FORT MILL TIMES.
VOL. XIV. WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1905. NO. 10.
TOGO DEFEA1
.Japanese Admiral Prapti
of thtfBATTLE
IN THE STRAUS OF KOREA >
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According to Information Received at !
the State Department in Washing- 1
ton, the Battle Began Saturday, the (
Japanese Sinking the Russian Bat- t
tleship Borodino, Four More War- j j
ships and a Repair Ship.
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According to the latest information, t
the battle between the Russian and I '
Japanese naval forces for the suprem- 1
acy of the Oriental seas, on which '
hangs the outcome of the far Eastern '
struggle, h: begun, if it has not term- 1
inated tlf -ively. All the dispatches
received point to a Japanse victory, | 1
thongii it i not yet known whether
the full force of Vice Adrimal Rojest- )
vensky's fighting ships took part in the 1
contest, ... k. a ording to the dis- '
patches, i k place in the comparative- ,
ly narro > waters of the Straits of Ko- f
rca. The . information came in a i
dispatch the American consul at \
Nagasaki to the State Department at ;
Washing ? telling that the Japanese ,
had sunk in Russian battleship, four t
other wur-kip.s and a repair ship in *
the Korean Strait, and this was fol- .
lowed by a dispatch received by the <
State Department, the date of which i
was not that the "Japanese gov- '
ernnicnt ha i made the announcement
that its : t had engaged the Russians
in t Straits of Korea Saturday
and had ; 1 them." The State I)e- t
partmeut received information (
tliat two of the vessels reported to 1
have been sunk were the sister battle- 1
ships Orel a:; I liorodino, and that three I ,
of the other ships were cruisers. From <
Tsingtau, the German port on the
Shantung 1 ninsula, came a report that {
a running naval engagement took place j
near the Island of Oki, in the Sea of }
Japan, 1.00 miles northeast of ttiA ?
Straits of Korea, ami that the whole 1
Russian fleet did not participate, the j
slow vtsstls having been sent around t
Japan. Rrrsian sources give no news i
of the battle, while the Japanese government,
following its custom, is silent i
as to either the battle or its outcome. <
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THINK TORPEDO DOATS DID IT.
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Washington Naval Circles Comment 1
on Dispatches to State Department 1
?Battleship and Five More Vessels '
Sunk?Straits Held Against Russians.
Wasl.ii,' : n. Special.?A dispatch ie- 1
ceived at the State Department says 1
that the Japanese Government has
made th announcement that its fleet 1
had ensr.'-cd the Russians in the '
Straits of K rea Saturday and had held
them . :
The re; rted sinking of the battle- j
ship It* rdino is mentioned in a dis- <
patch rec iv< ' at the State De|>artment J
from the csul at Nagasaki.
The belief in tlie naval circles in j
X\'rx~ - 4l--4
,, ,i is i niti. ipo Japanese re- '
sorted to tV' free use of torpedo boats 1
in tlirir at:, ks on the vessels of Vice- <
Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet. The l
Japanese have a large nnniher of tor- <
pedo boats in their fleet and they de- 5
monstrated their effectiveness in the ,
operations around Port Arthur. Na- t
val officers here express the opinion j
that it was unlikely that such serious i
losses r.s those reported could have i
been inflicted by ordinary tire. i
The following is the text of the Na- i
Texas Town Not Destroyed.
Austin. Tex.. Special.?S. J. I... Mather,
mayor of Mineral Wells, Tex., requested
a correction of the report sent
to several napers that the town had
been badly damaged by a tornado last
week. He says that no damage was
done at all, and that excepting a very
high wind, which swept over the town
last Wednesday, there was no nrova
cation lor such a report. ?
Floods North of El Pa30.
