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MfQT,. TJ WINNSBOHO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1897. NO. 22. | ----- - i __ i i ^ IfeERHY INI^D. j | ?3 liaiii-CH Fail-Good Example of ;!>{* psjierlty tl?e Country is Ejiperltncisj;- I 1 ilion.s IbvoJvkI In T-'jiilurc-*. 3ICAGG, Dec. 30.? As a result of j voluntary liquidations of the At National "batik of this city, Wil-j > M. and John S. Van ^ortwick, ; |p|||> held -i5i shares of stccic in t o at |||||sk and were borrowers therefrom jjplpie- amount of $300.GOO, made an ^^s^gnmect "yesterday to the Equitable |||Iist company of Chicago, "^ho took |||p?session of the Van Nortwick's bank ^^Batavia yesterday. lpl|Fhe failure involves the entire in?|g|Sests of the Van Xortwick's, whose ^^.imated wealth, nccording to their statement, is $2,500 000, often es^Mi;ated at three times that amount !|l|pd representing, besicies the Van sffiglortwiek bank and ether property at ijmtavia, manufacturing inter|??st$. The total liabilities will probal?||[y be near $2,000,000. The articles |||f| assignment, three in number, were ||||?d in the Kane county court at GeiPpva at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon M. and J. S. Van Noriwick each ^sssigning1 a> individuals and the two ||l|s a company... jgg The interests of the Van Nortwicks plfre large, an^.-'diversififd. They own Sjfjlbe western paper bag factory at Bata||??ia, employing several hundred hands Mwith a daily output of 2,000, COO Large WSfoofriripc- s-t.?lvRiilrsrja. Wis., for the Iannfactore of manila paper, and at I emphis, Teh'i>.,' for the making o? j .per '"woodeii rware"', ai'2 branches i the WesterjE Paper Bag company j id are conducted under the same anagement. The Van Nortwick Pa j r company ownsmills at Combined | )cks. near Appletoh. Wis., vrhich j st $SOO,OOC; also the Aopietcn Man-} acturing company at Van Nortwick, a, with. a capital stock of $200.COO, th turns out v-ind mills and agri-1 itural implements. v En Bat&via so much real estate is med by them that people are ^ften I arc to remark: "The Van Xort-j cks own Batavia." Besides the ick block in which the'bank is loca- ( S, erecte'd at a cost of vi0,0U0, and ier. real estate, they -own 400 acres farm land there valued at ?">0,000 nong their possessions are also Dusands of acres of pine lands in isconsin. They are stockholders in : } old Second National bank ard the j ! An-rz-'i-o mil! nnmT:ntr at AllfO- i ra, and banks at Apple .en and Kan-? [ kans, "Wis. , . . [, The Van Nort wicks probably are j [the most extensive paper manufactu-? rers in the west-and the ramifications { of their business extend all over the western country. liar ;t not been for | the spreading but in .nis "direction, it j is thought the crash c yesterday | :would have been avoided. The Apple-! Ion Paper and Pulp company. and the Kaukana" Pijper"_ company." undet.l "which name's aH"of tKe V an:tSTortw ic.'i* j pager-interests^-th&valley are! ^Sns^trdale'd, cosestiiuied e of Luej ||strongest;- papers combinations ever i formed. tThe: combination "included | pf-he Apple ton Paper and Pulp com-! ||?pany, Kaukanar^per/company* Com- \ libined LockvPaper company, Wiseon-j lisin SulphiieFiber company and Un-\ |||on Pul]Tcdmpany~ These ebmpaniesj Ifare combined under one management j ||for the manufacture ^f-'-book; print, j sgi maim a, swayunc and woc?lp#lp^d'-j^ an immense business, in these specials. The paain office of the cbrnpaaies-.is; ihe^Afcple-: ton. The Agpletoir Paper .and PuJp. company was incorporated in 1S73; and has a capi'sl' 6i v$lo0,000; The;! buildings burned a few j ears ago, ! were never rebuilt. j The Kaukana Paper company plant I is located at STaukar-a; Wis., seven I miles from Appleton, on the Chicago j and Northwestern railroad. This com j pany was incorporated in 1S7^, acdj has an authorized'capital- of $1CO,000 j Seventy-five"worfc'meri' are employed. jacd the oufputois,<iea tons.of.maniiaipaper daily. ,s. The Combined Lock Paper compa >*i c<M\ ny vras jnuorpur&Lcu m ^o.?u nuu a, capital of ?150.000 and tBe'miHs have' an output of 30 tons of pulp daily arid 40 teas of paper...This .company makes printing paper exclusively. The Wiscon^m-Suibhite Fiber com panv owns valuable- ^vocdland and supplies wood for making pulp to the mills named in the foregpjng. .. The Union Pulp company has mills at Kaukana. It was,incorporated in; 1S79 wkh>*50,000 capital.The capacity; of thes^iqlfe'is^C'tons of pilp each; working;tlay" ' ;| A ROANOKE BAN K SUsrsO'DS. ;j Richmond, Va., Dec. 21)..?A.Roanoke special to Tbe Dispaich says: The commercial National bank of tbis city, closed its doors this morning because of a run on that institution yesterday. This run it is believed was caused by the resignation of Cashier Davenport and his departure for West A'irginia on Sunday. 1'ne res:gna-j lion was tendered on the 13th, but did not go into elfect until the 2uth and j for seme reason the matter was kept from the general public for a week or more. ; ilr. Davenport had been in the employ of the bank for some jears, and nis bocks on settlement were correct in every 'particular When it was known that he had resigned, the people became uneasy and the run followed. The total liabilities of the bank amount to about $80,000 and the. estimated assets exceed this by about $90,000. The amount due depositors according to the statement of the bank's condition published last Saturday was $61,587, but it is&elieved that at least $I2,0C0 of this sum was with? drawn in the run of yesterday. The j ^^gitai^j^k._of the hsnlr is Ilo be able to ail Y'?