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Carolina. The BIm Elevator. VOL. II. GE H. WHITE. Henrv rites the fi ‘ in regard irrh cure. ‘to th? rerun ^epresentativer Feb. 4, iggg !»•' Ihn 'f«/ it >• Uent remedy. c«/>ect/u/iy forgc Co p"- '-Oiumbus^ 0-| scientific, it is no I ifc-is thoi emedy, c.eansing the disi cures ihe catarrh ^'-e prompt and atiJ use of •tman giving! -- a,“i he wif h valuable advi ,P*‘®®ident of T a. Coiumbua. Ohio/ the . Ha. ur case his a.ily. dive-. and the e its com- e and be- ral func- ctionable rocess of they are medicinal obtained of plants ve and to -buy tlie 0 ottl©.. ^^5 June 1 was trou- indigestion after n retiring at nigW with diMi'D®®®’ me awake iot ommended to take one of ®y self found use “diately found re* ind have since lia*! omplain! s. JTgists. et 13 enough for ? The family Vve bnv Bonnty a ai-rant-* dior;^ of ^ \ nf 'ier purly V/ars | :iill value In casfc The Collias Atlasitic BniJfi*”* Waaii i ngton? HILLS AND FtVEH j-all malarlaldwe^ ^ 1,ph.,1.1. ATENTED!.. loSK Aand INDIGESTIOJ ■tlnz No niedlcJn* 7L ^ srtaliy It aiteaOooU. Bse ELM CITY, N. C., OCTOBER 17, 1961 NO. 10. settled at last. Reported 1 hat .Mine Owners Want to Arra"fe Terms NOW RECOGNIZE THE UNION ow ners Submit All Issue* to a Coniiniss!on Appointed By the Presiaeiit. ^\’ashington, Special.—The opera tors h^-ve agreed to the appointment of a commission by the President of the United States to whom shall be ra'ened all questions at issue be tween the companies and their own eniploves, whether they belong to a unicn or not. and the decision of the commission shall be accepted by the operators. The cammission is to con sist of an anny or navy engineer of- fier. an expert mining engineer, not connected with coal mining proper ties, one of the judges of the United States Courts of the eastern district of Pennsylvania; a man of promi nence, eminent as a sciologist and a man v.ho by active participation in mining and selling coal is familiar \iith t!ie physical and commercial features of the business. The opera tors also make a part of their propo- si*icn tliat the miners shall return to work p= f"'"’. "3 the commission is I ua and cease all inference v.itii non-union men. The commission is to name a date when its findings shall bo effective and to govern con ditions of employment between the corafanies and their own employes for at Itast three years. The statement was read to the President as an act cf courtesy before being given to the press. B;.- authority of J. Pierpont Morgan, wiio with his partner, Robert Bacon, and Secretary Root, were in confer ence with President Roosevelt at the temporary White House Monday night for an hour and a half, a statemeat was given out by Secretary Cortelyou in vv'aich the presidents of the coal carrying railroads and mine operators propose a commission of five persons to adjust the differences and settle the coal strike in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania. The proposi tion is believed by the administration to b? satisfactory to the miners, as it covers the proposition made by Presi dent Mitchell, cf the United Mine Vx’orkers' Unicn. with additional con- diticns which it is believed the miners will accept. T’ae statement is as follows: “To the Public': The managers of the different coal prcpenies comprising the anthracitc coal fields, wish their position in the present strike to be understood and therefore make the following state ment of facts; There are in the an thracite regions about 75 operating companies and firms, and 147,000 miners and workmen (of which 30,000 are under age), comprising some twenty nationalities and dialects. Of these woriimen possibly one-half be long to the United Mine Workers’ Union, of which Mr. John Mitchell is president. That organization was or iginal!:* formed in the -bituminous coal region, and three-fourths of its morcters are miners of bituminous csa!. and bituminous coal is sold in active competition with anthracite coai. The remaining workmen in the anthracite fields either belong to no unicn whatever, or do not belong to the Mine V/orkers’ Union. The present strike was declared by the Mine Workers’ Union on the 10th day of JIay. 1902. Since that . time many ^xrkmen not belonging to or not wi!l- ’*n? to follow that organization were wp'king in and about the mines. From to 20,000 are now at work. Many more have wished to work, but have been prevented by a course of violence and intimidation towards those v.’orking, and toward tbelr families, accompanied by the destruc- ucn of properties and the fear of ceath or bodily harm to every man who v.'ishes to exerclBe his right to wwk, ' A schedule is annexed hereto show ing some of the things done to create t!!!s regin of terror, and every Instance B.ated can be