Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PTHE wpgin v&OSk trinoii wiwroa A MM MI 1 y ?# wivii A AktAMfb 1?nil ir?TI ?NEW SERIES. UNION C. H? SOUTlTcAKO^ NUMBER 30, " NEW QMHiN MILLS. Better A Plan Ihoviag How Any Town in MM Cuiiuu bm(m Can U?T6 Its Own Cotton Factory. [From Progressive South.]. The writer doe* not believe in the "overproduction doctrine," and will ig. nore it here. But under present circumstance* and as a "war" measure there is no need of an increase in the production of cotton and if what we read is correct, there seems to be no necessity for an increase of the<-output from the mines: Consequently, wc need not a si ogle im. migrant, because the South cannot sell, b at a profitable price, what it produces. There is a business that reliable author ity 8?ya "panned out" a dividend last year from 20 tQ 50 per ccnt.on the capital stock invested. Such b.ing the case there is a place vrhcrc expansion is need* at ad on a gigantic Bcnle. If such be the I ewe. the cotton manufacturing industry I | pays best in the South, the assertion of a iron and sled mongers to tin conHj notwithstanding. Such being ^^^^our intention is to publish the beat SflHfc that we cau com\>e of% for any 9|P^fr and county in tlio cbtton States to BPPre ija own factory; built by its own Bflnple out of their oau resources and Kr being finished, with it, manufacture Bflfelr own cotton. Every county should |Kye its dwn factory ^ith a sufiicicnt a^Kl^ty tdEnanufacturo all the cotton factory and Hbil mill should not be combined. The ra^imgs effected by such a combination wouTO be immense which wouhl include cost of b-.ling, bagging and ties, fr&^nt. waste, handling. samnlimr. sell. r * u' X O' igPi washing,stealing, warchouseing,etc., etc. The oil mill should pay as good or belter dividends than the factory proper. *The hu'.k of the products of the oil mill should b'. consumed on the adjoining cotton-farms. The hulls for cattle feeding and tho compost heap; the oil cake for fattening stock, and the oil itself is useful in many ways. There is nothing better forsoftening dry,hard leather,than cotton seed oil; mixed with flour to the (^psistency of soft axle grease, it is a good lubricant for wagon or buggy spin. dies, cast iron gearing, etc.; used in a if epetm oil lamp it burns about as well and makes about as good light as any other oil of that class, petroleum of course, excepted; refined cottor seed oil mixed _with hog's fat and a small percentage ol tallow uflfkes as good a'substitute for lard as can be found. By religiously guarding and keeping out Europe's paupers the cotton factories will, in a few years, materially diminish the number of bales that goes over to John Bulk 'y.^^^ittle Southern town is there that would not be ou the solid road to prosper".;; if it manufactured the cotton and onitd nrnrlitoorl in ifo fnrriinfw Ta ?* tempt to give the interested reader minute details of the advantages to all the -people would consume too much space Vat this tiinp. Tho all important question Ub??&kpr%an ^the (htngy?Se done? By township or v .nicipal bonds? ^V>, God forbid that at.., Btato constitu lion will much longer allow any people to interest bearing bonds on the necks ^it prosperity. Interest bearing bonds eat like a cancer in human flesh and unless rooted out will destroy anybody,to whiclj t it may be fastened. No manufacturing industry, nor any other, should bo put on fiWt, unless established on a foundawould in the future preclude the poss^ftity of its ever having to p\y interested) any appreciable extent. II not witllinterest bearing bonds then howl O ? M.AfiAwt ? 