given By
the. Department.
The weather 'during the week ending
Monday, June; 15th, was generally
cloudy with frequent rains which,
though not so excessive as last, week,
kept the soil too wet over many eastern
and extreme western counties, prevent
ing farm work.; In several counties the
rainfall was heavy and washed land
with considerable injury to crops. The
first portion of the week was warm and
favorable for growth, but the latter
portion was very; cool, a minimum of
42 degrees was ; reported at Asheville
on the morning; of June 13th, so that
the temperature for the week as a
whole was depressed over 3 degrees be
low the daily normal, a condition not
favorable for the rapid advancement
of vegetation. Farm work has been re
tarded in many counties by frequent
rains and crops, especially corn and
cotton, have become rather grassy; in
others, however the amount of mois
ture was just sufficient to keep the soil
in good condition for work. On the
whole further improvement in crop
conditions Is apparent.
Corn has generally improved consid
erably since the rains began; early up
land corn is being hilled or laid by in
the southeast portion, while In the west
much of it has not received its first
cultivation; some injury by worms in
lowlands is reported. Cotton is im
proving more slowly, it needs higher
temperatures for best development
than have been experienced lately; but
plants though still small, show an
healthy appearance and stands have
improved; chopping cotton is still un
derway, though all the crop is not yet
up; many fields have become very
grassy and lice are; reported as injuring
the crop in several counties. Trans
planting tobacco is practically com
pleted with fairly good stands; late
set plants need cultivation, and have not
yet started into rapid growth; early set
is not showing much improvement, the
drought caused too. early maturity as
expressed by the term "buttoning
low;" tobacco worms are reported in
limited sections. Many farmers are
through harvesting wheat, but the bulk
cf the crop in the west has not been
cut; frequent rains have been unfavor
able for the work of harvesting, and in
some cases wheat and other grains
were beaten down by heavy rains.
Minor crops are doing well, and gar
dens show much better growth. A large
crop of sweet potatoes has been set;
clover and pastures have improved.
Fruit is fairly promising in the central
east portion; m early peaches of the
Alexander and" Triumph varieties are
ripe and shipments have -been made;
early apples are ripening, and the
amount of dropping Is not excessive.
Dewberries and blackberries are nearly
ripe.
Alarket Quotations.
COTTON MARKET.
These figures represent prices paid
to wagons:
Strict good middling . . .12.00
Good middling .....ll7i
Strict middling . .
Stains and tinges ;.
PRODUCE MARKET.
OdIods . . . . .
Chickens spring . .1 . . . . . . .
Hens per head. . . ;
Eggs. ... i... ......
Beeswax . . .... . . I
Turkeys
Corn . :
Ducks ..y
.11.15
.$ 70
30
12
20
80
22
60
1 00
45
1 00
9
40
10
2
Wheat
Wheat-
-seed
Oats
Rye .
Sates .U .
Skins calf . . . . .
Hides dry salt ... . .
Tallow unrendered . .
State News, ,
The Legislature made provision for
the use of $200,000 held by the State
board of education, as a loan fund, to
be lent to counties desiring to improve
public school buildings or erect new
ones. It is learned from the Superin
tendent of Public Instruction that ap-.
plications for the loan fund are pouring
in. The aggregate is not yet known,
but must already approach the $100,-
000 figure. Wake county, for example
wants $8,000. This ; is the largest
amount so far desired by one county.
Charters are granted Fordham, Alf-
ord & Company, of Greensboro, as
druggists and chemical manufacturers,
capital $50,000; to the Asheboro Can
ning Company, E. L. Moffitt and
others, stockholders, capital $20,000.
A charter is granted the Hardwood
Lumber Company, of Asheville, capital
$100,000, Charles M. Putnam and M. S.
Wilkinson owning practically all the
stock. A charter is also granted the
Hill Ginning Company, at Wade3boro,
which 13 given power to operate an oil
mill.
It is said that a million dollar in
crease In the valuation of property in
Wake county is expected to be the re
sult Of this year's assessment.
The Newton Enterprise says that
town is to have a new cotton mill. It
gives no further particulars except the
statement that it is a certainty. The
site has been purchased and ; enough
stock is already in sight to leave no
doubt about the matter.