El Paso. Tex., Special.?A half mil- 1
Hon dollars is a conservative estimate !
of the damage ilone by the overflow j
of the Rio Grande north of El Paso 1
in tlis M?'ssilla valley. Some 7,000 1
acres of farm land are* under water, .
crops and farm machinery have been ,
lost, end ' !r mscs in the path of the i
waters v.:. hed away. The water in '
|
most nla s is six feet deep. Every .
abode he; ;se in Antlian . N. M., has '
been wa?hc 1 away r> el the people i
have fled to E! Paso. T ie water Is i
atlll rising vapidly, threatening great
damage, especially at El Pao.
rs RUSSIANS
cally Annihilates N^y
i ' > i ;t? t U<' > 'tO
N :r .1 k 1. *M ay .1:: lOa t" sWfcft
he Russian battleship Borodino and
our more warships and a repair ship."
The other dispatch read as follows:
"Tokio. May 27.?Jnnanese met and
ngaged the Baltic squadron this nfernoon
in tlie Straits of Fushima.
.vhieh was held. Cannonading was
ieard from shore."
From information which has been
eceivetl in Washington it is believed
hat two of the Russian ships reported
0 have been sunk in the Korean
straits by the Japanese are the Orel
and her sister ship, the Borodino.
Phey are battleships of 13.000 tons.
Fhree other vessels reported sunk are
relieved to have been cruisers, the
remaining one being a repair ship.
The Orel anil Borodino are of 13..'It?
ens displacement each, heavily armed,
ivell protected, and were designed to
make is knots. They measure JP7 feet
ay 7C> feet, with 2?5 feet draught, and
)oth have a lofty spar deck fully 30
'eet above the water line, extending
rom the how to thi quarter deck. Forward
is mounted a pair of UM-in.h
gains in a turret protected hv eleven
nches of Krupp armor. Another pair
f gnus, of same size, is mounted aft.
rhere are thirty other guns on the in- j
crmediate battery, the vessels carry
wo submerged torpedo tubes and two
lbove the wrtsv. a special feature of
the vessels is their verdical longitudinal
bulkheads of inch armor, running
throughout the whole length of the
ship at a distance of nine or ten feet
inboard from the ships' sides, designed
to lo-alize the effects of a blow from
1 torpedo.
Failed to Mislead Togo.
Chefoo. By Cable.?Private tele;rams
from Korea to the Japanese
muisuI here state that a battle was
impressing Saturday afternoon at or
near the Korean straits, between the
naiti portion of the Russian squadron
uul the Japanese fleet under command
>f Admiral Togo.
Telegrams almost identical with the
ibove have been received here, and
announce that a large portion of the
Elussian fleet was sighted approachng
the Korean straits Sunday, headid
for the channel between Tsu Island
ind the Japanese coast.
According to the best information
recelevd here recently, the main porion
of Admiral Togo's fleet has been
almost eonstnntlv nt Mnsnmntio Imv
Adviol's from a reliable quarter received
here are to the effort that three
Russian battleships, three armored
misers and several colliers were off
Shanghai Friday. It is believed that
lice Admiral Rojestvensky sent suttident
ships to the vicinity of Shanghai
n order to induce the belief that his
main fleet was there, while the major
portion of it pushed on toward the Korean
straits.
Sinking of American Ship.
Washington. Special.?Confirmation
las been received here front Shanghai
>f the press report that the Russian
warships have sunk aa unknown Antercan
merchant ship off the Chinese
oast. Heavy gun fire is plainly hoard
0 the northward.
St. Petersburg, Ily Cable.?Nothing
s known at the Admiralty of the retorted
sinking of an unknown Anteri:an
steamer off Formosa by Vice Adniral
Rojestvensky. It is recognized at |
he Admiralty as quite possible that I
Rojestvensky may have been com- j
tellrd by military necessity u> destroy .
1 neutral. If he feared tliat to allow I
t to proceed and report the whereibouts
and direction of the Russian
leet would endanger his strategic plan.
io nail no other alternative except to
ake off the crew and sink the ship. .
3uch an incident is unfortunate, hut j
very naval officer must admit that the j
isk in such a crisis is too great to
ake any chances. If the ship was unjustifiably
sunk from the standpoint of
nternational law, Russia, of course,
will have to foot the hill; hut any cost
s cheap if it furthered Rojestvensky's
mission."
Shot Chief of Police.
