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VOL. XXIII.
COTTON CROP REPORT
fecent Fcormous Consumption of the
Southern Mills
IEP0RT ISSUED FOR A FULL YEAR
first Census Bureau Bulletin On the
Fabject Shows An Aggregate of 14,
455 994 Bales, of Which 61 Per
Cent. Consumed At Home, Leaving
a Surplus of 9 Per Cent.
WaA.: ..Ami, Social. The census
Bureau i-Mied a bulletin showing the
j,r.nlii ri"'i and distribution of the cot
ton -t tin- United States available
betwii September I, 1904, and Sejv
tmJKi 1. 1005. to be 14,455,004 bales,
in ihir, til jier eent. was e.xitorted. 30
.-r rt-i.t. was used in domestic cor.-Mitii'ti'-!i,
h-aving a surplus of nine
11 ri-i.t. The domestic consumption
iuclmio 30,776 bales destroyed by
tin.
Tin' TMntation amounted to 8,
SU.I't bajes. the domestic consump
li.ni 4.315.750 and the surIus 1.305,
:;(!. Of thi' total 13,693,279 bales
wen- included in the crop of 1901 and
the rviiuiiiider in that of 190."). Of the
liantity consumed in the United
St;.t. . L13S.K29 bales were used in
Northern and 2,140,1.31 in Soutrehn
mills.
1 5ANN Kit EXPORT YEAH.
hi addition to the totals given 124,
4o! lialcs of foreign cotton were ira
jx.rte.l into the United States during
ttu- year. The exportation for the
year eovered exceeded that of any
previous 12 months by 1,144,452 bales
and th-v exceeded the average for the
j.at ten years by 2,313,94S bales.
New Orleans, with a total of 2,-163,421
hales, held liist rank as an exporting
p'int. hut was close pressed by Gal
veston with 2.3SS.318 bales. Savan
nah, Ga., with 1,290,983 bales held
third place. The value of the total
export was $404,209,293.
The export of raw cotton was dis
tributed in bales as follows: To
l'nited Kingdom, 4,043,999; Belgium,
Kil.l'd ; France, 8.57,103; Germany,
-M1.V72; Italy, 530,929; Russia, 125,
4(3; Spain, 289,088; other European
countries, 172,112; Japan, 324,008;
British North America, 125,407; Mexi
co, 73,270; all other countries 9401.
SOUTH S HUNGRY SPINDLES.
The total number of producing
spindles in the United States is re
ported at 24,077,524 of which S,211,
734 were in the South and 15,805,790
in the North. Notwithstanding the
great difference in the number of
spindles of the two sections the con
sumption of eotton is practical the
same. The annual consumption of
cotton- per spindle in the Northern
mills is 07 pounds, compared with 124
jKnuids in the South. The difference
in the per spindle consumption indi
cates that the Northern mills are
spinning yarns of very much greater
fineness than those turned out by the
Southern mills. The large output of
the Southern mills this season has
been mainly of heavy fabrics to sup
ply a greatly increased demand from
China and the Orient.
The report shows that in 25 years
the production of the United States
has increased from 5,755,359 to 13,
093,279 bales, and that the total con
sumption of cotton in this country
has increased from 1,071,333 to 4,373,
923 bales. .Within the last five years
the cotton-consuming establishments
of the Southern States have increased
their consumption from 1,433,711 to
2,140,151 bales. During these five
years the Northern cotton-consuming
establishments have actually decreas
ed their consumption by 16,935 bales,
explained by. these mills being en
paged during this period in replacing
old machinery by more modern.
Collision on Pennsylvania.
MUlersviile, Pa., SpecialThree
men were killed, one man was injured
and a ca'rdload of race horses were
cither kiled or so badly hurt that they
had to be shot as the resilt of a col
lision at the junction of the Lykens
Valley branch of the Pennsylvania
railroad, a quarter mile south of this
place Monday.
Pat Crowe's Confession.
