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v, MM. a itm 'i ' 4 'V- ' . U mm Y0L;iMS0;!2. nTTsiiono, n: c., fiiida v, fBiuary u, 1002 11.531 Te L 1 Kl lk If tl . If. ,M 111 ,:'Wf . I KJ tl . n k'l II . lit. f II r d I,. " BIGC0NECAGRAT10NS - ' r -41. Loss in Paliecjti fi.1 J.J $10,000,000 Fire in St Lows' Kills If Pcop!e.v ... ',..',' A'r EIGHT:' PUBLIC ELUDINGS, HU Churches, Four Banks, Flo Club Hawtf, ieWtt ;'Offlce ? UbiMlnxs Tw o Telegraph Offices, 26 S4ore aad Two New spapers. A 'a rattrsoa, N. J., Special. A, great fire -ept t'-irougU I'tcrswa . Sundtr . : a..A and ia its deaoiaretwalM ?rfi the ;n lera auJ asl orjjroiirrty aiuaiiB - preliminary estimate at JiO.bCilXOO. It burn4; 't way througa.t'ae- busuiess section of the city and claimed. a I a own auajority of thV finer stnitnirtg devoid tp.toiuoiercia!, t;lVic,' mluca th?nai au lVtirgioua uso, as well a scores 'V' houses. Thora- was small trihuU- cf Jif and injary to the coa HagrAthm but hundreds were 'loft bomekit' a4 .tbouaauJs without em ,,,,!, without M31- ) a.0..-Ol.M-. M.f,-v . -.- maujs a.thout a i rar , ,u tli- r, ,J wovemeat Jor ihffc the nil8ylvllJjla'. jur-t sheltered and unprn- ,,aviI u,t. ir.rtia(..0t ru.r.fi J ployment A rH para nt tlui iMihr Hvncaliffo ju'sd taai?ht that I'at?rjn would be ahie to-cam-for l:-r owri wlihaaS ar-ts'i3r"t3 tit -har:iy of great mauufseturtng punts or thi pi t e are sf sal the community trapnro- rily dazed by the calamity, alreily I. -as : commenced the work of 'rc-org-aaiza- j tlon and restoration. Th fire ram at , midnight and "was checked- only r ft-i. ' a desperate finhl. Kvr jtlty and ion within reach of, 'a:ro'WBfc areaisuv ; and apparatus to the 'relief of th ; threatenel'elty, and it took the unUea .J efforts of them all to win the battle. A ' part la; L't ol & pwnl destrhyeJ fOilOWSf i i '' H - ; I ., FviMfc BnlMlewf ciry r.iil, pu': library, "old city hall, poiice station. No. 1 en'.tr; hOusf, patrol ctablea, h.iU school and" fitho d. Chunhea: First Iiaptist. PeeoaJ Presbyterian. Park Avenue llaptis'. St. Mark's Episcopal and St. Joseph's Ko- maaCatUoilc. ; : " " T HaoJu : First National. Sond.Na ' tlonal, (partially)! Valersan National. ' Silk C)ty,frnJgt;lla51fott Trust, snd Pateraan -Tywt, i ' t - , Club Jlouies: Totipff Men's Christian AssoiUtion 1 KnijW. of. Columbus. Progress Club. St. Joseph's Jlall aaJ Hamilton. Club.- " ' OfTW-e n-iudmes: TUimain Dntiafug,. r ng from a treacherous form of pneu Kats Ball Ung; ftlari'WI & 1: Cnh.m t menla, but is not considered in l:n- bu'WicK.'oiJ Town, Clock. OM Uigno i buiia'tiit sn j 'SfrV'rt.'sm; buildinp. TilJttrapb t .-ftomyaaL: . Vertfrn Pnlon and I'oawl .1 ftlegpayh. Theatres.' TTc'CaMm' ' " . Newfpipen: The Fveniag New 3 and Btimlty Chronicle; ; - '; 8';rea:' (j'iacken'rtish'a dry goods; Ba.ifon ptcre. iiry kj.Is; iiicl, Siva. dry goods; National Clothing -Co-ru; pany; Kent's drng store; KinseilH'3 drug store ld,.iriryVhtHwar aad gen-,-' rai inen-handlse Msrall4. &- Hal.', clothiers; John ... Norwood,-, paints; Oberg's gMcery terieddj ke's grocery , P. H. & W. G, Shields, groceries; "The Paterson." dr gokls; Jordan's ; piano, .store; Sauten & Company, pianos; Fel- rr Sc. McNair. snoes; .enmer s cu fectlanaryj Pappln'a tea store: Bagow- J ski's nmtninarjr; Brobal ft Muiu-r. Mhe ladies auxiliary. Pn-f. B. 8. shoes; C, E. lleach.AulomobUes; More-J. preher, president cf the last convt-n-ham k Son, clothiers'; Paterson Gas w tlon. called the convention t, order. Electric Company; Skye's drug torc- and It will bo In session until Tues and Mackintosh's drug store. I rtv, B,hV . ..,".' "''' -An estimate from a general Inspec 'Mr. O. Jbr of .Atlanta, one of inn nf th. ruins of th. f etidene-- mwt. .vperlenced and capable trlrt places the number of people trlrt Dlaces the number ct people left without sheljer at 1.000. A re-estimate, when order succeeds confuslpa, may al ; ter th'e ngu.'