- j feeiisg aruocg business | d- ii is safe ^ say the sus ii:onatl back, whose presides lOtttleson, e\':$iate ci whose .cashier is Joseph Lo ap. cx-Siaie treasurer. XL its ucors this moniic^, M. Ootiin,' deputy cohipe currency, wiio -happen:e city, took charge. nbTetter said that the iia. including: . the capital icd jncludinz principally louited to $i"50,0U0'. He. had no doubt but that the, depositors would ic lime be paid in . full. The Slate is creditor to the! amount of $10,000 and the county to ' about ?5,000. The city had $i,200on j depos t. At the present time, sccordicg to Cashier Booletter, there is 000cash in the vault and $100,000 wili be collected within next M0 days. The suspension was ordered for the purpose of protecting the m?jority of the creditors. The bank's capital is $200,000 Ti-e suspension of the Scandia rosier day and the Columbia this morning created consternation amon.fr the patrons of the Washington bank, and sucg a "run" ensued that the bank was compelled to clots its doors shortly after noon. Depositors drewtliei^ checks 'directly at the bank and j through the clearing house at such a j rate tbat it was evident that the in- J terests of all the depositors demanded suspension of business. The bank knew that its strength would be sorely taxed today, and had made arrangeincuts to get $50,000 in cash, wh'cn e 1 . j. .a. would Have tidta it over saieiy, cutj the money was not forthcoming this: morning, and after a vain attempt to i stand the demand?, Cashier Brecke! telephoned Bank Examiner Kenyanj that the officials had decided to cicse j the bantr, and asked him to take charge. Cashier Brccke stated this afternoon that aside frdm the matter of cash on hand the bank was in ex- j eel lent shape. Exactly what will be done has not I yet been determined. It is very likely that the suspension wiii te only temporary, as the resources of the bank! are ia such shape, according to Mr. Br?eke, that i!s depositors can be paid in lull in a comparatively short time, and n0 cents on the dollar vithin two! monhts. In round numbers the liabil-j itiesare $500><&?0, and the assets ?000,0C0. O: the latter only $14,500 is real estate. The bank had some city deposits, $3,000 of State money and $4,000 of the count vs. The bank A P. R:JM. i AXO. X w -? gan, who is at present city treasurer; vice presides. K. 3. E. J^hnscn: cashier, O. E Brecke. The bank's loans and discounts are i 0507,145. lis deposits are $5-1$. 000 and its capital stock $ 100,000. The announcement of the failure of the Columbia and Washington banks j caused a considerable flurry at nearly all or the other banks of the city. The j 'biggest run was on the Farmers' and j Mechanics' bank, the largest savings j institution in the northwest with de- j posits of over $(5,000,000. This b*nk i is said to be en;irely safe. It stood a! constant run of eight davs during the j panic of 1S93. Mixseapolis, Dec. 29.?The Washington bank of this city has closed its doors. Its last Statement, Dec. 17, shows loans and discounts of $500,000 and deposits of $540,000. Its capital is $100,000 and its surplus $13,000. A. C- Haugan, its president, is city treasurer and it is likely that quite an amount of city funds will be locked up by the failure. Its business is largely with working people. The officers claim that they will he able to pay them in full. Minneapolis, Dec. 29 ?The Columbia national bank of this city cicsed its doors this morning owing to iti&-1 bility to make collections. I; is aj comparatively new bank, having been I organized., about five years ago with j ex State Treasurer Chas. Kitteker as its president and ex State Treasurer Bobieter as cashier, which positions they stiU hold. Its capital on December IS was $200,000, with a surplus of about $0 000. Its loans and discounts were $13,000 and its deposits $264,000. It has never been profitable. Deputy Controller of the Currency Joe W. Coffin, who happened to be in the city, took charge of the bank. Its officers claim that they will be able to pay depositors in full. snellburger & son assign. Baltimore, -Dec. 23.?L. Snellburger & Son, leading retail dry goods merchants of South Baltimore, made an assignment today. Liabilities $50,000; assets about the same amount. Pressure of creditors and slow eoileciions caused the suspension. insolvent jewelers . Cincinnati, Dec. 29.?A petition was Sled last evening by members of the well known firm, of Duhme & Co., jewelers, "for a dissolution and a re ceiver lor iiits- urui. jlucj< so.* cut? company is insolvent and unable to meet maturing debts. too much lumber. Seattle. Wash., Dec. 29.?The B. E. Sletson and Post Saw Mill company closed down, its plant yesterday, throwing 70 men out of employment. The overproduction cf lumber, together with the recent failures of eastern Jbar.ks a Meeting a number of westerfTlurrber iirms, caused the suspension. ttin confer with for?ij;u jilmetallis!?. Washington, Dec. :>1.?Senator Wolcott of Colorado, the chairman of the special Senate committee to arrange for a bimetallic conference of the nations of the world, is aoing abroad to r-onfer with European bimetallists on the subject. The pur posfs of his visit are known ana approved by President-elect McXinley, and his trip is made at the request of his associates of the Senatorial comvha ^ttaritioti r>f t'ria senator was called to the Canton 0., dispatch published today that he was going abroad for the purpose stated and that be would go with the endorsement of President-elect McKinley and was em| powered in a measure to represent his views. The Senator was not in a position to discuss in' detail the statements in the dispatch. He did say, however, in reply to question--, that it was true that he was goiag to Europe early in January at the request of his associates on ihe Republican caucus committee for consultation with English bimetallism He added that there were other matters concerning his mission in the interests of bimetal4^551 which he preferred not to talk about, it was evident that the Senator depreciated the publication of any statement concerning the errand upon which he is about to depart. Mr. Wolcott was asked if the purpose of : his visit ere known by Major McjKinleyand spp-^ved by him, and he ! answtr<d that they were, but when 1 1 -5 - - 1 J 4. U - 4. ; presseu lor particulars ueciareu iiiai | iie would prefer not to discuss the ! question further. The Senator w ill be | absent until some time in February. General Francis A. Walker, who, it was staled, would accompany Sena' tor Wolcott on his ru'.ssioa, will not 1 be able to go on account of other engagements. Gold >"ros;?criry. Eastcx, Ta.. Dec. 23.?The Lehigh Cotton Mills of this city shut down ;.today and will probably remain idle indefinitely. The owners state that the mills might reopen about the first , of May . 