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THE MEMORIAL DAY Of the Death of President McKinley Generally Celebrated, - . SERVICES HELD IN MANY CITIES. The Life and Character of the States. nrin-Christlan Reviewed From a ; dumber of Pulpits. ' . Buffaio,?N.r Y., Special The anniver sary of the death of William McKinley was universally observed in this" city Sunday. ; The pastors in all the church es paid tribute to the memory of the (lead President and the congregation sang his favorite hymns, "Nearer, my God, to Thee," and "Lead, Kindly Light." ' . ; In the" afternoon , a special meeting' W3s held in the city hall. The audito rium, was crowded and, hundreds were turned away.- Despite presence of the immense'throng the services were reverential throughout. The inte rior of the hall sras decorated with the nation al tolors. A large oil painting 'of the dead- President,; festooned in flags, faced the audience. Over the portal was a banner inscribed with the "words uttered by. the President on his death bed, "It is-God's way." Mayor Erastus C. Knight-presided. The services were opened with Chopin's funeral march by the orchestra. After the invocation the choir of 100 voiees nd . the audience sang, "Lead, Kindly Light." Addresses were made by the Rev. E. C. Locke, Tracy C Becker and Anslem J, Smith. "Nesrer, My God, to Thee," and 'AAmerica"- were sungby the audience and the services ended with Mendels sohn's funeral march by the orchestra. Monday memorial services" were held in all the public schools. w" j . ; . Canton; p., Special. There was a general-ebservanee of McKinley me morial day in the city which: called him .its citizen. From almost every1 pulpit there was reference in prayer or in address to him and his work.- His favorite hymns were sung. There was! no attempt at decoration other than to have the portraits o McKinley draped with flags and surrounded with choice flowers. The address that at tracted most attention here was that giveBTBy Judge Wilham R. Day, former .Secretary- of State, f and a friend and adviser of McKinley ' for many years. The address was de-divered-ia the First Methodist Epis copal church,, of which Mckinley was a mem Der, and In which the - public funeral was held September 19, 1901. - Cincinnati, 0., Special. McKinley memorial -services were .held in all the churches of this vicinity. - There were special programmes in many churches. Including the favorite hymns of the martyred President. In the afternoon a concert was given at Eden Park with a programme suitable to the anniver sary. - . Appropriate, ceremonies also were held in all the benevolent and other public institutions. . in some churches-the floral -tributes jwere as elaborate as on Easter. In many places the portrait of Mr. McKinley was fes tooned with crape or flowers. The posts of the Grand Army of the Republic at tended in a body at different churches. No day was ever more generally obser ved in sacred or secular circles here. Suitable memorial', exercises ; will be. held in the city schools. . j; Washington, Special. tThe anniver sary. of the death of President McKin ley was marked by some tender and sincere, mention of him in every church in Washington.-. In many of them were - exhibited emblems of mourning and also the national flag. At the Metropolitan Methodist Episco pal church, where .McKinley worship ped, the pastor, Rev. Frank 1 Bristol, took for his text-a select! on ---from Proverbs, reading "the memory of the just is .blessed.'1 At Mount Vernon Methodist church, South, Rev. Mr. Prettymen said he hoped to see the,; day when the whole s country j would raise a fitting monument in Washing ton to President M'cKinley. , Baltimore, Md., Special. In pearly all of Baltimore's churches some fit ting reference to the memory of Presi dent 'McKinley was made during the services ' Sunday. By direction of Cardinal Gibbons', a special prayer was said in all the Catholic churches of the archdiocease. Rev. Anthony Bilkovsky, of the- Universalis church, in the course of his remarks suggested that the day be made a national holi day, to be called "the martyris me morial day," in honor of three mur dered President, Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley. - ' w '). New York, Special. The first; anni versary of the death of President Wil liam McKinley was especially observed Sunday in a large number of the churches of this city, while it - was re ferred to by pastors of almost all the. others.3nie Rev. Chas. L. Thompson preached at-the Fifth Avenue Presby terian church., on "Religious Elements of ffatlonal Strength.":" In this church, ajs in all the others, the hymns, "Lead, Kindly Light," and ."Nearer,. My God, to Thee," were included in the pro gramme of congregational singing The sermons were laudatory : of the