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i vol. vm. GOLUMBtrs, N. Cv THUKSDAY. JUNE STATEMENT ISSUED resident Mitchell Issues a merit to the Public State- 26, 1902, n . i i . " 1 FENDS THE STRIKERSV POSITION a detoriatton there was a decided Im provement In the productive capacity , of the men after they became thorough! ly organized. Can the unprejudiced re- I fleet upon these facts and concludrthat the anthicite miner is not a better workman than he was before the 10 per cent - concession in wages two years says Conclun' : Resident ; Mitchell STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Interesting Meeting to Be Held In the City of Asheville. Asheville, Special -Th fourth an, mial meeting'of the Nor Clfn Bar Association will be held at the ffmflS Hotel on July Ve -aTh! 10th and 11th. Here ta thft rnJv A DISASTROUS WRECK SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL "We repeat our nrmihsitirT trate all Question in AiZTX i7 "V sociation call IVn ttZ. v Jr ys the Cause or Complaint , , On Part of a Train Cioes Through Trestle y Near Shelby. , Shelby, Special. A portion of a mix ed train on the South Carolina and Georgia Extension ! railroad fell through an approach to the of Long Standing- Replies to the Statements of Employers;. A tinn nXV.r HTaent of the associa- Wilkesbarre, Special President John tcbell, of the United Mine Workers America, Saturday issued an. address the public for publication in the suatained bT facts nrfl, tools of industry and await the day 01 committees, nW business. a more righteous lt Uw iuLouis- 0 iu wjum me approval of th tV Tfu wmB or its special Features ' American people." Hon. Francis T.NlcholU. ChiefiS ox ine bupreme court of Louisiana Ra. Fire at Buckroe BerH "i. and treasurer. Re import News; Va., Speciah-Flamea SST binet1 CQmmitl ?!!US..fm a defective flue burst mIhuda July 10, 10:30 a. m."Th wstiaDers. it is Dartlv a retilv tr th - - . . .. I m - " ' v , uu a. in . i n o ters of the operators declining to ac- tt m .tne Kltclien the Buckroe Beach n??pl.f Equity; James C. McRae. w a m-i i -j wa, aiux Lit i. j rn i in a were published about ten davs lnle Mle 800 persons wer wito. Q.nAUSllon;, ellaneous business! - f I ' ' M,WM I V sing a performance lie to the demands Qf the, union, "- buckroe Beach iich Briefly summarized, the address rs that every possible means was re rted to in the effort to prevent the ike; claims that the cost of living Js increased to the point where the er was compel! to ask tor higher SaSSto TtlS iges, Qtuies me aiiega.Llun OI xne Op- kors that the productive capacity of University of North Carolina! firt v. rri- ,7 " WWJIUWIS. W D. m. -"Thft Shm.&w.w l . . by the Rnf United flf00;T1l::i' 5t OI Ideal Opera Company, in the R of WlUnln,; 1 nrf 1 Theatre adjoining. The coolness of the la?17 ' cel-hotel.-employes reassured the 200 i!S business- Report of commit- guests in the hotel and the crowd in nmo t7WjumBI1a omcets. Election of the theatre, averting a W J??I anmens t excutive com- $50. .over Broad river Thursday afternoon, killing one man and injuring over a dozen passengers. The dead: LEROY GRIGGS, Shelby. Injured: - '' . ; . . " , EDWARD TURNER, conductor. D. W. PHIFFER, trestlemaster. RILEY WHISENANT, a negro. s A; doaenl passengers including two ladies were also injured 'v but their names ore ' not known. About the time the rear coach was Charleston a Winner. Reviewing the results of the Char leston Exposition, the News arid Cour ier of that city points out ? that it brought, more -people, including the President of the United States irorprn- bridge ors of fourteen States, diplomatic rep- r y v 4- a i m m m Cocumuyes or ioreign governments and thousands of others, in six months than had previously visited the city in pearly as many years; that it added between $3,000,000 and $5,000,000 to the money in circulation there,' gave hotels and boarding