Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 16, 1905, Image 4
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Sharps and Flats.
All great work accomplished is but
^an outlook for larger work.
You ?cannot incr?ase short weight
with heavy words.
. Repentance does not unto the pow
er of evil example.
THe greatest place of honor is the
one that duty gives.
Better is it to he able to make
friends than-to build up^ finances.
Sacrifice always looks most -attrac
tive when it is too late to sive it.
iftiiai says
MANY PHYSICIANS PRESCRIBE
lydia Eu Pinkham's
Veffoisbie Compound
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.- The wonderful power of Lydia E.
. ffakhamte Vegetable Compound over
the diseases of womankind is not be
cause it is a stimulant, not because it
is a palliative, but simply because it is
the most wonderful tonic and recon
structor ever discovered to act directly
upon the generative organs, positively
caring disease and restoring health and
vigor.
? ' " ? .Marvelous, cures are reported from
all.parts of the country by women who
have* been cured, trained nurses who
have witnessed cures and physicians
who. have recognized the virtue of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and are fair enough to give
credit where it is due.
If physicians dared to be frank and
open, hundreds of them would acknowl
edge, that they constantly prescribe
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound in severe cases of female ills, as
they know by experience it can -b? re
lied upon ?o ?ffect a cure. The follow
ing letter proves it.
Dr." S. C. Brigham, of 4 Brigham
Pajk, Fitchburg?, Mass., writes :
"It gives me great pleasure to sav that I
haTe found Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound very efficacious, aud often pre
scribe it in-my practico for female difficulties.
."My oldest daughter found it very benefi
cial for uterine trouble somo time ago, and my
youngest daughter is now taking it for a fe
male weakness, and is surely gaining In health
aodjrtrength.
"?freely advocate it as a most reliable spe
cinoin all diseases to which womeu are sub
jecfe^ahd give it honest endorsement.V
J?Vomeh' who are troubled with pain
ful or irregular menstruation, bloating
XP&I^^6^0?)'.-.!^^^0311' falling, in
?n?Ma?ation or ulceration of the uterus,
_ .. ovarian troubles, that bearing-down
^ feeling;, dizziness, faintness, indiges
tion, nervous prostration or the blues,
should take immediate action to ward
off the serious consequences, and be
restored to perfect health and strength
ojrtaking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound, and then write to Mrs.
Pinkham; at Lynn, Mass., for further
free advice. ?No living person has had
the benefit of a wider experience in
treating female ills. She has guided
thousands_>to health. Every suffering
woman should ask for and follow her
advice if she wants to be strong and
well.
CURED
Gives
GuJok
Relief.
Removes all swelling ia 8 to 30
: 8 nays ; effects a permanent cure
: in 30 to 60 days. TriaUreatment
N. given free. Nothingcan be faire!
M Write Dr. H. H. Green's Sons,
S SoeoiallBts. Box B Atlanta. Oft
So. 33.
Big Pennsylvania Rattler.
fi:-'-; One of the largest rattlesnakes seen
In this section for many years was
iv. killed near hero Friday by Irvin Ship
ley.
At present a number of men are em
^ployed to cut hoop poles on what is
known-vas "Hog Back." While the
" men were engaged shortly before
noon Friday they were startled by the
cry of a companion in distress. Look
ing artfund they saw one of their num
ber shfnnin^it- up a friendly dogwood
tree*-"while near, the" base-of the tree
>-,-lay a venomous. looking rattlesnake.
- Seizing a club Irwin Shipley quickly
despatched the reptile, which meas
ured over three feet, and as a reward
for his services he is now in posses
sion of eleven rattles and a button.
Ohiopyle correspondence Connecticut
Courier.
Gourd Centuries Old.
Mrs. Elam,'an old Cherokee woman,
Zlving near Rose, Indian Territory, is
the owner of a gourd which,' if tra
dition is correct, has been handed
down iraju^fciSiiQ^' to generation
Ja-^?#riamily for nearly 400 years.
The family tradition says the gourd
was raised in the year 1516 in what is
now Ohio, but, however that may be,
it is very old in any event, as it has
been in Mrs. Elana's possession for
forty years, and was esteemed an an
cient relic when given her. It is not
a largei,;gourd^ and is a very dark red
color and as highly polished as an old
violin, though Mrs. Elam says that no
polish save age has ever been ap
plied to it.
HEART RIGHT
When Jjo Quit Coffee.
Life Insurance-Companies will not
Slnsure - a man_ suffering from heart
trouble. The reason is obvious.
This is a serious matter to the hus
band or father who is solicitous for the
future of his dear ones. Often the
heart trouble is caused by au- unex
pected thing, and can be corrected if
- taken in time and properly treated. A
man in Colorado writes:
"I was a great coffee drinker for
many years, and was not aware of the
injurious effects of the habit till I be
came a practical invalid, suffering
from heart trouble, indigestion and
nervousness to an extent that made
me wretchedly miserable myself and a
nuisance to those who witnessed my
sufferings.
