Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Grabb Is Low { Practising 41y Andrew Carnegie. +M+~+. HAVE been 1o +contrast betwe + I+'$ might meet, su + *lation. . your future, a + -make fortunes *:-:++.+6 president has wants. You ar You have something which the: cifully, can never undcrstand th( Some well known American tel in Europe recently, and whi! wealth possessed by an America was contiually disseming, and at The dollars own him." The difference with you is t have the treasure and own it. not you have soneth'ng that is lation of wealth. In your profes is no such thing as deception in two make four. There is no sc tricks. You have to walk straight tc down. Self-respect is more than is worthless. When a man's ju lies down at night of all that he judge to fear, here or hereafter. thing else is dross. I think the professional life let cult to obtain in a mere speculat men in that large department of They are parasites, feeding on 1 choose for him a professional ca How By A. Maurice Low. HE American C without previot a rudimentary which he residt fice or the polit more often thi sul's duties, wit tional or comm and manners lives as they are of the idiosyncr Now, if theories were alway ought to be a colossal failure, uti the slightest use to commerce, aI ago this description accurately fa there alway't are exceptions; bu Now most of them do their work no previous training, that they cc thing they see appeals to them N appeals to the child with an expt or perhaps because unconsciously the man who is shrewd and push has qualities which distinguish h The fact remains that these unt: * .keenly alert to the demands mad They are always investigatin not content merely to send to the turns of imports and exports or I ters of rouitine are not ignored), pare and contrast, they offer the L partment allows them full scope before it is made public, or how course, outside the department h; tin issued containing these repor bution, shows thait the American ;Rough ! ~. Disappe *4 Q90++4 EW things in th *strkng than t ~ *its -0 square na with its thouse geweegeton one side, wi * * almost entirely ++++44 50,000 settled tion, in spite of 000 worth of gold in 1903, while 000,000. Contrast the conditions his cabin carrying his tools, gror away at his own little mine, wit work on an electric car, descends trio light, drills with electric air from an electric switchboard ren old drill and hand sledge beside side the arc-light. Contrast the could not handle with any profit mills of today, which by ehiorin: $10 ores. Contrast the individi now Butte, with theO presat im frames, smokestacks and concen1 ing S000 men-one company havi narly fifty millions of wealth.-T: ~That .JR By Bishc ___________HE principles of ~ 1py thc princir I conviction that T____ wo rid, in the 1< ness. generally deception oflhu alry passes b: opl which the last century. and one C thme beneit of the c-ountry at Ia: - rough unscrupulouts manipuiviti( and do. defearl the series of tric nature has fallenm imno the and~s reward of cleverness, andl that t1 have inur'ed. in the end. to the a( ever. is all in vain. for it can be -that the imethtoK. under obervae uncih: a . r-?~at : he m~in of things bya mi nam(' whit~f bro Successor to Louise Michef. Wng Dollars Compared to the Industrial Arts (Address to the alumni of the Stevens Institute of Ter'hnology.) ing at you and I say that there was a great en this audience and other audiences we ch, perhaps, as men engaged in stuck specu ate you that you have taken a prcfession for profession in which. perhap:. ::ou will not easily. Thar may be the reason why your found it dificult to raise all the money he e doing higher things than grabbig dulkars nere money maker never can pczsss. anu mer less of-you have education. citizens were sitting around a table in a ho one of them was es-imnattng 1:!