Butte, Mont., Spacial. Pat Crowe
has admitted that he was in Omaha
six weeks ago and engaged in a pistol
iluel with the police, during which an
officer was shot. He says the police
fired 16 shots at him before he replied
and that he opened fire to save his
own life. He said -his sole object in
coming here was. to surrender believ
ing that he had better give himself up
at a distance from home, so that in
yielding to extradition he might make
terms favorable to himself with the
Nebraska authorities.
Killing at Hot Springs, Ark.
Hot Springs, Ark., Special. Dr. G.
H. Alexander was shot and killed at
7 o'clock Monday night near his home
by Merch Jamison- Dr. Alexander
and his daughter, Nora, were going
home when they met Jamison, who
began shooting. After, he had shot
Alexander he fled. The shooting is
said to have been the culmination of
family troubles. Dr. Alexander for
merly resided at Hope, Ark.
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AREY MIST PAY FULL PEIUL1V
Salisbury Distiller Will Spend Three
Months in Rowan Jail and En
riches the Government's Coffers.
Greensboro, Social .The October
teim of the United States Court
promises to be unusually interesting
if not sensational. The charge of
Judge Boyd was comprehensive and
ilear. There h a large crowd. The
jases against the Federal officeholders
ionstitutc the chief topic of interest
md have attracted quite a number
who are here in the capacity of wit
lesses and attorneys. It is understood
that these cases will be called for trial
later in the week.
Only two cases of interest were be
fore the court that of D. L. Arey, of
Salisbury, who was convicted at the
June Charlotte term and apjcared
here and voluntarily surrendered
himself. He left in custody of a de
puty marshal for Salisbury, where
he enters upon his three months' im
prisonment in ;!;e county jail of Row
in. Arey also brought "with him and
is ready to pay $22,000, the amount
of the judgment against him. He will
also pay a fine of $200 and costs,
amounting to something over $1000,
abrogating $24,000, which sum the
United States gets from this one de
fendant. Following the disposition of this
case was the trial of one W. B. Lu
cas, from Montgomery eounty, charg
ed with operating unlawfully a branch
distillery. After very earnest argu
ment by his attorney, Bradshaw, and
the district attorney and the charge
of the Judge, the aforesaid defendant
concluded that he did not care to fol
low Mr. Arey and failed to answer
when called to hear the response of
guilty from his jury. He is pursued
by an instanter capias, but the
chances are that he will not consume
the further attention of the court at
this term.
State W. C. T. U.
Raleigh, Special. The twenty-third
annual convention of the W. C. T. U.
of North Carolina ended "Wednesday
afternoon, and is pronounced the best
ever held. Mrs. Laura Winston, of
Morganton, was elected president;
Miss Elizabeth March, of Winston,
vice-president; Miss N. Otre Johnson,
of High Point, corresponding secre
tary; Mrs. Mary E. AY. White, of
Guilford College, recording secretary;
Mrs. Mary E. Cartland, of Greensboro,
treasurer. The following-heads of di
visions were chosen: Evangelistic,
Mrs. Mary E. Cartland; prisons, Mrs.
I. C. Blair and Mrs. Strickland;
almshouses, Miss Lucy Davis; Sab
bath observance, Mrs. P. D. Hackney;
systematic giving, Mrs. F. E. Rose;
mothers' meetings and purity, Mrs.
Elizabeth Turner; temperance litera
ture, Mrs. Fetzer; scientific temper
ance, Mrs. Battis; press work,. Miss
Allie Winningham; antinarcotics,
Mrs. Millis; medal contests, Mrs.
Mary Nicholson; organization, Miss
Notre Johnson; health and heredi
ty, Mrs. Mary Hobbs ; peace and arbi
tration, MrsMary E. W. Davis. The
place of next year's meeting will be
selected by the executive committee
during the winter. Delegates were
elected to the National Convention to
be held at Los Angeles, California,
October 27, as foiows: Mrs; M. J.
Branner, Waynesville; Mrs. Shore
Kernesville ; Miss Marsh, of Winston,
and Mrs. Battle, of Raleigh.
