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M 1,1 I "1 l S5 VOJUJ.KO.20. 1'JTTSnORO, Ni a. FRIDAY, APKIL I.I, 1902 I III . I ; I I I lv DESPERATE FIGHT ?bo!e Possee field Al Bay By Cae Mao IILIS IW0A1EY INSTANTLY AND Wounds Seven OAea of the Possee Severely Finally Shot to Death and Burned. Tuscumbia.' Ala., Spnclal. In a des perate tattle. fought near this jtace Suuday between a sheriff's pos.se lial Wlil Reynold, a negro, desperado, two members of the po- were killed and seven wounded by the Real ly futdlade of the ro. who afut ward wes .kUUd aii l M body thrown into a bare-tag building.; The "fi-ad tie; Hugh ionmi. Bob Wallace and Will Key sold .colored. The- wound ed arc: t-'Urifl Gaf.aw.y. .ortally; Will Castaway, uiortaily; P. A. ProuV talfeily; J. K. Pa a, serioufcly; Jessie iwvis, Jixa Fit-ney and Robert Pat terson, Early in ti e dan accompanied fcy VYUi Cassaway, a deputy, Hberiff Cal laway went to a negro settlement "Kcardtown." to srret Will Rey ccids, on a charge.pl ootaiuing goods r-lM-'iprctera-;. f" m was iiaiTicaded In a bouse and opened fire with a Winebttiter, mortally wounded tfberlff Cassaway and Will Gassawar, . who was about Z') yards distant. A soon a the news of the en counter reached town, a possa left tor the scene. tiaHK , to' the location. nine or tne eawi couw venture j . ' . ... , .,,, j pouring water down the flue up In the within the opn spare. Dynamite was ! BI!sa- Assistant Secretary or Agncui- ?arret The BCCun,Tjatea soot of twen-prix-ureij tnd the house iu which the- i tore B:gham, Congressmen Tongue, u year, nad t.aUeht on fire and some- " afgfo had fortified Htfwsotf-a.-aa-flreil of on. but to no t-Sect. At 1 o cioc fcinpson, of thr Whet?r Riflt, ar rived with 12 guns and 1,kh car'. rtdges.wh!ch vnre tJ!stribut d amou4 12 fdekerf mm. This company was ftatlontd aroiiid the house and rid dled It, but the negro' had taken refuge in the Kar and returned th'V fir killing Jon '.-a snl woucdiu Finney. Coal oil was then pro-usd and fter ffiur hours of hard V'rk trie adjo;iag houses to that m whlr'i son. .government expert of Jersey, the- M-gro was were fired. At (clock f spoke on "Prct.i.-al K'jU!T CfButrac I!k r-fcus in whli l th n-groas lo- i tica;" linn. P. H. Hanes, of North ct-d was fifed by the Xvheder Caroiir.a, also spoke on road cdnstruc-litfir-S. who bad arrived on tlie scr n-. ,' tiott.' ' The- la-fro i'ed a gki and re- ' . " opened t'l". killing Vallate and wounding la"s, but UV in the iyt - volicy .from the j;r.e and i,ii!itiaai-n. Tio lit!!!, tiiti! riwg l,)w fk?d 'the riddled body an thye U 'In th? burning tii:i!.'5:nrf. Wai:a e, who'Kas killed, was ad vancing ou thi'irgro. wiio h't Mm tbm ikii the b'jv. ii body fell in the burning debris, but " was recover!, iJaviw. Walla' t and Fatkner were tfe nifii Mho IJied the building. Icehc se Ti. fort h r-pr brother have no chance to live. Ko didly wis tin neffros aim that it I'rrii i.r uii injur w'liJiv lur shut wnK-nrd by Hevnoids that did not tell when thoe tvhnrn li : iiruig on itiuiii Da gwn. Tne excite ment wa iti.t iree. Fully 2,WHt peojile fuit.i Florence and .Sheffield were here and i very ru-goon in the town wa prt'iwd niiti rvi-e, No fear of an t'prUing ;tri!o:ia the' negroes 1h uu tlcipbtcd. . The Philippine Cabie. Pan FranciHo. Spt-clnl. ClMrge G. ,Ubrd. of Now York, vice' president . of the Commercial Cable Cumpauv, arrived here-, to scleet a landim. placo for ths projected cable: between' th.'s const und ti i'hillpplnfs. Mr. Ward Is ae o'iibajiiul by Charles Cur tis, 'be cf.ni'Kfn.k ' h'tf elec-treiiri. While here, Mr. Wurd will consult with Jolm W. Mnckay, prcKhlent Of "We are going t build the eublo IrrcNpiiectlve of f-oi:j;r .NKlonal netitm. The first 'link betu eeu 8ati Francisco and Honolulu will be completed b; Ihe end of next October. The cald't will be thlppe.d from Kngland next July. It han not yet . been decide 1 wnere wo wtn jnn.I on thin coast. It will either b at Monterey, or this ity, probably the limer.'v nisiilonto Move. ; Kroonstad. Orango lllver Colony. By Cablo.