Newspapers / Polk County News and … / Aug. 9, 1906, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Polk County News and The Tryon Bee (Tryon, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
-Ag )'), ;'. ' Three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance. VOL XII. COLUMBUS, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1906. NO. 15. NDOUS GAINS ltgs FroKi Census Reports That Read Like Fiction 1TH CAROLINA'S TOP POSITION ie is Third in Cotton Manuf ac res and Piishins for First Place Tobacco Industry. Sip following interesting article 1 w - hi The Baltimore Sim on the ex- oi the manuiacturing industries t no iMmin is compiled irom a cen- rcport just issued by the govcrn- nt. It is true, as ine bun says, : the industrial development of South is not generally understood, airricultural interests attarctinsr st attention.' "Yet," the Sun con ies, "m 190a there was -more .than iilion and a half of eapital invest- in manufacturing, producing coods rth two billions. The increase in lital invested and in products show a-arcr percentage than in the rest the country. The increase in eapi- in the five years ended with 1005 ls 0f per cent., against 40 per cent the country at large, and the m- n of products was 44.4 -nor opnt Laii.st about 30 per cent in the l' ..i.... -4- 1. rpi c iV i .. x niuiuy ui iuirc. xue ouuin is no inr the land of promise, but of iccclerated performances. ' WIi3e the number of industries in S'ortli Carolina has decreased. in the ,ist five years the capital invested in at State s manufacturing establish- neiits has been more than doubled. The total number of establishments i the State in 1900 was 3,405 and in IIOO.") 3.272, a decrease of 5.0 per cent. .The total capital invested m 1900 in fits manufacturing establishments was stW.'JS3,605, and the total amount in vested in 1905 was $141,000,639, an nrrease of $2,717,634, or 106.5 per cent. I he value ot ; the Droduefs of iWsc industries increased from $85,- !A.m to $142,520,767, an . increase .7,246,693, of 67 per cent. - The average number of wage earn ers increased from 72,322 in 1900 to S.U' in 1905. or 17 ter cent., and I the total wasres paid them increased from $14,051,784 in 1900 to $21,375, 294 in 1905. ; There was a preponderance of man ufacturing establishments in the rural Jistricts of the State. The number reported for these districts in 1905 formed 89 per cent, of the total num ber m the State, as compared with 91 per cent, in 1900, and the value of (heir products was 82 per cent, of the total for the State; as compared with SI per cent, in 1900. The average number of wage-earners in the rural manufactories increased from 61,862 in 1000 to 73,2SS in 1905, but the per centage that there forms of the total employed in the manufacturing estab- lSiiinents of the State remains prac tically the same, being 85.5 per cent. m 1!00 and 85.9 per cent, in 1905. The percentages of increase for capi-. al. Avcge-earners, wages, cost of ma terial and value of products were also greater for the rural than for th?. urban districts of the State; Cotton Still Chief Product. Cotton goods still continue to main tain first place in the manufactures of 'he State.. There were 177 mills in 1900, with a capital of s $33,011,510, mh 30,273 wage-earners, obtaining waues amounting to $5,127,087, using materials- valued .at. $17,386,624 and "iiiing out products worth $28,372, "K. In 1905 there were 212 cotton n"lls in North Carolina, with an in sted capital of $57,413,418, a total f 36,356 wage-earners,": receiving ages amounting to $7,503,512, the f t of materials used being $33,025, 0 and the value of product turned out $47,254,054. In 1900 lumber and timber pro ducts stood in .second- place, with l-'04 establishments, having a capital $8,640.1 fiS and ." nrr,Wts valued at $14,474,281. 1905 lumber I'd! ,hack to third place, with 1,212 tahlishments, with a capital of $10, U').358 and products valued at $15, 'U.:579. Tobacco occupied third place in 1900, with 80 establishments, having a capital of $6,874,90S and products valued at $13,620,816 In Wi)" manufactories "of chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff . jumped "no second place, thereby forcing hunker manufactures back to third place. However in 1905 there were n'y 39 establishments making chew lr smoking and snuff tobacco, but their capital had increased five-fold. t $32,028,9S0, and their products had doubled in value, to $25,488,721. Flour and Grist Mills Fourth. The flour and grist mills products of the State stood in fourth place in Mh 1900 and 1905. There were 217 If these establishments in 1900 and -4 in 19Q5. Their products in 190C !jw V,,U2,dU and inldtfTISJeS; '0. The other leading industries were carriages and wagons, cars ana general shop construction, fertilizers, foundry and machine shop products, furniture, hosiery and, knit goods, leather goods, planing mill products, cotton seed and cake oil and cigars and cigarettes. The 14 leading indus tries vof the State had 2,299 establish ments in 1905 and of establishments in the State. The canital invested in these 14 leading industries amountel to $128,359,043. The manufacture of cotton goods was the most important industry in the State both in 1900 and 1905, and "at"' each of these censuses North Caro lina ranked third among' the cotton manufacturing States. The capita invested in them increased 73 . poi cent, the value of their J product be per cent, and the wages 45 per cent, during: the 5-year period. In 1905 th value of the products of this indus try was 33 per cent, of the total value of all manufactures in the State, and the average number of wage-earners employed represented 42.6 per cent of the total. The number of produc ing: spindles reported in the cotton mills of the State in 1900 increased from 1,133,432 to 1,880,950 in 1905. During this period the number of looms increased from 25,469 to 43,- 219. In addition to the machinery and mills that were in operation re turns were received from the idle mills reporting 70,932 spindles and 1,102 looms. Shows Remarkable Growth. The growth of cotton manufactures in the State from 1S70 to 1905 has been remarkable. In 1870 the capital invested was but slightly over $1,000, 000, while in 1905 it was more than $57,000,000, and the number of wage earners increased from 1,453 to 36, 356. The value of cotton products in 1870 forms only one-fourteenth of all industries in the State, while in 1905 it was one-third. There was but little variation in the proportion of children to the total number of wage- earners at the various censuses, al though the number of children in creased largely from census to census. The hosiery and knit-goods branch of the ' textile . industry also shows re markable growth. It was first report ed as an industry in North Carolina at the census of 1890 with1 179 wage earners "'-'turning, out products valued at $126375. In 1900 the number of was'e-earners had increased to 1.495 and the value of the products to $1, 023,150, while at the census of 1905 there were 2,944 wage-earners and products valued at $2,483,827. The growth of the tobacco industry has also been remarkable in North Carolina. In 1900 the three leading States in value of tobacco products were Missouri $25,101,446 ; Kentucky $14,y4S,l'J2 and North Carolina $11J,- 620,816. In 1905 the value of pro ducts was: Missouri $27,128,422; North Carolina $25,488,721, and Ken tucky, $13,117,00. These figures em phasize the rapid growth of the in dustry in North Carolina and show that not only has Kentucky been dis placed from second position, but that Missouri has been closely pressed for first place. Allied to the manufac ture of chewing and. smoking tobacco and snulf is that of cigars and cigar ettes, which racked, tenth in 1905 and 14th in 1900 among the industries of the State. .. Tobacco Industry's Growth. The number of establishments were reported the same at both censuses, but in 1905 nearly 24 times as much capital, over 5 times as many wage earners, 6 times the wages and 11 times the value of the products were reported as in 1900. There was a small decrease in the quantity of yellow pine sawed in 1905 but a notable increase in the quantity of hard AvOod sawed, the gain being chiefly in oak and due to the demand for this wood in the manufacture of furniture in the State, while decided increases are also shoyvn for poplar and chestnut. The proximity of the hardwood forests has been one of the 'prime causes of ihe development oT furniture in North Carolina. This industry rose in rank from seventh place in 1900 to fifth in 1905, and the percentage of increase has been very marked. The number of establish ments increased from 44 to 105, the capital increased $3,50S,620, or 251 per cent., and the number of wage earners increased 3,405, or 193 per cent. - Guilford and Davidson counties . . - Ait ' contained the largest number ot iur niture factories, but the establish ments were well distributed through out the central and western counties of the State. Although not shown as one of the leading industries of -the State, printing and publishing held an important place in the manufac turing statistics of North Carolina. The number of establishments for the combined industry, including newspapers, periodicals, book and job printing, increased from 203 in 1900 to 258 in 1905. The capital increased 60 per 'cent.,, wage-earners 18 per cent and value of products 59. per cent----ftrthg newspaper and prtodtcal es tablishments the machine operators increased from 22 to 50, while the number of all other compositors de creased from 470 to 253. The num ber of newspapers and periodicals in the btate increased from 200 m 1900 to 232 in 1905. . Growth of the Cities. Of the seven municipalities of over 8,000 population each, four showed gains in every particular., Asheville and Charlotte' showed a decreased on ly in the number of wage-earners and Newbern showed a decrease for nealy every tem. Ureensboro, Raleigh, VV llmmgton and Winston showed ains in every particular. For all municipalities, except Greensboro and Winston, the percentages of increase for wage-earners, wages and value of products were less than the corres ponding precentages for the State as a whole. The increase in Greensboro was due partly to the introduction of new industries, but chiefly to the development of those reported in 1900 The city of W inston owes its large in crease, to the gain in the manufacture of chewing and smoking tobaceo and snuff, although there were increases in many of the other industries re ported in 1900. Several industries not reported in 1900 appeared at the census of 1905, the most important of these in Winston, being the manufac ture of furniture. " Homicide Bee at Texas Election. . Cold Springs, Texas, Special. In an . election fight here, E. B. Adams, Democratic nominee for tax assessor, was instantly killed, Sam Adams, his brother, was shot in the head, and il is believed fatally wounded,. W. Y. Robertson was badly wounded and G. W. Williamson wounded, but not dangerously. Williamson, it is alleg ed, did most of the shooting. Homicide in Hnoxrille. ' Knoxville, Tenn., Special. Frank Brown, aged 18, was shot shortly be fore midnight by Owen Nesbitt, a traveling salesman, at the latter's home, this city. Nesbitt returned from 'Chattanooga unexpectedly and Jtound Brown at hjs home. Brown the bullet taking effect in Brown 's 'groin and after a short "run be pitched headlong into a creek, dead, his skull having been fractured by the fall. Nesbitt surrendered. Five Italians Discharged. Marion, Special. The jury in the case of the seven Italian laborers charged with conspiracy came into court and accounced they were unable to agree as to all the defendants. Five they held not guilty and dis agreed as to James Mazone and Au gelina Tespa. . J udge " Cooke thereup on discharged all the defendants save Tespa and Mazcne and these were held in bonds of $500 each Epidemic of Burglaries. Asheville, Special. It leakedout here that three burglaries yvere com mitted in Asheville Thursday night and that the combined offorts of thp police of the city to find a clue to any of the burealaries were futile. The police sought to keep the burglaries quiet, thinking that they could more easily get a line on the guilty parties, It is admitted by the police that the burglaries were committed m differ ent portions of the city and at short intervals apart. Anderson County Fair. Anderson, Special. Mr. W. E. EaJ- secretary of the county fair association is busy getting everything in shape for the annual fair to be held in the early part of October. Liberal premiums have ben offered for the different departments, a com plete list of which may be had from the secretary. The merchants of the ci'ty have given the enterprise their hearty assistance by contributions. "JSC TROUBLE. To Change From Coffee to Postom. "Postum has done a world of good for me," writes an. Ills. man. "I've had indigestion nearly all my life, but never dreamed coffee .was the cause of my trouble until last spring I got so bad t was in misery all the time. V "A coffee drinker for 30 years, it irritated my stomach and nerves, yet I was just crazy for it. After drink ing it with my. meals, I would leave the table, go out and lose my meal and the coffee, too. ' Then. I'd be as hungry as ever. "A friend advised me to quit cof fee and use Postum said it cured him. Since taking his advice I re tain my food and get all the good out of it, and don't have those awful, hungry spells. " "I changed from coffee to Postum without any trouble whatever, felt better from the first day I drank it I am wei now and give the credit to Postum." Name given by Postum CO., Battle Creek. Mich. Read the little bebk Pae Road to 'WeHtilieV in pkgs. 4?There'a reaaon,M. MAKE FINE SHOWING Progress of Southern Banks During Past Year LEAD THE fNTIRE COUNTRY With Exception of Middle Western States, South Led All Sections of Union in Establishment of National Banks During Period From 1900 to 1905 and Forthcoming Report of Treasury Department for Past Year is Expected to Give This Sec tion Another Fine Showing. Washington, Special. The Depart ment of Commerce and Labor has re ceived a report of the cotton spin ners ' and manufacturers' meeting that was held in Bremen, June 25th. This convention discussed conditions f the cotton industry, special con sideration having been given the growth of cotton in this country, methods of baling, cost of transpor tation, etc. This report will be of special interest at this time, inasmuch as the two agents, Messrs. Whittam and Clarke, recently appointed by Secretary Metcalf to go abroad and investigate markets for American cotton goods, are now in Washington receiving instructions in their work preparatory to taking up their duties in foreign, lands. v . J At the Bremen meeting there were present a large number of delegates and representatives from 12. different countries. Many carefully prepared reports and papers were read upon a variety of technical and commercial subjects. The question of cotton sup ply,, cotton statistics, cotton growing, moist - cotton, etc., were thoroughly discussed.. . :,. w .' ,. : The forthcoming annual - report of the Secretary of the Treasury is ex pected to show that many national banks have been established through out the South generally, during the fis cal year that ended June 30, 1906. The industrial development of the South has