1S97. i "a year of progress."" GOV. EVANS REVIEWS THE SITUATION FOR A TRADE JOURNAL. Natural Adv:?atas?s--Wrlt;e8 an Account ct \Vli>tt ftecu and In Now IJeijis Oone j for South Carolina. Ti;e following is an advance sheet from the Manufacturers Record for Jan. 1: Executive Chamber, ) Columbia, S. 0., Dec. 21. \ Editor Manufacturers Record: 1c would be impossible for me to give jour readers in 2,000 words an idea of the material resources or the industrial and business progress and prospects of South Carolina. So rapid has been her industrial progress for trie past six years that a book could be easily filled with the enumeration of the numerous and varied industries. The results o? the war and the severer results of the financial policy of the national govern- j ment have not been without their ef- { fects upon our people and the material j develonment of our industries. The/ j have taught us to practice economy, i live at home and build up our own j industries. South Caroliua is more favored in ; her topography and climate than any i other State in the Union, and it is due j to these influences more than any ! other, that her industries have Drcs- \ pered while those of her sister States j have languished. The State h^s bsen j divided by nature into three distinct j sections, with natural boundaries: 1. The hiii, or up country, as it is I familiarly kno vn, begins at the Blue i Ridge mountains and continues to the sand ridge extending across the State from Aiken to Chesterfield counties. This section abounds in mineral deposits, iron, gold and silver and limestone being found to the most profitable extent. Its water powers are sufficient to turn the wheels of the fac!ories of the world. The streams CDme ( bounding from the mountains, and [ tiie fall is so great that dams are un- J necessary in most instances. The cost f for maintenance per horse-power is I Jess t-uan $50 This section has gone I forward naturally with more wonder-! fui strides than the rest of the State, j V?o frnlt?- f?cc?<rr>;>tpr1 05 <h<> ! manufacturing section of the State. Cotton mauufacturing is our principal industry, and there is not a factory i a t^e section that has not paid, dividends ranging from 3 to .'50 per cent. to its stockholders, while the mills of the east ana other States have been CDmpelied to shut down on account of the great depression in such products. The advantages of this section are apparent. The streams never freeze, the laborers can work in their shirt sleeves 11 hours a day with perfect comfort all the year round, ana the cotton is brought from the fields directly to the mills. The cost of living is cheaper, and I may say better than that gained by operatives in the east. Our operatives are all native, patriotic ciazens, and a strike has never besn i? the ^tate. In the last six years South Uarolina has j increased the number of spindles from j 300.000 to l,u00,00U, and enjoys tne | honor of ranking first in the South in cotton manufacturing. Our mills are engaged principally in manufacturing the coarser grades of cotton goods, but the mills now being constructed are putting in machinery for the manufacture of ths>- finer grades, and it is only a question of time when this en tire industry will be monopolized by our section of the country, because we can do it cheaper, and the average Yankee has very liulesentiment when the question of dollars and cents intervenes. There is a great field in this section for bleacheries: not a yard of the immense product of our mills is bleached io the State. This seems anomalous and is only explained from the fact that cotton manufacturing has been so profitable that our pec pie have been content to employ their capital in this channel alone. That such an enterprise would be profitable goes without saying:, if only tn snrvnlv the home maiket. \\e man rr~o ufacture our cloth, ship to New York, where it is bleached, and then buy it back again, thus paying freight two ways, whereas a home bleachery would save this expense and necessarily drive the eastern one out of the market. This is our easy and goodnatured way, however, and we continue to pay the tax in order to let our eastern brother live.-Our cotton mills are largely owned by our own people, and it is a mistake to think thai this rapidity of development is due to outside capital. Most of the mills are built on what is known as the installment plan, thus enabling wage earners and laborers to become stockholders and interested in the success of the enterprise. Many of the small accounts in our savings banks have been thus converted, and in every case to the great advantage of the investor. The conversion of our electric power bids fair to further increase our manufac lories witmn tns next year ur iwu. Thers is nearing completion in the city of Columbia the largest electricpower plant south of Niagara falls, and I believe the only cotton factory plant run entirely by electric power is in this country, and is owned largely by the same stockholders. In 30 days this 10,000 horse power station will be running mills in this city. There is another company developing the immense power on the Cita'wba river, and contracts have already baen