University of South Carolina Libraries
THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL VOL. XIII. P'ICKENS, S. C, THURSDAY, MAICiI 19, 190:;. NO.4. IPLM[JO GL[UNINUO, finor Events of the Week in a Brief Form. ''he following new concerns have been chartered: Stone I4tl1 Con pally, of Gr'eienville (coniiss10:io) Capital stock $23,000. Corporators, W. G. Sirrine and P. 1. Stone. lo\wlan L:oanl and Trust Company, of Bownian's tharter.) Capital stock, $5,000. L. 14. Fastcrlin, president; T. i. iruce. s:ecretary and treasuror. Itob i;son-I.llimt Company, of Winnbo'o (conImission.) Tihe ( m pally proposes to cngag:' iu farm(in1 g. Capital stock, $30,000. President, 'T. K. Ellliott; vice president. aml( g(en(ral muanager. .J. L2. Robinson. Gaffncy Brick Company (charter. Capital stock, $5,000. Corporators, Thompson I(obbs and J. Ii. Curry. Iauline Oil Mill Company, of Pauline, Spartanbirg county (comn mlisson.) Capital stoc"k. $15,000. Cor porlators, S. T. ). l.anenaster, E. 1). Foster, V. S. Montgom)lery Lydia Gin Company, of 1.ydia, in hJar.1ington coulnty (charter.) Capital stock, $3,000. O. 1). 1A'e, pr,csidenlt. and general lanager; W. F. I)al'galm secretary. Sumiiiteri lgI, Ice and I'owe. ('onh pany, of Suiite' (charter.) Perry loses, president; P. A. Hultman. secrotary and trcasituro'. Capital stock .lamcs L. Tapp Company. of Columnl bia. de par'tmntt store (c"ommiissiemn.) Capith! stock $1 .u. (:corporators, Jas. L. Tapp. foim2rly of Chariottc, and WV. Ii. f,yles alld .i(hn J. \e. Mahan. h'il co ny)PI' will (wel at. tle .leCrecry stan(1 a1 (ene(. A spe("ial froi N'hv."i,r; 'y says: \'d llCSdlay in1gOIl . alnr(t : U'l,. 1i8' hom," of lIr. .. . )a ) ir \',' om1 - 1)ctrl'' dr5iirIy( i by hr'. T1'm tire m-i ginat'd from t1 m o -,itsi'li d m l th hluse w\'aS ,(lmhost nV(l0copcd in llamcs be i'e the mman)r.tes w,:e ar , 1n1 tIey barely hal tine to m:i:e thir escapte. Nothing wa;s san .. li e\ven the cloti - iug of the fur1il;,. 'i'm illsl-l -" is Very small co:natrced to the l.ss, alounted to $1.70i. A Greenvillr" spc(-m! says: Jlagis trate Clyde h8s rn:endti(I his de-isi1)11 in the cases against C. W. Clifton, in dicted for petit. larceny, and the de fendant was given (0) days or $150 line to cover" tht( sevcral cas s Ipo( n n- hich he wcaa tie-d. '1'he remainlr of tlie case' were abandoned, as the me: chantts tild not wish to put the county to further expense. Since it is expect' (l he w\Jill remain in jail and not pay the fine. Clifton has furnished a weelk's sensationi alid has not )1'ofited himself in reputation or' inanc' s, while he loses as a book agent, In which he had been quite successful. Saluda, Special.--"elix Bouknight MahloI n Johnson and Alfred Johnson, Colored, have been lodged in jail to await trial at the court. of sessions, on the charge of being accomplices of Robert Iouknight in the robbing and burning of .\Ir. J. T. 1lerlong's crib a few weeks ago. Frank Aiken has con fessed that he was in the party. bnt he his not been arrested. Abram IHol loway was also sispected., but Magis trate I ittlI dismis se(d himi heeause of the lack of evidence agalinst. him)n. The Ic-gislature has provided for the appointment of a 'olnmission to wind il1) affairs bet w: n Smititer. 1)arlington, Kershaw an1d I_(e ioun t ies. ''he latter was carv'1ed out1 of parits of the ibhree count its namedCt firs3. antd there aret to be s t.tled severa I luehst ions relat ine; to th1e old( 30ount1ies f' r past i ndebtedl ness, et c. Gov'ernor H-iywarid in1 comn p1lance wit the neit' 11 hasi' rtie]stedl the legislative delegationi of each country to inme two membIl ers of1 thle (0omminis slin. Tlhe govero w'10'~ ill hiim3self a p Governor' Ileyward has1 been very much.'l pleaisedl on acEcoun lt of the num11 her of inv'itat.ions extended to 111im to deliver comm11e1nceent addr11esses, but. le cannot compl1)y with them all. WVithin the past two (lays lhe has re ceived no less thian seven such invi tations. The secretary of state has issued charters to thle following cocens The Church of Christ, Charleston; the town of Fort MadIson, Anderson coun ty; and to the Br'usy Creek Gilnnery companlfy of Anidersonl county, capitlal stockt $2,000. Th'ie Internal r'evenue deCparltmlent has h1ad conlshierable trouble r'ecently On aicount of complaints that parties r'epr3esenltinlg them2selv~es to be rePvenue *officers have endecavedc to ('olleet a1 goveirnmnlit tax fronm merCchanlts who1( are as a rule keepers of small11 grocer' stores 131 the suburbs of Columbia. Paul JT. Steele, a (2ndet (of Clems:on College, (lied there of pn3eum3~onia last weekt. Mir. N. W. lirooker, the chairman of tihe Richland committee for thle H-amip toln mfOt;3nent fund, Is niow v'igor'ously Pushing the canvass in this city for subscriptions to the fund. So far he has secured about 300 suibscripiMons, anid has collected about Oime-thlin 'dof the amount suibscr'ibedl. HeI finds, he says, that dozens of men say they will subscribe, but ask himn to COlme back later. This Is hampering the work badly ,and he urges that all try to say exactly what they can give when he calls. It is of great importance for the work of raising the $10,000 that must lbe secured by subscriptions at the eairlilest possible moment.