( amouTn:t of 1 whom I might call Mr. Richbroker. another last said: "He doesn't own a millidars. !at k or ecge does not posscss yc'u. LY ou o matter whether you (lie worth aillins or doened to the man imme! sed in the accurat sions ycu deal with eternal verities. There the materials or the laws youi-use. Two and ieming to deceive others, no snartne:;s. no > the line of truth and honor or you will fall millions, and if you lose that. everything else Ige within, his ovn soul. approves when he has done during the dav he has no other But if he does not have self-approval very ds men to the higher life that it is most difi ive career. The world is not advanced by the business which is mere gambling in stocks. usiness. If I had a son to educate I should 7eer such as you have chosen. )ur Consuls Succeed . onsul is sui generis. He is made a consul s training or experience, frequently without nowledge of the language of the country in s. From the editorial chair, the lawyer's of ical ranks he is transferred to the Consulate; 2 not without the least knowledge of a con hout the slightest acquaintance with intel a rcial law; as densely ignorant of the history mnd customs of the people among whom he ises of the American mind. s as stubborn .as -facts, the American consul erly worthless to his government and not of d candor compels me to say that a few years tted him. There were exceptions, of course, they only prrve the soundness of the rule. well. Perhaps the very fact that they have me fresh from their own country, and every vith the force and novelty that a new t'bject .nding mind and makes the same impression.' it is a case 'of the selection of the fittest and lg enougn to be able to capture a consulate im above his fellows-whatever the reason, ied men are sent abroad and that they are e upon them. g, inquiring and wanting to know. They are department perfunctory reports of official re, iere tables of figures (although these as mat ut they delve into obscure places, they comn ir advice and suggestions freely and the de .How much the consul's report is "edited" often it never is given publicity, no one, of is any means of knowing, but the daily bulle ts, which is given wide and gratuitous distri consular corps is industrious and intelligent. Uning Camps % ~itI$ Henry F. Cope. -e e development of cur country could be more he strides taken by mining within the last tirast the Cripple Creek district of 1890J, with iles of ranch lands, or again, of 1891 or 1892 ads of prospect-holes and diminutive dumps h the picture of today, with its many mines consliated in 14 great companies with its popuition, its digniied city and it produtc the terrific labor struggle, of nearly $12.000, the production for 1t304 is estimated at $23i, when the miner trudged up Bull hill from ed his way down his rude ladders andI picked h the conditions today, when he goes to his the mine in an electric hoist, works by elec compressors and fires his shot by electricity lote fromn the scene of his tamping. Set the the air-drill, and the miner's candlestick be miner in that district who, 10 years ago, an ore that ran under $100 per ton with the tion and cyanide plants make a margin on tl workings scattered over Anaconda Hill, ressive sight of the immense steel gallows ratrs of the seven great companies employ ng nearly 4000 men-and producing annually ie World Today. ethods ..*^ uin. ANations p MackaySmithz. Christianity are, in their last analysis. sim les of fair play. They are founded on the that which hinders the progress of the mg run, is human greed and human selfish in some subtle form which, for the better manity, clothes itself in fine names, and pop -a splendid title. Look at the greatest mon one can use for illustration, that by ei the most useful discoveries of hviously intended by Providence for ge, has passed into a few selfish hands, n. viz., the control of mineral oil. Men may, s by which the control of tils great gift of of a few .billionaires. They may s ay it is a e ituality of the article, as well as its price, vanage of the public. Such ~ aroent. how-' etandt answecred by tihe simple statement ion nare such as always, in the long run. if n latos. Itwas the habit of calling wrong lal Lh tpire of Rtcan t- rot:enness. No ("HANGE OF BILL. De Q-'. urn" o nasana uI' fo making -at eope thin, a hown"" succ'ess!-De COTTON NOT DOING SO WELL Condition Worse in Alabarma and None too Good ir, the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida--Oat Crap Repcrts Gen erally Gcod. Washington, Special.