The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, September 27, 1905, Image 2
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= = Moneyphobia
By James M. Beck,
Former Assistant Attorney:General of the United States.
HE signs of the times indicate a growing feeling of social
discontent, which finds its chief expression in the indiscrim
inate abuse of wealth. Apart from the baser passion Of
class hatred there is now in progress a searching inquiry
in the great court of public opinion as to the ethical signiti
cance of money and money-making.
The underlying causes of the agitation are complex, but
its net effect will probauly be for good. This discontent is
due to a profound dissatisfaction with the code of comnier
cial morals. Abuses of trust have run riot. They are not, as I believe, due to
the fact that men are essentially less honest than previous generations, but
in part to the intoxication that inevitably marked the most rapid and extra
ordinary period of commercial expansion that the world has ever known, and
also to the artificial character of our commercial machine.
The complex subdivision of social office have caused a certain diffusion.
and, therefore, weakening of moral respoasibility. That artificial creation of
the law-the corporation-with the legal fiction that it is a moral personality.
has been a Pandora box, from which infinite good and evil has proceeded. A
corporation with many thousand stockholders does an act which benefits
itself while injuring the public, but the sense of individual responsibility of
each stockholder for the wrong done becomes so attenuated as to lose any
appreciable existence, while its officers, who in whole or part are directly
responsible. are too apt to feel that as trustees for the stockholders they must
subordinate their personal views of what is right or wrong to the welafre of
the corporation.
No error is more common than that American people have an inordiante
love of money-making, unless it be the graver error than modern industrial
ism has debauched human society and that we are worse than our fathers.
Every adverse comment that the ultra pessimists can make of this genera
tion can be applied with infinitely greater force to preceding ones. and I
do not exclude the epic period of our national life. The evils which exist
now existed then, but on the credit side of the ledger. what immeasurable
intellectual and moral progress distinguish this industrial age!
Is the struggle for wealth greater today than byfore? Are men the slaves
of business that they once were? On the contrar mnen of other generations
worked harder to secure less and the cultivz. cU relation of the modern
financier was wholly unknown to them.
No charge is more false than that we are a money-loving people. No pCO
ple of any time or clime ever cared less for money when earned than we.
Prodigality of expenditure rather than a narrow desire to board unnecessary
wealth is the distinguishing characteristic of the average American. If he
has a strong purpose and an earnest desire to amass wealth, it is in most
cases because money is the necessary material for further constructive work.
To achieve rather than to acquire is his ambition. I
The entire edifice of the commercial world rests upon fair dealing. The
true capital of the banker is confidence. His'nominal capital is a mere con
cession to public opinion. There are unquestionably broken contracts. but
their number is infinitesimal in comparison with the many that are kept with
scrupulous fidelity.
How to Make a Speech
By Elmer E. Rogers,
The Well Known Chicago Lawyer.
*0004* 0 not forget that public speaking is goodl conversatP.-n: df'L
** ~~ -'ell, andI. therelorc. talk over the h ead1s of your :~cbas
*0 onot talk', at thew'. 'out t.o them. -Whe-n practical)'-.. a to'/rO
idea is to scan the faces of yoitr l'e' rers, beginniliig at. thc
10 front on your left, and Jproeding fron iC to righT. 'hack
anq forth, until you ha'.' observukl upri cI the last
ooeee eaonytrrgtn iera v" dine 'cia:
e + ltee ytes'hrnt '''t r~~S thlst
'1:ooiz or uine
athOsm tinotal fre that clic nyu seaiisod conesain;dn
On tepinttell frnt theoe ptalkor he h ulea th-of you gdret
ouraudenc: srel neve talk t twit ll to rm Whterie prctcout. aThe
&il i vocal eis oo cnthraceis the yoreangsfbegenainhabt the
Its arios sortnt in iffrn toe, and an pr ce Cro nsetnt rih tiace
lets nd tregthns foth vocal poues hase observed tin eo ysatrinh cllt
The ostdificut ofnl yoratrigh is the rearpof orluitic spel andh
on ho th plitcnsere te as afr nclass thpeli;e maes by prelpara
tionp~t p a oodypeoe or anytoice.
cOutdoornceaing isnderplexing, the einrte attemp toreatish llnguarer othna
tuela Prepare nual setne ith cpprprientea tordth anois your uic.