Nashville. Venn., K,.:cial.?A special
'rotn Jackson. Tenn., says that A. D.,
Dugger shot and seriously wounded !
'hief of Police Oaston, of tliat place.
Pour shots were fired, two of which
uok effect. Dugger wan drinking and
'.aston attempted to arrest him. Dug
sc-r was auuscquently locked up.
An Interstate Railway
Columbia, Special.- Definite anlouncement
of a railroad from Charles011,
S. C. to Monroe, N. C., j
S\ C.. giving Charleston, Slimier
and intermediate points sea- j
joard connection at Monroe, was ;
made, in the shape of a petition for a
onimission to incorporate the "Carolina
& Virginia Railroad." The commission
was granted with Win. M. ing- i
ram. Neill O'Donall and Marion Moise, j
>f Sumter, and State Senator Thomas ;
ft. McLcod. of I.ee county, as ineorpor- !
ttors. '1 "he initial capital is forty thous- j
and collars, and the ultimnie two and a \
half million. The "purposes" state that |
t is the intention of the corporation "to ,
Acquire rights of way and build and ,
maintain cotton worehousos,
NEftS THROUOTQttT ffe-'^fUNTRY !
Minor HappetlJft
1' m^V ^^ty.
was destroyed and Nowlin captured.
Miss Lilly Cary has been appointed |
sponsor for Virginia at the Confeder- |
ate reunion.
A contract for building 100 miles of
the Tidewater road will be awarded
June 1.
Thn trilll nf Pnvnnlila Pnrlicln
charged with the murder of John D.
Krombling, was begun at Berryvllle.
Majority and minority reports on
federation were made by the special
committee of the Southern Presbytctian
Assembly appointed to deal with
the subject.
Wesley (I. Parker, until last Tuesday
exchange teller in the Arkansas National
Bank, of this city, is missing,
and it is claimed that his accounts
show a shortage of $10,000. President C.
M. ltix. of the bank, admits the shortage
and said that the institution is fully
secured by a bond.
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At the National Capital.
Second Vice-President Gage 12. Tar- !
bell, of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, was examined by Stale Superintendent
of Insurance Hendricks.
Through the North.
Mrs. Lease was robbed In Now York
Saturday Night.
The Merchants' Trust Company of
New York closed its doors and receivers
were appointed.
Chicago's teamster strike spread, as
was expected, but efforts to bring
about peace were renewed.
A wide difference of opinion on union
developed among the Cumberland
Presbyterians at Fresno, Cal.
Considerable opposition developed in
the General Assembly to the cathedral
idea of Justice Harlan.
A check so cleverly raised that it deceived
even the hanks which cashed it j
caused the arrest of ;i Vow VnrV hnr. I
keeper.
The Chicago express companies refused
to recede from their decisions not
to reemploy strikers, and the strike |
will now be fought out to the end.
The entire plant of the National Fire
Works Company at West Hanover, |
consisting of ten wooden buildings of
one story each, was destroyed by an j
explosion in the mixing room. Of the !
ninety employes at the plant only live i
w< re injtt < d. one seriously.
Mayer Weaver, of Philadelphia, removed
his Director of Public Safety and
Director of Public Works as a stop in
his tight to prevent the lease of the
gas works to the I'nitod (las improvement
Company.'
One train crashed into another on
the high trestle of the elevated near
the bridge over the Harlem river and
'JO persons were hurt.
May i ?rn went up t? cents tt bushel
on the Chicago Hxchango. and there I
was talk of a corner, wheat also un- j
dongoing a sharp flurry.
The raited States assayer at So it- |
tie states that the output of gold from |
the northern country this year will
amount to $22,000,000, if not more.
i rein t:it' Klondike alone he predicts |
mi output of from ten to twelve mil- j
lions, the balance coming from the
camps on the American side.
Foreign Affairs.
Greece is to l?e warned against sup
porting Grecian bands now active in
Southern Manchuria.
The Servian Cabinet has resigned.
A detailed report to confirm the [
identification of John Paul Jones' '
body lias been sent from Paris to j
Washington.
