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" "t . ft . si ": " ' ' ' 1. . ' - ":7V- r , . : 'i link INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Three Cents the Copy. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance. VOL XII. COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1907. NO. 41. . """: EXPLOSION SUFFOCATES SCCBES I GOAL MINE Powder Shot Ignites Dust in a West Virginia Colliery. RESCUlfeC PARTIES AT WORK TWO II ""tired Wore in Shaft at Time of Areideni -Sixty Perished In dian flyYicliras in Pit 000 Feet Deep. Charleston, W. Va--With a deto nation heard for miles around, coal dust ant! gas in the Stuart mine, near Fayetteville, exploded, bringing a ter rible death to the eighty men who were at work raorp than 500 feet be low the surface. There is no chance that any of the men will be taken out alive, for it is thought that the ter-ri-ic force of the exnlosion snuffed out their Jives instantly. It will not hp possible for the rescuers to reach flip bottoir of the shaft for forty- eirht our". Most of f!tp men were Americans. ?tM many o thOTn wer married and hat! large families There were a doja negroes and fifteen or more for'Erner?. 4 The refrue woir was begun as rnon the wr"ked parts of the shRrt house eonid bo reuaired. About two hours ?fpr- fno. exnlosion thre "ten were lo-arod in"to the shaft. Before deseeUdtn sixty feet two of the men wo1-" overcome "vith foul a'1-. pn;l the tMrcf was harelv able to give the sirm?! to" Hs comrades at the ton. All irthprttefmpts were aban doned for the tin-; p. Air was sunulied to te mine by several Tp-.'ge fans, but the mechan fm was fmrsred, and the fans were Wle for about two hours. The fpns were then st&ttA ntjaip. and if the ir?1 were not al' dpad by the force of n? PxpTosion. it may he that thy will have air enrngh to survive until th" rescuers reach tbpm. The scene about tho mine is na hef:?f. Tr'en. women and children cry- for thfu'r dear ous and imploring those on the ground to go to their rescue. r'"'J-o Pfcjjp-'t mine is a shaft feet dep. The development is in the Sewal1 seam, whip'i ranges in thick ness from fou to five fept. The mine is located on the White Oak Fuel ComrnTiys private land, con necting wjtb thp Chesapeake and Ohio Rai1vbnd at Carlisle. The -manager is F. F. T)ixou? The mine is owned by the Stuart Colliery Corn- pen1". I The bodies lie c-00 feet below the su-'face of the earth. Fifteen men had .ii'st left the mine and were far enough away from the mouth to escape injury when the ex plosion occurred. The echo of the explosion had hardly did away before the men on the outside began to arrange rescue parties. It was found that the force of the explosion had put the ventilat ing fans out of commission and dic arranged the cage so that it took tv;o houvs to get things in ..condition for the first venture. Sunerin ten dent Dixon, Tom Davis and James "Whistle started down in the cage, but bad not gone far when they found themselves overcome by the fumes and had to give the hoist ing signal. Dixon was the only ofie who had sufficient strength to let it be known to those above what was wanted, and but for him the three would have perished. They were drawn back and no further attempt has been made to go into the mine PRESIDENT CHECKS FRAUDS. Directs That Examination Be Made Before Patents Issue. Washington, D. C. President Roosevelt has determined to put an end, if possible, to frauds ill the ac quisition of public lands by individ uals and corporations. He has di rected that hereafter no patent shall he issued to public land until "an ex amination of the ground shall have been made by an authorized office? of the Government. The President's order is in the form of a letter to Secretary Hitch cock, and under its provisions orders are being sent out by the officials of the General Land Office. F. C. STEVENS OLIVER'S BACKER. Superintendent of Public Works Be hind Panama Canal Contract. Albany, N. Y. Frederick C. Stev ens, the State Superintendent of Pub lic Works, announced thathe is the financial backer of William' J. Oliver, who is to get the Government con tract for building the Panama Canal. Mr. Stevens has made millions of dollars as a man of large affairs and is essentially a business man of this reriod. MANY CHINESE DROWNED. Over a Hundred Lives Lost in Squall at Hong Kong. Hong Kong. A heavy squall broke over Ihmg Kong, and in ten minutes sank more than fifty Chinese craft in the harbor, more than 100 natives being drowned. There were no cas ualties among the white population. 