wile bless ao sp e apmser know the loget e himtsyiat;o.T thfrill cut
yursiences msot.arnesnecsadacmayn e rss htb
Ppbthe sekin isal re sshein. Aima oo roe eloquence,n
One srtrpoug to he arn gof sle jutfor ae hsearanbetaou eak tN
piiy: aodience:srelysicaleramein be ith spakyurbtiresrngu. h
mothein orators tdand atsimustatenthei etilaureaetikr and wrier
dildein times thrcises. As aoodpriseiatrepeaktinegeof btwthe ptand
hitsel-aris sutewel indffred.tns ic n ore osatpac
er abautoerdtgtn:Si
on whomth pltcansmagre as aolirnsca, "iseobndr its bely;s oea
tinai tumag od er n warsip tsic. tsfracswihnedt
Outdoor hen, isa vialeing a sip h asth t tof food-sulyrr the
speaer s larmy.t pittemts oice beenhigh.ewhchthentdoe ntoncrr to
ell as asmore nturay te. erconnon spain tartion inodiffern arsc
Theessfatseae knorlw hr the r taessl h m ay stop henoe ti
burnkechs h rst. drflig ra rianhssm hryo
Ppblic or sucecoaing isapoe sion. iAns;a thoo tdrom tes havqene andlf
doen -aor sough andav wan mo. sleeautanamore uam oaseare som ofak o
-besiesep of colrethe cnavyaterds anid ava staionds ndth Acacpon
ptit.y:u avoti physal e n eaoalin speatinonting.emele
oleThe rtolm In woa hy maystl be elemuentsder whneaness wriees
siindencste foratof wsm sisemitorofeknoeircate btno the enemy
The ite isttes welltnfored.clir oterfet uigteSaihwr
an sartalb olved prblm-btgnyh tially.p
Tevrgrat m portance. thno buteg abe tocoa wthot ega
to to wathr-s long, of coeon asaidr "ihs on tulstoelmy"; ths dops
wil enblether sip or ri t belnkers atsas furnac e en aicned ap
paratusforf coaiasewinstall onithcan Teuesio the R cosansupply,
watn t rni tn was useda an i ith what ofucodsupsytoa
-' Aoartus f eamy. ystempt hae been madoed by mrtie Britis nay:
?frconsdera le eimt, nth ercisnof being stalidonth in feressels.t
Germay n- badopercsyted sefil yRuing.an Great Britainsm mehrlyo
speciying h mtote parsuh co a saions;ray. o the systemhv is hanf
dozenrics. ndnti, mre.dvceo Guantanmo Guam, Ooae ark esomeurs
tinnt Bt os nal nsee yor atg coain sttree o o in teselves
solv te'prolm In w'ar pthes ma elbeeeet bf ceknss ovneces
siang dfec aoce of some si e orev thircaure~ it sthei inemy.
Thanie Stts att~ae ciers "o ti flesdrn the Saish woar,
cns artal solve th el orbembu only patally.onCmaysj
Th ery gureat imporItaneyo the ,.f beig abeto olwihu'rgr
tot oeate-s loeng, o f ou, as there'is ulsomis th~us ap-:
wil enbl thir his t rfil thirbuner th sea. As has he sad p
paratus for coalnga sawaiale one eten" esse l hRussc rsecondh
Pacific sudon befowr: the left th Bati,and nav~aloes inv itseen
Ann saras oudth sme ayte al as bee adptd yth'Biisnv
Ikit asierabver experment. and isnoT beinl inslle ovn thee esseas.
speifyng hattheapprats b "mae be G edn. For theosstes orth
Wkl.r' Wuekly
SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN
Weather Conditions Given Out by the
Department Observer.
The South Carolina section of the
elimate and crop service of the De
part ment of Agriculture issues the
following official bulletin of weather
and crop conditions for the past
week:
Th mean tempera!ure for e week
:-ndaz Mnday Sepembe lah was
-di..Ihtlv below normal. due o very
cool weather early in the wcl: and
warm at its close. The extreies f
telperatire were a maximumi of 96
degrees at Blackvillc on the 12th and
a minimum of 57 degrees at Ciieraw
on the 13th. There was slightly less
than the normal aniit of bright
simShine over the southern and cast
emiout les and about normal amount
in the celiital and western (ountles.