verified by reference to we officers of the law, civil and mili ary, in the anthracite coal region. violence has continued and s-cadily increased, notwithstanding i'ei!f>ated avov/als by Mr. Mitchell, and It 13 Clear that lie either cannot, or ^f‘11 not prevent it, and that the j'lgnts of the other workmen cannot t>e protected under the supremacy of AVorkers’ Union, coal companies believe that earnest effort to roach a practical con clusion Whieh will result in an the presidents of the comp'hnies dbsire to make everv to then- sare and of the men who are working and seeking to work leeponsibiiity they must bear and meet as bost they can. They therefore re-state their position: discriminating against the United Mine Wdrkers, but they insist that the Miners’ ITa'on shall not dlseriminate against or ;o:us2 to work with non-union men; that there shall be no restriotlons or deter loration in quantity or quality of worK, and that owing to the varying physi-^ cal conditions of the anthracite mines, each colliery is a problem by itself: We suggest that a commissioii b€ appointed by the President of thfe United States (if he is willing to per form that public service), to whom bhall be referred all questions at issue between the ircspectiYe Companias and their own employes, whether thfe|r bS= long to a union or not, and the deSisiod of that commission shall be accepted by us. The commission is to bo constitut ed as fallows: First. An Officer in the engineer corps of either military or navjf servi^ Of the United States. Second. An expert mining engineer, experienced in the mining of coal, and other minerals, and not in any way connected with eoal mining properties either anthracite or bituminous. Third. One -of the judges of the United States courts of the eastern dis trict of Pennsylvania. Fourth.- A man of prominence, emi nent as a Eociologist. ' Fifth. A man, who, by active partic ipation in mining and selling coal, is familiar with the physical and com mercial features of the business. It being the understanding that im mediately upon the constitution Of Such commission in order that idleness and non-production may cease instantly, the miners will return to work an# cease all interference with and perse cution of any non-union men who are working or shall hereafter work. The finding of this commission shall fix the date when the same shall be effective and shall govern the conditions of em ployment between the respective com panies and their own employes for a term of at least three years. , (Signed) George P. Baer, President Philadelphia & Reading Coal Com pany; E. B. Thomas, Chairman Penn sylvania Coal Company, Hillside Coal and Iron Company; W. H. Truesdale, President Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company; R. M. Olyphant, President Delaware & Hudson Company; Alfred Walters, President Lehigh Valley (3oal Com pany. A note appended to the statement reads: “The schedule referred to in this statement was not brought, from New York, as it had not been completed.” While no official statement was made at the White House after the operators’ address was made public by Secretary (3ortelyou, the opinion was expressed that the agreement would settle the strike. ASK BETTED TERMS Mioer^ May Bate SeMelbiiil id Sky About term$; MAY ASK FOR SOME CO.VCESSIONS. A Thorough Canvass of the Situation Indicates That Proposition of the Operators May Not Be Accepted. ''■ages paid in the coal regions are Mills Enter Merger. Huntsville, Ala., Special.—Seven Huntsville cotton mills have signed the agreement to enter the Southern Textile Company, whicii has been re cently formed in- the South. The Merrimac Manufacturing Compaav. which expects next year to spend more than a million and a half dol lars on new mills here, and the Dal las Mill that has spent $600,000 re cently in additions, have, it is said, refused to become parties to the merger. The Madison Spinning Mills, controlled by the Dallas Mill, will also continue to operate indepen dently. Wiikesbafre, Pa.-, Special.-^I’refli a thorough canfass the situation as it exists there is every indicatibd fSr be lieving that the new arbitration plan proposed by the president of the coal companies for ending the miners’ strike will fi5t be aceeptert in its pres ent form. There is a division of opinion among the strikers, but there is no doubt that a majority feel that the offer to have the Presideflt 5f the United states se lect an afbitratieh ebmmi^iofi fildng the lines suggested by the operators is not fair and that it unduly limits the President in making up the board. The millers, it is Safe to say, will abide by the advice of their flational ^residenti in whoro judgment they have the ut most confidence. President Mitchell de- dihesi te say how he personally looks