Contraot Awarded.
Spencer, Special. The board of
aldermen of Spencer have awarded
a $35,000 qontract for sewers, street
improvements and sidewalks to Mr. C.
Markley, of Roanoke, Va., whose bid
was a competitive one for the muni
cipal improvements in Spencer, The
work on the sewers will be begun at
once and pushed to rapid completion
and the streets and sidewalks will be
constructed as rapidly as possible. In
addition to the above improvements
in Spencer. The work on the sewers
will be begun at once and pushed to
rapid completion and the streets and
sidewalks will be constructed as rap
idly as possible. In addition to. the
above improvements a graded school
building will be erected at once at a
cost of approximatey $10,000, for all
of which bonds are being sold.
Dewey's Appeal Refused.
A special from Raleigh says: The
State supreme court, Chief Justice
Walter Clarke and Associate Justice
Hoke dissenting, handed down an op
inion denying motion of counsel for
a new trial for Thomas-W. Dewey,
defaulting cashier ' of the " Merchants '
and Fanners' bank of New Bern.
Dewey was recently sentenced to six
years' imprisonment in the State pen
itentiary. The motion for new trial
was based upon the failure of the
presiding judge to reduce his entire
"charge to writing. Dewey was charg
ed with embezzlement of shout $130,
000 belonging to the bank.
Hotel at Ellerbee Springs.
Rockingham, Special. Plans and
specifications have been submitted and
accepted for the new hotel to be 'erect
ed at Ellerbee Springs, in this county.
Work will be commenced right away.
Experiments,' which- have been raade
there this summer have proven so
wondeful in their results, that this
place may get to be one of .the greatest
watering places of the country.
BfALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1905.
BARTLOTT TO LEAD
Bay Stale Democrats Held a Noisy
Convention
DELEGATE - WAS HOWLED DOWN
Was Determined to Read Sab-Platform
Which He Said Was Written
by W. J. Bryan Municipal Owner
ship Endorsed.
Boston, Mass., Special. Gen. Char
les W. Harriett of Boston was nomi
nated by the Massachusetts Demo
cracy for governor. There were no
contests for any of tho places on the
ticket. The remainder of the ticket
nominated was: Lieute.iant governor,
Henry M. Whitney, Brooklinc; secre
tary of state, Henry B. Little, Ncw
buryport; treasurer and receiver gen
eral, Daniel J. Doheify, West field:
auditor, P. J. Ashe, North Adams; at
torney general, John T. Leahy, Bos
ton. Up to the time that James J2. Cot
ter of Hyde Park arose to place be
fore the convention the .name of Gen.
Barltlett as the gubernatorial candi
date, it was believed Umt there would
be a contest. Formci Mayor John
II. II. McNamec of Camljridee had
announced that he would mae a
struggle for the honor of leading the
paity in the coming campaign To the
surprise of the convention, however,
Mr. McNamee did not make any con
tset but seconded Gen. Baitlett's nom
ination. The platform adopted declares for a
revision of the tariff and the free ad
mission of coal, iron, lumber, hides,
wood pulp and other Materials; it
commends the "diplomatic courage
and sagacity" of President Roosevelt
in aiding to end the war in the far
east; calls for State supervision of
insurance companies and recommends
municipal ownership of public utili
ties. Nearly lO.OCO'Perished.
Victoria, B. C, Special The steam
er Tartar which arrived last week
from the Orient, brought news from
Shanghai that the loss of life among
the natives of the islands at the mouth
of the Yangtse river as a result of
the typhoon at the beginning of Sep
tember was tremendous. The North
China Daily News, of Shanghai, says
"To the cast of Tabagming, two is
lands, one called Yawoshwa, the other
Shihiousha, distant about twenty
miles from Woosubf, have suffered
much from the typhoon, nearly all
the inhabitants having been swept
away. The islands have only been in
habited for a short time, comparative
ly speaking, as they are of recent for
mation and are nrt, much above high
water mark.
