VOL. I, ELM CITY, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUABY 3,1902. NO 21. DAMAGE BY FLOODS Severe Losses From Hifh Water in Many Places. LOSSES REPORTED VERY GENERALLY Water One to Five Feet Deep in the ^Streets of West Point, Qa. —Trains Badly Delayed. Atlanta. Ga., Special.—The torreatial rams of the past two days in Georgia Alabama and east Tennessee and por tions of North,Carolina caused the fieath of our persons as far as known and inSicted serious damage to «il kinds of property. The rains have been iOlJ'jwed by much colder weather ac companied by high winds. Tha Weather Buroau announced that the Chatta hoochee river would continue to rise iuring the next 36 hours and it is feared much damage will result. Three D5ople were drowned at West Point, Ga., while attempting to cross the tur bulent Chattahoochee^ and Thomas Russell, an engineer on* the Atlanta & West Point Railroad, was killed in a freight wreck caused by a washout near Notasulga. Ala. Thousands af dollars’ worth of property has been ae- stroyed at West Point and there is much suffering. The water in the streets of West Point was from one to five feet deep. Many of the people spent the night in Fort Tyler. No trains have been sent through from Atlanta to Montgomery over the At lanta & West Po-int road since Satur day and the Southern Railway’s New * ork and New Orleans limited was sent around by Birmingham and Meridian. At Columbus, Ga., the Chattahoocace registered 38 feet. The property dam age is already heavy. Nearly fiva inches Oi- rain has fallen in the vicinity of Rome, Ga. Two washouts are report ed on the main line of the Louisville i- Xashvills road south of Montgom- Section of Richmond FloadeJ. Richmond, Special.—There has been a t smendous rush of water down the James. The people in the lov^’er part of the city arc moving out and the wharvps at Rockett’s are under water. The extreme lower part of the city is cut off. Owing to the fact that the wires are down along the James river divis- joa of the Chesapeake & Ohio nothing can be learned definitely of the condi tions above. It is expected, basing cal culations on precedents, that the water here will reach its height about mid night. and fears are that the freshet wiJl be the heaviest in years. No fatal- •ties have been reported. The Rappa hannock took a tremendous rise, put ting the Frcdericksburg gas works and electric light plant under water and plunging the city into darkness. A Mr. Hart, at Hascl Run. had to take bis family out of his house on horseback. Luray reports a great freshet in the valley, which seriously Interfered with ihs running of trains. riany Wasliout5. Roanoke, Va., Special.—Railroad traffic in southwest Virginia has been Foriously interfered with for the past 4-S hours, owing to the hea%Tr fall cf snow and rain during the last two weeks. Many washouts are reported on the Norfolk & Western main line, the Roanoke & Southern and the Shenjin- nnah Valley Railways. Jo-hn Wright ln.?t his life in (his county v.'hile at tempting to cross a swollen stream on a horse. A heavy fall of sleet and snow at Christianburg has prostrated the telegraph and telephone lines fn that vicinity. A telsgram from Radford ’ says, Nev/ river has been doomed igain for the fifth rime this year, breaking all records. The water rose 20 feet and spread over the adjacent country, par tially submerging trees, houses and railway tracks. Danville, Va., Special.—The hlgSest water in the Dan river since ISS’J, reaching a depth of 13 feet, prevailed here Monday morning, necessitating the shutting down of the Riverside Cotton Mills, the power plants of the street railway company and city elec tric lights. At this hour the river i« about at a standstill. Town in Darkness. Columbus, Ga., Special.—The Chatta hoochee river is still booming. Tne vvaters have receded some two or three feet, but another rise is expected. The only very great damage is that on the flam of the Columbus Power Company, which cannot be estimated until the water falls. The mills which are oper ated by water will likely be closed all the week. The city is in darkness again, and few street cars are running. Forced Mills to Shut Down. Spartanburg, S. C., Special.—A spe cial to The Herald from Anderson, S. C., says that the dam of the Anderson Light and Powcc Company was washed away Sunday night. The lass will be 545,000. The disaster will enforce the shut ting down cf the Orr and Ander.