upon the t>rbpositibn But he gave to the press the followingf statemeilt: “I fully appreciate with what anx iety the people of our country are liwaitlttg the efld of the coal strike. The operators have not addressed thfe min ors’ union or its officers in making their public statement. It is, therefore, impossible for me to state the attitude of the millers at this time. I am now, as I have always been, deeply iolici» tous of the interests of the public and the welfare of the mine workers who have been on strike for the past live months. A formal statement pointing out our position and intentions will be issued just as soon as we are in pos session of the full meaning of the prop osition of the operators.” This statement was made by him at S o’clock, after a silence lasting all day. He had no intention Of making a state ment, but many correspondents repre senting newspapers all over the United States were after him. After giving it he was asked many question regarding OUR WONDERFUL CROPS Production of the Farns ThU Yesf Breaks All Records file fcotintiy'i ii^tt yJteW this year will ddt oiib^ Irrett all ir^vjteiM r» ^ords, btit H alsd bids fittr -W ,^tm- Hsh a figure that it will b6 dmf6tiTt tdfi' any future year to equal. The various crops have Sow reached a stage where they are practically saf« from the vagaries of the weathei;^ and vhere the reports of acreage and conditions may be accepted as accurately Indl- tiitidg ttie ftctsal harv^ The c6rfi fcr69 .Wl|lj at emrme, sur pass all others in Itlf. value. The most conaervitlv^ ' Ulti mate places the yield at 1,495,081.000 bushels, or practically 1,000,000,000 bushels larger than last year. The first yfear ifl Wfiteh the com crop reached, total of l.-OOO.OjW.MO bushels was 1870. Ift dfily.six of tHe y^rft since than has the sfctwaj , har vest been in excess of 2.000/flf(w.000 bushels. The present corn crop Will surpass all of these record-breaking yeari. by something like a quarter oi a bilHoii ij,tiShela. . ^ So much attefitlofl Bitj feeefl given to the enormous com cro0 {fiSi the great yield of other cereals has been largely overlooked. Only one crop will show a yield smaller than that of last year; ^hg WliPftl crop is estimated' at 610,Cll,0t(6 biiShSid, as. I^aiast 748.- 460.000 bushels harvested htsf yfear. The wheat crop of 1901. however, was a record-breaker. The crop this year is largely in excess of the average yield. estimate of 610,611.000 bushels C6mpares Wit6 6*2,230,000 bushels in 1900, 547,304.006 btishgte in 1S99, 530,149,000 bushd.) in 1896. The indications are that the other imyrJrtaat cereal crops—oats,, rye. bar ley and buckwh^t-^^ill all be in ex cess of last year’s figiir§§. The. esti mated yield of oats is 686,277,000 bush els, as compared with 736,809,000 bushels in 1901; the estimated yield of ryd i§ 31,846,090 bushels, as against 30.345.000 bushels ifl 1901J In barley the estimate is 120,720,000 bush€is, As against 109,933,000 bualiels last year; while in buckwheat it is 15,376,000 bushels, as against 15,125,000 bushels in 1901. When the figures for all Six 6f these crops are added together a most im pressive total is shown. The total es timated yield for the six is no less than 4,141,911,000 bushels. The high est total ever shown before was 3,- 572.610.000 bushels. It is difficult to overestimate, as a prominent financier stated a few day& ago, what these enormous crops mean as affecting the prosperity -of this country. They are the most solid of the foundations beneath the super structure df prosperity that the Uni ted States is now enjoying. Every channel of trade will receive its share 3f the ehormous increase in purchas- TALK WAS DED HOT. GoTemor Cdeil Gives Coa^ Op^fafors j Well Deserved Roast. NEW YOSi[ ^MeOTlVE KITS HARD. tie TetlB nr. Baer That The Owners of the nines Hate Net Acted With Fairness to the Public. the attitude of the men and the proba- thig power that has been added to this Sunday Coal Tra’ns. Durham, N. C-, Special.—Major W. A Guthrie left for the western part oi the State to consult Governor Aycock and obta’n. if possible, his sanction for Sunday coaj trains to be run in North Carolina. He is acting under inatruc- tions from the legal department of the Norfolk & Western road. The sole ob ject is said to be relief frfr communities and business interests now suffering on acocunt of the coal famine. fair and full. The profits have been small, several of the companies have cecome bankrupt and been reorganized several times. Several have never paid and the dividends of the otners have been a small return for inc capital invested. It is not. however, 'IIP piirpoEe of this statement to dis- the question. The undersigned are not, and never have been, unwilling to siiumit all questions between them and ineir v.orkmon