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^ . -."^'.^ip *sf .- . - ^' - ?- - - -? - -~T~ ' ' " *ftv-'-^- ' - .- .. aw'.J. ' - ... .. -<- ? .'."gy " . VOL. XLIX. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1895.- NO. 24. '?|jj I" BUTTER AND CHEESE. in I is to prorate th< to the amount of HCWTO MAKE THE DAIRY PROFiTA- j in the milk furni BLE AND ENRICH THE FARMER. n'hich makes as a division as \v< milk of each pati Professor Hurt Tells tlie V."ay to Start a J bgfoi'ft ] Cheese and li litter tory?~Wise and j ricultural statisti , c ' .. .... i Ontario for 1892 Tjixielv .Suggestion?A >\ ay to Get A tvlue x> . ,. * i tnat the ormss va tfroru Cow#. 1100 pounu (near ; Before establishing any enterprise iu creameries... it is at first necessary to find oat if the jn butterand chc requisite conditions are preseat to en-1 jn c^eese factori sure its maintenance, tor any manu- eompariso facturing enterprise, plenty of^ raw J }10\S- desirable it: material must be m sight before a , readily from but 'foundation stone is laid. A creamary | alK[ vice versa, or cheese factory is no exception to! , Active VCtO'C V It'-5. ruie mS inanv neighborhoods mer_ when butte Sere large and costly creameries wige to force m have be?n erected have found out to overstocked marl thei- cost. Before building a creamery quantities of buti qv cheese factorv the miU of a sutn-. freshly made out f number of "ood cows should be i cheese. The mi S3littor I "ear or more. . In prac- ?f butter % xirLS wn found that three nun- J two and a half dred cows within three miles oi the J -which will sell ai fn^rorv are as few as will ensure a factory manager successful business. . I ~i? ? ?1 I To iav the running expenses of a, t^e demands of t hundred cow creamery would require J \ 300 cow factc such a large percentage oi the receipts, lure Qf butter am that there would be no money m the antl equipped for business for the producers of the milk, j The extension The site ol a creamery or cheese j i^y^dest sense wi factory should be^easily accessible by J hcation of agricu 1^^ i5U^" 1 the clu'ect income ply of good water, and sufficiently j improve tlie prod elevated to secure good drainage. _ j Tlie farmers of a There are many different ways in j growing district winch cheese factories and creameries C0-A-s are .ept cai are conducted which for the sake oi mediately re vol u convenience may be classed under one anj commence c of the following heads; proprietory operative basis, and co-operative, which names ex- gradually build plain themselves. In the laiter class as *key arc able 1 litiiiici-s ^ uv supjt-uy tue muR j these at home. 1 BSSusually own the plant, elect oilicers i dairy appliances 1 ||p> from among their number, hire the Ljp hi arf attractiv lllmlobor and conduct their business. ! marketed fresh. |||||~ Another way is to employ some res- price hx the marl tSjjs r?onsiTole maker to handle the milk Xo effort lias b< |p? who charges a certain pri-.*e a pound gorgeous picture ?|||i of cheese or butter for manufacturing. ^ie dairy industry fgl^wmch is somewhere about H cents per n0^ qualified by lifllpcund for cheese and 4 cents per experience to lay Ipjbound for butter. The_ proprietory saiVation. |^gjlairies are run on the railway mana- j51 a creamery ? IWW naii.iv; YliA on getting the sar ||!ggtand. ' Tne co-operative basis has ter as jairv gp&aturally proved to be more satisfac- market without tl f^itory to the farmers as all the proceeds a,H: marketing it Wless the expenses go to them. that a creamv? bv |p|| To start a co-operative dairy enter- machiaerv ViU i Iggprise there must be one or more pub- to one-quarter mo W*lie spirited citizens, who possess the sarae amount ofi f confidence of the community, and ducts of the milk [ who are willing to spend a little time Success will foil ?-in posting themselves upon the re- aud as the operat quirements of, and working tor theu~ ,. ? - 7x1 i.ci piiau arc CAIC ousmess. A public meeting might be hpt\vppn the cos* a arranged for to which all interested ?f thfpro Jact will m cows and cow products should be in,r prosperitv to mvi ,ed. Specially invite the lames as wijl VeHect upon a : a creamery will relieve them of the the commimitv. I drudgery of making butter in a clash v chunx:" Affer full discussion, lists can Great Joe opened for the subscriptions of London. Jan. 1 *\?^a??who are ready to put their rnon- night relays of me By and cows into the business. A perateiy at the Dig canvass should be made of anv ot.lie?*? lot- Ci+off-v*., WjjBL ' j . n " ~ " ;v - ?aw, ?'v* ifu kjKvuva TiOw st tuc 2n6ctin^'. who might "wish number of minci gj^o take part. Before proceeding very about noon Monda ||&,ar a meeting of the stockholders oT^vHierrroTirrric ^ioiiM 'hft-v.ali'Bd- ar~conscrctmon. . u v - HTp. m. 150 men an ruks and regulations adopted the mines had bee effect- thought that 20 ilillif Co-operation means a working workings when th< ||||||ether, and is found in all trades and that they wer |||||||^ professions except farming, the time the disai lltlllould the elements of co-operation the rescues have I |||?1I lacking, should opposition. _ or most to save those indifference. be met with, alive and recover Is better to encourage the further- drowned. The wc ;e of private dairying and wait for ever, has not made 5 growth of a more healthy public it is now believed Ltiment. ^ between 90 and 12( Neighborhoods, attracted by the the mine. The soi ttering bait held out to them by the daughters and otb ints of certain dairy supply houses, imprisonod men h netimes make the mistake of build- around the pithe ' and equipping too expensively at news of the disa t start. * They have been ? I, is better tocommeneo ia a modest bitter cola vma sn ly and enlarge the premises and many of the men ant as the circumstances of the case food since that ti pnand: and the building and ma- brought dry cloth* ?nery should be planned with this they stand in grou !d in view. Many creameries carry iug for the safety o : profitably a trade in cream, ice The water so const jam, buttermilk and even eggs. Ice. the rescuers are we] artificial refrigeration, will be indis. They found the t risible for making butter in summer: choked with pile; d, whether to get a small refrigerat- there by the torrei % plant, which can be had as low as poured into the n m 1V0 <3 ArjastifYM fear is expressed t Iist be decided. so undermine the cheese factory is a very cheap and will be a cave in. sple "affair. The building' need be with difficulty, sta a one story plain frame structure, of water, and only &ng the walls and ceiling- of one was made during ??