..";'. J ' St. Ixiuls. Special. An early Sua-. day morning fire, whlch destiroyed the -Umpire HeU . large, three story lodging house at 2.7i0 and 2.72 Olive street occupied by men cxclusive.lv, ; -cannaaho.'; doath otl 1 . perspnsr-Jeij ' ' men joi'lMts, woman- and- danger- J ; more bail narrow p capes .from death 111 Hie lln. SOU nuiunciB nc '' or lissa lnlurod 'b being frost bltv-b Tmontv thnnannil dollars It itt thOURht will eovei- tho taJK to bufldlngs t and contents which were, totally de- , stroved. ) Thu dead are: Morris YalU senator member of the firm tif Yall. Clark and " Cowcn. manufaciurfra : of nnd .' wt glass, formerly of Chicago.-' burned -to a crisp;' John -C. -l.ueilers, father of Deputy.. Cits Maraha.1 Lueders. Skull fractured In Jumping from thl story "window; Ort Thompson,. swUchmsn .terminal yards, burped to death". "" -;. ; '. . ...' . ." -.1 , ,y' Mexico 'City;' :8pselat.-Tb' pedetal ' governnrt has nt4 2fl,000 la aid 6f tha Tl:'im".of tb earthquake at Chil pandlgo. aftd thcc!ry"roVerBBieot of Ihls. fspltal will vnd aJd. ,.4 , . Biff Fire at Flbe rton, On. Klherlon: W, ' Special, Fire oa Sundsjr destyed i nearly all of Itbe buslnesif section of this place, doing datnngt tfhlch is estimated at $1004- OOu. . The flro at one time threr.tcnej t tho entire city. Among the urru burn- ed ont.nro tltlllwell ami Govern, "W"r - H. rorW.T. J. llnlmcs, 13. P. Tatq A IV iand Soa3 tw;o stores; jJie Tate block, m - 'JtV U.tW'iltibksf R. W. Hudglns and "... "''i' M. H. Maxwell, their stock lelng j ! turned loose" and not yet recaptured; V'd POHS...VW. stores; Jkhe Tate block, ..t(iA.. :?'.. T, W. Campbell, J. B. Mattox, Taher j and AiutaiKt. m. u. itawcs, ai. tu.. mu-. i well. Jos. Cohen, tho T. M. , Swift block attd the new plant of tlio South-, wo Cc,U Telephone Company, f RU5IUUNT VISITS U1S SICK SON I ilcs, Roosevelt at his liedsl Je--Tr ip to Chariestoa imposition Absodoned. ftiroton. Ma peeisfcMrs, Rootiu veit and Hiii'i-rj w.'at(i noru just alter .14 eclt swuroay. At. th aCuooF Mrs.-' Itooseveii. was received by frwsi lent i'eaiody nd a lew mo ments later was at Ler tvy'g bedside. Sjubiaut'nUy an, anemia v was iuaa to bbuia. itfcia irs. Kuoitvtlt a stat- XT lucot lor p.ubli.ioa regarding toy Illness of young . Theouore, ' but, through President Pt-at;oay, she de clined to depart 1 rosn the course ap proved by President koovdL Ac--' cording to this. plan, all. awessary tn iormaucu concerning the lad's coaui- tion mil l. tminmi:iiil tn President' i i,..,, , ho ... dutmiine.' what ' : : . .. uti tiiali .16 Biaav imMu:. it was learned late ibis aitorr.uoa that young 'TistUor was a liUk; better. . toCay than jfstoruay. Ilia' umprature thU: awn r.ifcs . JOJ,, but during the tl lrnovw i lireppt-ii t i'X. The piea Mf. 'ltoove!t, hail a fiem' fic'.al fUoct uyun the lad. aai ho has I briirt:l,nd . . eoafeiderabSy 4iuc her nunf, i'rtWent Roosfvplt ao'4 Secrtry, Co.rtt'lvnu left WasIiSDto for; Grot oh- Ma.,Batufday night' ai on a tu -..rcguUr. befora' iiig the lr'id(.t rKi tive.l a t -U- sram saying thai Ills' mm Theodor; had sh'Jit ad the eveuing and that hU rundition appeared guitu.favorabk'. The tr&iu h-ft V.'aehinglwi 11 mlrnr'pi iu It iU' Hiii 'ir Jirsv Cv .at t,u,Z a. m ;.T . , . . ?ia,r - j In waiting In N'.iW Vvrk to take tie Prf-pidvut to Hoston Ijite .Saturday evening the Presi dent determined to ' disregard the re U'i'vt of his son's physician and to to to lis boy 'a ld.sid". It waa afatei that , the I'roddc'nt felt that hia" prcs ecc would bo a comfort V -Mrs. Bocsovelt and that as th critical pe riod covers the next; tbrea days h shbutd bfe near hi son. It Is also sai.'d that the trip to Massachusetts I taXeni! on the president's own in- it'atlvn and-is not tin'. to. any alarm U)?, u-.n which kits' reached hfm con ter!i!t his ton's condition. Ther 1 ahsolutelv nr change In the condition pf Theodore Rooscv.elt, Jr.. tonight say -the physhians in" at tendance, and there, aie no new de-' vclopments Irt connection with' the boy's illness aud thu closing of the Groton sc hool. 1 . : It is stated that tho President has; k. . . 