-Owlng to the., great tlln tance separating the members of th.j Transvaal mission here, ; from Mr. Htc-yn, the former president of th"l Orange' Free State, and General Do larey, the negotiations but Ween tho Hocr leaders In Hoiith Africa looking to the conclusion of the war make - litjd pronserg p'l.N'Fwl . ainhramh ma lit tlo progress. It la .expected, how v'vri, that Mr. Schnlkburger nnd bin collcgnog on the mlaalon will shortly Have, here for a more convenient centre from which to conduct tho no gvllatlous. ' For Relief ol Boer Women, Chicago, Specla'. A certified check for 15,000, drawn to tho order of Pres- .. ldcnt noosevelt, was forwarded to tho President on March 2Sth by the com- ... tultten. pX. cltueiiH which Governor Yates appointed, in December last, to ralfso fund b for the relief of Boer women -and children, sufferers In the concentration camps; if South. Africa cMr Willy mutllatvd the body, itbey either seci tne ek k person oat. v:'B "'" 1 rve bmfies wVr. burned in the ef- of th hous or flee themselves. Major!?1" aP"" aul ) ln !na . v nen td rt-m-h t!i ar,,i ,,,, . ' . , , . ... , , ! nr nouse raupni on nre away m re to rea n tne negto snt several i tann tit Inmilsr health, rommisslon- i t .t. . itmtd i m irltlfl tn ii... uhIi ft i. ' " ni;i,i aim iue urtnieu ennie nuiuum (llS Wri Kllletl ja UK- tjattl-'. It IS -..l,,.,n , , I.Uhnn 1V,lrt '.u- ! I ted that the sheriff and fcls ' ..vU ... ......... . ., ,,. , , , ,.r ulltlu (.-,. rH d, SlMuNS OFfOStS ?utLLEN. Senator fUkes a Fight Against Charlotte Postmaster. Washington. Special. Senator Sim mons lias placed himself squarely and et-phatlrany In opposition to the ir: 1 52: Leg ol the postoffice committee.. He re ferred back to the committee the pa pers In which tie President had re nominated, Mr. Mullea in these words: "I decline to submit the report on this nomination on ray w responsibility; Personally I shall oppose the oonfirma- tioa on the ground that I am unwilling to advocate the nomination of a man to such an important office, when bis con- ' duet was such as I understand his to l ave been." Mr. Simmons followed this declaration with the suggestion, that the secretary of th committee ehca'd tie Instructed to pracare copies of the report made by the Inspector with ref erence to the charges against the Char lotte postmaster, which suggestion was promptly -agreed to. Before leaving the subject Senator Simmons recited soma of the facts which had led the Presideut to withdraw the nomination of Mr. Mullen .fter the agreement to re-ap- relaxed Into a fast walk, and then a point him. The chairman of the com- low pull up the hill, for I felt my pal . . ' , ,,,, ,,, pitatiun coming on. Before I reaihed mlttee, Senator Mason, of Illinois, dl- maBs!on , ffiot thc dvance rerted the secretary of tne coimuiue ? guard returning. Vno saia tne are a to secure the papers in the case with- s JUL go j eat jown on ih front steps out unnecessary delay. I to blow for a minute. When I went . " j- ; " through the hall to the kitchen where Spoke (or Good Roads. ; the commotion was. I found our daugh- Charlott?vllle. Va., Speeial. Senator iters and some gooJ friends still ti hf h intern. Jrencblng the smoking walls and lOavty ylpfleld. Prince. Bowersork and Merffeary, togetner wun o.n-ij iruets. arrived on a special train, from ' ., , ' . Wisblngton. over the Southern Rail- ya.y, to attena tne ooa noaos tonvrn (icn, how In session hre. A hard rain kefct the attendance down this mirn- inz. Hon. W. L. Diok-rs)n. of Spring field, Mas., spoke cn "Improvement of Our Highways;,'! Col. Cha?. K. Hirri- Many Deahs From Cholera Manila. Special. Up to nrOn Thurs i day 117 cescs t,( cholera had been re i ported and 72 deaths froin the tl;s ! eae had occurred.' The health Hoard, j since the eufobliahmcnt of the detert ! tloa camp, has been having much dlffl- culty In fading the whereabouts f ican. s'of cholera. As srxn ' as the I tccmlx'TS t a household find a case Ing to. the action of the priests In In- forming the people that no cases of cholera have occurred; thnf finlv eaCE of cdiolerine have been dlscov- I I ... .U,. .. .. . 