< well insulated by the pleutiful dreds of miners h Ng>f building paper so the tempera- Diglake colliery fr Sean be controlled. The outfit for and they all voh Eufacturing the milk of three hun- and assist in the w< |l cows into cheese need not cost gangs of men are i I*$500. and the total cost of buiicl- (town every ume. and outfit would not exceed *5 per ; In a country district, with the touimieti buildings favorable, cheese fac- Charlotte. Jan [could be made highlv profitable a neatly (tress e patrons would bend their ener- into tne rac?c to the production of cheap milk. & Co.. here in a town a cheese factorv itself John I^Lane. :it prove a failure. Taking such a "shment. Confron ^ quantity of milk off the market. sencc or scve!*al t Cheese factory does, would create Pr?duced an anon it-* tTir? r\p miiir nisuitmg !iuture, I t. and an advance in prices to! i^kaneof writing, fletirnient where there isconsidera- t??": a cowhide frc L demand for milk for family use. rle^- and applied feamery or combined creamerv and v^S'oroiJ> blows tc [se factory will be found 'more r*c:u*- before he ir pible. though costing considera- jumping over a dr more at the outset. In the North tongue lashing the (e are two kinds of creameries, c,(* !s described as i tered cream and centrifugal scpa- *'iau the cowhidin i\ Gathered cream creameries are W;IS ^'S:S 3Iay Hir: >ted to sparsely settled districts ^eston. C.. at wt re considerable territory has to I>J ?t her and becar >red to collect cream. Unless farm ^be followed hin .v, caMwtftrN ,-irf> used, fathered family coming ale I-eameries are not adapted t<> j engagement v hern conditions. -'^r- DcLaneand a' ntrifugal separator creamery -at^v threatened to : is either collected by tlie Pr0!nise suitagaii lent or delivered by the pat- h?weycr. rolled >n as the milk arrives at the kurst in su< ?? ifis weighed, the weightis today. Miss opposite tiiQ patron's name IVT-ane ot u"!'j^ni aple is reserved to be tested. su*tin? setters to 1 : runs from the weight can h? strongl.v demei receiving vat. where it is tne arre>:of Mr. E steam to blood heat. The writing the sia is now started, the skim- e mayor will In er returned to the patrons to row AN fflPROMPTU 1)UEI butter tat contained shed by each patron, BETWEEN TWO PROMINENT Y0 fair and sat.sfactory MEN OF EDGEFIELD. 3uld making up the on separately. HO a coppv of the ag- Slembers of the Families of the Ii CS 01 ttie pr0\ nice Ot Powers liang Away at One Another and from it I learn lue of the product of Edgefield Law Office?A Personal \y 12 gallons) of milk ten 54 g cents Columbia, S. C., Jan. 16.?It :ese factories % 6 cents seem strange to hear of member es 91 cents the Tillman and Evans families n is useful" in showing ping1 away at each other with re\ is to be able to change ers at short ran?e in an imPror ter to cheese making duel, especially when one consi ? how intimate ex-Governor Till if creamerv. In sum- and Governor Evans have been r is plentiful it is not o^e " oods upon an a matter t"e keenest surpnsi Scet. nor to store lar?e many yesterday when the news re ter to compete with ec* Columbia thatCapt. James H. ,ter later, but to make man- lhe nephew of ex-Governor Ik from which one man and son of ex-Congressman ( is made will make Tillman, and Mr. Barnard pounds of cheese. Evans,tne youngest brother of Go f- ^to rPTirq it ipoor 4* nor Evans, had nad such a duel in needs to make both Jaw office of Attorney S. McGa her wav according to Simpkins, m Edgefield, and that 1 he market. * ? the combatants had been woun >rv for the manufac- The shooting had taken place 0211 d cheese can be built day afternoon about 5:30 o'clock. *3,000 or *3 500 110 ne%vs oi 11 was sent out 1 rom ~J of dairvin^ in its b.Y wire. None could be obt ill aid in the'diversi- ed yesterday in that way lture will increase ^ie "rst news ?* *'ie anair was i of the- farmer, and Parted \? Governor Evans by a r uctivenes of his farm, tive, who came from Ldgefield a exclusively cotton Monday night, and the (xovei where every few went over on the early train yester Li nou ox course nntionize their methods During the dav several gentle: lairyiuf upon a co- caine 111 Ironi Edgefield?friends They can however koth parties?and from them sev up productive herds s^ories ?.f liie "ttair. we oUail to "-row thr> fppcl for T he stories on opposite ?iues con :?*i!h a fiw moden" i" most material particular^ the butter can be put gnt The State received a story e form, which. when Tire. fr0 Edgefield, the infor will briuf-the tu'i tion m which is incorporated bel :er ? L The State endeavors to present be 5en made to paint a ^ie substance of all these stories, w "of the possibilities of out prejudice to either side. It i r, or to induce those difficult undertaking, out then if ti; natural fitness and ke shortcomings, none but those hold of it in hope of t}?e r0?:n fken the shooting t< place can ffive a true version, t i fov^ic>r fin vpr-l-nn doubtless the version of each n ne' price for his but- present would vary greatly. butter brings in the i or a long time there has been i le labor of ? making bl??.d between the two young men. Then it is probable originated during the holiday sea the use of improved or" 1^93-94, over a year ago, at a g :nake from one-fifth man given m Edgefield bv the elul: rebutter from the which Mr. Evans was the presid nilk than the pro- and Capt. Tillman a member. . could have done. trouble was purely of a personal ; ow persistent effort ture. And it was the direct cause ions 01 a uairv en- mv, u??? nded the difference grown more intense on account of nd the selling price Frances on the part of each, since 1 be increased, bring- occaredthe farmers, which The young men were brought II other classes of gather thus: Prior to the affair m< j. w. h. tioned above Capt. Tillman had e tered into a financial obligation ne Horror. Mr. Evans. He had very nearly d 5.