1 .. ...... ... .. 1a' ll-..li!n.tnn bis future movements depending upon the condition of his son. Advices received early this evening) I at the White House, say that Theo-; irdorc, ;Jr... is doin? well. He is 'suffer-! n-ediat' danr Owiqg to the. request, of the jrfc.vl-t rtrne.. the -ir'siden has ' abatidon-r-l : his trip to "Charleston'. Sntur'Jsy a Uz for Cnlnmb'a. Columbia. (SnetiSil.)' Coluaiila has fc;:d t asseublti within In r borders.' lfTthe last-few we-ks' the aioUind'Ist cpnf.-rne, the Sonlhorn Educational asFix iation. tho Coad ' Koad coiiveu- AC;l, Z Z """ff,V' v u. .r,., "'-" . la.il, iMM ny iit,j iii;nnT r.- ihl. J n:w of the ilwlcgateK.i amt in Friday night, tut most arrive Saturday. : Saturday the pi . sirtnts of the cI- lege YM. C. A.'s were In conference . with the college secretary, Mr.' Wil son. ) . ' That night supper was vrv! by Tf' i..?.a' T" of Alabama, will b'e here-Siflating n the convention.-; . ', ' . Mr. L. A. .Ccyjtrr. of Richmond,' Is1 state secretary of" -Virginia. He .came especially to address the -tnamibjra menjs uncling In the new Cdiumb'-a.' theatre nt'4 p. ni.' Sunday afternoon. Ilia 'theme 'wan "Chains that HVnd'." and s'ij.i beard by almost every mr.p In CoftuftWa-.' " , - . i'-r- T'jTTf. press AUsnm, InVIVidiiig .its, imme- . Atlants HasPHiUtin of uJ.tS.'! ot w mKi, nese or-, noon, and o8 they go back 4 At.!.rihu 8n.lw..VAr,iiB---L ;i,w-l 11!.' 1n. n' t0 hohfthf. . sioelng the Pra s"s of .h VMtv -rtfreTtorv Wil lis od bV snf of Uharltons Maloncy. the advance sheets of 1 dors ' Ha'lioM.rf h.;. T77 which have Just ItAen Issnea from, tho I ".." .' i,j diate lhity, ha3 a populafloa . of JL senator tlJS.t j ? V''' -f Atlanta "aniS nll subtlfhs Include ! hg a.'ipulation of 144.940. which la 80.lncrcn8olof tnore than 5,000, with in a vear. t - i Atlanta's financial growth, as totdn by the rpeprds of the clearing house. Is shown In the following table, which, covers a period of nine yews past: . i .H,2.F4.7I V?c. , 1V97.', Iv!". , 110,-; 1901,1 o?fi.oi3.iT , , 72.on-,.ici.'2 ;'. '7l;ii-i.0!.t.i . jistn'7.ii .l1l,755,SW.6S Li ' t ' cs J ; I'l'Y. , u-;t Telegraphic Sparks. Aehcvlllo (Spec!il)t-A largo mill is ti be-established Just Ashcvllie on the French Broad textU below river. , At a meeting her? todny the new com- pany was formally organized and opot atlons are cxjectctl to teslii at an e.vly Roth cotton onl Y.'oolcn go:H will be tnannfartnred. The new plant T va and . IZr n ' 1"'"0JV" lower Company. .. . . Wathlngton, Social.-F.ear Admiral Mrs. Schlry arr ved In Washington today from their Southern ' trip an I went at t:co iu liioa apariuieuu In tin Blehirond.Tra severo cold from w,lilr.h tha Admiral Fas te ei , ouffcrtiis has been greatly lEprvod, THE SAMPSON SIDE furlbcr Developrficcts in the Three - Coroered Fiht, 1 "' ' OBJECTS TO 'SCKLtV'S STATEMENTS www .: : . .. T ; i That The Latter W as" In Full Com mand When the Spanish Fleet Was Deatroytd. , ,, J Wshlngton. FpHrfal.-E.' R. Theail, rtprespntlng Stsyton. Campbell k TheaU, counsel far Bear" Admiral Samp son, bav-e nicd the following brief with I'fft.siih.nt R.pscvelt. protesting aga'Dsr th- vlaim '&t;t up)in Aflmlral -S. hley's TT..