«oa Mills, employing 2,OCO hands, for six months. The mills were run by elec tric power generated at ihs plant. The Andersen Mills used partial power and by this method will be able to givi em- pioymeat to about haif-the force. The other employes must go elsewhere for work. Should the mills decide +.o in stall an exclusive steam plant, this will icquire ssvecal months. No Trains to Asheville From West. Asheville, Special.—The storm of the past two days has crippled train ser vice. TraflSc from t&o west on the Southern Railway has been completely blocked since Monday morning, trains being water-bound at White Pine, N. C. Trains on the Asheviile-Sparca.i- burg division are waterbound at Cam v robello, but the passengers are coming Ihrough about six hours late. At Twinnell’s, on Black Mountain, the Fireoch Broad Is within a foot and a half of bieh wal^er n»ark. INCREASE IN VAIVATION. (lany North Carolina Counties Show Large Advance in Wealth. The increase in the valuation of property for the present year over that for 1900 ttill be between tweirity Knd twenty.fi 7e millions. OiBcial flgvros from 90 of the &7 counties received ly State offi'iials Jhow an tccruise in property vftlna* ticns of |20,loL,07i. This is the lars- esl increase in the history of the gov vrnment for years. The valuations for the present year from counties heard from is $260, 878,805 as ccmpari-d with $240 747,- 727. The counties that have not yet reported are Catawba. Edgecombe, Harnett. Mitchell. Rockingham, Vance and Wilson. V/ake county Is the wealthiest of all the counties in the State accord ing to the new assessment, v/hich I’aces the valuation ot property in the capital county at |11,794,806. lAst year Mecklenburg led in wealth with a valuation of $50,000 in excess of that of Wake. Forsyth leads with increased assess ments for the year, the amount being $1,853,736. Wake is next with an In crease of $1,044,744. Guilford and New Hanover show nearly a million in- creasei. The increase in Mecklen burg is $897,767. Wayne shows an increase of $700,000. Scotland shows up for the first time with an assessed valuation of $1,692,998, which places it far in ad vance of many counties. Durham county shows a xiecrease of nearly a quarter of a million. Among the other counties that fell l)ehind last year's assessment were Cumbsr- land. Jones, Swa' i, Tyrrell. 'Watauga and Rockingham, which gave Scot land to the State. The figures by counties for the two years are as follows: 1901. 1900. Alamance 4.990.S02 4.s;;?.,264 Alleghany 790.357 723,1:07 Alexander 1.147,695 1.10!>.)04 Ansrrj 2.126,576 l,95S.02t Ashe 1.661.2'9 1.6C6,lO Beaufort 3.302,073 3,002,576 Bertie ■*,.733.410 2,bS5.]i2 Bladen 1.5S0.293 l,o37.fc49 Brunswick. . . . 1,317,000 1,216,419 Buncombe. . . .10.116.S61 9,725,9^7 Burke 1.4S2.475 1,413.165 Cabarrus 3.722.698 3.50l>,t;29 Caldwell 1.896,130 1,7.^7.460 Camden 605,555 386.2S6 Carterat 1,026,090 942,901 Caswell 1,476,053 1,344.824 Chatham 3,115.9S9 3,001,228 Cherokee 1,733,758 1,651.T' 6 Chowan 1,634,911 1,54.5,726 Cla\ 505,534 505.259 Cleveland 3,913,093 3,644.499 Columbus. . . . 2,447.492 1.990.7.6 Craven 3,222,564 3,104.952 Cumberland. . . . 3,151,391 3,194,121 Currituck. . . . 749,858 706,S94 Dare 432,298 423,i>23 Davidson 3,929,683 3,608,774 Davie 1.970,193 1,748,251 Duplin 2,268,678 2.097,826 Durham 10,347,138 10,6'»5.%42 Forsyth 9.583,690 7,729,954 Franklin 3,039,349 2,751,234 Gaston 5,217,170 4,476,149 Gates 1,146,487 1,098,892 Graham 667,256 656,108 Granville 3,227,857 3,077,271 Greene 1,804,387 1,497,813 Guilford 8.274,817 7.477.CS4 Halifax 4,564,202 4,142,274 Haywood 2,036,8160 1,915.407 Henderson. . . . 2,129,434 2,106,706 Hertford 2,119,512 2,034,326 Hyde 1.074,590 ’J73,3i3 Jackson 1.366,854 1.312,140 Iredell 4.612,175 4,066,532 Johnston 4.0 SI ,687 3,648,494 Jones 1.212,047 1.128.3^.4 Lenoir 2,666,095 2,236,522 Lincoln 2.232,850 2,137,CS7 Macon 1,177,256 1,174,722 Madisoii 1,698.874 1,508,789 ATartin 2,451.353 2.279,064 McDowell 1.077,337 1.021,30) Mecklenburg . ..11.697,242 10,799,475 Montgomery. . 1.794,931 1,698,161 Moore 3.284,115 3,045.390 Nash 3.948,878 3.531,310 New Hanover. .. 8.451,441 7.465,191 Northampton. . . 3,345,901 2,380.145 Onslow. .... 1,567,167 1,475.719 Orange 2,3S2r15 2.159,468 Pamlico 831.604 722.148 Pasquotank 2,523.202 2.254.C90 Pender 1,312,777 1,220,£-50 Perquimans . ... 1,659,795 1,440.023 Person 2,005,502 1,820,052 Pitt 4,037,145 3,6^9,000 Polk. . . . ... 1.110,991 896.f.*»3 Randolph 4,171,893 3,847.021 Richmond .2,370,347 3,692,002 Robeson .... 4.479,081 4,420,354 Rowan ..... 