Mr. S. H. Stranger, of Fayettevillc,
shipped from Mrs. Cochrane's Myrtle
Hill place a solid car of dewberries
consigned to Chessman & Co., Boston
These Myrtle Hill berries, which have
already established a reputation, . are
said to be even of finer quality than
usual this year.
The corporation commission notifies
tax listers that Federal and State offi
cers must list their income from sal
aries exceeding $1,000.
The. pharmacists were in, session last
week. . '.j. .-. -.; :
Statesville has voted "dry" and the
town board has placed a tax of $750 on
any drug store selling liquor on pre
scription. No license will be taken out.
A charter for a cotton mill has been
granted to the Whetstone Manufactur
ing Company, of Bessemer City, Gaston
county, and authorizing that company
to spin and weave fabrics from any
textile materials, cotton, wool, etc. The
capital stocK is iuu,uuo and the stick
holders are L. W. Buck, J. H. Williams
rnd S. J. Durham. li'
The reports from bank3 and those
from corporations are-being very rap
idly received b the State Auditor,
500 HUNDRED DEAD
Frightful Less of Life and Destruc
tion of Property 1
OREGON CITY SWEPT BY WATER
High Wall of Water Swept Down the
Gulch and Most of the Residence
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Portion Gone.
Portland, Ore., Special. Five, hunt
dred people lost their lives in a cloud-,
burst that almost entirely , destroyed
the town of Heppner, Oregon, at G
o'clock Sunday night. Heppner
is the county seat of Mor-j
row county and had . about!
1,250 inhabitants. All the telephone
and telegraph wires are down and no
accurate information can be obtained
but the estimate of loss of life is based;
on the most reliable reports received
up to Monday night A report from
lone, 17 miles from Heppner, is toiliel
effect that 300 bodies have been recov
ered. A messenger who arrived at
lone said a wall of water 20 feet high
rushed down into the gulch in which
Heppner is situated,, carrying every
thing before it. The flood came with
such suddenness that the inhabitants
were unable to seek places of safety
and were carried down to death by the
awful rush of water. Almost the en
tire residence portion of Jhe town was
destroyed, but some of the business
part, which Is on higher ground, escap
ed. Huge boulders . weighing a torr
were carried down by the current ana
many people were killed by being
dashed against the rocky bluff. Early
in the afternoon a thunder-storm oc
curred, covering a wide region of coun
try, and later a heavy rain-storm set
in, many of the small streams over
flowing their banks in a short time.
Bridges were swept away like straws.
As soon as possible after the flood
subsided the' work of relief was com
menced by the citizens of the town.
Dozens of bodies were found in the
creeks and in some places they ware
piled over one another. Up to 2 o'clock
this afternoon over two hundred bod
ies had been recovered almost within
the city limits. The buildings which
were not carried away were moved
from their foundations or toppled over.
Hundreds of horses, cattle, sheep and
hogs that had gone into the creek bot
toms for, water perished. i ;
News of the calamity did not reach
the outside world until Monday, all
the means of communication havine
ceased. As soon as possible news was
sent by couriers to the near-by tohs.
The Oregon Railway & Navifration
Company started a relief train with
physicians and supplies' from The
Dalles shortly after noon. At 1:30
o'clock another train of relief started
for the scene from this city. The citi
zens of Portland started a relief fund
as soon as the news of the disaster
spread over the city, and within a tew
hours $3,000 was raised. Supplies will
be furnished to Heppner as soon as
they can be assembled.
Portland, Ore., Special. Prepara
tions for relief of Heppner are in prog
ress at various points from Portland to
Pendleton. The Oregon Railway &
Navigation Company dispatched a re
lief train from The Dalles at 12:30 and
at 1:30 a train left this place for the
scene. Doctors are being sent to Hepp
ner from near-by points, where there
is no rail communication. A number of
wool buyers from 'Boston are supposed
to have been at Heppner when the
cloud-burst occurred and are supposed
to have perished. Mayor George H..
Williams received the following dis
patch:
"Lexington, Ore., June 15. Cloud
burst occurred last evening. Large part
of town destroyed.. Help needed.
(Signed) "S. E. NATSON,
"Mayor."
Mayor Williams immediately wired
the following reply: "What do ypu
need, money or provisions? Give more
details."
It is impossible to communicate di4
vect with Heppner, as all telegraph and
telephone wires have been destroyed
along Willows creek.
THREE HUNDRED COFFINS f
i : 7 NEEDED. ' "
Portland. Ore., Special. Word was
received here from lone late Monday
afternoon that 300 coffins were needed
at once at' Heppner. The weather is
warm and It is necessary that the dead
should be buried at once. One hundred
coffins were sent on the Oregon Rail
way & Navigation overland train and
100 more will be sent from The Dalles
and Portland. The Portland office of
the O. R. & M. Railway Monday after
noon received the following message
from Heppner:
"Roughly estimated, almost the
whole people living on the banks of
the Willow creek were drowned."
Subway, Strike Ended.
New York, Special. Official :xn
nouhcement has been made that at the
weekly meeting of the Central Feder
ated Union action abandoning the
strike of the subway excavators has
been taken. This means that over
twenty thousand men will apply for
work unconditionally.
Strike Settled.
..Morencl, Ariz., SpeciaLThe strike
Is settled. The men have accepted the
company's offer of nine hours per day
for eight hours work. The territorial
guard left camp Saturday. Five troops
of regulars from Fort3 Grant and
Huachai, will soon follow.
Collections For Capt. Ewen.
Lexington, Ky., Special. A' subscrip
tion list for the. benefit of Capt. B. L.
Ewen, whose hotel at Jackson was
burned by incendiaries, has been start
ed by local newspapers and has met
with a liberal response'' already. A call
has been made on the people of Ken
tucky to make good the loss which it
Js said Ewen suffered in payment for
his attempting to assist in aiding tho
law in feud-ridden Breathitt county.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
A Splendid Improvement.
Brief reference was made last week
to the Enterprise Mills at Kings Moun
tain, N.C., as to etect an additional
building 75x100 feetj and install new
spindles, etc. Contracts for the im
provements, including machinery, have
been awarded, and about $25,000 will
be expended. The company's new ma
cinery will include 2464 spindles and
fifty loomswhich increases the equip
ment to 5352 spindles and 180 looms.
The new building will give additional
floor space for 150 more looms. The im
provements are expected to be com
pleted within three months.
Textile Notes.
The Lowe Manufacturing Co. and
the Eastern Manufacturing Co. ' of
Huntsville, Ala., are preparing to be
gin work on the improvements pro
posed for doubling their respective
plants. It was announced last year that
these two companies (both in control
of the same Fitchburg, Mass., cotton
manufacturers) had decided to double
their mills. The Lowe plant has 12,500
spindles, and the Eastern has 200
looms. Messrs. Cowell & Love are now
preparing plans and specifications for
these enlargements. The Lowe ad
dlt4on will be an 80x138 foot structure,
and the Eastern addition will be
60x120 feet.
I Blacksburg (8. C.) Spinning and
Knitting Mill stockholders will meet
June 30 to act upon a resolution
passed by the directors on May 27.
The resolution provides for increasing
capital from! $25,000 to $100,000 or a
le!s-3 sum, to issue $12,000 of preferred
8! per cent, stock, or to issue $12,000
of 6 , per cent, bemds secured by a
mortgage on the property. It is doubt
iless 'the Intention to enlarge the
plan, which at present has eighty
knitting machines, steam-power plant
and dyeing plant
j I Work is progressing on the con
struction of the Apalache Cotton Mill,
which incorporated ' last year. ' This
plant is to have, when completed, 17,-
000 ring spindles and 375 broad looms,
and be operated by water-power. It. is
located at Greer Depot, S. C, and is
Capitalized at $350,000. This plant was
one of those in the path of the flood
last week, 'but was only slightly dam
aged. ;; - ; - .
1 Messrs. Seaton Grantland, W. J.
Kincaid, James M. Brauner, D. J.
Bailey, Charles Wheeler and A. G.
Martin have incorporated the Towaliga
Falls Power CoJ to develop water
power and transmit same by elec
tricity, to establish and. secure the es
tablishment of cotton and woolen mills
and other Industries; offices at High
Falls, Ga. .