? "I continued to drink Coffee, bow
* ever, not suspecting that it was the
cause of my ill-healtn, till, on applying
for life iusurauce I was rejected on ac
count of the trouble with my heart.
Then I became alarmed. I found that
-leaving off ccffeo helped me quickly,
>so I quit it altogether, and haying been
attracted by. the advertisements of
Postum Food Coffee I bogan its use.
. -*'Tli? Change'in my condition was re
markable, and it was not long lill I
Aras completely cured. AH my ailments
vanished. My digesilou was complete
ly restored, my nervousness disap
peared, and, most important of all, my
heart steadied down aud became nor
mal, and on a secourt examination I
was accepted by the life insurance Co.
?/Quitting Coffee and using Tostum
worked the ritre." Name given by
Postum Co., Brittle Creek. Mich.
There's a reason, and it ls explained
in tlw little book, "The Koad ?9 Well
Tille/' in each pkg,
DISPENSARY INVESTIGATION
Much Evidence Given to Prove That
There Has Been Shady Doings hy
Many Officials.
The special legislative committee
appointed tc investigate the affairs of
the dispensary began- its work at
Spartanbiirg the first of the week. A
great number of witnesses have been
examined and much damaging testi
mony has been brought out. Many
persons connected with the institution
Ii ave been proven guilty/jf shady con
duct. The whole matter so far devel
oped is summerized in the following
facts:
First. That the positions connected
with the dispensary here were barter
ed and sold for money, borrowed mon
2y or endorsements.
Second. That even $50 clerkships
were bartered, and H. H. Cunningham
was paid $50 cash by the chairman of
the county board to withdraw his a]>
plication for a ?50 clerkship.
Third. That the then chairman of
the county board of control sold liquor
and traveled from town to town, and
that he sold liquor by telling dispens
ers he would have them removed by a
friend on the State board if they did
aot patronize him.
" Fourth, That during the session of
the Legislature satchels full of liquor
were taken from the rooms of candi
dates for membership of the board by
Mr. Mahaffey, a member of the House.
Fifth. That all dispensaries hera
have received case upon case Of com
plimentaary liquor from houses sell
ing to the dispensary, pud that most
Dftcn these complimentary liquors
bave been put on the shelf, and the
liquor sold, for personal gain, without
accounting to the State or county.
Sixth. That the Mallard Company,
Richland Distillery and Bluthenthall
& Bickart made a practice until re
cently of packing one of two e*tra bot
tles of liquor in each case, and these
cases were complimentary to the dis
penser; that they were sold as reg
ular stock.
Eighth. That at least one dispenser
here is charged with the kaly.t of
changing the labels of liquor and' sell
ing as two X goods that which was
?ent him as one X goods, and that this
same dispenser has accumulated
thousands within his few years of
service.
Ninth. It was developed that the
Richland Distilling Company and Blu
thenthall & Bickart have been paying
25 cents for empty cases which origi
nally contained their goods. This is
supposed to have been a method of
boosting the sales. Ohe witness testi
fied that Rock Castle cases were paid
for. at 25 cents each, without bottles,
and that they were not returned. It
was shown that these empty cases
other than i .ose sold to the shipping
houses, were sold locally to drug
acuses for not more than five cents
and often for less.
Tenth. That dispensers have writ
ten to liquor houses for gratuitous ti
mor to help them make up shortages.
Eleventh. That empty cases were
run in the stock account and were
counted as stock on hand, when they
were entirely empty.
Twelfth. That two members of the
county board of control signed cer
tificates that they had actually wit
nessed the checkuigofthe^ _
ied and approved the
xpense"acounts and breakage ac
ounts, and left them with dispensa
Ies to use as they saw fit. Several of
tiese ?rtificates on which the dispen
^LJ^^E^P-J^S?16 UP fheir accounts
i'^with
?ex-"
_i?ap
{Jackwood, in particular, was used as
, buffet to bull the. market. He was
iromised time and again a position
nd asked to file an application, and
ie now thinks this was done simply to
et the other fellow to raise his price
3 the county board, two of the mern
ers telling him plainly that lt was
matter of dollars and cents to get
he office, and after they got the office
hat they could easily take it back.
Fourteenth. That one of the star
.itnesses who is now absent, told Mr.
Hesse, a member of the commission,
aat for $100 he would not be v. wit
less, having previously made a sib.i.0
nent to the Christensen-Lyon com
uittce.
Fifteenth. That the dispensary is
oiling fives, which means that five
[uart bottles arc sold for a gallon,
i'hen the consumer thinks he is buy
ng a full quart. Witnesses testified
hat Hunter's Three Feathers, Old
)ixie,- Hannis and other brands were
ives.
Sixteenth. That until recently re
alest books have not been used. The
?lea in defence of the non-use being
hat the dispensaries have, not gotten
he books and have not had the time
o fill them out
Seventeenth. That the dispensaries
lave been advised to charge all break
ige to the county, and that the county
oses from .its profit account all break
age, and it is not divided between
State and county.
