North Carolina Newspapers

L VOL. XXUI. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 1905. NO. 39. i FRANCE IN EARNEST . Jetermined to Compel Caatro to Act in Better Faith PATIENCE IS FINALLY EXHAUSTED Venezuelan Dictator Must Disavow OScnsive utituae Toward Trench Charge d' Affairs at Caracas or Ne gotations Will Be Broken Off. TarK Uy Cable. The offensive atti tude of Venezuela toward M. Talgny the Kronch charge d'affaires at Car acas, has aroused Indignation In offi cial quarters here. Although the Min istry has not yet taken defiaite action, It is sui'l in the highest quarters that Prerni'T Homier undoubtedly will de inan! that Venezuela disavow the of fensive action and adopt a course con formable with the usual courtesies of diplomatic intercourse. The Venezue lan authorities are now seeking to show that their action was directed against M. Taigny personally, and not against the French government, but elides hero do not accept the distinc tion between M. Taighy's personal and cffkial capacity. : The semi-official Temps Friday printed a leading article reflecting the official sentiment on the subject. ' It eaid that M. Taigny has been ordered to insist on Venezuela's withdrawing her p'itive refusal to deal with him. If the withdrawal is made and Presi dent Castro makes an apology, then the negotiations will continue. If Venezue la does not accede it will te unwise to immediately break off diplomatic rela tions by the withdrawal of M. Taigny, fince this would leave French inter ests unprotected. The best course"would be for France and the United States to make a joint naval demonstration, slmliar to that in which d'reat Britain, Germany and Italy "took 'pirt. The au thorities here say that exchanges will occur at "Washington relative to the mutual interest involved in the pend ing controversies. M. Jusserand, the French ambassa dor to the United States, will sail for New York. Slain in Political Clash. Havana, By Cable. Official dis patches received Friday afternoon from Cienfugos announced the killing of Congressman Enrique Villuendas, leader of the Liberal party and the most able orator of the lower house", and the chief of police of Cienfugos; during a conflict between the two political parties, the Liberals and tho Moderates. The government advices fay the" police had information that within the hotel in which Villuendas resided a a quantity of arms had been deposited, and they went to the hotel to investigate the matter. As the po lice ascended the stairs they were met them, killing Chief of Police Illancel The police returned the fire, killing Villuendas and wounding several oth ers. Intense excitement prevailed at Cienfugos and Havana, The govern ment authorities fear the result which the affair may have upon the election of members of the election boards, which will be held Saturday. As the news spread throughout Havana the Liberals and Moderates are rapidly gathering In their respective clubs, and it is feared that unless the leaders give wise counsel a clash may result A dispatch from Cienfugos says that about six persons were killed and 25 wounded during the conflict. Out For'Governor of Alabama, Montgomery, Ala., Special. Dr. R. M. Cunningham, of Ensley, Ala., Lieu tenant Governor of Alabama, an nounced his candidacy for Governor of the State in a letter which The Ad vertiser will print. The Lieutenant, Governor, in his communication, shows his position on all the public Questions now being agitated in State politics, and points to his own politi cal record. Ex-Governor O'Farrall Dead. Richmond, Special. Former Govern or Charles T. O'Ferrall, of Virginia, died in this city at 10 o'clock Friday morning from nervous prostration. He tad been in failing- health for about a J ear, but prior to his death had been confined to his bed for only a month, the last three days of which ke was un conscious. Owing to paralysis of the throat he was unable to take nourish ment. Governor O'Ferrall- served In the Confederate army, rising" from-the rank of private to that rf colonel and "was for six terms ReprvLentative in Congress from the ' seventh Virginia district. He was 65 years old. Mikasa's Commander Attempts- Sul- cide. Tokio, By Cable. A special ;to The Jiji from Sasebo says that Captain laichi, commander of the ill-fated Mi kasa, made an attempt to commit sui cide after an address to the survivors of the warshin. by iumninar from window. He was severely wounded about the head, and is nowreported io De in a critical condition in the-8a Eebo naval hospitaL - i - Waiting For Lower Cotton. Fall River, Mass., Special. Sales in the print cloth market for the week will amount