i public acts - of congregational singing,. The sermons were laudatory, of the -public acts and , -private" character . of ... the Cold Wave Damages Crop, Chicago Special. The 'cold ihwaxe which did much damage to corn crops yesterday extended Its '9 operations south and east, Fort - Smith 1 Ark:, Evansville, Ind., and " many Illinois towns all reported - the presence of frost Late ops throughout ihie sec-. Uong which escaped the first visitation of the'coui vere badly damaged." "The crest of the cold wave has been reach ed tonight and there will be a general warming up. - - ' . JOINT CAMPAIGN ARRANGED Pritchard and Craig Will Discuss the Issues Together. - - .Asheville; Special. A fortnight ago tlie report became current ; that, the Democratic State committee'- had as-, sumed a position adverse to the pro posed joint canvass between Senator Pritchard and Locke ; Craig, Esq. A later report had it that State Chairman Simmons had intimated to Mr. Craig that the joint canvass would have a tendency to promote discord in Demo cratic ranks and must not be. It would seem that these reports were not well founded, for Senator Pritchard and Mr. Craig have arranged the dates and places where they intend to speaks One conference was held between these gentlemen on a passenger; train : be tween Marshall and Hot Springs, in the presence "of a represetative of The Charlotte Observer. SenatorPritchard had arranged a provisional series of en gagements and it was the work of only a few. minutes, to. reach an agreement. The Senator had suggested both Salis bury and Durham as good places : for their' joint discussion, but Mr. Craig demurred tO-this, as he feared a stopat these places would savor, too much of' an invasion of ' the enemy's country, these places being conceded .sjthe pre- serves of Messrs. Overman and Carer The dates agreed upon were:! 9 -"9 Kinston, September 22; ; Smlthfleld, 23; Fay ettoville, 24; Wilmington , 25; Rocky Mount, 26; ' Raleigh, ,27; 9Pitts boro, 29; Oxford; 30; Greensboro; Oc tober 1; Lenoir, October 2; Statesville, October 8; -Charlotte, October 9; Hick ory, October 10, and Asheville the 11th. The Speaking in Charlotte- will take place at night. Later dates will be ar ranged for a joint discussioi at Eliza beth City and Marion : and perhaps some: point in - the western' J counties. Senator Pritchard said to Mr. Craig: "It is my intention to discuss the ; is sues of the day' as I understand them and steer clear of everything of a per sonal nature. If. we go into ; personali ties it will not make us thing more of ties it will not make us think more of' will think less of ourselves." i Mr. Craig readily approved of this sentiment and; their discussion will doubtless be pitch ed on a high plane. : ,: . 9 Hiss Declines to Meet Webb. From the Charlotte Observer. Kindly publish the enclosed letter in your paper. Very truly yours, . THOMAS S. ROLLINS. Marshall, N. C, Sept 15, 1902. Hon. E. Y. Webb, Shelby, N. C. Dear Siri Your letter of the -5th inst., addressed to Mr. George Bj Hiss, re questing him to' join you In a canvass of this district, has been duly received and referred to me as chairman of the Republican congressional : execu tive committee for my decision. Re- plying thereto I beg to say that your request for a joint canvass is respect fully declined. " . " t With kindest regards, I am THOMAS S. ROLLINS, Chm. Rep. Cong. Ex. Com., 9th Dis. The Crop Bulletin. The amount-of precipitation receiv ed during the past week was consider able, occurred chiefly on the 8th and 9th, and was fairly well distributed. In only a few localities was the rainfall heavy enough to cause slight damage to crops, and generally it had a benefi cial effect on field peas, late potatoes and turnips, besides placing the soil in excellent condition for plowing. The weather was cool during the entire week, and the mean averaged over 6 degrees below the normal for the seas on. Light frosts occurred in the moun tain region on the 10th and 11th, and probably also "on the 14th Sand 15th without causing any danjageL Condi tions vere favorable for . gathering crops and for farm work; fall plowing has 'begun to make rapid progress; some winter oats have been sown; making pea-vine hay is underway. Much of the early, corn crop has been gathered; laje corn was a" little bene fited by rain, it is now generally near maturity; corn on bottom lands and on rich soil is very good. Pulling fooder continues in the west. Old cotton was not helped by rain, but; though the rainfall was quite heavy in some coun ties very few reports of damage by staining were received; , late! planted cotton was benefited as some . corre spondents reports blossoms seen near top, indicating with deferred frost, the formation of some top crop. Cotton is opening rapidly 'and - picking' is ad vancing sas last as possible; it appears that the bulk of the crop will be out by the, middle , of October. While be low the average, the crop will be a good one, . exceeding last; year's crop: Tobacco still uncut in north" portion -is becoming ra ther coarse. - Rice seem to be a very good .crop. Gathering minor crops is progressing favorably. Crim son .clavejlsup' witlugood stands; late irish 'potatoes look well. Fall apples are short and Inferior. Accidentally Shot, j ; , Wadesboro,: Special. A most .singu lar and horrible accident occurred in the upper part 'fit. this county ; early Monday morning. Messrs. Charlie and Thomas Curlee, sons of David- Curlee, Eeq.; went out on Richardson's creek turkey, hunting: before - it xwas light. Thomas went up In the top of a tree to yelp up the birds, while his, brother was out on the skirts of the? forest. Not. knowing where his brother wa3, CharV: Jollowed r the . sound of the yolpJi;, thinking it was a. turkey an3. rcp UK an object in the top of a tree, fLreo. f t it To his utter amazement and horror, he had shot his brother, who fell to the ground and died almost in-st-antij. The surving brother is pros trated with grief. - - 1 - . . Cigarette Smoker (Juilty.- -; : Elizabeth City, SpeciaU The case of young Sanders, ",who ? was- recently ar rested and imprisoned upon the charge of cigarette smoking- and who took an appeal, was heard before the Superior Court. His k; attorney, endeavored td have his honor, dismiss -the case be causo of a technicality - ;. The t motion was. denied. -After one; minute Jn the room the jury returned with a;ve rd k f of guilty. The, attorney for the'defoiJ;. ant lodged an appeal - to the. .Sugerioj Court, ..." ,-"---. " 1 IN A BURNING MINE Lives of Seventeen Workmen Were . Sacrificed;,' ; ALL HOEE OF ESCAPE ABANDONED. A Miner's Lamp Fired the Gas, and i- This in Turn Caused a Powder Exploslon- Destructive A special form North Fork, Va.y to The. Roanoke Times says :- A disas- curred in the Big. Four Mine of the Algoma Coal and Coke Company "here Monday about 8 o'clock, James Lester, an engineer;! John Rockie, ;a Hun garian miner, and 15 colored rminers are known to be in the mine now, and there is no chance-of their being res cued alive, as they are beyond the point where the explosion" occurred, and the gas and smoke is so thick that the rescuing parties aFe being driven! back. II. F. Frankenfleld, the bank boss, and George Gas pie, a Hungarian miner, succeeded in crawling over the fallen coal and ' have been taken out aliver although tbey are both badly burned and nearly suffocated by the gas and' smoke inhaled. . , The explosion was caused by an ac cumulation of gas catching 'on fire from the lamp of a miner, who was go ing, to work, and this, in turn, fired six kegs of blasting powder that had been stored back.in the mines. The explosion knockeddown. all the brat tices for a quarter of a mile back, to wards the mine entrance, thus cutting off all of the '' air from the men im prisoned behind the debris. There had been- a small gas explosion in this mine on Sunday-last, which bifrncd two mine mules to death, and Mine Superintendent A. J. Stewart had per sonally xautioned the men who worked in the mine not to attempt to work again until the air had been tested by a safety lamp, lut they disregarded his caution, and . went, to their death. A rescuing party, headed by Mine Superintendent Cooper,' attempted a rescue this morning; but were driven back by "the want of air. It is now learned tijat the coal is burning and there is no hope of extinguishing tho flames until a new,, air passage can be built to the point of the explosion. Superintendent Stewart has a' large force of ' men atrork now. and will make a second attempfMto reach, the imprisoned men this evening. At 8 o'clock the rescuing party re turned from the Algoma Mine and re ported that they were unable to reach I the dead or dying men imprisoned in there on account of the deadly Jblack damp. The men have been working faithfully all day and have so far suc ceeded in building air -brattices to within 50 yards of the place where the explosion occurred. They have found the bodies of two mules that were used by the miners when they went to work. The names of the Victims have not yet been obtained and their identity will not be known until1 the bodies are reached by the rescuing party. Blueflelds, W. Va., Special. A tele phone message received from Algoma at 11:30 p. m., states that 11 bodies have just been recovered from the mines with six more to be taken out. So far those recovered are colored miners," with the . exception of one white miner named Luster. The names of the other men are unobtainable at this hour.VThe "fanrunner, - Frank En field, was in the mine and located more