to any fair tribunal for 'letision. They are not willing to enter into arbitration with the Mine Work- Union, an organization chiefly coriiposej] of men in a rival and com- letitive interest, and they are not wil- ,5m any arrangement which Will not v:c;;i!re to the men now work- O'* hereafter wishing M "-■'^ther they belong to tbe pUnion or not, the right to work in safety and :tnoiu ['■‘■Jiioual insult or bodily harm or their families. For reasons the arbitrations hereto- proposed have t®n-declined, be rememberedrthat at the conference in v/ashington on Octobev the following offer; “That ®^ch colliery of n f grievance and in the event a satisfactory ad- be questions at issue to thp’”,ri^^ decision of Plea^ Court of Common lierv i ^ district in which the col- “try IS located.” T^-' good faith to reaffirm it realize that the Prehenc!?nl * aDDrf!i m inadequate supply for approaching winter, calls for aa and we desire here Demand Federal Interference. New York. Special.—David Wilcox, vies president and counsel for the Del aware & Hudson Railroad, has sent to President Roosevelt a letter demand ing that the Federal government pro ceed against the miners' organlcatlon in the courts, on the ground that it is a conspiracy to prevent inter-State commerce. Mr. Wilcox, it is said on authority, represents all the coal op- eratorr- in this action, and was select ed as their spokesman. Insanity Cured by a Fall. In London a gentleman of high rank, whose name has not been revealed, recently became insane bn the subject of religion. He saw gods and god desses in all sorts of inanimate things and spent hours on his knees adoring them. Eminent physicians regarded his case as hopeless, and he was placed in the charge of two attendants, who were instructed to take him to a luna tic asylum. • ^ Just as they were about to start, however, the unfortunate man jumped from a high window and fell with » crash on the pavement. He was se verely bruised, but in a few weeks not only were his wounds healed. but> his religious mania also entirely dis appeared. The physicians say that his reason was restored to him by the violenc shock, and they assert that such an occurrence Is unprecedented m tho flTiTin.iB of medicine. Railways In Mexico. 70U1 railway lines now cocnef' Mexico with the United States i.i 1880 there was only one railway ir. Mexico, leading from the capital to Vera Crux ^ bility of the acceptance or rejection o! the new offer, but he had no reply to make to any of these questions. He denied that he had any knowledge of what the new offer of the operators was until it became public property, and also denied that he was in tele phonic communication with President Roosevelt. His attention was called to the fact that most of the information from Washington indicated that the proposition would be accepted and that the strike was near an end, but he stoutly maintained that neither his of ficers, nor tho rank and file of th$ men had done anything to cause such an impression to go out. The district presidents also maintain silence as to their personal opinion on the proposition, excepting President Fahey, who, after he had arrived froiii Boston, gave an inkling as to how he viewe'd the turn of affairs. In reply to inquiry, he said: “The strike cannot be settled without the consent of the men. We are not dealing in gold bricks of any kind and you can make any de duction from that you can.”* It is expected that the sentiment of all the strikers will be more and more in favor of accepting, the terms offer ed by the operators. When Mr. Mitch ell was ask^ if he and the district of ficers had power to end the strike, he said that it ia a rule of the organiza tion that no settlement can be made by the officers of the union without the consent of a delegate convention. It is practically, certain that Mr. Mitchell’s advice will be followed In the confer ence. While he has not said a word as to what he will do, it is freely predicted by those who understand the situation that he will advise the acceptance of the proposition. Jackson’s Home Place Bought. I^xington, Va., Special.—The Vir ginia grand division of the Daughters of the Confederacy decided to pur chase the home place of General Stonewall Jackson here, for use as a Memorial Hospital, and to appeal to the society as tc whole for aid in the undertaking. Found in Desk cf Dead Policeman. New York, Special.—A fortune of over $100,000 was found in the desk of Police Captain J. J. Donahue at hid place in the station house, where iie dropped dead last week. The sum cf $35,000 in cash, v/as found in a small iron box In a drawer and diamond jewelry valued at $11,000, including a solitaire rtng worth $1,500, w^ found in another drawer. The rest cf the property, including COO ‘“United States Steel stock, $1,000 in go-1 mining stock, $15,000 in Metropolitan RaUwly stock and five life insurance SicieTcf S2.OQ0 each. The cf the treasure was a complete SG.