1 1 . .i nKinaii.J ,r, !" .r '''. ' , "'" U4C lu uuw' ' l ll- - ' New York to Charleston. Ne w York, .Special.--At Friday's ; chances against me In nel , the meeting of the Merchants' Association, i "' :ir!i roll,'', on ! f huvn bw n ' of this city, a letter from Mayor Uv l' 'f Th? Snsiirjnco - om.vv was read, saying that April 23 had ben i nnderstand this mid base all their migrated as New York Day at tho i It.nisC.uns and rates upon it. They, Cbarleslon Exposition. The niavor said j v''n t,! -v,,!l wh;,t h :!l1 average life of he tioue.bt it desirable thrt New'Vorkl 'i"v:lling. a store- a gin. a phimn. should take advantage of this hmv. , s- i ! ",r : ' hi,rf, fl- professor, lii-s-tion tohow the SouthArn-peopi.. thc ' ' ' ': ' v ilh ''" h,:,K ar,1 t y city's interest in their commercial d- ! l'- ''" times the six, V9r;cement.-The mavir remic.H.S.d tic.' '. " :!'t come ;p three or four times awx lation to take charae. of a'l pvm. : th 8'7;ral wry arrangements and a resolution : : ''t if " casid the dice a thaus- , was adopted to this effect. . timts. r-a.-h number from one to , . !ix wnuid show up about an Cqunl nuni- ttx. r.i i a ! n( times. That is according to tho Mil rage I inn Adoptea. U-alcn!ation of chances and proves the Hrrhmonrt, " i5pertnl.-The -Ci'i- tlonal convention adopted the suffragij plan - by a large majorltv. Then eam-i up the rescinding resolutions and ail were considered and rejected, ' except those relating to cian;:e In the hold over Senate question and the election of Supremo Court judges by the peophv A resolution to adjourn I-tlday af'er 'noon until May 22 was adopted by a large majority. The AtlarttlcjClty Fire. Atlantic City, N. J., SpcclaL On Thursday dlastrous flrawrecked many of the palatial hotels of Atlantic City, doing a damage, of over $1,000,000. 'No adequate., fire' protection was avail able. One life was lost. Thirteen hotels and more than 70 buildings had been destroyed or se verely damaged. The effect of tho lire has been to glvn tho city a new charter, providing for build ng laws, the MI far the same havlhg been signed' by Gov, Murphy when he heard tho fire was raijlng. Already the city is plan ning to rise, strengthened, from U.8 financial loss of $1,000,000, $100,000 for College. Lexington, Vs., Special. A telegram received here from President Denny, of Waahlnnton and Uo University, who Is In New York, announces the completion of the Wm. I Wilson memorial fund of $100,000 to. found the Wilson memo rlsl of economics at the University. Former President Qrover, Cleveland is chairman of the fund committee. FIRE AT ARP -S HOUSE The Alarm Made Bill Get a Move 0a Him. ; CBIINEY SCOT calght ON fire I Water Poured on Soon Put Out Blaze I In Kitchen Arp Gives Some Fire Statistics. t , ..: .. . ... j pjre ana Water nj asr rhe three (things that tost the least and are the ! most necessary to our exigence are the if05; c';Tm hf n unstrained Last Sabbath, evening my wife and I a;.e down to Jessie's houso to coin- fort tier in her sick bed. and play with :he little girls and Le!p nurse the little saby boy. Suddenly the fire bell gave an ilsrm and w.y wif walked out oa the v tran la to Cad out where the fire wag. In a moment she came hurrying bAt lt md aluiort screa.ned, "It's our house