5,974,329 5,489,461 Rutherford 2,806.247 2,677,658 Sampson 2.383,727 2.103.721 Scotland 1,692,993 Stanly 2.322.697 2,122,9S9 Surrv 2.945,3'*6 2,874.199 Stokes 1,955.972 1,904,091 Swain 949.0.S9 1,076,045 Transvlvania . •. 1.056.507 1,003,434 Tvrrell 64’,113 546,288 Fnion. 3,476,351 3.193.406 Wake. 11,794,806 10,750,062 Warren 2,335,468 2,055.093 Washington 1.133,797 1,053,669 Watuaga 1.390.675 1.3D2,f49 Wavne 5,783.360 1,942.082 Yadkin 1.695.898 l,613.n:.6 Yancey 610,091 '371,147 COJPOKATE WEALTH Laborers Employed and Amount of Wafes Paid Them. MONEY AGQREGUEOF Bii LIONS. Of the 3^203 t*lant& keported) 174 Were Idle D.: ring I he Census Vear —Valu bi« Statistics; Total . . .$260,878,805 $240,747,727 Five Injured in Freijtht Wreck. Grand Saline, Tex., Special.—In a freight wreck near Silver Lake Christ- rcai day fifteen cars were derailed and five persons mere or less injured. The Texas & Pacific “Cannon Ball” engine, which had been detached, and sent on wilh a wrecking cr»w was derailed while returning from the freight wreek, and four men were Injured, none fatal ly. Railroad Discrimination. Austin, Texas, Special.—Membera of the Texas railroad commission return ed from the Beaumont oil fields, -where they have been investigaQng the charge that the railroads were discrim inating against the oil fields to not fur nishing transportation for the product The commission would not gire out an •fflcial statement. Washington SpecUil.—Canr-us statis tics made public on induslL-ial combina tions show a total authorized capitali zation on May 31, 1900, for the 183 cor porations reported of$3,607,539,200 and capital stock issued $3,C'35,200,SGS. Of this total the authorized capital in cludes $270,127,230 in bonds; $2,5’29,510,- 900 in preferred stock and $2,077,871,0,j0 common stock. 'The capital stock is sued comprises , $216,412,781 in bond?. $1,006,525,963 in preferred stock and $M02,262,146 in common stock. The total value of all the products of the combinations reported is $1,661,295,2; i and subtracting the value of th.' pro ducts of the hand trades, cr the me chanical and neighborhood industries, which amount to $1,216,165,160, th>i pro ducts cf the industrial combinations iu 1900 are found equivalent to over 20 per cent, of the total gross products of the manufacturing industries of tho country as they existed in 1890. Tho 183 corporations employed an average of 399,192 wage earners, receiving $191.- 534,715 in wages. Employment also was given to ^4,583 salaried ofiicials. cl?rks, etc., receiving a total of $32,653,623 in salaries. Miscellaneous expenses of these combinations aggregated $151,- 851,077. The total cost of material used was $1,085,083,828 The gross value ht products, less the value of material pur chase! in partly manufactured form gives the net of true value of produfi’s cf those combinations as $1.051,»81,5SG. This represents the increase in the vol- ue of the raw materials resulting tiom the various processes of manufacture. The 1S3 corporations reported control 2,029 plants that were active durin;j the census year and 174 reported as ’die during that period. The returns showed an average of 11 active plants te each corporation. Of all these industrial combinations, 63 were organized prior 10 1897 and in the year 1897, 18»8. 1893 and pri >r to June 30, 1900, there weie organized sev en, twenty, seventy nine and thirteen corporations, respectivc-ly. Over 50 per cent, of the total number cf such cor porations were chartered during the 18 months from January 1, 1899. to .fuao 30, 1900. The statistics of industrial combinations exclude all corporaiions, tnanufacturing and distributing ga? and electric light and power, it beins impossib'e to trace all cf the latter, and they do not genccally pos.se«s the samo economic significance. Tho ret-n-ns show that the Iron and steel industry is at the head of the list, with a gross product of $508,626,482, which is move than double the value of the product of any other group, except food and kin dred products, and represents coarly one-third of the total gross value of products of all the industrial combina tions respectively follow; Iron and steel and their produci.s, $341,799,945 and $508,626,482; food and allied products, $246,623,633 and ^282,- 408,081; chemicals and allied produ::s, $175,002,8S7 and $182,391,744; matala and metal products other than steel and iron, $118,519,401 and $180,154,703; liquors and beverages, $118,484,184 and $93,432,274; vehicles for land transpor tation, $85,965,683 and $85,935,533; to bacco. $16,191 