to about 75,600 pieces. The demand continues quiet for all classes f goods. The future course of the market will depend largely on the new cotton crop. Manufacturers are believ-- s in lower prices for the raw .mater rial, and are onlv nurchasihg enough to cover necessities. Samples of the ew crop are being shown-and are S&ld YELLOW JACK GAISS SLOWLY ProgreM of the Yellow Fever' From Day to Day. ; New Orleans, Special. Official re port to 6 p. m.: : . - New cases, 46; total to" date, 2,808. " Deaths, 6; total, 365. New foci. 11. "," ." ; -, Cases under, treatment, 310; dis charge 2.133. Saturday ended the tenth week of thfi fight against yellow fever in New Or leans with a record of caaea and deaths for the .day higher than eject ed. While there hare beea a considerable number of new foci In the' nast week' an examination of the macs 'in the office-of the 'Marine Hospital officer does not disclose any extensive spread the disease. :. Many of them repre sent merelythe crossing by the disease from pne side of a street to the other. As the-.cases, are - promptly reported, however, the inspectors are. ; able to tag tnem immediately and take due precautions to prevent a spread -of the infection. ' a If the present rate of progress is kept up, the State board of health be lieves that yellow fever in the country parishes will disappear almost as soon as In New Orleans. K ' Lake Providence, -which was a hot bed of fever two weeks ago is rapidlt driving oat the disease. For the fourth day, all the new eases at Tallulah are negroes. : Seventeen "cases are "under treatment in the Barataria district. ' In central ' Louisiana picking " and moving of cotton is somewhat handi capped for the want of sufficient labor. Owing , to fumigations requirements, ginners are havins some trouble in getting cars. Work was resumed Saturday on th levee front. The settlement decided on by Adam Lorch, the arbitrator, was accepted by both sides and there will be no more cotton labor trouble dur ing the present season. The country reports were not differ ent front the usual run, Dr. Shayot, of Plaquemines parish, reported the trou bles he was havins with the Italians on Pointe Celeste plantation and said tnat they had barricaded themselves in their houses and warned all doctors that they would kill the first one who attempted to enter. .The civil authori ties were consulted and it was derirterl to put the whole plantation under strict quarantine until the fever had risap-' peareu and then proceed against them criminally. ' Against Greene and Gaynor. Montreal, Special. A' decision against Colonel J. F. Gaynor and Cap tain B. D. Greene, the American con tractors wanted in the United States on charges of defrauding the " govern ment, was handed down by , Judge Ouiment in the Court of the' King's Bench. It is the general belief among legal ' men that Greene and ." Gaynor have reached the limit of their re sources in fighting against extradi tion. The defense still has two weeks in which to bring further proceedings to act as a stay. The decision given today was on a writ of habeas corpus based upon the content that Judge La Fontaine, the commissioner who held them for extradition, had no authority to act in the case. Judge Ouimet's decision quashing the writ of habeas corpus holds the original order for extradition issued by Judge La Fontaine. , Donald McMaster, acting on behalf of the United States authorities, has notified Judge La Fontaine to make every preparation for extradition. Rock Isl-and's Mexican Extension. Mexico City, Special. It is rumored in railroad circles that the Rock Island Company .is seeking an outlet to the Pacific coast of Mexico and is content plating the extension of its road through the Estate of Sonora with that idea in view. The Sierra Madre road, toward the coast, it is said, may be taken over by the Rock Island, people, thus giving them the desired, outlet. . Associated Press Directors.- New York, Special. At the annual meeting of Jhe . Associated- Press held at; the Waldorf-Astoria'' Hotef,Hhe -following directors were . re-elected, for ";the ensuing three years": f." J- i Messrs. George Thompson, St. Paul -Dispatch ; Charles. ;H Grasty, r Balti more News; W. L. McLean, Philadel phia Bulletin; W. R. Nelson, Kansas City" Star. ' Adolph S, Ochs. of the New York Times, was also elected for three years to take th place of AVhitelaw . Reid, New York Tribune, who declined re-election oiftaccount 6f absenceabroad. '.r" ' X After transacting some rfeutine busi- mess inef.meej.ing uuum., Stole Large Stun. I Philadelphia, Pa., Special. Having '.confessed the embezzlement of .