-ai that hp wai Ji suDfutne co;n 'laand drring the liaUle off Saciiago:- "No argiimisnt will b u'imitu-d as to the 'vqlunriK '.mi. opinion M th j're thUcg. mf-uitar of the .'court, upjtt th". ' lucsri)n..of .ea'mman.d at Santiago. V..o :rf.pf:iUdiy applied for an opiwrtunity to prefnt evi'-'nc? upon this point l.a tb L-cujt. and one requ'-rt was as ofton iffusd. atid wt zr? c6!ifiilf-nt tiia' aa ol'cmpt tj r prcHK-e, an aivt n,?frdr mont where a hearing las bin denb"d Wen plain a vid'atia- of sfha;l? good lvo - .ir app.'oval. We wm- K-ady. tb-n trnd art still ready, t') prclu-1 much vUnee whit h vas not oll're-l befoie its court On this suesucn. U ar: pr? ptrt to ubo.w-itiat the t;;at.nnt thit the New. York,, at the' ie?.ln:dcg .of the battle 'was out of sight yf each and : every '.'ship. if ' ' ' '"' -;'-... . squadrcn but on' s Ina'enratf?. "Wc are ready to show 'that under the navy legulat.'ons and the Judicial interpnieationa tbceof. Boar Admiral Sampson. waS during the' battle in. command cf very single vessel in tfc? Amer'.an"l!ne. There ia almndanee. o.' testimony available tp shAw that from the beginnni.ng of the batile tvery American vessel at San!i:i: .waa in sight cf the New York. There is evl-denee-at hand. Iwth ret'crd-and pasol. to alio or that whenever (he, commander-in-chief left the blockading line In front of Sactiago. h'3 h visud the signal , 'disregard movements of commander- ln-cliief. proceei!ed to that paint whers i un,,lr lhe regulation. his immediate command of the siuadron cease 1 and then s'gnaurd to th next In rank to taka cirutnaDd; and that on the morn ing o." July. 3. 'ite commander-in-chief had given 'instruction to have ready for holstiwr the sigrrat directing Com modore S.-h'ley to a'sum,1;.' command, anij that this signal, was to be hnlsted ivhen. ti!r:i?i-r ri-ij!;if i.'inft -ih nr.. vrn'oprlate movement arrived: that that such signal ha-I not 'be? n ho'sted wh-r th? enemy -endeavored to escape frr.m the raybor'. ."From the Oregon., - .too.' there. ?s av3i.iai.ie evidence to. thaw that when tlo Krst fchot- was J'.reJ th" quarter-masti- of'thi Oretf i. ng the long pht-s. could,--from the pasiit.i'i of that rvwseirnear tb en,n. of De lino read -tb New York's battle s! ills theu Hy ing. ' "AH this evidon-M was ready to- le presented to the court; of Inquiry and . was nar aJmitted. before the court. te ' cause it refused to, go -lotd the question': I of com ra and I.- , Bear Admrfl SampBoa ' uujucwa. ana aoes mot now, object, to any Inquiry .to -detonnjne-tha- o,uetlon ef command. Itp.baS. how- re.r , l,"that be wa 1 command at lha pattle. As comaunflar-ln-chlef jic uu mwt ins re ::oni men nations con eirnlng the promotions, Ho has been ,ecognl7ed by the EtctfeufiVA and Ju k. I... I..LI. . .. dicial Departments of yy Government the accuracy of his reports is jU...v.i)u, iib.uu hi itsasr pcrmitiea to near the-rv-tdence In. opposition, and V permit his brother qfflrts ta come I , h 4,h1 etnany thay "are e'rVJi , u haU'''' ' . . i iu.m-.is fpwher. an. abundance or Si;Tw --av0cb,',h,h",i , APPl""" tw calls 'the "onipif'i.p.aua .total failure, of th. jireur. t i .iu'.lur,i 1 ? e'?- tO Illrt OW'.I lllftj.lioH 'en..i .K.'w ,. .i ; "' . . 'inr wuits - "tolrerre1 ,v'fh in- TexasiXMflfgians csme t3 Charleston in larga which would have atopped the fand swimbers. Gov. Chandler headed the .el'5r?!? Lrl' fhercl,y KivlPK tS 'psrfyi-'aBd there were coloflels galora u VDrJL.5n'J' ?" c opportunity" iof'aoAinany prominent people wmi .iue,v avaueu tnemselvesr-to" es cane through the Interval hahad mat., We have no deslw to prolqng this tiri,8; NVi,,,y B8!rffV there shall be a finding adm.W to Ad. miral Sampson. cher by.thHiWddaC, i n rt Pflii Ma iin .thai K t . J jL. " urpxiiinienx,. h Two Killed In flra. . tforton, Kan., fperlal. Fire . Ki la tho tig car. works of the Rock "Island Rati- rAmdFHdjiT arinrnnAn rini'nA ,k ,i-,it. road Friday afternoon caused the death , of two person, and destruction of a, q,t:artcr of a million .dollars worth of property. The dead are: .P. H. McKeou.. president of the board of -education,. ..i w it n.i, ,i,w, ..t , tnat ae he Tiyen the opprtunUr. vtt(6Lumbrr.men association, uupibrltrg has been genft tifrlflfo .hl?y V ; about 200 men. arrlved.orn Monday sqA present such evidence as may. ;i(Trks ' the , Caok County lmocFatlCriib