There were mimlerous shlowers over
tl'.h eastern and soliteri. couties
aid very lic -t in, ill hices
noue over the western ones. Exces
:C iv ainfall occurred ill Floreiiee anitd
Darlinto conties,,,I th I itter
there were S inches recordedi in 2-1
hours. Lands were washed. streams
tIoeeled allI bridlI1L4 cnrried naa. alnd
-ops Ivere : ri-msly dazinmaed oi up
md as w el as 10 lands. Ge Ier
:!lly the we ek's peip;1t0ao was
i-(ed and proved beneli-ii. Over
til w~trnall([ llortilerll c'ulullrf th
?Tld is verw drv :lnd ia..- -s
:Ire Sit rli.P Mo inoist ure. St1-cImS
'Uti we .3:'re hecoilill'u how, and it
is ioo dIV for fall plowing1 and for
Areqpielt showers interrupted f::rmt
wVortk along.t the coa.-t anid to a ksser
:.!Pinl few interior sw.:t fiern
trw ntI i-s. while tle weat her was fay
ab for contminoiis work over tle
7rater p-rion of thrv Sate.
Tliere va- a sl-iht deterioatlon in
the conditin of Cotton (11, mnliily,
to preimatilre opelii-; caused by rust
and drou lit. On sandv l'Onds(5 h he
I erop.is wie-nly aI open and lost of it
DleCked while over 1h State -0eneralV
it is opening +ast (rowth and fruit
1a1'e have stope(l. but this is iml
material as wthiat ri ta-ge vould be
taken on ftrI thi t 1 ist inie would not
matIrnt-. t atrpilais have appeared
in B ler-keley countv ont cotton. whlihl
i th( oily report of damage by in
sects this week.
L-te corn is in :lied of rai. There
is a slig-it deti1ion f minr crops
Ile to \lilt of moisture. Over the
WOSlen part s aud a slight improve
m-'t in the eastern porlioi. Fall
t1::k ha iproved. and4 recently
Says Ho.d Coten.
Ir 1I.). Smilh. State president
thei' ~ -mthern Cot ton Association,
! out an interview in which
- I am jutst back from a trip in the
eastemrn setion of the State andl~ I find
that all of thme cottoin is practjcally
:pen ol 'a some sect ins iatllered.
The out irn is far below what was
ant icipatedl before picking began.
Tetire in top elrop at all, and the
miepickin-x withI t he force of hands
now available, will, according~ to the
statemnlct of the best posted farmers,
he completed entirely by the 15th of
Oct ober.
-The out turn of the lint from the
seedl is shorter than it has beeii in
years.
1I wish to call attention to thme
farmers of this State to the govern
mnent reptort issued this week. in which
it is saidi that there was a deterioa
tion on sandy lands. but that the clay
lands were green and growing. This
wil! give some idea of the misleading
statementis that are sent in officially
and unoiceially to the trade, which
help to depress the market temp~orari
lv.
"'I have traveled over the entire
Piedmont section with the exceptiont
of someI few vatchies too smWIll to be
worthy of n~ote. There is a univcr
sal ly arrested development. The
squares have been shed, the ihaves
are vecllow, and the condition of the
cot ton gtenerally is no better than that
in the lower sectaon of the sandy
Ianids.
"Reports are coming in that the
farmers arec sellii their cotton re
gardless of tihe pr-ice, which is also
untrue. I anm in a position to give a
better esti:mat e of. lie South Carolina
(crop. I presume,~' than any other one
nian. I hope that I am hontest enough
and faiir mindoed enol(uimh and( truthful
enough not to attempt to deceive my
self oi- those who htave placed contfi
deuce int me. or trade at large; and I
unhesitatinely say that from the pres
eut intdicat ionts. tis is the smallest
erop that has beent made on the same
ae-reage in four or five year-s. Thte fin
al out turn will prove what I say.
Holding Cction in York.
Roc-k Hill!. Special.--Thtat the farm
ers in this section are determnined to
hold their (cotton11 f'or the price fi xed
by the assniationt seems to be very
tiintheC :istory o te- then wa-ie
StoIld tilmt ilis Ias beltl on in severa!
;-ases relcnt I-I sine~ con1n l at \rl oIwn.
Statet News Notes.