-.Colum-i. bia State. A meeting of the stockholders of the Atlantic Coast . Lumber company- was hleldl last week and a nimber of prom.. 1oent men were in the city. There were ablouit 12 in the party and all are mil lionaires. DurIng their stay here they were the guests of Presidlent F. S. Farr' of the Coast, company. The party consisted of Messrs. Sampel P. Colt, Commodore E. C. Ilenedilet. James B. Ford, John J. Watson and H1. M. Sad ler' of Newv York; Win. Dupr:e, Arthur .L. Kelley, Win. 11. Perry. Richar'd A. R1oberttidh, Samuel Noirris andi Cyrus P. Brown of Providence. R. I, SOUTh CAROLINA GLEANINGS Now Recovering. Gr'eenville, Special.-Williami Rt. Gos nell, who was supposed to be danger o11siy w"ounded at Glassy Mounitin church on Sunday, March 1st, it is now ascertaine d. is speedily recovering from his wound. Lie was shot by Wade flowers, a brother of Alexander How ers, who was convicted last year for killing one of the IHowards, and whosu case has been in the supreme 'cotrt on an appeal until a few (lays ago. Hie was .Sentenced to three ye?ars on the chaingang, and when he hiealdi that the supem'('Iie ('Oti't r'0fulsed to grant liml2 a new trial, he camt- to Greenville and Surrendered to the sheriff. who tur110(1 himl] over' to tho county supi'lrvisor and he is now helping to itenladamtize the Ilillncom b road just outside the city limits. lie read the' supremi('e "ourt. lec"isionl inl the newspapers and th1en lost no time in coming here to sur render. WVad1e Howers is a young 111n not more than 20 yea!,S Oldh amd ;i i:. n';t known what the tlroulble was lbe tween'I hiimlif115c' and (;osn''ll, who is a married a1n1111 :1111 ab)otit 35 years of ag'. 'I'l' I wo men met. in the road not. far from th le Chtr1h 1on Sunday mior1 ing. and wit(otl. ally Words passing betwveen them 1'owers is said to have drawn his pistol and shot ("osnell, the hall passing through his ov"'r(-oalt into the right breast, inflicting a painful but not dangerous V0un1l. 1t is 'e p<ried that. he has bleen working a10out his preimiise's in the last few days. Gosnl(il is related to tlh,, lowards, and it is eoijetulred that the origin 1 this sh:otillg datos bark to the killing '4t Sit iisi On loward. for which :\lexan - der Ilowers is now serving a sentem-e onl the g:Inlg. One Rascal Captured. Spa rtanbuilt rg, Se eilll.---in \W'eIn-s. (:ay two gil ent'' looking whithe mi'n 'ivuliI as their nam('s .11orris ,1ud Bray. hir'd a 1(11Out from iilin:, lham "& lioyd's stal)1's and (Irov(' in the F'airliot, dection, ealrr1yinlg (ntalogu('s, a1v 'I'tisilig themi selVt's as r:pres( ta tives of the hohlse; of Sears & Roebuck of Chicngo. Ill., mlanuifneturers, of wvagons. bIIggies, pianolS, ( rgans. 't('. Tih('Sp mn inl their travel meL t) p1withi Mir. .1. I1. Bridlwell, who lives between Moore and Iaim''(ont. They son struck a trade for a huggy. Oh the advalice payment1. of Bridwell - of $20. Morris wrote him a receipt purporting to be from the house for a $35 huggy, the re mlainder of the money to be paid whlen the huggy was received by BIridwell. The receipt was signed oin an ordinary piece of paper with pencil. I3ridwell, after the departure of the men, not feeling exactly secure. came to the city and sought Mr. F. T. Cantrell, a local dealer in wagons and buggies, having been informed by Morris and Bray that they had sold Mr. Cantrell a car load of buggies. TliS proved to he a tale without any foundaion after a short conference with that gentle man. Bridwell then appeared before Magistrate Kirby and had a warrant issued against the two men. At the time the constables went. to the board ing place of Morris and Bray in the city, it was discovered that. the two men had disappeared. It was also iis covered that their baggago had been se(nt, to Coluibia. Saturday aftel'noonl a telegra mwas rceeivel here stating lhaI. one of the two me11 had been ar rested in he capital ('ity. which one the dispatch did not state. Caught In Gecorgia. (Chesterfiel, Specinl.