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VOjbr ?XXI.--NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROONA^FBjpAY, JULY 28, 1893. NUMBER 30. ^a*~
jjgfc NEW COTTON MILLS.
Manufiwturing Cotton Pays Better
than Any Other IndnBtry.
Plan Showing' How Any Town in
the Cotton States Oan Hare Its
_ Own Cotton Factory.
[From Progressive South.].
The writer does not believe in the
"overproduction doctrine," and will ig.
nore it here. But under present circumstances
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 tbo-.output from the mines:
TO nZiicJ i .. - - -
uonscqurntiy, wc need not a Bioglo imj-"y.
. migrant, because the South cannot sell,
i at a profitable price, what it produces.
There is a business that reliable authority
says "panned out" a dividend last
year from 20 tq 50 per cent.on the capital
stock invested. Such b.iug the case
there is a place where expansion is need*
ed on a gigantic scale. If such be the
case, the cotton manufacturing industry
pays best in the South, the assertion of a
iron and steel mongers to the con^Hsry
notwithstanding. Such being the
case, our intention is to publish the best
Mr plan that we can conceive of for any
KnF -town and county in the cotton States to
have its own factory; built by its own
people out of their own resources and
HqB?*fter being finished, with it, manufacture
i V- their own cotton. Every county should
jjj^ have its dwn factory with a sufficient
reason why the cotton gin, factory and
* * S oil mill shotllu not be combined. The
savings effected by such a combination
womd bo immense which would include
^7'r^Bue cost of b-.ling, bagging and ties,
r rV jjght, waste, handling, sampling, sellf
washing,stealing,warehousing,etc.,
^wtc. The oil mill should pay as good or
better dividends than the factory proper.
. The bulk of the products of the oil mill
should be consumed on the adjoining
cotton-farms. The hulls for cattle fcodI
ing and the compost heap; the oil cake
for fatteniog stock, and the oil itself is
useful in many ways. There is nothing
better for softening dry,hard leather, thnn
cotton seed oil; mixed with flour to the
1- -?1- ?
wiuiatcuuj U1 PUlfc U1V grCftSO, 1C IS I
. good lubricant for wagon or buggy spinHwii
'roa fie*rinK? etc.; used in ?
barns about BS'WSn nEcT"
^^^rtSkfes about as good light as any other
oil of that class, petroleum of course, excepted;
refined cotton seed oil mixed
>-j with hog's fat and a small percentage oi
i ' tallow makes as good a substitute for
lard as can be found.
By religiously guarding and keeping
out Europe's paupers the cotton factories
willt in a few years, materially diminish
the number of bales that goes over to
John Bull.
What little Southern town is there that
would not be on the solid road to pros'
parity if it manufactured the cotton and
j seed produced in its territory. To atI
. tempt to give the interested reader min\
ute details of the advantages to all the
jtibft" -people would consume too much space
HE'' at this time. The all important question
IJHBjdMBfilMrtUu the fhtng he done? By
or municipal bondal
; WbfrJvwiYorbid that any State constitu
V tion wiil:much longer allow any people to
? vote interest bearing bonds on the necks
ol prosperity. Interest bearing bonds eat
>, . like a cancer in human flesh and unless
rooted out will destroy anybody,to whiclj
It may be fastened. No manufacturing
indpstry, nor any other, should bo put
M on foot, unless established on a foundaHL
xtyaflK w?*d in the future preclude
the possibility of its ever having to pay
99B interest/ to any appreciable extent. II
I^^Bbot with interest bearing bonds then howl
^^HBy subscription and the issuing of sciipt
H Hktdence of stock. Every citizen of the
|Hhd and surrounding country should
sflKKHa as much original debenture stock as
could easily carry without embarjj^^HHKnent.