3aunches rescued many persons. The harbor was littered with wreckage from the sunken junks. EPiOEMIGS SWEEP IL OVER CHICAGO Nearly 15.000 Cases Caused by Imoure Raw Milk. STOPS ALL SOCIAL FUNCTIONS Appeal Made to Public Asked to Give Up Balls Parties and Other Amusejwsats Until Scarlet Fever Can Be Checked. Chicago. Extraordinary precau tions were taken to check the scarlet fever and diphtheria epidemic in Chi cago. A proclamation asking aid from the public by the canceling of social functions, an offer of assist ance from prominent medical men, the appointment of a commission of physicians to help in an Aldermanic inquiry, and the removal of central police details to make room for the Health Department, were among the features which developed when it was found that the record breaking figures of the contagion were marked again by high numbers. Three hundred and fourteen new cases or scariet lever, fifty-five or diphtheria and twenty-five of measles were reported on the day the procla mation was issued. ' It is estimated that the total cases of contagious diseases which have de veloped in the present epidemic is considerably in excess of 10,000, and may reach 15,000. Commissioner of Health C. W. Whaleri issued a call to the people of Chicago to cancel social gatherings and other public meetings for several weeks in order to aid the department in suppressing epidemic conditions. This followed the official announce ment that scarlet fever and diphthe ria cases reported indicate that the enidemic has advanced appreciably. Churches, Sunday-schools and thea tres were not included in Dr. Wha len's request. The Commissioner explained that while he desired the assistance of the public he did not believe it necessary to go further than his request indi cates.- He declared that, in the opin ion of the department, it would not be wise to order the closing of any public schools, as the new medical in spectors were doing competent work toward preventing the spread of any disease through that source. Records of the Health Department show the present epidemic to be one -of the most serious the city has known. The records show that the number of cases of scarlet fever in the last four days vastly exce3ds the total for the whole month of January in a normal year. $3,000,000 FOR CHARITY. William Whiteley's Will Provides For Homes For Aged Poor. London. The will of William Whiteley, the London merchant who was murdered last week, makes a number of generous charitable be quests, the chief being $5,000,000 to provide and maintain almshouses to be known as the "Whiteley Homes For the Aged Poor." Mr. Whiteley leaves $25 0,000 to each of his two sons, and his sjster and her two daughters receive annu ities of $5 000 each. His wife, from whom he had separated, was "pro vided for during life." In addition to several other family and household bequests Mr. Whiteley leaves sums varying from $2500 to $10,000 to a number of hospitals, while two sums of 525,000 each are left in trust, one to be applied to the giving annually through a certain clergyman of "Whiteley Christmas gifts," while the income of the second sum is to be devoted to the promotion of cricket, football, rowing and swim1 ming. Any residue is to he divided between Mr. Whiteley's two sons. The unusual public interest in the Whiteley tragedy was shown by the scenes at the funeral of the mer chant. Long before the hour for tne ceremony thousands of persons gath ered about the home and dense masses lined the streets leading to the church where the service was held. Most of the shops in the West bourne Grove district kept their shut ters up and more than 100 carriages followed the hearse to the cemetery. Four of these were laden with floral wreaths. GOV. SWETTENHAM APOLOGIZES. Withdraws Letter to Admiral Davis and Expresses Regret. London. The Associated Press learns that the international phase of the Kingston incident has been finally closed by Governor Swettenham for mally withdrawing his letter to Rear Admiral Davi3 and expressing his re gret for having written it. Washington, D. C. Officials at the State Department refuse to discuss the report that Governor Swettenham has withdrawn his letter to Admiral Davis and apologized therefor. It is pointed out that the Presi dent has taken every means to make it evident that he regards the Kings ton episode as a closed incident,- q officials decline