caused many corporations wanting to do a banking business to secure commissions during the last few years, and it is expected that when the showing for the year just ended is made it will be a good one. The report will also show what banks have been made government deposi tories since the last fiscal year ended. From March 14, 1900, to September 30, 1901 there were organized in the Southern States a total of 671 nation al banks, employing a capital of ' $36, 801,500. These were: The States of Virginia, which organized 51 banks with a capital of $2,576,000 ; ,1 West Virginia, 49 banks and $3,605,000 capital ; North Carolina, j22 banks with $960,000. capital; South Carolina ten banks with $910,000 capital ; Georgia, 40 banks with $2,143,000 capital; Florida, 21 banks with $1, 550,000 capital; Alabama, 45 banks with $2,252,500 capital ; Mississippi. 15 banks with $1,455,000 capital Lou isiana, 23 banks with $2,685,000 cap ital; Texas, 238 banks with $12,565, 000 capital; Arkansas, 23 banks with. $1,450,000 ; Kentucky, 57 banks with J $4,020,000 capital; Tennessee, 27 banks with a capital of $1,630,000 The total for all Southern States was only "exceeded by '--the total for the Middle Western States, which reach ed the' enormous . figure of . $49,651," 000. These States were Ohioj Indir ana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri. V During the period vthat the South ern States organized 671 banks with a total capital of $36,801,500, Jhe New England States, consisting of Maine, New Hamshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, " Rhode Island and Conneticut, : had a total of only 33 banks and a total capital of $5,185, 000; the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Deleware, Maryland and the District of Colum bia organized 445 banks with a capi tal of $35,361,500 ; the States of North Dekota, South Dakota, Nebras ka, Kansas, Montana, " Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, . Oklahoma, and the Indian Territory organized 578 banks with a total capital of $19,056,000. In Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and Indian Territory the total number of. national banks or ganized was 140 and the total capi tal was $10,822,800. : : The fact that from 1900 to 1905 the Southern States led every other part of the. Jnited States , with ;the. exception f:,thij . .Middle -Western' States is an excellent indication of Souta, KILLED t)N WEDDING DAY Bridegroom of an Hour Slain at Bes semer City. Bessemer City Special. William Brown, a traveling lobm-fijer, was shot to death here by John Y. Kin caid, night engineer at the Vermont Cotton MHls. The killing took place at 8 o'clock, just. one' hour' after the dead man had become a bridegroom. Immediately after shooting Brown, Kineaid broke his pistol, threw out the empty cartridges, handed the weapon, to an officer and surrendered. Before the mayor of the town he waived examination and was sent to jail at Dallas without bail. ' The tra gedy has excited this prosperous lit tle town from one end to the other. The cause of the killing was "the seduction under promise of marriage bv Brown of Kineaid 's sister. When Brown was married to another woman Kineaid went to the station and shot him as above stated. SEEIOUS AUTOMOBILE ACCI DENT. Mr. Eugene Cannon of Concord, Strikes Iron Bridge at Fearful Speed and is Probably Fatally, Hurt. Concord, Special Eugene Cannon the 18-year-old son of Mr. J. W. Can non, while riding at, probably 50 miles an hour, 'on the night of July 30th, crashed into the iron bridge near the depot at Concord and received in juries from which he has remained un conscious and his condition is regard ed as most critical. The scull is frac tured and expert physicians from Bal timore and New York with- the local medical men are giving him every at tention. Mr. Cannon was1 manager : of the Xranklin Cotton Mill, a late purchase by Mr. J. W. Cannon and Sons. A lady wjtio was with Mr. Cannon in the automobile had a leg broken and was bruised severely. The ma chine w&z demolished. South Carolina Suffers. Columbia, S. C, Special. Accord ing to figures compiled by Secretary B, F. Taylor, of the South Carolina branch of the Inter-State Cotton Seed Crusher r Asociation this State has suffered more than any other in its cotton crop. The falling off is 21 per cent, as compared with last year. Mr. Taylor's conclusions are' reached from detailed reports he has received from all the Southern States. All show in creases except Georgia, North Caro lina and South Carolina. The Geor gia decrease is 16 per cent, and the North Carolina 11 per cent. These States show increase : Arkansas 29, Mississippi 28, Louisiana 53, Indian Territory 24, Oklahoma 14, Texas 10. President Smith of the cotton associa tion says the crop in this State this year will be the smallest in ten years. Fred Scarborough Drowned. Mullins, Special While in bathing at Red Bluff, Fred Scarborough, a nephew of ex-Congressman Scarbor ough, was drowned. It seems that a picnic was in progress, and. several of the young men went in swimming. Fred, who was but a, moderate swim mer, was warned not to go too far out or too near the current, which is quite strong at that point, but he paid no attention to the warning and was soon struggling in the water calling- for help. Several went to his as sistance, and Percy Bryant secured a boat and got within about six or eight feet of him when the boat cap sized and he was unable' to rescue him. . .