Many of the street loafers
flME^K(ftfiid perhaps would, if (lie proper
BHBt prevailed among the people, carry
DH pay for in labor,several shares ol
wB?Kek. Farmers could pay for much oi
nflHalri in cotton and sfecd; lumber men
SBKand brick makers should take stock
enough to supply all the material for the
^B^building. Artisans and common laborers
and would cairy a large percentage
stock if they had been previously
B^flEsducated to see that the enterpriso was
or ivi wre inucuii ui n-i mo jicupie, lusieau
9 of a few. Thd founders of suoh an enr.
terprise should be square, level-headed
buoloess men and in the very outset should
m/F Me that every safe guard possible should
^ be thrown around the charter that would
j-" protect the very poorest stockholders,
aa well as the most wealthy and preclude
iofif |
Kft same aa navigable rivers are. Enough
paid up stock, to c?sh, would be neceas
stry to begin tbo work and finish enough
^ XOfiiaO as to put a part of the plant to
The dam, bead and tall race if
Kj&^naedeii, flume, waterwheel, cotton gfn
K> mill should be ready to meet the
vllr?tr^tton crop. This machinery put to
R-, work at once, would bring in some ink9(
opine which would expedite matters
3 irach lis the prosecution of the work of
^H^go -factory. An income, though a small
i, 0110 to bcgiu with, would help inspire that i
confidence bo essential to rnako tho undertaking
a succc 8. Capitalists might
sneer at and laugh such ideas aud propositions
to scorn, condemn them as
"visionary" and "socialistic," therefore
any community in the cotton states contemplating
any thing of the kind, it will
be nothing vrong for them to study and
discuss the minute details in the matter,
before embarking, "there's millions in it"
for the people if they but knew it and
would c x rcisi due caution and wisdom
when they attempt to get it out. A
majority of the moult<1 ciass will fight
any such undertaking to the bitter end
becnuso it would bj an effort of the people
to rely upon their own resources,
with an aim to got rid of the great monster
"Devil Fish" interest.
After the work of a town and county
f ctory was well unlcr way tho who'e
scrip or certificate) of stoe'e that bad
been asked for aDd granted in the charter
could bo issued. Then tho duty of all
the prominent business men wou'd be to
get that script in circulation. The incrcfiants
of the town coutd and should out
a little freer on the load of cotton or other
produce belonging to the farmer that did
not hesitate to take part of bis pay in
factory stock. Tho supcriut; ndent of
the working fore) when finding it ucccssnry
to reduce that force, would find it to ,
be eminently proper, all cisc being equal,
to hold on to those hands that wcro in
tlic habit of practicing economy s> as to
enable them to carry and have some
scrip or stock on hand tho day that a
qua-toly dividend is declared. Prop rly
bo.^un and managed the s'ock of the
town's cotton gin, oil mill aud factory,
would go from hand to hand paying
til usiuds of dollars debt, otherwise doing
g rod service cvcrytirac it changed
hands; thereby adding immcusely to th ;
scant circulation of that community. 1
objnetors would cl im that you could
not make factory stock take the place of
mouey witlrut paying the United States
10 per cent tax. Wisdom and prudence ^
would dictate that it avould not bo a safe
policy to let the script circulation precisely
like money if even it were lawful to
Ar\ l\??f it /lAllVI twitVaAiat r?n < A
" '? """ V l11-'
cent, be transferred from one hand to
<
another by the owners1 signature on the (
buck, that is done thousands of timei ]
daily with impunity and by such means ,
UhsTncss ctn be dons in the face of almost
a perpetual money panic. ,
Such a plan as that outlined above, I ,
have not the slightest doubt, will seem (
"visionary" to some whose selfish inter- (
ests arc always foremost, but with all the ,
opposition, it is desired to encounter, it |
is one road that leads from the slums of ,
industrial slavery, bouds, mortgages and i
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
great bulk of the business, as has been
stated, is done with paper or trust. If
ninetenths of all the business in the i
country is doue with paper, then why
cannot the county's town and her own i
people trust thcoflselv s, use their own |
credit without paying interest on it,build
up their own manufacturing enterprise, '
be independent and collectively a free i
peopio. ,
Certificitcs of st'ck in the town's
cotton factory, would, like the nimble
sixpence, go from band to hand doing au
immense amount of buuucss that could
possibly be done in no other way, paying
thousands of dollars debt that could
never have been paid and would have
eventually wrought the ruiu of both
dibtor and creditor. "Many would refuse
to accept factory stock in payment for a
dibt." So they might and there should
be an emplc reserve fuud stowed away
in somo bank to meet such emergencies.