to comment on it in any phase. Baldwin Works Damaged. Fire did $1,000,000 damage to the plant of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia. WEST'S FUEL FAMINE WORSE Nortn uaKOta wintering rroni mm mm mm.' mm mm 9 . m - Cold and Starvation. President Roosevelt and the Inter state Commerce Commission Urge Roads to Send Relief. Washington, D. 0. TJie President, the members of the Interstate Com merce Commission and the Congress delegation from North Dakota- are gravely concerned over the fuel famine in thatlstate, which shdws no signs of abatement and which is en tailing such suffering that the people are growing desperate. Towns where there is absolutely no fuel, the ther mometer is from twenty-five to thirty-eight degrees below zero and mail and railway communication with the outside world is completely shut off are besieging the Interstate Com merce Commission, the President, and their representatives in Congress, by telegraph, to afford them assist ance at any cost. In some instances even telegraphic communication is cut offt and mes sages have to be carried ten or twen ty miles across the snow covered and wind swept prairies to the nearest open telegraph office. Such was the case with one telegram received. It comes from the Commercial Club, of Maxbass, and" was carried across the open prairies ten miles to Eckman. Maxbass is a small town on the Great Northern Railway, close to the Can adian line and a litttle we3t of mid way between the eastern and western boundaries of North Dakota. This message reads: "Situation unchanged. Two coal cars (snowed in) between. nere ana Towner. Conditions grow more des perate every hour. Wire communica tion cut off." From New Rockford, on the North ern Pacific Railway, comes the follow ing message: "Fuel situation desperate. The railway on this branch not making any effort to-day to relieve us. Have had no freight this year, no mail for twelve days. People desperate. Will burn railway property for fuel if relief is not forthcoming within forty-' ight hours." Other information which reaches the Interstate Commerce Commission, indicates that President jtall, of the Great Northern Railway, has about "thrown up his hands," has grown 'discouraged and abandoned the ef fort to relieve the freezing people of North Dakota. An early appeal for relief by the Federal Government was answered by a dispatch to the Governor of North Dakota, asking if it was not possible for the State to afford relief. To this the Governor replied that the rail ways were doing everything possible, meaning, apparently, io imply that he knew of no way in which he could render assistance. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion, by direction of the President, has twice telegraphed to the presi dents of the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific Railways, urging that everything possible be done to relieve the situation, and assurances have been given that the requests will be heeded; but the situation re mains unchanged, thousands of peo pie are menaced by the. constant dan ger of freezing to death, and the rail ways, seem powerless to relieve the conditions. WEXDEL MUST STAND TRIAL. Governor Hughes Rescinds Orders Dissolving the Court. Albany, N. Y. Captain Louis Wendel, of the First Battery, New York City, cannot resign from the National Guard to escape having to appear before a court of inquiry to answer to charges of conduct not be coming au officer. Governor Hughes rescinded the orders issued by Adjutant-General Henry, granting Wen- del a discharge pursuant to his re quest to be permitted to resign. Noth ing like this has happened within recent years in the National Guard, and tne effect of the Governor's ac tion will cause not a little dismay in some circles. It has always been the custom to permit an officer to resign when he wanted to. FIVE DIE IN TRAIN CRASH. Freight Runs Into Passenger on Bos ton and Maine. Deerfield, Mass. Five men were killed and one seriously injured as the result of a freight train running into the rear of a passenger train on the Fitchburg division of the Boston and Maine Railroad about a mile west of West Deerfield. The dead are George B. Busseno, of the express train, lived at Troy, N. Y., forty-seven years old, married; G. W. Harrington, baggage master of the express, lived at Troy, N. Y.; M. A. Fitzpatrick, engine driver, Rotterdam Junction, N. Y., and R. N. Dennison, fireman, Mechanicsville, N. Y. Tariff War Averted. A longlterm arrangement to avoid a trade war between America and Germany has been made by .the com missions in conference at Berlin, sub ject to approval by Congress and the Reichstag. Witnesses Against Harriman. Witnesses in the Investigation of the Harriman merger, at Portland, Ore., testified that there 1iad seem ingly been a cessation of competition between the different roads since the combination. Jfj pqq Wholesale Prices Quoted in New York MILK. The Milk Exchange prhe for standard quality is 3c per quart. HOTTER. Creamery Western, extra. $ 32 Firsts 29 State daily, firsts 27 Seconds. 