- prtse, the captain haring t^n worta about $75,000 in other property. Presbyterians Meet. I^xington, Ky., Special.—The South ern IS of the Presbyterian church n* Tc.pntucky is in session hercs! Wed- Sleb?S?d Uie 100th aim! cnurcn in The oecasi^n etoS. hlstors. a» country through these immense crops. New UdAt, gjiieciftl.—“What do you mean by politiciaiidf I iraftt yon and all the other operators (d vd^rstond that I am the oovemor of New Vdrk, tfce ehoten representative of 7.000.000 6f peO^idiy ifid that 1 am here in this flatter Mlely IK tliiti capacity and to relieve if iwiiii»ih!e an i^tol«raMs situ ation. And uhat IS M«re,' I lA^d to use every power at my comffitMdf to do Iti" Governor Odell made this statc- President Baer, of the Read ing Raiiroad, IS the presence of United States Senators Platf, New Yor.i, and Quay and Penrose, of ^Shfisyl- vania. It was the culmination of a iithet tfSated Interview In the office of Senafdf Platt and the result of the first meeting beCwtfn Governor Odell and President Baer. Mr. Was not is the best of humor when, s^compi- tlied by E. B. Thomas, chairman of the board directors of the Erie Rail road, he entered Senator Piatt’s office. *nie conference was begQ]» by a state ment made by Senator Penroite ^hat ^he situation was becoming so serious that 36ta« solution must be found at once. He sugge9te4 that operators should incline to some C’dSf^SKiocs to ward a settlement. “If you mtfas by that,” said President Baer, ‘ that wfi ate to re«osnize the existence of a la bor unioti, I tell you right now that the operators will tOBS>A«F no such proposition.” Governor Odell was on his feet 19 ftfl instant. Holding a half burnt cigar iu hii hafid sad white with excitement, he said: “Are we to understand tfiat fio kind of conciliatory proposition will receive consideration at the hands of the op erators f’ “I did not say that,” answered Mr. Baer, “but I do say, afid I reiterate it, that we will not accept politic&l A4viee or allow the interference of politiciami In this, our affair.” Then it was that Governor Odell made the statement attributed to him at the beginning of this article. President Baer, evidently apprc-'iat- ing that he had gone too far, bowed j floor, 30 feet away. i^OiTtf CA.ROLINA NEWS. ttcMO of Interest Oieaoed Fronf All Parto of the State, ansbnty, §HecM/>-A deseperate af fray took place at 1 iKclodt Sunday mo'ralng ift m house occtipled by a woman of bad fsptttatlon at Sugar Springs, a tough settleoMBt between the respective limits of Salift«ry and Bf^fi^r, Smest Murphy, a young White man of tills eity, being set upon by four other young white »ea and Aot three times with a pistol ill the hands of some of them. Which of th«» did the- shotting Is not known with certainty, thou^ fliere is strong suspicion, since there flo light in the house at the time. The foor men. Baldy Mil ler, Joe Cauble. Charles Mowery and Baxter Sheets, broke into the house with the intention of ousting Murphy, who issi^, and a desperate fight ensued, in th« course of which the shooting occurred. One bullet entered the head near the ear and the other two pierced the genitals, as perhaps It was intended that they should. The in jured youflg man is now lying in a dangerous eoMltion at the home of his pargfit*. His cOfidltlott ia not thought to be imnl^dlateiy critical, and his d3ath. if he fall* to mend, is not ex pected before Tuesday. Upon receiving a statement to this effect from the at- tondifig physician. Dr. J. W. Long. ’Squire X). M. Miller, who held the pre liminary examination this afternoon fixed the bonds Of the four men, all of whom had been taken Into custody, at $200 each. Mowery and Sheets gave the bond required and were accordingly re leased, Miller and Cauble being com mitted to jalL All five of the young men concemed have bad reputations. Charlotte. Special.—Mr, Frank B. tlomlrackle. a card room overseer at th6 Atherton Cotton Mill, was caught by a tW^ach card room belt while working in the ntill and was dead in six seconds. The Cceldent was a most unusual one. One of tbe driving belts sfiiip«4 off of the wheel on the main shafting. In order to replace the belt Mr. HornbudMe mounted a step-ladder and put himself In position hear the shafting. The first thing that he did tiien was to throw the card b^t. which ran on A smaller wheel on the shafting than did the driving belt which was by^ its side. The card belt out of the way, Mr. Horabuckle began to tug at the dfivlfie! belt, trying to put it on the revolving Wheel. Being a short man he could not reach quite high enough. In some way he caught, with his left hand, which had been on the shafting the loose card belt. InstanUy the card belt efltnrificd itself around Horn- buckle, cftfrled him over th^ shafting three times, at the rate of 270 revolu- tion.s a minute, and then broke and threw the dying man hard upon the LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. ftlaay Matters of Oeneral lattfwt bi Short Paragraphs. Tbe Sonny ^utlt. The strike of street car employes la New Orleans is settled, and the men are to return to work at a small in- Government C-op Report Washington, Special.—The monthly report of tbe statistician of the De partment of AgricuUure shows the av- arage condition of com on October 1 to have been 79.6 as compared witli 52.1 a year ago. Tae preliminary esti mate of the average yield of wheat is 14.4 bushels. The preliminary esti mate of the average yield of corn per acre is S4.5 bushels as compared with 25.1 bushels a year ago. The prelimi nary estimate per acre of rye is 17.0 bushels as compared with 15.5 a year ago. The average condition of buckwheai is 85 compared with 86.7 last year. The Improvement amounts to 4 point.=> in Kentucky, 5 in Virginia. In tobacc.' as compared with their respective 1 year average North Carolina is 7 an Virgina 9, and Ohio 2 points above, Tennesse 3 points below. The average condition cf potatoes on October 1 was 81.5. against 54 a year ago. As to the condition of sweet potatoes, Tennessee reports 1 point and South Carolina and Vir ginia 5 points above their respective 10-year averages. While Georgia re ports 3 points, Texas 4. New Jersey 6. Florida 7, Louisiana 11. Mississippi 15 and Alabama 19 points below such average. All of the Important sugar cane pro ducing States except Texas, report conditions below their respective 10- year averages. This reduction amounts to 2 points in (Georgia, 5 in South Car olina, 17 in Florida, 15 in Mississippi, and 15 in Alabama, while Texas Is 2 points above such average. As to the condition of rice, Texas reports 11 points above and South Carolina, North Carolina 9 point sand Louisiana 3 points below their respective aver ages for the last 10 years, while the condition in Georgia is tbe same as such average. As to the condition of apples Nort^ Carolina reports 8 points, Illinois 9, Missouria 10. Pennsylvania 11, Maine 11, New York 15, Iowa 16, and Michl gan 27 points above and Ohio 2. In diana 3. Virginia 9, Tennessee 11, Ken tucky 19 and Kansas 21 points belov/ the mean of their averages for tbj last 7 years. to Governor Odell and said: “Governor, I beg your pardon. No personal affront was intended and we will listen to any suggestion 'you may have to make; but again I repeat that we must refuse to recognize the union as represented by Mr. Mitchell.” ‘‘I believe,” said the Governor, “that your position from a public view is ab solutely untenable. If coal operators, railroad men and other business men can combine for mutual profit and protection, there is no reason why la boring men should not.” “’What is the proposition?” asked Mr. Baer, coldly. “Just this,” said Governor Odell, “1 am fcure that the labor organization, of Which Mr. Mitchell is head, desires him to be fair with the general public. If the operators will consent to give t^e men five cents a ton Increase, I will Unquestionably the most remarkable industrial development in the State this year is in the cotton oil mill busi ness. No less than twelve oil mills have already been chartered in 1902. These are the following: Battleboro, capital, $100,000; VIrner, at LatUmore, S12..500: Farmers, at Rich Square. $30,- COO; Mutal, at Tarboro, $40,000; Farm ers. at Wilson. $100,000; Consumers, at Tarboro, $100,000; Pine Level, $15,000, Farmers, at Nashville; $100,000; Saint Lewis, m Edgcombe county, $25,000; F^emont. $26,000; Duan, $200,000; Swift Creek, at Wrendale. Edgecomb« county. $15,000. The total capital stock Is $763,000. These are all anti trust mills. A charter was also grant ed the'Farmers’ Guano Company, at Raleigh, capital $50,000. ' Charters have thus far been granted I believe they will accept it. It Is fair proposition. “Does this mean. Governor Odell, that we are to recognize the miners’ union?” Mr. Baer asked. “U certainly dees.” answered Got- •raor Odell, quickly, “and there is no reason why you should not,” Mr. Baer and Mr. Thomas rose to go, Mr. Thomas remarking that the mat ter would be presented to the othe/ op erators and that an early answer would be forthcoming. Mr. Baer said: “We are to meet a committee of the Manu facturers' Association on Tuesday and we may have an answer then.” The conference broke up, Mr. Baer and Mr. Thomas withdrawing. Sena tors Platt, Penrose and Quay talked over Jtlie matter for a short time and then”they, too, sei^'ated, the two Pennsylvanians announcing that they would go back to Harrisburg and dis cuss the situation with Governor Stone. Formers’ Congress Ai'Iaurns. Macon, Ga.. Special.