1?" -- ? ? - - * * 0j r)uusui ipbiwu nuu itic lasiuug u 1 5C1 l|)l evidence o! stock. Every citizen of the town and surroundiog coun'17 should take as mucl^briginnl debenture stock as they could easily carry without embarrassment. Many of the street loafers ^ could,and perhaps would, if the proper ipirit prevailed among the people, curry and pay for In labor,several slimes o! stock. Farmers could pay for much oi theirs in cotton and seed; lumber mcD and brick makfers should take stock enough lo supply all the material for the j building. Artisans and common laborers and would cairy a lnrgc percentage stock if they had been previously } educated to see that the enterprise was 1 for the benefit of a1! the people, instead of a few. The founders of such an enterprise should be squaro, level-headed business men and in the very outset should see that every safe guard possible should be thrown around the charter that would protect the very poorest stockholders, as well as the nio^t wea'lhy and preclude th^possibility of the property ever being .. 4fbbttwi-wprt>y ?W^f<^JW!:r(fcntes; the same as navigable rivers are. Enough paid up stock, in cash, would be ncccs^sary to begin the work and finish enough BRt it so a? to put a p.rt of the plant to ^woEHk Th(ydaro, head nnd tail race if "*->^ecde?k flume, watcrwhcel, cotton gin nwlC^Mbill should be ready to meet the first cGtton crop. This machinery put to work at once, would bring in some in-come which would expedite matters much in the pros cution of the work of the "factory. An income, though a small I I *m.<r ono to begin with, would help inspire that coLfidence to essential to irakc the un< dertakiog a succe a. Capitalists might sceer at and laugh such ideas and propositions to scorn, condemn them rts "visionary" and "socialistic," therefore any community in the cotton states contemplating any thing of the kind, it will be nothing a rong for them to study and discuss the miuutc details in the matter, before embnrking "there's millions in it" for the people if they but knew it and would <x rcis; due caution and wisdom when they ntt-mpt to get it out. A majority of the motilcd class will fight any such undertaking to the bitter end becauso it would bj an effort of the people to rely upon their own resources, with an aim to get rid of the great monster "Devil Fish" interest. After the work of a town and county f ctory was well unlcr way the who'o scrip or certificate* of stoe'e that had been asked for and granted in the charter could bo issued. Then the duty of all the prominent busiucss meu wou'd bo to get that script in circulation. The merchants of the town could and should out a littlo freer on the load of cotton or other produce uci 'iiging 10 rue iarrncr inai am not licsitntc to take part of his pay in factory stock. The supcriutt ndent of the working forca when finding it necessary to reduce that force, would lind it to be nninently proper, nil else being equal, to hold on to those hands that were in the linbit of practicing economy si as to enable them to carry and have some scrip or stock on hand the day that a qun-tely dividend is declared. Prop rly bo^un and managed the s'ock of the town's co'.ton gin, oil mill and factory, would go from hand to hand paying th iismds of dollars debt, otherwise doing giod service evcrytime it changed hands; thereby adding immensely to th j scant circulation of that community. ubjnctor3 would cl im that you could not make factory stock take the place of money with ut paying the United States 10 per cent tax. Wisdom and prudence would dictate that It would not bo a safe policy to let the script circulation precisely like money if even it were lawful to do, but it could without paying to 10 per cent, be transferred frona one hand to another by the owners' signature on the bnck, that is done thousands of tinier daily with impunity and by euch means business can be dons in the face of almost a perpetual money panic. Such a plau as that outlined above, I have not the elightcst doubt, will seem "visionary" to some whose selfish interests arc always foremost, but with all thj