The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, January 28, 1902, PAGES 3 TO 6., Image 3
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A IEAVY:-SIORTAGE
A Trusted Employe Gets levolved for
-a Large Amount.
SALARIED MAN HAS BIG HOLDINGS
The Alleged Embezzler Denles That
There is Deralcadon, But Has Sur
rendered His Property.
Cincinnati, Special.-Senatorial re
vorts were published here on an alleged
shortage in'the books of Theodore
Braemer,.who resigned last Sunday his
position as- secretary and treasurer of
the J. & F. Schroth Packing Company.
of this city. The story as first published,
alleged a shortage of from -$160,000 to
$400,00, extending over a period of
twenty years, and claimed that Mr.
Breemer had turned over all of his
property and chattles in trust pending
an examint.tion of the books by ex
perts. Braemer denied that there was
any defalcation, but admitted that he
had turned $72,O00 In personal prop
erty over to Harlan Cleveland, his at
torney, and Jos. W. O'Hara, attorney
for the Schroth Company. Mr. Brae
Tner talked freely about the case.
Braemer Is 45 years old and has been
with the Schroths 27 years, most ofrhe
time receiving $25 per 'week as-*6ok
keeper and in recent years twje that
amount as secretary and treasuMr. The
firm did a businesg'of about a million
dollars a year, which was handled by.
Braemer. When- John Sebroth died,
more than a year ago, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Nippert became. the attorney of
ils heirs, who inz;tituted an investiga
tion of the company. This finally culmi
nated In a meeting of all interested
parties at which Braemer resigned and
from which the sensational reports
emariated. Harlai Cleveland, attorney
'for Bramer, and John W. O'Hara, at
torney for the company, and also trus
tees, are engaged with the experts in.
-examining the books. The accountants
-4nst4hat, they cannot complete their
work for two or three weeks and coun
sel say that no reliable statement can
be made until that time.
s5 Ue e nest res
deuces In the city and it ,is furnished
with all that art can .supply. In the
... sensational reports that have been pub
11shed no reference Is made to hIm as
havin'g any bad habits. The attorneys
- and other interested persons will give
no assurance that the report 'of the
experts on the examination of the
books will be made public when com
pleted, as they state that every possible
difference has already been adjusted
satisfactorily by the property that
Braemer has turned over in trust.
Braemer said that he had transferred
to the- trustees $72,000 in Standard Oil
and Cincinnati Gas and Electric stacks.
This, he said, would amply cover any
errors which might be found on the'
books. "I'll tell you the truth of the
matter," said Braemer. "The 'old man'
and I have been fighting for about six
months and I 'concluded to quit and I
resagned Sunday. Some errors had been
discovered in the books and it was
mutually agreed to have an expert go
over them. In order to indemnity the
company, Attorneys Cleveland and
O'Hara were appointed as trustees of
my estate and I turned over to them
$72,000 in stocks. If any shortage is
found I am to blame. The salary was
$50 a week and had been for the past
ten years. I owned $15,000 worth of
stock:In the company. I wish to say if
there Is any shortage I know nothing
of it."
Tiliman in a Debate.
Fredonia, N. Y., Special.-Benjamin
South Carolina, and Chas. B. Landis.
*Representative of Congress from Indi
ana, engaged in a spirited joint debate
Ipn Dunkirk on the question of "Demioc
racy vs. Republicanism." Two thousand
persons listened' to the addresses which
were along the lines of the platform of
1900.
Celebrating Colony Founding.
Mohile, Ala., Special.-The first day
of the celebration of the 200th anniver
sary of the fouinding of the first permna
nent French colony in Louisiana and
the establishing of Fort Louis de la
Mobile in 1702 by John Baptiste Le
Moyne and Sieur de Bienville, was ob
served successfully. After a parade of
civic organizati'ns a bronze tablet was
inyelled at the (curt house, bearing
an inscription in honor of the Le
Moyne brothers. De lherville and Do
A Bienville. The progamme consisted
of an invocation by Robert Moses. ad
dress and presentation by Hon. C. W.
Butt, acceptance by Mayor T. iS. Fry
and benediction by Rev. W. H. E. Cox.