t's our house; rua quick. Oh! mercy." I .threw the baby down on, the floorr Q'j, f didn't cither and departed tho.e joasts with salacrity. Firemen anj tpeople were hurrying that way. I Utruelc a fox trot for awhile, but soon U0w got to the lathing and then to the aim umjjiu u;u yj i.sjui, Nobody at home. The cook was 1 1 ; her cabin asleep. Her little boy was eit- ;,!nK oa m l)3(,k Etops ud whj.a our girls arrived he very qi"Hy p;;inred to the kitchen and said: "Dar'a a fire In 1ar." Th-n they heard the r -racking s flames anil saw smoke poiring through j a broken pane. On tn:a!as; the liocr tbey were asto':nd-ri for the wbolj.! iroom seemed a'daze. One ran 1 1 tYe i ; front door ard's-ronier "FHV? tre-rt i6r",' atd the other went to the tlc- rh;.f- und then they fie.w to I he water! , fau-et a at! po.l aeh'-crs gathered in! ssd nlNM .the backeis en i went to J jw;;rk. They were just in time, far a delay of ten minutes would have- ejus- j ' d the loss of the house and all of o'ir i ; time-honored furnitiire and pietens j ; an b--iks and my w'V fine clo'.hcs j tnl golden wedding presents. When I left Jessie's tons a my w !:'?' bailed me on ihe run and t-:ai3 sa.'o soinetbin?, b'Jt I am not certain whether it, waj hi t fine drRsns in thp wardrobe or her j,,, , reckoa ,t was the Bible that ihe has read a chapter in every night begged them to.save her C-hristfan In- j dex -She had a stock of thrra and ti ea- u 1 l",rIJ"1''1" Limn n.i) uuii , '.ri.. Our good old proffSbor, Charles F. I F. Mi-C.iy, of Franklin .'o'li gc, tisol to i lecture to us hi -.dents, an I h -faror- ite f.tihjct w.t;1 'The lleguliuUv of I-- ! regular things," and he satisfied mc that the longer my ho'.is? es-aiH'd a lire the more I - was liable to lnve one. The -rttrularitv-of -ireesublr 4b4ngSr-ai-ll Ja. with the r:lnfall which, however un certain in Its coming, - amounts tn about the same every year. Sinee'M.I the lrwxoa by Are In the Flitted-States have averaged fl05,0fi0,rtor' year, the lowest hi ln f loO.OrtO.nWrand the high est 1110,0(10,000, and yet in 1871 the loss in Chicago alone was $200,000,000. But where did fire come from and who gave It nnd when. There Is no mention of fire in the Mosaic account of the creation nor for two thousand years after it. Until after the Hood there was not much nurd Of fire, for th-a penile wore not permitted to at meat. ,Thelr food wna the fruit of 'the earth. i But I reckon they did have; fire and blacksmith sliona and made ham mers and hoes nnd nails, etc. N;nh could not have built the nrk without t.yds and nails. Tho presumption Is that the Creator supplied Adam with tools to dress the parden nnd Abe' f with knives to, sacrifice the flrstl!nn? of JiIh flock, but there are Indian tribe In our-day nnd rtrprocs in Africa and Esquimaux In the Arctic regions whr have no knowledge of Iron or lt uses. A thousand years before Christ, Homer wrote that Jupiter only posHeased tht element that we call fire and when pin was created m"an ho refused to give him fire. But lromotlieus stole some from heaven nnd gave It to man and It made Jupiter so mad that be chained him to a rock and sent eacloe to et his liver out and as fast ns they ent It by dav tho llvor grew again by night, but finally be was unchained nnd the encleg driven away. It seemt that Prometheus was a friend to man kind, snd by thpM'ommnnd of Jupiter setually created man out of tho mud that was loft after the hood not No- .... v :--:,r h8 flood. t,e flood -of Deucalion, "jsway back in thiTses. He was a goi! nearly as powerful s Jupiter atad was alwars In a qrarw with b!m. He taught mankind architecture.' astrono my, figures, medicine, navigation and all the arts that adorn life. At Athene and other ancient cities, temples wer? built to his honor. Ther believed that the very fire that h brought