A soecial frlom Honen(1 Path to
Mondav's Cohunhia St ait- savs: .\bout
three mtiles belor- iteri in .\bbieville
sun11 et Snam an i 1 nr~le, 'wo white
menC~. 21 itol 11 diliculty wvith Allen
P enrd!ii.o n :ntltnl:f-r negrlo. .1 igh
Iiolowedj in wvhih .Jiim 3are weas
uI a nd killed by PendtletoIn. Pendtle!
jon escapled atnd was calptutred byt a
cro wdl aibout half a milie belw here.
Jle was carr~ied hack tol the scente of'
the killing and shot by abotut a dozen
HIAD A STORMY TIME
Scenes of Wild Disorder at Speaking
at Batesburg
TILLMAN AND TOWILL H!TCED
Senator Tillman Hurled Lies at News
papers and Prohibitionists in His
Speech at Batesburg Saturday.
La1tebuSr!:e. Secil.--The mon'i eX
e' ipohtival meetu'g i' "outh r
:>hna since the stirrinz da ys of .92
93 vas hed here Saturd:y.
senaItor. 1' 11. Tilhan- and Col. h
RA-Il Towil!. memiber of t!l.,- Sttv
board of directors. chlassied inl tbal)te
anid for seve.ral niillu tes tile scene in
Ih, opera louse. w1hic was filltd to
overilowing. w .1as 4nit indIesclribabule
contfus ion.
vertiemen forhidefmr li41por.''si
Sen.iatoi Tilluna. "no hiis for less
Ih.n 'm50fo X will becosiv rd
.\th-anlc'iii' in II hi. seat inl the In
d;i!nc- Col. Til inl a ndee liedI
w111i it ei e n d ea 1ot\ion, said -
''.3Wni r T j il* tla* n. tlat is 'i il-m
know tat isnot so!'' ra apwlause
fillowed 1t csi t 31e 1'<*n . wVith
incg the cherin :n d confus.i*:n T
mii tr e ti i t e ,tl th1 1
plillierii an s !id ntI' re l 1 il(.
mIAVor, whe1re *s the m1 yr! ,1Vh-k-!
lY fcm the :1(li!nce whic w:-s vi wn
it-Sftet i ::vp: tiC w y etadtht
lit.'n itheS a i'se hi/atod The f: rNr
b , ItinI I Ii e s i at Si t nwn: I.
<p!li ti tio b::(k to4 your at.'ai'ttt we
uelured by tholt1s dn tle plati Ti! Im
son. o1f t e :ni it lt.
,It v'. t,!le jti'e, uiw.i'lesl e~i 3
nIs'd11y1:1 ha t n ilt e ter1
Tillmi asi toiisittals upo'th
pr : r e i.; !lh-h4 re.l il '.:be
myi' n (d thw no.:i m :it. v i
am ossible [131Ivi to il ret . v (,I
r;" which, ensuedLt.
tnuer T il ho h teryi sa:' si ed
the newspai pers, ami'g T eI . -News
.!!It ouier-1 but The Stalte inl particul
ht:. i thei r atu::ks 11pon 111m.
' That hell b n4id t ill iher who
is editor of" 'TIhle State, 1a:s i'thl in
oInt ties ont sme' to buii 's rated. ot
evj*btit hob1" to hl ' :ne Tiir2an i::
Wn (o1 hie heanied ttamans.
lT i'at phis his rsae For
nar 11h1 o r in ZLlla uri110 o y
i:-tle mal he4 iondige:nannt:.ult
e i id he haet w dith hima.
The serant ahd ad saC;in i r
of (il .hahn llee!! Twill an man i1thin
wiined( his hrt ere wa air It.)
d fteetl what eth m1 iti 'mldth
' e ao rn l's a tisle.
A'er tl,.le elal in tha ; i(. t Itl d notr
Tiebmtm waOS iniraelnee.wi
--'1115 I ly my 'in nd bito spoak
in: at l 111:l ahese pe htil S :1ti
useles.''t -jid the aty in lin.':i
otit Cearoli. -I retedi te diniti
lie sadbes1 was~~iii isr nt im tV
rtio wthac' ele m ay :n lor ( -
1-Jize the 'lsena' 01' tlikuorli <tues
womie tilen a'oid htae thale
Lau rn had beeninied ~Izilel n 'd
th::tete invi'tt in otmen ip nesT~
sa( i.that .Joh Belwill.e i wom al
prseti kew t eeeit'hmthn
aie said that onls one-thallenof the
theiat in te iatiobn olldesslit.'
unpl esnnes jt.'~ here' wlas~ votled ebal-h
Taeiie that I wol nat bbrevt and' ltti
woulsad betiaccused\ of 'isn araid toi
mertl h'i. Ii't never~l!' 'ay nything1that
b41. w "oulii not voyto. Thmn' tee.'1b.1 Wit
s ee l- Ihetntao til'o4~~iS\.L' fl~' but~l
\'st a1 lli ave repec~t ndli 1ood feln
for m. btw I obect to Renma.
onathe samei klne wha man1 wh a
retarded as ' Dert 4 t I re ati it :
t letsmall and indignanit."