A salute of 21 guns was fired.
-A New Steamer.
Newport News, Va., Special.--The
Newport News Ship-Building and Dry
Dock Company received word from
New York that they had been awarded
-the contract to build a new steamer
for the Old Dominion Line. The new
iessel will be handsomely eqnipped and:
wi cost $600,000, wll be 366 feet long.
saa lave a beam of 46 feet.
INDUSTRIES DEPRESSED.
Majolity of Cuban People Are Ready
For Annexation.
Washington, Special.-Col. Tasker
Bliss, the United States army officer,
detailed as collector of customs at
Havana, was before the ways and
means committee concerning the Cu
ban reciprocity. In opening his state
ment he disclaimed authority as a
sugar expert and said his knowledge
was confined to that of an observer
for three years in an official posi
tion. dealing with tbe. trade of Cuba.
This had led him to hope that if there
was any change In the tariff it would
be such an adjustment as would
throw into the hands of the United
States the large amount of C
trade now taken by foreign co es.
Speaking first of the conditio of
the Cuban industry, he said It 'eas
greatly depressed. The leading a
vana banks were 'refusing fiu.r
credits to the sugaCLgpters, Id
when this occused iaraa asu . i
dence of the distress of the plinta
tions. He roughly estimated the su
gar industry of the island at $200,
000,000 and said about three-fourths
of the people were dependent in one
way or another on the sugar indus
try.
Chairman Payne asked Col. Bliss.
to specify what advantages the Uni
ted States could gain from Cuba and
.Mr..Payne also called attention to the
-low-tariff rate Cuba Imposed against.
the) United States.
Col. Bliss said the average ad
valorem rate was about 21 per cent.
and he presented tables, designed to
-show how a tariff readjustment could
throw practically -all of the Cubin
trade into the hands of American pro
ducers. At present, he said, Cuba
bought $66,000,000 of which the Uni
ted States furnished $28,475,000, and
the balance of about $37,000,000 came
from foreign countries. On many ar
tic,-e such as fresh beef, railroad iron
a her specified articles, the Uni
t _tates had a practical monopoly
of the trade. But on many other ar
ticles, totaling about $45,000,000 the
United States had but $10,000,000 of
the trade.
"By. a reasonable modification of
the Cuban tariff," said Col. Bliss, "at
least 86 per cent, of this trade can
be thrown to the UnIted-"tatm"
submi
Sje submitted -a list 1~t.n.
'a differeutinf6r ibot -33 per
cent. favorable* to the United Stktes
as against other foreign countries
would give us the trade. In reporting
on this to the war department the
condition had been imposed upon hi*m
not to reduce the revenue of Cuba.
Under such circumstances, he thought
It would be necessary to first raise
Cuba's tariff rates, for purposes of
revenue, and the with a sufficient
differential to gi the United States
the control of the trade. This he put
forward , only tentatively as one of
several plans proposed to the war de
partment.
The members of the committee
questioned Col. Bliss on the' details
of the proposed readjustment. In the
course of the examination Represen
tative Newlands of Nevada suggested
that without our political control of
Cuba there might be servile labor to
compete with American labor. He
added:
"Are the Cuban people prepared to
come into political'relations with the
United States?" o h u
"*I think a great majority o h u
bans are ready to come in," Col. Bliss
replied.
"As a Territory or as a State?"
asked Mr Newlands
"They would be glad to come In as
a State or a Territory, or under the
millitary authority, almost in any way
In order to come under the authority
of the United States"
"If invited to come in first as a,
Territory, then as a State, would this
be accepted ?"
"I think It would".
Continuing on this topic Col Bliss
said he thought commercial union
with Cuba would postpone political
union Personally he was not con
vinced of the wisdom of annexation.
The feeling in Cuba was one of readi
ness to accept any conditions the
United States might impose.
Louis Place and Mr. Mendoza of
the Cuban delegation were heard
briefly.
Two Selected.