-Crop condi tions are summarized as follows in the weekly bulletin issued by the Wea ther Bureau: Rains interferred with farm work in the east Gulf coact districts, while rain is ncedcd in Georgia, portions of Florida and northern Mississippi. Except some damage to harvested oats in Missouri. Oklahoraa. Texas and Vir ginia, oaL crop reports are highly fa vorableC. In Alalana the cotton crop has generally de;cricrated; in Georgia, it is tin; rpdy wher su fi Cent rains havccurred, but in other local ities , that State rain is badly need ed and seig. rust and black rot --re "ravee. Teo rank growth and s _r-_ also -eported from Ten nii--, the Ctrolina and Fborida, -~ire toe imp': oveent is indicated, eo:cept on clay lands in South Caro lna. while en san:-y lands in that Sta the crop has dcteriorat&d. I Virgn i. tobacco is not doing well. although some improvement is reported from the State. In other to bacco States the outlook is favorable. Haying has been retarded in por-I tions of Virginia. The Kaiser's Motive. Copenhagen. (By Cable.)-The pre parations whic:h have bec made for the reception of Kaiser William, who arrived here Monday afternoon, were far from enborate. During his stay here the Kaiser will be received in semi-official state. In court circles his visit will be taken as merely a courte sy call upon King Christian and an ef fort is being made to impress this fact upon the people generally. This attempt, however, has not met with much success, as the people be lieve that there is some political move behind the visit of the Gerrian ruler. In political circles the view is held that the Kaiser will make an attempt to convince King Christian that the Baltic Sea should be closed to war ships of all nations except those which border on the sea. If the Emperor suc ceeds in doing this, it will cause the greatest surprise, for the Danes are rapidly developing the suspicion that the Kaiser's designs upon the Baltic are for the purpose of converting that sea into a Germ. lake. Our Cach Balance. Washington, Special.-The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business July 31. 1905, the debt, less cash in the Treasury, amounted to $1,002,049,001, which is an increase for the month of $12,182,229, largely accohnted for by a correspond ing decrease in cash on hand. Cash in the Treasury is classified as follows Gold reserve, $150,000,000.: trust funds. $993,726,969; general fund, I 51.l031.309; in national bank de psitaries, $65.715,119- in Treasury of Philip-pine Islands, $3.972,G21. Total, $,4.4A49.019. against vwhich there are denand liabilities outstanding amount inz to $:0S4.5S3.2SS, leaving cash bal ancks on hand of $279.865.731. Naval Officer injured in Runaway. Norfolk. Special-Dex:ter Tiffany, Jr., a paymaster in the United States navy stationed at the navy yard here in charge of auxiliary accounts, vas throvwn fro'm a runabout this even ing and sut~ained very serious frac ture of the skull. He was driving a horse th-at was frightticed by a trolly car and ran away Mx\r. Tiffany's head strtel the 'sonal and he was taken to the Sarah Lih Men cmorial Hospital in anucnsu condcition. being later crri:m to the nav hospital for an op-f e-ation. Tiffany is a Missourilan. Preoident of !Sank Arrested Rlaliegh, N. C., S pecial-E. F. Young, president of '.he Meirchants and Farm ers Bank of Dunn. was arrested there Tuesday upon a warrant issued by E. Lee, a justice of the pc'tce, upon the oath of three of the town commnis sionrs charging foge ry of the town's treasury account on the books of the bank. The case was removed to Jus tice J. R. Godwin's court, and upon a plea for a contin uance ty counsel for the defendant, a justified bond in the sum of $L.t00 was required for the appearance of the defendant here next Monday, when the case will be heard. 105 Degrees in Texas. Austin. Texas, Special. - Tuesday; night and today has witnessed one of the most intense heat waves that has pased over Texas in many years. Last night the homidity was so great that people were forced to leave their sleep ing rooms and take to the streets :jr air. At midnight the thermometer reg istered 99 degrees and during the day it has been over 105 degrees. Miners in Session. Kniovle, Tenn., Special.