Gen. I.inevitch, under date of May 23,
reports that a Russian detachment sue- I
cessfully attacks the Japanese trcn? lies i
on the heights south of the station of |
("hangtufu, Mnv 21. forcing the J a pa- j
nese to e\acnate their trenches.
It !~ I .t., !_J
i? ijnin ti'ii mr injuries sustainetl
by Empress Augusta Victoria !>y
falling down a stairway at Wischaden i
were more serious than at first reported.
Miscellaneous Matters.
Th?? CojKval Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church, voting at Win na
f.alce, decided unanimously for union
with the Cumi.erland church.
More than 1 '? Mcthoeid minitoy-,
marched to tee ih.ilu* ci: iiall
and prote it 1 t > M... . r \V \t\vr
against the pri posed gar work ! so.
Milton C. Hose, of .Str.i.' r ] < n;
was drowned at Aoquia c.*
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100 COLD AND WET FOR COTTON
Good Stands Are Generally Reported
N From Eastern and Central Sections,
But Present Conditions Are Adverse.
"Washington, Special.?The weather
Bureau's weekly bulletin.of the crop
Conditions sayg :
"Whilo good stands of cotton are
generally reported from the eastern
and central sections of the cotton
belt, cool nights have checked growth
and the staple is suffering from lack
of sunshine and cultivation, com-,
plaints of grassy fields being received
from nearly every State in these two
sections. Plautlng is finished in South
Carolina aivd Alabama, nearly completed
in North Carolina and Mississippi,
but about 23 per cent, of the
area remains to be planted in Louisiana
and Arkansas. Chopping is well
advanced in the Ci^rolinas. continue in
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi and
has begun in sonu? places in Arkansas.
In northern Texas, though cotton
was damaged somewhat by heavy
showers and is still poor in places, is
very weedy, and much planting is unfinished,
the prospects are improved.
With more favorable conditions for replanting
and cultivation, the crop
looks better and cultivation and chopping
are progressing. Gotten is growing
well in southern Texas; chopping
atid cultivation are general; squares
arc forming and some has been laid
by. Roll weevils and other insect
pests are active in some counties.
Tobacco plants are plentiful in Kentucky,
and transplanting continues in
that State, as well as Indiana. Maryland
and North Carolina. Considerable
has been planted in Virginia,
but the soil is tot) wet, locally, for
this work. The crop is suffering front
lack of proper cultivation in North
Carolina, and the weather has been
unfavorable for plants in Ohio."
Real Tornado in Georgia.
Reidsvllle, Ga., Special.?The most
destructive tornado that It is swept
Tattnall county for years occurred
Tuesday afternoon, larding ten minutes.
During this brief period a section between
Reidsville and Collins was practically
cleared of ali crops, and only the
strongest trees remained standing.
Houses were leveled, and it is remarkable
that thus far report of but one life
having been lost has been received. The
victim was a negro employed at the |
saw-mill of A. C. Parker & Son. A falling
smoke-stack struck the man. At
Collins, a family of Hve were struck by
liehtninc Thov vioro uliiniia.l )... I
revived. Their house was destroyed. So
heavy was the aceompaning hail that
the stones lay on the ground to a depth
of 12 inches.
Linevitch Ready to Fight.
St. Petersburg, lly Cable.?The news
from the front continues to point to
the imminence of a renewal of lighting
on a large scale, (leneral Linevitch
is pressing the Japanese c enter both ou
the line of the railway and on the mandarin
road but whether lie is simply
feeling Field Marshal Oyama's strength
or has assumed a genuine offensive, is |
not yet clear. There is no doubt, how- ;
ever, that Linevitch lias made completo j
preparation for a Irattle. All the Kus- |
siau sick and wounded, who were at
Harbin and places south of there, have j
been transported westward to Irkutsk. 1
and orders have been given to clear the j
intervening hospitals. The sanitary
trains have also been ordered to the |
front.
Drowned Self and Children.
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Dallas. Tex., Special.?A special to i
The News from Sulphur Springs.