At'arta. Ga., Special.--The commis
sion to select two Georgians that will
hr- placed in the Statuary hall at
Wasnhiugton1. uet for the first time at
hi' es iti Alt!mug1Ih the ( dle(ision of
the em is ion' will not be. annmm(T1e.-T
unmil .ibily. an inftormal vote showe.1 a
pefe'nnee for Alexander H-. Steph."ns
anid Dr. Crawford Long.
Fire in Georgdto n
Georgeto~wn. S. C., Speci;~.-At 1:MA
oclock Sunday morning fire broke
out in the e'xpress ofli'e building,
spradingt on e'ithe'r side and destroy
ina: five other buildings with contents.
The Georgetown Times. the post
office. C. W. Rouse's statio'nery and
job printing: L~. G. Walker, lawyer;
M. W. Pyatt. lawyer; Col. Sparkman.
Insurance; Ingman and Bryant. bi
cycles; the Masons' lodg'-; Walter
Hazard, lawyer: P. M. Matthews,
civil engineer, and the telephone ex
change all lost heavily. The aggre
gate amount is placed at 3:?0,000; In
SiP MEN COMBINE.
Owners of Ocean Liners Getting To
gether For Profit.
HIGHER FREIGHTS OVER THE OCEAN
Every Line But One Trading* Between
England and America Enters Into
the Combine.
London, By Cable.-A representative
of the Associated Press has secured an
authoritative statement regarding the
rumored shipping deals , which; while
confusing the reports of t analga
mation ~ of several lines, reveals the.
fact that negotiations towards a trade
agreement are being conducted on a
larger Weale than hitherto hinted at.
What las actually happened is this:
Every 'ine trading between England
and America, except one, has agreed
to form d freight combination upon a
basis considerably higher' than the*
rates at present in force. That one ex
ception, however, threatens to upset
the prolonged negotiations, for Tues
day .fteen firms. withdrew their pre
viout assent, declaring that unless this
onet-.xception came in the combine
wog4be valueless. The line which has
so -(arrpnged the calculations, for
tholiiccess of the scheme was beiieved
to be 'practically assured, is campara
tively. unimportant and plies between
London and the. United States.
The extent to which the proposed
combination had attained can be jidg
ed from the fact that the fifteen With
drawals do not constitute.50 per cent.
of the firms interested. A representa
tive of one of the lines most intimately
concerned said that it looked" vety
much as. if the whole plan:.would fall
through, though he admitteo that
strenuous effbrts would be made to per
suade the backsliders toorme in again,
and leave the unimportant exeptionl
to fight its own battle.
The reports of a financial ainalgama
tiofi between the White. Star, Ameri
can Atlantic Transport and otherlines
are, strenuously denied.:
Seven Burned to Death.
Hambleton, W. Va., ftejil.-Alo
4 dclockE Tuesday inorz,. Camp
Company, fseveral les.from here, i
the forest, took fire and burned so rap
idly that seven of the '4O men asleep it
the building failed to get out and were
burned to death. Following is the list
of the dead: John Morrisey, John
Riley, George Van Horn, Arthur Hen
ricks, Thomas Hick;y, Mike OCan
ford, -Forest Manard. Wud Welsh was
so badly burned that. he is in a critical
condition. It was not more than five
minutes from the time the alarm was
given till there was no chance of es
cape. The camp was 32 by 50 feet and
the upper part all in one room and in
this the 40 men were sleeping. Two
very small windows. and the narrow
tairs affccded the only ways of escape
and those who went to the windows, a
dozen or more had to jump 12 to 15 feet,
the others rushed down the steps like
sheep. pushing and tumbling and fall
ing over each other. After they were
out, some of the men inside could be
seen in the flames, but no- -cry came
from the ding. The deal werefi
most ent .cremated. They 'wre
scarcely 4unds of the flesh 'ind
bones of te seven men brought: here
in a little box. The men who escaping
lost their clothing and were compelled
to travel thr'ough eight inches of snow
almost naked to another camp a mile
away.