-The an nulcnention of the United Mine Worers of district No. 19, embracing Ithe coal mines in East Tennessee an scthe aste rn Kentm -hy, assembled he:-' Tues >'-. The quecrtien of a wage scale for E.e year, beginning September 1. is to be considered- It is not known Ivet rh-at vwill be the nature of the mi nors demands. The joint convention c4 h minecrs and the operators will ass-mle after the miners' convention ll have adjourned. 3, Kiile~f 2') Injured. Bea'--r-ont. Tfc:.as. Special.- Word rchedv' here that one white and two negro~( boys we-re kil outright andr 20 other persor.s were moreo or less seri osy injMured in' a heavy wind storma wich str-k Bessma~y late this after noon. The town is situated in a for est of pine timber. the wind uprooting several trees. w'lich fel! on houses. kill Iing and injuring the occupants. Tele Igraph and telephone commumn.a~On PROGRESS OF FVE Government Takes Over the Fight o! Yellow Jack 43 NEW CASES IN A SINGLE DA Sti1 Refusing to Admit the Situatio: Beyond Control and Avowing th Hope That Federal. Managemen Will :rvive Outside Confidence an Provi.e Invaluable Facilities Fcr New CamPaign, State and Cit: Raise a Maccdonian Cry. New Orleans. Snecial.-?ever r< port to 6 p. m., Sunday: New Cases. 2$. Total cases to date, Deaths. Sunday, S. Total deaths to dat, 1'5. New suu-oci. 2. Total sub-fcci to date.. The fever re;ort is a great improv( ment over those during the middle c the week. and the fact that there i only 2 new su-foci, one up-town an one down-town, is a source of specia encouragement. An effort is bein; made to determine the number c cases under treatment, and allowin; ten days, which is a liberal estimat( for a patient to either recover o die. It :Is figured that there are no' 233 cases under treatment. The city has contributed $250.00 to assist the government in handlin the disease. The decision to ask the Federal go' ernment to take control was reachei at a meeting of city and State official and others, held late Friday at t11 cotton exchange. DOUBLE MOTIVE FOR AC'E.O-. It was the consensus of the meetin; that government control would restor confidence throughout the othe States in the South, and the belief wa expressed that Surgeon General W3 man would be able to send a force c physicians to New Orleans thoroughl equipped for the handling of the ye low fever situation because of thei experience and unquestionable faciI ities to enforce a scientific campaigi against the fever. When local health officers first too charge of the situation it was hopei that the fever could be stamped ou within a reasonable time, but the it fection has spread, and so frightene have the people become in the Sout. over the increase in the number c cases that iew Orleans is threatene, with a s:erious paralysis of trade b: reason cf radical quarantines. A telegram signed by the mayor an, others present was addressed to Go' ernor Blanchard, telling him of the at tion taken. Baron Rosen Introduced. New York, Special.-Acting for th President, Third Assistant Seeretar; of State Piercce communnicated ti Baron Rosen,; the Russian ambassa dor, and Mr. Takahira, the Japanes minister, the official program for th formal p'resentation to the Presiden of the Russian and Japanese plenipc tentiarie:s to the Washington confe: ence. Th~s program has for weeks bee: a subject of muzh study on the par of the P~ esident and Mr. Pierce. Man; of the details regarding t'1e journe: to Oyster Bay and thence to Ports mouth already have been publishe' Desirous of being strictly neutral i al the arrangements for the presenit tion, it was decided at tho outset P the Washington government that th Presiden: would recognize no prece (nce based on success in the presen wr. Because Baron Komntra was prm semted at Sagamore Hill almost; week before Mr. Witte art ived in thi counry. it was decided ihat for rhi reason Baron Konmra mae t take preor dece over Mr. Witte. This. howeveo will he -:eccgnized only in the hal hor's difference in the~ time of th prsenta-ion of the two missions. Tidewater Wins. Norfolk. Va.. Speciai.-The Tid: water ctnvey has won9f out before th~ State corporation in the great igl: that the Norfolk & Western Railwa was making against its petition fc grade crossings in Norfolk count: The N-orfolk & Western soughtt -ompel the Tidewater to erect vis du-ts over its tracks at two point n the approach to Norfolk, and th~ Tidewater sought grade crossings ove he Norfolk & Western, which the con ;ission has just allowed. The 30o :-dk & Western has the right to appes; o the S.upreme Court of the Sta'e. Not Yet Located. Patersorn. N. J1., Special.