houses and railroads more business than they had ever had, employed! hundreds of men, women and children, filled vacant houses, gave the city the most active Jbusiness it had ev er known, and advertised it as it had never been advertised before. These are facts o he considered in estimating the value; of the exposition to Charles- oa ine span just above the rivpr Pin. wn, ana tney will At iinfiiwi.i gineer Albert felt the trestling giving BtJ'engthening the conviction that ay and opened the throttle, sent the snTof financial train rrnfla t' Bnowins or the undertaking may ber iue uaiance in tbe account wm u w w j.v : ; - omuwjr, given by the association. 6 train across the bridge saving all of it except the rear coach and three box cars- '':''-'. The coach fell precipitately 50 feet on the brink of the river swollen by largely in favor of Charleston; Salt Bed 700 Feet Thick. D. B. Henderson of Galveston, Texas, 1 mine workers has' fallen off and vs that on the other lhand it has In'-s tased; quotes oflicial figures to sub- tiitiatp the contention that' the em yers can pay higher wages without reasing the cost of coal to the con- An Injunction. ' Cleveland, O., Special. The Circuit perpetual injunction Court granted nomlclde Near Camernn Cameron. Special.-A very 'serious affair OCrnrroA ym v- i. . . against the construcUon of th., .. Saturday eVin "UT ed 3-cent fare street railway in this SSL?? Pierce, and the serious city. The court declared th lnJu,ry of Neill Black, his slaver. moir . ur- wnrt hn hoan Am.i. j .T : - wuyiujrcu as a railroad pong other things, fll, says: For more than 25 p have chafed and most intolerable an ons of lroaas wnicn control aoout 85 Der t. of the mines, absorb the profits the coal companies by charging ex tent freight rates; and claims that on at the mines means from 2,740. to w instead of 2,240 pounds'. The ad- ss aJso says that in the event the a is crushed, which it adds is not 47, a new organization would rise m its ruins. It concluded with an sal for arbitration of all' questions. uns iu. i ui r to- tne con- chance granted bv thft Ht. Deen ' . & a. A. . w & A a . - m ' r rf Aa I 1 1 I - n Ml ma - . er, .rls vui. me.coai carrying tils promoters of the new eomnJ ?! Baltimore & build roads on at least three ofthe 17 rkisprtX kT Ior7 wwle and wno routes was Invalid. May orohMon II Sid Mi kmw" tJ7' WaS the man wno credited with beini back of tte ? n? k,.S! k"1'n6- " appears that there are company. Thf nor Jtaied todav anl P.l t f6U? ? xlstinS between Black hat steps would be taketo Sntend 12 JA' neIbors, rancnises and a new start tnvn no -.Tr n T-T. "iy were in V, J A. ' ""VM U U President Mit- years the an il reat Forest Fires. Tacoma, Wash., Special. The fire department' of this city has sent men, engines and hose ona special train to Buckley, in this county, which is threa- n togetnerwlh frfonrio ku I -- .:. . .. when an argument ardse i.ftZ7 5 a 10 ine polnt' 'aad"'1 ble resulteaunyeft Ped merit town in the same wagon, and whi , The place of meeting was in the As- about two miles! out the dispute was sembly building at Morehead City, our knife T.CV.U ?Iack wlth nia nost was Mr. A. N. Perkins, proprietor Jla'r?tt.f. of the Atlantic hotel. tened with complete destruction by instantly. tal. Black pulled his revolver, and shot iVr. xu"u f06 nead killing him the recent rains and was rft,,.M w if.