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VOLUME XIV. UAMDISN, S. O., FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1903. NO. II. A REPORT IS ml Findings On, Investigation of W Coal Strike SHOITtR HOURS AND BETTER FAY A t?0*tby Document In Which the Union U Not Recognized- Hie Text oi the Report; i y ^Waebrngton, Special.? The report of 'fcbe commission appointed i>y the Presi dent last pCtober to investigate the anthracite .coa\ JHr.lkp, was' made pub 15? !U5iaV Th(i ^port la dated -- March 18, anuTiis signed by all the , members of ttyf commission. In brief the comftlssiou recommends an iu cra!s of wags amounting In- most in stances to 10 per cent ? some decrease of time; the settlement of all disputes ? by arbitration, tixes a minimum wage and a sliding scale, provides against discrimination of persons by either the mine owners, or the miners on accouni of membership or non-membership , in a labor union, and provides that the', awards made shall continue in force until 1906. To some extent the matter \?.?f recognition or noa.-recognltlon of the miners union is touched on, but the commission declined to make any . award on this matter. Following is the commission's own summary of 'the , ^wards made: 1. That an Increase of 10 -per .cent. , over and above the rates paid, in the ----? -month of April, 1902, be paid to *11 1 contract miners for cutting coal, Yard age. and Other work for which stand >rd rates or allowances existed at that time from and after November 1,-1902. and during the life of this award. The amount of increase under the award ..V due for worjk done between November 2 "t, 1902, and April 1, 1903, to be paid - on or before June ?1903. ( 2. S'hat engineers who are employed In hoisting water shall have an In crease of 10 per cent, on thcip earnings between November 1, 1902, and April 1, .1908, to be paid on or before June 1, ylAQS; and; on and after April- 1, 1903, /and during the life of the award, they Nfhall havefljMhour shifts, with the aame bay wch was effective in April, - and where they are now work ing eight-hour^ shifts, . ^the eight-hour ahtfts shall be continued ^nd these en gineers .. shall be continued and these -engineers shall have an increase of 10 per cent, on the wages which wore ef ?: feCtive in the several positions. April^ . At ijavZ. Hunting engineers and other engineers anl pumpmen, 'other than those employed in positions which are qxanned continuously, shall have an increase of 10 per cent, on their earn ings between NoYemher 1, 1992, and l&pril 1, 1903. to be paid on or before. ^ Jnne li 1903, and from and after April i lyAttQ?, ami during .thp. llfft-nt the | ' award, they .shall have an increaso of 5 ..Mr Cent, en the rates of wages which - were effective in the several positions 'In April,' 1902; and ip addition they shall be relieved from duty on 8un y days, without loss of pay by a man ~ provided by - the employer to relieve them daring the hours of the*day shift Fl^tnen shall have %n increase vir of iO per cfent on their earninga be - tween Novembei 1, 1902, and April 1. - IMS, to be paid on or before June 1, and from and after April 1, 1903; - ringthe life of the awV$they Javo eight-hour shifts, with the same wagea per day, week Or month jiaNrere paid-in each position in April, . ' AiV*?ployea or co?l??r ???; J ~ otbtr thftii whom tie ffln- 1 awards, ah.ll be an Increase of 10 per e?fc. on ISlfelugs' between November 1. am and Apri i 1, 1903, to be pall on or before June 4,4303, and from andafter Mill l.m. Ji'lSil tnti award, they shall ?6 paid WTW] basis of a 9-hour day, receiving there for the same wages as were paid in . . -AjtrUL.1902/ for a 10-hour day. Over time In Excess of 9 hours In any day '' id bs pald^gt a proportional rate per r - ttmring the life of this award, the ? pjirot -methods payment ?or coal ~w5d ahall he adhered to, unless _.?