and $74 063,029: tex tile. $92,468,60« and $11(^*5,202; lea^h-r and Its finished products, $62,734,011 and $45,684,829; paper and printiug, $59,2^71,691 and $44,418,417; clay, glass and stone products, $46,878,928 and :>23 - 258,182; lumber and its cc-manufuc- tures, $24,470,281 and $20,378,815; mis- jeellan«0us industries, $45,408,869 and $48,605,073. MADE A HEAVY HAIL. Asheville 5hut Off. Incessant rains for the past 48 hours throughout east Tennessee threatens to do more damage to property than the disastrous flood of last May. The Southern Railway has annuallcd all trains between Knoxville and Ashville, N. C., owing to water-covered tracks between Newport and Rankin. All through traffic and maiil will be hand led over the Norfolk ft Western. It will be impossible for the Southern to 1- ;ndle trains east via the Asheville division until the late Monday at least and possibly longec for rain is still falling. The Tennessee river is near ing the 30-foot mark at this point with indications that it will reach 40 feel and do heavy damage. In East Tennessee. Bristol, Tenn., Special.—High water has washed three spans of the Virginia ft Southwestern Railway bridge at Elizabethtown, two spans of the bridge at Butler, half a mile of track be tween Elisabethtown and May Mead, and several trestles on the Tennessee division of the road, forcing a suspen sion of traffic. The East Tennessee & Western Nortli Carolina Railroad has also suffered serious washouts. Heavy Rains In Tennessee, Chattanooga. Tenn., Special.—Heavy rains over tho entire upper basin of the Tennessee river will produce a flood tide. The weather bureau predicts that the river will pass th« danger lino here by noon and tfood warnings h«ve been sent out The crest of the rise can not be estimated at his time, as rain is ■till falling over the entire Tennessee river system, according to late^ re ports received. K New York Couple Lose $$o,o3o Worth of ilswelry. New York, Special.—Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Thebaud, of Madison avenue, were robbed today o£ jewelry worth $50,000. This was comtborated by Mrs, Thebaud himself at headquarters, where, in company with a member of the 'firm from whom most of the jew elry had been purchased, he gave to the police a partial list of the jewels taken. The valuables consisted in part of one pear-shaped diamond, said by Mr. Thebaud to be worth $20,COO; one pearl weighing 44 gi-ains, said to be worth $15,000, and 300 small ornameuis and made up a total of about $50,0‘J0. The robbery is said b^^ the police and also by Ml-. Thebaud luavc been the work lit a uewly-engased valot, who had been employed by Mr. Thebaud but two weeks. The valet is missin,s and the butler who recommended him la un der ccnstant police surveillance.' Mi. and Mrs. Thebaud went to Whlt« Plains >esterday as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Willetts. The valet accompanied them. The valet was last seen about 9 o’clock this morning when he took one of Howard Willet’s rigs and drove to the railroad station in White Plains. Three hours later tho rig was found at the station, abandoned. It is supposed the valet, whose name Is Kearn. left town on an outgoing train soon after he drove to the station. NELLCROPSEY FOUND Preacher on Cropsey Case. Elizabeth City, Special.—^The most discusscd happenings in the Wilcox- Cropsey affair Sunday were pointed pulpit utterances in the morning from two of the most prominent clergymen Rev. Mr. Lewellyn said that he did not hesi^ite to believe Wilcox innocent, while Rev. D. H. Tuttle called atten* tion to the order of the mayor closing the bar-rooms on the day the body was found. Sunday afternoon in the pres ence of about 1,500 people. “1 don’t hesitate to say that 1 believe the prisoner is innocent,” declared the Rev. Mr. Lewellyn, of Christ’s Episco pal church. “I want to caution you, my hearers, against forming and express ing opinions condemning a fellow-man until you have read the 140th Psalra. I will say that I condemn some things in his past life, and had he been a member of my church I should proba bly have censured him firom the pulpit, but now I bc-lieve he is innocent of the dark charge which hangs over him. Though the young lady is dead, and it is very sad. her character was vin dicated and I think»iow your sympathy should go out to the defendant’s fatuily in their great sorrow.” Macao Retires. Havana. By Cable.