-Despite th efforts of his former friends anti bus: ness assocciates. the whereaboutsc the missing mayor. William H. Bel her, of t:his city, have not been disco' red. Friday an investigation was b4 :;n to discover what disposition ha~ ecn made of the estate of James I Stewart. late Congressman. of whic 3ayor Beicr was sole executor.] was valued at $10,000. Bi:.siness Man a Suicide. Columbus. Ga.. Special.-Blanchar . McGeeheat, president and manage of the Columbus Paper Company andl membcr of a p:oininent Columbus fan iy. conmmittcd sui:-ide Friday nmorninl oy sho ng himuself through the tetn ie with a revolver, lie was at ham alone when the fatal shot was iirTC His wife and thtre children surviv i!. N, -ause has been assigned for hi rash act. Russia to Issue New Loan. St. Peersburg, Dy Cable.-The go ernent has decided upon~ the issuan< of 'noth r inter-nal loan to the ano.; of 3 ' .'0. e *f whih howeve COT TON CHNNERS' REPORT Association's -:3stimate Makes the Lessened Acreage 17.6 Plus 5 Per Cent. Abandored of Planted Soil. Dailas. Tex., S3ecial.-The following is the report of the National Ginners' Association on the crop condition and the reduction of acreage as gathered from replies to more than 7,000 letters of inquiry sent out by the association and received at the office of Secretary SN. T. Blackwell, from July 25 to Au gust 1: Nor*th Carolina-Condition, SO; re dduin, 15. a South Carolina-Condition, 75; reduc tion, 15. I Alabama-Condition, 70; reduction. 1 5. Arkansas-Condition, 30; reductionl, Florida-Condition, S5; reduction, 10. Georgia-Condition, SO; reduction, Iniian Territory--Condition. 75: re duction. 20. Louisiana-Condition, 60; reducion. Mississippi-Condition, G5; r-duciol, E -20. I Missouri-Condition, 00: reduction s 15. d Oklahoma-Condition, 50; reluction. t Tex'as-Condition, 6.5; reduction. is. Tennessee-Condition, 60; reduction, Virginia-Condition., 80; reduction. 1 . r Average condition, 14; average refu v tion, 17.6. t Estimated abandonnent, 5 per cent. 0 Acreage, 26,021,000. Secretary Blackwell said: "Only about 25,000,000 acres are in cultivation that will reach. the picking stage of ma turity. This association is organized purely for gathering statistics to pro s teet the ginner and planter, and is working in harmony with the South ern Cotton Association. It does not con flict with the Census Bureau, but en courages prompt and accurate reports to that Department. e e Secretary Wilson Commended. s Oyster Bay, L. I., Special.-President Roosevelt has authcrized the publica tion of a telegram which he had re Y ceived from William S. Harvey, presi- I dent of the board of trustees of the Commercial Museum of Philadelphia, and chairman of the Advisory Com mittee of the National Board or Trade, concerning the work of Secretary Wil son, of the Department of Agriculture. This telegram says in part: t ..No true patriot with an eye single L to the service and honor of this coun try will take advantage of recent dis closures to suggest that he (Secretary I Wilson) should resign. Do not forget I interested motives have made the sec- 1 Y tion these men represent denortnce all 1 government reports that did not favor < d them. Their attitude on ginners reports < illustrate. Impartial, trustworthy, pub- c lie spirited men are ready to co-operatei with the Secretary for a broad andi comprehensive reorganization of all] crop reporting and statistical work and( suggests safeguards and penalties to e insure as far as possible honesty and V integrity in the future."1 -Eleven Deaths in a Day. 3 New Orleans, Special.-The record e up to Wednesday, 6. p. in., is as fol t lows: C- New sub-foci, 4. --Total deaths to date, 7G. t New~ substitute foci, 4. STotal sub-foci. 54. SThe fever situation h4owedI no mate - rial change during the day and1 tile fews new foci shlows thant it is not a spreading with the rapidity- of former -ears. Of the deaths, four were in t tihc Emergency HospitaI. four in theo eoriginal districts and :hrce in theL -Charity Hospital. t The impending hostilitie 1 ewen the States of Louisiana and Mdississi a pi over the invasion o:' Cove'no- \ar s daan's ocuarantine mosQuito flee sand th e armed guords stationed at .Pear1 ive'r, is not imp~lro'.ed by he - tatement given out by Governor- ar a' .a daan in Jackson after his retun e frIoml the coast where he went to in vestigate the situation.t Conflict With Rebels. Constantinople, By Cable.