than -a mile distant from where the explosion occurred, came stagger ing out more dead than alive and af ter several attempts .was finally able to tell his story of the explosion and how he attempted to aid the entombed miners but being overcome by gas was forced to retrace his steps toward the J main, entrance and nnaiiy reacnea an opening. ' : Petition For Receiver. Macon, Ga., Special. W B. Sper ry, of Baltimore, has filed? a petition in the United States Court for the ap pointment -off -a receiver of the Albany & Northern Railway. The court- has ordered a response to be made Octa; ber 1. The petition alleges that the road, . which runs from Albany, Ga., to Cordele, Ga., has not passed the in terest on its indebtedness for over six years. - " : ' 'Wrecked Crew Brought In. - New York, Special. The : steamer fAritillia, "which arived -ilonday . from Nassau,- brought as passengers five distressed seamen of the bark "Harry Merryday, which '-was wrecked on Long Island, August 50, while on the voyage from Norfolk to Matanzas. The bark: had a cargo of coal, lumber and machinery' and Iwent - ashore on the reef on the morning of August 30, on Long Island, during squally weath er and will' prove a total loss. ' The Marry Merryday registered-200 tons, was built ; in 1877 and hailed from Jacksonville. 'The cargo is being sal vaged and taken' to Clarentown, L I. . k . .-; v V . ' - 1- :- - ' To Buy Canals. Norfolk,' Spec'ial.-eohgressman J ohn H. Small,of North Carolina, will ar rive There and meet a : delegation : of. business men and, all others interested in the purchase by ther government of the,: Chesapeake and - Albemarle canals for ' the .opening of an - inland waterway .between this city, and Beau fort InletN.'CIr--Small will meet the delegation at - the . custom, house at 10 o'clock and possibly take, a ...Jtrip through the canal during the day. He is confident the government will pur chase the canals.;, , .' M A FIRE-SPOUTING VOLCANO Tough Experiences of a Scientist on - , Famous Mount Pelee. - ' Fort-de-France, Ieiand of MartkiJaue, By Cable.-Professor Angelov: Hellprin, president of the Philadelphia Geologi cal Society, who is in Martinique in the Jnterest' or the'". National Geographical Society, has made the following :report of the recent eruption -of Mont Pelee: "The scene of destruction in the last eruption of Mont Pelee far surpasses in extent that of the eruption of May 8, when St. Pierre was destroyed, and includes the broad area lying between Macouba and v Carbet and ' involves Haute Tours, DeDourden, Basse Pointe, Morne Balai and A joupa Bouillon, where alone upwards of 300 . persons were killed, as well as Morne Rouge with a death list of probably not less than--l,100 persons. ; Great cinders fell also over the region of Grand Riviere, and Precheur is covered - deep .with ashes. - In Carbet the ashes lie one foot deep and nearly the same amount over the: ruins of St. Pierre. All of Morne Ilough, with the p exception 6t -four houses ' and the beautiful church, has been; swept to 'the ground ' and J the greater part; of the town has been burned up. At Ajouha Boullion, where one-half of the town has been nros- trated, there is no trace of fire of any Kina. '. . ' .... !' '.'The destructive blast, - instead of confining itself "to a section or area during the, first eruption, was distrib uted radically,1 crossing the low sum mit of the volcano near the Knob of Monroe Jacob and skipping scenes be tween its rays. Th'e danger from Mont Pelee is thus materially increased, and perhaps no position-in the north of the island is absolutely safe. The govern ment has judiciously ordered that evac uation of all points reached. by a ra dius of about 8 or 10 miles from the crater. . - ., . '"The recent phenomena ?ere precise ly like those, of May 8, the deaths in most cases being from contact with the terribly swift and BotTHast which burnt and which suffocated. The sulphur emitted from the crater rduring the re cent eruption was comparatively in significant, although it densely per meated the atmospherelc cloud which fell over Prechuer. The electrical il luminations during . the ; storm . were wonderful, and greatly surpassed those of July 9th. There was no barometric disturbance to indicate a coming erup tion. ; . ' - "During the time I was on the vol cano on the afternoon of the eruption, Mone Pelee was in terrible activity and refuge from flying bombs had to be sought in a hole: The great cone could not be seen, .On the way down the mountain the party was enveloped- in ashes and mud, the center of the ash and steam clouds being almost vertical ly over us. The destruction of the sev eral towns and localities w,ere simul taneous, occurring at ten minutes past 9 o'clock in the evening There is much, uneasiness all over the island of Martinique, and this is intensified - by the knowledge that LaSoufriere, on the Tsland of St. Vincent, is again in full activity.. - - "The illustration of the eruption on St.. Vincent as seen from here the night of the Wednesday, was most terrifying and on Thursday morning, the ash cloud from the St, Vincent volcano car ried, darkness to Fort-de-France for a period of nearly six hours. -No details of the casualties on St Vincent have as yet been received here." . ": OH Fields on Fire. Beaumont, Texas, Special. The oil fields is on fire and judging by the gre&t volume of smoke which is flow ing in from Spindle Top there is grave danger that great loss will be sustain ed, if the field is not destroyed.