entered into whereby the mills of the enterprising city cf Rock Hill are to be run by electricity. South Carolina will soon be an electric State in more senses than one. The iron mines in this section, although rich, a^e worked on a smal'scale, but profitably. It will surprise most of your readers to know that South Carolina produces more gold than any State in the Union east of the Mississippi river. -We are willing, however, to abandon this enterprise for free silver. Two goldmines are successfully operated in this State. The Piedmont section is well tim"? ' ? v .1 1 i. Derea wim oax, memory, wamui au.u i short-leaf pine, which is sawed at the mills and shipped to the northern j furniture factories. A rich field is oil'ered here for such factories, there beic<r but one in this section, and it is operated upou a smali scaleCotton is raised in this section, as j well as the middle section, and is of a j very fine grade. This industry pn-s I about as well as anywhere in iue South, in view o:j)ie low price of the : product, which is scarcely sufficient to pay for iis-fJroduction. The vield per acre in the State is larger than that of any Stats within the cotton .belt." 2. The middle country. This section is more or less rolling, and is better known as the sand hills section of the SLi.it- It is the head of navigation of most of Lh* rivers, and contains th<* trios": fertile lands and most beautiful farms aud orchardsFor thf? past ?<re years a great deal of attention has been paid to the culture of fr'XH. 'r'he peaches and berries raised in this section command a hig-h'.-r price in northern markets than even California fruits. The industry is growing, and the old ootton fields are jieldimra more profitable crop. Several nurseries have been planted, and the home market is almost supplied by home people. This section is no\r called the ii^ma of the peach. The watermelon is also grown to per- j fection, and is a profitable crop. The j average yield per acre of cotton and other Held, products is greater than in the other sections of the State, the best farms yielding more than two bales to the acre. Tobacco has become the best paving crop in this section, and there are now 0,000,000 pcuuds raised in the State. The timber is prizcipally long leaf or Georgia pine on the rivers and cypress and juniper in ih-1 swamps. The climate in this section is warmer than thu hill section, and may be called the temporatc zone of the State. Oil mills, cotton factories and saw mills are the principal industries. The low country, or coast section, is the richest naturally, in the State, but, like all highly favored countries, the people are less energetic thaa those of the middle or up country. Col. A. lv. McClure, in writing of this section, very truly said: "There is no.other part of the south where so liftlft IflW ccill nrnrlupft SO milch. la a good portion of this section the S soil will average seven feet ia denth, and is practically inexhaustible. Veg- j etation is usually checked for not more than six week?; seed time and I harvest oc::ur in every month." 1 have seen a second crop of pears hanging from the trees in Birkeiey county during: the present month over haif matured, and had it not been for the severe storm that has just visited us. I am sure ere this they would have been redy for shipment to the northern markets. Olives, oranges, bananas, ngs and all tropical fruits may be had here, with vegetables nearly all the year round. The raost important crops of this; section are the rice and sea island cotton crops. Great numbers of the old rice plantations were abandoned during the war and are now grosvn up and abound in all kinds of gams, and are being converted into game preserves for our mill ionaires. Here will be found, the negro in his original state, as happy as though he were in the Garden of Eden, speaking his own language, and contented to live on what dame nature so generously provides, and many a millionaire would envy him did he but know his bill of fare. On a recent hunt in this section a party of gentlemen devoted one day to their ability to provide food -with gun and canoe. They were in Berkeley county, near Cape Remain. Arising at 5 o'clock a. itxey took the canoe and went on.' into the marshes, and returnned at 8 o'clock for breakfast with 32 mallard ducks. After breakfast the hounds were turned in the deer drives and they returned to iunch with three handsome deer and four wild turkeys. After lunch, at 2 o'clock, a trip was made to the snipe bogs, and returning to dinner a': (J o'clock they counted 12 woodcock, 27 snipe and two marsh hens. A nsgro had been given half a dollar, a ad he returned from the 0 vvendah river with three barrels of rrccters and a basket of mullet. After dinner a coon hunt was arranged, and before 10 o'clock our party returned with four raccoons and two opossums. Every negro raises his rice, corn and potatoes by simply plantiog them, as I nature does the rest. Verily,thisisthe land of milk and honey. The pastures are ever green, and hogs and cattle are fed only to keep them tame. These lands can be bought from to $2 per acre, and the pine ridge is as healthy as the Piedmont section. No country possesses greater natural facilities for producing grasses, hay and livestock, and their products of meat, butter and milk. This is also the home the diamondback terrapin, so toothsome to the epicure. The development of Port Royal j will soon make this the garden spot of the world. This section is also rich with phosphate deposits. South Carolina, with these phosphatic deposits, manufactures more fertilizers than any other State. It will thus be seen that one taking the train in the early morning at Charleston or Port Royal,arrives at Columbia 11 s.nd at Spartanburg at 2,hav ing breaktajsted in "the tropics, lunched in the plains and dined on the highest peaks east oe the Rockies. The taxes in South Carolina are lower than any in the Union. We spend more for education in proportion to our wealth than any people in the Union. Our State debt is about $0,500,000, refunded at -11-2 per cent., and is being decreased every year by a sinking fuad. Ourfarmers, although severely oppressed bv low prises, are making no debts and decreasing their rsM rvnpc Tn 1SQII t.hft r>pr r>n nit? rl^hf. of the Stats was $11.55; today it is less than $4, a reiuction in less than six years of W per cent. In 1S90 the taxable property of the State was in round numbers.