Stock Withdrawn From Market,
New York, Specal.-The common
stock of the American Tobacco Com
pany was stricken from the list of the
exchanges Tuesday. . This action was
taken upon information from the com
pany that all but'about 1 per cent. of
stock had been exchanged for conlshi
dated tobacco company 4 per cent..
bonds under the terms of that com
pany's offer. The 'recent rise in price ofI
American Tobacco unassented stock
to 300, and advance of about 160 in two
weeks, gave rise to apprehension of a
speculative corner.
Dead in a Boat.
Norfolk. Special.-Jobn L. Pearce, 30
years of age, prominent in society In
Norfolk and cashier of the Standard
Oil Company's branch here, was found
dead Tuesday morning by a newsboy.
The body was in a small skiff in Roa
noke dock. No reason for Mr. Pearce's
presence in that locality is kno-wn.
The coroner's jury rendered a verdict
giving congestion of the lungs and
kidneys as the cause of death. The
body shows no marks-of violence. Mr.
Parce's books are in excellent condi
tion and there is nothing to indicate
suicide. He had been hunting at Virgin
a Beach and was in good health and
spirits.
Schiey's A ppeal.
Baltimore, Special.-Isador Ray
ner, counsel for Rear Admiral W. S.
Schley, has finished the draft of the
appeal from the findings of the court
of Inquiry and will go to Washington
for a conference stith the admiral. It
is expected the admiral will be ready
to hand the app to President
Roosevelt on Wed sday. The docu
met conttin, ovez 100 typewrItten
pages.
CONGRESSIONAL.
DetaHed Doings of Our National Law
makers.
HOUSE.
Twenty-sixth Day-The time of the
House of Rrcpresentatives was occu
pied in general debate upon an urgent
deficiency appropriation bill. An Item
in the bill carrying $500,000 for a mili
tary post at Manila precipitated a long
discussion, -which took wide range.
drawing into the d'bate some of the
ablest debaters on both' sides of the
House. A semi-humorous speech by
Mr. Clark, of Missouri, elicited a .reply
from Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, which in
turn drew the fire of Mr. DeArzhoid, of
Missouri. Others who participated'iSvere
Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee; Mr.
Grosvenor,of Oh;o; Mr. Alexander, of
New Yok; Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania;
Mr. Williams, of Illinois, and Mr.'Un
derwood, of Alabama. Mr. Cannon fi
charge of the deficiency bill explained
that It. provided for the government
servide - for the current fiscal year
where existing appropriations 'were.
not sufficient. The bill carried $16,
704,20. Mr. Richardson, thi. Demg
qratic leader, pressed Mr. Cannon to.
know .iiaker what law it'was proposed
to appropriAte $500,000 for a. military
post at Manila. The chairman of the
appropriations Committee replied that
there was no- specific law to establish
such a ry post, but whether under
the g ' prganizatio ,f the. army
iA t .such an nation was
in o r. ,eud rem the 'chair
m dmittee oth- whole to
det en the appropriation was
reac k-.
T t enth Day-Some of the
old - fir- wa injected into the
proc i of the House when the
item 5 b. urgent -deficiency bill ap
proprI 00W for a military post
at M -k %Ac the' Deniocrats have
been 1 *a, text for' speeches in
opoost lippine 9 i -Policy o)f
the ad ia I toa for the last three
days wiwlra ed. Mr. Cannon, in
cli . #f'ther bill, confessed -thaithe
approprition :was subject t.o- apointof
order andit went 6ut. In,lieu-thereof
he ifferel' an'amen-dment to. appro
priate thesame sum -for the "shelter
.-and prot ion" of the officers and en
listed mes' of..the aimy. doing duty in
the Phil ii 5nes. This the. chair. held
to be in- &der, .and it it once .became
the subject ,f a,very. spirited debate in
which Mr.: RIchardson, . the.. mgiority
leader, 3r Williams of 'Mississippi.,
and Mr. De Armond of Missouri, were
ittted- against thec iadrman o1tlhe ap;
propri qG. commiee. The te on
aygs 127.
Wat
late Pres . t Mc nley.
SENATE,
Twenty xth Day-During the great
er part of the -day's session, the meas
ure providng for the establishment of
a Departmaent of Commerce w.s under
consideration. An effort was made by
Mr. Nelson. of Minnesota, in charge of
the bill, t6 secure a vote cn it; but the
opposition to many of its provisions
becarwe so strong that the effort had
to be aba'ndoned.