opposition, it is desired to encounter, it is one road that leads from the slums of industrial slavery, bonds, mortgages and interest to independence, liberty and prosperity. After all that has ever been, ever will, or can be said about money, gold, silver, treasury or national bank notes, the gr^at bulk of the business, as has been stated, is done with paper or trust. Ii nine-tenths of aH the business in the country is done with paper, then why eamiot the county's town and her own people trust thcmselv s, use their own credit without paying interest on it,build up their own manufacturing enterprise, be independent and collectively a free people. Certificates of st*ck in the town's cotton factory, would, like tuo nimnic sixpence, go from hand to hand doing an immense amount of business that could possibly be done iu uj other way, paying thousands of dollars debt that could never have been paid and would have eventually wrought the ruiu of both d; btor and creditor. "Many would refuse to accept factory itock in payment for a dibt." So they might aud there should be nn em pic reserve fund stowed away in some bank to meet such emergencies. After the concern begin to pay a divided, then people Wuiild incline to hold the stock and its circulation would entirely cease if the dividend amounted to as much as the legal rate of interest. Iu that case it would be somewhat unfortunate for the county to lose 50 to 100,000 dollars circulation that the scrip a (lorded, but if it had served its time and answered the double purpose of supplying the people ith a circulating medium as wcU as uildi g un their factory, it could well alTord to retire to the vaults of its owners and only sec the light when a dividend was declared. By that time . l,? .'..I.. .1.1. ( ? l.lrn niu I'tuji u uui;.ii IJV; HLHU IU uinu UIIV "? hemselves so fur as a circulation medium was concerned. In conclusion what industry pays best in the south? Answer, manufacturing cotton. The iron and steel industry may pay best 011 paper, but I doubt if any single one panned out a dividend of 42 per cent, in 1802. Might it not he possible that cotton will r. gain in the future what it has lost in the past, once more be in possession of the field, and again "don" the title of "King" that it wore successfully for a century. Cotton manufacturing in South Carolina is "getting a move 011 itself," we are proud to be informed that in the yeir 1802 she "walked" ahead of her sister, Georgia, in the manufacture of cotton. As a citizen, I hope the day is not far distant when every pound of cotton and every bushel of seed riised in the State will be manufactured by her own factories erected by her own people. Until then the business cannot be over done. 8/ \B Gotiia. Rocky Weil, 8. C. "<5oi.j:r:J i >. > :" or run ; At the World's t\> IMMURED IN A CONVENT. A Bride of Twelve Separated from Her Husband on Her Wedding Day. Atlanta, Ga.?A pretty little romance has been broij^yM- to a close by the immurement of therTride in a Baltimore convent Attscbcd to the band of the Third Artillery, now stationed at Fort McPhcrson, is a cornctist named HeDry Weihunt. For several weeks great crowds of citizens have attended the open-air concerts given by the band, with whom the cornetist became the favorite. Miss Hannah ltoct'.er, a precocious- girl of ?...n1..A f..W A ?1 ?2*1 invi?v9 hjii ucoj/uiua!vv iu iuvu Willi Weihunt, nnd managed somehow to form his acquaint .nee. Several days ago he took her to an adjoining couuty, married her and then left her at home, intending to call next day and straighten up matters. When he called he found that the girl bad broken down nnd confessed to her parents and had been sent oil to an early morning train. When Weihut invoked the law for the return of his wife he discovered that marriage to a girl under fourteen against the will of her parents is treated as abduction. A telegram received from Baldmote says the child wife had reached there. She was met by officers at the depot, and was at once taken to a convent, where orders had bceu sent by her father that she be confined two years. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. The Latest Happenings Condensed nnd Printed Hero. " The Liberty Woollen Manufacturing Company, of lijdford ?!ity, Virginia, bus just been awarded the Government contract for 25,000 yards of sky bloc kerseys for use at the National Home of Disabled Volunteers at Hartford, Conn. The contract is worth $10,000, and will run the mill at utmost cipacitv for eight months. Sir George Tryon. who made so costly a blunder on the Lev.intiue"?foast, was a grandson of Col. William Tryon, Governor of North Carolina before the Revolution. Governor Tryon by his imperious course led to the first bloodshed, which ended in the liberation of America. The extortion of himself and subordinates led to the formation of the regulators, and Tryon wns present at the battle,of Alamance. He gave the order that led to the fight. William Lawrence Poole, of New Orleans,:s said ta be the oldest editor in the country, lie is now 89 years of age. Ho was born in Portland,Me., drifted South and in 182!$ established the Cheraw, 8. C , Intelligencer, lie bought the Charleston City Gazette to fight the "nuiiincatiou'' doctrine, and then wenrto New Orltnns, where lie wns connected with several papers. Mr. Poole during the "nul itication" contest was brought into rc'ntions with Jackson, and was nf'erward put in charge of work pertaining to the navy. He affirms that the estab lisluncnt of the grade of admiral was duo to bis sugges'ion. A DRUMMER C0WH1DED. For an Albged Assault Upon the Depot Agent's Young Daughter. A social from Colburn, Wise county, Vs., says that A. M. Rogers, a drummer representing Henderson A Co., boot and shoe merchants, of Chicago, was beaten unmercifully by a mob of twenty five citizens a few (lays ago for an alleged assault upon tlic 11-jcar-old daughter of Depot Agent IJ11? r at that place. Itogers was taken from his hotel at Colburu and carrie 1 ab >ut a mile from town and (logged into unconsciousness and left without med'cal assistance. His condition is critical He protested his innocence of the crime until the last, Several of the inob have been arrester] and jailed. The father of the L'irl applied the lash while the others looked on in great glee, \ rrANS^r.TATlOX ll'.Ml.UlKU. ^ lumbiau Exposition. iy CHURCH RESQLUTIOJ^ Can It Be That Such am NeceaeuryP Safe The Franklin District Conferen^B hulii at Web ter, N C., thje^^fcrJB A capital resolution relative to property was pnsscd, conilcm&llfl^P rise of slang in the pulpit, and thy 1 lowing resolutions: . Resolved. That we discourcg^ common lmbit of sitting ovtside of dftui before service nnd engaging in wjirli conversation so destructive to adenfti* al miud. Resolved, That no gentleuiaD, ff i nothing of a Christian, will defile t I church of God by sluicing the flojor the log church or carpeted aislo of 1 more clcgaut with tobacco juice, f' It solved, That only those blind to the presence of the Lord \Jca and lacking in reverence to the Ring Kings, will whisper unnecessary t ! laugh in the hruse of God. j RcsoWcd, That parffitT "BffiTg "ft | children to church, and see to it t they reverence God's house by remaiui quiet and attentive. That modest bouquets of flowers ad< our pu'pils. That a nice pitcher of ^ ter and glass be provided for the pul for the use of the preacher; not for ] congregation. That dogs be made to stay at home I hung. j Tint all our front pews and am benches he nicely cushioned, sa as to ducc the backsliders to slide forward. That every church have a regular c< munion service, aud that the uosigfc black bottle or tickler be forever moved. A LYNCHING THAT FAILED, Wonderful Escape of