$150.00u,000; in 1S94 it was nearly $174,000,000, an increase of $25,000,000 in a period during which the wealth of most sections oF the country showed a decrease. The increase in property in 1S94 over 1S93 was $3,300,000. Our sister State of Georgia for the same period showed a decrease of over $50.000,000. The annual products of the State for 1S90 were valued $42,000,000, :?oSfthsof which was in manufactured products. In 1S0G the value of agricultural products alone amounts to $46,000,000?more than all products combined in 1S90, and cotton is onethird less in value. No southern state can compare with South Caro lina in the advance that has been made since 1S90. The assessment of properly for the pa;>t year will show a slight decrease over the preceding year by reason of the reduction in the assestment of railroad properly. Not a railroad in ibis Sta te is now in the hands of a receiver, and a] 1 show good earnings. In the decanding scale our State stands forty second in the amount of mortgaged indbtedness. In her edu"caHonafi;^ % now t5Je equal of any in the UnicfS* ^ e J" '! lie schools are well att<;n&?_ j collegesare full. There are ?ore i children in the school this lasl. We have homes and many times tlie number of ffgjjjfii ita-its- and welcome good substanI tial citizens. There is n-:> room, however, in South Carolina- for unpatriotic pauper immigrants.. We are' American, pre-1 serving our in -ividuality and institutions, and b?l:.-dngin the ruie of the majority and e^uai rights to all. South Carolina will survive ?nd pros;;?'* on her aa.tural resources, and bytko inde'^-.i-'able energy of her people, whil^ t-ioseto whom she now pays tribute wi.ii languish and decay. We wish the'union a happy and1 prosperor Ne> Year. John G.\k: Evans, Governor. I flan'n'gan"a fiend. 3Iurder? Tivo Ot?. People and a Girl Sear Ath: in. Georgia. Atlanta, T> c.n 31.?Elward C. Fiannagan, c.:i- jo.ploye of the Standard Oil cotnpiVG . Attempted to exter minate the A.1U 2. -family at Poplar Springs, Dekai:- county, tonight, and did kill threw'fiabers. His victims were Dixon E. .^iien and wife, an old couple, both mere tban 70 years old. and Miss Rut' Slack. Fiannagan seems to have br.'jr m loye with Leila Allen, the 11-ye -.fold grand daughter of Dixon Ail^ii. . The old. coup- j'c married son, G. W. Allsn, and ' :?.wife and two children lived with. in a neat little cottage four ml'_ j from the city limits. Flan nag:t. had been boarding with them for ? x months. His actions today v/>- not quite natural, l 1 J 1 t T* OUl lie uiu ziut v iu:;e auy a.ianu. xu | v^-as noticed tb.i^h. that he was anxious to get the '.i.ivmbprs of the family to leave the her*3. Lite in the afternoon he return;.and when supper was announced -2 ate with the fami ly. When he h., 1 finished, ne asked Mrs. G. W. A lie:- to give himadrink of water. Sb,e lo'c the room to get it. Her husband \/is standing by the table talking to ,-ris father. Flannagan went to his gwn room, and returning in a raomrit, thrust a pistol through a portiero clcse to the son's head and fired, / lien dodged and the ball struck him*in the back of the head. He fell to the lloor. Flannagan stepped over his body and knocked the lamp from tne table with a wave of his phtol. This left the room in darkness. Old Mrs. Allen,Miss Slack, who was a sister of lui-j ranger Mrs. Ativiu,'.the children ran into a room, in terror. Flannagan clubbed the elder Allen with his pistnl anH tillprl h-:rr> with a few hlr>w<; Then he strode quickl/ to the room where the women were screaming and began firing on them. Grandmother Allen was shot through the body t wice and killed. Miss Slack was shot through the 'back and mortally wounded. At this moment the daughter-in-law who .had gone for the water, returned ana rushed into the room, where she heard the firing. She found that FJannagan was trying to killj Leila, he?: daughter. She struck the pistol snd then clinched with the murderer. He struggled and she held to him unlil he had dragged her out of doors. There she, by almost superhuman r-7^ngth7 threw him to the ground. I'lanfcagan fought like a mad man and tried his best to shoot her. She succeeded in keening him from doing so for a minute or more. By this time her hushand had ic'^jvuva auu JLLO iau out to his wife's rescue. Together they were able to hold Flannagan and disarm him. Mrs. Allen then called for help, and when neighbors arrived Allen was holding the murderer on the ground. Flannagan was bound with ropes aDd held until Sheriff Austin of Dekalb county arrived. In the meantime a large crowd had assembled and they talked of lynching Flannagan. The sheriff did not wait to give opportunity, but immediately hurried the prisoner off and brought him into the city, where be was placed jn the county jail. Flannagan would not tall ", except to say that he was drunk. A bottle of whiskey and $535 were fomd in his pockets. He had evidently prepared himself for ilight. Flannagan came to Atlanta from Louisville; Ky., last spring.. He was a carpenter by trade, but of late had some connection with the Standard Oil company. Miss Slack, who died about midnight, was from ,Birmingham. She was to be married next week. G. W. Alien, who was not dangerously wounded, is a contractor. He thinks that Flannagan was in