In an extended statement Mr. Nelson
replied to he criticisms that had been
made of t -bill. The Departments
principalfS- affected by the measure
were those- of - the Treasury and the
Interior. The former had on its rolls
4,419 employes In Washington, and the
latter 4,881--each having a greater
number of employes than all the other
Departments combined. Mr. Nelson
said he believed there was a strong
public sentiment in the country in fa
vor of the -establishment of a Depart
ment ~fof mmerce. "We need it," said
he, "to-t outrselves on a parity with
other n ns of the world. We-need It
to put . commercial and ^industrial
develorn nt under governmental con
trol."
Mr. Pt, of Connecticut, supp'orte.d
the meaggre ns a whole, but offered an
amendment striking from the bill the
propoition to transfer the Patent Of
fle. IR was accepted by Mr. Nelson
and agreed to by the Senate.
Mr. Cockrell, of Missouri, offered an
amendment which was adopted elimi
nating fronm the bill the proposition to
transfer to the new -Department the
Census Office.
A House bill conferring upon Mrs.
Ida S. MrKinley, widow of the late
President McKinley, the mail franking
privilege., was passed.
Tyenty-seventh Day-Debate on the
Philippine tariff bill was not continued
in the senate, no member of the body
being prepared top roceed with the dis
cussion. The bill providing for the es
tablishment of a department of comn
inerce was under discussion for nerly
wo hours, but little progress was made
with it The debate upon it disclossed
no objections to the main features of
the bill, but merely a disposition on the
part of the senate to give it carefnil
consieration and so far as possible to
perfect the details of the measure.
The president pro tem, Mr. Frye,
laid before the senate a letter from
Sarucl Gomspers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, pro
testing against the incorporation of
the department of labor in the proposyW
deparmentof -commerce. Mr. oGnmpers
was of opinion that if the departmnt
of labor were incorporated in the de
partment of commerce, it would mini
mize the interests of labor, and he pro
tested, against any such result.
The World's Loneliest Missionary.
The loneliest missionary in all the
world is said to be Rev. J. 0. Springer,
whose station is on Herschel Island,
near the mouth of the Mackenzie river,
well within the Arctic Circle. The lat
est received letter from this most soli
tary man is dated October 22, 1900. No
ship has been at Herschel Island for
two -winters, and the. .missionary's
white neighbors are at Peel river 250
PATRICK ON TRIAL
teputed Murderer of Rice Before the
Court,
UE,'$25,000 CHECK IN EVIDENCE.
rhe Check Was Accepted Though the
'Genuineness of the Signature Was
Dobbt6d. -
New York, cial.-The takitg of
vldence *s gun- in the trial of Al
bert T. Pa i a jawyjr, on an indict
ient ch &.with the murder of
William Mh fIs city, in Sep
;enber, 190b.. Wallace, paying
teller 'at S Bank, . where ice
2ad an account, identifed a check for
125,000 payable to Albert T.. Patrick,
is one that had been presented to him.
[t was the misspelling . of the name
Albert .that caused a telephone call to
Rice's apartment ,which resulted in the
iscovry:that 'r. Rice had died the
previous day. Counsel for Patrick ob
lected -. every question asked on this
dne *the ground that the witness
sould not testify to hearsey evidence,
but the recorder overruled the objec
aions until Assistant District Attorney
Garvin asked who answered the' tele
phone: He sustained the objection that.
Mr.~~Wallace could'not tell who it was.
Wallace testified that he had' never
seen Patrick until the day the check
was presented. So far as he knew,
ice's business was attended to by
ones, the valet-secretary.
"In your opinion Is the signature on
the check the signature of Wm. M.
Rice?" sked the attorney for the pros
cution. - .
Cotinsel for Patrick objected, but the
itness was allowed to reply.' -
"In- my-opinlon," he said, "It was'not
Written by Mr. Rice."
On cross-examination Wallace said
hat when the check was returned to
.e bank endorsed "Albert T. Patrick,"
mad "Albert T. Patrick" he stamped it
'accepted," although he had doubts as
:o. the genuineness of the signature.