_*oea-Jlke lho?c made shjll h* mid to the legal repr^aentattves or aucb employes as may have died since NrS!T mc%~or mm***: under tfei? award as to its n? IBor application. W in any crowing out of the refi&lona of f emnibvers and employed, whleb inoKe settled or 'adjusted by eon _iatton between the superintendent ? orCinager of the mine or mines and or miners directly Interested too large tobtao set 'djusted shall be- referred to^ a Ibe a division of the whole region three districts, in each of which Hml\ exist an organisation rep* Ing a majortty or the illation thus conStlttoted. "and consider any qom o it as aforeaild. 'hear sksk s-SttSl m; shall he r.^.lwid otUrttMra ?ltt< *??* strike, pending the adjudication of any matter so taken up for adjustment. 5. Whenever requested by a majority, of those contract minora of any com pany .check wclghman or ehfeck dock ing bosses, or both, sliall be employed. The wages of said chec*t weiglimau and check docking bosses shall bo fix ed. collected, and paid by the miners In such manner as the oald miners shall by majority vote, elcct and when requested by a majority of said miners ths check' weigher and deductions ma?e proportionately from tho earn ings of the said miners on such b.?R'<j as the majority of said miners shall determine. ?baU, hfiJiKhibutert nmo?? miners, trb* are at^work, as uniformly and as equitably as possible, and there snail l>$ no concerted effort on the part of the miners or mtne workers of any colliery or collerles, to limit the output of the mines, or to detract from- the quality of the work performed, unless such limitation of output be in con formity to an agreement between an operator or Operators and an organiza tion representing a majority of said miners in bis or their employ. 7. In all cases where miners are paid by the car, the increase awarded to the contract miners is based upon t^o carB In use, the topping required and the rstes paid per car which ^r^ce in force on April 1, 1902. Any increase In the "???*>? car? ?r in the topping required, shall be accompanied by a proportion ate increase in the rate paid per car. , 8. The following sliding scale of wages shall become effective April 1, 1903, and shall affect all miners and mine workers included in the award of the commission: The wageB fixed in the awards shall be the basis of, and the minimum under, the eliding scale. For increase .of 5 cents in the average price of white ash. coal or sizes above pea coal, sold at or near New York, be tween Perth Amboy and Edgewator and reporter to the bureau of anthra cite coal statistics, above $4.50 per ton f. o. b. the employes shall have.>an in crease of 1 per cent, in their compensa tion which shall continue until change In the average price of said coal works a reduction or on increase in said ad* d^lonal compensation hereunder; but the rate of compensation shall In no case ?be less than that flxed In the award. That is, when the price of said coal reaches $4.55 per ton, the compen sation wtH be Increased 1 per cent,, to continue until the price falls below $4.55 per ton, when the 1 per cent, in crease will cease, or until the prices reaches $4.60 per ton, when an addi tional 1 per cent, will be added, and eo on. These average prices shall be computed monthly, by cm. accountant or commissioner, named by one of ths circuit judges of /the; third judicial cir cuit of the United States, and paid by the coal operators./ such compensation as the appointing judge may fix, whlfh compensation shall be distributed among the operators in proportion to the tonnage of each mine. In order to secure the successful working of the eliding scale provided herein, it is also adjadged and awarded: That all Cflal operating ^SMfranles file at the. United States Commissioner of La >ar, a ^i^fled atttement of the istegT of compensation paid in each occupa tion known in their employment, as they existed April 1, 1902. . 