The Shanghai papers say that the
damage to the Canadian Pacific liner
Empress of Japan by the typhoon will
necessitates the expenditure of $100,
000 for repair During the storm the
steamer Peechili, formerly the Rio
Grande du Sol, foundered near the
month of Yangtse, Her cfew of 54
were saved by the German steamer
Albega,
Pay $2,500,000 for Mexico Mines.
Mexico City, Special. Messrs
Schully, Perry and Newell, American
capitalists, have just acquired for the
sum of $2,500,000 a group of mining
claims situated in the State of Duran
go. The first payment, $1,400,000,
has been plaeed with the National
Bank of Mexico, and the balance will
be paid periodically. This is the most
important transaction that has been
made in mining claims for several
years.
Lord Invercjyde Dead.
Wemyss Bay, Seotland, By Cable.
Lord Invcrclyde, chairman of the Cu
nard Steamship Company, died Sun
day at Castle Wemyss, his residence
here aged 44. He had been ill for a
month with pleuro-pueumonia. Lord
Inverclyde's broth, James Cleland
Burns, succeeds to the title;
Negro Mob Lynches Negro.
Bainbridge, Ga., Special. News has
just reached Bainbridge of the lynch
ing of a negro eight miles west of
here, by a mob of his own race. The
negro had criminally assaulted a ne
gro girl and had attempted to assault
another, , who cut him in the breast.
He was arrested by Deputies Ivey and
Murkerson, who t.-ere bringing him to
Bainbridge, when -they were stopped
by a mob of negroes, who said they'
must have the negro. They got him
and forced the deputies to go away on
another road. The negro was strung
up to a';tree and riddled with bullets.
None of the mob were apprehended.
Ryan to Build Vault in Richmond
Cathedral.
Richmond, Special. It is under
stood that Thomas F. Ryan, of New
York and Virginia, is to have con
structed in the half-million dollar ca
thredal he has given to the Roman
Catholic! diocese of . Richmond, and
which is now nearing completion, a
vault to be the place, of sepulture for
himself, Mrs. Ryan and the bishops of
this diocese, to costbout $10,000.
NEW INDUSTRY F02 S0UI8
High Point is to Hare an Organ Fac
tory .
High Point, X. C, SpeeUL The
latest acquisition to Hight Point's di
versity of manufacturing intere&fg is
a factory to manufacture organs.
The gentleman promoting the enter
prise met with some of the business
men and the required capital stock
was raised in a few minutes. The pro
moter is a man of experience in the
manufacture of organs and other mus
ical instruments. It is learned that
the capital stock wi be $25,00 to be
gin with High Point can handle the
product of such an industry as trell
as that of any other wood working
plant, and as it is ou a new lino the
people here will take a gTeat interest
in its development.
Deputy Sheriff Bound Over.
Dunn, Sjeeial. 'fixe anti-liquor and
blind tiger movement in this communi
ty has not in the least abated it is
determined to suppress the lhmor evil
in all of its various forms. The tem
perance forces in thi3 vicinity are
working wjh an unconquerable )erse
verance and good results are follow
ing. The Federal authorities have
made this place headouarters appar
ently for some time. They destroyed
one blockade or moonshine distillery
outfit this week in Banner township,
about four miles from Benson. The
work was done by J. P. H. Adams and
A. F. Suries. The operatives were
not arrested but it is almost certain
that they will be as their identity is
established. L. M. Ryals, the deputy
sheriff of Johnston, and who resides at
Benson, was bound over to the Fed
eral court under a bond of $200 for
selling without license.
Laying the Track.
Durham, Social. The Durham and
Southern will be running trams into
Durham before the holida3-s are over,
according to a statement made by
Captain R. I. Cheatham, general man
ager of the road. Captain Cheatham
has just returned from a trip over
the road. He said the work was pro
gressing rapidly. The road bed has
been graded and large forces of hands
are now working in laying the track.