After the concern begin to pay a dividend,
then people would incline to hold
the stock and its circulation would
entirely cease if the dividend amounted
to as' much as the legal rate of interest.
In that case it would be somewhat unfortunate
for the county to lose SO to
100,000 dollars circulation that the scrip
afforded, but if it had served its time and
Answered the double purpose of supplying
the people with a circulating medium
as well as ^ uildii g un their fuctory, it
could well afford to retiro to the vaults
of its owners and only see the light when
a dividend was declared. By that tune
the pcop'c might be nblo to tako care of
themselves so far as a circulation medium
was concerned. In conclusion what industry
pays best in the south) Answer,
manufacturing cotton. The irou and
steel industry may pay best on paper,
but I doubt if any single one pnnned out
a dividend of 42 per cent, in 1802. Might
it not bo possible that cotton will r> gain
in the future what it has lost in the past,
once more bo in possession of the field,
and again "don" the title of "King"
that it wore successfully for a century.
Cotton manufacturing in Bouth Carolina
is "gatting n move on itself," we are
proud to be informed that in the yesr
1892 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 riited in the Btate
will be manufactured by her own factories
erected bv her own people. Until
then the business cannot be over done.
8/xb Gotua.
Rocky Well, 8. C.
ihisr nitiS^isii' iirffliillnf'
"doi.ja :! 1 j > ' oy rnr. ar
At the World's C?<li
IMMURED IN A CONVENT.
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A Bride of Twelve Separated from Her
Husband on Her Wedding: Day. I
Atj.anta, Ga.?A pretty little ro- (
mancc lias been brought to a close by the
immurement of the bride in a Baltimore
convent Attiched to the band of the
rnuj-i 4 -AMI ? i* ?
iiiuu ^vniucry, now nraitoncd at fort
McPhcrson, is a cornctist named Henry
Wcihunt. 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 Roct'.er, a precocious girl of
twelve, fell desperately in love with
Weihunt, and managed somehow to form
bis acquaint inco. | <
Several days ago he took her to an adjoining
county, married her and then left
tier at home, intending to call next day
?id straighten up matters. When he callEd
he found that the girl bad broken '
Down and confessed to her parents and |
liad been sent off to an early morning i
train.
When Weihut invoked the law for the j '
return of his wife ho discovered that 1
carriage to a girl under fourteen against | <
llie will of her parents is treated as ab- i
luction. A telegram received from Baltinorc
says the child wife had reached ,
there. She was met by oflicers at the
Depot, and was at once taken to a con- \
rent, where orders had bceu sent by litr ;
father that she be confiucd two years. ;
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Latest Happenings Condensed
and PrinJ^d Hero. "
The Liberty Woollen Manufacturing
Company, of Hid ford City, Virginia, has i
just been awarded the Government contract
for 25,000 yards of sky -blue kerseys
for use at the National Home of
Disabled Volunteers at Hartford, Conn.
The contract is worth $40,000, aud will
un the mill at utmost c ipacity for eight 1
months.
Sir George Tryon, who made so costly
a blunder oa the Levantine coast, was a
jrandson of Col. William Tryon, Govern- '
or of North Carolina before the Revolilt
ion flnvornnp Trvon liu ifttimriAiio
_ v . ? .U.J.V..VX.W
course led to the first bloodshed, which
inded in the liberation of America. Tbo
jxtortiou of himself and subordinates
led to the formation of tho regulators,
and Tryou was present at the battle. of
Alamance. He gave the order that led
to the fight.