Eighteenth. That Dispenser Huse
nan is alleged to have said that he
iqid a& much as^six hundred dollars
"cr a vote and tien did not get it.
Nineteenth. That Charles 0. Smith
vas re-appdinted on the board upon
:ention of members of the delegation,
ilthough it had been called to the at
enticn o fmembers of the delegation,
lot all, that he was" asking money for
positions.
Twentieth: That the appointment ol
thc prerent members of the county
beard was held up until after the Mor
ris election was ever. The commission
had been issued long before the elec
tion.
Twenty-first. That liquor agents
have been coming to the dispensaries
to urge the pushing of their goods.
Twenty-second.' That goods that
were not ordered, ether than introduc
er}', were shipped to thc dispensa
c?es.
Twenty-third. That the tie-up of the
iec'sion of the State Supreme Court
as to the force and effect of the con
current resolution, under which the
committee is working, is most embar
rassing and hurtful.. Witnesses, get
ting to believe that the committee had
no legal rights, are disposed to refuse
to answer questions, and the whole sit
uation is clouded and in doubt because
of the unsettled condition as to the
status of the law.
Twenty-fourth. That three of the
most important witnesses could not be
found in the city. Warrants have been
placed in the hands of the sheriff for
these recalcitrant witnesses, and they
are expected later. Should they not
appear, statements are on hand from
them, but their evidence is desired.
Mr. Cole Blease grew quite mad
About what he thought were reflections
on him and made a personal state
ment, and insisted that Messrs Chris
tensen and Lyon were his political en
emies and were fighting him political
ly. *and insisted that any one who sug
gested that he had not done his full
dutv was a beautiful liar.
'Twenty-fifth. That the committee is
getting pretty nearly an itemized Hst
of the contributors to the fund for The
Spartanburg Journal, it was shown
that the local dispensers contributed
$25, and that the clerks gave $5. Mr.
Huseman, a beer dispenser, is said to
have gone to Columbia to secure aid
BILIOUSNESS
COKSfilSvTl?M
CURED BY
??HEDFORi?S
BLACK-DRAUGHT
Because the liver is
^ neglected people Buffer
j with constipation, biliousness,
headaches and fe* jrs. Colds attack]
the lungs and contagious Aseases
take hold of the system, lt is safe
to say that if the liver were always
kept in proper working order,
illness would he almost unknown.
Thedford's Black-Draught is so
successful in curing such sickness
because it is without a rival a6 a?
liver regulator. This great f amily
medicine is not a strong and
drastic drug, but a mild and
healthful laxative that cures con
stipation and may be taken by a
mere, child without possible
harm.
The healthful action on the liver
cures biliousness. It has an in
vigorating effect on the kidnej's.
Because the liver and kidneys do
not work regularly, the poisonous
acids along with the waste from
the bowels get back into the blood
and virulent contagion results.'
Timely treatment with Thed
ford's Black-Draught removes the
dangers which lurk in constipation,
liver and kidney troubles, and will
positively forestall the inroads of
Bright's disease, for which dis
ease in advanced stages there is
no cure. Ask your dealer for a
25c. package of Thedford's Black-,
Draught.
to this newspaper fund. The evidence
indicated that $400 was to have been
raised for this purpose, and that about
$300 had been raised. One of the chief
dispensers here insists that he made
a, contract to use the space as regular
advertising space, and that he had ar
ticles written for publication in this
space. The arrangement was for a col
umns a day. The testimony is given
quite freely, with the co-operation of
Mr. John K. Aull, and it will ue of in
tense interest to the people of the
State.
These counts were ail sustained by
evidence given at the examination,
which caused some breezy scenes. Tho
committee closed its work on Satur
day. It is not known what action
will be taken.
THE NATIONAL GAME,
Fred Tenney is scouring the minor
leagues for another catcher.
The Baltimore Club has signed Out
fielder Smith, of the Coatesville out1
law club.
President Ebbets. of Brooklyn, ' ia
said to be after "Johnny" Vowinkel,
of the Utica pitching staff.
Pittsburg papers are now booming
P. T. Powers, president of the East
ern League, for the National League
presidency
Clarke Griffith, it seems, is now^j?fc?"]1
Holly, the New Orleans shjff^^n
Holly ig?? ihto.M I f ff 'i, fi i Z lu th? i
Smunern League and can hit thc ball
too.
"Mike" Donlin has been playing
phenomenal baseball since the expira
tion of his suspension. Especially :'n
Cincinnati, where he had a few scores
to settle..
Armbruste:*, the Boston Americans' .
new catcher, is now a favorite with7
Collins. Good, clean, hard work has
also made him ?"favorite .with the
rooters.
Joseph Eubank, of Fort Dodge, and
George Disch, of Marshalltown, Iowa,
League pitchers, have been purchased
by Detroit. They will report in Sep
tember.
Poor "Joe'' Kelley. He used to
abuse the umpire and promptly got
into trouble. Now he only "kids2*" the
judge of play, but gets into trouble
just the same.