--Sever'al weo"ks ago onie .John I 1(orton, 'olored,l was ar' rest (:1 oni114 124) horile Ic'harge of in-' tfant icde;: andc worst of all it was a whit4' wonman who w'as his accompllice'. TLhiis was niear' Ca:tarrh., in the we'(sterni part oif the counitry. 11y sonic meanis he negro mianaged to ('scapie ando imi med'(iate'ly disap)peared'(. Knowinig that thle ne(gr'o had reclativecs in Georgia, Sher'iff 1D. 11. D)ouglass wr'ote the au thiorities thiere asking them to look out for him. In a shor't time a telegram ('amle alnnncinig his (caplturie. Sheriff D)ouglass at onice left for' the place. H-ornerville, Ga., aiml in a few (lays r'etunecd withI his prisoner, who is now in jail her'e awaiting trial. The negro w~as caplturied at the same town as WIll Urewver, colored, just one year' ago. Br'ewer' was tIe niegro who killed Albert Mann, at H ornisbor'o, this couni ty. Emingrant Agent Arrested. Gireenw~ood, Special.-Some excIte menOlt existedl f'or a short t Iime Sunday113 a fternoon amlonig the colored 1)01)ula2 tion, caused by the arrest oif MIlly' Annt flush., a negro feniale enmigrationi agcnt. 1l'or someC time crowdIs (If niegro womnen hav2~e beeni leaving here for' New Yori2k anid as a result there has been andi( is a great scari'cty of cooks and( house servanOits. The Ilush woman wasi ar r'estedl b.Y Clilef McMillan. and at the pireIlim12iary heainig b)efore . Judg(e Austin thiIs afternoon she wvas bound2( over to thle circuIt court aind bond fixed at $500. TPhe woman Is a native of this conmty. An old negro man pr'es etnt at the trial made a side remark on the sItuation that wvas somewhat amusling. He saidi, "Don't kno.w what gwine tei' be'cum 'or de niggers; one.. halt uiv demi gwin'e tre (Ie (debil, and dle obber half telr New York." Marion, Sp)ecial.-Thle tial of .Jose pinfe Burns was ended Sunday morn ing at 2:30 o'clock by a ver'dict of not gulilty as to the c'har'ge of mler(Ii, ando guIlty as to carry'ing concealed weap mis. Judge Trownsendl imlposed a fine of $20) wvhich was promptly paid( andc the young woman was released fr'om custody. Telegraiphic BrIefs, Jubilee gIfts werel' presCented to Pope Leo fr'om the Dioceses of Brooklyn, N9. Y., and( D)allas, Texius. King VIcto Emmanue1i'2iiiil dlecoratedl Rev. Williami Iut, bead (of the Anmeri can Methodist work among the Itali ains. Trho Czar's mani1festo( dl''eei ng rel'l glous toleratIon in ilussia has Created a sensatio'n throughout Euroe. The dehnte in the Frenulch ('hambiier of D)eputies bn the religious or'ders5 iv.as cntlnednn RELIGIOUS LIBERTY A Decree That Shiows the Progress of the World's Thought CZAR OF RUSSIA GROWS LIBERAL L.ocal Self-Government Granted in Some Instances-A Long Step in Advance. $t. Petersburg, Bly Cable.--hl'e Czar has piiblishei a decree providing for freedmen of religion throughout his (omainl'ons, establishing to some de gre.' lo:al celf-govcr11nmen;, and nak ing oth"r conlessions to t. village Coiimittc'(s. The decree, Wltich was is sted in Co)il inenoration of the anni versary of '.he birthday of Alexanider lii, is colsi(dere( to be the most sig nlilicanlt act of state since the em11tUne1i pation of the serfs. 'I'he public hails it as tie Proclamation of anl era open ing up bright prospects of the e:urcy ill proveiuent. of Ittissianl inlternaI ad im inistration. The text of the decree is in part as follows: ''The trouble agitating our country, which to our (e(1 regret have partly been sown by designs hostile to the State and partly engendered by doe trines foreign to Russian life, hinder the general work of aneliorating the well-being of our people. These trou bles confuse the pli)hi mini remove the people from lrod(uctive Iabor, anid of('ten1 ruit families dear to ou:" heart, an(1 yo,ng elicgies amon1' 1g high and1( low, neccssary to the inicrll dlevelop mentt of the cotuntry. In dlemianding; the fullfillaent of this, our will, while rentainling strongly oppose'd to any vlo lation of the normal course of natlon' life, and having con!iden(e that all will loyally dischalr c theuir local (I1u ties, we are irrevcocably decided to tatisfy the necl for wVhi(h the State has hecome ripe an'l have dceuil it xp("dient to strengthen and decree it, expedient to observanmce of the 'rin ciples of tolerance laid iown by the fundamental laws of the llmssian lin pire, which, recognizing the Orthodox Church as the ruling one, grant to all our subjects of other religious and to all foreign persuasions freedom of creed and