-Turkish troops, which are advancing towards eSanaa, in the Yemen province of Ara t bia, have occupied two strong posi .tions in Arabia. The rebels who have been operating in the neighborhood of r Sanaa. have suffered great losses in . the conflicts which have occurred with o the troops and have retreated from the immediate vicinity. The lossess Lsustained by the Turkish troops were s insignificant. Detective Fatally Shot. Somerville, Mass., special.-George d L. Frazer,. a private deteceive. was shot and almost instantly killed while trying to gain entrance to the house of Jo seph Evans, in Moore street: Evans e is under arrest, charged with the shoot ing. SAccording to the information oh tained by the local police. Frazer and -two other detectives accompanied A. J. -]Birber, of Woonsocket. R. L.. to Ev -an's homne in search of Barber's wife d who, it was said, was Evan's house .-:eeper. Evans objectedl. and it is al h I eged that Evans drew his revolver and t shot Fr'azer. May Apteal to Congress. Oyster Bay, Special.-Attorney Gen d eral Moody left after a days visit at Sag more Hill. The conference between the aAttorney General and the President as mainiy devoted to the recent sean dals in the agri -ultural department. gWhen Moody reacheed the depot. he - talked inter'e tingly rupon the subject e of the lar~; s limtations and said the . remey mm c :'fr:nl Congress. It messag e for the~ muc neededO legisi" tion. Rciciy Eaforced. \tNrok a S-pecial.-The qularan ine. a::int all re-~els from Southern ports is being" rigill nforced by 'he rgna C'pes andi in Hampton Roads er vesse entein the I cape- is helde or a thorou"gh examination by the -ie. The British seamshipo Othello. rom Mobile. to Bordeaux and H-avre. and the French steam'er Longway from Port Tampa. were held up. but later ,poare anA came in for bner coal. . P. HIOWELL DEAD 'opular and Useful Georgian Passes From Labor to Reward LEADER OF SOUTHERN PROGRESS )r.e of the Most Potent Factors in Up-Building Georgia and Its Pres ent Capital After the Civil War Dies of Carbuncle Complicated With Diabetes at the Age of 66-Confed erate Soldier, Lawyer, Publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, Director I in Every New Railroad Built into 2 the City, Fosterer of Expositions, and Recently Mayor of Atlanta. Atlanta. Ga.. Special.-Capt. Evan P. lowell. long prominently identiflfied ith Southern journalism. died at noon unday, after an illness of three weeks, ;rought in by a carbuncle complicat ' with diabetes. Captain Powell was born December 0. 1830 in Milton county. Ga. He was gallant Confederate soldier, entering he service as a member of the First eorgia Regiment. later commanding -owell's Battery of AI--illery dnring )ractically the whole of the war. After the surrender he scttled in At anta, taking up the practice of the aw. He was one of the most potent actors in rebuilding this city and in he development of the State from the levastation of the war. As a young awyer he served as Solicitor General luring the stormy days of the recon ;truction period. when to his ervices was largely due to sup )ression of the lawlessness then ;o rife. In 1876 he bought the tlanta Constitution with Henry W. .rady and William A. Hemphill. He etained control of this newspaper un ,il 1897, when he retired, and since then J ias not been in active business. Captain Howell has been prominently dentified with the Democratic party ver since the war. naving been del gate-at-large from this State to sev ral of the national convention and a rominent figure in each. He served as nember of both branches of the State i egislature some years ago, but held ] io other political office save that of nayor of Atlanta. for which he was iominated during his absence from the -ommunity. His term of service to this 1 ffie ended last year. He has been prominently identified ith every movement for the develop nent of this city and section, notably -ith the first Cotton Exposition , in 882. which opened the eyes of the ountry to the South's