fcoth sides pf the mittftr'cKtor, .i f v Reached hero the same flight Th;Prcsldem will f onsldw-thfttwTh Mardi Oras ca, nivai' and-florai in co.naoctlon wllh Admiral WSla h?3ta. was, openod at lha - CtoiirleAoa apreai anj tne- Navy Usi-artmcnt'St.Audltorium Saturday' 'Wfbre' a pacHent comment.: His decision ia Hh.gchly' Aiiateoc.. The corotiaUoa-of-tlio flow ar ca?e will not be. made public until tr-4" quo; by the, Queen B?:a;ni. wai'o6n ter his return from Charleston. V i ducted vlth a pamp 'knd macBlllcenca ... ..v..,..,.,v u..vv t ,t rowa rrlnscsa, now th Quwn of tha car works. .. '.t Flowers, 'Is tha lovely Miss Jeanne '" ., " . ' 'Frcst. , .. ... .' '.'...'. (, , "arsLATCKS !!r CIIASlESt0N- ! Cordially Welctmed-Scope and Magnitude f Lxh.b.ts a ; - iimM no meeting of the l.'.'fsliitirc on Kciday. as the whole A'cfnibly too't a holiday. and ,visUH.l the fiiaj-s'oa Expositon 1 oody, by i Ji ial larltation." - It was a Uppy thought on tlV? part of tbr Ksp-'Etic-i company and the people of liarh ston 10 iu vile the leglalatarc t ' xisit tie espositlon In a hody'and an equally happy in.-,pira- rtlon on the Jiart of th legisliiture to racfiepf the invitation. Vor tUa people, ! on their n-preisentntivt'S at least, have j fcn tlif Kp!-ndl(l xpiStion he:e op-.a 'to the public; have e?ea how wiaely esppneipd was th-; apprdjiiriation of S50.0UO to aid the exposition, and hav ing ecea this the greatest jgjod to a'.l ' lha State will follow, i Piactieally all the members of the legislature tame to Chat 'csaa today. ThM'e werj '7 cut jff the 4iv f.naTois and 7 out. of the 120 representatives. ; jjRsidca there wa the gjVernor, meat of the Sta:e ofSt-ers.v pra.nleally .uf the tb einplcyes and; attaches of the gen- eta! assembly, and j number, of uis tiiisuishcd clrzees ofthe P'a!e. The b'mij a -number of laifles in tho party and in all there ore between 5I0 ai: f0) persons 'on the ledslatJvo soci-ral Tho t:-ain was e;j-ri 1 direet J t exposition ground., where the welcom ing exercises were held. -President Get). -A. Wagner cf the evro'dtioriarurjany j airod;the asenihlago to order and in- j Tho 8:-st speaker irtrodu- -1 waa.j Ftata Senatar Jos. W. aarnwe;!, wha welcomed the. visiters to th. . l!y and to the " expcsltlcn in a partif ularly ( -arnsv tranncr. H- said h. fa't that : the pecple of the Pta-.e w-auld f?el more pr'd" and syinpathy In .Qharles'un arid , the exposition after they hail swn the j exposition, sad that b felt tint their' .co!ng' marked a ewVa in affairs .In j the'State; that, there, wc.u'd. be n ) more estrangements betwei-n the peoplo of the. people of th? sections of tli'J State. l.t. Gov. Tillman was ltitrjiluc d and made a brief but graceful response to ; xhe 'address of welevme. , . Speaker W.'.:F. Stevenson was then j Introduced and responded 'on 1-ehaU o'f the memburs cf.tbe hruse of repr.egen-1 trvlftes.' - Gov. McSwceney then Introduced ond respendej .In a forling manner. In the course of li s alrireas he said: "It is right, it. is proper, that the re presentatives cf the people of the great jnatB cf South llarolina should take i'ay eff and come and see for themselves. I what you have and '-what you have done. . 1 "The people cf Souib -Carolina look .hjJon this-us their exposition, and u-d a personal- inter :i?e. It itv K-arthquakes end cyclones and bl.gH wa er aud tire Inve ticvic daunte f The nergy aud ln-di.-mlt iblo ceiirng.) i'lieu b.i've a' ways haractcr,l?d t'nj ipli of this c.ty. Th? first' bulldog - nplet-vd was the i V,'aiar8 hiilldirg. " i.ycl wh.-rr you t ic-2eet f:r a mojicnt on the sacr.ifscea ciiie aad eaargy always display. I .by our nol-'.e won, en hn shotsld re. have he. u a wetter 'of. great surprise. They ore. 'always fo;c:nc-,t , in ..all . "good work , -. 