a Negro Af Being Hanged and Bhot. Norfolk, Va.?The most remarka case of attempted lynching took plact Beamou's Station on Saturday night h 1 Within the past twelve months i | Cartwright, who lives near Bead ! S tation, ou the Atlantic and Danv Railroad, has had twelve horses killed poison. About three weeks ago house was burned to the ground in night. Suspicion rested upon a negro nar Isaac Jenkins, who has had some trot in that neighborhood, and who was ti for breaking into the house of D. Mackcy some time ago, but not conv <d. He returned to the neighborh 011 Saturday, was arrested, and while i?g taken t-? ja.il l>y a constable was c turcd by a parly of twenty-live men, i hanged him to n tree and shot him left him for dead . After the 'lynchers departed he t his knife from his pocket and cut h self down and made his escape. As s as it become known that the lyncl had failed there was a mad crowd tho woods were scoured but the i could not bo found. He arrived ] to day ami was given medical attent He has two bullet holes in his n< I his sealp is cut in several places and marks of the rope arc upon his m Handcuffs were upon him and were at the police stutioD. He walked twi miles to-day and is doing well an d do hss will recover. Receiver of the E. T., V. A G. Nashvii.i.b, Tknn ?Samuel Spen of New York, was uppointed co rece of the Kaat Tennrssee. Virerinia Georgia Itnilroad and its control lines, with Messrs. Fink ard McGee, Judge Lurton. The appointment t? effect August 1st and the hond was fi , at $100,000. i Gov. Waite Says "Damn Them, i Df.nvkh, Coi,.?Gov. Waite do< i ? ein to care what effect an extra sea would have upon Eastern investors, I when the question was broached answered emphatically: i "Oh, damn the people in tho 1 Wc wnnt to scarp them to death," 00* WORLD'S FAIR LETTER. {Midway Pi.aisakck, , Wn??n';Pair, Chicago. Of highest interest to your readci is the Irish Tillage. This is located ii the Midway Plaisance, and is the exhibi of the Donegal Industrial Fund, foundo< in 1883 by Mrs. Ernest Hart, the phil an thro plat, to encourage and develo| hand work and home industries in Ire land. The Tillage is entered by the ST. LAWRKNCR OATS AT DKOOilKDA. The original has stood for over n<v years in the little town of Drogheda, am has witnessed many a hard fought battle t On pasting the portcullis of the old gate * tcetrtffr quaiut, pjgtui^quo and uniyue | ly Uriah. The whitewashed cottage straggle round the TiUago green, at th end of which rises the splendid pile c L Donegal CMllt, aud beyond the rutno I keep iiscen tho t&pertog form of tho t ?1 Round Tower. On turning to tbe left TDK HOMJ6 SPUN COTTAOK . It entered. This is &n exact roproduc tlon of a Donegal cottage, and here boms i apunvare aaade by hand. Tho re vital t . tbe homespun industry in Dam-gal i? du to Mra. Hart's cfTo ts aud technical tcaoh L log. Ncsr to th-hooded Aieplaco Mn lsh McBri lo of Owctdore, is.fonu i spin !$ n,n? tho wool into a fin*, firm thread jjfr which O'tfarh, the weaver, takes an frameand woavc , . ' to c!o"by the Donegal Industrial Fund. TlIK LACa^ cirAOK * P" Gomes next ; here Mrs.' Glynn, of Liuier rch making filmy fabrics on the tain hour frame, with the aid of n littl " hooked needle, and Hannah Gnllnghci from one of the lace clashes in Donegal is working Kclls' lace on a pillow. Afte stopping to admire this kco we pas? o . 