$5J)00,3 Andrew G. . Dunlop, the local selling -agent of the Mobile Cotton Mills, pi Mnhile. Ala., was sentenced to one ieaVs imprisonment. He. was arrest- exl through Jhe : efforts or : tne , i aenty 'an a runnel ftomriaffv.' of Marvland. (AU IA. w 7' which was fon 5 his, bond. 4 Between Mav.anfl Aueust ljunion -.soia 5&,uyJ worth of thread and kepifthe mp iey. He admitted his, guiit. -; r ' V Escorted 4Himielf to Penitentiary. Nashville, Tenn., Special. W. A, Barfield, convicted in Lauderdalte county of-manslaughter and; sentenced Jo, serve one year in prison, arrived , in Nashville and went at oncrtd ihe peni- .tei'tiary At Ripley, Barfiel d got the,jpa- pe'Tcommttting him o prison," houghj. msown raiiroaa ticsei aau came iu Nashville unattended. A REIGN OF TERROR Bomb Throwers' Get is Bloody Work - In Peklfl, China FOUR CHINESE OFFICIALS KILLED Deadly -Missile Exploded Inside Pri vate Car Conveying Part of trie Mis- slons Ordered Abroad to Study For- eign Political , Methods Kill Four Minor Officials and Wounds Ex Minister and Prince Tsal Tche. , Pjkin, By Coble. At the Pakin rail way station as a train carrying one of the j four missions ordered abroad to leaving, a bomb was exploded inside a private car, killing four minor officials and wounding over 20 other persons. The wounded Include Prince Tsal Tche, who heads the most important of the mission, and Wu Ting Fang, former minister to the United States, both of whom received slight bruises. The per petrator of the outrage; who was In the car, was blown to pieces. - The affiair 1 has created a profound sensation and causes apprehension re garding the safety of members of the court and leading officials of the gov ernment.' i: - ' a The government offices and railways are now strongly guarded. - i Million' Dollar Flre at Butte. Butte, Mont., Special. Fire causing a loss of $1,000,000 consumed the en tire-business portion of Butte lying be tween the Shodair block and Renshaw alley on the south side of West Park, street, and half destroyed the public library. The fire started in the forenoon in the Symons store, and by ..noon the publics library and several other places were burning simultaneously. ' A geyser of sparks and burning shin gles spouted across the roofs of other buildings at a distance, starting fires that .were, however, - quickly extin guished. . . ... The Symons building was allowed to burn and the firemen confined their labors to saving adjoining property. It , was long after ; noon before, the flames were extinguished, leaving a mass of "charred and crumbling 'ruins. The following are the large losses: :- Symons - store, ; Maulle and York blocks, owned by the New York Feal ty Company, $600,000. . . Library building, $70,000. - Ogdon block, $50,000. ' ' - Atlantic building, $110,000. Barrett block, $50,000. ', Wood worth, $30,000. BEATEN AND STONED TO DAETH. Masked Mob Takes Negro Under 60 Day Sentence From Jail at Wil liamstoni W. Va. Williamston, - W. ' Va., Special. Breaking into the Jail here Sunday an armed and masked mob of "white ribboners" took out Moses Lovern, a negro serving sixty days ior assault ing .Tames Butler. Taking Lovern and James Blackburn, the only other pris oner, across the river in a ooat, upon landing, the mob beat, whipped and stoned Lovern until he was presuma bly dead. Both prisoners were re turned to jail. Lovern will die. Black burn gave the names of eight men in the mob, . and Prosecuting Attorney Stepard, has issued -warrants for them. City of Birmingham Floated Unln ' jured. Savannah, Ga., Special. The steam er City of Birmingham,' of the Ocean Steamship Company's line, which went ashore near the mouth of the river .here Saturday, was floated Sunday and came to her dock in this city city. The vessel is uninjured. She was coming from New York to sail on Tuesday with a cargo of cotton for Boston. ' Court House Burned and Six Murder Indictments Lost. New Madrid, Mo., Special. -The court house here wa burned T at an Parly- hour Sunday morning. The fire is thought to., have been incendiary. Many tax and drainage records were destroyed, but th other records, were saved. 4 Six murder trials are pending, but all indictments returned to this term , were burned, which make con tinuances' necessary. ; George Dixon Knocked.Out. Philadelphia, Special. George . Dlx cn, the former feather-weight cham pion, was knocked out in the second round of what was to xiave been a six-round bout by Tommy Mur phy, of New York, at the National Ath letic Club. The contest was spirited while it lasted, although Jt could be seen, that "Murphy was master ' of the situation." f rom the- start. .1 The first round was, a sparring contest, but in the second Murphy assumtd the ag-eressive,- and succeeded n in-flooring Dixoa early; in: the round. "Later, af ter ah exchange of blows, Murphy scrove a left to the solar plexus and nixon-went" down and out - 1 Railroad Security. Dallas, Texas, Special. The general attorneys of Texas railroad companies secured an injunction against the rail road commission-of Texas forbidding the putting into effect of an emergen cy rate on dry goods 'The rate was Ltftuie, lower, than -the. usual tariff -and gave several Texas jobbing points an advantage over the- big jobbing points lStlQiHS expected as a result 01 una temporary order. NORTH STFTE NEWS Many Newsy Items Gathered Froa all Sections. . Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent priees paid to wagons: Good middling 10.00 Strict middling 10.00 Middling 10.00 Tinges.. ; 9 to 10 Stains., 7 to 0 General Cotton Market. Galveston, firm New Orleans, quiet .... Mobile, firm. . . t Savannah, steady.. . Charleston, lirm Wilmington, steady.. .. Norfolk, steady Baltimore, nominal. . .. New York, quiet Boston, quiet Philadelphia, quiet. . .. Houston, steady. .. . Augusta, steady. Memphis, firm 4 . St. Louis, quiet , lOVi 10 y4 ...10 l-io ....10 1-1C .. ..10 1-1G . . ... .10V2 10 12 .. ....1012 lOivi 10.S5 11.10 , 1014 .. ..10 "-lG 10Vi . lovi . ....ioy2 Louisville, firm. Asheviye's Apple Fair. Asheville, Special. The Western North Carolina apple fair opened with an excellent showing of fruit. The exhibits are tastefully arranged on tables prepared for the purpose. The committee room of the board of trade, where the exhibits are displayed has been handsomely arrauged. The walls are festooned with Spruce pine, while corn stalks are used as a wains coting. The tables containing the fruit are draped in red bunting, giv ing a splendid color effect to the en tire room and surroundings. The ex hibit of Mr. Guastavino, proprietor of the " Rhododendron Farms," is elab orate. The showing of vinegar, cider and cider champaigne, manufactured on the farms, is splendid. Apple raising in Western North Carolina is beeomjng annually a more pronounced industry. Acording to information re ceivedhere the apple crop this year will amount to thousands and thous ands of barrels. The fruit is of a superior quality and good prices are being obtained. Apple growers in Buncombe and Haywood counties as well as other counties in the western section, have commenced shipping their fruit and some difficulty is ex perienced in securing barrels. A small barrel factory near Waynesville with a capacity of only 300 barrels per day, is disposing of the product faster than the barrels can be made. A gentleman returning from there said that Haywood county farmers were crying for barrels and that the Waynesville factory was unable to supply the demand. There is said to be an excellent opening in this section of the State for a. barrel factory and already several parties have the matter of establishing such a factory under serious consideration. N. & I. Opening. Greensboro, Special. The State Normal and Industrial College opened its fourteenth annual session last week with the usual large attendance, and still others are arriving on all in coming trains. The opening exercises were held in the assembly hall of the main building, the devotional services being conducted by Rev. Harold Tur ner, pastor of the Spring Garden Street M. E. church. President Char les D. Mclver is enjoying a vacation of a few weeks on a trip with State Superintendent J. Y. Joyner to Eu rope, and in his absence Prof. J. I. Foust, dean of the college, made a brief, appropriate address, incident ally remarking that this was Presi dent Mclver 's first vacation in over thirteen years. ; Tar Heel Notes. H. B. Barnes has been appointed deputy collector for the western dis trict and. has taken the oath and as sumed the duties of his office He succeeds one -of the recently indict ed and dismissed collectors. Mr. Barnes has been deputy marchal for the western district for the past few years, and has made an excellent offi cer. The woolen, mill of F. H. Fries at Winston-Salem, was damaged by fire and water to the extent of several thosuand dollars. The mill was built before the war. The damage is a com plete loss, there being no insurance. Mrs. William Partridge, formerly of this State, had a narrow escape from death recently in Baltimore. In getting off a street- car her dress caught and, she was dragged almost under the wheels before the car was stopped. The evidence in the Nail case at Raleigh was completed Thursday and the entire matter was referred to the governor for action. f Rv! W. T. Capers, rector