- The fire started early in the evening in some waste along the side of the rail road tracks and burned about 60 feet of trestle. This was gotten under con troi and it was believed all danger had passed but in some way the fire has. been . communicated to a number' of tanks containing thousands of barrels of petroleum and have exploded and others are reported as being in direct line of the fire which has spread over a. wide area already. The ground is sat urated with oil, and there is no chance for .stopping the progress of the flames. The fire is spreading rapidly and it is believed the whole field wilt be ignited before daylight. .A' telephone message from Gladys, which isf the station at the oil field, says the . whole of the Keith-Ward tract; embracing several acres and containing a large number of weils have caught, though this is not is yet positively determined as no one can approach to find out. At 1 o'clock the big tank belonging to the Higgins Company are burning. A statement, is sued yesterday -showa . there are ; 419 l producing wells in the field, some of guard against fire. To Issue Bonds. V . New Yok, Special. The directors of the Baltimore & Ohio road met Thurs day and authorized! a& issue of $25,000, 000 'additional common stock which; with the $17,500,000 authorized last November, makes a total of $42,500,000, andjs equivalent to a 30 per cent, al lotment of stock at par to existing is sues, including debentures and ' : out standing voting trufat certificates. The new stock- will be devotea to these purposes; ; $12,500,000 to, construction present and in contemplation; .$20,000, 000 in payment of stock, debts, etc., un fler the Pittsbtfrg,; Lake Erie West Virginia plan and placed under that tnoijtgage. S - - ' - -A Big Lawsuit. . Norfolk, - 'Special. Dr.-; William Schmoele, of Portsmouth, ry has ; been sued to recover $5,000,000 by. Charles H. Brown, of New York.' Dr. Schmoele is the only surviving - officer of .the former - Memphis," Bl Paso. & Pacify? Railway which Is now a part' of the Texas-Pacific . system.; Th suit was brought' for the r purpose of realizing on bonds issued by the Memphis, El Paso .& pacific Railway,, in. 1867,. Dr. Schmoele is the onlyT man .'living on whom a summons could be served, " . MANY? FOREST FIRES Work'Severe Damage m the' North west Country Vy- nIany limber towns' burned up Navigation , is Retarded By 5inoke. - Which Extends For More Than 40 whiles From , . " , Tacoma, Wn., Special. Forest fires are. now burning in every county; of western Washington from British Co lumbia to the Columbia river.1 ' The conflgrations are-the most extensiye in Mason, Thurston, Chehalis and Lewis counties to " the southwest ; of Tacoma. The towns of Elma and Fol som, in Chehalis county, have been partly destroyed. Each was the cen tre large logging, lumber and shingle : milrs industries. Other, towns which are in. great danger- are Shel ton, Mattack, Black Hills, Bucoda, flanier and Castle Rock in southwestern-.Washington. V Enumclaw- and Berkley, in the. Caccade Mountains, are threatened, v The latest-reports from Mason coun ty are that every portion of that.coun ty is in flames with the exception of Shelton. "- ' The logging camps of Thomas Bor-. deuy, near Olympia, are surrounded by- flames. Forty men ' have left here on horseback to rescue the women and children. The - Grays Harbor branch ; Of the Northern Pacific is on fire, even to the ties in several places. Many farm houses about , Enumclaw and throughout southwest Washing ton, together .with other farm prop erty, have , been destroyed." . At Enumclaw Mrs. Biles was driven from home with her dead baby in her arms, while her husband was out fighting fire. - - ' . The burning bridge at Wellington on the Great Northern has stopped traffic on that road. Over 50 Die in the Flames. Kalama, Wash., Special. News reached here Sunday night that the forest fires on Lewis river : -have wrought sad havoc. D. L. Wallace, his wife andttwo children were burned to death. They were camping in the woods when caught by the fire. Their wagon was