worship in aecordance with ather rites; and we are further resolv ?2d to continue t.he active carrying out of measures for the improvement of the material position of the orthodox rural clergy, while enabling them to take a larger share in intellectual and public life. "In accordance with impending measures for the consolidation of the national economy, the efforts of the State credit institutions and especially the nobles and peasants banks should be directed to strengthening and de Veloping the welfare and fundamental liillars of Russian village life and that of the local nobility and peasantry. These principles marked out by us for the (lisposition of the laws of the rural population are, when formulated, to be referred to the provincial government councils, so that with the assistance of persons enjoying the public's conii (ence, they may be further developed tlnd adapted to the special conditions of individual localities. This funda mental principle of the inviolability of co0mmunal property is to be maintain ed, while at the same time means are to he found to render it, easier for the indivadilal to server eonnlie.tionis with the community to whiich lhe belongs, if he- so desires. "Without delay measures nmust lie taken to reiease the peasants from the present bu rdensome l iabi lily oif en forced labor. "Thriough reforms are to be effeetedl in the priovincial governmmenits ainld dis tricts adlimiistrationial by the local representatives, while attention will be dlevotedl to seuring closer co-oper ationi between t,he communal authiori ties and parochial trustees of the Or thodox churches wherever piossibile. ''Calling upon all oui sulbjects to eo operate in strengthening the foundla tions of families, school and publ ie life under which alone the well-being of the people and the confidence of every one in the stablity of his rights can develop, we cmmiand of our ministers and chIef officials concorned in thih matter- to submit to uis th.eir views me garing the execution of our inten t.i ons.,, Swvorn, to K'tl ils Unicle. K ntxville. Tienin., Special.-GOarrett HIeddion,. an alliegedl moonshii ncr, has been etabbhed to udea th by his brother, Riley I leddon, ini Polk county. A year ago in an altercation11 with another br'othIier, (G;arreit k illed lim and( this mnurdher led to his own deathi. Ga rrett and Riley hail visited the town (if lie. hiance andu had started home when they became iivolved in a (luarrel about Garrett having killed his brot her, t he result beilng that Riley plunged a knife~ through his body. Garrett wvas taken home, where, after his family had as sembled, he gave to his eldlest son, aged 10, his l)istol, making him swear that lie would kill his uncle whien hc was large enough. Justice Day's~ illness S~rins. Washington, Special.-The A\ssoci. ated Press is inifo~red by a niembor of the family of Justice Day, of the United States Supr'emo Court, that he is suffering from a severe attack ol grip. His condition, It is adimitted, ir serious. Mrs. Day and two 501us ar rIved heie Friday. Two other sionig one at the University of Michigan. andl the otheri at a school in Asho ville, N.. C., are being kept (closely ad vised as to their father's illness. Another Restraining Order, Kansas City. Special.--An injunction was grantedl to the KCansas City Trrans for- Comlpany against thio" Team Driv ers''International Uhiori. No. 45, and the siympathiizers -of th'o strike, by Judg- .Johin i". Phillips; of the United St.ates D)istrict Court. The action was brought on the ground that the corn plahuiants are government cartmen, be ing emnployed by the governmnt io transport.ingr bohedm goodl, BUYS TOBACCO LANDS nillionalre Morgan Knows a (lood Thing When tie Sees It. Tampa, F"la., Sp'('ial.--A(lvi("es from Havana. whiiih ar"e considered reliable state that while in Cuba re'ently J. P'ierpont Morgan, representing t lie American T1oba(cuo Company, ("h>.' I negotiatioils for the pnrhlase of all th' 1ands in the Vuelta Abajol i disri't, u)on w\"hith is grown the line.tM g;a' of leaf tobat"t"o in tlt' worbl . I is u!sl inl the mninl,faltnre f' i r.2t-s. IL jlrlt'lil) v of I hei purchas t is . tr1 tll of this ine tobacco .i4 iii ,.ly for the use of thep fa'itrir-s (if till\n-a .enn ('ica a ('iarompany, vhii" h is a Iriat) I orl the .\m)''''1'ican 'Io o ;iiI llt, II lt ( t i iSt n l ln ar ' ,arii l !'I t indepr ndf ntl ('lear liav';ia i(oi s in 'lnlla. New ()rleians, Now \o 't othvir Iitits, will ha, .I. t lto i; (lst _ Whre for' their' tlne ':1"i uf iI;II I(. havco .nc'arly' all of I1' : l2 bIlt i ip plied ntow\ from the fit"I (1 rt"I,iII ttr have h'en bought by .