9. No .person shall be refused em I ployment, or Uk any way discriminated against, on account of membership or non-membership In any labor or ganisation* and there eJiall be no dis criminating against. or interference Trtth, any employe who is not a mem ber of any .labor organization by mem hers of such eytfaulaatlon. ? ~ ? 10. All contract miners shaU be re Wlr&M l^p^tthln a reasonable time before each pay day. a statement ofthe amount oftnoney due from them before each Day day. a Statement on the Amount' of mahey tlue from tbem to thelF laborers, and such sums shall be deducted from the amount due the contract miner, and paid "directly to each laborer the compady. All cm ploy eg- when paid shall be furnished with an itemised statement of account. 11. The awards herein mpde ' shall continue in force *n.tll March 01, 1906; and any employe, or group of employe* violating any of the provisions thereof, shall be subject to reasonable discip line by the employer; and, further, that the* violation of any provision of these awards, either by employer or . employee shall not . Invalidate any ot the provisions thereof. ^ The commission also made a number of- recommendations which may be summarised as follows: The discontin uance of the aystem of employing "the ooal and iron police," Mcause this force Is believed to have had an irrlta ttng effect, and a resort to-tho regular ly constituted peace authorities fa case of necessity; a stricter enforcement of the' laws in relation to the employment of children; that the State and Federal governments should provide machin ery for th* malting of & compulsory investigation of difficulties, simitar to . the InveMisalton which this ComxntsH slon has made. 1 The commission expresses the opin io* that with a few modifications the Federal act of Octobw, 1888. authoris ing a commission to settle controvert sles between railrosd corporation* and Other commdn carrier* SoUld be mads the basis of a law for arbitration in the anthracite coal mining _hun1nfini The\ commission, however, -takes a 4s? clfrrd position against comvmsory ar "thf ?Ubj46t dt (iiu imifcuiLiuu of I 1st Weriw^ pM?, tk?eoattls. sion says It dow not consider that this subject H within the scope of jurisdic tion conferred on tt It does say. how ever, that "th* suggestion of a work ing agreement between employers and employes embodying the doctrine af collective bargaining. Is one which WILL BE RELEASED. The tnd of the Famous Maybrkk Case in Sight ^ SHE WILL BE RELEASED NEXT YEAR ? The fcifforl* to Keleuf M?r Duo En tirely to Her Friends on the Other bide of the Atlantic. Ixmdon, By Cable. ? Miss Florence Maybrlek, tbc American woman who waa convicted at Liverpool in 1880 op the charge of poiaoning her husband, Jam eg Maybrick, at Aigburst, by ar senic, and whose sentence of death was commuted to penal servitude for life, will be seleased in 1904. The an nouncement comes from the Home Office, which now authorises her Wash ington lawyers to use the fact of her release next year as a reason for se curing the Bpstponement^of the trial of the law suits bearing on- the prison er's interest in land in Kentucky, Vir ginia and iWeet Virginia, until she is able to personally testify. Those who are in a position to know, say thai Home Secretary Akers-Dougglas uhaa shown great courtesy in connection with the snlta nov?pendlng in America, that the decision to release Mrs. May brick was entirely due to efforts on this side of the Atlantic and ihat Am bassador Herbert has never been call ed upon to act on this matter. Mrs. Maybrick who was Miss Flor ence Elizabeth Chandler, and a mem ber of a well-known and prosperous Southern family, was married July 27, 1881, In St. James' church;- PicadHly, to Jamce Maybrick, of Liverpool. She was then 18 years of age, vivacious.' and beautiful, and a social favorite. Her husband was over 40 years old. In the spring of 1889, Jdr. Maybrick be came ill and In a