found burned up, the charred bodies lying ' hear A 12-year-old son of Mr. Hanley also is dead. Mrs. John Polly, her - baby and a brother, name unknown, and Mr; New house, and Mrs. Graves-re dead. Fif-' teen others were found without cloth ing excepting gunnysacks f Logging camps are burned out com pletely. The fire has spread f from Lewis river north to the.JKalami river and 50 sections of the finest timber on the coast have been destroyed. It is impossible . to give an estimate of the amount of the. damage done to property. Oak Point, 20 miles below here,' on the Columbia river, has been destroyed. There are no reports of lives lost, but loss to property is esti mated at about $300,000. A great fire is also raging on-the Cowoma, in the northern part of the county. Everything combustible in its path has been consumed. The air is thick with, smoke and falling ashes. The lumber camps are reported j miss ing; people are panic-stricken and crazed over the loss of property Cow litz county thought it was going to escape until the reports came thick and fast, each worse than the : last. Five people are dead and two missing, with only partial reports from the burned district A courier just arrived from Lewis river states that only two houses are left standing on Lewis river and that not less than 50 per sons have perished, v .1' Portland, Ore., Special. The smoke from the forest fires is becoming thicker in this city, though . the: fires in this vicinity practically have burned out. Hundreds of people in this and ad j acent counties have been - made homeless and the loss in timber and farm houses will be many hundreds of thousands of dollars. The smoke hangs so thick over the rivers - that navigation is hazardous and all boats are behind time.. There is no prospect of rain and until it'Shall come con ditions will not improve.- , ; . Attempt to Wreck. r Austin,- Texas, 'Special. An unsuc cessful-attempt was maqe to wreca tne St.' Louis flyer on the International & Great f Northern ' Railroad, some three mtiPtt tinrth nf this citVi iust over the State encampment ground. ,A pile of cross-ties were found on tne tracK ana removed by persons drawn to the scene by the burning of the grahd-stand on the encampment grounds and the pedar brakes on the adjoining mountain. - . . . A Restraining Order. Cincinnati, Special Judge Cochran of , the - United States Court for; the eastern district of Kentucky at Mays ville has granted a . temporary res training order against - the, Chesa peake and Ohio Railroad company from interfering with the delivery of groceries, in the'. West Virginia', coal fields. Suit was brought by a .whole sale grocery firm of Cincinnati. The hearing for a permanent injunction was set for SeptcSO.t-The firm in its petition ' claims thaT seven . carloads of groceries v recently shipped .to the West Virginia coal' fields had been sent 3TJQ miles beyond their destina tion. "--" - " J ' ; - - ' ' ' -' ' " ' Resume Operations. " . .Tamaqua, -Pa..' Special, The Gjeen wood 'cclliery east of here will, it is said, esuxn3r'operations " on Monday. No coal wiil.be mined, the purpose be ing to ' run through the breaker the material from their rich culnx baks which , surround the place. The plant i. cyprated by" thfe BeSdal Brother' but it is controuea oy me jueniga, Na-vigation company.'' - -1 ' ' SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL , ; To Add flany Spindles. In its issue of May 15 the Manufac turers Record announced particulars concerning the decision of ; the MOa arch Cotton -Mills Of Tjnion, S. . to enlarge its plant! It was stated that 18,000 spindles' and 600 looms wduld be the additional machinery to be in stalled. The company now states thai it ;wiH p'ut. in position 26,000 spindles and 40 -looms additional, instead bf the number at first announced. The company has -14,000 spindles-and 360 looms, so that. the ; increase will give it 40,000 spindles r and 1,000 looms In all.- The building to accommodate this machinery, previously mentioned a 185x400 feet in size is . now neartttg completion, -being erected by" day la"' bor, - There are also three large ware houses and thirty operatives' cottages in course of construction in connection with the 'requirements of these mill enlargements. The pompany has re cently increased itH canital from 1 500;. 000 to $750,000 to provide the funds- ror tne-increasing investment. Messrs: Lockwood, Greene & Co. of Boston, Mass.,' are the architects in charge.; They will begin installing" the equip ment probably in October. ' .