The Boston American League Club
has purchased pitcher "Joe" Harris
and catcher Robert A. Peterson, of
Ihe Fall River team. They will report
in September.
"Tommy" Leach is one of the most
popular and one of the nerviest play
ers in the business. He keeps right
on playing a star game while his frac
tured rib is slowly mending. Which
means that he takes a daily chance
of having a hole punched in a lung.
PERSONAL . GOSSIP.
Thomas Edison, Jr., is very fond of
children.
Lord Curzon is to have the famous
throne at Delhi restored.
Prince Luca Esterhazy has enor
mous possessions in Transylvania.
Swift MacNeill is regarded ns* thc
champion questioner of thc House of
Commons.
Mr. Jamos B. Dill, of New Jersey,
who accepted a $3000 judgeship; re
cently refused a ?2?,00;J fee.
Mr. Kendal, tho noted English ac
tor, has a second vocation, inasmuch
as he is a successful painter.'
"Ed" Green. Ihe Texas railroad man,
and son of Mrs. H/tty Green, lias Le
comc a practical floriculturist.
H. Ii. Blackwell, the venerable re
former, and publicist, has just cele
brated his eightieth birthday in Bos
ton.
Dr. Joseph Spencer Kennard is to
have the distinction of being knight
ed by the King ol' Italy at thc Janu
ary levee.
Eugene Richter, tho great Ger?nrjp
Radical, who has recently gone Lilllie*;
was a thorn in the flesh of Prince
Bismarck.
Kang-Yu-Wei, head of the Chinese
Reform Association, appears to be do
ing effective work toward 'molding
the destiny of China.
The Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark,
founder of the Society of Christian
Endeavor, is recovering from a serious
Illness at Grand Beach, Me.
Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Swe
den, now the Duke of Co ima uglies
son-in-law. is a great-grandson of the
German Emperor William I.
Captain Edward Lloyd, of the loth
Regiment. Infantry, has been dele
gated by the President to act as pro
fessor of military science and tactics
at the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege, College Park, Md.
When Gunpowder Was New.
A curious discovery has been made
in the course of some excavations
that have been in progress in St.
Martin de Re, in France. The ex
cavators unearthed trenches in which
lay skeletons which were presumably
those of the citizens who fell fighting
there in defending the town against
the English in 1627. Among the skel
tons was found a spherical iron bomb
containing a moist black powder,
which was found to consist of about a
third of niter, a third of carbon and a^
fifth of sulphur, the remainder being
iron oxide derived from the rusting of
the iron shell. .
It takes a long while to feartber .
aest on a wild-goose Chase.
Occurrences of Interest in Varions
Parts of the State.
General Cotton Market. .
Galveston, steady..10 9-16
New Orleans, quiet ....""10%
Mobile, nominal. .10%
Savannah, quiet......10%
Norfolk, quiet .10>75
Baltimore, nominal. -.. .10%
New York, quiet...10.75
Boston, quiet....10.75
Philadelphia, quiet.ll
Houston.steady.-..10 9.-15
Augusta, firm.10%
Memphis, steady.10%'
St. Louis, quiet .10%
Louisville, firm..10%
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These figures represent prices paid tc
wagons:
Strict middling-.10%
Good middling ..10%
Strict middling.10%
Middling.10%
Tinges.9 to 10
Stains..'....7 to 9
The Farmers at Clemson College,
Clemson 1 College. Special.-There
were over 500 farmers present at the*
opening meeting of tho farmers' in
stitute Tuesday night. This is the
largest first-night 's attendance on re
cord. Thc attendance this year will
very likely reach 1,000. The general
average of intelligence seems to be
higher, and certainly the farmer are
belter dress ed and mo-e hopeful than
any set that has yet been at Clem
son. 'Uwe are more youn? men pres
ent than usual, though there are many
gray heads to be seen. Thc first ses
sion was held a* S o'clock. "Or. P.
PI. Mell made the address of welcome
and made the farmers feel at home.
He spoke of what the State is doing
for tlic cause of agriculture. Out ol
the 620 applications alretidv on file,
in the president's olTice IBS have se
lected the agricultural course. He
stated that the college is dosed to
all outside of the State and that many
in the State were .shut out, but that
with their assistance the time woul<|
yet come when the doors of Clemson
College would be thrown open te ev
ery boy in South Carolina who wanted
to come. Dr. Mell then introduced
Prof. J. N. Harper, the new head .of
the agricultural department, who has
charge of (lie institute. Dr. Harper
won the farmers in his short earnest^
Speech, and introduced Senator Till
man, whose, subject was raising hogs.
Contrary to what everybody expected
the senator had written his speech
and, after a few intrductory remarks
read it in a cool deliberate way- He
stated that he had asked to be al
lowed to talk to the farmcrs'on this
subject; that he knew sornj^hiwiyJ
about it, for he had""several
books on thc^j^f^had put up
5>000^#a^s of fine meat from 20
J#gs7 The senator then read his
speech, telling the best breeds, how
te select, how to care for, the best
and cheapest feeds, how to kill, and
cure and preserve it, etc. The speech
was full of interest and was atten
tively listened" to.