of Trini ty Episcopal church, at Asheville, has accepted a call to become dean of the Cathedral at Lexington, Ky. Mr. Ca pers is a son of Bishop Capers, of South Carolina. V-'5 - In an election held last week the town of Wadesboro Voted wet, both bar rooms and distilleries being voted; for by a small majority. , l .Iire did some damage - to the new uarnegia liorary v 9wu"uu Jast week, A RIOT IN CHICAGO itectiflj Broken Up acd Stcray The At SysafSfiie CIY "DOWN WITfl M, WlTTEr While Adolphns Krans Wax Report ing an Interview With M. Witte Meeting Breaks Up In Eiot. Chicago, Special. The police were called to quell a riot Monday night in the Russian synagogue, Clinton and Judd streets where Adolph Kraus was addressing a Jewish meeting. Several persona received slight wounds and 10 men and women were arrested. Mr. Kraus was giving an account of his interview with M. Witte, the Russian envoy at Portsmouth, at which he asked justice for the Jew3 through Mr. Witte's good o faces. "We may trust the word of Mr. Witte that he will do all within his power to armetiorate the suffering Jews. Mr. Krau was saying, when suddenly a member of a Jewish socety sprang to his feet "Do you trust a Russian politician?" he shouted. Before Mr. Kraus had time to an swer there was a shout from several hundred men and women in the audi ence. "Down with Witte!" "Down with tyranny!" came the shouts. While the excitement was at its height, the doors of the synagogue were locked and some one telephoned for the police. In a few minutes sev eral patrol wagons filled with officers were on hand. The leaders were ar rested and the meeting was dispersed by officers with drawn olubs. To Buy Singapore Docks. London, By Cable Phe government's intention to purchase the docks at Sin gapore has been an open secret for many months, and according to good authority the British government is simply facing the result of the new strategic situation in the far East, and providing her navy with convenient docks at Singapore, which is the cen tre of the far East. The Japanese alliance permitted the withdrawal of five battleships from the China seas, and there is no Intention In times of peace to despatch any battle ship to the far East. The three chuis er groupe the China, the East Indie's, and the Australia squadron will re main as before. Meanwhile the extensive docks of the Tanjong Pagar Company will be pur chased at a price to be fixed by the ar bitrators now in the far East, of which board Sir Michael Hicks-Beach is the umpire, and Great Britain will have one of the finest naval bases in the world and one which in the event of war, would be of the highest strategic value. Building Collapses. Buffalo, Special. With a crash that could be heard for blocks, a three-story brick building under course of con struction on TVest Ferry Street col lapsed this afternoon, carrying down with it thirty bricklayers and carpen ters who were at work in and on top of the structure. A score of the men were injured, eight of them seriously. The men ere working on the third story when the west, wall went down, carrying with it a portion of the front of the building and a section of the rear wall. That there was not serious loss of life was due to the fact that the mass of bricks fell out towards the street. Attempt to Explode Jail. Somerville, N. J., Special. An at tempt was made for the second time in a few weeks, to release the prisoners in the county jail here. A charge of dynamite was exploded on a window sill, blowing a hole in the wall, through which two prisoners were about to crowd, when they were frightened back by a shot fired by an outside watch man. All the prisoners In the jail were promptly secured in-cells. An Attempt Assault. . St. Louis, Special. A negro at tempted assault on the wife of Deputy Sheriff A. J. Shores, at Clayton last night The assailant was shot by Shores and badly wounded. The shoot ing attracted a mob of negroes who at tempted to lynch the negro, but: were prevented and the fiend was lodged in jail. Shores was oq a trolley car when he heard a scream. He saw the negro running and fired andJthe'negr fell. Afterwards Shores learned that1 his wife was the victim, who was found in a faint" on the sidewalk. ; -. ..Negro Trouble in" New Yorfcv New York, Special. After entering the house of Mrs. George Crossman at 523 West One Hundred and Forty-second street, for the fourth time with in four days, an unknown negro bru tally attacks Miss Irene, Mrs. Cross man's" fifteen-year-old daughter, and escaped before he could be caught. The police -believe the. man's intefltlbn on each occasion .was . robbery. Several detectives and