This road runs from here to Apex and
will connect at Apex with the main
line of the Seaboard and with the
Cape Fear and Northern. The freight
depot for this road will be. it is said,
next to the court house. This proper
ty has been purchased for that pur
pose, but as yet there is no work on
building. The road will enter Dur
ham from East Durham over the right
of way of the Seaboard and the South
ern roads. There is talk that for
the present the freight depot of the
Seaboard road will be used by the
new road.
Child's Sad Death.
Warrenton, Special. The circum
stances causing the death of the 9
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Bagg, of Hawtree, are very sad. The
child was on top of a wagon load of
seed cotton with its father Monday
evening, when by a sudden jerk of
the horses he was thrown to the
ground and one wheel passed over his
body, mashing it so badly that he nev
er regained consciousness tnd died
during the night. The little boy was
an exceedingly bright child for his
age and his sudden taking aivay-f rom
his loved one was a great shock.
Dizon Gets $1,500 Damages.
Asheville, Special. In the Superior
court the case of Anderson Dixon, ad
ministrator, vs. the Sonthcn Railway
was decided ,the plaintiff being-awarded
$1,500 damages for the death of
Hezekiah Dixon, who was run over
and kiled by a freight train near
Black Mountain some time ago.
Two More Expelled.
Raleigh, Special, Two more Soph
mores at the Agricultural and Me
chanical Colege here have been dis
missed for hazing, making four since
the term began. The two now dis
missed were implicated in the first,
hazing as welf as in the hazing of
last week.
Incorporations.
The Middle Creek Lumber Com
pany, of Franklin, Macon county with
$100,000 authorized and $25,000 sub
scribed capital stock was chartered.
The incorporators 'are: W. C. Smith,
Nathala; R. F. Branner, Otto; and
F. S. Johnson, Franklin.
The People's Supply Company of
Wilmington, with $100,000 authorized
and $4,000 paid in capital stock, was
i i-nA Tha hit nf rhe concern
cuaucicu. iv ;
s to conduct a, general mcrcmtide
business. The incorporators are: vv.
B- Cooper, W. B. McClellan, I. W.
Cooper and L. E. McClellan, all of
Wilmington.
News Notes.
At Winston-Salem on Tuesday a
fine monument to the Confederate sol
diers was unveiled with impressive
ceremonies. The monument was
erected by the Daughters of the Con
federacy. A large crowd was present
and' splendid addresses were made.
N. C. Long committed suicide on a
Bay Line steamer on the way from
Baltimore to Norfolk.
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NORTH STATE NEWS
Occurrences of Xnttrat is Variou
Parts of the State.
Charlotte Cotton Mtxket.
These figures represent prices paid
to wagons:
Good middling . . . .9.00
Strict middling ....9J0
Middling ,...9J)Q
Middling 9.75
General Cotton Market.
Houston, steady, middling. . . .10 3-16
Augusta, steady, middling 10
Memphis, steady, middling ..103-16
St. Louis, quiet, middling 10
Louisville, firm, middling 10
Industrial Progress.
In acordance with tbe long estab
lished habit of the State Department
of Agriculture, I migration and Sta
tistics, and annual bulletin has just
been issued from the press which pre
sents a list of the cotton, woolen an
silk mills of the State, of miscellan
eous establishments, by counties, in
cluding fertilizer factories and oil
mills, furniture, sash oor and blind,
brooms, cotton gins, saw and lumber
chairs, plows, brick and tile, baskets,
and crates, ice wagons and buggies,
dairies, coffins, overalls and pants,
bags shuttles, terra-cotta pipes, ma
chine 6hop and foundry, mattresses,
harness and various others; and a
registry of improved cattle, hogs, hor
ses, sheep and poultry. It has been
difficult to obtain a complete list; and
doubtless thic one as presented is not
perfect. Year by year the depart
ment has sought to make the list
more and more complete, but some
owners and manugers of the manu
facturing plants are averse to or very
slow in, giving the information asked
for. They fail to recognize that the
bulletin, going to many thousand read
ers in the State and sought for by
many enquirers from without the
State, is offering free an excellent
medium of advertising their business.