William Lawrence Poole, of Now Orleans,
;8 said t> be the oldest editor in the
Jountry. He is now 89 years of age. He
was born in Portland,Me., drifted South
tnd in 1823 established tho Chcruw, B.
3 , Intelligencer. lie bought the Charleston
City Gazetto to fight the "nullification"
doctrine, and then went to New
Orleans, whero ho was connected with
reveral papers. Mr. Poole during the
"nul.ideation" contest was brought into
re'ations with Jackson, and was afterward
put in cliargo of work pertaining
to tho navy. He afiirn.8 that the estal>
liahmnnf of flip rrradp of ndmirnl wnariun i
bo his suggcs'ion.
?
A DRUMMER COWHIDED.
For an Alleged Assault Upon the Depot
Agent's Young Daughter.
A special from Colburn, Wise county, I
Vs., fays thnt A. M. Rogers, a drummer
representing Henderson & Co., boot and
shoo merchants, of Chicago, was beaten
unmercifully by a mob of twenty five
citizens a few days sgo for An alleged assault
upon the ll-jcnr-old daughter of
Depot Agent Utter at that place.
Rogers was taken from his hotel at
Colburn and carrie 1 nb >ut a mile from
town and flogged into unconsciousness
and left without med'eal assistance. His
condition is criticnl. He protested his
innocence of the crime until the last.
Several of the mob have been arrested
and jailed.
The father of the girl applied the lash
whilo the others looked on in great glee.
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ANsror.TATlOS JIUILDISO.
imbinn Exposition. J,
CHURCH RESOLUTION?^.
Can It Be That Such are
NecessuryP
The Franklin District Conferen^Ka^
held nt Web.ter, N C.,
A capital resolution relative to q^Eo?T
property was passed, condcmhin'jBU'no"
use of slang in the pulpit, and tbC'lollowing
resolutions:
Resolved. That wo discourcj(& ihc
common habit of sitting outside of dhurch
before service and engaging in whrldj^
conversation so destructive to adofrytional
mind.
Resolved, That no gentleman, Ao say
nothing of a Christian, will denli the
church of God by sluicing the flotor ot
the log church or carpeted aisle df the
more elegant with tobacco juice.'
R solved, That only those jrw. are
blind to the presence of the Lord.ycsus,
and lacking in reverence to the King of
Kings, will whisper unnccessarlfV apd
laugh in the house of God. }
Resolved, That parents brlbgTtfeTT'
children to church, and see to it that
they reverence God's house by remaining
quiet nnd attentive.
That modest bouquets of flowers adorn
our pu'pits. That a nice pitcher of water
nnd glass be provided for the pulpit
for the use of the preacher; not for the
congregation.
That dogs be made to stay at home or
Lung.
That all our front pews and ameu
benches be nicely cushioned, se as to in duco
the backsliders to slide forward.
That every church have a regular communion
service, nnd that the unsightly
black bottle or tickler be forever removed.
A LYNCHING THAT FAILED.
Wonderful Escape of a Negro After
Being Hanged and Shot.
Norfolk, Va.?The most remarkable
case of attempted lynching took place at
Heamon's Station on Bnturday night last.
Within the past twelve months Mr.
I nrtwright, who lives ncrr Bcafnon
Station, on the Atlantic nnd Danville
Railroad, has had twelve horses killed by
poisou. About three weeks ngo his
house was burned to tho ground in the
night.
Suspicion rested upon a negro nAmed
Isaac Jenkins, who has had some trouble
in that neighborhood, and who was tried
for breaking into the house of D. B.
Mackey some time ago, but not convicted.
lie returned to the neighborhood
on Saturday, was arrested, and while being
taken to jail by a constable was captured
by a party of twenty-five men, who
hanged him to a tree and shot h^m and
left him for dead.