- ine manufacturers' Record stat- stone pier supporting bre wh &?3iS3RZE- saved the passengers from a watery jjates incorporated several weeks ago. us rompany nas effected permanent organization, with D. B. Henderson, Charles Fowler, E. L. Porch. J. 8. Waters, C. H. Moore. A. Tenipleton and W. A. MtVitie, all of Galveston, as tiSJ8'! iSndr,wit? ' PlaceA 5300,000. j Mr. Henderson states the company owns seventyJacres of oil land in Brazoria county, near Damon Mound which is overlaid with a bed of solid pure salt of 700 feet in thickness. Salt works will be operated in the near fu ture, and the oil underneath the salt will probably also be developed Industrial fllscellany. At the fannual meeting of the Com mercial Club of Birmingham, Ala., Sec retary J:f B. Gibson, summarizing the grave. Teachers' Assembly Echoes. One of the best session this organiza tion has ever held came to a close last week; '' ,;-' . . ; : . The teachers were there in numbers and seemed thoroughly Imbied with the importance and, responsibility of their work. The naDers and Af1flrpRsej- acite coal mine workers of Pennsy- groaned under n inhuman con. employment imaginable. earnings have any other class It is almost impossible to overdraw 2.? v?n.ln dIstrict, estimated that . . - ' 1 fl,11 xix tr w .jtv - - m RUfV u .1 T tne picture of the Atlantln hntol Httu. j----."-- invested aurma iJ!.T5S ween that town but It is not thoughtlhat'he' w d on Bo1 Souna and nearly sur- tL5 WW0-J-epre- 'I'PIA a m ... " I m- - , -vwM VVU tXXC2 i-Ji Clall I Vf-l 1 PaTllTa I 1 J A ' v corporations, $1,750,000 Increased cap- italization of old companies, $3,251,850 Him n:nnmn am 1 u inv a i i "i'--fJ?; ;"T.,iuir s ,0laln8 an inquest, the rounded by water there is not a miles -ftinT&cTC The"ltoukn ' ' m knwn- in te whole building" (containing Mill, seven miles east of Bucklav waq Railway Damaged. rooms) but what gets it share of p average annual a less.than those - of prkmen in the United States, not- pstanding the fact that their work pore hazardous andlthe cost of liv- greater than in any ither import American industry. The! total num of persons enclosed and around the pacite coal mines is 147,500: they employed never to exceed 200 days m year, and they receive compen- tm for their services an! averag of -for 10 hours. It will thus be not they earn annually less than Such pay may supply a living on ar with some classes ofj European lrers, but who will si iy, that it is suf- Qt to support American citizens, or tocate or properly maintain their ilies? True it is, th it aj?10 per cent. ease in wages was granted by the operators as a strike -Concession ars ago, but it i$ also true that rSe Proportion xt this 10 per- cent Bucklav. was Durnea. undoubtedly many lives of Lincolnton, Special. Recent heavy mountain campers and loggers havf rains have badlyj damaged the Carolina been lost. & Northwestern? Railroad's new road- .Ded. This comnanv has been nsin if Av ery effort to run trains over the new part of the line by July 1st, which is the contract limit, and thought, it wouia nmsh laying the track this week President Takes Long Walk. Alexandria, Va., Special. President Roosevelt, accompanied by Gen. Leon ard Wood, visited this city Friday af ternoon. arriving here on the Wash ington ferry boat, at 4: 45 o'clock. The two walked back to Washington, along the railroad tracks a portion of the time, and going by way gf the Arlington National Cemetery. The President was recognized by many persons as he walked through the streets, but there was no demonstra tion. ; ; room 300 de licious salt-laden breeze. Mr. Perkins is a pastmaster in the profession of entertaining. He seemed to know just what each guest wants, and hardly ever fails to gratify these wants. The teachers, while they came for hilt VAOfsrl'lv's Itflntin I ! 1 .1 I ill troughs' ShflnsSrS Z ',bef 1 fltnem the line and some laree ones in fhl for their profession,' delighted in the attractions resort, and offered by this up-to-date left Invigorated, mentally, Commencement of Military Institute. Lexington, Va,, Special. The Vir ginia Military Instiute commence ment, which marks the ending of the sixty-third year, began Sunday, with a sermon oy me itev. ur. McFadden ,of Lynchburg, to the cadet battalion. Paid back.to the comDanies to buy Preached in Stonewall Jackson. Memo ppression of an old powder griev- rIal alL Highly interesting military moreover, according to