down from heavr-n was still preserved and was always burning on an altar in the temple f Vesta. It is called the sicred fire the Vestal fire the fire of the hearthstone end most not be allowed to go out. If it os go out from acci dent even the family who ios it must fro to the temple of Vesta and get a new supply. Of eourse all Jb3e stories about the gods r.re supersWotis, but they are very fasdnating ones and old Homer still stands as the greatest poet. ?nd ranks-as the eq-tal of Shakespeare or Milton. That reverence for sacred fire Is not yet ext'acuisbed. and it Is said that the Roman Catholic priesthood burn candles in their cathedrals day and night because the custom ".as handed down from the ancient church es and those churches probably got.it from Grecian and Roman mythology. Anyhow, we know that the Jews had great reverence for fire, for they had to use it in their sacr'Soes. and God ap peared to Moses in a burning bush and descended on Mt. Sinai in fire and the Israelite were guided through the wil derness by a pilar of fire by night, and fire, came down from heaven and de stroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and many other important vents wera marked by fire. In our young days when there were no matcne it sure or certain thing to find fire on the hearthstone every cold morning that came. jSome times the live chunk that was buried in the ashes at bed time west out or was burned up, and then one of the boys had to go to a neigh- j bor's and borrow fire. It was always called borrowing fire, for it was reas- i onably expected that the neighbor would sometimes find himself in tne I same condition. The Cherokee Indians : made fire by rubbing two hard dry; sticks together with great rapidity. 1 have seen little Indian boys do it very quickly, and I tried to imitate them, but I failed. But if the good pure vestal Sre came from heaven I r-kon old Satan got snme of it when he fell and took it down below. That's the kiad that con cerns us most. The old preacher who n?ed to go around '"pTeTaxhtng -about the "Mountains cf H-iiMam where the lion roan th and tho whandood!e mourneth for it? first, jorn. and he piayed cn a harp of thousand strings spends of j!:?t men made pprfe.-t." also had a few broken remarks about fire. "My Imper tinent hearers, there are several kinds of fire. There are fox fire end camp fire and fire and fail back; bet the kind tiut consarns you mo-t are the fire that it not sqnenrhed an V is cs!ed he!! fire f r short." Bill Apr in Atlanta Constitu tion. - Sargeant Appointed. Washington. Spe-ia Frank Sar gent, president cf the BrotheihCod of Locomotive Firemen, saw the Presi dent Friday, and was tendered the po sition of Comt::Sr,st6.ier General of im migration. Mr. Sergeant accepted the offer. It Is understood th.U th resig nations of Mersers. Powdcrly and Mc Sweney have been requested, or will be at once. Jos. Murray will succeed the lflttsr and Win. Williams will be nom inated soon to succeed- Commissioner of Immigration Fitchie. at New York; Chamber Meets.. Johannesburg, By Cable. A meet inn of. the t ranjber of miner, th iirtl. sineo the beginning of i.n- v;a-, hak- been held here. The., pijewidi-nt of ti.e chamber sal. I in n 'a-Hretia- that it was greatly" duo to' Oer.rral iJo,h that much wanton destruction had been avoided, ns be bu t h'-UI the c n.anan-nt of iw town pe; sonaiin f ponsiblu for the -d structlon'.r any pmperty which t'nisbt ocur. Th pa sldent also said it .