—Gen. Bartolome Maso, candidate of the Democratic par ty for the presidency of Cuba, left here 'Hiursday morning for his home at Man zanillo. He has given up the cam paign. The demonstration yest-srday evening as well as that held at the rail road station this morning brought a large crowd. Havana newspapers quote Gen. Maximo Gomez as threatening to have Civil Governor Recio, of Puerto Principe province, expelled from office when he returns to Havana for having permitted demonstrations against Go mez in the course of his polllical tour of that province. The same paper says also that Gen. Gomez had threatened to “string up” a few others when tho Cu ban republic is formed. Philippine Situation. Manila, By Cable.—It was publicly announced that the ratio for the first quarter of 1902 will be $2.10 Mexican silver to one American gold dollar. Gen Wright, the acting civil governor, says that, though unsatisfactory, this is the only solution of the matter the Philippine commission thought pos sible. He hopes lor early action by Consress of this sublect. Gen. W^rig-it considers that the situation in those parts of the Philippines where military operations are being carried on Is daily improving. He has the greatest confidence in Gen Chaffee’s ability to end the insurrection in the islands and says perfect harmony prevails between the civil and military authorities. Two Wrecks in Alabama. Opelika, Ala., Special.—Two wrcoks occurred on the Western Railway of Alabama Sunday night on account cf heavy rains, which caused two embank ments to give way. One man was killed three Injured and the property loss is .heavy. The dead: Thomas Russell, en gineer on extra freight. No. 21. The Injured are: Cy Lee, negro fireman; B. W. Jackson, engineer freight No. 29; negro fireman, name unknown. The wrecks occurred about 30 miles apart. Extra freight train No. 21 was wrecked near Notasugla and train No. 209 was going for assistance v.’hen it was wrecked. Plood-lide In Ohio River. Pittsburg. Special.—Heavy rains for 36 hours here and at all headwater points on both rivers has produced a condition which will result in what may be called a flood stage in the Ohio rlT«^ when at least 20 feet to predicted. Timely warning by the we^er bcreau wHI bo the means of saving much property and only temporary incon- reniencfl is expected by interests along the river front. Will Not Go With Liberals. London, By Cable.—The Daily News, a Liberal organ, admits that Lord Rosebery has declined to act with the Liberal party. Although the paper ro- grets his volnntary severance from this party^t makes it weD that the air has been cleared and tiiat Sir Henry Canip- bell-Bannennan te more'firmly iBStall ed la fh« Dead Body of Missinf Girl Discov* ered in River. FATHER IDENTIFIED THE CORPSE. A Coroner's Jury Held An Autopsy and Reeommecded That Wilcox Be Kept For Trial. CALENDAR FOR 190s. Suffolk, Va., Special—Nellie Cropsey'^8 dead body was found Friday in Pasquo tank river. After thirty-seven days of anxiety and fake reports and the lavish expenditure of money to solve tiie mystery of Ella Maude Cropaey'a disappearance, Pas quotank river gave up its dead at 10 o'clock this morning. Nellie’s body was located on the river bottom by J. D. Stillman, a fisherman, who hurried word to S. W, Turner, a member of the citizens’ committee of five. The news of the find spread like a prairie fire, and soon a great crowd of excited people had collected. Jus tice W. H. Cropsey. the girl’s father, was summoned. Almost overcome with emotion he pushed through the crov.'d and stood beside the corpse, where it hod been tenderly laid near the bank. There was a hush as he looked upon his daughter's form, but only for a minute. Justice Cropsey soon pro nounced the body before him the re mains of his missing Nellie. Word was sent to the mother, who has seemingly suffered most, to the sisters and to Miss Carrie Cropsey,' of New York, who has remained with the family during all their trouble. There were weeping and cries of grief and th^y would not be consoled. The corpse was found out in the river nearly opposite the Cropsey home. Later, Coroner Fearing was notified and he had summoned a jury vihj viewed the lemains in a small house on the Cropsey premises. Witnesses told hov/ the find was made, and there was evidence to show conclusively that the body was Nellie Cropsey’s. A careful examination wa.s made by physicians. The body itself, thoug'ii darkened by the water's action, was considered in an excellent state ol preservation. James Wilcox, the suspected luv?r who, in pursuance of advice of his father and lawyer, had left town and was stopping at a country house in Pasquotank county, was gone after and biought to Elizabeth City at 5 o'clock. There was no apparent chartge in his expression and when ciuest4oned about the case he answered in mono syllables. Of course he maintains nol only his innocence, but his ignorance of the causes which led to Miss Crop- sey's death. The Coroner's luquest; Elizabeth City, N. C., Special.