reliable W1U m.K l.ne Proceeding! Pierpioi . . . UU41"6 uwi laree aays. rnis year ? pcial agencies, the cost of living graduating class is unusually large --ocu, parLiimiariy .in me purt uovemor JMontague and Corigressma UL iood stuffs,, from 30 to 40 per ueArmond, of, Missouri, will addre fio that the purchasing nower of! Tnem on Wednesday, the final day. uerS Wap-Pe ia food tVion hafnra VtA ?i 1900. newly-made fills fin town. Some of the trestles are also sweDt awav. Thi win be a heavy lossto the company both physically and SDirituallv on account of the additional work to Zl I 7 nua117' reoair tnese niaops nnrt hv tho rio tiV'"- mvcuai, will cause in getting the road complet ed within the contract limits. The cot ton mills which it will touch have agreed to pay a l l considerable sum to induce the Carolina & Northwestern to nuild this road down the river which was to be completed by July 1st, and this is why it was important that it be completed; by that time. now . taken in Southern education and especially in the State of North Carolina, is being deepened and widened by the character of the men and women who are day by day spending their -vital and moral force in providing an education for the cost of 1865 new buildings, $1,47$, 000 the cost of eighty-two miles of new railroad, $4,038,000 extensions, enlarge ments and improvements, and $570,868 improvements of streets, sidewalks and sewers. . Twenty carloads of cattle for South Africa were shipped last weejr from Pensacolai, Ila., and it is announced that other cargoes Intended to restock the Transvaal will be sent through Pensacola, Charleston Newport News and other ports; During I the first Ave months 'of this year building permits representing an investment of $137,928 were granted at Roanoke, iVa. The sum of $42,970 rep resents business preperty and $55,127 two-stpry! dwelling-houses. . 5? Presidents of the various coal 11. eterloriated an average of yer cent.! in thPr txrnrAa tho D w J mm w . . T W UMI - rM A19in4rraf 4 am 4a A f iri "r.aginS Poor wc-rkmanship. An - Murdered While Asleep. , Das Mnintfa '. Trvwra firunl1 Tv f nS railroads have given public!- home of James Gallagher, at River tv ement that during the.year Junction, was visited by unknown par- -----vA iuiiic u-ea. liaiiaener . was murtiArAri whfio he was asleep. The assassin reached over two children who were sleeping with Mr. and Mrs. Gallagher: nlaced Negro Woman Forges a Check. Greensboro, Special. Carrie Flem ing, a stupid looking colored girl, for ged a check for $45 on Dr. Petree and bought a pair offehoes, getting the dif ference in money. Chief of Police , Scott arrested her this morning, ' and she is languishing in jail. The woman, though apparently stupid,, is a first class pensman. Dr. Petree examined the check this morning and says he could not for his life have told the dif ference in the signature from his own, u ,;Lue woman-not prenxed it with Dr. ' j . . ... I Textile Notes. Stonewall (Miss.) Cotton, Mills held its annual meeting last week. T. L. every child in the land. The day must i : muiea report j 6 cutii my sansiactory con- uiuon oi ousiness. A division of $6000 was ueciarea, and several thousand jdol- come when it will be av criminal offense to deprive a child of the advantages "of an education. ALAN PRESSLEY WILSON. uu "I tne reports on coal pro- xne weapon at Gallaghers ear and , "ent discloses the fact that the e o -iiv uuuuo, us tne iui ? uKUres wm 1890 to 19001 inclusive, the fired. Mrs. Gallagher was chloroformed and when she awakened the murderer Jail Breaking at Lumberton.