few days dJod. His brothers Investigated hie death and charged Mrs. Maybrick with the mur der of her husband. A long trial fol lowed and a number of doctors sworp Mr. Maybrick died of arsenlcaX-pofs oning. The defense proved tbgt for 20 years Mr. Maybrick had beep a con firmed arsenic eater and thai he dally took doses that would havel killed a dozen ordinary men. Mrs. Maybrick eventually sentenced tor death by the judge, Sir Fltzjames Stephen, who I spofce for two days in charging the Jury and who said It was ^impossible for j the dcmlcal evidence. t~ Her mother,- the Baronee* E. Von Equlves, has beeu unremitting In her attempts to obtain the prisoner's re lease in which she has been aided- by iTTmrcnti nl f nctids both sidssof-the. Atlantic. In 1900, after the death of LLord Russell,, of Klliowen,. Chief Jus tice of England, a letter which he had written to Mrs. Maybrick In 1895 was discovered!. It showed that the emi nent lawyer was convinced that she ought never to have been convicted an<T it has" been generally understood that all the recent American ambas sadors to the court of St. James have don&^verythlng. jxwlble ? ? obtain Mrs. Mdybrlck's pardon. The failure of Mrs. Maybrick to testlf^ltt the suits pending ta States would cause the loss to her and her ^mother of all title and lnterenstin islrge tracts of land situated In Kentucky *?d Vir ginia and West Virginia. S'cretary Skm Atlanta, * Atlanta. SpeelaL ? Secretary of the Treasury- Leslie M. Shaw, accompanied by his wJtTrand daughter, reached At ^anta rfom How Orleans, tary will visit the proposed sites for the now Atlggta Federgl hulWlng and will leave fcfc Washington at noon over the Southern. Secretary Shafcv is being entertained while -here by Col. Robert J. Lowry. An elaborate banquet at the Capitol City Otab was tendered by the At- _ ?lanla Cfearlhg - HoOSe -AWOCtatttra. Secretara Sbaw responding . to the toast "Ohr Country." The other speakersT were ? Governor... Terrell, Mayor Even P. Howell, Clark Howell, Jame* H, Gray, Hoke Smith, John Temple Graves and CoL Lwry, All Quiet at Guatemala. a Washington, Special. ? The follow ing cablegram was received Monday At the Navy Department from Rear Admiral Coghlan, commanding thd Cai ribbean Sea squadron, at tSuate -trM^^-ynatnrdnjr- "All qnt?t fror* The* report with reference to Celba states U is iu the hands of revolutionists. I shall proceed with the Olympfa and Panther to . Celba, on the 22nd. Only cable communication* are vl% Bocaa through the. minister at Guatemala City. Will communicate at Psesto Bar rios as often as practicable." Milwaukee, Special.? Treasurer j'Tfn Op^ia Oosspaay, waajaobbad of cash and notes amounting t?? all to about $3,000 here early Monday, the money having been taken from bom oath hia pillow while he* slept, ft Is aaserted Am missing. r t- 'i ? ? ? .. ? ^ TrfHl? kUl Hcrs sII. London, By CaWt< ? The correspon dent -Tyrrmia- Patty ^ Ofcsomhils. . a*. l!VE HEMS OP NEWS Many Matters of General Interest In Short Paragraph*. The Sunny T^u^lr. Flood conditions still Jy-ausu groat apprehension and much danger in the West, James R. Keene, though 111, contin ued his battte with the Harrlman in* terests ..tor Southern Pacific control. Plaquemlne, I?a? Special.? The river at this point rose four-tenths during the past 24 hours. The gauge this evening roads 33 1-2. The back water on guyou P.aquemlno and Ixiwer Orand river is higher ' st , this time than In 1897. A number of arrests have be4n made by the lev* inspectors of parties riding on the levees. The levees are In splendid condition. At Tlu National Capital. The office of Director of .the Census has been offered to Mr. S. N. D. North, of Boston. The State Department Is hopeless of any fruits coming from the proposed Alaska boundary arbitration. A verdict of aequlttkl was found in the case of Ensign Ward K. Wortman In connection with the explosion on the battleship