After the lynchers departed he took
his knife from his pocket and cut himself
down and made his escape. As soon
as it become known that the lynchers
had failed there was %a mad crowd and
tho woods were scoured but the man
could not be found. He arrived here
to-duv and was given medical attention.
He has two bullet holes in his neck,
his scalp is cut in several places and the
marks of the rope Arc upon his neck.
Handcuffs were upon him and were cut
at the police station. He walked twenty
miles to-day and is doing well an d doubtless
will recover.
Receiver of the E. T., V. A G.
Nashviixk, Tknn ? Samuel Hpencer,
of New York, was appointed co receiver
of tho East Tennessee, Virginia A
fl?AH .L T) a {1 rl anr) afc OAnifAl If a a.
VxCl'Igm ivnui WI?? niiM iw vvun uiiib^
lines, with Messrs. Fink ard MoGee, by
Judge Lurton. The appointment takes
effect August 1st and the bond was fixed
at $100,000;
Qov. Waite Says "Damn Them."
Dxnvbr, Coi,.?Gov. Waite doesn't
s em to care what effect an extra session
would bavo upon Eastern investors, for
when the question was broached he
answered emphatically:
"Oh, damn tbo people in the East.
We want to scare them to death."
i
OUR WORLD'S FAIR LETTER.
t Midway Plaisakce,
\ World's Faiu, Chicago.
Of highest interest to your readers
is the Irish village. This is located in
the Midway Plaisanco, and is the exhibit
of the Donegal Industrial Fund, founded
in 1883 by Mrs. Ernest Hart, the philanthropist,
to encourage and develop
hand work and home industries in Ireland.
The village is entered by the
st. lawrence gate at duogiirda.
The oiigiual has stood for ovor GOO
years in the little town of Droghcda, and
has witnessed many a hard fought battle.
On passing the portcullis of the old gateway,
the villago street is entered. The
t, picturesque and uniquely
Irish. The whitewashed cottages
straggle round the villago green, at the
end of which rise3 the splendid pile of
Donegnl Castle, and beyond the ruined
keep issccn the tapering form of the till
Round Tower. On turning to the left
the home tl'un cottage
Is entered. This is an exact reproduction
of a Donegal cottage, and hero homespuns
are made by hand. Tuc revii al of
the homespun industry in Donegal is due
to Mrs. Hart's efTo tsaud technical teaching.
Near to th-hooded fiicplaco 8hulahMcBri
le of Gwcedorc, is foun i spinning
the wool into a lin% tirm thread,"
tJdo by the Doncg.d^Industi^ial Vu n d. ^
the lack c&t tack
Comes next; here Mrs. Glynn, of Limer
ick, is making filmy fabrics on tbc tambour
frame, with the aid of a little
hooked needle, and Hannah Gallagher,
frs..*. -.f ii? }_? ?... l
iiviu v/uu ui uiu blunges lit
is working Kc'.ls' lace on a pillow. After
stopping to admire this 1 ice we pass on
O) the
WOOD- CAIIVINO AND DK8IONINO SHOP,
The most noticeiblc thing is an exhibit
of wood carvings executed by the boys
trained at Mis. Hart's Technical School
at Gwecdorc, County Donegal. We then
enter the banqueting hall of Donegal
Castle and view the
KXniBIT OK iniRH AKT.
The Colossal Bronze Statue of Gladatone
excites our admiration, Nearly 300
pictures, pointings and engravings by
Irish artists arc shown.
TUB INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITS
Are the products of the Donegal Industrial
Fund, and are the handwork of the
employees trained in Ireland during the
past 10 years. Here arc unequalled
homespuns, spun and woven by hand of
soft Donegal wool and plant dyed; embroidered
hangings which, from the
wool off the sheep's back or the llux fibre
from the plant, to the last stitch of embroidery,
are entirely worked by hand
by the clever Irish workers trained by
this noble philanthropic enterprise in
various parts of Ireland. Here arc coverlets
spun and woven by hand in County
Armagh and embroidered in County
Dublin, -curtains spun and woven in
County Galway and embroidered in
County Wicklow, hangings woven in
Gweedore,County Donegal, and embroidered
in Queen's County, lace made in
County Limerick, County Monaglian
and County Cork, art linens hand woven
iu County Armagh, liand-knit hosiery
and homespun9 from County Donegal,
spriggs handkerchiefs from County
Down, fine hand stitched lingerie from
County Dublin and Queen's County,
wood carvings from County Donegal, all
wool sanitarv underwear from ftniiniw
Dublin, and embroidered vestment and
altar cloth worked by Irish girls trained
in London. A court train which took
Irish girls 800 hours to embroider in
gold occupies a glass cisc. Other spe
otnt ? hlhila are bog oak carvings, i> lackthorn
sticks and Irish jeweTry7"Bs wen ns
an interesting collection of Irifli marbles,
granites and altar vessels. At the
CONCERT AND LECTURE HAI.L
We heard a delightful concert of Irish
melodies on the harp and a lccturo on
Irish Art and Industry, by the foundress
of the village. We also stopped in the
shady tower garden where refreshing tea
or lemonade is served.
1 HE HOUND TOWER
is 100 feet high aud a beautiful and in
teresting replica of one of the 80 towers
still standing in Ireland. To the leit of
the ruins of the keep of Donegal C'astlc
will be found a snot dear to the heart of
T. - 1
every nisuman,
til k wisiiino ciiair
Of the Giant's Causeway, exactly repioduced
and standing on Irish soil brought
frem Iieland for that wuipose.
THE VIM.AOR 8MITHV
next eugAgcs our attention, where McOloughlin,
of Dublin, is busy making
"things of beauty'' out of long iron rods.
The clang of the hammer on the anvil is
heard all day long except when the
smith leaves his work to take part in n
concert or his apprentice joins O'Hara,
the weaver, in dancing an Iiish jig on
the village green. A step leads us to
the
"keli.8 embroidery" cottage.
The Kclls embroideries were invented
by Mrs. Hurt in 1884 ts a new Irish industry,
and she was awarded the gold
medal for them in London, 1885, at the
Inventions Exhibition. The Kclls linens
arc being woven in this cottage by hand
by John Timtnins, of Porta Town, County
Armrgh, who has been employed by
Mrs. Hart for tin pist 8 years, nnd cmbioidcred
by Kelts threads by Hose Gi 1dea,
of Donegal. Bridget Gildca of
Donegal is engaged 'sprigging" handkerchiefs,
an industry which employs a
gieat number of girls in Counties Down
ana Donegal.
Big Cotton Mills Shut Down.
A Boston, Mass., news di-patcb announces,
lhe shutting dowrsrie/ftugust (ff
the Amoekerg Cottcn Mill. Tbis large* t
cotton mill in the "United States, and
probably in the woiId. It employes 8,000
operatives, usts 0,000,000 pounds of
cotton per week, aud pnys f225,000 per
mouth Id wages. At the celling agents
of the Amoskcaj mill, this city, John L."
Bremer & Co., of 02 Lconaid street,
said that the shutting down was decided
upon at a meeting of the directors held
in Manchester, N. 11., Monday, and was
necessitated'by the unsettled condition
of trade. '
Manchester, N. II.?Notices were
posted in the JefTor^on & Namakc Bag
Mill to the clTect Uist ihos^ mills will h?
^ ^ ^
Woonsocket, R?I ? Wic Stato Mi-=^
employing over 1,000 operatives has shul i
down.
MORE M 11,1,3 CLOSE.