2-t 32 31 29 26 21 m m Factory, thirds to firsts. CHEESE Stnte, full cream, fancy. . -'72 WAG) 14H 3 32 30 25 - Kmall . . 13&(a Fart Bkims.good to prime 7(3 run Bkims EOGS 2 Jersey Fancy. . -. . 31 (a) State-Good to choice 28 (5) Western Firsts 254(3) BEANS AND PEAB. Bcns Marrow, choice. 2 25 (a) 2 27 (3). 1 50 2 32fS) 2 35 (3) 1 45 1 95 (o 2 00 2 05 (S 2 10 Medium, choice.... . Red kidney, choice.... Pea Yellow eye... Black turtle soup .... Lima, Cal. 2 85 290 FHTTTTS AND BERRTTCS VRESn. Amdes Greeting, per bbl. 1 50 (5) 3 00 TT ' ill A AA "V f A jvmg. per ddi i n m .i z." Ben Davis, oer bbl 1 50 (3) 2 75 Cranberries, C.Cod, per bbl 3 00 ;(3 7 50 Jersey, per bbl 500600 . UVE POULTRY5. Fowls, per lb. ...... (a) 13 Roosters, per lb 7 Ov 10 Turkeys, per lb.... (3 13 Ducks, per lb ; 14, Geese, per lb 11 (5 13 Pigeons, per pair., .i.... 2o DRKSSED PO TTT.TR v. Turkeys, per lb 10 20 8 s s 53 18 28 hickens. jPhila., per lb... Fowls, per lb. . 14U treese. sprmc;, per in (Si 12 Imcks, sprint, per lb R 14 5 50 Squabs, per dozen I nops. State, 1906. choice 21 9 ifi i2 23 11 17 14 .Medium, 1905 : (i m Paeiflc Coast. 1906, ebvee. Prune to choice. 190o... HAT r STRAW H.iv. prime, ner 100 lb.... 1 10 (a 1 IS (8 I OS (S) 1 00 (a) 1 00 So. 1. per 100 lb 1 00 No. 2. per 100 lb 95 Ciover mixed, per 100 lb. 75 Straw, long rye 65 67 VEOETARLES Potatoes, State, per bbl... 1 50 (S 1 75 (a) 1 50 fa) 3 50 (3T4 00 (5U2 00 S 1 75 Jersey, per pack 1 AT Sweets, per bbl 1 50 Tomatoes, per carrier 2 00 Lgg plant, per box b 00 rscraasa, per bbl i 'so Peas. Per basket 2 00 (a? 7 00 Peppers, per carrier 4 ou (w, t w Lettuce, per basket 1 00 (S. 4 50 Cabbages, per ton 14 uu String beans, per bosket... 2 00 (235 00 (a) 7 5J (3? 6 00 (3. 2 00 (a) 2 00 (S? 1 50 (3) 1 00 (5) 50 (a). 5 00 (3) 3 25 Co) 12 f5 1 50 (5) 2 00 (3) 2 50 (3) 1 25 (3) 2 00 (a) 2 00 1 75 5 50 Onions, Ct., white, per bbl 3 00 Orance Co., per bag 1 00 Carrots, per bbl 1 50 Beets, per bbl: 1 00 t rx iurnios. per bbl io Celery, per doz. bunches... 15 Okral per carrier 2 00 Cauliflower, per basket 1 50 Brussels sprouts, per qt... 5 Parsley, per 100 bunches.. Spinach, per bbl 1 50 Watei-cress.ner 100 bunches 2 00 Kale, per bbl Shallots, per 100 bunches.. 1 Uu Kadishes, per basket l ou Parsnips, per bbl 1 50 Horseradish, per bbl 5 00 G3AIN. ETC. Flour Winter patents 3 89 (3) 3 85 (S 4 90 (3) ,01 nrinc patents 4 lo Wheat. No. 1 N. Duiuth... -v- n I CI 7f reu S3 51 51 42 45 f Corn, No. 2 white So. 2 yellow.. Oats, mixed i m Clipped white. 43 Lard, city LIVE STOCK. Beeves, city dressed 7 (salves, city dressed ....... 8 Country dressed 7 Sheep, per 100 lb 3 50 Lambs, per 100 lb 6 75 (3 9 14 12 (oj 4 50 7 70 Hogs, live, per 100 lb 7 2a 7 (1 Country dressed, per lb. 10 COST OF GOVERNMENT HIGH. National, State and Local Govern ment Receipts $1,7 78,1552, 930. Washington, D. C In a prelim inary statement on the wealth, debt and taxation of the United States for 1902, issued by the Census Bureau, an interesting summary is given of the receipts and expenditures of' Na tional, State and local Governments. The aggregate receipts were $1,778, 352,930 and expenditures $1,773, 959,369. These totals, it is stated, include the amounts paid by one di vision to another, which results in a duplication of approximately $69, 222,019. - ' The character and the total re ceipts from general revenues are shown as follows: The general property tax, $706, 660,043; special property and busi ness taxes, $62,327,400; poll taxes, $16,579,786; liquor taxes, $55,241, 306; other licenses and permits, $19, 841,343; fines and forfeits, $7,962, 322; subventions and grants, $60, 984,892; donations anfcgifts, $2,901, 919, and from all other sources, $2, 127,150. The officials of the Census Bureau explain that the figures for States, counties and cities are in all cases compiled from . reports of actual re ceipts and payments. Those for cities containing less than 8000 in haibtants and for other minor civil divisions are in part estimated. Increased Value of Horses. Receipts of horses at the New York City Union Stock Yards last yea. fell short of the record breaking figures reached in 1905, yet the market value of horses handlpd in 1906 was great er by neariy $1,000,000. Here are the market records for the two years: 1905 127,250 horses, worth $18, 046,125; average, $142. 