Tex., says that Mrs. Tip Sanders i
drowned herself and three children
in a creek near her home two miles
south of town Tuesday. The oldest !
child was a boy six years of ago. The 1
other children were girls aged 2 years |
and 10 months, respectively. The i
tragedy it is said, was the result of i
domestic troubles. Sanders, the hus- |
band, loft home this morning to work ;
on the public road. Returning homo !
for dinner, ho found a note on the j
table from Mrs. Sanders telling him j
that ho would And the bodies of his I
wife and children in the creek.
Contesting Yachts Sighted.
New York, Special.?Lord Hrassey's
yacht. Sunbeam, a contestant In the |
trans-Atlantic cup race, was passed i
Tuesday by the steamer Kron Prlnz !
Wilhelm, hound for this port, 817 miles
from Sandy Hook. Captain Nlerich, of
the North (iermaiv Lloyd steamer Bre- I
men. which arrived from Bremen, be- i
Moves ho sighted the Atlantic, which is 1
supposed at least among the leaders, on I
Sundav mornintr \tnv ?.?
? ...... M i. t. * nc > a< ui
was then SL'7 miles from Sandy Hook,
more than one hundred miles further
east than when sighted the day pre- |
vious by three lUiers.
Five Firemen Injured.
Tampa. Fin... Special.?'Five firemen,
one of whom will probably die, were
Injured in a lire which destroyed two
buildings lmre Tuesday, entailing a
property lora of "*4 ),i:00, with only $8.0C0
insurance. The fire was caused hy
the explosion c! a r :'.3oline lamp. W. i).
j Kirk, a fireman, was caught under a
i falling wr.ll and so badly crushed that
! he is not cxpectc 1 tu recover.
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SOUTHERN IND
Parliament to Consider
the South's W
MANY STATES WERE REPRESENTED
North Carolina Executive is Unanimously
Made Temporary Chairman
of Gathering at Washington and Delivers
the Opening Address.
Washington. Special.?Eleven States.
Alabama. Arkansas, Georgia, Florida,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas. West Virginia
and Virginia are represented by delegates
to the Southern Industrial Parliament.
which began its sessions here
Tuesday and will continue through Friday.
There are also present representatives
from New York, Philadelphia
and Haiti more, who are interested in
the objects for which the parliament
was called, which includes the exchange
of ideas regarding matters of importance
for the development of the
South. The feature of the day was the
address of Gov. Robert it. Glenn, at the
morning session.
Addresses were made by W. \V.
Pumpkin, of Columbia, S. C.; M. V.
Richards, of the Southern railway, who
discussed mainly immigration to the
South, l)r. Charles A. Cary, of the
Alabama Agricultural College, who
urged steps to exterminate tick fever
among the cattle and advocated that
that the Southern people raise more
live stock, particularly for beef purposes.
T. B. Thackstnn. of South Carolina,
was elected permanent secretary of the
parliament.
Gov. Robert B. Glenn, of North Carolina,
was unanimously elected presiding
officer, and delivered the opening
address. At the outset of his remarks
he received applause by stating that
while he had (otne to Washington with
his heart filled with love for the section
in which he lived, there were no
men living that loved, honored and revered
"the great Nation in which wo
live more than the delegates who are
here today from South of the Mason
and Dixon line."
After drawing a pen picture of the
development of the country during the
last hundred years. Governor Glenn
touched upon the devastation wrought
in tho South by the contest between
the States, and said the people of that
section had gone ahead with a will to
redeem, reclaim and build tip. lie
spoke of the enormous production of
cotton, iron, timber anil other commodities
In the South, and declared that
it had risen to the place where It ought
to stand?"equal, if not superior, to any
other section of the universe in which
we live." But. he said, while the harvest
of the South was great tho laborers
were few. laborers were needed
anywhere and everywhere, and he declared
that tho South held out opportunities,
and if they would come there
was no reason why they could not have
tho same returns, the same wealth
and be oven greater and grander than
in any other section of the country.
Rut while men of brains and energy
were wanted, the South did not want
the riff-raff of the countries of the
world.
Governor Glenn then aroused his audience
to a high pitch of enthusiasm
when he denounced the methods of cor
tain immigration agents of tin* