The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, January 06, 1897, Image 1
MfQT,. TJ WINNSBOHO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1897. NO. 22. |
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IfeERHY INI^D. j
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?3 liaiii-CH Fail-Good Example of ;!>{*
psjierlty tl?e Country is Ejiperltncisj;- I
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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. '