—The coroner’s jury reports that Miss Crop- sey came to her death by being strick en a blow on the temple and drowned and recommends that au examination as to Wilcox’g guilt be made. The report made by the physicians who performed the autopsy on Miss Cropsey says: “The garments show co marks of violence. There were no ex ternal marks of violence on body, bead or face. There w^as a discoloration of a pinkish tinge on the front of head and face with a slight bluish discolo ration over the back of the neck. Th^re were no marks upon the front of her neck, except as made by construction of her dress collar. An examination of the internal organs showed she waf a pure girl. “There was no fracture discovered at any point of the cranium. There was no effusion of blood or water upon the surface of the brain or any evidenr^e that violence had reached its structure or the internal plates of its bony cov ering. The brain substance £0 far as we could sec shows no evidence of dam age. The brain was removed and the base of the train thoroughly inspected. There was no damage to blood vessels or bony structure. The report was signed by Drs. J. E. Wood, 0. McMullan and I. Fearing. The verdict cf the coroner’s jury fol lowed: “We, the coroner’s jury, having been duly summoned and sworn by Dr. I. Fearing to inquire what caosed the death of Ella M. Cropsey, do hereby port that from the Investigation made by three physicians of Elizabeth City, and from their opinion and also from our personal observation, that said Eiia M. Cropsey came to her death by being stricken a blow on the left t^nple an^ by being drowned in the Pasquotank river. We have not yet investigated ntir heard any testimony touching as to who inflicted the blow and did the drowning. We are informed that one James Wilcox is charged with sam^ and is now in custody. We recommcad that Investigation as to ms or any one else’s probable guilt be held by one o» more magistrates in Elizabeth town ship and that said Wilcox be held to awaflt said investigation. (Signed) I. Fearing, coroner; P. S. Shipp, B. F. Spence, Maurice Weat- cott, Robert J. Mitchell, J. B. Fear- bee, J. H. Leroy. Ihreafs Af:ain5t Wilcox. Bialelgh, Special.—Friday evening Governor Aycock received the following telegram from Sheriff Grandy. of Eliza beth City: , . “Miss Cropsey’s body found in nver. Threats of violence against James Wil cox. Notify Naval Reserves here to h« at my or*mmand.” ^ Tbs Governor replied: "Naval Re serves ordered to obey your orders. Maintain law at all hazards. Keep ass fnlly informed by wire.” Industrial Notes. Messrs. T. W. McCord and J. L. Mc Cord of Jackson, Ga.. have Incorpor ated the McCord Milling & Munufac- turing Co. to build knitting and weav ing mill. Character of product not an nounced yet. Benjamin Russell of Alexander City, Ala., contemplates establlEhing a mill for the production of ladles’ underwear and asks manufacturers of the neces sary machinery to submit estlmalss on eqiUpnvant and other Infonmttlon. SOUTHERN WDOSTRIAL ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS FOR 1902. rh«r« WIU B« riT« E^UpkM »t tiM Baa aad Maaa. I. A p*rtisl cclipse of the cua April 8th, invinUdMrc. n. A total edijMS of the moon April 23, not viaiUe here, nt the bepnning vuib!« throtuhont Asia and the eutcra portiwns of Amca and Xnropc; the endjng riaihle throughont Asia. Xnrape tad Africa. in. A partial ceUjMS of the san itmy 7. invisible here. Visiole to New Zealaad and the South Pseifie Oeeas. IV. A to«il eclipse of the moon Osto- ber 16 and 17, visible here as follows: Eastern Standard Tituew Moon enters shadow..18d. llh. 17». p. m. Total eclipse h«gitts..l7d. Oh. 19m. s. at. Middle of eeUpee 17d. Ih. 3m.a.m. Total eeUpee ends—J7d. Ih. 4Sm.a. m. Moon leaves shadow...17d. 2h. Mm.a.m. V. A partial eeUpse of the sqm Oetobet SO, invisiDle here, visible to the preatw put of Europe sad nearly all of Asu. ManUaii mmtt EveataK Stan Tar IMS. The pluet Venus is eveniof atar uatil Februaiy li, then roorning star uatil No* remhT 28, after whic^ date ahe ia eran* incstar to the eod of the vear The. plsnet Mars will