\llreti::. I: will he at great blow\" to inl'l''it,hut trains action. Thle salr inv\' ,I . -''\r;ll mi0 lions. Negotiations hoit + i1 till'I(. ted w\ilh a numbec"r of imii bi-mulw (.s of 1ands. Of the I,ar gst 1'ar II :1a'; f:a>iori (': Inl this ity -four ar(' (1i) lanted mbl th IIa a i"1 epm-. aitedi by t he Il:liana.\ ;ri-an (i'im Standard Oil in Cotton. ilostan. .\ass., speviai.- :4 of thel l's(';nt Imlov3 et' . 11 ( :t( ;11td (lim (11ing ((ontsi lid(at1n o11 f a'rIjiiu ott)n l'iro(iet 3" 1 ompaiist a3' St . I'lrd (il 3e, w\hos' representliv's 're hae ing both sides of the mak+rlo i: and s''tk ing; t t llrry out p)lans whIich -t;andar.i Oil has hail for V n(' s 1 ,.' ' , ot-1de(ra ilin of t nt1 r tl i g i n 1h-- , iii 11i'i r, if 1!1'' "o t r y thriu'h''1i h iig j0rov d t al (i3: pro' 5 . S '''lly. t: ' bhi, otton 11ill, i a prolt g of 33 .3 t :-. .\1. W ll ot' s by 113i . a t h 'r o f l ' t ' Cl'p r (Company. I Ieuli.'sb o. h:( hein ,tto1: i n3' i;ild )ig man,~' wvin> .3 han int been 1i1 1134-' l':, A V . lt;'1:t' ( fli i's 111tli::1 ar. (hi( 131 ai 1 dirett"!' inl the Planttt:'e Col11r!'.-.,. lit' age Ac d e t l j .. j 't"o llai;ist y ear andi frofited $1,S00.t 0 b' he dl.. sy .tl 1 ;e is a pertonl friend of It. If. R eopt"r:, anotIher Statn(l ard( Oil lagnat'e wh has an in(fter In y the nters' ('ompr:s anof they are woring to ,ilcr lle trol of the Amrnoitan cotton tradh'. TIwo Accidents. ('harleston. R. C., Special.-A News ile Courier speeia from Sunter, S. ('., says: "l'.ohu F. aughrey, mao ar an iine of the proprietors of 1.1he l.ukiens litlnher-Company, of this ty, was fatally injured late Friday after noon by the explosion of the fly wheel of the saw mill engine. A fly wheel of the saw nilll engine. A flying frag mlent of iron struck him in tlie fore head, crushing the skull and face. He was taken to the inflrmar.y, bult noth ing could he done for him and the dot'tors say hie cannot live till mid night. The saw mill was c'omplotely Wrecked anod pieves of (ho wheel fell 150o yards fromi the mill after pm;sin;; th rottg,h tl)e rool. 'The wheel w\as ten feet in diamet('1r and weighi'd ;,000 iigh Point, N. C.. Special.- A 'pholl messa"g from the country says Ihat Willial 11(, who lives ne:ir II is :lace, and a negro 1101n. met a i".' Ileg' we('re Ingaled". inr etiing ftd iin a steamIi ('1431'' whien 3the fly-wheli legs~ an3d illin)g 3h ni'Iegro ins1tanrtly. Asheville 011 in P)roizpect. Asheville. N. C., Speeiai.--Tlhe 31irst wor3k of xink3!ing a well to fInd (il a:iil gas will be'gin Moniday on1 Dr. .1. TI. lIa Iird's farm (1n 1 liav( r Dam,)1 fivu' miles~ from A shevilleit. The huiln I ol)S 311he deic(33'k will beg in then3 but ('on side(rablle lumber)'l and1( 3ackle to be uised in Its (on3st rucetio31n hs already been1 hlaled' to the spotI anid thle contr3 atorIIs whio wvili ('re(t thle .derrick are h''r' ar E. W. 1I .tten andt Wni. lihal-l, of1 Sard(iis, 0. These gent limen are pro fessional derr''iick11 Iuidr and 333 are T hey saidi thait the wells 1in West Vir-. gillia were at least 3.0003 feet dee'p and3( that theo cost oif making a test here' would( be0 over $15,000. Tried te flurder Family. 111un3tsvill e, Ala., Speclil.-.Jos. Po'w era, ai younig.whilite' man11 of New Mar3 ket, Ala:., attempted31( to cx terial e a whole family near that place 1"riday. P owe.ra3' had1 a d.iIIiculIty with ,i ohn1 Winkle a few days ago and determ'3)in ad to get revenlge. lHe callied at Kin -kie's 1h01me today and( opu'nedi fire 13pon1 t' famiiily throughl a win Idow. l"ive hahly anti two women. Winkle's sonl was shlot in tile eye. Imm3leiately af ter' tile shlooting Powers took a trailn for Texas. The I'other's Congress. New York, Special-The anhlual eon ference of the Natilonal Congress of Mother's wvill be hgld this ycdW.at De troit, Mich., May 5th1 to 8th. To the hoard of management the conlgress 11a1 enltrulsted the condullct of Its biness308 for three year's, thusl givIng more time for conferences, disensaions, etc. An Important feature of the work of the congress Is to secure tihe eo-oplerat 'on of hlomle andt schoo01, whlech has been effected in hundreds of schools on plans outlined by the congress. A New Merger. RaleIgh, N. C., Special.--J. S. Wynne, secre'tary and tr'eatulrer of the Rlaleigh Cot,ton MIills, of this cityi Is athority for' the1 statemlent thaIft a.' new F"ries merger' will lbe formed bly the0 aid of New York capitalists~ andI that the (0on solklation Is e?xpcted to1 be effected 'arly in April. The Raleigh mills wvill LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS, Many Matters of General Interest in Short Paragraphs. The Sunny South. Ileavy floods are Ilreatenlilg townw Ol the lower .\lississippi. TIhc SOUtherni Rtailway will g;reatly enrige its shops at tipelcert. 'Ih' North ('arolina (ieneral .\ssEint. bly (lese(t its hi-annu(al svssionl .\lon. dlay. Alio g the .\lississippi the lev('s are being )IIr4'ngth(nedt with hags ofI sotn( andi the levees are breaking in plIa-(. G;overurnulent enginteers repElIt that the highest wler evEr la. i il' i -\lhissipj li is to bo f("ared1 Lefur,- 1i1. p'esentl IIthId .;!ibtl's. S'rrtar( y (I 1114he .Navy \l(cIy. w 1! a partr l of (fliE ials, Ie't ('liarh to . ( . at lit)em \\'e(In(-sany ()n (,.(i pattcl hOa(t I ((111 hil f(r a rhlise' il 1 hO \\'e:t 1udi s. T 1e ('(ilditi(on Of' ('X-S( tI'i'to .Iala(' l. Jone's, Of .\rkcan:;as, w\"m) ms h(' uf ill for ,'Ol d1a.:,. is rlpo rt((Ed as inl pIove(1. .\ pairuxys m of hiughs whicb] lastedl two (idas greatly (Iistresset Ihe' pat i 'int. ht the I)hysicianls ntw hmve this tviioI rabl(" sytnptnl ' u l er c i1o - irol n:'! the family (xprI'('ss te hope tha(t ho will ('ntir('ly reccO\er. .1. It. .\1"I ntosh. (ee a Ouns-l of t(,' siutir, I l (livi sin of thi l' O.jal ill' 1111 h (''1n1)plny. whto has been ili In A: lnt I f111 IOr some( tian( w\iith p n u m:onia, w;as h::st nId"ht rep,)rlc(t to be in a very crt -a on(lition. IH('i ( fo. )i:; reeO\"ery has bh'("n l ra(tically abhanOOn edt, alllh('lih his physi"i:uls siain that hi' Inay. lIve t w',o Or three da,ys. At The National Capital, ' hr' hi-l i (' of Iie ()rii n O 1by" Y' rn(u At is *X Nl ( (t !h. - internat. ioal c1 lie iOnst. Ut')( "1c"i)l:11 i t"(~'. o 1114 ti-, i &\ :('. lli rsen1tatis h t hrreee alil i\mera cas W'il nlct at the iiat, Ib pai11 -1 nt to c'Onsh(-1 t ' 'an i.\m waria a:t iilI'w:1 Thei P'I'r es ide1 'n t ha :ls InomIinaI-I W1\."I at.P liley to I Assistant 'nit( , : . reat ;rc at New\ York, ,twcs ("ling the late Conrad Jordan. At The North, At OIea , N. Y., 1 to (it l ersuna w ( ' kille :11il lilu le Ihat i i -l ) in.Iure 'L by an explosion of oil. The ftrryboait, Neptune wasi sink by the river steamne " Margaret a.t Pitts burg, but. no lives Were lost. Tm unsatisfactory bankl( -tate(ntiit and the assig)''ent, G ciDress( r & ('o. caulsed1 'to("ks to break sharply in Wall "rtreet. The protected cruiser Chatt.anooga, for the United States Navy, b)u11t by l.ewls Nixon's company, was launcbed at Elizabethiport, N. J1., Miss Lillian Chabl)liss, daughter of the fayor of Chattanooga, Ictilg as sponsol. I'he irectors of the Western Union Tclegraphi Company dleelahed the regl Ilar (li u'y (ividend of I I jor fIi(l. A statiment issE'(i trhnales the nlt revente fOr tih' (uar't(tr eidiing Mlarcb ::1 at S.oum A\rthinr It. P'ennrlll (o-r"(spontient inl the d!ivOrc"e stiit of Eldwin 1,. 1t)l icl who wa.,s myst(riousjy lnu(der('(I a lluffatlo. was dashd to death in an atImoily, a:(1 his wiTe who as with him, s belieEd I)o be fatally injured. gaon. William J. ryan, addrssing the I liebig1':ui.lud'i IaV11 l i'on EMItoion . (lletI t. \ '1EriticiE 4 ::.>.sie t C e 'ii9 1(1 (1ockholerst of the Pennsv/i ... o meeilt ig 5I a t Philad-1ha. t( 'i) lt in (lrlla1se theI Li' rapta s e n If thie (Ifom-i Judle A 0 I((I. I Adams,a at i St . Ii,o is, nale March 17~ asi the daii orh'r ngie i argments In Ithel Wahashdltai roadero inucillaon. Beln SJ(ii silng deaths on teIKsaramania which ar'ied in N'ewlork fromic S'outh'rn (ifuoe u the h eaIita ulth col filas to111suspect' M (hlera1 killing ordx plrsons thIeIvesel etained in' uaran Pte Leou h XItIit rae eived a jul(I(( dloeleaimoss. ts Clois Mlnstode ae oth Antrnetiae CTon Naival Comminto ltel otte. Nraw York expniue. Ina tI). Sarench Il Chabe of, I IgS ofuire y.\lrc Nineteen lnia!i401o: dretbined toi have' benc1 drone byjliE'tif i the lM i rf a lirr boau't'z oniyt he . isn ariona Sptcr Ialst, Ne ork.rcekfo dwl fr.ihtrEandl sat down afd t' foiln ofl eatvidhenrscen.ne f i m Ie sp /h i h lu e o ar s Th (m e f fh nsandv re SOUT1i[;RN INDUSTRIAL Lockttart Mills' Additions. Lockhart (S. C.) Mills' stockhOl! DI.Ii will meet April 11 to ratify action f tho directors in r'esolving to In. roase cap)ita\ stock from $h50,000 to $1.300,000. This inee ing will be moir' formtal routine. In its issue of I)ec"em be"r IS (Ihe M1anufacttur' it eord mlentioned the einLrgen ts which thiy incr'eas''d caital is to pay for, namely. (he erection of a No. mill, piltltnnel for 651.000 spindles anl 1.50t) toums. Only 25,0I0 sitil.dlt s :and '; 0 ()c111: will be instalbttl-.upont tht" ('11m lolioti oi ft mlinl strliu t ure. imt' ith 'r mllaelhincry wvIIl hn" il:tall('d at'. er tr first half of thet (.qulipmni"'o i): it succl' s.-fil l ()iperat ion11. 'Thlle t"com tily is lrote dlinig wviih th" wir'l in ttItetd In (llt':; ONxt'lnSiVt bet.tlerment., I h as (On ta ted for(i. all h mi.in. ' ry\". : :e enred-' t" bric:k ft r Illtiti bu i lng. ,Vhich will he a live to'l ::Ili i st r t"e 30xt1) ;l'lt. in the il 1thIster inow\ inl )1't)),I'e.":; of erectioni. .\ ll I t ';- " .vat 'r- ior,t'ks syst em I' lr1111 n a "tt(,. lun-.i:lllt)I rese rv" ir ;itlt a t "il >ridge acrtoss: I. -lroad I itr wil It.-li wi ll On"mst IA. Tlhis new ;;;ill w\ ill emt 'Oltt 'Itil Ki. 21y abot ou)11eop1 .1T I ioriginal Doubling a $450,000 Mill. TMiona:t:an 'Mills of Glreenli10. C.. ill doullec its tx(;(tiive lant. 1'he directors': antd : tucl:oder's (if fl, O'1'a Ito (av e2 iilbhOij.('.d (t lau in. Moven ln. "-. Il1d will Ii h t llemii it Io lit)ni lhi!; year. Ti c't" lreSenl in fallation Of $ 0, ) .till n acline'r ib :0. Hill ;;Iitdll'., atlld - ;t It !: .. wh Iich w ill Ie dtl lc ;:tt"1' $10 :at ite; o to b e 'reted. Ti- <1e:;r;-lte'r ( prod -t goill -iitinue I )1to b lio - t." .ttt.. -o . t 'ly, wide )int tlol at a .l , i,i'' he ki t ) r On er t io ..l I'. ;ay1}' I i- I I 'd )1t r .act It $ret0 ih, Illill cxI(llteiO . 1114'erl : Ireell1e t t11 Ilo c om p l('l, it. by ritaii d t. Tiextite Notes. 1t. Ii. tiIte ' r o f i blin. TI'4x;w. is 'Orre.witntiing wtilh Glalvestoll <T'I x;as) ltie:; r0el:1ativ to it c"rrlion O a :II'll tot ('O l mill at fIublin. . C. tillGachtorn, ildimnt. C, .. ntetlplates 'sltabi liing t knittint; nill. i wants inf"ormntat'iofn regarding thc knittin); indlltil'V , I rit'(s on mta 'hinery, etc. It0 is Iroos)ed tote tablish t Otton fatu'y at duatlun, Mliss. M. A. llit gc, one of tht' towni's Iner('hants, offers to dlonatte ten acres of land as site for thie enteririse. Messrs. M. Illnan, 11. M. Rtcmmei, .ohn G. Flcther and others of Little Rock, Ark., propose the cstablishment of a $250,000 'otton mill. The1i1ir plan is to securI $150,000 at Little Rock and $100,000 from outside cap)itallists. Messrs. l y Walkcer & Co., dry goods mcerchants, of St. Liuis, IPro., will es. tablish at Tupelo, MIIss., the knitting mlodd mentioned last medfoth as proposed by them. A bout $50,000 wvill hie Invested nI start. with. Thlle prodt will be ho idery. Ms.irs. W. L. WVt'lker, Ilenry lild one, .n(1 1 1'. wEdington, .i. G. lhins n Ind Lt'on Jos tlmon have int'orpo>rat.cd ti Souil thern T'lext il Co. of Knoxville, I'nu.. for mlaofl l'aCturin cottlon, lllax, htm1 .'lc. The capital stock is $10,000. No fitrther details stated. -. . . lu l 'ush, If ayton, Va., contem. ilat fin s I itali mach... l ,ig .nery or t b e mt fnte C''tt of 1ier of tnderwar. numbe of machsines tin ore too utiiz matin ar'e 11121stibe o tec requir' Avhi ot Mills Bastonya, N. C., as (lamagediil ony theu $3,00 In orthil mil heiti windt o rferrdl t las111tI wek 2eirlt s to,00thetibi' (ay.arel Ghrolio N.s C.,esen bineer in chroW o furnish, parts fo the daaed'lo o ma h000nery. Ifhl About10,t8 bpndes band 300 cgiomis aro aprrated. WtCC I' nanuf aidre f tansratin cassimere (winll gnlrou nd pov t pat A BUFFALO SCANAL Sifting of the Evidence in Sen'satiou of National Interest BURDICK'S DAUGHTER A WITNESS. Sie is Only Sixteen Veara Old, But (iave 'estimony in a Satisfactory rlanner, l.1 t':ilo, tipe iaI.-- ,\1iss Marion' I'urrl lek. ;he pi tty, rosy-eleeke(1 iaughi'r of id. l"'lVI 1 Hllrick, wUs the tnost interestiung wititess at the int c11t'c: hc'fcre .Ildt ge .\ I'1pity. Marion a 0ye,11%; old anld heat-si a triling reseihitttev In- hr maother. Like Mrs. Mill, I.t vohtiteereal to linformlation. Sl, aillswel'f'd tin nllo( yllab1LS, whl' vtr ct1 l,sible. it was "ye(,s" or "no." \\'hen I hose rcr.lie: wo.uli not. suflice shi usNd as few words I.i possible. She was not. easily contused and there wias In git of agilat ion or emotion whlt n thl' district attnrnc y questioned her clnlsely regariing the events that oellrricl at. tlie t imut, her father was mrildred. .\ttlrncy ('(oatsworth hIe gan l.v slt:lin, kindly to tin girl, and caretfully c"hoesing his words In putting (1i0 51s ts to her. I.lter he fired itlues tilns in raiil sit ;s:iotn, all of whith we1r4 mll.t. with rclI;s bo)th sharp an1(1 tcisi'vt. At (o Hl(it,e wIlen the dis trict aitlrno.v asked the Same ciues t ion sit erall Iisties. thi k,irl cautsed a. mur'u Il' ill tlwe c'lrt, rino by raising her t"n'.t t sh:Irl.l inl a ch-ar emtphatic, "I don't ;i nv."' NntIin;; of intportanco w%as ellicitt d fr Iin i t while she wis n lilho slanci and It' district attorlwy IV ltc in tlt ;lutiI. ~ Sthc ::aidi that. Grandmonther IIItl. ir:st iilnormwtl hIor ihul ier 'att her was ill in lis '"tltn. ' That was before I)r. .