-fk highly 'roi uldc that ' by iiexKluly bait' of th" mining .industry' would' be in opera tion and t,Ut before many months full wor kllli'.' ko iild be re sum ed . Defends Baker University. Tho Kansas City Journal indignant ly refutes a eliftrge "that religibus nnd metaphysical studies huve alto -gcthor displaced utilitarian branched at Baker University, in Kansas. It points out that the leading literary society of the Institution debated the other day the following Important proposition: "Resolved, That a half grown, Langshans rooster can roost better on a smooth pino roost than on a square rough roost." Heavy Flood Damage. Chnttanooga, Special. The flood damage in Shelbyville and Bedford count lea,. Tenn., Is estimated from one and a half to two million dollars. Relief committees are doing every thing posBlblo.Thc-re.ls much suffer ing. Tho only deaths reported aro three, negro children. Only one bridge across Duck river remains standing in tho county. Duck river Is now fcithin its banks. The damage to tho town is estimated at $200,000. Hih winds lowered ' the water our leet in the harbor at Foledo. O.' Russian engineers are going to raise the level of the Sea of Azof fourteen feet and eight inches- by building a data pluo miles long at Kertch. There will be great seagatea for the passage of shlpB. Tho cost Is estimated at $25,000,000, I 1 SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Confidence la the South. r Mr. M. H. Atkinson, of Atlanta. Ga. who recently returned from the North after conferring with the stockholders of various public service companies of Atlanta, says that he found the stock holders much encouraged ever .condi tions , in that city. They apparently had great faith in their investments in the South, and believed they had done well to invest there. Furthermore, they .would not dispose of their hold ings. Continuig, Mr. Atkinson said he bad spent three weeks in the North, and that during the entire time be has been living in the South, making occa sional visits to the North, he had nev er seen business men of the latter sec tion 83 thoroughly imbued with the id'.-a that the South is the place for in-1 vestments. "They are," he added, "goinit to do much for this section in the future, and the results of the prcs-1 ent feeling will soon be felt generally." To Double a Big Mill. Mention was made recently of the fact that the.Belton Mills, of Belton. S. C. bad In contemplation the erec tion of a duplicate plant. The propo sition was given consideration ot a meeting of the directors on March 20. and decided affirmatively. This com pany now has an equipment of 27.000 spjiiuics Bud 3 I.JVU... hlcl; it!" z" cordinply be duplicated. The construc tion of the required additional build ings will be commenced at once, and contracts for the machinery will be awarded soon. Formal action to rat ify the directors' decision will be ta ken In April by the stockholders. Cap italization Is $400,000. and probably $300,000 will be the investment for the new mill. F. A. Smj-the is "president... A Denim flill Rumored. Messrs. Moses H. Cone and Caeaar Cone, of Greensboro. N. C. are npeoti ating the purchase of a' water-timver property near Roanoke Rapids. N. C, the power said1 to bo obtained bcinz 10.009 horse-power. It is rumored that. , fn? rr?rr; 18 ,p . 7 developed to-its .a.- ton denim mil of 2.00Q looms ami -mn.- p ement . of spindles w-.ll be erected to uuiize me power. j uv .urew b. v uur. control the Proximity . Manufacturing I Co. at Greensboro, N. C. which .ipcr- atcs 18.000 gpindles and 1.000 loon s in i the manufacture of cotton denims. Textilj Notes. fFrom the Manufacturers'' Record.) The Highland Park Manufaetnr'ng Co. of Cnnrictte N. C. and Rock. Hill. S. C, will build a cotton-seed oil mill to be operated in connection with Mill No. 2 at Rock Hill. It is proposed to expend about $100:000 for the erection and equipment of the addition. Doubt less this is a step toward adding a gin nery and fertiliser factory, and thus the company would be enabled to man ufacture from cotton all its marketable products. , Piedmont Manufacturing Cot,. Ports mouth, Va.. states that Its proposed