01 the of WOOD-CAIIVINO AND DESIGNING SIlol*. the The most noticeiblc thing is an exhihi of wood carvings executed by the boy Sre , | ir._ Tf?it- rr??1 1 n l iinuicci tii jum. nnri 0 lcciitiiciu ocuoo j at Gwecdorc, County Donegal. We the enter the banqueting hall of Doncgr Caatle and view the ^ ? exhibit oy ibibh art. jjal The Colossal Bronze Statuo of Glad jDg atone excites our admiration, Nearly 30 pictures, punting* and engravings b Irish artists arc shown. Drn pa. TIIR 1KDU8THIAL EXIII 11ITS pit Arc the products of the Donegal Iudir the trial Fund, and arc the handwork of It employees trained in Ireland during tli or past 10 years. Here are uncqualle homespuns, spun and woven by hand c leu soft Donegal wool and plant dyed; cm in broidcred hangings which, from tli wool off the sheep's back or the llnx libi >m- from the plant, ^o the last stitch of em itly bioidery, are entirely worked by ban re- by the clever Irish workers trained b this noble philanthropic enterprise i various parts of Ireland. Here aro covei lets spun and woven by hand in Count ter Armagh and embroideicd in Counl Dublin, .curtains spun and woven i County Galway and embroidered i at County Wicklow, hangings wovon i ist. Gweedore,County Donegal, and embrnir tor. ered in Queen's County, lace made i ion County Limerick, County Monagho die and County Cork, art linens hand wove ?y in County Armagh, hand-knit hosici h's anj homespuns from County Donega the spriggs handkerchiefs from Coutii Down, tine hand stitched lingerie fro eed County Dublin aad Queen's County iblc Wood carvings from County Donegal, r ried wool sanitary underwear from Counl B. Dublin, aud embroidered vestment an ict- altar cloth worked by Irish girls traine ood in London. A court train which tot lftp. Iri>h girl* 800 hours to embroider vho 8?ld occupies a glass crse. Other spt aud cinl are bog oak cai vings, l> lacl thorn sticks and Irish jewelry, as wcit i an interesting collection of Irish marble dm- Kran^C9 an(l al,ar vessels. At the iOon CONCERT AND LECTURE HALL hers We heard a delightful conceit of T:iand melodies on the harp and a lecture < man here an(* Industry, hy the foundrc of the village. We also stopped in tl ion. 1' eck shady tower garden where refreshing t ^ or lemonade is served, uclj ire round toweii cut i6 100 feet high and a beautiful and i enty terestiDg leplica of one of the 80 towe ubt- still standing in It eland. To the le.t the ruins of the keep of Donegal C'asl will be found a snot dear to the heart CYery Irishman, ?er? TI1K WISHING CHAIR lver Of the Giant's Causeway, exactly repi & duced and stsndim/ on Irish soil brou? li"g (rem Ireland for tint tuipose. by ifcgg TIIK VILLAGE SMITIIY ixecl next engages our attention, where M Gloughlin, of Dublin, is busy maki ? "things of beauty"' out of long iron ro< The clang of the hammer on the anvil isn't 8jon heard all day long except when t smith leaves his work to teke part in concert or his apprentice joins O'ila the weaver, in dancing an Iiish jig r . the village green. A step leads us M ' the "kei.1,8 bmijhoi1?ki?v" (wttaflv The Kells embroideries were invented by Mrs. Hart in 1884 a* a new Irish in? f dustry, and aho waa awarded the gold medal for them In London, 1885, at the * Inventions Exhibition. The Kelts linens n are Wing woven in this cottago bj hand it by Johu Timmins, of Porta lowo, Coun- ( 1 ty Armrgh, who hua Icen employed by ( Mrs. Hart for (lis put 8 years, and cmp btoidercd by Kells tbreada by Rose Gil- j > dca, of Donegal, Hridgtt Gildea of D negal is engaged ' springing" handkirchiefs, an industry which employs a \ 9 g'?st r.Uuibvi of guis iu Couutics Down d and Donegal. Big Cotton Mills Shut Down. * - .4Jostos, Mns t fll "J nounces Ihe shutting dewaMVittwt $9 * the AmosVesg Cottrn Mill. Thla largest 'l 0 cotton mill In tho United Blttee, and t jfrobibly inlhe woild. It employes g;. j ^ 000 operatives, data 0,000,000 pounds of 1 gotten per w?ek, and pays f225,000 per month in wages. At the toiling agents * of the Amoakcaj mill, this city, John L." I Bremer & Co., of 02 Leonard street, \ ' said thai the abutting down was decided I upon at a meeting of the directors held i in Manchester, N. 11., M<>pday, *nd vu 0 nc<xfsitated by the unsettled condition l* of trade. ' i Manchester, N. H.?Notices were < *. posted in tlio Jeffor/on A Namake Bog ] ^ Alill to the tthn g1 ^ aHi^mdWI^^Rb^Amosrea^nillls * ,1ft closed st-thesatno time. < Woonsockbt, R*I ,?