SHOT BY KERSHAW POLICEMAN
W. T. Catoe Seriously Wounded in
Difficulty With Policeman Jeff
Gregory.
Kersh?w, Special -?n a difficulty
between Mr. Jeff Gregory anti Mr. W.
T. Catoe Mr. Catoe was seriously shot
md was carried to the sanitarium at
Chester for an operation.- His life is
despaired of. ' Mr. Jeff Gregory, who
is one of thc town marshals, was on
heat and undertook to arrest Mr. Ga
lo?, who had a double-barrel shot gun
and a pistol at Hie time of Mr. Greg
ory's attempt to inake the arrest.
This is the second time Mr. Catoe has
been shut i>,,* M?. Gregory, as they
had trouble l*vo years ago.
Brings Large Income.
The committee which was appointed
at the last session of the Legislature
to examine the books of State offices
is at work in the State House. Sena
ator T. B. Butler, of the committee,
said last night that the committee had
been at work checking up the fran
chise tax. The State will realize from
the tax abtfut $62,000. Of this the rail
roads pay about $20,000.
Judge Prince's Successor.
Anderson, Special.-The election
for the vacancy in the Legislature
from Anderson county caused by the
elevation of Judge Geo. E. Prince to
the bench has been set for the 22nd
of August. The time for filing pledges
and paying assessments has expired
and the following gentlemen are an
nounced as candidates: Hon. E. M.
Rucker, Jr., of Anderson; Mr. H. M.
Prince, of Williamston, and Mr. E. J.
Kay, of Honea Path. The county exec
utive committee decided not to ar
range any campaign meetings, and it
is probable that a light vote will be
polled.
Extra Court For Aiken.
A letter has been received at the
Governor's office from Solicitor James
E. Davis of the second circuit asking
that a special term of court of general
sessions.be held in Aiken county for
two weeks commencing the first Mon
day in 'September. The accumulation
of cases on the docket has become so
heavy that the extra session is neces
sary. The request was referred to the
chief justice and the session will very
probably be ordered.
New Power Company.
Anderson, Special.-The stockhold
holders of the new Hatton's Ford Pow
er Company met in the chamber of
commerce office and affected a for
mal Organization. Directors were
chosen as follows: Maj. A. T. Smythe,
of Charleston; Thos. B. Paine, of At
lanta, and F. G. Brown, J. A. Brock,
R. S- Ligon, J. J. Fretwell and D. P.
McBr?ycr, of this .city. The directors
then met and elected the following of
fucis: Mr. R. S. Ligon, president
an", treasurer; Mr. J. A. Brock, vice-*>
picsident: Mr. J. G. Green, secretary.
Two Big Volunteer Bankrupts.
Knoxville, Tenn., Special.-Two vol
unteer petitions in bankruptcy were
filed in the United States Court here
Tuesday, the aggregate liabilities of
which are over $600,000 and the assets
reported as slightly in excess of $12,
000. H. N. Saxton. Jr.. gave his lia
bilities as $201,210.92 and assets $3,
000. C. G. Shrader has liabilities of
$350,040.94, and assets cf $4,418.20.
Both men were endorsers cn the pa
per of Saxcn & Company, lumber ex
porters, which firm recently failed.
Notes of Southern Cotton Mills and
Other Manufacturing Enterprises*
The American Cotton Co.
The American Cotton Co. of
Greensboro, N. C., which obtained its
charter of incorporation several
weeks ago, has effected permanent or
ganisation with S. N. Cone, president j
Thomas Crabtree, seci'etary-trcasurcr,
and J. H. Cutter, formerly with G. E.
Dickinson of Savannah and latterly
manager of Dickinson & Co., at Char
lotte, general manager. The stock
holders of the company include
Messrs. AV. E. Holt, Caesar Cone, Ju
lius Cone and Neil Ellington, all well
known to the cotton-mill men and cot
ton factors throughout the South. It
is stated that the company will tran
sact a general cotton business, and
expects to develop an extensive clien
tele in North and South Carolina.
The capital stock has been placed at
$250,000.
The Dixie Mills Co.
The Dixie Mills Co. of Paducah,
Ky., has been incorporated, with cap
ital stock of $100,0(10, by George C.
Wallace, Robert B. Phillips and oth
ers. This corporation takes over thc
Alden Knitting Mills, which Mr. "Wal
lace and his- associates have been
operating under lease. Thc plant has
an equipment of lill knitting ma
chines and the complementary ap
paratus for the production of fine
gauge cotton hosiery. Mr. Phillips
has been elected president; Mr. Wal
lace, vice-president; T. L. Upton, sec
retary.
A $200,000 Coton-Rope Mill.
It is proposed to organize a com
pany with capiital stock of $200,000
for the purpose of building a cotton
mill at Spartanburg, S. C. The plan
is to erect modern buildings and in
stall all the latest machinery for
manufacturing rope, twine and other
similar goods from- the waste to be
obtained from cotton yarn and cloth
mills in the Spartanburg district.