VInally he ad' "I do not know what
.A wrong with the signature, but I
on't. like it.It loes not look natural
P me; The curve of the "M'\for
nstance looks as was an after
Rice for 19 years. waa- ~ t He
>f a visit alleged to have been made by
Tones, the valet-secretary, to the wit
aess" home, in Brooklyn, but this was
ruled out. Weatherbee said he 'had
never seen Patrick until the day the
heck -was handed IS at the bank. He
bad not known Patrick to -be connected
In any way with Rice's business. When
Patrick called at the bank, he s'aw Mr.
Swensen. In the conversation that day
Patrick said Rice's body was to be cre
mated, as "the 'old gentleman was a
crank on cremation." Patrick also said
there had been an understanding be
tween him'and Rice as~ to what was.
to be done with the proceeds of the
checks. -Weatherbee said it was his
opinion that the $25,000 check.was .mot
signed by Win. M. Rice.
Counsel for PatrIck objected to thie
admission of the $25,000 check as evi
ece, on the ground that the defend
ant was under indictme~nt for forging
that check and that It would not be fair'
to baf te- ins ofthe jury byad
mitt ing .it. mns o
,This check is n fthe steps by
which I intend to provp the conspiracy
between this defendant and Jones,"
said Mr. Osborne.
"The prosecution should not be l
lowed to say that a murder was cm
mitted because they think a check was
forged," said Mr. Moore, for Patrick.
The recorder admitted the check.
Under cross-examination Weatherbee
said he was not an expert in handwrit
ing and he could not analyze'the sig
nature on the check. The doubt In hle
mind was more general than specified.
The witness said he.did not d~ecide the
check was nlot genuine when he first
examined it. ThIs was before it wa
stamped "accepted."
Mr. Weatherbeeg$hen testified that
the check was accepted and certified,
and that the certification was sancelled
by Mr. Swenson after he had talked
with somebody over the telephone.
To Observe McKinley Day.
Memphis, Tenn., Specal.-Acting
ayor Henderson has issued a procla
mation calling upon the city officials
and public institutions to observe Janu
ary 29th as McKinley's Memorial Day,
and requosting that .contributions be
made to the. mnemorial "fund. The
churches are asked' t5-take up collee
tons for the same purpose on Sunday,
January 26th.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Rev. J7. G. McCullough, a Methodist.
minister, aged 82 years, died at Wat
halla, S. C., Thursday.
The report is iurrent in Germany
that there is a great scarcity of plows
in England, because most of th~em have
been beaten into swords.
Samuel E. Allen, of Salt Lake City,
owns a Wycliffe Bible, one of the~ first
books printed in England. -The volume
is at least 300 years old.
At a meeting of the Senate commit
tee on public buildings and grounds
he' following favo~'able reports were
authorized: To make laddition to the
ost of the public building at Atlanta,
$500,000; to increase thercost 9t D~il.C
bulding, Newpoit News, Va.. from
$200,000 to $25000O.
SOUTIIERN INDUSTRIAL
New Enterprises That Are Enriching
Our Favored Section.
-A ,rgp liserease.
An increase 'of almost 191 per cent.
-in the :ipitt inyestpd in the turpen
tine and rosin industry and of 152
-per cent. on.the- value of the products
therefrom is shown in the census re
port issuod last week from Washing
ton, D, C. on the manufacture of
these products 'n- the United States.
The total slue 9f turpentine and
rosin products consists of $14,960,
235, the value.. of 754,670 'barrels of
spirits of turpentine, $5,129,208, the
value of 2,563,087' barrels of rosin,
and $255,354, the Value of miscellan
eous products, such as tar, pitch,
rosin, oil, charcoal, refined tar, etc.
,From the distillation of 4,033,153 bar
els of crude turpentine by the 1503
establishments exporting, there re
sulted 24 per cent. of spirits of tur
pentine, 55 of rosin and 21 per cent.
of other products. The consumption
of spirits of turpentine in the United
States Is 20,397,58T'gallons, or 53 per
cent. of'.the: qua atity manufaretured,
and of rosin 193,969 barrels, or 7.6
per I,-tt. The amount of crude tur
pentine (bartels) gathered and total.
value -by States follows: Alibama -
373,005, 'value. $2,033,705; Florida 1,
212,935, value '$6,469,605; -Georgia 1.
515,569, value $8,110,468; - Louisiana
20,299, value $115,324; Mississippi
359,529, value $1,772,435; North Caro
lina 361,729, value $1,055,695; South
Carolina 190,095, value $787,656.
Textile Notes,
Dennis C. Howarth, . president of
Chester (Pa.). Manufacturing* Cq, has
made a proposition for the purchase of
the' Memphis (Tenn.) Cotton Mills, a
plant of 14,600 spindles and 250 looms.
If the transaction is closed, it is clalm
ed that the Clhsster Manufacturing Co.,
will remove its plant to Memphis and
there consolidate with the purchased
mill. , ~
Eagle Cotton Mills. of Lawrenceburg,
'enn.; will be rebuilt. The plant was
destroyed by fire last week, and its pro
prietor, W. H. Dustin, who now, states
that he is in the market for en new
outfit,.to Include S30to400. lea
#ad full complement of power, for
manufacturing 4 to 16 About
Spartanburg, S. C., and will .continue
same. A capital of $30,000 is represent
ed In equipment and faciltieis for man
ufacturing loom harness used In textile
mills. Messrs. Isaac Andrews and S.
Vernor Muckenfuss are the managers.
The building for the textile school of
the North Carolina College of Agricul
ture and Mechanic Arts at Raleigh Is
nearing completion. Large quantities
of textile machinery have been receiv
ed, and -the iistallation of it will begin
In a few days. The textile school will
give thorough courses in carding, spin
ning, weaving, dying and designing.
It is reported that Lockhart (S. C.)
Mills will build an additional mill in
order to provide increased freight traf
fic for the Lockhart Railroad. This rail
road is said to' have been guaranteed.
when built, a certain quantity of freight
annually from' the mill, which it has
failed to receive. The company now has*
2,000 spIndles and 800 looms.
Enfield (N. C.) Knitting Mills has or
dered eleveni additional knitting ma
chines, with rjbbers and loopers to
match, and willhlso Install dying plant
within sixty days. The compa~ny has
been operating until now ten machines
on the production of children's hosiery.
Increased production will ze 225 dozen
daily.1
Ouachita Cotton Mills of Monroe,
La., Is nearing completion, and expects
to be manufacturing inside of two
months. There will be 500 spindles and
150 looms in position for operation.
The compdny met during the week
and re-elected Its past year's officers.
They Include Uriahi Millsap, president.
Harriman (Tenn.) Cotton Mill Co.
has put Its plant in partial operation,
after a shut-down of some months.
entire equipment' will be operated as
rapidly as possible expelenced hands
being scarce. There are 6500 spindles
in the mill.
B. L. Battle Manufacturing Co., of
Warrenton', Ga., will probably. rebuild
its knitting mill, which was burned last
week at a loss of $30,000; however, a
ddinite. decision has not been reached.
'The Chamber of Commnerce of Hunts
ville. Ala., is corresponding with Phil
adelphia (Pa.) parties relative to the
establishment of a rug factory in
Huntsvillie.
Anchor Mills of Huntersville, N. C..
is reported as to double its present
plant of 4100 spindles.
Burnett & McKee Company of Vicks
burg, Miss., has been charter, with ca
pital stock of $60,000, for dealing in
and manufteturing cotton and other
wise handling the staple.
Lenoir (N. C.) Cotton Mill has pur
chased the machinery for its plant, and
said equipment is now being placed in
position. There will be 6000 spind-les for
spinning Egyptian cotton, and opera
tions are expected to commence In the
near future. Capitalization $75,000.
Lauraglenn Mills of Shelby, N. C.,
was sold at public auction during the
week to John E. Hurst of Baltimore,
Md., who was president of the compa
ny. The price pald was $4200. It is a
2900-sindle.plant to Tmanga yarn andl
ball twine, and was espitalised at $50.
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