- Throughout the charged the obligation it seems, wh n have worked des- he failed to meet a certain date. } 'lake colliery. Aud- Evans then placed the matter in j Ishire. where a large torney Simpkins' hands, instructi rs were entombed him to bring suit. Capt. Tillm trre niSEfer, jgro d boys employed in j ded Mr. Evans were present. y n rescued. It was Simpians on 3iona&y aiicrnuuii ?c were in the lower to 31 r. Evans and informed him ti: 3 mine was flooded. Capt. Tillman was at his office a' e drowned. From said he was ready to end the matt< iter was signalled, but insisted on Mr. Evans being pr >een doing their ut- ent. So far all the stories agree. ( s who may remain cept that one says that Capt. Tillm the bodies of the "was asked" to meet Evans in 3. irk of rescue, how- Simpkin s office. : much progress and Several stories agree that when > <?+;T! S^-rvrnl-inc n-onf irt Vrans and told h' Liiclb l/U.^1 C O-I ^ OL1U ?. V^W wv . ~ ) men and boys in of Capt. Tillman's statement. Eva row stricken wives, said that there was bad blood betwe :er relatives of the them, ana it would be best that th ave heen gathered should not meet. They say, too, tl ad ever sincc the Mr. Simpkins said that it was onh ster reached them, business matter and that alone iv >atiently facing- the concerned. Anyway Mr. Evans we ice the accident and to the office. While Mr. Simpki have been without and Capt. Tillman were talking, me. All of them seems, Capt. Tillman, so one sto ;s for the men, and goes, remarked that the thing wot pr hoping and pray- have been settled sooner, but Eva f those dear to them, had insulted him a year ago aud h antly fluctuates that acted the d?n scoundrel all the w 11 nigh discouraged, through. This story then goes tl: >ottoin of the shaft Mr. Evans, who was behind Tillma s of timber swept fired, the ball entering the cneeic a its of water which coming out at the chin. line. The greatest Other stories say that Tillm hat the waters will brought in the reference of the c galleries that there difference, when Mr. Simpkins st The rescuers work that was not the matter to be settle Hiding in four feet Evans said that if Tillman felt he h 15 yards progress been insulted, he was ready to gi the night. Hun- him satisfaction at any time, but tl ave arrived at the this was another matter and lie h om other collieries come there to settle it. According rlr.wn tlipup Tillman then whim] ork of rescue. Four out his pistol and with the rema thus supplied to go that if Evans vras readv to give sat faction, the time and place was imn terial, and they might as well settle i by a I.ady. fired a shot, the ball going throu i-i?A very pretty Evans' hat. eu young woman Another story is to the effect tl et store of Williams w}ien Tillman made his remark abc today and inquired scoundrel, Evans gave it the "da clerk in the estab- lie,"and thereupon the shooting! ting him in the pre- o-an. raveling men, she "it is hard to tell much about t ymous letter of an shooting itself. Some say each m which she accused shot four times, and some say thr , at the same tune she Some say Evans fired the first si >m a bundle she car- atl(j somc say the contrary. several smart and The first story was to the effect tl > the young mans Tillman iired first: that Tillman w tade his escape by going out of the ollice when Eva y goods jox. The fired his last shot, hitting him in t young clerk receiv- chin, and Tillman turned and liv more severe his last shot, hitting Evans in t g I he young lady slloukier. t; former! v of Char- Another storv goes that Tillm iifhciiv v.i' DoT^.ne ? v w ^ " ~~ ~ :** \ y* \ ui:;> duv/t 111111 ii^/m mtn no enjpged to her. ^-fien he was not expecting it; tl 1 to C iiarlotte. her Tillman's first shot went throu >ng\vithhei\ ilere Kvans"hat: that Tillman next r vas broken Oi. by along Evans" arm and came out ba t one time the younv 0r tjie shoulder; that Tillman v bring a oreach of s}10^ ju oliin and had his pis isthini. 1 he clouds, hand disabled; that each fired fc by and everything shots: that George Evans was in 1 u the sudden storm -Same building in another office, a ;h Tury m the racket w}ien the shooting began, hurr; Itirt accuses 3Ir. into Simpkins" office. but no furtl p inanv unsigned in- shooting took place: that TiIIeh iCi\ \\ inch how e%er. stood at the door for some time af . ..iijws Ixirt causec ]ie ieft jjie office. declaring thitf; Evr iel~ineaccu>ing him shoot him in the ba< nderouf letters and ^}ia* Xillman was out 011 tlie stre -:ir u'ie case torn or- yesterday: and that both men 1 been placed under arrest by the to>11 Kiiu-ii. marshal. an. 12.?Two men Another story is to the effect tl hiixl so seriously in- Evan's first shot went through T L probably die by a mans cheek, coming out at Mscli ;s train oil the New that Capt. Tillman turned and lir Railroad, opposite the bullet entering; jt^vans arm; l. erdale. at 10 o'clock the two next shots were fired sire iiree men were Rus- taneously, Tillman's bullet pier^i y lived in Elizabeth- Evans' left breast, ranging around ! had been to Hudson s body and lodging^^^^^^^^^^ the band, and had not Evans dodged. rOATTNfr 7 the shot would have been fatal: that the ball from Evans" pistol passed UNG through Tillman's trousers; that Mr. WHY THE N j N. C. Evans fired a shot or two harmj lessly as he came upon the scene, the i bullets findinsr resting nlac?s in the aims wall V that Capt. Tillman was at his More Favorable in an law office all dav yesterday, that Mr. Longer Hours Evans was in bed last evening and ()Ui)-r A 5 phvsicians were probing for the oall in his shoulder. > -Wilder. Now these are the several stories of Boston. Mas does all sides obtained yesterday, anclthey manufacturing s are given for the information of the England, emp. P?P~ public, and in order that justice may been startled t X" j oe done to all tlie parties, so jar as the pearance in th tip til j TV^.> /Vhi ^initio* i n fovm?! f tom fiVO cIpin ?;o - lui.ure 01 uiree mpn Productive of results. tm-ing corpora . Considerable of a stir was created in permission un !fore Co]ambia hy the utf air.