1906 126,961 horses, worth $19, 046,535; average, $150. REVIEW OF WORK OF CONGRESS What Our National Lawmakers Are Doing From Day teDay Mr. Lever Warms Up. Representative Lever, of South Caroilna, stirred up a hornet's nest in the house when he offered to the agricultural appropriation bill an amendment appropriating $3,000,000 for he purchase of the Appalachian and White Mountain forest reserves. He said twelve Spates were interest ed in the movement, and many Gov ernors had personally solicited the Speaker of the house to permit the all to come before the body on its meiits, but through mysterious in fluences, he said, the Speaker was contuing to hold the bill up and he wanted the country to know the facts about the measure. Mr. Tawney objected to the per sonal attack on the Speaker, and said he would object to further considera tion. Wants People to Enow It. "Oh, it's not a personal attack on the Speaker, ' ' replied Mr. Lever. ' 4 It 't an. outspoken statement as to wh8re the objection Ijo the bill is. Per sonally I have profound , regard ot the Speaker, but he and some of his heocement are blocking consideration of this bill and by the gods I propose that, the people shall know it." Mr. Tawney replied that he was uot questioning the motives of the gentleman from South Carolina, but he was questioning the language used. Mi Lever tried to make it appear thai the agricultural committee was unanimously in favor of the bill, but Mr. Kaugen, of Iowa, with consider able warmth, replied that lie had not voted in favor of the measure and he pave notice that he would vote pgainst it if the bill should ever get before the House. "You vote against four-fifths of the. good propositions that come be fore this House,'' hotly replied Mr. Lever. x Mr. Wads worth made a point of order aginst the amendment, which was sustained, but not until Mr.. Lever had been heard. To Abolish Pension Agencies. The House voted to abolish all pension agencies throughout the country, 18 in number, and centra lize the payment of pensions in the city of Washington. This ection was taken on the pesion appropriation bill after spirited opposition on the part of those having pension agencies tn their States. By a vote of 58 to 114 an amend ment offered by Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, restoring the number of agencies to 18 as" at present, was defeated, and then an amendment offered by Mr. Gardner, of Michi gan, consolidating all the agencies in one was adopted without division. The pension aporopriation bill car rying $138,000,000 in round numbers was passed. A message from the President- was read relative to insurance, and at 2:30, out of respect to the memory of the late Senator, Alger, of Michi gan, the House adjourned. A Brief Session. . The Senate was in session Satur day only for a little more than an hour, the early adjournment being taken to permit attendance on the funeral of the late Senator Alger. A few bills of minor importance were passed, but most -of the time of the t sitting .fwas devoted to the further dis cussion of Senator Hale's resolution providing for an inquiry into the per sonal interest manifested by naval officers in the navy personnel bill. The resolution was ultimately refer red to the committee on naval affairs. The Chald Labor Law. Senator Beveridge occupied the at tention of the Senate throughout the day with a continuation of his argu ment in behalf of his child labor bill. He had but reached the legal and con stitutional phases of the question after speaking for more than four hours and arrangement was made whereby he will continue. In taking the position that as to power. Con gress could exercise any power it saw fit on inter-State commerce, Mr. Bev eringe met a fussilade of questions by his colleagues and his progress in argument was slow. While he said the power to regulate, was absolute, he maintranfi that the question of policy wmiid fclwayp restrain any hurtful regulatit ns. " Mr. Beveridge stated that three fourth of the cotton