Massachusetts. J. Plerpont Morgan conferred with President Roosevelt at the White House. Mr. George Uhler, president of the Marine Engineers' Association of the United States, will succeed Oen. Jas. A. Dumont, chief of Jhe steamboat In spection service. / a4 The North. A $3,000,000 oyster combine was or ganised ui Providence. R. I. Dr. R. C. Flower wis arrested in New York on a warrant charging him With gramf larceny." Clovernook, the home of Alice and Phoebe Cary, near College Hill, Ohio, has been sold. The Fire Department of Lafayette, Ind., turned a stream of water on riotous students of Purdue University. Miss Maude Mullock* of Washington, D. C., was hurt In a railroad wreck near Mahoningtown, Pa. In a suit against the exeoutor of the estate of C. B. Rouss, In New York, the mother of' the plaintiff, Miss Bdna Weller McClellan, told of an alleged settlement of aweek on her dfctfgb* ter. From Across The Sea. The Czar of Russia Issued a decree granting r eiftffawc freedom throughout bis domain^ amf' Mtaift other re forms. ? ) .Lord Granville Gordon received a letter from his wife, who Is In France, The debate on religions ordera was opened Jn the French Chamber otXEfilfci, utles. ? Lord Mlnto opened * the Canadian Parliament An effort will be made to gat the Pope's consent to allow his jubilee gifts to be exhibited at the St. Louis Exposition. John Redmond waa the principal speaker' at a St. Patrick's Day banquet In 'London. The Reichstag budget committee vot>? ed' In favor of appropriating $760,000 for Germany's exhibit at the St. Louis fair. Sir Robert Reld urged In the House of Commons that international action be taken to limit naval armaments. - King George of Saxony wrote an open letter to hla.people blaming Prin cess Louise entirely for the- recent court scandal. Russia ohd France favor granting China's request to have the Chinese tariff dues cojjgcted In gold. A revolution has broke out in Uru iuav. % MI*?*lt?fieou* flatter*. Another day'a testimony la tha Bur> dick 'inquest at Buffalo threw much light on the facta suiroandlng -the murder, but failed to <Msdo#a the guilty person. ? ???? Levees and railway embapjunenu are breaking along the Mlaalaalppl and flood conditions are very grave. The Wgbaah Injunction suit waa taken up by Judge Adam* ft Bl UWti and the day conaamed In reading affi davit*. . flehwnb, president at the Steel Trust, and Mr. D. H. Francis, prwrtdcnt of the SO^onaLMxpotltlMl, gfilHu lu Hew York oil the kionprini WHUelui. The police <>f PhlladtfWla are In vestigating four new chMfpss against Gloofge Hoeaejr, the negro herb doctor, auspeetcft of poisoning. ?- # Bx- President Ororer Cleveland an nounce! that he would take a trip WW and be St Ihs spsnfngof the St. VICK COSES HIS JOB Dr. Person Succeeds to lite Wilson, ' N. C.? Postoffice . ? COLORED POSTMASTER GOES OUV. Tlie Vlck Cs?c Has Attracted Much Attention In All Scctlonv of the Country. Washington, Special.? What Is re garded as the. closing act in Senator Prlteliard's fight against "the elements of darkness" as represented hy Poat rnaater YIck, of Wilson, the last of the negro ofTiotatis of any consequence In North Carolina, took place Tuesday, when the President named Dr. B. T. Person to succeed the colored offl claj. The Vlck case attracted attention among all North Carolinians as soon as Pritchard asked for the negro's re moval, for the reason that It was real ized that it was a contest between tho Senator, representing the "Illy whites,'' on the one hand, and the negro ele ment of the Republican party on the other, but it soon ceased to be a State afTair, and took on a national aspect. Correspondents for papers In all pajrts of the country wore soon hot - after \ every detail of the contest and it seem- l ed that SertatoV Pritchard had the fight of his life on band, a? the President had In other States apparently admin compared with the fact that he Is a whites, and