-State. to do business a hands have b( JAPANESE BRUTALITY. tic lis as to tl ? ? movement. - ! TiH- The Horrors of the Port Arthur r.tass:i<-re Sequence of id . , ined that the \v ^ ^epxete,',. of the Xort^ ^ ver- Vancouver, B. C.. Jan. 10.?Among transferred*^ t the the passe; i<?ers bv ti ie Empress of Japan |!el sl ,v.?, 1 ? that the nidus uan was Frederick \ liners, war corres- t-'oiized fhX pondent and artist, who arrived * !t is hrd]v, [on- st^1^t;r10:ni l.h? s<:aJ ?,f A\heu dustry is Lot t. ? uskcu i;v. we .TLMVAiinww j. :?? wi * <?- is simpiv toad' vet pondent regarding the tru!a of the means change. i?e" stories of the massacres at Fort Arthur, (^]li-.4lp labor. ] ii-in- Vilhers said that unfortunately it was qujtc restricted or.lv too true. On the twenty-hrst, jj^oximity to tl im- ^-hen Fort Arthur was captured, ent;ai element ela- Ovama decided that the Japanese V),- no means a on should occupy the town, anu the eJ,n rnanufactu nor Yamagai's regiment was ordered to }Klj-- dozen. yeai day perform this duty. They entered tne development oi {town, Villier's (London ^Standard) during indust nen ; Creclmati, (New York W orld) auu j y,-oln a fe.v mi. ?H Cowan. (London Times), being wita j ];^Ve been eva* them. _ , . ed labor and cl ied. j Just inside the city were three muti- COnid turn out luted, neaus or Japanese siuck on ,Jimibers. cojjr poles, and no sooner had the troops ;llK[ similar fa l>y these tliau. they lost all control than Northern ma- an(|i^liscriniiiiately butchered every- so much i ?w. i;oti v tho^Jound. Oyania had issued represented in : low o nrof-l;ii'n^tu7S-ui]ia': none of the inlia- wages and slior ith- biLnts shouldbe^f*&I<^ecl> so tllR ;f * It beffan to g. s a tives were standing in i'11-oweh^, ie.re streets watching the entry of im? ^ ' V.^ mo 111 ers. They were driven like sheep into. ex'port market, ook ffi-nims nnil shnt flmrn in Vilnrvl r?\~~l 7 non 01 a cent p ma That was kept up all of tue first day. mjjis couj(i not ian Oil the second day the soldiers broke g0IIlc 0f them r i open stores and houses and shot down a)Kj abandoned men, women and children who were them .prosecute( .. " hiding- *<> one was spared, neither tcildclicv which son young nor old. Ihe tlurd and lourtn jU(^ 0fv ^ortlu "er~ days the butchery continued, ol'icers vcars yixfthe pi 1 not even attempting1 to check the men. ^ner "fa]_)5''iC-S- j C1}t and many of the bodies were horribly Lawrence Man ins mutilated. Bedford Fall R na" On the third day of the massacre the jon and elsewhe 01 Japanese officers recognized that they nt rflfi ?r/Ji , ng had made a mistake, and attempted to ?LC'V.? llt" conceal the butchery by throwing '^C; clothes of Chinese soldiers over the COXDITK bodies. Villicrs, Creelman and Cowan ^ They have re. l0* witnessed the killing- of many, and Formerly, as in 2n~ Villiers lias taken several snap shots product represei m~ which bear undeniable trutli or* the labor, (50 per c( *? butchery. "When shown statements cent age of Ir.bor 1S~ sent out by tlie Japanese legation at Massachusetts ?n Washington, justifying measure. Villi- mills is now u] fr- ers said it was impossible to justify it. Nevertheless, ti nL I 110 resistance was .offered. The "first coarser poods, a: was excusable, as the soldiers, lost ital is orlv too < I a.11 r-ftiiturtl Ck?? - - ... It ' f . * ? - p" iiect there was no excuse. Villiers said banks of the Me ^ the town had a population of 1,000 to and Narragansef nt 2,000. and from 35 to 40-were left alive. Of the Lowt and those had ticket signed by the Massachusetts \v n" Japanese officers signifying that they Legislature for a 5ri were not to be killed. " " This company es~ It was a terrible sight, and it made 1839 and had in iX~ them very depressed as the correspon- tal of ?1,S00,000 an Oolite liorl fnvmpr] a hio-h oninion of much more, loco fr- the Japanese from their previous con- the Concord and duct. At Kinchow, the inhabitants many years pre welcomed them and called them ' 'an- ago this compai im g-e}s fvqm heaven." and everywhere monopoly, as fai ns else they had acted in a civilized man- facturers were c< en ner. Their conduct at Port Arthur, na maket, for w ey however, showed that they were still brown cotton. iat savages. DeGuerville, The Herald Seriously pre; * a correspondent, was strongly denounc- mills, the compi "as ed by Viliers. who. he claims, is in tlie lature in the spr; :n^ pay of the Japanese government to de- for and oUain n.s fend them from their conduct at Port crease its capita' *t Arthur. DeGuerville, he says, was Rights for this s v7 not at the front at all, but staved with en up. The avo iM ni.-.i.T ->,t?rv ^.>1. lii*. tablishment of a " 1CIU JJXUidUiXi V.'j'Uina xix kiiv x VUJ. ^ *a. i ns lug- in comfort and obtaining hearsay take the comp; a(* reports. He also denounces him for Meanwhile the aJ informing the Japanese government Lowell plant wj ia^ that Creelman was a Chinese spy, as work and fancy n- thereby their lives were endangered. The Boot Mi nc' He promised to expose him on his ar- 1S">5, with a pre; rival in New York. All DeGuerville ?0U, is next door did, says Villiers, was to collect tro- Its officers have phies and drink wine. Wei Hai "Wei, impressed by th< i:;-* Villiers says, will be captured this bor from the sta winter, but Pekin will not be reached, until within, a f at* Creelman returns home on the next steady and profi ve Empress. and medium nu lof neighbor. felt t ad A Starvli Factory Coming. Competition. J. to Columbia. S. C., -Jan. 17.?It never in charge of the 'ed rains but that it pours, and the chances tionaily able mc are that Columbia, will secure a big the works from is- starch mill, which is desirous of inov- dou*ed with a 1? ing South also. The man. who writes the commercial it, about it is a New York manufrcturcr. ducts, as well as gh and he wants to plant here a factorythat cal skill in its i will consume all the potatoes that can largely by A. ( iat be raised on 10.000 acres of land. Tie that his compa ?ut wrote to Secretary of Stale Tompkins, tioned the prese -n who referred the letter to Mayor Sloan, islature for perr who suggests that the committee will! example of the 3 wait oil him when it goes on. it is uou. lie needless to say that this will be done. Then followci an and a letter will be addressed to him pany, with a rei] immediately. The letter reads thus: increase the oapi iot N-v; York. Jan. 14. 