Attempted Suicide.
Wilmington, Special. J. O. Vaugh
an, 45 years old, a traveling sales
man for a spool cotton company in
New York, attempted suieido at his
hotel here by cutting his throat with
a razor. He was found by one of tho
hotel attaches about 11 o'clock in a
hallway, blood streaming from three
ugly wounds in his throat. The act
was evidently that of fi madman, as
half a dozen men wee required to
hold him on tbe bed until the hospital
ambulance came. If he can be quiet
ed his wounds will probably not bo
fatal. Vaughan has a family at Nor
cross, Ga., and was well known in
the South.
New Hotel For Halifax.
Halifax, Special. Dr. H. B. Furgu
son has cleared tbe site for tbc
brick hotel, on the lot where the old
Southern was burned some years ago.
The hotel is badly needed and it will
be a decided improvement, -
North State News.
An accident occurred on the A. &
N. C. road late Tuesday evening in
which Conductor Bigford of a work
train, got a sprained ankle, and a
laborer was slightly hurt. The ac
cident was the result of a log train
running into the rear end of a work
train. Ten or twelve log trucks were
piled up, but were cleared away in
time enough to let the No, 2 pass Wed
nesday morning. The blame for the
accident has not been placed yet. -New
Bern Journal.
A Jacksonville special says; Mr. L,
S. Covington, of Rockingham has or
ganized a bank here with paid up cap
ital Qi $10,000, tbe business people of
the community being largely interest
ed in the new enterprise. Mr. J. W.
Burton was elected president; ex
Sheriff Hargett, vice-president; the
cashier's position being left open for
the present. The bank will open for
business as soon as the necessary flx-
tares nd supplies can be obtained.
While running in front of his train
at Apex to open a switch, Mr. Sidney
Young, a Seaboard Air Line flagman
stumbled and fell, and was run over
by the freight train and very serious
ly injured.
A charter is 'granted 'the batk of
Jones County, at Trenton, , capital
stock 12,500. Thosmas D. Warren
and others stockholders, to do n com
mercial and savings bank bu&incs.
At a meeting of .th tobacco board
of trade at Rocky. Mount a committee
was appointed to issue a circular 10
tbe fleet that while tne nurning oi
tha Duvis-and Formers warehouses
was a serious loss to the proprietors
this fire did not affect the marketing
of tobacco here to any extent, as there
is abundant of floor space for all to-'
hacco coming to this market.
Mrs. J. A- Dunn having left her
husband ;s home in Richmond county,
and gone to Charlotte, bringing their
children. MvLDunn followed, secured
a writ of hebeas corpus irom Juage
Peebles and took the children back
home, with him.
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EXIilE U OF IHS!
KttM f ffevthtrm Cotton U2s as4
Other tUanfactoriAf Efiterproe
Baaaokt Rapid, N. O Further
important development of tt tcr
power prcperttV will be underUkea
by the Roanoke Rapids Power C, of
that city, in connection with piaas for
adding other manufacturing indus
tries to those two established to have
a capital with 50,000 spsndle, and
it has about closed a contract ensur
ing the location of a Janje pajcr ami
pulp mill. The Roanoke Rapid
Power Co. developed 5,000 hurt-)-
er in 1S03, and has increased its tock
to $500,000 for the purpose of buiiia
a mill to be equipped and fuialtn
in power to ma an lactone, and plan
to further uti'ize its waterpower to
tin fullest extent. It is contemplat
ed to coustiict a concrete dam en
tirely across tLe Roanoke river and
build an electric plant to transmit the
power by electricity ,tbe eot of thb
work to amount to about $100,000.
The company's engineers are now at
work on the plans and estimate. H.