Towill-'God knows what you did
When Nvol wenlt to Cieliati.
Tlinn-I didn't go to Cincin
nati. besides I had only $25),000 to) buy
liur to r the whole State: I had to
bny liqu.>o oon credit because I didn'
Ithve tIhe no:iey to pay for it.'
What about the request books, Mr.
Tow il? ''--T.e re)lv was lost in I
nii wh\ ich followed.
Senator Tillman then said he lhnl
n".1 Mr. Towill II1 the train short-l:
after his election on the board a:na
hlaid coraiulted hin. iellinig himI~
that if he would get in the middle -,t
iie road he woili be all right. 11n41
To will said thiat xas walit he inlteid
ed to I(,. but that Ie hall Idayed t he
devil ioing it.
Mr. Tonill anose and said soietiiinlg
whii-b was lt heard by the corres
pniident. to which Tillm1an replieti:
I haiiven' t clarged you Iyith steail
I on not here for any nian. hnt
fo a ireat issue which concerls every
home iii Sotl Carolina. The bar
have been let dow olle by one 111ii
h cows lha e olt in and ru-ined the
wihale busisess." sa id Tillman.
\\'heln asked for a statement after
til- meeting. Mr. To'will said:
'The State boai' in 1902-3 direeted
atteltion to the matter of the excess
of stock in the mtiain dispensary and
ill .11 : 4, tihe c'oulty dispensaries. No
'tion 1 was taken.
-'lhe labels were purchased by reai
-)n of the su'restin of Senator Till
mlin it a111 ('hepll (se0 goo(1s be cut
Out and l h estillmte s aiide that
the-y w.dd last Jbout 15 mionths.
-A\ fmr the finaincial eomltiml (11
IllIo iis'l' wlln we woit Il. Ill
270.000 oftdl(.4 stock was. wvorked (iIf
ivlu uoaid. The half11 nillion (l.Pars
o-n-eof cutstanlding,- obligations
hae been pa id off nd tO1iay the dis
pensary is practically out of debt."
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
The German Emperor wrote 7000 let
ters last year.
Thoias A. Edison is said to contem
plate an extended tour of Europe.
Major Robert H. Montgomery. U. S.
A. (retired), died a few days ago at
his home in Washington from Bright's
disease
Crand Duke Constantli.e of Russia is
said to 'e the most cultured 10manoff
now living. He has translated Shakes
peare into his native tongue.
James J. Hill.. the railroad magnate.
cele-brated his sixty-seventh birthd:iy
onl September 1G at a bainquet given
by Minneapolis business men.
Harry K. Devereux. of Cleveland. is
the only living moldel of the three who
posed for thle famous Trninil:nr. "Yan
kee Doodle," portrayed by Wilhard.
Justin McCarthy says that is thrte
objec'ts in life have been attained.
Thy were: To write looks. to be a
nmm:lther of Iariiament and to live in
L-mn1.
Frederick Theodore Camp. the archi.
tret who design-ed the Ocean Grove
Amitorium . died recenitv at his h1one
in l;loonti&ld N. J., of cirrhosis of the
liver, lie was5 fifty-six years old.
John11 Grat Liaso. Chatirman of
1comllittes and~ Deputy Speaker of tihe
Urit islh House et C):io:nmos, on his
motheicr's side is th ami~ansonl of the
o0brial~l o1f one of Di-:kens' *'Cheeryble
If Lord 'lemplemore. who lately cele -
brated hi's eigh ty-f'ourth birthday, is
not1 thet ldest peer' lie is without dioubt
father'' of thle House of Lords, of
wich lie has; b~en a member for sixty
thre years.