police are bunting the negro, : - 01TB CAIOLIU CROP KILE! IS Weather Ccadiliosj Oirtn Oct Vj tht Department Observer. The North Carvhaft taction of tl climate and erep eervitw of th De partment of Agriculture bom- the following o&eial bulletin of vtathtr and crop cooditkm for th pt week : The weather ha been grne rally dry and warm during th greater i.rtin of the week, acd favorabl fr fans work, except in a few count mh in the eastern district where heavy rain interferred with eottoa picking and baying. Rain was quite grueral on the 20th and 21t and wu very len ficial to growing crop. Ham U nerd ed in the" Piedmont plateau, ia the extreme western count, and in a few localities in the eastern portion of the State. The temperature in the extreme western count ie, nd in a few localities in the eastern ortiou of the State. The temperature in the western district has bvea about nor mal, and in the central and eastern districts about 4 degrees abme nor mal. There has been little, if any, im provement in the cotton crop during the week; it has continued to open rapidly, and in some counties the bulk of the crop is ojen; in Balden, Duplin, Halifax and Northampton counties, where the rainfall was de ficient, the warm, dry weather ha caused the bolls to open prematurely, while in the 'extreme northeastern portion of the State and in Sampson and Anson counties the heavy rains have done some damage to open cot ton and retarded picking; it U gen erally rejwrted that the bolls are small and the lint short, and that there will be no top crop, owing to shedding. No further reports of dam age by army worms have been recei ed. The crop will everywhere be be low the average, and in some places very light. Tobacco is about all cut, and curing continues; it is generally reported as only a fair crop, and of inferior qual ity; much of it is burnt and sacked, and the remainder lacks weight, but has good colore and texture. Peas, turnips, sweet potatoes, and late corn were benefitted by the rain, but in places are needing more rain. Corn will be a light crop in the east ern district, and an average crop in the central and western districts. Much fodder has been cut and saved during the week; a little has been ruined by rain in the eastern portion of the State. Much of the pea-vine hay crop has been cut, and good yields are being secured. While pota toes are in good condition, and there are fewer reports of rotting; rweet potatoes are doing well. In ihe Pied mont region and in the extreme west ern counties it his been too dry for plowing for small grains, but where the soil is in condition some oats, rye, and wheat have been sown. Clover is in grod condition; cabbage is a fail ure, peanuts are ripening and a good crop is expected; apples are specking and falling, and will be only a fair crop. The following rains have born re ported: Raleigh .05; Goldsboro .14; Greensboro 20; Lumberton .04; New berne .24; Weldon .24. A. H. TeheU sen. Section Director. - North State News. The people of the State will be in terested to know that the number of students now registered in the Uni versity is greater, by nearly 50, than the attendance has ever been before at .this time in the fall term. The total registration is 620. Of this num ber about 180 are freshmen, this be ing one of the. largest freshment classes ever enrolled in the institution. The fact that there are so many new students has made it necessary to employ, since the opening of the term, an additional instructor for the de partment of mathematics, and also one to assist in teaching Latin. The negro who was killed by a freight train at Newton sevetal dayB ago was known as "Scaley John.' His skin had e rattlesnake hue and always pealed off in the springtime. The trustees of Livingstone College colored, of Salisbury, have purchased a portrait medallion of Andrew Car negie to be placed in their library. The institution was recently girn $12,500 by the philantropist. The Spartanbnrg Northern will be the name of the new road to be built between Spartanburg S. C, and Rutherfordton. Mr. Melntire, proprietor of the Mock House, at Thomasville, is dead. 