Peter H. Con:, a well known cotton
mill operator, Taunton, Mass., is in
terested in the enterprise, but no fur
ther details are ready for publication
at this time.
TEXmE>NOTES.
A Shelby special savs:
"During the month more thW&OOO
bales of cotton, which was held
farmers in this county, have been
sold at 10 and 10 1-2 cents, the sell
ars thereby realizing over $160,000
Several hundred bales still remain in
the hands of the fanners, which they
are holding for ll cents. Cotton
uiills in this section are supplied with
cotton and they are rejoicing on ac
count:.of the fact that they are get
ting remunerating prices for their
p?Qchict. y.,
r,uvo .of t?.r' -eahhiest men in Jack
son, Tenn-, un ?O ,V negotiating for ?
big cotton mill there. They state that
if the negotiations are successful it
will haye a capital of $100,000, pos
sibly more than that. Some $25,000
of Jackson money will be put into it.
The promoters are ironj a distance
and, a representative has been here
in conference with the two Jackson
financiers. The cotton mill will be
like the big one in Trenton, to manu
facture sheetings. It would employ
a large force of hands. Five or ten
acres of ground in a convenient loca
tion is necessary and the Jackson
gentlemen interested are looking after
that.
The Banna Cotton Mills.
. Messrs. C. E. Graham and R. L.
Graham of Greenville, S. C., referred
to last week as having leased the
Banna Cotton mills at Goldville, N.
C., have ordered the new equipment
they will add to that plant. This
Additional machinery will include
2500 spindles and cardroom machin
ery sufficient to take care of the new
spindles
A Washington, D. C., dispatch of
recent date says:
'.'The officers of the cotton associa
tion are not a unit in the demand for
thc resignation of Secretary Wilson,
of the Department, of Agriculture.
While Secretary Cheatham gave an
interview Friday in support of the
position taken by President Harrie
Jordan, declaring that Secretary Wil
son is incompetent and ought to bc
removed, Col. E. S. Peters, the vice
president of thc association, who is
in Washington, made a public state
ment in defense of the Secretary of
Agriculture in which he said: "The
cotton growers of the South have im
plicit confidence in him.' ",
Textile Notes.
(Manufacturers' Record)
The Cora Cotton Mills of Kings
Mountain N. C., havo declared a di
vidend of 6 per eent.
The Wiscassett Mills of Albemarle,
N. C., has declared-a semi-annual div
idend of 4 per cent.
The Dilling Cotton Mills of Kings
Mountain, N. C., has declared a divi
dend of 3 per cent.
It is stated that the erection of a
large cotton factory is proposed in
connection "with the plans of the
Southern Yadkin Development Com
pany of 3000 horse-power and the
erection of an eleetric plant on the
Southern Yadkin river. Messrs.
Bandy & Terrell of Greensboro, N. C.,
are the company's consulting engi
neers. ' * j
Messrs. Yount ?5: .Shrum, proprie
tors of the Catawba Cotton Mills,
Newton, N. C., have purchased and
will operate the 3100-spiudle yarn
.mill of the G. W. Patterson Manufac
turing Co., near Concord, N. C
A Memorial Incident.
VjVIarse Tom," said an aged darkey
yesterday, "don't you 'member me?"
"Never saw you before to my knowl
edge." ,
y'Wy, don't you 'member w'en d?
Yankees-"
( "I tell you, I never saw you before!''
? i.The old man seemed, for a moment
lost in thought, then, as he shambled
off J he muttered :
"it's been a gineratlon sence de sur- j
render, en dat man ain't sober yit?"- j
Atlanta Constitution.
WITH AWFUL CRASH
Department Store Collapsed Causing
Heavy Loss of Life
20 TO 30 KILLED; MANY DOOMED
Large Albany Establishment's -Entire
Middle'Section Crashes Downward
and Inward, Casting Scores of Its
Employes on Its Four Floors Into
the Midst of the Flying Wreckage
of Brick and Stone and Timber.
Albany, ,N. Y., Special.-The middle
section of the big department store of
the John G. Myers Company, on North
Pearl street, collapsed early Tuesday
carrying down with it over one hundred
persons.
Caught in a chaos of brick, plaster
and wood beams, between 20 and 30
men, women and children met death.
Twelve hours' frantic work on the part
of the rescuers disentangled fifty peo
ple, six of them dead and many of the
rest badly injured. Three bodies were
in sight at a late hour, but many hours
work will be required to get them out
Anything like a complete list of the
killed and injured will be unobtainable
until the workers have made their way
to the very bottom of the mass of
wreckage. With few exceptions, those
caught in the ruin were employes, a
large majority of them .girls.
Tfie catastrophe occurred shortly af
ter the opening hour, when barely a
score of shoppers were in the store.
A clock found in the derbis had stop
ped at 12 minutes before 9, showing
when the crash came.
The best account of the event that
probably caused the ruin is given by
the head of the crockery, glass and
drug department, which occupies the
basement.