I It is stated that the Nashville
"Woolen Mills of Nashville, Ten., con
templates removing its plant to an
other city, consideration having been
glvpn to the advantages at Fay ette
ville, Tenn., and Corinth, Miss. This
removal is talked of because of -some
difficulties as to water supply at Nash
vill0. However, no definite decision has
been made. , .
jThe Courtenay Manufacturing Co.'s
plant at Newry, S. C, was not ma
terially injured by the flood of last
week. The basement was flooded and
warehouses 'were destroyed, with a
loss! of less than $20,000. The mill
proper, with fts 19,440 ring spindles
and t 635 loom, has already-resumed
operations.
M; H. Reed and associates of M!ir
bl? Falls, Texas, reported last month
as ! having purchased water-power
rights and textile buildings located on
the Colorado river near their city, are
just beginning to organize a company
to! develop the properties. No definite
statement can be given at this time. .
Messrs. C. W. Cherry, W. J. Rut
ledge and F. M. Drane of Corsicana,
Texas; S. B. Allen and W. F. Ramsey
of Cleburne, Texas, have incorporated
the Corsicana Cotton Mills, with capi
tal; stock of $150,000, for manufactur
ing cotton goods. No further details
stated. v
i " - "
The wool grown in the mountains
of Burnet, Llano, Gillespie and Blanco
counties, Texas, is now being mark
eted. ! Shipments were.1 begun from
Marble Falls, Texas, last week, three
cars I being loaded. Dispatches state
that the average price paid was 16 1-2
centsi
! Lumber Notes. -
Thej shipments of . lumber from the
port of Fernandina for the month of
May aggregated 1,205,452 feet, and of
crcssties 183,003 pieces.
The, Tennessee Lumber & Coal Co.; a
New; York corporation with $1,000,000
capital, .has closed a deal at Chatta
noogaj Tenn., for 10,000 acres of timber
land in Cumberland county, Tennes
see.!. ' I .''.
The j Louisiana Stare & Heating Co.
of Louisiana, Mo.,-has been incorpor
ated, with a capital stack of $25,000.
The! incorporators are B P. Wells, C.
C. Webben, E. L. Carpenter and others.
The S steamship Huron cleared last
week from Charleston, S. C, for Bos
ton with 69,177 feet of lumber among
her cargo, and the British schooner
Benefit; for Kingstone, Jamaica, with
277,000 feet of lumber, 200 doors and
ashes. - , ' ; , - .-
At! Savannah last week the schooner
Major Pickards was loaded with cross
ties by! the Howard Supply Co., and in
thirty-eight hours 19,500 ' crosstles,
equal tp 850,000 feet of lumber, was
placed on board that vessel. The Pick
andssailed for Baltimore on the 3rd
inst.; ! . v . - .
; The Wood County Lumber Co., or
Rhonesboro, Wood county, Texas, has
been incorporated, with a capital stock;
rtf $30,000.- The incorporators are J. W.
Wilcox,! George Wilcox, Fr E. Wilcox
of Collin county, and J. F. Stlners of
Wood county. "', :
, The large saw-mill of D. B. Morrison
& CoJ at Morriston, Fla., was destroyed
by fire on the 5th Inst The entire mill
and Hxturca, dry-kiln and two tram en
Sines were burned. The loss may ex
ceed $30,000. The company will rebuild
the mill at once. - .
ran?
Joel Chandler Hn!- -
reaamg is nara writing" an,
gives the antithesis wh v
- .' syj
"You write with ease tn v '
breeding, t0
But easy writing is eum . '
-A IIP (S-
ins.
I am too sick, to write f j
don't wish to be curst aw?' V
gloomy, weather takes awa H
hilarity. Lowell says 'rn, ya5J
rare as a day in June." it k
every day and every night
1st and we didn't liv SlSc ;
for it - was rnv wifn-o i,:.,. hotJ
hoped it would be hrw V .J
for the poor woman ,iw Hi
mat(rnnl fpnola )n 3t
,u ck yea
ternal kisses. I was sick the nu A
fore and she was.up with
half t,
nignt and slept late.
T i . ,
i nan
to breakfast and slinDed -
i"-- ucr piate and iw 1
ed to rise and kiss her
brow when she appeared, but k 1
ped up behind me and WwS JM
She never did It that wa
the boys hint that she dwlS
shining and it excited b?r lahi.i H
latoryndsanda
"Gold, gold, gold, goIdr
Bright and yellow, hard and ih
Heavy to get and light to hold
SPenoi7 y0UT1S but hWy
To save to ruin, to curse or to hi
Now stamoed with th tn.. .