—The Farmers’ National Congress held its fourth and last session Friday. It was the most Important day of the conference. A persistent attempt was made to in duce the congress to reconsider its ac tion of 1901 and endorse the ship sub sidy bill.The delegates from the West re-enforced by those from the South, sustained the adverse report of the committee on resolutions and the resolution of endorsement was laid on the tabl? by an overwhelming ma jority. Reciprocity, where it will en large markets for farm products, was approved. D‘scard$ Irivalid Chair. Washington. Special.—President and "ilrs. Roosevelt went out for a drive in an open landau. For the first time since his illness, the President reached b’s carriage unassisted. Instead of bc4u«5 carried down stairs in an invalid chair. he came down upon crutches. He de scended the steps in front of the hous o without assistance and crossed to tae carriage. A large crowd In front of the house applauded as he took his seat in the carriage. He acknowledged greeting by raiaing his hat. ^ personally present It to the miners and i to the following cotton mills: Oberon, - at Graham, capital $200,000; Morehead. at Spray. $135,000; Henry River, at Hildebrand. $65,000. Of knitting and hosierv mills the following were char tered:'Elizabeth aty, $10,000; Cres cent. at Hillsboro. $15,000. Only one woolen mill was chartered, the Cataw ba, at Hickory, with $6,000 capital. A charter has been granted to the Talcum Puff Company, of Aflheville. with $15,000 capital, R. H. Roth and others, stockhoulders. The company will make the “velvet talcum puffs and other toilet articles. The joint discussion between Senator Pritchard and Mr. Locke Craig on the political issues closed at Asheville Saturday. There are now 57 Baptist Associa tions in North Carolina. One is a new one. that of Wilmington, created this year. The membership of the 57 is 173,000. Qeneva St»'lke Collapses. Geneva, By Cable.—The strike has collapsed, the strike syndicate having called upon all trades to resume work. The striking employes of the street car line resumed work Sunday even ing. There were some disturbances here. Shots from revolvers were fired and some persons were wounded, but today there is complete tranquility in Geneva. * Tried to Roast His Wife. Washington. Special.—News reachcd here of an attempted horrible crime at Five Points, in Cra-.«n county. Satur day evening. A negro got mad with his ■wife and assaulted her. There was a stove o? medium size in the rooni where he attacked her and he tried ia force her into the oven. The woman’s cries for aid brought an officer to the scene, and upon his approach the hiis- band fled and a lively chase followed Finally he was rounded up in a pool of water at the point of a gun, after three shots had been fired at him. He is In jail on the charge of murderous as sault. Five Points is a part of Ner- bem. Birmingham. Ala.—Special.—J. B. Cobbs, who was appointed receiver of the Continental Security Redemp tion company when the affairs of that conc«n were first aired in court, has been removed and Z. T. Rndnlph named as receiver. Savannah, 6a., Special.—^Ebttensivo preparations have been made to en tertain the members of the National Farmers’ congress coming to Savan^ nah from Macon. Under the most favorable condltlona and promising to surpass all previous seasons. Atlanta’s third annual horse show was opened Wednesday nij^t. The show will last through Thursday. Roanoke, Va.. Special.—A notice was posted in the general shops of the Norfolk ft Western Railway here' Wednesday * signed by General Man ager and Vice President L. E. John ston. announcing an increase of 2 cents an hour In the wages of the machin ists, machanists’ helpers and all la borers. This increase which affecta about 2,000 men was made voluntarily., the men having made no request for an advance. Not long ago the wages of the trackmen of the Norfolk ft Western system were materially in creased. At Tbe National CapttaL Postmaster General Payne, in on interview at Milwaukee, said, that the forthcoming annual message of Presi dent Roosevelt to Congress probably will recommend a permanent tariff commission be appointed. Attorney General Knox addressed the members of the Pitteburg chamber of commerce at the Hotel Schenly Wednesday .night. There were 700 guests present. The subject of his ad dress was “The Commerce Clause in the Constitution of the Trusts.” Washington, Special.—Sir Michael Herbert, the new British ambassador, was presented to the president today. Secretary" Hay arrived at the tem porary white house a few minutes be fore the ceremony. 