Jove with his daughter, Leila, arid wanted to kill the entire family because he could not marry the child. Flannagan retained Judge Hillyer to defend him. The attorney had an interview with the prisoner at the jail tonight, but refused to talk and asked the jailor not to allow any one to see Flannagan. Tough on the Spanish Consul. Jacksonville, Fia.. Dec- 30.?The steamer Dauntless, which the government has granted permission to clear for a Cuban port with a cargo of ammu nitions of war, is not in port at present. The owser says it has gone on a "wracking'' trip, a.nd may not return for a week. The Dauntless gave the revenue cutters the s'ip yesterday, going out of the river from one of the shallow channels, and this has aroused the suspicion that the vessel is again on a filibustering trip. The owners say the vessel will be formally cleared for Cuba as soon as it shall return. ~ /~t ? i _ - 1 xue v^umuaouors nas aasu ueeii graca-a permission to clear with arms, and will do so in the morning. Several car loads of arms and ammunition are in the city awaking shipment. A rather anomalous i'act is presented in that, if either boat shall clear for Cuba the Spanish Consul cr Vice Consul will have to sign the clearance papers, this being required when a vessel clear,! for a foreign port. In this instance it would be a case of a Spanish officer affixing his signature to a document permitting a vessel to carry war material to a people fighting against government. Consul Solis was asked if he would refuse to sign the clearance papers of tbe Dauntless. He said that be could not refuse, as it was his duty to sign the papers. The caigo of both boats will be shipped to Salvado Cisneros. President of the Cuban BepubI lie,-the Dauntless cargo consigned to Nue vitas and that of the Commodore I +r\ Qq t> tio crc\ i~ The Piagn?i in Bombay. Eombay. Dec. 2S.?The health sta-tistics show that up to today the^e have been 2,09i cases and 1,594 dee41^3 from the bubonic plague, wir-cn 1S epidemic in this city. Peo*^e are still Ibeing from the city? but the plague continues to inc~ease* ^iar" threatenede uP?^atne na' MANY COTTON MILLS. THIS STATE FAST FORGING AHEAD INDUSTRIOUSLY. i i . ? j The Iiaoord of a Year? Much Capital Invested In all Kinds of Kuterpriees?The Figures Given? Kxcslltnt Shoeing. j The preparation, of that portion of ! the annual report of the secretary of 1 state which shows the number of charI ters issued to new enterprises during 'the past year, ending yesterday, was completed last evening and it makes i showing that indicates that South Carolina is making rapid strides in the matter of industrial development. Particularly indicative are the figures [ showing the number of cotton mills {started and the capital invested in them. It should be remembered that a charter is not issued to a company until 50 per cent, of the entire capital has been subscribed and 20 per cent. paid in. Tne report shows that 131 compa ries were chartered during the year, of which 12 are cotton millls with a capital stock of $1,050,000; si?; cotton oil mills with a capital of ?07,000, and 113 other companies representing a capital of ?1,640,710. The grand total of all invested capital for this period is $5,793,710. In addition to this some 50 commissions have been issued for which as yet no charters have been granted. Here is the list of the companies chartered, showiog the location and amount of capital invested in each: Williamston Oil and Fertilizer co.. "Williamston; capital stock $20,?00. Stewart Contracting co., Columbia; capital stock $40,000. Arcade Cotton Mills, R'ick Hill; capital stock $200,000. The Orangeburg: Mercantile association, Orangeburg;capital stock$3,00(J. Pee Dee Telephone co.. Marion; capital stock $800. Queen Investment co , Charleston; capital stock $25,000. Acme Investment co., Charleston, capital stock $10,000. Charleston Knitting Mills: capital -j-?1 aak r\r\r\ SlOCtC 5>SO,UUU. Cherokee Land co., Gaffa'y; capital $10,000. South Carolina llidland o., Barnwell; capital $150,000. Hirsch Israel co., Charleston; capital $75,000. W. S. Good co., Greenville; capital $3,000. Southern Crosstie and Stave co., Charleston; capital $25,000. Florence Drug co., capital $4,000. Hope Building and Loan association, Charleston; capital $150,000. Carolina Mutual Telephone and j Telegraph co., Charleston; capital $30,000. Mutual Advertising co , Charleston; capital $1,000. Spartan Grocery co., Spartanburg; capital $3,000. T7I ? r? _ 1 /N_ii 1 j airneia oouon .dihis; tapiuu 0C0. Ingleside Supply co., Columbia; capital $5,000. ixuiirciiau. j3uildiu? tAud Xj"5*"i.n SS3C ciation, Charleston; capital $150,000. Hickory Grove and Lockhart Shoals Transportation co., Blacksburg; canital ?10.000. W- F. Googe co., Aliendale; capital $10,000. Newberrv Grocery co., capital $2,000. Beverly Granite co . Easlev: capital $io,ouo. Carter Merchandise co., Westminster; capital $25,000. Spartanburg Iron "^orks, capital $50,000. SumterManufactc tg co., capital $100,000. Anderson Mattress and Spring Bed co., capital $2,500. Winnsboro Bank, capital $150,000. Abbeville Telephone co-, capital $1,000Darlington Mercantile co., capital 5,000. Barnwell and Blackville Telephone Exchange co., capital $500. Anderson County Telephone co., capital $1,UOO. The Barnwell Oil Mill, capital $20,000. X^roduce Exchange of Charleston, capital $2,500. The Southern Cotton cd., Charleston, capital $3,000. The Greenwood Telephone and Electric Light co., capital $2,000. The Ducker & Bultman co , Sum- 1 ter; capital $13,000. The Commercial Bank of Newberry, capital ?50,000. Manchester Cotton Mills, Rock Hill, capital ?200,000. Dreifus & Uo., Greenville; capital $10,000. Elorence Prize House co., capital $1,000. Carolina Bond and Investment co., Columbia; capital $5,000. Charleston Mattress and Wood ware Manufacturing: co., capital $20,000. Mallard Lumber co. (limited), ' Greenville: capital ?30,000. The Jonesville Knitting mills; capital $5,000. Cudwortli Harness and Saddlery co., Charleston; capital $2,000. The Rock' Iliil Athletic association; capital $1,500. The Anderson Fire and Mutual Life Insurance co. The Sun Co., Charleston, capital $10,000. Waccamav? line of steamers, capital $15,000. Tne Farmers Warehouse co., Hartsville; capital $3,500. The Southern Lumber and Fruit co., Charleston; capital $5,000. Clinton Telephone co., capital $1,000 Mercantile B. & L. association, Charleston: capital $150,000. Clinton Cotton Mills,capital $50,000. People's B. <Sc L. association, Rockj Hill; capital $5^,000. j?k Colum.bja^gtiayaia (nulg-ire Eisas?*? Railway co., capitil $50,0uu^)r . Pudding Swamp Tobago warehouse co., Sumter; capital ?i,000. Sumter Cotton Oil an^3 fertilizer co., capital ?20,000. / Pythian Hall co,-, Charleston; capital ?15,000. / Enterprise potion Mills, Orangeburg; capita/- *80,000. Cberaw^^an and Improvement co., capital $**0,000. Mo^tta Mills, Lando, Chester co., capital .?50,000. Orangeburg Insurance Agency; c capital ?100. Kershaw Building and Loan association, capital ?30,00i?. Charleston water works, capital ?200,000. /. Clarendon Tobacco Warehouse aid Supply co., capital ?6,000. ^ Charleston Fire and Marin^^asur-1 ance co., capital ?200,000. Home Building and Lozft associa-j s / tion, Georgetown: capital $<>0,000. Lancaster and Chester Railway co., capital $30,000. Kerrison Dry Goods co., Charleston, capital $40,000. The Southern Well Fixture co., | Spartanburg; capital ?1,000. John C. Ferguson co., Charleston; capital $i.000 South Carolina Braiding co., Che-; raw; capital ?50,000. The Palachuela club, Garnett; cap ! ital *35,000 The Keeley Institute, Columbia;! capital $35, C00. _ I Spartanburg Fertilizer co., capital] $20,000. The Citizen's Firs Insurance co.,! Columbia; capital $200,000. Farmers Prizi Home co., Florence; capital $1,250. Arkwright Mills, Spartanburg; capital $200,000. Saluda Land and Improvement co., capital $4,000. The Coastwise Steamboat co., Charleston ; capital $i.0C0. North and South Island and Annandale Telephone co., capital one thou-! sand dollars. Carolina Broom and Manufacturing c:>., Charleston; capital five thousand dollars. Kathwood Manufacturing co., Aiken county; capital fifteen thousand dollars. Home Telephone co., Greenville: capital four thousand dollars. Piumer Water Elevator co., Columbia: capital fifteen thousand dollars. Beaufort-water works; capital ten thousand dollars. Charleston Shoe Manufacturing co., capital twenty-five thousand dollars. Simpsonville Oil Manufacturing co., capital ten thousand dollars. Steadman Lumber c?., capital five thousand dollars. Benjamin Adams co., Charleston; capital five thousand dollars. Carolina Telephone Exchange co-. Aiken; capital oae thousand dollars. Florence Mercantile association; capital one thousand dollars. Sumter Tobacco Board of Trade, capital sixty dollars. Blacksburg Cotton Mill co., capital fifty thousand dollars. The Greers1 Cotton Seed Oil and Fertilizer co., capital twelve thousand rlnl 7 ore Heins Furniture co., Charleston; capital G ve thousand dollars. Charleston and Western Carolina Railway co.; capital one million, two nundred thousand dollars. ' .Industrial Fire and Marine Insurance co., of Charleston; capital two hundred thousand dollars. Dillon Tobacco Warehouse, capital ten thousand dollars. J. D. Craig Furniture co., Sumter; capital sis thousand dollars. The Gerrnania Brewing cd., Charleston : capital one hundred thousand dollars. Glenn Jones Hardware co., Abbeville; capital five thousand dollars. The National Fire Insurance cc. of Marion. C. G. Mathews co., Charleston; capital ten thousand dollars. Progressive Investment Co.,Charles ton.capital fiive thousand dollars. Bee Hive Me-'cjntlle Co., Columbia; capital two luousaaa live hundred dollars. The Adams Cotton Co., Charleston; capital thirty thousand dollars. Southern Loom, Harness and Reed Manufacturing Co., Spartanburg; capital ten thousand dollars. E. M. Moreland Co.. Charleston; capital six thousand dollars. The Heriot <Sc Stoefer Co., Charles- j ton; capital twenty five thousand dol-j lars. Paris Mountain Land Co.; capital ten thousand dollars. The Mutual Savings association, Columbia; capital one hundred thousand dollars. Charleston Importing and Exporting Co.; capital one thousand dollars. The Greer Drug Co., Charleston; capital thirty thousand dollars. Charleston Basket and Veneer Manufacturing Co., Charleston; capital forty thousand dollars. Pringle Brothers, Charleston; capital sixty-five thousand dollar?. Chesterfield Telephone and Telegraph Co,; capital five hundred dollars. Hartman Colony Co., Abbevile county, capital thirty thousand dollars. Spartanburg Knitting Mills; capital ten thousand dollars. Domestic Building and Loan association, Charleston; capital one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The Immaculate Kaolin Co., Langley; capital fifty thousand dollars. Charleston Street Kail way Co.; capital two hundred thousand dollars._ The South Carolina Loan and Industrial Insurance Co.; capital ten TjPfl^onaca Milling Co ; capita] Co.. Columbia; capital ten thousand dollars. C. W. Pitchford Co, Walhalla; capital ten thousand dollars. Buyck Supply Co., St. Matthews; capital fifteen thousand dollars. A Habana,Dec. 31.?Guanabacog^ on the other side of the harbo^ ribly excited by the crimes jfl torious Major Forideviel^^p Habana, being horror^p bein? nlaced in com-JraSHKuB?9B Karin of Noria and seven more beside* joung Pastoriz'i. well known in i?a, ban a as a baseball player. It is/saic that daring the last three nigt^more were killed. All were take^Vc nighl from their homes, bound a^d brought to the outskirts of the!