inO-istrial pro- 1 ress and with all the tter exposi ions. He has been a direc;or in every iew railroad built into Atlanta since :he war. He was a member of the ommission which built Geogia's new apitol and which performed the feat f completing its works within the orig al appropriation and turning back nto the Treasury a surplus. Captain lowell was tendered a place in the lip'omatic service by President Cleve and, but declined it. He served by typontment of President McKinley pon the commission to investigate the ~onduct of the war with Spain. His -ife, who was Miss Julia Erwin, and ~evn children survive him, among hem Ecditor Clark Howell. Run Down After Shooting Si::. Little Rock. Ark. Special.-A special o The Gazette, from Lewisville, Ark., avs: After killing two persons, seriously m.d probably fatally shooting two >thers. one a woman. and less seriously hoting two mio:'e, Ike K(inney. a des erate rnegro. was killed in a river bot ,o:n at Doella. six miles south of Le w sville, att nocn Friday. after a hot fight vith a posse of citizens that had sur oundel him. .Hes bloody reeccrd for 1 hours is: At.3:st 2 (morning), killed neg:-o at Stamps: August 2 (after ~oon), killed E. R. Ferguson. claim ,gent of the Louisiana & Arkansas ~aiload, a member of a posse. three riles from Stamps: August 3 (3 a. in.) ~eriously shot Mrs. Stewart. of Greens urg. Texas. and her hu;sband: August (oon): shot Alvin Barham throughn .he neck. and shot a fager off one of 3. F. Nash's haneds. Telegraphers' Strike St. Paul, Minn., Special.-At the end of the fourth day of the telegraphers' strike en the Great Northern and the Nor:'ern Pacifific Railroads, officers of both railroads declare that the rtrike is all but a closed incident, and that more than 80 per cent, of the stations an the Northern Pacific and 70 per cent. n the Great Northern are now sup plied with agents. Officers of the Te legraphers' Union assert that the strike has not fairly begun. Electrocutcd in Chester. Chester, S. C.. Special.--Jno. M. Weir. a firem.'tn on the ISouthern Railway, was instantly. killed by an electrical current received from a wire rope. used for lowering and rais ing the arc light, attached to a post at the corner of Valley and Gadsden streets, Saturday night about 9:00 o'clock. Weir and a number of friends had been discussing the death of Bradshaw in Charlotte, and he went out to the post and had a simi lr experience. The accident occur red shortly after a big rain and the post was highly charged with elc-' tricit. Weir was about 21 years of age and was unmarried. No Trains in -or Out of Shreveport. Shreveport. La.. Special.-Shreveport is effectually bottled up. Word was received at the local offices of the 'icksburg. Shreveport & Pacific Rail roa. the only road remaining open. that the two remaining trains on that line had been cancelled 'from tonight. This leaves this city without eitehr psetror freight commnunication wit: ther outsidie world. No mail is being rceivend and none sent out. Poisoned Herself and Son. Balitimore, Special.-Mrs. Annie. Whiteford is dead andI her 5-year-old son is in: a hospital suffering from the (erictes of cyanide of potassuin. takenI tte mother with suicidal intent a'd by henr giving to the child with She oypetation of ending his life also. .isroth-- s.:icide was attra!ed by : - 1 -reanig of the suffering infant and for"tn hinm writhing in agony ac'ross te od of his mother. who lived only a short time after being found. .!r. Whiteford. who has been separat ed from her husband for several years. x... a arff ren rm melancholia. Lt Totes of Southern Cotton Mills and Other Manufacturing Enterprises The American Cotton Co. The American Cotton Co. of reensboro. N. C.. which obtained its -harter o)f iniicorporation several reeks ago. has effected permanent or :anization with S. N. Cone. president 'homas Crabtree, secretarv-treasurer. nd J. H. Cutter. formerly with G. E. )iekinson of Savannah and latterly nanager of Dickinson & Co.. at Char ftte. general manager. The stock tolders of ' the companv include Jessrs. W. E. Holt, Ca2sar Cone. Juz ius Cone and Neil Ellinzton. all well mo'cwn to the cotton-mill m.n and cot "n factors throughout t i" South. It stated that the compa:y will tran act a eneral cotton busiess, and XpCcts to develop an extensive clien e.le in Xorth and South Carolina. Fhe capital stock has ben placed at The Dixie Mills Co. The Dixie Mills Co. )f Padueah. .has been incorporated. with cap tal stoek of $100,000. by George C. Vallaee. Robert B. Phillips and oth .rs. This corporation takes over the Ilden Knitting Mills, which Mr. Wal aee and his associates have been >perating under lease. The plant has mi equipment of 131 knitting ma :hines and the complementary ap >aratus for the production of line ange cotton hosiery. Mr. Phillips 1as beeii elected president: Mr. Wal ace. vice-president; T. L. Upton, see eta rv. A $200,000 Coton-Rope Mill. It is proposed ti organize a com )any with capiital stock of $200,000 or the purpose of building a ootton nill at Spartanburg. S. . The pian s to erect modern buildinzs and in tall all the latest machinery for nanufacturing rope, twine and other imilar goods from the waste to be. )btained from 'cottoa yarn and cloth nills in the Spartanburg district. Peter H. Corr, a well known cotton nill operator, Taunton, Mass., is in erested in the enterprise. but no fur her details are ready for publication ,t this time. TEXTILE NOTES. I Shelby special says: "During the month more than 3,000 >ales of cotton, which was held by armers in this county, h-ave been old at 10 and 10 1-2 cents. the sell ?rs thereby realizing over $160,000 3evernl hundred bales still remain in he hands of the farmers. which they ire holding for 11 cents. Cotton niis in this section are supplied with rotton and they are rejoicing on ae sount of the fact that they are get ting remunerating prices for their >roduet. Two of the wealthiest men in Jack ;on;' Tenni., are now neagotiating for a >g cotton mill there. They state that .f the negotiations are successful it vil have a capital of $100.000, pos ~ibly more than that. Some $25.000 >f .Jackson money will be put into it. f le promoters are from a distance nda representative has been here in conference with the two Jackson inlanciers. The cotton mill will be ike the igi one ini Trenton. to manu tacturi e sheet ings. It would employ i large force of hands. Five or ten acres of zround in a convenient loca 1(ion is necessary and the .Jackson zentlemen interested are looking after that.. The Banna Cotton Mills. Messrs. C. E. Graham and R. L. G rahmam (f Greenville, S. C.. referred to last week as having leased the B~annia Cotton mills at Goldville, N. .. have ordered the new equipment tey will add to that liant. This additional machinery will include 2500) spindles and cardroomi machin erv sutlicient to take care of the new spindles. The improvemients are ex peeted to be comnpletcd by September 1st. A W\ashington, D. C.. dispatch of rcent (late savs: "The oticers of the cotton associa tion are not a unit in the demand for te resignation of Secretary Wison, of the Department of* Agriculture. While Secretary Cheathanm gave an interview Friday in support of the osition taken by President Harvie .Jordlan. dleclaring that Secretary Wil son is incompetent and ought to be removed. Col. E. S. Peters, the vice president of the association, who is in Washington, made a public state ment in defense of the Secretary of Agriculture in which he said: "The cotton growers of the South have im plicit confidence in him.' ' Textile Notes. (Manufacturers' Record) The (Cora Cotton Mills of Kings Mountain N. C.. have declared a di vidend of ti per cent. The Wiseaissett Mills of Albemarle. N. C.. has declared a semi-annual dir idendit of 4 p~er cent. It is stated that the erection of a lrecotton fatryi proposed in coinection with the plans of the Southern Yadkin Development Comn panly o'f 3000 horse-power and the erection of an electric pilanlt on tihe Soutlhern Xadkin river. Messrs. Bandy & Terrell of Greensboro. N. C., are tihe company's consulting cngi Mecssrs. Yount & Shrum, proprie tors of the Catawba Cotton Mills, Newton. N. C.. have purehased and will operate the 3100-spindle yarn mill of the (1. W. Patterson Manuf ac turing~ Co.. near Concord. N. C. They will begin manufacturing during the next 30 days. The Dilling Co:.tcn Mils of hinZS Mountain. N. C'.. has declared a dini dend of ~3 per cent. Evey year between 60,000,000 and 70,000,000 codfish are caught round the coast of Newfoundland. -