'The ambassador followed soon afterward, riding in tho President’s carriage. He was accom panied by Colonel Dingham, superin tendent of public buildings and grounds, and by four attaches of the British embassy. At The North. Mascagni, in New York, kept a ban quet in his honor waiting four hours before he appeared. Though a large number of officers are engaged in the hunt, no trace haa been found of the Nebraska train rob bers. Senator Hanna, who a bilious attack, spent Sunday at home in Cleve land. Near Barre. Pa., a fast train ran in> to a freight wreck and two men were killed and one injured. Los Angeles. Calif., Special.—An drew Creelman, a well known tele graph and electrical engineer, la dead here of heart failure. Creelman camo to Los Angeles from Chicago a few months ago and w%s employed by the Western Union Company. In Chicago he held Important positions with the same company. Killed By Explosloa Anderson, S. C.. Special.—As a re sult of the'premature explosion of a dynamite charge at Pourtmaa Shoals, nine miles west of this place, Friday morning. James White, of Norwich. Conn.. foreman of the quarry gang, was instantly killed, and three negroes injured, one fatally. White was an em ploye of a construction company of Palmer, Mass. Trust of Wholesale Orocers. St. Louis, SpeclaL—The Inter-State Grocery, of St 'Louis will say that a combine. to include every wholesaler of groceries in the United States, is in the course of formation. That paper gives the following outline of the plan: “It Is proposed to take overthe business o! the entire line of wholesale grocers in the United States. One great corpora tion will be fopfijed, which will buy outright the business and good will of all the firms. A central offlc« for tho acconwnodatlon of the officers of tbe company will'be maintaiaed, pro'-'sb.j la New York. ‘ New Mill at Huntsvill?. Boston, Special—The Merrlnac Man- iflactnring Company was authorized by vote of the stockholders at the annual meeting held here to issue preferred •itock to the amount of $1,600,000, vhleh increases the capitalisation o: company to $4,400,000. The addi tional stock authorised is needed tor tho oonairuetlon of a new mill iu HnntsvlUe. Ala., where the Merrima Company already operates a substan tial plant. Tt is the intention to built- -M *111 that idU five emptoyuent tc Surrounded By Mob. Nacogodoches. Texas. Special.- Sheriff Spradley and posse, having in charge Jim Buchanan, a negro who is said to be the murderer of Duncan Hick’s wife and daughter, are sur rounded at Tenepa. The posse werif on their way to tbe penitentiary. Buch anan is said to have confessed. There is an expressed determination to burn •he prisoner' If he can be taken from the akwUt ud hU. dapnUw. From Across Tbe Sea Judge William U Penfield, who Is in Paris, predicts that The Hague arbl- tratlcn court will decldc the Ploua Fund case In favor of tho United States. It is reported that Turkey has secret* ly agreed to the passage o! RuMlan ' warships through the Dardanelles. Seilous clbcUou riots occorrcd at Saint PoeUen. Austria. Lord Rosebery delivered tho oration at the unveiling of a statue of Glad> etone at Slasgovr. S. de Blovitz. Paris correspondent of the London Times, has had to quit work on account of failluc evesiaht. A statist ic^in' of the German rail roads has c^iiloded the superstitlou that Friday is :.n unlucky day. He pre sented a t.'ibie of accidents last y-ai- on German railroads, grouping them by days of the week. The mimher was l*,918 and they were pretJy cvmlv dis tributed throughout the v/eek. Mcnisy leads, with 1.G74; Tuesday has 1.551; Wednesday 1.G31; Thursday 1.547; Fri day 1.638; Saturday 1.639 and Sunday 2G8. The German Reichstag re-assembled Wednesday. President Von Ballestrem conveyed to the House tbe thanks- of the French government for Germany’s sympathy with the sufferers from the Martinique volanic disaster. The Crown Prince of Siam was tak en for a drive from Washington to Fort Myer, where the troops gave him an exhibition cf their skill in cavalry tactics, i^ter. accompanied by Assis tant Secretary of State Pierce and bin entire suite, he boarded the Sylph and visited Mount Veraon. Last night bi> was given a dinner by Prof. J. H. Gore, of Colombia University. King Edward returned to London from Scotland. A big banquet ia to be given by Ger mans in Berlin in haa-jr of Aa^aasa- dor Andrew D. White. An official of the St. Wenceslaue’ Loan Bank, in Prague, is said to hava stolen $1,000,000 from the bank.. Mlscel*»nfou Mvttcrs. A supreme effort will be made by th'i anthracite coal operators to rcope.i their mines this week. Sunday passed without disorder in the coal region. Bishop J. H. Vincent was re-clccte J Chancellor of Chautauqua. The Legl&lature of Vermont h.is re elected W. P. Dillingham I'nited Stntei Sonator.