equipment, lately mentioned, will be of sufficient capacity to produce 400 dozen garments of ribbed underwear daily, employing 125 hands when In full oper ation. The building completed is a two-story structure -10x80 feet, with a 30x30-foot ell. Capital is $23,000. Rapid progress. Is being made withthe reconstruction of the Globs-Cotton Mills at Augusta, Ga. and'the plant ! will be in operation inj-fte near future The old budding lifts been remodeled ! tracted a cold that rapidly develorV.'d ' nnd rebuilt, and-ftill hold 5C00 spindles, j into consumption. She at pnee became The new IcKTmhouse is built of brick, j despondent and continued so and sui 1 19x1 f.'"t, and will hold 400 loonv. j cide was the culmination. Her mother K cv whenptt will be built,, and -new: qtiipmt'nt of water-wheels will be in- ,R rl'.e.l. , - . , R. M. Gates of Charlotte. N. C. ia about to purchase the Green river shoals property near Hendcrsonville. ; N. C, with the intention of developing: the property and erecting at the lite a Pirco cotton mill. Mr. Gates also has under consideration removing to the Tr'ttr-a-Ohar lott e m HI to st 4d - -of -ore-U-insr new plant. The Charlotte mill has 15.D0O spindles and 300 looms. " Messrs.' W. C. Kimball & Co. of Tal lapoosa, Ga.'. stated that their knlttlns plant,- reported recently, will requirf an investment of $2,000. The two-story building. 2fixS0 feet in size. Is now be ing erected to hold the ten .machines for producing: hosiery. Rllawhite Cotton Mills of Unlontown Ala., contracted for a MKI-splndle addi tion, not a '3300-Fpindle addition as stated last week. All contracts have been awarded. Work has begun on the .erection of the required buildings.. Roberdel Manufacturing yCo., Rock-! Inttham, N. C. states that 'plans havf( not been formulated as yet for its No. 2 mill. Announcement of the decision to build this addition was made at length last week. Richmond HoaieryMUU of Rossvllb? : Ga., has iiicreased capitnl $10,000. This action 13 taken tq pnvid funds for HH-. provetnents arid additional machinery especially In the dyeing department. -Messrs. M. C. Mlgel & Co.. of Asto ria, N. Y.. manufacturers of broad and 'dresa silks, will establish a braueh. plant at Favette and' Greene streets Baltimore, Md., employing 100 opera tives, ., T. L. Vaughn has purchased the Twin City Knitting Mills at Vlnton Salem. N. C.v from F. H. Fries, receiv er. The plantprAduces ladies' under wear It was capitalized at $12,000. Merchants and Manufacturers Asso ciation of Laurinburjc, 8. C, Is in com munication with a capitalist who Is nkint site for a $lOO,ooo cotton will. HGM LYNCHED IN ROME, GA. le Attacked Young Lady and YVa Hanged to an Electric Light Polo and i.ooo Bullets Fired Into His Body. Rome. Ga., Specia. Walter Allen, a legro, charged with attempting to as sault Blossom Adamson, a. jS-year-ild girl in this city, was taken from Ae jail by 4.000 people, who battered the prison doors ' dawn and hanged Im to an electric light' pole in the principal portion of this city. A vol jry was fired afterward and full a iousard bullets entered the negro's tody."-Miss Adamson was on ber way :o a dressmaker's late Monday Then me was met by Allen, who told her :hat a dressmaker at a designated res fcdence was waiting to see her.. The rounggirl went to the houre mention- id by the-negro, .who followed frer Into the house, whirli Miss Adamsan found jras vacant. A lady oa a nearby porch. ittraeted by the noise of the struggle.. , luceeeded In forcing Allen away and ae escaped. Late Tuesday afternoon, he was captured and brought to this city ind placed in jail. As soon as the news of his capture was learned a mob formed and mrached to the Jail. - de manding the negro. The sheriff refused to deliver the keys end pleaded that the law should be allowed to take it tourse. Upon tne suiu'i fcl ii-i?