national leaders of tho party were siding with -Vlck. Pritch ard, however, stood his giound. and the removal of Vlck Is a distinct vic tory for his polley, cm it 4s realised that he made the light upon the negro post master primarily becauso he la black. The charges brought against Vick's party fidelity were mere side issues as compared whto the fflct thut he Is a negro. | The appointment jj of Dr. Person would doubtless have been made some weeks ago but for the fact that It was charged that he was not a bona flde resident of Wilson. It was, however, eptabllshed to the satisfaction) of the I Postoffice Department that hojhad not moved his residence at the time he was said to bb living in anothei/ locality and his appointment fo|lowey. $ \ Women Sull/tfgiaf a. New Orleans. Special.? The morning *?sIon of the woman suffragists com' pscd a work conference behind clos ed doors. In whteh the delegates and mombers only narticlpated. At the af ^crrioon s^Mrton^'^portB weri* presented j | by Kate M. Gordon, corresponding sec tetary; Harriet Taylor Upton, treas urer, and Laura Ctaj(and Mrs. J. Cogg shall, auditors. 'fheT&imtta discussed the need for more finances and a large membership. Tho treasurer's report showed that for the first time (hers was a surplus in the treasury that $5, 000 had been put out at interest, and the foundation laid, for a memorial fund. Susan B. Anthony presided at fKir night session. f?*rf?h C ?%y Bannoti of Kentucky, spoke on the authority of women to preach the Gospel. - Gall Laugblln of Maine, and Francis Griffin of Alabama and Raphael Fester Avery delivered addresses. i . ? ? i hrrfvy Lou By High Water. Charleston, 8. C., Special. ? A special to the News and Courier from Seneca, 9. C? aaysj The news has just been on the' Seneca river, at Calhoun, Oco nee county, was washed away by?hlgb water on Monday evening. It wag own ed by the Benedict Love Company. It fa aaid there igjere over 4.090 logs that escaped and there will be a lose company amounting to aboyt 136,000. Many bridges on the stream were de stroyed, which will cost tfcrc counties of Pickens and Oconee many dollars to replace. When the boom broke about "to men on the-loge were compelled to~ jump and awlm for their lives. There were no lives lost, but several narrow escapes. ... . . ftarrlag e of fir Vanderbllt. ^-.Newport, R. I., Special. ? Formal an nouncement of the date of the wedding of Miss Cathleen Nellsen, daughter of Mm. Fredrick Nellsen, to Reginald' Vanderbflt, was made last Friday. In all probability the event ^vlll be sotemnltedin St. Joseph'# Catholic, church, at which Mrs. Nellsen has been an attendent for many years. 5ix Wen Drowned. - Memphis. Tehn., Special? J. M. Hood returned lt from the flood district of - Arkansas and reports that at <3anrin, a stattrm on. the 'Friaco- Railroad, flsliinliU afttrntiTMi a skiff containing fmtr drummers and two negro oars men was swept under the track eftbe railroad in a stiff current. The boat was overturned and all six occupants wf re drowned. Mr. Hood does pot know the names of the traveling men, but says they had employed the ne groes to row jhem aeroes the submerg ed territory .to Mound City, Ark., where tta^'Tirienat&'tp tikn ateam/| boat (o^WMWa. - ? " ; ' Wnto Heavy n i ?aft i a. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL TO MAKE CANE 8RYUP. An Opportunity In the South for Ms* chlnery Dealers, ' In a litter to the Manufacturers' Record Mr. 1). O. Pursfe chairman of the committee of arranpp'mehtit for the Interstate Sugar-Cane/Growdrs' Con vention. which In to kneet at Macon, Qa,, ou May 6 aiul toVontlnue In ses sion for three days, announces that ample provision will be made to brlug manufacturers of gyrup and sugar ma chinery Into close touch there with delegates to the convention from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala bama, Mississippi, Ixmlslana, Texas and Arkansas. Hp. adds: "In South Carolina, Georgia and Florida the growing of sugar-can?'t&d its mnufacture has alroady reached a point where crude methods roust give way to moro complete machinery, but tlio evolution is not ready yet, and may not be for several years, for*the very heavy machinery now in use In strict ly sugar-manufacturing sections. As the areas planted increase from aers plotB to ten, twenty five and fifty acres and upward, an in going on no* through thqso three States, especially the prosent season, will compel the purchase of much new machinery, and the occasion will afford an .unexcelled opportunity for adapting the new ma chinery exactly to the needs of the situation, 1 hope this opportunity will be freely availed of by the manufac turers of syrup and sugar machinery throughout ti?e country convenient of access to the sugar-cane belt. "The division of chemistry of the ^Department of Agriculture, will soon be in the market for the full equip ment of a cane mill and ayrup factory ^t Waycross, (?a." Referring to the same subject in a letter to the Manufacturers' Record, President 10. L. Martin of the Cham Wv jifcveommeree of Macon writes that governing of all the cane-growing mates h&v* appointed five delegates' from each 'county, and that it is ex pected that between 1,000 and. 1.500 delegates will be present, a ltttK-fare rate having beed granted from all points east of- the Mississippi and south of tltfe Potomac rive^ President Martin also notes the opportunities at the convention for manufacturers of machinery. A (50,000 Addition. It Is announced that the Pee Dee Manufacturing Co., Rockingham, N* C., will expend about $60,000 to tend its plant. A two-story addltRM will be erected to plB No. 2 and edulp ped with 2, ?00 spindles and 200 looms. J. A. Williams of Hamlet, No. C., has contract Ur erect -the addition. The company >?ow has 12J84 spindles and 602 looms, manufacturing plaid do metB an<^ hickory shirting. : i Lumber f^otes. Among! the shipments last 'weejf from Pmiwicola weve ,3,088,000 s\?per> ficial feet of lumber, 1,597,640 super ficial fect?of sawn timber and 1,731 cubic foet oT hewn timber. The Ashevllle Lumber Co. of Ashe ville, N. C.. with a capital stock of $25,000, has been chartered. The In corporators are T. J. Perkinson, J. W. Rutherford and J. B. Dicker son. * The Miogo Land A Lumber Co, of, Greenville, Mo., has been incorporate ed, with a capital stock of |80.000, J Tie incorporators are John D. FUley, L. J. Jones, Henry P. Murray and others. The present logging tide In the T?u nessee river is said to be the best Wit lumbermen have enjoyed for some time. Itlsettlmated that over 3,ooo. 000 fjfet df logs were floated in last ~wsek for Chattanooga mill*. The J. O. Wesson Lumber Co. of ed, with a capital stock of $20,000. The Incorporators aro Walter 8. Denning, Marshal Long, George Mertle, J. P. Peters and others, _____ _ _ The wholesale grocery business of J. 8. Glddlngs & Co. of Tamp*, Fla., has been purchased by the ConsoH* dated Naval Stores Co. of Jackson viller Fla. It will operate it through the Consolidated Grocery Co. The Julius Seidel Lumber Co. of St. T Mo., has been incorporated, wtth a capital stock of $25,000.Thern ,v. j-oiaicjiH are Julius Seidel, Frank Seidel, John A. Michel, Otto Moser and William B. Beckman. $ Textile Notes. It is propoacdrto build a knitting mill Kingston, Tcnn., and J. M. Allen it Interested. Endeavors are being made to estab lish a kntttlntfrjnlll at Aberdeen, Miss., to be capitalized at $40,000. The inten tion is to manufacture men's half-hose . and ladles' and. Ipse?' stocklup. Charles H. Welch Is said to be Inter-] ested. B. F. MatildhL pf Anderson. S. C., proposes organizing HMcCormlck Mills, 'with capital of $200,000, to build a cotton mill. The plant Is to be located at McCormick, 8. C. and b?ve 10,000 spindle*. Ove* $100,000 have been sub scribed. Trenton Cotton Mills, Gastonla, N. C.7~wT1V Install additional machinery. | Contract has s been awared for 9090 spindles and Mher equipment to hi crease and- Unprove the plant, Prob ably about $40,000 wilt be expeadad on the improvements. It is rumored that Valentine *| Bfll^y^tokpo - Newton, JL: J^w?i establish a branch silk ntfll at,431ark*-~l jjturg, ^ ;- w ?