/citv, slashed with machetes and thgfr bodies left in the field. Their f^nilies were pro hibited from burring ihem. Xo formal trial was given, not even a semblance of Lbeg&tne. All were killed at once on^ondeviela's orders. /Soire ?Icre Prosperity. she.Yandoah. Pa., Dec. 28.?Notice was .posted at ail the Philadelphia and Biding Coal and Iron Company collieries here and in the vicinity, numbering 40. and also at a number of individual collieries, that work: would be suspended for the week: after Tuesday evening until Monday, January This throws 20,000 men aod boys out of employment. *j)Vv A TERRIBLE WRECK. THIRTY PERSONS PERiSH NEAR BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. A Ball Was X.omcved by Wreckers and the Train Plunged a Hundred Feet Through a Trestle?A Second Accident. Birmingham, Dec. 27.?One of the most disastrous wrecks in the history of Southern railroads happened 36 miles south of here this morning at 7:50 o'clock, in which 28 persons were . killed outright and 10 others injured, two of whom will die. The ill fated train was a Louisville and Nashville accomodation, which runs from here to blockton, a distance of 40 miles. The train left here at 5:30 in charge of Engineer Frank White and Conductor A. P. ConnelL Four miles north of Blockton, the entire train made up an engine, baggage and two passenger coaches, crashed through the bridge 700 feet long and 120 feet high, into the Cahaba river. A rail hr.d been removed from the o?ack and 'when the engine struck this, 360 feet of the bridge gave., wav and went down with the train. T -fiwv +V.a iiiiuicuxaLcijr tuc tuun JJJLC, I?LIO water being only about three feet deep, and before sufficient help could be secured, the unfortunate passengers and trainmen who were pinioned under the debris were burned to death in sight of other unfortunates. Seme of the passengers, not so badiy hurt, managed to crawl oat and do all they could in assisting others, but with little avail - The dead are: Fank White, engineer, of Birmingham. George Carney, flagman, of Birmj ingham. A. P. Connell, conductor, of Birmingham. Tom Streetor, colored porter, of Birmingham. Jordon Powell, wife and eight children, of Blocton. Mrs. Henry Ranberry and two children, of. Birmingham. James Boling, express messenger, of Guthrie, Ky. L. W. Martin, Brook wood. Bruce Phillips, Blockton. S. W. Tibbs and wife, Cambletown. Andrew Bryson, Blockton. Geo. Glendall, Helena. Four others unidentified. The injured are: Ei. Echols, 1? _ t A! TT - TT T 1 siignuy; nenry naaoury, rios oroKen; Powell, child, feet badly burned; Mrs. Walker of Blockton, internally, will die; Mrs. Walker's three children. slightly; Miss Booth, Blockton, ?-internally, will die; Stan Stewari, arm broken. The bridge was a pon^oos wood structure with an iror^panof 200 feet. In the center and 'just at the beginning of the iron work train wreckers had pulled the spikes and removed one of the rails. When the engineer discovered this, as was evident from' the position of his throttle and reverse lever, he immediately attempted to stop, but was running at such a rate r>f sc fr> .-?nwr> t.Vif* hri<^(yp. Every evidence showed that the train ! wreckers had been at work. As f< on as news was received here both the Louisville and Nashvilie and Southern railroads sent out relief trains loaded with physicians and others, and everything possible was done for those who had been fortunate enough to get out of reach of the fames, which quickly consumed all of the coaches and a part of the bridge. ; Afari v f>ip fcillpd wfirfi cnmnletelv charred beyond recognition. The exact number "who perished will never be known, but it is thought that it will reach 35. To cap the climax, one of the relief trains which left here ran into the ~ rear end of the working trais -' which was stopped about 150 feet from the bridge, and came near knocking j it in on top of the burning train. In this accident the follomng were injured: Sam Eastis, wiJl die; William Rast, will die; Wood Campbell, leg broken; Charles Elston, leges badly hurt; John Rittenberrv, ankle broken. The scene at the wreck presented a most heart rending and sickening spectacle. The cars were smashed to splinters on the rocks fully, 100 feet below the track from which the train had been hurled. The groans of the iniured and lamentations of those who crowded around were pitiable in the extreme. Remp.rk&We Jewish Opinion. Says the Chicago Tribune of Friday: Dr. Emile G. Hirsch stood before a congregation in Zion Temple last night and for nearly an hour and a half pleaded with them to observe Christmas day as the greatest of holidays. Among his hearers were men and women; who had grown gray in the beliclthatit was their religious duty Chris t-iMB ly ygi gymH| - son to crucify hijfl^^ Rome had him l crucified as a co^plrator against her > dominion ovg? Jerusalem. There ; may have Jews who took part in ; His cruci^ion, but there are bad and , traitoro^ amon^ all peoples. So i ???y celebrate his birthday. No ?' ; one/kas revolutionized humanity so 5 EJuch as Jesus. "We of the liberal ^church of Jews have no reason to pro; test at ihe name of Jesus. The name of Kim made it possible for a daughI ter religion to conquor the world. : We Je*sare religion poor and race ; proud. I would have the Jews enter ; into the spirit of this day of peace on l j earth and good will towa'rd man. The . birthnight of Jesus was a night of persecution to the Jews, and this fact has caused us not to celebrate Christmas dav. But woe to a generation of . Jews which turns that night to a night of frivolity and scoffing. If we cannot "welcome, let us at least be silent on a cay so sacred to others. It is a 1 human day to men. It is the dawn of union among men." Be Careful With Your Laapa. Providence, R. I., Dec. 23.?George Kierchmaum and his wife were burned to death in their home at Johnston today. The building was partially consumed by the fire which resulted .5 j from the explosion of a lamp. '