-. , . Morehead Cotton Mills. The Morehead Cotton, Mills -of Spray, N. C.,-has been incorporated, with capital stock authorized at $135, 000, and privilege of increasing: to $500,000. Messrs. B. Frank Mebane,. W. R. Walker and S. H. Marshall are the': incorporators. This company was announced early, in -August as to' in corporate and ; .organize for establish ing fa 4,000-splndle plant. - Probably the' initial investment will be about $60,000 to $75,000. Messrs. O. -A. Rob bins, &1 Co. of Charlotte, N. C'are furnishing the -plans and specifica tions. ', " :- '. - .. - . " Textile Notes. , Manufacturers' Record. : Magnolia Cotton Mills, Magnolia, Miss., expects to award' contract Sep tember 10 for the erection of its build ing. .Bids will be opened' on that date, and the plans and specifications are now being examined by , prospective bidders-. This, company haa been previ ously reported, and recently contracted for its textile machinery. However, the number of spindles and looms has not been stated, but the'; enterprise is capi talized at $100,000. : ' Ada Manufacturing Co. of Charlotte, N. C., at its. called meetinilield August E8, voted affirmatively on tie proposed Issuance bf $60,000 of 7 per cent, cum ulative preferred stock for ; improve ment purposes. The company intends Erecting an additional building1 and in stalling looms. It at present operates spindles only, there being 8000 in posi tion at-present. Details are, now being considered. -5 . 1 ;, - It is stated that Philadelphia capital ists have purchased 100 acres of land at Portsmouth, Va.,' as site for the es tablishment of a large textile mill. Re ports state that the plant will cost about $350,000 and be equipped for manufacturing cotton cloth and with special machinery for, manufacturing rough muslin. The names of the inter ested parties have not been announced as yet. . : ',; Penfield Hosiery Mills, Penfield, Ga. has purchased a building which is. being remodeled Into a three-story structure to accommodate its knitting equipment. There will also be space tor additional machinery : and a considerrr able number of machines Is to. be in stalled. A dveihe nlant will also be added- The company now has twenty- four knitting machines. : ; Toxaway Mills of Anderson, S. C, re norted with $225,000 caDltal last week. will effect permanent organization and elect officers -soon. The company has announced its equipment will be 10, 000 soindles and 32& looms. Plans have not been prepared as yet, but are ex pect d to be completed in tne near fu ture. D. P. McBrayer" is leading the en terprise. ' ' ; Vi-r: '9 -;.'V:l -7 ; Piedmont Manufacturing Co. . of Portsmouth, Va., has completed the Installation of an electricrlight plant in Its : knitting, mill. This action was taken in order that the company could employ a night force of operatives, and thus double the output 01 its piant. Ladies and children's underwear is the nroduct.,-: ' - ' rJ The' foreclosure sale of the Mliien Cotton Mills at.Millen, Ga., was held on September 1. The property was bid in bv J: R. Lamar, trustee of Macon, Ga;,- at $50,000.. The plant includes 5376 ring spindles- for yarn ; manufacture, cotton warehouse, electric-llghf plant, etc. f " . Messrs'. L. M. Park & Sons have de cidedto remove Park Mills at Troup Factory, Ga., tcr another location, pro,b- oVilir T a riraruro fin Th A nlantq Tins 1600 spindles and fif'ty-two looms. - Ralpieb'fN. O Hosierv Co. snippeo- a carload of its -product to Richmond (Va.) jobbers last week. The product was boys hose, invoiced at more than $2,000.. Another carload will be. sent to the same firm October. 1. - Newberry knitting Mills of Newber ry, S. C, announced in June Its inten tion to install a dyeing plant It is now Btated that contract has. been let for the installation and that $3,000 will be expended. -t - J: rilt is' rumored that Huntsville Cotton Mills, at Huntsville, -Ala.;, will double the capacity -of its i)lant during the fall. This company has 10,000 spindles, nrtfl mannfa r.t.iires varn. -9 -. - : ' . Pearl Cotton Mills. of Beverly; Ga. has ordered an equipment or looms for its plant. Company has heretofore been operating 7,500 spindles,-.. - 9 -9 - Lumber Notes. " " . : - The Union 'Lumber Co. ot James town N Y.; has '''established Southern headquarters in . Huntsville, Ala., with F. 13. Lengvrell of -Pittsburg, .Pa., in t - t . j- " . charge. - - , - - H . - ' f V ;Tb Stetson .Lumber,- Co.,-vwith:ft capital Stock -of $3,00." has been in corporated 9to dear -: in and'- in'anufac-' tiire liimberi' Tha incorjjorators are J P. Stetson B. W Stetson and J. M. 9' ' '-' -' - - - f'--l OFFER IS REFUSED. - - v Colorado Populists Decline Overtures: ! From Democrats, - v FUSION COULD NOT BE ARRANGED. Democratic Platform Declares For ; ? Woman's Suffrage and the Initia tive and Referendum. ' " - Denver.