- t*"""" ?r fhMt y fSst win lipnMj ? / ninor Rv?n(? of (he Week In ? Brief Form. Mrs. Nancy Mllllgun accidentally shot herself at her home at Mount Pleasant near Charleston Friday after noon anil died u few hqura later while on her way to the Charleston hospi tal. Magistrate Clyde, of Greenville, has ' rendered his decision In the caffs agalnt C. W. Clifton, indicted for p? tlt larceny, and the defendant wab given 90 day.jp or $160 fine to cover th? tev^ral casts' upon which he wa? tried. A meeting of the stockholders of the big Oluck mill was held, la Ander son March 10, for the purpose of elec ting four additional directors and de termining upon the site for the mill. A majority of the stoVik wasj'epcesen ted, most o| it In person. 1 Charley Surapter, the negro who in sulted a lady near the old Bldney park in Columbia on Friday afternoon, w?i. taken before* the recorder Saturday morning and fined $40 or 80 days on the chaingang. The recorder remark ed that he washed the penalty cou\4 have been greater. The pension board of Lancaster county has completed Its ltfrora for this year. The number of application#' approved, Including the old petoslonftfti on the roll, is 369, but one more than the pension roll of 1902. Thirteen of the pensioners of last year. <Mftht !?gl- , dlers and Ave widows of soldiers, navsl died. A special term of bcsbIods court will bje held in Newberry convening April 6th, to try tho case of George Strother, colored, charge^ with a pilwlnat? a*? Kuuit. On the 20th ot last February >MIwj Kmnm llowcra, a well known young woipan of Little ^fountain, waa assaulted by the negro who afterwards escaped but was captured and lodged The south bound Carolina and North Western passenger train was oaugbt la an awkward fix at AUisoncreek treetia feven mllea north of Yorkville Thursr, day night by reason of the blowing out of the cylinder head. The engine waa , then unable to clinib the steep grada lcadlng up from the creek and the pas- ? sengerg had to remain there until a freight came along and carried 'tlyftflk' kon to Yorkullle. A Boston lumber firm Is building f? large sawmill -on Oheehaw rlverUhf? Colleton county, which empties fntor ^ the Beaufott Hver. They will saw up the immense forests of timber that ara adjacent to ship North by way of gt. Helena Bound. A' huge dock and tramway are to be built, and the en terprise witt employ ft gteat deal of JAhar,^Tto?i^hin9i^3!ss^tr""^^ ? ' edto the spot by . atbrei ' schooner. The navigation Is deqp. Deputy Sheriff J. W. McCaslin, Greenwood, lodged a gay young thsrlo In the county jail at tf Saturdays-afternoon, together object of hie affection and~i The two young^nooplfe wanted promise by calling in "fc bavins a marrii ed at once.but tb* poaed, and now The girl had run the young man from, the girl's father rest HareyMlekfe.. at Columbia, was seriously tohrt 4n:tl _ y*rda Saturday morning: - walking -*-- 1 1 11 down an thing save his feet, Bg^$owardi~TOr knocked him . from stunning klm. Wh scon that his he pjuces, bout of hkJmee* end he was badly brnli body. ?Dygyj.ujtj A <l?pp?r youag white rested by the police Saturday on ai telegram of Spartanbttri cTty for S wind to re the same operating saUnslfeiy of the 8tate> His na when he went to UM on tain a package. tha In* for him. He cava chase before 4*0*111. BB lM?* -?; lot named Rayr who, it is tt in Richland county, and Ha bo canghti Just tn time to avoid by a passangsr tiylntl or G. C\ Ssndert, a found " _ Siit urday moralu| imjw turai causes OiMa wife. person ;-^sra.:. Oniseppths s m rv she waa I sba waa j azyl they \ charge <Sr