C. Cooper is general manager.
Spartanburg, S. C The Beaumont
Mfg. Co. will build the new
but will at fint install 4000 spindle
mill for a capacity of 51S4 spirdles,
and power for the full casein, ton
st ruction work to begin immediately
under the supervision of J '. Sirrine
of Greenville, S. C. He has been en
gaged as the engineer in charge of the
improvements. This will Ik Beaumont
Mill No. 3, its product to be white
and colored carjK't warps, twines rope,
wicking and other specialties; output
proposed, 5,000 pounds daily. About
100 operatives will tx employed in tin
mill. Beaumont Mills No. 1 and No.
2 will be the yarn mills, with a total
of 0,S3S spindles; No. 3 is the weave
mill, having 0,702 spindles and 252
40-inch l)rajcr looms. D. L. Jennings
is treasurer of the company.
Ashev-lle, N. C. A meeting of the
stockholder of the Elk Mountain
Cotton Mills Co, was held last week
to consider adding a bleacheiy to the
i-oinpany's plant. An affirmative de--ision
was made and the capital stock
f the corporation will be increased
nom $150,000 to $200,000 in ordei
o provide the required funds. A site
lias been obtained, and the construc
tion work is expected to begin in the
near future. There are 84 looms in
the mill r.nd their product is damask,
bedspreads, etc., all of wheh is now
shipped to Lowell, Mass., for bleach
ing. Electricity is the motive "power
of tho mill, and a steam engine i
kept ready for use if emergencies
arise or it wgter is to be pumped in
time of fire.
Chariotte, N. 0. The Magnolia
Mill, shich is located on South Gra
ham street, is one of the most success
ful of the many r-anufacturing en
terprises of this ei'. This mill was
instituted 6ome seven years ago, and
since its beginning has always paid
handsome dividends. Time and again,
the equipment has been increased to
meet the demands of the trade. The
business of the plant has reached such
proportions that Mr. A. C. Suramer
ville, the proprietor of tbe company
has decided to add 2000 spindles to
the present equipment of 40,000, thus
making the total number of macLiues
available 6,000 devoted exclusively to
the mnnufecturc of hosiery yarns
Workmen are now engaged in the con
struction of additional quarters, and
as soon as the new machinery arrives
which will be within the next few
weeks, the operation of the complete
eq'iipmeut will be beyun. The new
plant will be flnUbed by the middle
of November. Tha Magnolia mill is
capitalized at $40,000.
Textiles Notes.
Over $250,000 has been subscribed
for the new cotton mill which is to
be built at La Orange) Ga.
The Fayciteville Mill Co. of Fay
etteville, Tenn., has been incorporated
w.th capital stock of $110,000, for
manufacturing eotton goods, by
Messrs. H. K. Holman, A. M. Mc
Laughlin, J. H. Rees, J. H. Harms
and C. T. Harms.
Talladega, Ala. The new machin
cry of the Chinnabe Cotton Mills
will consist of 1,500 spindles and the
necessary preparatory machinery.
About $20,000 will be the cost of the
additional equipment. The company
has been operating 3,500 ring spindle
and manufacturing yarns. It is locat
ed at Talladega, Ala.
Messrs. L. W. Brown and Charles C
Vaogha of-Winitoa, X. C, and Albert
M. Brown of St. Louis, Mo., have in
cciporated the Pioneer Manufactur
ing Co.. Uh capital stock of $25,000
fcr textile manufacturing.
Arrangements seem about complet
ed for building a cotton waste mill
here. A stock company-will be or
ganized with capital of $200,000 to
wn and operate the plant. Mr. John
B. Cleveland of Spartanburg is in
terested in this enterprise, and it if
indcTstood that - tho Hoffman-Con
Manufacturing Co. of Philadelphia
Pa., and Peter H. Corr, a cotton man
ufacturer of Taunton, Mass., will b
the principal investors in the capi
tal stock. "
NO. 4t.
MURDEROUS ATTACK
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te&td is Sett Czntiu Ten
NOeilETO TEE GCILTY ASSiSShS
Mr. TL A. McDowell a MerdUM sf
Caedtn, Waylaid and Mcrdtrt4 a!
O'clock at Night While e&recM
Host,
Camden, f C, Special. Mr. IL A.