- Rriftffal -1-Th nnuiMM -State convention discussed fusion with -the Populists, "Who 'demanded three places on the ticket. They were offered one placf and rejected the offer. A res- :. . oiution was offered declaring -for a straight ticket and inviting the Popu- iiiai. iu join me uemocrauc party. Ben-;?i ators Patterson and Teller -both spoke .9 against the resolution, 'declaring that it would endanger the State Democrat- 9 T wvv. UfU tuuYeuuou buouiu xurn,.'--' its back upon the Populists. After thfee hours of debate, it was adopted by a, vote of 498. to 375, Thomas Annear, of ' Sah Juan v4 I 1.. uuiu.uuuvu lJk- ujcui.cii.aui UUVBIIlOr. - '- -: ' v " - -Horace WT Havens, of Lake "county, v was nominated for Secretary of State, and Harry .Ensley, of Arapahoe county, for Auditor. - , - . . Ctrl- rigfnnal n-imct it, after condemning th e Republican par-" v. a iuici8u jwnuj anQ pieaging-auegl-ance to the. Kansas City platform and - to the cause of bi-metallism, condemns -"the, policy of the Republican party in ' ' creating a national banking trust." It , continues: "We endorse the constitu- :.; tional amendment .whifh -- ' - vmim va m : voter xo ne a ciU2en, and for striking from the constitution of this State the word 'male,', thus -insuring through a ' democratic majority that woman suf-9, frage shall be forever free from legisla--tive itepeal." It demands the initiative and referendum. c . f The Democratic-members of the next - . Legislature are pledged to vote for there-election of Henry M. Teller-as Unit- art Ctolnit On..;.. Tt T.. j..- uwico ucuawi. ' Were adopted eulogistic of 1 President - Mc- " Kinley and Senator Teller. -V During the day Senator Patterson ad dressed the' convention,; saying the speeches made by President Roosevelt during -his Southern trip "were apolo-9 gies for the Suit hft ; insitntorl . cnm' time ago 'against two of the trusts. : The Populist State convention, to- uifiut, .hucu u was learueu, mat -xne 'i against fuslpn, decided to place a full ticket in the field. Judge Frank W. . -&wehs, of Lake county, was nominated ior uovernor. rne convention aajourn- ed sine die. T Operators Deflantv- , : 9 New York,. SpeciaL President Fow- 101, ui uio.HBWyiurK.J.unimn-r-WM- lern Railroad; said ..Wednesday : The " coai strike will end when the mem - come back of their own accord and on ' the terms on which they worked before - the outbreak df the strike. In no Other ' "' manner can this strike be ended. We Will broolc-Tm t-ntfirffirptTPa nf urVrntovAr - nature, political, humanitarian ; or of . Rn V OT t fir nriPln - When ttia man - trn back it will he at the wasres and on thA 1 conditions obtaining last spring." Pres ident Olyphant of: the Delaware ''& ttuason, said that if he was; well in- 9 formed, and he thought he was, there9 would be no Interefernce on the nart. nf 9 l.hat the strike w0uld continue until .v- in ji uuuers goi urea 01 it ana returned. to work. - - - ' - TrMsarv Gold Breaks All Recnrd. ;. The Treasury Department has sur-s passed all previous reoords for ' the 9 hoarding jpt gold." There was in theft S- VRllIt a at thp f lnso r1 hnclnun an a er- . . . Kreeate of S598.93n.194. Thia 1s n.n iivy crease 01 $,u since. July -JL,' 1901. The supply of gold now on hand : -'. is being increased at the rate -of from - - : $200,000 to t $300,000 a day, - with no -prospect of v a diminution. . 9 It . Is believed the present ' volume 1 : of cold in the Treasurv exceeds that . of any country in the. world at "any ume wiui out one exception, in J.834 j. Russia was v supposed to ""nave mher : nxsaMuiy ui7o,vuv,vvu in. guiu. - . f - nr. Aiken Elected. ,f t r . . Charleston. S. C, Special. Wyatt Aiken? judicial court stenographer and 9" auartermaster - of ;i the4.. First' South ; r Carolina Volunteers In the ..Spanish- American war, has beaten D:JA; Smith ' m the contest ior tnerounmcqngres- j;. sional district and will succeed v-Con- 9-v gressman ' Latimer, -who-has" -received ' the nomination for United States Sen-; 9 Congressman D. Wyatt Aiken, a "inem 9 ber of Congress for many ' years and who was prominent v in - the Grange - BUY -THE . 11 iJliibVUIJa SEWING'tlACHINE Do not be' deceived by those wHo a wrHao o. Oft FSAwinc Machine for 9$20.00i This kind of amachine can ' .-. " be bought from us or any of our 9 . 9 ;" dealers from $15.00 to $18.00. : ; , ' , WE MAKE A VARIETY. - ' - THE- NEW HOME" IS THE BEST. - The Feed determines the strength; or weakness of Sewing Machines. The, n.hiA VomI mmriined with other xrvuw' -r--- -r Strong puilllo Jiicuvco iuv x w uvuu the best Sewing JIacbine4 buy. 9 s WritsforCIRCUURSS:: we zuanuEtetareand prices beforejpurcliaaiAff r. TfiE REW HOME SEWING fliraiKEX. - " ORANGE. VASS. " 28 Union Sq. N. Y., Chicago, HL, Atlanta; K r iK St. Louis,Mo.rDallas,Tex.; San Franlscova -' ' "-, roB SAtE BY " - :9 " " i i - -
The Lumberton Argus (Lumberton, N.C.)
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Sept. 18, 1902, edition 1
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