\ar-y arrive d ltini hefore Mirs. Ilull liw'V uis tivly, accrtlin"gi to her owln t.stinmy, Ihat it wias lir-dick's otly lying in the couch. Tht district at Ilrney tried to get Mario n to tell why she altpiarntl. tonl; so little interest in her tather:'s illness when she was tol of it, by her grnimot her. Mlarion replId that she Inew that when it wats propcr for her to ntw (rand mtht('r' 11ul1 would tell her. She loved her father ant he had always been good to her, Imt. she wotutl not. admit that. there was attything wrong In her not. imunIirintg about. his illness or that she should have done d1itTerently. Marion admitted that. she knew of the divorce proce'dirigs instituted by Mr. flurdi-k against her mother. She sympathized with her father, btt. would )lot. admit. that she thought he was right in driving her mother from home. Neither vould she admit that she knew of her mother meeting Arthur R. Pennell. Dr. Wml. AI. Mircy, the family phy sicitn ann IirSt person to see the deacd body after the muritlerer 'over'e(l it uip, was the first. witness of the (lay. )r. Alarey admitted that lie told )r. ilowland, the medieal examInetr, that if it. was suiclde, or lookod suicidal, it wouli he all the better for the family to atake it. out a case of sulcile. I at.er he agreed with I)r. Ilowland that the Suicide i heor"y Wats untenable. )r. Mar (y was sharply (utIst ioned on his sui ide statemtnt and in telling why he nail, it said: "Well, I thoght it would save Tut' i (k's gioid ntanti'. I saw litm almost. disrohleil lying iii the t'ouch, and I saw lie iiinith on t hi tabile, estpet.ialy as5 thie dii vorce prio(Cted igs htad b)een Te it ness si d Alr's. IIltll had rnot askeid hint at. anyt3 time' how iarii'ick hadic ben il iIled. lie t houight hte had had a w'.omanlh there. it re'spontso to At torntey Hertsell's (lest bits, D)r. Marcy sa Id lie lhad ('ome( to lith onlusli.ion that II urdleIk wats killed betweent maid night. andit 1 o't'lock ini the morinilg. "W~hern yOtt first looked att the body did y'ou seeth' wii' oundis oin thte head and brinis seattired abtl)t?"' "es, sit'." '"And youi hiad th i dea that It mtight ho a ('ase' of sujidi'ie?" "'Well, 1 did( not know. I had niot Ctonrslidered.'' "'Then fact that thtere wOre pillows pi led upon)i thle hody' was (contfirmationl of y'our sihilde thieory ?" A ttorni-ey IIat'tst'll br'otightt ouit the intt(riestinug fact thtat thle gas in the hall and it the den was lightted b)y an t'ltctriie appillianite. Ily priessing the buttort thte gas roithl lit lighted. IIy' press5 ig anrot her bui tton it. wvas extirn. gishieil. Ont thle night, after the rurt de r it, was foiind thtit tue electiIe ar rantgemnt did not wor'x. An Iivesti i.ait ion showv.ed that some1( one had. tura ed oiff thle gas In the den instead of ex I iiguishm lg it by nmeans of the hutton. 'i he at1 torn'si '5 puripose in br'liging ott thIiIs fiat was to show. that wvhoever was In the hrou,se otn the night of the miurdier' was niot famitilar' wvith the elee tric ar'antgement rot' tuinig out thto gas. Wm.t V. D)elahunt, the cabman whto took an uinkntown man from in fr'ort of thie Trift flouse to the cornrer of Ash landt avenue andl( Bryant str'eets, thro nIght of the murder, told his story. "Dild you afterwards see Arthtur RI. Pennoll in te distrtict attorney's of fiee?" asked Disticte Attorney Coates worth. "Yes, sir." "When you were asked in my ofrido if he wvas the mart you hatd taketn to Ashland anti Bryan streets, what was youri treply?" "I saud I could not tell. The man looked like thie samte. I . could not swvear that It wvas Pennell." 1'Te hiackmcnan then t'oltd of taiking a p)ar'ty or threeC on t.I1e mntt or t.,io mur ter fr'om.ltho p0'forne of.Nor'th Division street to the 'or'ner' of Asifineid aye nuie and1( Summer streets. In tite party were'( a man, a wvomani about 30 years old with lightt red htair', and an elder womtan. At Sutmmer' and Main str'eets Uthe man and the older' woman left the aial'I" '.-nd he ttook the y'otungor we nan to rho cornttcr of Summer('u anti \shland( 9 . ets. Shte waiked (downi \sihlpnrd treeCt ini the dIirectiti of 'Burtdick'ts hiouso. lie saw (lie samte \vo nana about two hours't lter' downi town, iut coutld riot say whiether' she was tho <amne w.omarn he had seen ort West luDe sret