- Lumberton, Special. Three "persons escaped from jail here Saturday night. They forced the bars of their cell with a bicycle wrench passed into a vacant room and thence to the third ; story, forced, the slats to a window and let themselves to the ground by. blankets tied together. The escaped prisoners had gone. Bloodhounds will be nlaced I 8X6 Rev. I. B. Perry, colored, awaiting capacity of the Swepaonville Mill is1 al- on the trail. Wert n . - nf ve- operauon an av- s:' P.i year, and a 2R, " Pioyea i ti ?B3.58 tons nf M ach u wai. per year, or 2.16 "ues were in opera- aerators dav. . were in torn, were J 2.88 fA. rw .""W were in A man who was "wanted" in Rus sia had been photographed in six dif ferent positions, and the pictures were duly circulated among tie police de partments. The chief of one of these wrote to headquarters a few days after the Issilfl : of thA Rt ftf "nnrtmlfa o-n bitterly com- stated "Sir, I liave duly received the X;"- Portrait of the six miscreants t whose employed CEptUred 18 trial for forgery; Hector Stackhouse, colored ; Joe Powers,' passes for white. crime, larceny. - Sheriff McLeod offers a reward of $25 in each case. v lars carried ttf its surplus fund. Some improvements were decided upon, but details were not announced. This com pany has $400,000 capital; : Coleman Manufacturing Co., Con cord, 'N. C, manufacturer of cotton yarns and sheeting, announces the call for its annual meeting, to be held at 12 m., on J uly 4. This will probably be the most imnortant TTiPoHnw i company's existence, and the secretary hopes, that all members may be in at tendence. The plant operates 700 spin dles and 140 looms. D. P. McBrayer, president Riverside Manufacturing Co., Anderson, S. a, has not as yet organized his cotton mill company, reported last week, but expects to do so in the near future. capital stock will be $200,000, and the equipment will be 10,000 spindles. The enterprise is assured of establish ment. . - Swift Cotton Mills, Elberton, Ga., will'put in new electric. nlanf atu. V- J . .. I . ... - w u w ue uouoieu. messrs. j. ij. uantt gines, dynamos and other machinery mil Building at Graham. I Graham, Special. The building and improving boom in our town and coun ty still goes merrily on. The walls of the Voorhces Mill are going steadily up' and the constant building of new cot tages, and grading of new streets, is making the Voorhees and Travora neighbpirhood quite a pretentious su burban town. The Pomeroy Brothers and others are also preparing to put up another cotton mill on the Haw river, about a mile and a half north of Gra ham. They have an ' excellent water power there. White, Williamson & Company will sooo build a new dam at Saxapahaw, and enlarge the mill. Thev & Sons will erect a new mill west of Burlington; They have bought a site. Herr Most Sentenced. . -New; York, Special. Johann Most, duced per em- 1901, against who was convicted on a charge that he building the Asheville & Rntherfordton printen an incendiary article in a news paper conducted by him, was sentenced were A " V ua showing ope- five of. them; and the sixth v is under produced " ner oDservation,. and will - be secured that instead of' shortly. to serve; one year in the -penitentiary. I nave arrested The article was printed at the time President McKinley was sh'ot The case was carried to the Court - of App als, which conflrmeld the ' juisatnt cf tho lOTrcr court' all to be hew. This eonmanv onera tp 70000 spindles and 174 looms. Messrs. John N. Stearns & Co. of Petersburg, Va., have purchased build ing, which they will remodel and equip as a silk-dvine nlanL Thev ar oner- Railroad .was let to, George T. Oanls, . ating a silk-throwing mill of 15,000 of New York, and ; work will .begin at spindles, and will remove their present dyeing plant to Williamsport, Pa., where they also have, silk mills. . Railroad Contract Let Asheville, Special.- The contract for once. . It is -understood here that the Seaboard Air Line is ; backing the movement and the road will be extend ed "through the molmtains to the Ten-i Messrs. J. T. Mallory, W. A. Orr and others of Ferris; Texas, will establish a knitting mill. .T"7 "t- i
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