1893. ?3.500.000. The D. II. Tompkins, Esq., Secretary of max of the aim iat State: * " the movement, 'as Dear Sir?The enclosed was 110 doubt oldest great c< us placed in the money envelope, for corporation in i\ he which reason I return same to you. I in 182^ it was th -1?n ' - ?i.wj ono tho commercial wi bliui 1 ??iu.u. iw ii*zm ii*'in owimv , lie of your big capitalists at the soonest power loom. It possible time, before it is too lute, and laid the plan, th' an the industry goes to :;no: tr.-r State, out a system of m ;ar which I am sure your people would in cotton that i: iat afterwards foreved regret. Surely it extent in vogue gh would also be in the interest of the in America, an large cotton mill owners to have one many elkmkn" .ck or more starch factories ] x-ated in j In this problci "as their neighborhood: thev would bene- menus. Primar: tol fiti n various ways by such an under- j ment of any ne >ur taking. What will your city do for J superintendent, he us and also your State? It is of great hands, trust-wc nd importance to both and for the public wl 10 are willing ied in your State generally to have this sary. There is *cr industry come to your State. Once them. Skilled < an started there it will soon increase con- factor. Twenty tov "\rr:ni- ti,.jni.-c fnv tiiM i?nr>L-- rimac one ffirl ins only sorry it is so old and does, there- eight looms on ' -k: fore, not give any reliable in forma- grades now mac ets tion. Hoping soon to hear from you, run one or two. iad I remains yours respectfully, phere, its moist K'n " x B. Kcmmus. portant. The be: ; iy prevail in. En liat A Grewsome Side .Snow. region from Loi ill- Chattanooga. Tenn.. Jan. 12.?Un- Penobscot Rivei in: dertaker J. G. Franklin. Jr., was on varying difficult ed. trial to-day on the charge of conduct- mental phases i! aat ing a museum witnoui a license, 'ine determined in u '0 TUP1 rOTTYVNT i water. Coal costs about $1 per ton V iXlJi IjVIIVIM. ]ess to them than to Lowell. The latJ ter has to some extent equalized it. as ORTHERN MILLS AREi have the mills of Lawrence, Nashua /ING SOUTH Ianc^ Manchester, on the Merrimac, and j Lewiston. on the Androscoggin, etc. I by water power. i.siw-?. Cheaper 3Lab?>r siad j _.\ncj finally comes the lost freight than in the > orth?Muny i cost on waste, the dirt and useless por! fl/wic* /~\f + 1?OU" m O f AVI 01 Tl-IACA 7 rt 4"_ , _, . | txv/iio tiiv liiaiviiai, xucov iau > H?es-- xe M-.a. e is, ter considerations are strongly affirma! tive in influencing the establishment >s. Jan. 10. The entire ! m^s *u the South for the coarser r ' population of \ew ^nes ?* ???ds, and for many of the lover and employee" has Preparatory processes for fine grades, lie last week by the ap- probably. e Massachusetts Lejjis- J labor side. of the largest manufac-j Elliot Clark, treasurer of the Boott tions in Lowell asking j Company, said to me today: "The u.ci cxuiuiiucu uiuii Lcj s., raci is wc can bo longer niaue plain t in the South. On all | sheetings and drills at a profit in the >en pressed eager ques- j North. " Against s2 per ton for coal he significance of the; in the South, we must pay ?4 to 50. , Following the natural The climate down there is milder, and ( eas, many have imas:- it does not require so much coal to j hole textile operations heat the mills. The manufacturers ' sine: cotton. were to be there can buy tlieir cotton off the mar-- j be borders of the sunny ket wagon. We must pay freight and ] the :ibre is grown, and brokerage, giving them an advantage , try was to be revolu- of one centner pound on the raw cot- ] i fou, which by itself is a fair profit for s hat, however. The in-j a mill makimr coarse varn croods. i 3 be revolutionized. It! The labor, too' costs GO per cent of j ranee. The movement i what it does here and down there the ] but it means progress. [ taxation is not quite one-half what it ? ong hours, wholly or, is in Lowell. ] by legislative control. "These are some of the main reasons j le staple, are the inllu- why we cannot manufacture the sheet- j i in the change. ^It is ing* and drilling in the North in com- , new thought. North- petition with the South. _ t rers have, for the last "The labor there, while cheap, is of ^ s, been watching the! a very tine class. All the female help c l tho cotton manufjif.--j in tlie mills down there are farmers' r ,ry in the South, i daughters. who are !?lad to work for i lis it hastaken trade. Iri-ic^jaJl wages, which seem large to . put relatively unskill- jthem, as they are not accustomed to ? leap raw material. It money us we are here. As the negroes gray cotton in coarse do not work in the cotton mills down \ se ginghams., drillings there, the white people are quite will- ? ibrics. much cheaper ing to take up that form of work. s mULr-cheaper in fact, "These Southern girls are strong, y ipprcxiniately us was quick to lern and glad to be in the way r railroad freight, higher 0f earning some money. f ler hour's. "Reports of production from good t ct coiijToJf^Stuithern. Southern mills show that the maciiin- t 6iw as a rule is run a little faster than 0 st in ' evidence, ?nd. goods are of ex- fc With even tiift Cra^SCplleut quality, which is the oest proof f 1 ~-v~ ll'7'S!>* eificiencv of the labor in the + >eryard tlie Northern oflfe^ Vmv? d Oonirer stand the competition. ' ' ? >ut their hands down ^^^^s^^rberiii. t, L the market. All of ^ A case s I with new energy a Columbia, fe. C., Jan. a has marked the con- of kidnapping and cruelty. wlncffT?^ irn mills for twenty vals the talcs or Siberian cruelties, * epar&tions for making came to Dr. Lester s attention yester-i n the mills of Lowell, day and all will doubtless agree with | f; Chester, N. II.. New him, when he says it is a case which 11 iver, Chicopee, Lewis- the authorities should sift to tlie bot- r< re today hardly a yard torn-without delay. Dr. Lester was :,f twenty years ago is called to attend the victim at the cor- sf ? " ? ner of Blanding and Pickens streets S1 TJ_V?P ?n vesterdav morning. The patient was ^ ; ' ,. .' Henry-King, a verv small colored boy, tl 'crsedthe conditions, an orphan, who had lived with friends ^ the bouth today, the 0f ]1is parents at the corner of Blandited about 4 J per cent ing and Pickens streets ever since he sc mt cotton. The per- ])ecame an orphan, up to the dav that in the produce of the t]ie cjrcriS showed in Columbia last m Boot and Jlemmac October. On that dav the lad went P3 jward of <0 ner cent. ,i? * herein mnnoV in *1,* mecucus tents, ana ais- ^ id idle NoSrn (in appeared as completely as if the earth J< 5a?erto~onrfifl? itsJf i1- ?