'The new Central Methodist church of Asheville is to be dedicated Sun day, November 4th. A novel damage suit has been brought against the city of Asheville by Joseph Metz, administrator, for William Smith. The complaint asks for $15,000, alleging that Mr. Smith contracted fever and died through the city-s negligence in emptying sewer age within 100 feet of his residence. Mr. A. A. Boggs, of Waynesville, who owns the "Brookshire Orchard," has already shipped 900 bushels of ap ples, and has contracted for practially the entire output of the barrel fac tory near his farm. The16-months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bech, of Goldsboro, was poisoned by matches. The child, while alone, found a match Jbox and put matches in her mouth, swallow ing the heads. Peath followed in a few hours. . ifKlllf Mil ijf insi Xfete el Setitn Ccttcn tt!s aal Otter EU&sficiaxi&t Esterptite HAXTOJf, K. C. The Oberttre eorrrjr.4ert Jesme from a very rtluble arce of aa-out-of-towTi capitalist is very much interested in Umldm a lry cotton mill at this pixre, if a f4 site can be had and Uk taken by Maxloa people. Thi, we are con fident, can be arranged, aa there haee hern veral land owner who haf offered site for this parpx, fTt and this mean a mil! in Ih near future. One f the location men tioned alwve U adjacent to with th Seaboard and Atlantic Coatl Une tracks, which would make ahippins eay oter either line. We hop to re port fore thin; definite on thit ooa. NASHVILLE. TENN. Joe B. Morgan and hi auoeiatre have obtained a charter of incorpo ration for the Warioto Cotton Mil!, with capital atock of $200,000. TtU company will take up its profiftoa for purchasing and modernising tb Nashville Manufacturing Company plant, which it has bought under .certain conditions pertaining to the present Ieae. The general pun la to have an equipment cf 10,000 ppindlea and 300 looms. The company in corporated by Mr. Morgan, Joeph H. Thompiion, William Nc!on, lid win Warner and M. J. Smith. FAYETTEVILLE, TENN. The Elk Cotton Mills, arc under itood to have planned the erection of a dam to develop. ower which will be converted into electricity and fur nihh ed to operate a $G0,UU0 cotton factory which the company intends adding to its present plaut. Charles Iceman, the well-known cotton mill manager, living at McCoH, S. C, is interested in plans which are? being formulated at Cheraw, S. C, for the organization of a cotton mill com pany there. CHARLOTTE, N. C. A charter has quite recently been obtained for another cotton mill here with a capital of $300,000. The in corporators are Messrs. K. A. Smith and A. II. Washburn, of this city, and and T. 0. Cox, of Taunton, Mau. Mr. Smith is president of the Chadwick and Hoskins mills and Mr. Washburn is the Southern agent of the Saco-Pettee Machine idioi, the Crompton & Knowles Ixm Works, and other enterprises and is a man of affairs. It is an enterprise whose suc cess is assured. HOUSTON, TEX. J Inquiries hsve been receiver from parties connected with two cotton mills that are delirious of J oca ting here, provided the proper encourage ment laf foeeived. Pne company it anxious to erect a $250,000 mill if $150,000 is invested by local capital, and the other is a $100,000 concern, .with $25,000 capital, anxious to re ceive assistance from local capital. An investigation of the propositions is being made, as it is admitted tbat Houston needs a large cotton mill. OASTONIA, N. C. The new Monena Mill, i now com plete, as far as outward -ipj-arauces t re concerned. It has added consider ably to the attractiveness of the other two mills Modena Nor. 1 and2 though the best street on the bill had to be crossed by the luilding. The windows and the roof are now com piled and there remains nothing to be done but 10 put in the machinery. This is being brought ir now and will soon be installed. The mill will be ready for operation by the time its promoters had planned frr it to. be gin. SPRAY, N. C. It is announced that the American Thread Company will be organized for the purpose of establishing a mill for the manufacture of fine cotton and woolen yarns. An equipment of the latest improved mule spindles will be installed B. Frank Mebane and his associates in the cotton milfe of Spray are interested in the new enter prise. Textile Notes, rue Coilrton Cotton Mills, at Wsl terbt.'o, S. C, were ld at nnetioa in that city recently jndcr order of the United States District Curt, for $o?,Q5!K John F. Lucas, president of the Colleton Banking Coiovny, ?o in-- ihe purchaser. The upset prieo ws Sted l $4.000 by lha court. There were two. otl cr wd.'e.e The Monroe (N. C.) Cotton Mills will add looms and discontinue mak ing yams. It is hoped 'to have the changed condition in operation by February 15th. The Eastman, Ga, . Cotton ' Mills have recently been enlarged, and will be given every advantage possible. On October 1 they will open up under reorganization, and their domestic and export facilities will be align ment ed because of the fact that they have confidence in the approaching price of cotton. f The Brenham, Texas, Cotton Mill is being enlarged to the extent of one third more than its former capacity.