Professor Thie'dore A. Schurr, who
hs juist died in Baltimore, was at io
neer in thle crusade against killing
birds for hat adiornment. HeI had a
coietionl of birds and butterflies rep)
resenting 50.000 specimens, valued at
about $100,000.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Kaiser Wilhelm IH. receives from 000
to 700 letters and appeals daily.
A flawless 4G0-karat diamond has
ben found near Johannesburg, South
Africa.
A performinlg monkey named Dolly
is beinlg treated for pneumonia at the
Charing Cross Hospital. Lonidon.
The first telegraphic longitude sta
tiont in Labrador has been established
at Chateatu Bay by Dr. Otto Klotz.
The Government of India wviil send
four graduate students to Cornell Uni
versity to take special work in agricul
ture.
Many Chlinese in Amfoy were pots
Oned. owinlg to ani attemptn to smiuggle
morphia into the country in a flour
shipmecnt.
The word "smog" has been1 atdded to
he language to describe the comnbina.'
ion of smoke and11 fog which SO often.t
darketns London streets.
George Ade's farm covers 900 acres.
He has nameitd it "Hazelden,." andi it is
rear Kentlanld. In1d. It pays him eight
per cent, on his investment.
Texas. in the fiscal years 1!900 and
1X7. will pay $ti00,000 to Conftederalte~
veternls for pcnsions, besides expenld
ing $154 -18 for the support of the Con
federate Hlomie.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens. the sculp
tor. has comtpleted his plans and is now
working on tile clay modei of his
statue of Mark Hlanna, which is to be
erected in Cleveland.
A club has been formed by deaf
woetn of Berlin. A h1u1ulred members
meet weekly ill Wilhelm Strasse.
where they drink tea as they converse
in tile sign language or with the aid of
ear trumpets.
Mrs. Mildred Dewey. wife of Ad
mtal Dewey, hlas returned to the
Twenty-eighth Alabama Regiment the
1ag catptured at Orchard Knob durmlli
the Civil War by her first husband,
General Hlazen.
Lake That Stores H-eat.
There is a lake that stores the sun's
et at lidve. in .northeastern Tran
slvaia. Thick beds cf rock salt utn
lerlie the district and similar forma
:ion appears uponl the surface in the
saa of motunds. somec of them over
Ofeet in hn-g> . Amongst these the
ae rests at fully 1.,o0 feet above sea
eve. Upon the surface its water is
1mosm sweet, four inches below there
is a twentieth of salt, at two feet there
is one-fifth and at f-ve feet the water
is practically saturanted with salt.
In September. after a summer's sun
shine the thermometer showed the
lake's waters to be 15') degrees four
feet down. Even by April. after a
whole season of wintry weathter, it
had only been reduced to 30) degrees.
Experiments have proved that this is
due to absorption and retention of the
sun's heat by the salt-satutrated solu
tio--Montreal Herald.
PALMETTO AFFAIRS
Occurrences of Interest in Variods
Parts of the State.
Gencral Cotton Market.
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l q; iae ti . qu. . . ... .1 -1
lin tnitedy.. .. .. ......10.0
.i e Sa tea!dy .. .. .. .. ..10. -1
lmhi.s. irm....... .. .. .. ....10
St. Louis. 4quiet .... .. ......1
Charlotte Cotton Markcet.
These iee represe-nt prices paid
to9wao ns:
(;("d m hii ... .. . . . ..10.00
Strct iddin .. .. .. .... .. 10.00
M ih in .. .. ... .. .. ....... 10-00
Tinl .es... ....... ....... .... to 10
John Miller Corvicted of Attempting
Poison.
Lu'rens. Special.-In tie court of
gelmrz Il sr.ssions Johin Mill-r. a voun
ne2r' far1 h:1mi. was convicted of
I : 1 ini w ril i e w i t nten t te o
kili a n a -:ie a sentencee of ten
y-:ars in Pt 'e prison. The in
dienn2n m11ile'r which Muiler was tried
h:-- WS Carwile 1and Mitler
wih'u-pting to) pmoi anl entirle
f~un~v.conistng f 3r E W. Fer
-,who resides near Clinton. his
wi. 1lher, 1% I 111 mt and some of
cIW U r'.d serva it.s a1( liands em
,lbved( on the place, by p!acinu in
ix well. fvom whi'-h everv -.tue on tiL
prn:iscs i:ed vater. a ba- contain
:: a snIke's head, a i*o. a lizzard
::nd a rmintity of stuff said to have
been a. comosition of match hliis
:hl(l l,,i- tlings of a poi-sonous clar
aeter. The a'o-t that Mr. Fergueon
,;11d o!;eIr ILemnbers of the f.milv be
e2m i about the same time led to
an ivestiV.ation whici revealed the
presenC o the~ horrible mixture in
th rinkingi- water. 0
S.ca Men Arrestted For Pendleton's
:vurder.