he nntll March of the year. he. j&iet Mars will W evening ctar 11 March 29, then norains atar the rest Tbs planet Jupiter is evening star until January 15, then momiag atar nntil Au- gnst 5, and t’nea evening atar the balance of the year. The planet Saturn' begins aa evening ctar acd continues as aach until January !t, then morning stsr nntii Juir 17, and tlten evening atar to the cud of the year. Planeta Brlaliteat ar Ba»t Saan. Mercury, after runset oa the evcainsa of February 3, May Si acd SeptembM m. and before aunritie on the moraing* of March 17. July 15. and Xovember 4. nns on January 9. Mara not this year. Jupiter at M^aition Au^n^t 5. Satan: at ^position July 17. T’ranoa at oppoaifion Jane 10. Neptune at c{>pDaition Decem ber 24. Rva*ana. Winter bejdna, 1801, December 22. lattf eiebt:r-niue days, t’nirtr-cine oiinutej. Spring bcglaa, 1002. March 21. laata nine ty-two daya, nineteen hours, tifty-nine uinntes. Sommer begina, 1802, June 22, lasta nine* ty-thres days, fourteen houra. forty min utes. Autumn begina. 190S. September S3, lasts eighty-nine dsya, eighteen hou». for ty minute*. Winter begina, 1002, Dci^^t^iuber S3, trop yr., 365 d&ya, five hsura, forty-eight ~ “ utes, Chnreb Daya and CT«lea af 'Xliau Epiphany .Tan. • Septuageain» Sunday Jsn.2f Sexagesima Sunday — Quinqnagaaima Snnday. Ash Wedneada\- Quadragesima Euudsy... Mid-Leot Paln» Snnday tiool Fridav Eaater Snnday Low Sunday Rogation Sunday... Aacension Day Whit Sunday Trinity Sunday Corpaa Christi Advent Sunday Chriatmas Day Qolden Number |^>act Bolar C^cle Dominical letter K Roman Indietion 15 Julian Period ■. 6®13 The Jewish new yesr S063 begina at auh. aet October 1, I90S. Kanber Dayr. Wed.. Fri. and Sat. Feb. 19. 21 and 22. Wed., Fri. «id Sat., Sept. 17. 19 and i.*3. Wed., Fri. and Sat., May 21, 23 and 24. Wed., Fri. and Sai., Pec. 17. 19 and 2j. Feb. 2 Feb. 9 Feb. 12 Feb. 1« Mar. Mar. 23 Mar.» >Ur.» April« May Mey Mav IS May 25 May SO Nor. 30 Dee. 25 3 21 Ov PBvofwd SwIImi* ^ ^ -a ti PHytafTfe* Wmy. A dispatdi tram Jadnoa to IM0 Memphis Commetelal-Appsal tfows that'^e Mississippi State goraruMBt is moving in the direction of port. It says that nnder the convict farm system the penitentiary has been converted into a source of revenue, and It adds: ‘During the past two years tlbe poni> tentiary has paid into the State tr— nry as net revenue orer and above the prison expenses I18.T71.70. Darias the last fiscal year the amonnt paid ia warn only about f700 ^«ater than the ysar previous, but over 940.000 had bees paid out for a new farm. “The State revenue acent ia also » self-sustaining office, and one that haa proven an enormous source of rareana to the State during the paat two flaeal years. Prom this sOnree the iraaanry of Mississippi received for the two years 9348,151.90. “The office of State land commiasion- er has also proven a moat remnnerativa one to the SUte during the paat Men- nial period. The report of this olDcsr shaws that he has collected enon^ feea to pay the ezpenaea ot Ida department, snd that the State treasnry has receiv ed from his hands the sum of flSS.Otl.- 33t "The report of the secretary of State is. not yet ready for publication, but it Sias been repeatedly'publiahed aince the new charter fee bill went Into effect that the office waa yielding a handaome revenue derived from thia sonrse, many thousands of dollars in excess of its expenses.” Cold In Florida. Another drop in the temperatiir« In FlcHida seriously endangers the orange trees. Fatalities Amooc Boys. HunUvllle, Ala., Special.—Two fatali ties have been reported from among boys who celebrated Christmas. Tom McKnlght was shot and killed four miles north of here by Chas. Davii^ whose pistol exploded accldentlly. A boy named Jones, living in West Huntsville, waa fatally wounded by the explosion of a toy cannon. Nacogdoches, Tex.. Special.—W^hila & crowd of men were discharging pislo's in celebrating Christmas a stray bullet struck Mitch Bird, aged 13, inflicting a mortal wound. The hoys fathe? then fired Into the crowd with a shotgun, seri ously wounding Ed Lee, Reuben Chand ler and Edgar Moore, all negroes. The boy Is dead and cnc of the negroes is dying. Three Negroes Killed. Little Rock, Ark., Special.—Three TCgroes were killed near WUmot Tues day as the result of a quarrel over a land sale. Martin Davia and Jeff Daria cousins, engaged in a fatal duel. Ita. Thompson ,a friend of one of the dagd men. was subsequently shot and kiUad by Arthur Davis, father of Msrthi Davis. _ Sampaon*a Coadltlos, Urbana, 111., Special.