1 . " " '; He coactuded : IiisT- remarks with a touching aUualqn'to the memory cf the late Capt.' F. wVCiwsotf. saying: . "1 b.avt) often tl,ous'rit how the heart cf F. W. l)aw;n wield have rejoiced it ho could hiv. lived to take part in contributing of his great'powers . succdl of this enterprise." . the . At the concluslcn cf Gov. MeSwee ney's address tho legislators and their friends' were Invited to the Crescent inn. where an elegant luncheon was iVrved tn the entlr ns:-tw.- ' - J After this the' members scattered through the grounds .and spent the re mainder of the afternoon and evening I'fttrii-iiT thn Hiff :.r.-ttt ItitlMtmyu Q.n .1 Ail- miMng the .difterent features cf the'ex- position. " v ' On reaching the train, Saturday morning, the' announcement Was" made that all who wished to remain In. Char- "Icston until Sunday night or Monday morning could do so; that their tickets '(n,lil '' l on anv train , up to 7 p'clock Monday rottrulrgj4u responseto .ih'a j.,. . .., I .mum to couimtua tomorrow niter they will go e exposition hospitality. galoraJl The Gate City Guards of Atlanta came as a sae ciaj escort to tho governor and- :Stai officers. Permission has, already been lrtn th9 to allow rha soldiers to leave and enter the States, The. company took part-Int'the Mardt ..... uras' festival. The Wiscons U'tRetail thnt Tha 0j ill by the Queen's Guirds, 20 'at the ."loveliest voting woman of Charleston, r.nd tho dancea of 100 lit- ,;" 'ir,s'- wt"re attraftiva and pictures. que features .of th coronation cere- S.nB... ti. ' . c ro4ro,,:u;011 Z lur st prominent se'ety nivplo of Char-, j' rn- Rx-. Ls'Mr. B; Goodwin, a i'lneni oanhsx;, the Queen Regent 'if Ai.?x.,iut.nus, . au thu awoxe wild cnthuiahm. SOUTIIEKN INDUSTRIAL New lintv-rprises That Are linrichlng . Our Favored Section. An iliutyraUon of the 'possibilities Ok industrial developtfit-nt iu the SjuUj la seen In thJ Slaydeh-Hirfcsfcy Wooit-n Mills or Waro, Texas. This institution, whi;h aa established in ISSi, annual ly conijtitne'S l.OOtl.COO pounds of wool, which Vi obtained within a radius ol 150 miles o the dty. This company employs C00 operatives, and from tha raw product carries the wool through to the finished garment'.' making (). teds, eassiraerts and pants, whUdi are sofld iti twenty-one Stats, twenty-si traveling men being employed for that purpose. It is the boabt of tbis com pany that under one roof it earne its work from the sheep to tho tin.shed ga'rumU. having tho nwtsary faeill- K'.es and traiiilnery for treating the wool through ail stage, of preparat.on. The steamship C'f!ades clearc'1 last aftj G;noa wiih tons of high-grade week trom :-'.v i .inuii. (j..,iji Florida phosphate nv-M, vaiuc-J at 120, with other ears,;). Indu-irial AVifcellany, Carolina Northern Exteesiona: The Carolina Northi : n Kailroad, re cently comulcted -between Lun'berton. N. C. and Marion, S. C, a distance of forty one mile-, it is reported, will present vear. In a litter to the Mantl-fa'dur.-rs' P.ccorl Mr. Augnstns Mtl lier. preid'l'iit of the coiiipauy, wrote that, an ::ten?-ion from. Marie n was In contemplaGon. It .is uud'.is'uod that this oxu'jiskm will t rmlnate at Charleston, while another hue will be built between Lumboiton and Favette ville. N. C, formlfls a. ue-w route be tween Charleston an'l Kaycttcyilic, and connecting witVtho Carolina Central division jfie Seaboard Air Line at l.tnnbtiton. It has been ro - ported that the Carolina Northern Kailroad was closely associated with the Seaboard Air Line, r.nd tbe -Cha luton extension, if huilt; '.would giv tho latter another outlet at ttaowatei Tli.. w.al lenirth of the roa , if thus completed will be 175 mih Textil Notes. It is proposed to o-ganir-" mill company pt Eufaw, Ala cotton and U. 1!. liarnes is luTercated. " Kersheede . Manufacturing Co. of Hohenwald. Tenn.. has erected an ad diUona.1 building'to i:a laco mill. V. P. Higglns, Colerhbus. 6., is re port ?J as to establish in Lxiugtoa i Ky., a carp.Ocleaning and wunuractui-,-ing plant. ' . 