factories of i'he South were opposing the bill,, th"' the railroads of the South were op posing it and that the coal mine op erators of the South were opposing it. He presented an illustrative map snowing the location ot the oppos ing industries, and, said that in an ticipation of this weighty opposition he should devote the major portion of his speech to setting forth evi dence of the deplorable conditions he had pictured. This evidence, he said, was all sworn to and in the form of affidavits. ii AFFAIRS Items of Interest Prom Many Parts of the State MINOR MATTERS OF STATE NEWS Happenings of More or Less Import ance Told in Paragraphs The Cot ton Markets. Case Falls Through. Charlotte, Special. The case against "Delia Dellingham, Henry Gil lespie and George Irvin, the first named a woman, charged with the brutal murder of the Lyerly family at Barber Junction last July, was called in Iredell superior court at Statesville. The State found itself at a standstill before the trial had more than started. When the mob of whites lypched the other three ne groes implicated in this crime at Salisbury last summer all the evi dence in the case for prosecution perished. There was on evidence against the survivors f the mob's vengence other than that the Delling ham woman was the wife of one of the mob's victims and Gillispie the brother of another. Judge Moore ordered the witnesses discharged and ordered the jury to bring in a ver dict of not guilty. Epidemic of Barn Burning. Charlotte, Special. Another barn burning, believed to be of incendiary origin, this time in Clear Creek township and the fourth fire of this kind reported during the preseat month, occured Wednesday between 8 and 9 o'clock. Mrs. Green, wife of the tenant who rents lands from Mr. John Glossen, was so badly prostrat ed by the fire that she has been un able to utter a word since, and a phy sician who was called in to make an examination of the woman's condition: The excitement in the neighborhood is said to be very great as the fire was, it is thought, started by a criminal of the worst sort, and happening so cl6s8 after three other incendiary fires in the county,. it ap pears certain that there is reason for the people of the county to be on the lookout on account of the- danger which threatens them. Threatened to Storm Jail. Wilmington, Special. John Gudg er, a negro ofrty years of age, was brought to Wilmington from White- ville and lodged in the New Hanover county jail. Gudgen is charged with rape. It is alleged that the negro committed the crime several months since. Tuesday he was arrested on a warrant sworn out by a Mrs. Wil liamson, of Cer-o Gorda, Columbus county. It was owing to rumors that the Whiteville jail was to be stormed and the negro lynched that Sheriff Richardson hastily left Avith his pris oner. Paper Pulp Plant. New Bern, Special. It is learned that the plant of the Gray Manufac turing Company, opposite this city, is to be converted into a paper pulp factory. The Carolina Pulp Com pany, which controls the plant, owns a process for making high grade pa per from cotton stalks, a material that is a waste product, and an en cumbrance to the ground after the staple is gathered. It is estimated that the company will be able to pro duce twenty tons of pulp daily. Horseford Shoals Water Power. Newton, Special. Messrs. J. M. and W, R. Odell, of Concord, have deeded to Mr. G, H. Geitner, of Hick ory, the Horseford Shoals cwater pow er. The deed was given Itome time ago, but only recently recorded. Ru mors are rife as 4o Mr. Geitner 's plans in this regard. . . i Negroes Beat Engineer. Asheville, Special: Two negroes jumped on Engineer Guy Ralph and beat him up in a frightful manner. Both negroes are in jail. They will be held without bond pending the re sult of the Engineer's injuries. The negroes attacked Ralph with a heavy iron pin. It is said that the trouble grew out of a headlight. The engin eer is badly hurt, though his injuries are not, however, fatal. New Monroe Cotton Mill Soon to Be gin Operations. Monroe, Special-The new cotton mill company, which has taken over the Crow Knitting Mill property, has d been organized and expects to have the new cotton mill started within 2 jj months. The plant will Be known as' the - Everett Mills, and the company has an authorized capital of $100, 000. The officers are: Charles Ice man, president and general manager; W. S. Lee, vice president, and J. Locke Everett, secretary and treasurer.