>)Cnert alKl swallowed him up. ]>1 ^ogiiQ gonTiae.its.siX--2^^, -iuS ^.cli nb' mure- awiiotmnsf ~f? mmac, of Buzzard s was lieard of uutil yesterday th ,t bays. _ morning, when the little fellow, a hor:11 corporations the ribie sight to gaze upon, staggered ^ as the iirst to ask foe ai0Rg till he got in front of his erst.n increase of capital, -wliile home and his strength gave out. p was incorporated m There he was found r ad taken in *? 1S93 a paid up capi- doors. The child was starved nearly and a property worth to death. He was a mere shadow. He tted at the junction of was barefooted and ragged and his ~e TT/vi? ? -.I _ jv.___r.-i r.h iucmmttuinBia. x- v/x ieet anu legs "were m a ieanui uouui- ? vious to three years ^on_ Both had been frostbitten and SP ly enjoyed almost a were horriblv swollen, seeming' about se fas American manu- about to burst open. Several "of his *a jncerned, of the Gin- toes were about to drop off. Dr. Lesrhich the staple was ^er says he will have to amputate . . ,, ~ . them at once. Dr. Lester, as soon as _in ssed by the ^outhern he saw the child, had him removed at ^ lny went to the Legis- once to the colored hospital. The lit- *h Lng of 1S93 and astced fe]]ow said he did not run awav Pr ed permission to m- last October. He-says while he was ?o . stock to s3.000,000. looking- at the tents a big negro wo- ^0 cock were eager! v tak- man came up and seized him. taking e>' wed object was the es- him with her over in the country in ^ plant in the soutn. to Lexington. He says she has kept an} s coarse . wor. him there ever since making-him work'm machinery^ in the an(| starving him nearly all tixC time. ? as changed ior finer jjc says s]je DOj. jjea? j1jm mucv. la material. . 'out would starve him instead. He incorporateil in ]iacl tried to escapc many times, but ki >ent capital of $1,-00.- had not been successful till Monday to the Massachusetts. night. Then he made for his old home a appeared profoundly How lie was found at the end of his;Pl i example jof its neijjh- journey has been already told. The j |i( rt. IJie J^oott. aiso. ij+tie fellow does not know the name tlJ ew \ears, enjoyed a 0f the unknown woman, bul, Dr. Lestable trade on staples ter savs, if the boy lives, he can se rubers, but like i heir doubtless take the law oflicers to the 8} he force of Southern p]ace where she lives and recognize .^s executive head ]icr> XJie physician says the child is 4* mills it had an exoep- a serious condition.?State. in, one familiar with boyhood, and also en- !Mr. Tr:ixler\s Successor. [ n] :een apprehension of Columbia, S. C.. Jan. 17.-It is now w possibilities of its pro- State Liquor Commissioner Frank M. C< a thoroughly tec-.mi- Mixon. Mr. D. W. Traxler of Tim- T1 nanufacture.^ It was monsville no longer holds the respon- P< x. Cumnock s advice sible position as the head of the ofli- tb ny?the J'Joott?peti- cial liquor business m bourn uaroima. xjlit Massachusetts J.eg- The new State board of control, in re- tb nission to follow the spouse to a call issued by Governor Iassachusetts corpora- Evans, the chairman, held a meeting ki it (j o'clock yesterday afternoon in the se l! the ilerrimac Com- Governor's office, and the resignation in [uest to be allowed to of 3Ir. Traxier as liquor commission- pi tnl from $2,500,000 to er having been received and accepted, ta latter capped the cli- Col. Frank 31. jlixon. the present suost dramatic el feet of perintendent, was nominated and dc The Merrimac is the elected. Col. 3Iix on, the new com- hr otton manufacturing missioner. will take charge at once. P? .merica, Incorporated He came here several years ago as ti< e first to demonstrate clerk in the ollice of the Superinten- .je practicability of the dent of Education. Col. Mixon hails W shaped the policy and from Barnwell countv. where lie is id >, -_..i ?*- i? - ! >. i in ' in oitgru oux anu woi-kcu weii Known. >> mc u?|Jcuoaij -lanufcturingoperation system was put in operation Col. Mix- P1 5 to a greater or less on was made superintendent of tiie big in every cotton mill State dispensary. Kc lias held this to position ever since, giving much satis- 111 rs in* the ritoblkm. faction. Col. Mixon has many friends m there are many ele- in the city, who will be glad to hear ir ilv. for the establish- of his promotion. Mr. Traxler, dur- gc w industry whatever, iug his residence here. has made many v< overseers, second friends, particularlv among the busi- di , , 1 i ... 1 1 or >rt!iy alio skiiiuu aim ness men u'lin wuom ue jius wxu to go South, are r.eces- thrown in contact, lie is a most cano superabundance of puble and courteous businessman, and operators are another has discharged his duties as commis- hi y^ars ago in the Mer- sioner with marked success. Many w couid run seven or will be sorry to see him leave.?State, id plain work. On some ai le there she can only i.ym heii Man ?o?- i,iveti>. ft The element of atmos- Lebanon. Mo.. Jan 15.?Word ai ure or dryness, is im- reached here iast night of the hanging cl ;t. crmrHtinns admitted- of Reuben Garner by a mob fa Lgland. In the whole of indignant neighbors in Dal- w lgIsland Sound to the las county last Tiiurs.day. Garner di the problem is oae of was accused of robbing, the. store of P ;y. Except in funda- Hunt & Fowler at Celt post office last tl ; is almost wholly un- week, and a cro?