1 It is reported that Texas Ccal & Fuel ' Co. cf rHrav, u, Texas, wid build a large i cotton mill, to use li. aumout taturai cil as fuel. ' i Hoard of Trade at ,v neeiiu..?. ', a., s.ncgtiating f.cr the e.-tabllshmt'Dt of I a mill for knitting"- hosiery, ptoj acted ; by i'hiladelphia .(Fa.) parties. ;. 'Oxford (N,.C) Cotton mills is now installing lis equipment of. 30Cu spind- .4 es, etc., and will bo ready for produc ing soon. Its capitalisation Is $100, 000. ' - ': It is reported thar'thtt" La Grange Mills of La' Grange. Git., will Install plant for making cotton ropo. This is a Fnifd States Cotton Duck Corpora tion mill. J. M. Greenfield of Kernersville, N. C, has purchased all the machinery for his knitting mill, previously reported as to be established, and will com mence operations soon. Harrimap Cotton Mills of Harrimaii, Tenn., - has resumed operations run ning tiOOO spindles on the production of 8 to HO-wsrp yarn, single or ply, put on warper, reeds or winders. Ettrlck Manufacturing Co,, ' Peters-, burg. Vs.. contemplates spending VAx 000 to enlarge and Improve" Its mill, but has not made any decision ; now has 1H4 spindles and 2fif Koms. It is stated .hat Vc- ttccklKdders. of . . . . . .... , dscMed upon Increasing plant's cap:tcl- ty'20 per cent. The spindle now num ber 20.003' and the looms 824. '. ' , T. 1.. Hickman of AugUBta. Ga.l has been -'appointed . receiver of Mlllen (Ga.) Cotton Mills, "With Instructions to report on the condition of the prc?- porty and Its readiness for prdfitablij operation. V ' , Lockland Mills of Scct'and Necjt. N. C. has changed Its title to Creseent Hosiery Co., with Geo. Ti Ahflrews, president, and Charles L. McDow'ell, tecretary. Plant has soventy five knit tfng mach.lhes. . " . '' Newton (N. C.) Holsery Mills Is re verted as to Install twenty-flve ma- rhfne for.the production of lace ef.'e'ta ( Stflil to make, qihor improvements. .Company has becaoperatlng 100 knl: ttng machines. I'rownsville (Tcnn.) V Business Lea- j giie has been organ'ied, and will en deavor (Ti locate textile industries, pro ceeding In a sys emails way to secure same. 8. F. Thomas Is president, and Clyde Griss:iui, sscrstary. Alpine Cotton Mills, M uganton. N. C Is now completing its No. 2 nflll of 5000 spindles and complementary ap paratus that will euab'e tho company to, produce finer yarns than Sj to 14s" warps, its previous production. Aboat Jlf-O.OOO "has beta expended for the ad- ditlonal plant , , The Harvin. Holeery Mills of Man ning. S. C Intends to put In iuacblny l for tbe'nianufacture of cartons aad other boxes torlpackiag it produot l hosiery, etc.. and asks makers Of the nt;ctsary niaeftiiury ta send full par ticulars. - . . NORTH 5TATE NEVV5 5'7.fooo Fire iu aslungton. N. C 'Washington.- Special.A la4 fr is raging here as this dispatch is beia, written, but is under control. It oris inaud in the Atlantic Coast Line hoitse, ' which was- destroy ell " It. .cod talned a large amount of freight Fol lowing are losers: Attentie Coast L't warehouse and contents, 145,000; E. i -terson, wholesale grocery, $20,000; V C. Dudley, tar, fl.OCO; Mrs. C K. Gai lagher, building, $l,tJO0; Dr. D. T. Tay loe, building, 500; Mrs. E, Sl JIoyt. building, IS.000, H. Susman F"urB.Uui Company, damage to sto-At, J1000. Quit a number, of merchacta an! other! were damaged by removal of stock, H The cause of the tire is said to bavi been a defective Cue in tho . ACaiitiJ Coast Line office. I At one time the w hole of Mala etre' the business portion of tha toi seemed to b5 doomt.3, but by heroU work on the nsrt of the lire eompoo and citizens the lire is How under can' tro-1. This is the socaad time within year our town has been visited by a bid fire. - . Change in jConvict System. Raleigh. (Special.) Tho Directors the Hate's Prison, whose session el Friday, not alone attended, to routli bumrs,..but mado an important . i rarieement for the State's Prison., I The company will manufacture pant and overalls -in thn nen it mi H.rw m the prison authorities are. to be undT" no extra expense beyoad malntalnis the prisoners, guarding "the penitet tiaxy, and providing a general overBe f.ho Is see that the convict do tt' work ns contracted. j For this the Stato Is to receive C2l cents a day for each convict at wort Tl.e direetota are to furnish at least It hands, and upwards to 300. In these ar to he inclitdnd tb one-legged an otherwise diiablc.'i convicts who ar not able ff.hard work. . , ; It la estiiwarcd by a member of tl b;ard that the cost td maintain a convict Is 35 cents per. day, and tx 'difference between this and the" co tract with tho Atiuu Sun goes to U profit account Jbo work is to began e March first- ' . .'; All farm work has abandoned, ca ccpt work on (he up! da at Caledoadi, where there are some 4.500 acres land that the State still holds'l 1 Wants a RaliraodL . ' Statcsville, Special. The citizens North Iredell ere arou3ing theniselrrj In behalf of a railroad for that h- tlon. In an interesting letter which ar pear-s in today's Landmark is set F-wtl the Inducements for 6Uch a road. f.'J profits that would accrue, from tL- "a nr-d what a factor it would Drove iff" vcfoplng the natural resources of section, which, it Is a well knovn,1l ! possib! capuble of greater deved mcnt than any part of t.he conntrK is I lie test watered ah 1 timbered "pa of the country, in the article refenv to it fs shown-tliat on . the sever traaitts,hc different water poweruta readily' bV developed several thousar horse power. Same of these power a already partially developed. .' It la t most Inaccessible part of ths eoun because cf the extremely bad oonditl of the public roads. They are ve much In earnest about a road and . monstrate that, owlag to the topogr phy of the country along certain am geeted lines, a road can be built , i much less than the usual cost of rai road building. ' Tbey naturally pr that the road b? built from Statsrlii via Hethany, Turnersburg or OU: an Wlillamsburg, and connect wlfc ; ti most accessible point qp the road twen Winston-Salem and, Wilkeslwt If not this route, (hen they will try get It from Coolemee. Ths cTtHJnTsr' pose to have mass meetings at aa ear a date as rosslble to foraulata jpf. for weeoinnUdiing the end desired, a Hi this they ask the hearty c-cpe: (ion of all who wish to see this ri iuhon duc-lapej. flysturlous Murder Near Mocks v ' Smith Grove, via. Wockivllle, h' cial.) Will Kelly was found deado th welt l of Mrs. Hunt, widow or Huat, In Yadkia -county Friday bb ing. Ife had been shot through the i and tw-ioe through tb shoulders, Ts Is damaging testimony against : i Hunt upd her brother,.. YVlUj Mar Martin had fled with officers la i suit.'' A Roberts boy was captured -ylng Martin's clothes. Mrs. Hunt; ber lovely daughty, Iiss badsy. j Kelly was killed some distaacs J tnt nouse ana dragged to a we' vi a man ana woman were around the body. Kelly vraa a p pf Mrs. Hunt and w3 courting tbi daughter of the wealthy widow. Atiss Dalsy Hunt Is prostrated a1 her lovar being killed. Truckers Ask Better Rates 1 Wilmington, Special. Ths exe eommltteo of the Eastern C? Fruit and Truck Growers' Asso met here and had a conferenoe Traffic Manrger T. M. Emerson.! Coast Line. The result of it Wpr have been entirely satisfactory lng from Interviews' with sevr. prominent menib9rs who r . sf meeting, Tha committee J: not l for better rstss. thos la fJTect entirely eatistactory, butt. w tetter service and will notouV it thi s ason. The strain berr K'.cnt wt'l be about April Sth efon Is expei to (: keti. Thvre s-,m to'ba'a rltlincrc-ase lo ths terr acr. SMIOO. ',.'. r - !';,. '
Chatham Observer (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 14, 1902, edition 1
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