-liver the keys be Jail doors were forc ed ocen with sledpe hammers and tha Nteel cage of. Allen's cell broken Into. The negro was carried a square ana a half away and allowed to make a state ment. Allen declared that be was in nocent and prayed that the guilty party would be found. I All the men who took part in tha j hanging were unmasked. Miss Adam ' son beiones to one of the most proini i nent families in Rome. Newport, Vs., Buroed. ! Ro?.naV;e. Va., Speeial.-7-At an early j hour Tuesday morning the small town of Newport.' in Giles county, was de stroyed' by i lire. Every store la the- i Place w destroyed. Two hotels, aad U best residences were leveled to tha d The fire 0yn-Me(l ttam an aknown ta;l?e m a 8aeil back of t..vi. r .-. 1.1 Martin's big' store. The i wind was blowing a gale and the flames spread quickly from the shed to I the store, which was alao a mats of ; flame ip a few minutes. From Dunidee ! & Martin's. store the wind scattered the ! fire in every direction. Before the in ! habitants realized the danger nearly ; every house in the immediate neigh borhood was in flames. The loss is es- , titnated to be over $100,000 with very little insurance.: Some of the heaviest losers are: McPbearson's four-story hardware establishment and a $23,000 ., stock of goods; Dunklee .& Martin's Store with $20,000 stock of general mer chandise; Miller & Son's store, and . $15,000 stock of general merchandise;' . Hunter's Hotel; Smith's Hotel and Mrs Martha Prince's handsome residence. The town is five miles from atailroai and the facilities for figbtihg .fire ara limited. ' . Young Lady Suicides. W'aterjodT's. C Our community re ceived a severe shock when the an nouncement was made that Miss Lizzie - Madden had committed suicide. She was a charming young lady 2.3 years") old. Within a very short time two sis- ters and a brother have died with con sumption. Last fail Miss Madden con- attended the Easter exerrdses . at the church and dined with a friend In town Miss Madden and a brother were at -home. - The brother was in an adjoin. ' ins room and he heard tho report of 4 mm On ftntAHn Ma aiahir'n r m ia found her sitting in a chair. Her, head had fallen to one side. On the bed the breech of a shot gun was resting; in her lap was the muzzle of the gain and her..left.hand clasped around the bar rel; In her right hand she held a sttck that she had pressed hard against the trigger which discharged tho fatal shot, The entire load penetrated the heart at such closo range that her clothing caught fire. Miss Madden was a consistent mem ber cf the Waterloo Baptist church and was prominent In all church, societies. Russian Troops Go to Port Arthur. ' ' Pekln, By Cable. The Manchuriaa convention, the main conditions which weroi recently agreed upon by Paul Lesser, Russia's minister' to China, and Prince Chlng, president of the Chinese Foreign Offleo, permits China to maintain whatever forces he thinks necessary In Manchuria , after :-th evacuation- of 'that territory. Official reports received hero frtim Nlu Chwang say the Russians are dis playing great military activity there. Ten thousand" tr66pflhavD"been-Te--ccntly moved to Port Arthur and new drafts are arriving. An extensive end permanent telegraph system is being constructed.' Found Dead In His Buggy. PHtshoro, N. 0., Special. Lucia Tripp. 40 years old, was found dead la his buggy about twelve miles north ot Plttsboro. He bad been drinking heavi ly and was returning from a still He was In company with a negro, who says be left the buggy for a short time and when, be returned found Trlpp dead., The coroner- has been notified and an, laueat will be held. ..,.. -. 1
Chatham Observer (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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