-'."- . Missing Negro's Body Found, Patrick, Special. Joe Brown, a negro who has been missing from his home here for two weeks, was found at Steer Pen Spring, about five miles from Patrick, by Jack Donahue, a white man who was passing through that section. . The negro's body was in such a decomposed condition as to tender identification almost impos sible except by clothing and shoes nothing remaining from the assaults of the buzzards except bones and clothes. So far an inquest has not been held. No one knows what cous ed his death. For Passing Counterfeit. Sumter, Special. Frank P. Buff ington, a shrewd white man from Iowa, was tried before Recorder Hurst for passing counterfeit money. ( He wasJbound over for trial at the high er, court. In default of $1,000 bond lie was, conijnitted.to jaiht-iHe passed a $5 counterfeit on a clprejperchant. getting $4.90 in money after rjurehaaiirg 10 cents worth of lemons. 300 LIVES ARE LOST Emigrant Vessel Hits Reef and Goes to Bottom A FRIGHTFUL PANIC FOLLOWS Italian Vessel Sirio, From Geona via Spanish Ports for South America, Meets Disaster While- Threading; Dimcult Passage Through Hormi gas Islands' and Goes Down, Speed ily, Stem First, Amid Terrifkc Scene of Panic. - Cartagena, Spain, By Cable A ter rible marine disaster occurred Sun day evening off Cape. Palos. . The Italian steamship Sirio, from Genoa for Barcelona, 'Cadiz, Montevideo and Buenos Ayres with about 800 persons on board, was wrecked off Hormigas- Island. Three hundred emigrants, most of them Italians and Spaniards, were drowned. The captain of the steamer com mitted suicide. V1 The Bishop of $ao Pablo, Brazil, ' also was lost and it is reported thr.t auothcr bithop is among the missing. The remainder of the passengers-. and the officers and crew got away in the ship's boats or were rescued?' . by means of boats sent to them from- Ihe shore. A number of fishermen who made. attempts to rescue were drowned. These rescued from the vessel are now at Cape Palos in a pitable con dition, being without'food or clothing. The Sirio struck a rocky reef known as Bajos Hormigas and sank, soon after, stern firsts Hormigas Is- land lies about two and a half miles to the eastward of Cape Palos. The Sirio was owned by the Navi- ' gazione Italiana, of Genoa. . - Before he committed suicide the captain declared the steamer had 545 passengers on board and" the crew numbered 127 men. The Sirio had 171 passengers when leaving Genoa but additional Spanish passengers, were taken on board at Barcelonia, where 4he vessel touched a few hours before the disaster. f Will Pay For Looting. Governor Swanson and -Adjutant General Anderson of Virginia have written J. A. Spence, merchant here and manager Wright of the Union News Stand at the Releigh Union Sta tion that steps will be taken at once to remunerate them for the large quantities of, fruits and other adibles that were taken from their places of business last Friday by the Virginia -troops while the train that was con veying them to Chicamauga was inv the Union depot, the men having ,it is alleged, helped themselves to . large quantities of fruits, saundwiehes and other articles on" display witllout offer ing to pay fer them. Col.'Vaughan of the 71st Regiment has been directed by the Governor and Adjutant General of Virginia to make a thorough inves- , tigation and report to them as soon as this is done. .The two Releigh mer- " chants will be compensated for their losses. V - t Eandleman Bank Prospers. Randleman, Special. The directors of the Bank of Randleman held their annual meeting and declared the us ual six per cent, dividend. The bus-1. I iness of this bank has steadily in- creased under the capable manage ment of Mr. James H. Cole, cashier and the board of directors. Held Captive By Black Hand. r New York, Special, Paspuala Gre coss, aged 35, who was reported sever--al days ago as having been kidnapped by a Black Hand gang, was found, in the hallway on Eleventh street gagged and blindfolded with feet and hands tied. He told the police that since late Tuesday night he had been a prisoner of several Italians,; who had given him neither food nor water in 80 hours of his -captivity. Eugene Duche, a tailor, who notified the police) of Grecos' presence in the hallway, was arrested on suspicion. Telegraphic Briefs. It is believed the plan for the new Cabinet has been virtnally accepted by - ; -the Czar and xthe program promisexl ; is one of immediate and liberal re - form. ' ' '-' ' v "Winston Speneer Churchill, Parlia-:;;, mentary Secretary of the Colonial of- 1 fice in' theiH6nse,bf 6mmb'As xlatn1 ed the Government's plan to' confer y a constitution on the Transvaal. -
Polk County News and The Tryon Bee (Tryon, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 9, 1906, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75