Portland, Me.?The directors of tlic
Westbrook Mf'g Co.,makers of giDghams,
have decided to close down their mills
ftom July 29 to Sept. 4. These mills
have becu in constant operation for 30
years.
Milton's Mills, N. II.?The agent ol
the Waunibeck Co., has issued orders
for the closing of the mills here for 3
months, as soon as the goods now in
process of manufacture pre finished.
Providence, R I.?Writs of attachment
weio issued here for the total
turn of about $600, Ooo pguinst nenry
L. Aldrieh,, the big cotton manufacturer
; nd speculator, owniug mills in Moosup,
Conu. The attaching creditor is Henry
M. Tabor, of New York.
To Make Cotton Cloth Waterproof.
To make it thoroughly waterproof is a
difficult and extended process, but a simple
way for making it sufficiently waterproof
for ninny purports is as follows:
Dry the fabric tlioioughly iu a dry heat
and then spread it t:ghtly over s smooth
surface. With a brush, pain* over it a thin
coat of b>iled oil and allow this to dry
thoroughly. Follow this with a second
coat, and a third, if ncccssiry, al owing
plenty of time between each for the
fabric to become perfectly dry. After
the last coat, if the surface is sticky, a
mixture of one-quarter pouad of shellac
to a pint of wate r heated gently, until it
almost boils, to which a little liquid ammonia
is eeldeel, should then be painted
over the surface. Yellow ochre should
then be used to muke a jillow waterproof,
aud lampblack to make the cloth
a black waterproof. The coloring mattor
can be used iu m>xtnie with the shellac.
George Vandeibilt's Neighbor.
ueorg} Vanilcrbilt has a country villa
and a tract of 1?,000 acres near Asheville,
N. 0. l ie re are fourteen acres in the
southwestern portion of this estate the
young millionariei does not and cannot
own, though ho has made effort after
effort to do so. The fourteen acres be.
Jong to a negro mau named Collins,
who when Mr. Vanderbilt bought the
l;ii go trfti-t, uoHwi mill fuuu liiuio
this small tract than ho was willing tc
give. A few weeks later Mr. Vanderbilt
went to Collies and agreed to his
terms, but Collins now added a couple
t f thouands to the first price, and as often
as Mr. Vanderbilt got in the notioi
to pay Collins his price Collins went uj
a safe distance and has just aunouucct
that he will not sell the land at any pric<
so long as he can have Mr. Vandcrbil
for his neighbor. He tells Mr. Vandcr
hilt that the value of a good neighbor ii
this world cannot he estimated by all th
money of the Vanderbilt family.
Southern Cotton Mills Pay.
At the stockholders' meeting of th
Tombigbeo cotton mills, of Columbus
Missippi, held recently, tho report o
the manager showed that the profits o
the past year were something over eigh
teen per cent, of the capital stock. In
stead of declaring a dividend, the stock
holders voted to invest the profits in mor
i machinery, enlarging the capacity of th<
mills. It was stated that ever since th
starting of the mills a ready market a
good prices had been found for the pro
, duct, and that it could easily have sole
four times the amount of goods at the
same figure*.
BANKS SMASHING IN DENVER.
Three National Banks and Three Private
Concerns Go Under.
Dknvkr, Col.?Three national banks
?the Union National, the Commercial
National, and the National Hank of
Commerce?closed their doois Tuesday
morning owing to the heavy demands of
excited dapositors. Tin Mercantile Hank,
n small private institution doing business
ia the Mining Exchange building, also
suspended, owing to the close of the
Union bank, through which its clearances
were made.
A WIIOliK 6th1no ok banks fail.
Denver. Col. -Thy J. il,- whaling???J};:nking
Oomp^uy, the-.pi ?sr.-bank.ol * ?
Asbflh^fiSbl; thc^^nk of Sterling, Sterling,
Col., ar d t)ic Bank of Lovcland,
dol , have assigned. No statements o| ^
a sets or liabilities hav^ieen issued.