-Wio Stato Ml^ < employing over 1,000 operatives has shut ? 1 down. ^ ? u MORS Ml LI.3 CLOSK. ( '? Portland, Mb.?The directors of the s > Westbrook Mf'g Co., rankers of ginghams, 1 r have decided to close down their mills t u fiom July 20 to Sept. 4. These mills i have been in constant operation for 30 e years. 1 1 Milton's Mills, N. II.?The agent ot I 3 tho Waumbeck uo., baa issued orucrs * for the closing of the mills hero for 51 n months, 8s soon as tho goods now in k* process of manufacture arc finished. Providence, It I.?Writs of attarliment issued hero for tho total - rum of about $000,600 sgninsi IlUtiry 0 L. Aldrirh,, the big cotton manufacturer y i irl speculator, owning mills in Moosup, Conu. The attaching creditor is Henry M. Tabor, of New York. 10 To Make Cotton Cloth Waterproof, le j To make it thorough'y waterproof is a <1 ifticult and extended process, but a simple way for making it sufficiently waterproof for many purports is a9 follows: e Dry the fabric llio:ou^hly iu a dry heat and then spread it t:ghtly over o smooth j surface. With a brush, paint over it a thin coat of b tiled oil aud allow this to dry 7 thoroughly. Follow this with a fccoud r coat, and a third, if neccssiry, al owing plenty of time between each for the y fabric lo become perftctly dry. After the Inst coat, if the sinf ice is sticky, a ( in 1 mixture of onc-quartcr pound of shellac to a pint of water heated gently, until it , almost boils, to which a little liquid ammonia is added, should llu-ii be painted in over the surface. Yellow oclro should in then bo used to make a jtllow waterproof, aud lampblack to make the cloth ^ a black waterproof. The coloring mat' tor can be used in m<xtuie with the shel- ' y lac. in ill George Vandeibilt's Neighbor. ty (Jeorg) Vnnderbilt has a country villa id and a tract of it,000 acres near Asheville, d N. C. 1 it-re arc fourteen acres iu the ^ southwestern portion of this estate the young inillionariei does not and cannot in own, though ho has made effort after ^ effort to do so. The fourteen acres be,s l?nK 1? a negro man named Collins, s who when Mr. VanderbU^. bought the ' I....... *?. a.. A- -*rilll fflt) TITCTV3 rtn - '** ? this small tract than ho was willing to give. A few weeks later Mr. Vauderh hilt went to Collies and agreed to his terms, but Collins now added a couplo (f thouands to the first price, and as often as Mr. Vandcrbilt got in the notion L.a to l)Ry Collins his price Collins went up a safe distance and has just announced that he will not sell the land at any price so long as lie can have Mr. Vandcrbilt n for his neighbor. He tells Mr. Vanderr3 bilt that the value of a good neighbor in this wot Id cannot he estimated by all the "'c money of the Vandcrbilt family, of Southern Cotton Mills Pay. ?* At the stockholders' meeting of the ''I Tombigbec cotton mills, of Columbus, l.s.lsl o./>nn 1 xr Hin rnnArf t\4 ill isniji|/i, iiciu uwuuj, viiv ivjm/iv v. the manager showed that the profits of [c. the past year were something over eighn? teen per cent, of the capital stock. Inla stead of declaring a dividend, the stockia holders voted to invest the profits in more he machinery, cnlurging the opacity of the a mills. It was stated thn^^er since tho IUj starting of the mills a ready market at on good prices had been found for the prot0 duct, and that it could easily have sold four times the amouot of goods at tho am* figures. J BANKS SMASHING IN DENVER. rhr?? N*Unn?l Stah; SSd Three rri? at? Concerns Go Under. Dkkvkr, Col.?Three uational banks ?tho Union National, the Commercial National, and the National Dank of Sommorce?closed their door* Tuesday norning owing to the heavy demands of >xcitod depositors. Tin Mercantile Hank, i small privato institution doingbustneaa in the Mining Exchange building, alto mspeuded, owing