—JObm & Weeks, of Champ^gn. a personid friend of Rear Admiral Sampson, haa received a letter from Mrs. Sampson, in which she says the menul condi tion of the admiral is beyond recovery. Tho letter waa written In reply to a note expressing sympathy with the rear admiral in the penumal annoy- anoea he haa anff^ed In the oontrover- ay vrtth Rear Admiral Schley. A lo.ooo-Tolg $hip. One of the ateamahipa now beiaff built by the Maryland Steel Co. at Spar row’s Point for the Boston Towboat Co. is to be named the Shaihnut, ud haa reached a point irtiere It ia ready for the water. The veaael la one of two being built by thia.sBmpany and wtll be the larg^t yet constructed at the Sparrow's Point yards. It ia SOS teat in length. 58 feet beam, and will have three ateel decks. 'Its total carryfag capacity is estimated at about 10.M* tons. It will bd placed in aervlce aa am American “tramp” ateamsbip. Joiniag the fleet owned by the Boston Company, which have been built at the same plant. It will have engines capable of producing 5000 horse-power. ^ving it a speed of from twelve to fourteen knots an hour. Shlpbutldlas oa the Oalt Officers and directors ot the Gnlf Coast Shpbuldng A Dry Dodc Co.. which is considering the establishment of such plants at Mobile, also at Naw Orleans, have recently been in both cities examining coast sites. Chas. If. Jesup of New York la president; C. M. ^^ckes and Samuel B. McConnlco, vice- presidents. There Is a poaaibllity that what la known as the McLeHaa dock at New Orleans may be purcbaaed. kad it is reported that ^e company haa aa- cured extensive water frontage at Mo bile for its purpose. The financial plan of the company includes the iaane of $5,000,000 in bonds to furnish the necaa- sary funds to build the plants. C. PJE. Burgwyn of Richmond is alao reported to be intmsted in the projects. Norfolk Shlpbaildiag. Another addition to the ship-repairing and building tetereata of Norfolk, Va., ia announced In tto Union Construction ft Dock Co., cafA- talized at |20,000. This company in tends to build and have In operation within six months a general plant, to include foundry, marine railway, lin ing do^ of 500 to 100 tons c^Muaty, spar-yard and sail-Ioft. Abovt 200 m*a will be employed. Large veaaela will be put on the dock and the smaller craft on the marine railway. The officers are D. D. Hitchings. president; J. E. Davie, vlce-prealdent; C. T. Dean (of Ironton. Ohio), aecretary-treasurer, and direc tors. Messrs. W. T. Bowden. Thornton Reed and T. S. Ward. Textile Notca. The Weatherford (Texaa) Board of Trade annonnce» that a textile mill of eonaiderable extent will be erected in Weatheford. The work of^-coastmeting said plant will comm«ice within thirty days, and its product will be woolen sloth and camel‘s-halr presa-cloth. It la rumored at Sanford, N. C;, that parties are inveatigating the Waters of a creek near that town with a view to establishing a bleachery. It is stated In a diapatch from Bir mingham that the proposed cotton mill for Pell City, Ala., mentioned lac:t week, will be built by a I6OO.OOO com pany that Boston and Lowell (Maas, t partlea will organize, and thattioo. W. Pratt of Atlanta, (la., will be preai- dent. Messrs. Pomeroy Broa. of anAavi. N. C.. win build a cotton facU^, Int as to the extent of the enterprise no report has been made. Brick and ioas- ber have been ordered tar the bniid- Ings, and their construction will bo commenced at once. Willingham Cotton Milla'Of Macon. Oa.. referring to its addition of 409 spindles and other complementary us- chinery. reported last week, says th&t U will alao install 120 heavy wide loonsa for the manufacture of hose, beKIrg and numbered duck. W. J. Oswald, P. O; Box 243, Bino- ingham. Ala., ia investigatlns with a view to estabUahing a vp^ tat Icait' ting hosiery, underwear, aal a^a maaufastnrsrs ot tha roquM aackln- enr to submit estimatea % ooat cf eeulmaaat and othar information. Meaaraw DcHa A S. B. Kiaard, Tows- Uga, (H., prapoae installing aqoipmaat for the production of knit hoaiery ai:-1 roping, and want to buy the neces«a;y machinery. Rlverview Knitting Mills of Tarboro, N. C.. waa destroyed by flre laat wee>c. ransipg a loss of about $50,000. with in surance reported at |a5,«00. The plant had 186 knitting machines, etc. Catowba Wooten MlUa of Htekory, N. C-, reported Incorporated liaa an eatahliahM plant at Plataaa, N. G., maaafnctarlng wod^a^raa. Tiw cumpatiy*e oSIre fs »«T.

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