Queen Bess . m
And now of bloody Mary."
But sb got more' than I gaYP i
" j svi. . 1Y1B3 uui nie "(M
dren," said I, ''this iS your
that tho Riar foil , "u 0!
- - cui-lW0 VPJh
ago and that's the reason they did 5
They knew that a briefs iL. 14
coming and so they paled their mZ
uira ojiu ic-ii icr ine- ground
expired.
"I am- only 71,'r said my wife! "Wb
uu juu vry io mase me zr'Becanse.'
earn i, .you nave had seventy
birth day.3. You had one
was born. When you were a yea? oil
you had had two.'
, Then she gave it up.
These birthdays are the mile stona
that measures the journey of life
Next Monday I will be 72. On the 23ri
one of the girls will be 40. On the 24ti
my mother was born and bo Wd?
little 5 grandchild, Caroline, wha n
i named for her. My wife can tell
birthday of every child and graM
cnna, out l Know only half a dozen.
Well the Mexican boy did come and
for a whole week -we have feasted on
his presence and listened to the same
old songs he used to sing. He is a M
singer and has plenty of help tront
the children and grand cMfrea.
And the night was filled 'with musk
' And the cares that infest the day
Folded their tents like the Arabs
And silently stole away.
iiuu lur iilt.ir nnv. wnn is uuiv m
A J 1 XI. mil . t . 1.. W
months old. and Tooks like me. joins it
the hilarity and tries to sins, and holds
no his skirt rtmidnnrps the cakeiralli
and kicks up his feet and bows to the
audience with -great solemnity. K
plays monkey fn the show, and hi
young mother thinks he is the smartest
and Drettiest chilri fn nTi the. world. ani
I think so, for they say he is justl&e
me. What kind of a world would this
be without these little children, ani
yet the last census says they are not
Wanted rn r Tvrw FlntrTand anv ffiOTt
They say, that Roosevelt loves childra
mfltprnitT..
Well, I'll give him credit for that when
be retracts and apologizes. Our Men-
can Doy says the peons pi Mexico n&
thftm hv fho wnre Thtfiw nhnde hOUS
have but one big room with a dirt fl
and you will see a man and his
and a flock of dirty, lousy, greasy chj
dren and hult a Anven dnc-s all cathffw
there by day and roosting there hr
night A . peon is the biggest vagabond
on ' earth. He will work one or two
days in a week for 37 cents a day ani
be paid in Mexican silver that is vortj
only half what ours is,, and he andt
family and the dogs will live on thij
for a week. They will steal everythli
that is in sight and not locked oP
says he has known them to break W
a car, that was sidetracked and sm
and carry1 off 2,000 pounds of macDin
ery. They 'will get it to the city
way and sell it to a junk shop w
dollar or two. The Americans do w
the manufacturing; the Germans aj
iae naraware ousmess; tne ri--the
silk and fine goods, and the ."
tlves all the little shop business i
run the saloons. Besides the fcB
bishops and bishops, no less -tMj
twenty-five priests officiate &uurz.
chancel in the great cathedral
day. Somebody must stay there to re
ceive the offerings and grant ahsoi
tion and remission of sins. This is
largest cathedral in the world exw
three. It is 46 feet long, 440 feet
and 110 feet from the floor to the ce
Ing, and the walls are literally ov
laid with gold and silver images v
crucifixes. The church. is rich ana.w
trols President Diaz. Diaz controls j
Castillians and the police all over
towns and cities, and the P0110
trol the peons and the common phj
SO at the last it is the priesthood
dominates the government, tB
concesslons are given to America
build railroads and dig canals and
mtA t Thft CD1-
uiuc lui yrcbiuua mcu
under which -the Mexican National
built requires seventeen rnemoer
the board of directors, and five on .
must live In Mexico; the others w
live anywhere. Our boy Carl is a -
ican director, navmg nveu . ;s
enoueh to'hmnmp oiiHble. ana in .
last
nrw h nag oal Ail tn NPW I"1".
. vr.-i.
week to a meeting of the board
a chance to come by home and s
for-a week. And now the tijw
ulations is near at hand, and ne
leayo us and we may never sev
fnd it. Bill Arp in -Atlanta Co