/d of ten or 12. neighle South. bors went to hi"s home and took him n aand, in Lowell. Fall out and strung him to a tree and left ii [ford, Manchester, etc. him suspended. h'S feet a short dis- ti re; legislation, accord- tance from the ground. A. friend of b rations, restrictive, of- Garner's who was present when^she v To the inland places men called, followed them to ^2 ||p c< iv r?n goalie: Tmrrlftn- t.hftv banp-ftd him. and he succeedflisiKi River ^an4| alter A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION. who i SEVERAL ACRES STREWN WITH to hav DISMEMBERED HUMAN LiMBS. they v wise. arouse Searching for the Mangled Bodies Amongs , the Debris?"Who are Responsible for the 3.11 til Awful Calamity?30 Tons of Powder Exploded. tOllS. Butte, Mont., Jan. 15.?During a ^i^t*6 fire at the Montana Central Hail way yards this evening several cars of powder caught fire and exploded with Thp OJ urciiiexjuyus xorce. Kining a numoer 01 firemen and spectators and maiming many others. Several men are known COLl to have been killed outright. There man w were three separate explosions, the lev, a: first two breaking nearly every win- conditi low within a radius of two .miles, today. Owing to the excitement the extent of in. des the casualties cannot be ascertained, time, a The fire attracted a large crowd and the at hundreds were standing near when the.. United first explosion occurred, lien an'<? cally i< women were mowed down like grass cause 1 before a sickle hut many are onlv real sit .tunned by the force of the explosion, take ac Debris from cars and adjoining build- pointe( ngs were scattered high in the air for past tw lalf a mile away, many of the flying about t irticles striking people in the crowd, they cl ivery ambulance vehicle, and doctor ley'Rai n town was soon on the scene carry- tions b; ng off the dead and wounded. The road 1; rround was strewn like a field of bat- man c le with the injured and dead. Owing the pu o the fact that there were still several I Tm'novc :ai*s of powder 011 the track and the stances eport that one of the burning- ware- The j louses also contained a quantity of chargei >owder, few. after the first explosion, ers offi< lared to venture assistance to the in- ter "be k ured. "When they did. they were met doubte< >y the sccond explosion, like a raking those o ire from an army. The second was for not oon follow ' by the third, and the matter leavens were lighted with flame. The has b< eports were heard and the shock felt known n >? A -ff av? />? ? \jl uiiiw. tuc tiixiu c-vynjanjii anvxnii he hospital corps and the police be^an ers". H< he work of picking up the dead and the Sur aring for the wounded. Fifteen dead overshc iodies were piled together, many of ley or i hem being mangled to such an extent the firs' hat they were not identified in the ex- the desi itement. Every house in the: vicini- cared f< y was turned into a hospital. The A ne' r?0>"n O O OY? -rrrnc r\ 4-- ~ J I.UV V.IJWIUJIVU ?t ci.o WJ \J?J.V. lunicu .11 description. Men and women is wide: ,-^to-their hands and cried in agony, draw a every fireman was either the ma1 \ i-s saidr^^^wounded. It is be- sible to illed or fataiH*^^g~ 0f dead will could < eved that the numoei^^BB8Btt^_ that it i iach at least seventy-five. Butte, Mont., Jan. 16.?When the noke caused by the successive explo- vie^^B ons of giant powder at the hardware ^he real arehouse last night had cleared awaytto the ie sight which pc-cSonte<Uteel^-tO"the miners ] trvivors was sickening in tlie extreme, such cir he ground for a block around the almost i P fin O /** *+ -rr-^o !^T- - ^ w* VAAV CVOVAVL^JLU, >V d bl'C W JLi \VltII "WOUld "V livering flesh of tlie dismembeied The 1 en and horses, pinned down by frag- poverisl ents of fire engines and burning of the si ands from the demolished ware the drin )use. The warehouse was literally of the m -extern rown into this chasm by the force true in a the explosion and that they have wives ai en cremated. are the Owing to the nature of the fire and sponsibl ? dangerous locality, the entire fire while tt rce were called out to prevent the making read of the flames to the adjoining a time lildings. Three policemen had been effect al< :tailed to keep the crowd back and ey were also killed. Many of the Colo ectators were instantly killed and Governc veral were hurled back for some dis- from Pr nee from the scene of the fire, and commiss ere rendered unconscious by the force supplies the shock. Numerous persons liv- cester a g in distant parts of the city have ville. I st the power'of speech from the force Mayor I e shock. The list of the dead will ing tele| 'obably reach 75 and the damage done ing for ] propertv will be more than $1,000.- the min< (\ Tv> oil +1, V. J.O.X UI1 tui VV vtil V *. yv >' V*V* KJUil^W ' :ploded. It is of At 2 o'clock this morning forty-three constrai: :ad bodies had been found and re- people c oved to the morgue. Many of them The carl ere shockingly burned and so muti- has beei led as to be totally unrecognizable, bus will A small boy. whose name is not Cincinn iows^ about ten years of age. was contribu und cTSS&jn the street a block and tions cai lialf away frofiWhe scene of the ex-1-frpj.othi ri^inri ( )np> womS?Jv TCas-kftied in )use lialf a block away by an anvil rown through the roof. Human bestbyt ?ads. legs and arms were scattered for to what vera! blocks from the scene of the be made eatest of three explosions. It is be- that wa jved that the complete list of the was not :ad cannot be secured for several tomorro tys. The first explosion was caused by s' tro glycerine stored in the private ^ St. Jc arehouse or tne ivenyon-uonnen ncers u Dmmecial Co., which was burned. Lake, w ae sccond came from a car load of port int< >wder on the railroad track and the them c ird from the warehouse of the Butte steamer ardware Compay, which adjoined barrely at of the Ken yon-Connell Company. tributioi At 10 o'clock this forenoon the but as tl lown number of the dead was forty- ate to m veil. This list will undoubtedly be existing TcrVion nf thf? ay. fUst)atc<l osion is removed, as it is almost cer- other si in that bodies lie hidden in the ruins portunit the demolished warehouse. Of the habitant sad thus far recovered, twenty-six April, ive been identified either wholly or they wil irtially. In some cases the identifica- as best t m has been by articles of clothing or in all tl welry. the bodies bein<r defaced and were ma ackened so as to render person?.1 necessity entiticaiton impossible. It is not immedic ipossible that in some cases clottung istakes have been made. but. their im . general, there is little doubt as tention the identity of the bodies. Somo. of resource e