McDowell, a tiicrchaut f this city,
was waylaid and foully Biordrrr! ta
his way home Tursdav nisht about 9
o'clock and rob!.c of bi t-h, keys
and all the mor.y he had with him.
He w& struck on the back of tbt ttead
presumably with hcay club.
Entire State Excited.
(lumbla, S. t SpreUt All Su!h
Carolina a hotrifk-d in reading tha
account of the lamrdcr of K. A. Mc
iV.wrll, brother of W. ! McltawrU,
editor of the Camden Chronicle. Mc
Dowell wa on hi way home U post
his bookr and was killed by a blow
from a bludgeon and robWd.
The dramatic effect was intensified
when the news reached here that It,
I. Parker, a member of the jury of
the Gillis case was found in the river
near Cannon. Paikcr is in a dying
condition. He states that he was
walking with MiTWpH when both
were struck down nt the ssm" mo
ment. He was found in rreds on th
river one mile fnun the plare whcr
it occurred. He knows nothing mora
of the affair. McDowell's nccV was
broken and Porker forehead waa
struck. Bloodhound axe In-iug umJ.
There is great cxritimnit. There hae
been many Inddops iu this State in
th5 last fortnight atd jieople ate get
ting desjierate. Siii'-e the robbing of
Jud?e Gary in Columbia nobody is
surprised at the boldness of the Cam
dero double m tinier. A train from
Sumter had jut nrrncd and many
pec. pie were on the street when both
men were struck down. Rewards arc
being offered.
President Duncan Resigns.
Union, S. C, Sjccial. The Union
cotton mills situation was greatly
cleared at the meeting Wednesday
a compromise being afected by which
Col. T. C. Duncan was re-elected pres
ident, immediately resigned, and was
replaced by K. W. Robertion, presi
dent of tbe National Ian and Ex
change Bank, of Columbia, who was
elected president and treasurer, tha
new by-laws providing that these two
offices could be held by the same per
son. This action meets with the ap
proval aud co-operation of all tie
stockholders and creditors. The com
promise came rather as a surprise to
many, but nevertheless, was a great
relief.
Accidentally Killed.
Asheville, Special. A . telephone
message from the Big Ivy s-etion of
Buncombe stated that the death of
Ellis Maner, of that place, was dat
to accident. Young Maner was found
dead in tbe woods with a pun shot
wound in the stomach, and the failure
to find the gun that he had started
hunting with led tboso in tbe neigh
borhood to suspect foul play. Tbe
gun, however, was later fonnd some
distance from tbe body, with one car
tridge exploded. It is supposed that
the unfortunato man accidentally shot
himself, when he fell and died. Grasp
ed in the dead tnan' bands were
leaves broken from ft bush tbit h
etugbt in falling.
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Shot Hie Cossin.
Atlanta, Ga., Special Green Stm
man, about 17 years, died at Grady
hospital as tha result of a mrscri'
cms shooting September 20tb. The
boy declared that be accidentally shot
himself, but his cousin, Thomas Steer
man, who was with him, declared
that tbe wound was inflicted by him
self earelessly and unintentionally.
Compelled to Leave Town.
Co!;anbia, Special. W. IL New
bold, former'State Detective under
Gov. B. R. Tillman and a min con
spicuous in dispensary affairs, was
practically run out of the town of
Kershaw Tuesday. Newbold has ex
cited tbe ire of. the people there oa
account of hi being engaged as a
detective to work op evidence against
the parties accrued of lynching sf
white man John Morrison, who had
killed three men and ruthlessly and
cruelly added a fourth victim on the
streets of Kershaw.
Three Children Burned to Death.
New York, Special, Fire started
in the cellar of a four story apart
ment house in Brooklyn and spread ;
so rapidly that the escape of Charles
Donnelly, his wife and three children
on the top floor was eat off. Fire
men rescued the father and mother,
both of whom were seriously lurned,
and after the fire was extinguished
the charred bodies of the chidren were
fonnd in the apartment.
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