"The workmen were sawing at a
wooden floor beam," said he, "which
runs underneath one of the central pil
lars in the middle of the store. Exea
cavation for the cellar was going on
about the base of the pillar, and' I
believe that jarring of the beam be
neath it displaced the foundation of the
pillar. The first thing I know two
of the counters near the place where
the men were working began to sag,
several pieces of glassware slid off on
to the floor with a crash.
"I yelled to my clerks to run for
the front of the store. The words were
not out of my mouth when there came
a cr?aking and everything around us
liegan to fall. The wreck came slowly,
however, and I think every one in my
department escaped, as well as the
workmen."
The pillar which drew away support
ed the ends of two giant girders, and
when it Jell, the main support of the
central part of the building was goue.
With a noise that could be heard blocks
away and which shook the adjoining
buildings, nearly half the great struc
ture, from cellar to roof, and extending
from one side wall to the other, came
grinding down. Into this cavern fell
scores of employes who were working
<5n the four floors above and lacked the
warning which enabled those in the
^.sfrmoantjo escape. Some, however,
vere appnzedWtfthe danger by falling
.?laster and savecTT^gmselves by rusti
ng to the front of the^s^Tjoor to the
ire escape in the rear. ^*S*.
.Clouds of dust which shot out or^iyj
Iront entrance caused those outsideiorj
??lieve' that the store was afire, and
i fire alarm was immediately turned
in. When the fire department arrived .
ihey had plenty to do in rescuing those
who were pinned under the .top wreck
ige. They: were-joined by scores of . ]
volunteer rescuers, and within an :hour "
Hi or 20 persons were carried out, none :
3t* them fatally injured. * /
The volunteer rescuers and the fire
men continued the work until exhaust-*'
sd, when their places were taken by a"
wrecking force numbering 300 men ,
Crom, the New York Central and Dela
ware & Hudson Railroads. These delved
In' the ruins all night, but the work of
rescue progressed slowly. When dark
ness came it was estimated that nearly
50 persons still remained in the ruins
and that not more than half of these
could siiTvice the weight pressing upon
them. Fortunately the wreckage did'not
take fire. Some one hundred persons
fire still unaccounted for, but 50 of
these are cash boys, of which the firm
has no record, and the los3 of the
pay roll makes it difficult to get any
thing like a complete list of many
others. In all, ihe company has 400 em
ployes, but 50 of these are away on
vacations.
LOSS $200,000 TO $300,000.
The building which collapsed stands
in the heart of the shopping district at
Nos. 29 and 41 North Pearl street. It
is owned partly by the company and
partly by the estate of the late Da
vid Orr. The loss to the company is
estimated at between ?200"000 and
?300,000.
Ward Line Steamer on Florida Reefs.
Miami, Fla., Special-The Ward line
steamer City of Washington is strand
ed of the reefs, five miles south of
Fowey Rock light Wreckers have
gone to her assistance. It is expected
that the boat is lying in a very dan
gerous position, and that unless boats
of larger size come to her assistance
there is little hope of getting her off.
It is said that thc boat has a large and
valuable freight cargo.
St. Thomas Church Consumed.
New York, Special.--St. Thomas
Episcopal church, at Fifth avenue and
and Fifty-third street, one of the most
richly furnished religious edifices in
America, was wrecked by fire Tuesday.
The Hotel St. Regis is scarcely one
block away and scores of the finest
city homes in America are in the
section of which the church was prac
tically the center. The fire was con
fined to the church. A defective elec
tric wiring is supposed to have start
ed the fire. The loss is estimated by
Fire Chief Crocker as at least a quar
ter of a million dollars.
Frightened by Degrees.
In a small town of Kansas not long
ago some individuals interested in san
itary measures engaged the services
of a scientist from Chicago to lecture
on bacteriology. In the audience were
a man and his wife, the gardener and
housekeeper of the leading citizen of
the town. These worthy people, entire
ly ignorant of the subject of the lec
turer's discourse, had been attracted
to the hall by the announcement that
magic-lantern views would be exhibit
ed.
The two took seats in the rear of
the hall. In the course of the lecture
they evinced no signs of approval or
objection; but when the discourse was
concluded tho gardener was heard to
ask his wife: "Maggie, did you pay
attention "to what that Chicago man
had to say?"
"Yes, jes' as well as I could," was
Ufe reply. . . .
"An' air ye scared?"
"Yes, I am scared, as much as I un
derstand" of it."-The Sunday Maga
zine.
Nature mn j make some fools, but
all the fops mp ko themselves.
m
Of Household Interest.
Housecleaning is not the pleasant
est of the housekeeper's tasks, but
none the less necessary on that ac
count. In the September Delineator
Isabel Gordon Curtis ofi'ers in her
series, "Thc .Making of a House
wife," some suggestions that will
tend ip lighten vhe labor and lessen
the ^agreeableness of the house
hold duty. Ol br r k?ms of domestic
interest iii the .same number ore il
lustrated cookery and a variety of
rcccipes under I ho topics "Delicious
Cream Jellies," "D?corative Color
Salads" and "The Potato.;1 In ad
dition, Alice M. Kellogg explains
"How to Select Finishing Vlard
vare" and Ward MacLeod writes on
' ' Growing Bulbs Indoors. ' ' So. 33.
Good Substitute for Lobster.
A Damariscotta, Me., man proposes
to save the lobster from extinction by
providing a substitute. This he finds
in the crabs which swarm the Maine
coast. This crustacean.has not been
popular in the past solely, we are toid,
because of the labor necessary to get
the meat from the shell. The Maine
man is going to put the meat on the
market "shucked" and claims that the
present high prices of sea food makes
his work profitable. The lobster will
receive the benefit in both a decreas
ed demand for lobster meat and in the
removal of the crab which consumes
much valuable lobster food.
Back for His Umbrella.
Joseph M. Stoddart, whose acquaint
ance among authors and artists ex
tends over two hemispheres and half
a century of activity, tells this story
of a meeting with Edgar Saltus, novel
ist and wit, in London a few months
ago. "I had just arrived in London
from Liverpool, and was hurrying
down Fleei street, when I c?me face
to face with Saltus," said Mr. Stodart
"He drawled an inquiry as to where
I was hurrying from, and I remarked
that I was just over from New York.
" 'And I-I'm just; going back,' re
joined Saltus. 'I-forgot my umbrel
la.'"-New York Times.
AMERICA'S BRIGHTEST WOMAN.
Alary E. Lca.se Feels It Her Duty to Kee*
oinmuud Doau's Kidney Tills.
Mary E. Lease, formerly political
leadt and orator of Kansas, now au
thor and lecturer-the only woman ever
voted on for
United States
Senator, writes:
Dear Sirs-As
many of my
friends have used
Doan's Kiduey
Pills and have
been cured of
bladder and kid
ney troubles, 1
feel lt my doty
to recommend the
medicine to those
who sufter "from such, diseases. From
personal experience I thoroughly en
dorse your remedy, and am glatj of an
opportunity for saying so. Yours truly,
(Signed)
MARY ELIZABETH LEASE.
Foster-Milburn Co." Buffalo, N. ?.
Sold by all dealers. Price, 50 cents
^er box.
?he modem conscience is made
v?th a lever- to throw- it out of g??r.
iSsl??eTn^^^^go" (^.Kline's Gro^
fcferveResto rerJfiwj^TM^?je^u^^eatisefreg
Dr. I?. H. ELISE, LTn^Wrch St., P?lla., P?
The guinea was first coined in Charles
n.'s reign._
Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
leetbing.softenthe gunis.,reducosinflamma
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/ -!
Greenland now bas nearly 12,000 inhab
itants.
PIso's Cure cannot be too hlgklyspokeaol
f Fa cough, euri.-J. W. O'BIUEN, 322 Third
Avenue, N.. Minneapolis, MInu., Jan. 6,190},
Glass containing manganese is slowly
turned violet by sunlight.
F. F. GREEN'S SONS, o? Atlanta, Ga., ate
the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the
world. ?5eo their liberal offer in advertise
ment In another column of this paper
Thc name "calomel'
black."
means "beautiful
NO SLEEP FOR MOTHER
naby Covered With Sores and Sciiled
Could Not Tell What She Looked Like
Marvelon? Cure by Cutlcnra.
"At four months old my baby's face and
bofly were so covered with sores and large
scales you could not tell what she looked
Jike. No child ever had a worse case. Her
face was being eaten away, and even her
linger nails fell oil', lt itched so she could
not sleep, and for many weary nights we
could get no rest. At last we got Cuticura
??oap and Ointment. The sores began to
heal at once, and she could sleep at night,
and in one month she had not one sore on
her face or body.-Mrs. Mary Sanders, 709
?.pring St., Camden, N. J."
Faith has no knowledge of failure.
Cse Long-man & Martinez Paint.
Don't pay $1.50 a gallon for linseed oil,
which vou do in ready-for-use paint.
Buy oil fresh from the barrel at 60 cents
per ?allon, and mix it. with Longman &
Martinez L. & M. Paint.
It makes paint cost about $1.20 per
gulle**
Jan.cs S. Barron, President Manchester
Cotton Mills, Rock Hill, S. C., writes:
"In 1S83 t painted my residence with L. &
M. lt looks better than a great many
houses painted three years ago. '
Sold everywhere and by Longman &
Martinez, New York. Paint Makers for
Fifty Years._
Twenty-five thousand persons are em?
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To better advertise the South's Leading
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S
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I H ll Tl- H Address of il) persons ot
IHN I r 11 - ? port Indian blood who ar?
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(2) of n.en who were drafted in Kentucky,
in of mothers of soldiers who have been
denied pension on account of their re
marriage. H) of men who served in the Fed
eral army, or <i>) the nearest kin of sue*
soldiers or sailors, now deceased.
NATHAN BICKFORD, Attorney,
Washington, D. C.
THE BOWELS
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ire people than all other diseases together*. It
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ARN MONEY YVuoucfSotthCclo h???*
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