bodies or portions of bodies, will relief wi jver be identified, because of the less mor ightful mangling they have under- citizens, me. Headless trunks without a :stige of clothing adhering to them. Wale smembered limbs and pieces of flesh a reveril e in some cases all that is left. The moonslii ;ad are now distributed among the other ic irious undertaking establishments. \yalkali it some time today or tomorrow all that Tin ill be collected in one place so that illicit d entification may be facilitated. No While o rangements have been made for the Thrift 1 meral, but it will be a public affair shooting id union services -will be held by the sh< ergymen of all denominations. The ^iec[ in. mififts of the firemen and policemen ness, ^y ho dip el in the nerformance of their ^ " _ - x- - -I - .LkV^JL, WJ uty, will be taken care of bv the city. sjx^ ublic subscriptions will be started for se^ le relief of others. g0I There is the greatest popular indigation over the storage of nitro-glycerie. giant powder and rack-a-rock in Aug"C ^ A "U. 4 T- ^o ?*AcrrY/'vy? ei _ AVI -f ^ 4JLC<H O V/A 7 W 1UVU ii? x VI^ULj JLv/ le for last night's iiorror. An in- Georgia estigation "will be instituted, to dis- this mc 3ver Trho is responsible for it, and if left Auj is fou^id that any public officials home ir ' ?lame for the violation of the iectto 1 MgLjgrances^ they will ' ? ' ~ * < ;e too 'warm for them. On the Jak hand if the mercantile firms owned the explosives are found e violated the law deliberately, w| rill suffer financially and other- Wk The people are thoroughly d over the catastrophe and 'will Us some one answer for it. From iat can be learned, the total it of explosives that went up in 'ee explosions was nearly thirty rhere were twenty tons of giant. - Ipi JL aiuxic vLLcii wculo UJL; iXL A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS. "Sj iio Coal Miners are in Great Dis- ^ ^ .on of the miners He S30 the miners have been ' ititute ^circumstances' for some. ,nd the matter was brongM. to :-K^g^gy~jig tention of tie: officials ; -'Mine-Workers; -but 10^-^a^j^piV^BI *nored the matter, probably be/ - -,'r || they did not comprehend the nation. When they neglected to ;tion the miners themselves ap- K i committees who have for the o months been going quietly ,hft r.onntrv solinitir.o'aid whi?h <91 aimed was for the Hocking Valilroad men who lost their sifcuav reason of the strike on^that |S ist summer. This the gentlemaimed was done iri order that ~ - 9 blic might not know that the A were in impoverished-circKm^-?'' gentleman said he had heard it i that the United Mine Work nais iiaa aavisea mat trie mat-. :ept from the public, but he \ 1 the truth of it. However, /' fficials are now being criticized taking- an active interest in the since the condition of affairs sen made public. So far as they have not attempted to do ig for the benefit of the snffer5 further says the destitution in iday Creek*Valley completely idows that in the Hocking Valn and about Nelsonville, where t appeal came from. He thinks i litute there will have to be Dr till spring at least. wspaper man who has just refrom the scene says destitution spread and that no writer could ' picture horrible enough to do ^ ;ter justice. He says it is imposi a. />/vnrmfvn ixist in a civilized country and xs s a disgrace to.the State of Ohio put. In cumstances in nvariably answered that they tvell-to-do citizens in the imled district charge that much. . ifFering there can be traced to king habit. They say many iners in^^ prosperoi^times seem , i great many instances but the . V;'-Vx' id children of such men?who cnffipTPrc now?flTft not re- V e for this condition. But '? lese charges are made those them proclaim that this is not to inquire after causes. The me must be considered. APPEAL FOR AID. ebus, 0., Jan. 13.?Tonight >r McKinley read a telegram ofessor Coultrap, of the relief : ;ion <n i> eibuiivmc tuxo* be sent to Shawnee andG-louit once, as well as to Nelsonmmediately the Governor sent >lee, of Cleveland, the followjram: ' "There is much sufFer>rovisions and clothing amon<* jrs of the Hocking Valley ana Creek Valley, of tbis btate. v such a character that I feel aed to call upon the generous >f Ohio .to render assistance. > s.-4 oad of supplies sent last week 1 already exhausted. Colum. send a carload tonight and ati will commence shipping tions tomorrow. Contribu1 be either money, provisions ing. Can Cleveland be ready / . ::^PP^feby Wednesd av-' or . ;hat time. I will later indicate ? points the shipments should The carload of provisions s to leave here this morning sent, but -will go to Gloucester w morning. ' 3 affereing in Newfoundland. >hx's, N. F., Jam 13.?The of- 3= f the mail steamer Virginia hich arrived here to-day. re ?nse destitution along the nor- ' - .. ; . ' % oast of Newfoundland. The recently carried five hundred of flour to the nortih for dis- . ' A. i among the needy families, xis amount is totallysinadeqa- . eet the widespread stSrsatioII--^ there the Government will v . her again to-morrow with an tppiy, this being the last op- - 2? y for sending relief to the in- i w s of those parts until next , Vfg From now until that time .1 have to support themselves hey can; At to-day's services le churches many references .de by the preachers to the r of their parishioners itelv donating money, or food for the relief of poverished brethern, and atwas called to the fact that the s of the local committees on .11 be exhausted this -tveek un c generosity is '^ajbited by \ - ' -fi A Deadly Duel, / [alla, Jan. 11.?Robert Moore-^ffl^^^ le officer, and E. T. Thrift, a hB iner, shot and killed each. >day about fifteen miles from N^11 .a in the mountains. It seems ' >r ift -was arrested last night for istilling by Moore and posse. n the -way to Walhalla today, tried to make his escape by * H r Moore, tvno returned the ere; >t struck a vital part and both i few minutes. Only one "witthe name of Lee, another ofItnessed the shooting. This is "S'4-^ h mu;v:',r for Oconee in the ren months. Coroner Crisp le to hold the inquest.?State. Frozen to Death.: ^a/toSSk st a, Ga. Jan. 13,? rmerlv station age^^3 , Road at Sawdus^^^ >rning frozen ts|||| rusta Saturday i a wagon- ;!fi^ tea^| lis