..t!. . I. ALcereII. Josh1 3MOIre. J1.711n
line no :. ehavged wit ill
3lPndlnear Ufone
SIer ind ed in the Abhbeville
Vm jail !ast week. Sheriff Lyon
' that he was informed while oP
hiswar tol make the arrests that the
ris'to!ers were atrmed. with Winicht
er ri es atnd woul resist arrest~ to
be hbittr en Cd. Tis d15(id not deter~
h ie shetriif. who' proceeded to make
1 arrests, V1 vihich was' done without
. The nrisoners' miade no(
;'~eseape and submih'.tted
Jot. All of them were
't -. Mairion Ashley. near
1:na .. . ept Hugn.h Bowen, who
eOtne to) Abbeice and~ gave himself
Theological Seminary.
Columbia. Special.-The Columbia
Theologzical semtinary' resumed its
worek. there beinaz an increasedl atten
(ancre of students. The graduating
ehiss is larger than usual and the low
er classes have an increased atten
da nce. The openng exercises were
addressed by Rev. W. 31. 31ePheeters.
>. 1).. chairman of the faculty, and
Rev. William Morrison. D. D. The
membecrs of the faculty are: Dr. Me
Pioeters. liev. Wut. T. Hall. D. D..
iev. 1?. C. Reid. D. D.. and Rev.
Henry Alexander White. D. D.
Palmetto Briefs.
A larze r amber of the colleges and
hih schools of the State opened
last week. All of them report increas
ed attenldance and much interest.
Thle Southern Power Company anf
on;Cs that it will soon begin the
builing of a railroad sixty miles
long. fromt Harmony. a station on the
Seaboard Air Line. to Camden.
A number of people attended the
fmmiers' meeting Monday at liiebland
where President Smith and Treasurer
Hvatt made enthlusiastie speeches
Ma i. Wmn. J1. Stribling was present
hv invitation and also spoke. The
ineet inr was well attended and~ intenl
sied the interest that means so much
to t he farmers and others.
The (lhester county cotton assocta
ion will stiek hy their brothers else'
where. At the recent meeting a reso
ttion wais una~nimouisly adopted en
dorsing~ the action of the Asheville
-ommaittee in fixing 11 cents as the
nuninuun;iI price for cotton wvherever
te same'. is practicable.
4
The state of Georgia wishes to es
tablishi in this State a rifle rang~e for
thei use of the troops of that common2)f
wah.h. The trCoops) which would use
it are t hose' from the city of Augzusta
and1 its locat ion in Seuth Carol ina is
uens 1thee isel n5o desirable site in
G eo!nl i.jacen!t to the city jiust men
At a meet ing of thle srtohoers~
i-: v:eek almost ::n entire new set o~f
V~m~'w(- '.Iirted forl theC Uni'n antd
The Piedmont Fair.
Greenville. Special.-The success of
Maor Mahon anid tihe directors of the
ie'lnont fair in securin:: subscrip
1' ions to t he fi r to be held in No
v(eber1 his proven even ureater thtan
theni'mst 5:anguine hopeCs andi the
lnaor mC)Cade l he iil)u llk ~~~~iC
mn;h thalt ther had beentl)C~ raised r
prmiisedl by the merchants and others
the handsomne sum of .93.500 for pur
se: n the races and for premiums for
TEXTILE NEIYS OF lilTERI
Notes of Southern Cotton Mills and
Other Manufacturing Enterprises.
MAXTON, N. C,
The Observer's correspondent 'earns
from a very reliable source of an
ouit-of-town capitalist who is very
much interested in building a large
cotton mill at this place. if a good
site can be had and some stoc:k taken
by Maxton people. This, we are con
fident, can be arranged, as there hace -
been several land owners who have
%ffered sites for this purpose, gratis,
and this means a mill in the near
future. One of the locations men
tioned above is adjacent to with the
Seaboard and Atlantic Coast Line
tracks. which would make shipping
easy over either line. We hope to re
port something definate on this soon.
NASHVILLE,- TENN.
Joe B. Morgan and his associates
have obtained a charter of incorpo
ration for the Warioto Cotton Mills,'
with capital stock of $200,000. This
company will take up its proposition
for purchasing and modernizing th
Nashville Manufacturing CompanA
plant, which it has bought unde
certain conditions pertaining to th
present lease. The general plan is t
have an equipment of 10,000 spindle
and 300 looms. The company was in
corporated by Mr. Morgan. Joseph H
Thompson, William Nelson, Edwin
Warner and M. J. Smith.
FAYETTEVILLE, TENN.
The Elk Cotton Mills. are under
stood to have planned the erection
of a dam to develop power which will
be converted into electricity and fur
nished to operate a $60,000 cotton
factory which the company intends
adding to its present plant.
Charles Iceman, the well-known.
cotton mill manager, living at McColl,
S. C., is interested in plans which are
being formulated at Cheraw, S. C., for
the organization of a cotton mill com
pany there.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
A charter has quite recently been.
obtained for another cotton mill here
with a capital of $300,000. The in
corporators are Messrs. E. A. Smith
and A. H. Washburn, of this city, and.
and T. G. Cox, of Taunton. Mass.
Mr. Smith is president of the
Chadwick and Hoskins mills and Mr.
Washburn is the Southern agent of
the Saco-Pettee Machine shops, the
Crompton & Knowles Loom Works
and other enterprises and is a man of
affairs. It is an enterprise wliose suc
cess is assured.
HOUSTON, TEX.
Inquiries have been receiver from
parties connected with two cotton
mills that are desirious of locating
here, provided the proper encourage
ment ia' receivcd. ()ne company is
anxious to erect a $350,000 mill if
$150,000 is invested by local capital,
and the other is a $100,000 concern,
with $25.000 capital, anxious to re
eive assistance from l'ocal capital.
An investigation of the propositions
is being made, as it is admitted that
Houston needs a large cotton mill.
GASTONIA, N. C.
The new Monena Mill, is now com
plete, as far as outward -ippearances
y e concerned. It has added consider
ably to the attractiveness of the other
two mills-Modena Nos. 1 and2
though the best street on the hill had
to be crossed by the L-uilding. The
windows and the roof are now comn
plted and there remains nothing to
be done but to put in the machinery.
This is being brought ir now and will
sooni be installed. The mill will be
ready for operation by the time its
promoters had planned f'r it to be
zim.
Upheaval in Colombia.
Panama, By Cable.-Unconfirmfed,
reports have reached here to the effect'
that General Raffael Reyes. President
of Colombia, declared himself dicta
tor en September 8th, and imprisoned
the members of the Supreme Court
at Bogota. Mobs, angered by this ac
tion. attacked the presidential palace
and were fired en by troops, who killed
:any of the rioters. The report says.
that~ revolutions have started in An
tioqula and Santander.
" Textile Notes.
The :iolleton Cotton Mills. at Wal
ter<.ro. S. C1., were sold at auction
in that city recently under order of
the Un~ted States Disirict Court. for
.5.050. John F. Lucas. president of
the Coleton Banking Comp~'ny, ::c
ing ilhe purchaser. The upset picei
was .ixed at $45,0300 by the court.
There were two other bi~eez
The Monroe (N. C.) Cotton Mills
will add looms and discontinue mak
in yarns. It is hoped to have thie
changed condition in operation by
February 15th.
The Eastman, Ga., Cotton Mills
have recently been enlarged, antl will
be given every advantage possible.
On October 1 they will open up under
reoranization1, and their domestie
and1 export facilities will be augu
mnacted bceaus~e of the fact that they
have confidence- in the approaching~
price of cottoni.
The Erenhanm. Texas. Cotton Mill
is beinz enlarzed to the extent of one
third more than its fermer capacity.
4. prominent capitalist and cotton
mill man from a ncigliboning town
was in Statesville recentiy looking
ovr the field with a view to invest
ing in a new cotton ni, with $100,
000 z':pital, that wiil, in a-1 probabi
lity. be organized there soon.
The Hatton Shoals Power Com
pany has been organized at Anderson,
. C.. with a capital stock of $150,000.
It will provide electric power from its
plant on the Tuggalee river, 16 miles
'rm Andem'on. for a number of cot
tn manufacturing~ plants in the vi