to the jjjose of tho Union bask, through which iu clearance* ivcro made. a wiiolk &tr1no of barks fail. Dkvvkw, f'"'i TfaB J 11 ? ?? ug, Cel., at^fw^ank of Loveljtnd, U , bnvo assignod. No ataUmonU i sets or liabilities have been issued. two OKLAHOMA luasa. Oklahoma City, O. T. ?The Bank kinlioma City and the Ofelahoefca Nai hhtBank(closed thoir doors. Tliort ivhs n heavy run op. tho First National >pt it withstood it all right.i ,Tho slate- M ir .... * * * ** *-** ~1 ... * .i. "ici, uvuu> ?? uuuui?nmni? umiy^, . , lju ^ two mohh huu. sf% . v wi Iopkka, K an .?Information baa been r tVvcd.at tho office of^ the Htat? batik * :ommissiqner <(f'the faijuio of :ourt hmiso xictt thrown materuation Friday' ihorning kttorncy jumped up tho ataira, two atcpe "*' ' it a time, leading -to the clerk of the sourt'a office and tiled tho voluntary as> ligament of the Commercial Hank. This taste was owing to tho number of crcdi* ors hard on hit heels, who had attach. nenta and executions to filo. Tho as* lignce appointed in the papers filed is A. 1 CJeilfucH, cashier of tho bank, and his jond is placed at $120,000. Ilia Loudsncn are A'bort Conro, Charles F. Pflstcr ind E. Mariner, The eutiro funds of Milwaukee county, amounting to $010,121, were deposited in tho Commercial dank. *? The newly organized Milwaukee Uiieo* | - | "t ' 3 if itor to the extent of $200,000. During the financial flurry a month ngo, caused >y the Lnppcn failure, and which, resulted in the suspension of the IMitnkinton Hank, there was quite a inn on tho Commercial, but it has been generally jelicvcd that the institution would weather the storm, as there lias been no .rouble here for some tliuo. The nssign neut was a great surprise. a tacoma hank. Tacoma, Wash.?The Trailers' Hank >f Tacoma failed to open for business Friday morning. The bank suspenaion s due to inability to procure icady money. Its securities arc sutficicnt to pay all its ibligniions and leave a large surplus. a missouri hank this time. Warhenhuuko, Mo.?The Jackson County Mayings Hank lias suspended. - ?ft. ^ 1M A POSSE o'iT*IS TRACK. Tun Negroes Join the Whites in Pursuit of a Negro Fiend. Memphis, Tenn.?Several posses nro stiH in pursuit of tho ucgoo wliu ulieuipr.cd to outr :ge Miss McCadden. The assailant is said to be making for Mississippi. lie passed through Itiploy and meeting a negro girl, outraged her and the negroes have joined tho white posse. Charley Martin, a negro, was ordered to halt hy the posse rt Hradcn Ife began to run but a bullet from one of the posse was fired into his back. Martin will die. If the ass ilunt of the two girls is caught he will be taken to the scene of the assault and h inged. Colored Catholic Congress. ?. Maw. Yujufc?James A. Spencer, chairman of the executmr uuiumnwv -M? Colored Catliolic Congress of the United State*, has issued a call from Charleston, S. C., for the fourth national Catholic Congress to be held in Chicago, September 4th next. The baa's of rcpicscntation for the election of delegates is: To societies of 50 members or less, cno delegate, and for each addit:onal 25, one de'egatc, but not to exceo 1 three delegates to any society. Pari lies that have no societies may form n temporary organization and send one delegate. Accompanying the call is a Utter of approval from Archbishop Feelian, of Chicago. Quarreled With Her Father and Kill efl ?1 oral I. A special from Warrenton, Va., says: Miss Bessie Stone, eldest daughter of Thos. G. Stone, committed suicide early Friday morning at her home near Warrenton by shooting hertclf in the mouth with a pistol. She and her father had quarreled the dny before and renewed the quarrel Friday morning, when she went to lur room and ended her life. Cotton for the Orient. Vancouvkii, B. C.?The Canadian Pacific steamer Empress of India, hence for the Orient, carried nearly a thousand U}n? of COtto gry