TWO OKLAHOMA nASKR.
( klahoma Citv, O. T.?The Bank ol
Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma Nati
lint Bank closed their doors. Thcrtf
wns a heavy inn on tho First National
byt it withstood it all right. The state- v
meuts are unobtainable now.-* " r,?
two mohr hanks.
Topera, Kan.?In formation has been
r t'e'ved at the oflicc of the State bank
commissioner qf tho failure of the
Hunk of PnrkCt.'Tjlttn county,
Wdodaon Slate BrtflVr
iWood* in" ednuly. -.
court houso were thrown into
onsteruation Friday morning when an ^ **v
attorney jumped up tlie stairs, two steps
at a time, leading -to the clerk of the
court's oflico and tiled the voluntary assignment
of the Commercial Bank. This
haste was owing to the number of creditors
hard on his heels, who had attach,
mcnts and executions to file. The assignee
appointed in the papers filed is A.
B. Oeilfuss, cashier of the batik, and his
bond is placed at |120,000. Ilia bondsmen
arc A bort Conro, Charles P. Pfister
and E. Mariner, The cutirc funds of
Milwaukee county, amounting to $010,624,
were deposited in the Commercial
Bank.
The newly organized Milwaukee ElecIr^r
"T J I. .. ~
itor to the extent of 1200,000. During
the financial flurry a month ngo, caused
by the Lappeu failure, and which, resulted
in the suspeusion ol' ti e Plankinton
Bauk, there was quite a iuu on the
Commercial, but it has been genera'ly
believed that the institution would
weather the storm, as there has been no
trouble here for some time. The assign
ment was a great surprise.
a tacoma dank.
Tacoma, WAsn.?The Traders' Bank
of Tacoma failed to open for business
Friday morning. The bank suspension
is due to inability to procure ready money.
Its securities are sufficient to pay all its
obliga'ions and leave a large surplus.
a missouri dank this time.
Warkensuuho, Mo. ?The Jackson
County Savings Hank lias suspended. .
A POSSE ON HIS TRACK. ^
The Negroes Join tho Whites in Pursuit
of a Negro Fiend.
Memphis, Trnn.?Several posses are
still iu pursuit of the negoo who attempted
to outr.ge Miss McCadden. The nssailnnt
is said to be making for Mississippi.
lie passed through Ripley and meeting
a negro girl, outraged her and tho
negroes have joined the white pos-c.
Charley Martin, a negro, was ordered
to halt by the posse rt Rraden lie began
, to run but a bullet from one of the possa
, was fired into his back. Martin will die.
If the ass ilant of the two girls is caught
he will be taken to the scene of the assault
and li inged.
, Colored Catholic Congress.
^kw \ ok*. ? James A. bpcnccr. chair}
man of the executive iuuiiu..av .. ..
Colored Catholic Congress of the United
( State, ban issued a coll from Charleston,
( S. C., for the fourth national Catholic
Congress to be held in Chicago, Septem(
her 4th next.
3 The bas's of repicscntation for the
j election of delegates is: To societies of
50 members or less, cue delegate, and
t for each additional 25, one de'egate, but
not to cxcee 1 three delegates to any society.
Pun lies that have no societies
may form a temporary organization and
send one delegate. Accompanying the
call is a Utter of approval from Archbishop
Feehan, of Chicago^
Quarreled With Her Father and Kille
ed Heralf.
A special from Warrcnton, Va., says:
,f Miss Bessie Stone, eldest daughter of
[ Thos. G. Stone, committed suicide early
. Friday morning at her home near War.
renton by shooting herself in the mouth
. with a pistol. She and her father had
e quarreled the day before and renewed
0 the quarrel Friday morning, when she
e went to h*r room and ended her life.
t Cotton for the Orient.
Vancodvkh, B. C.?The Canadian
I Pacific steamer Empress of India, hence
, for the Orient, carried nearly a thousand
ions of cottn i.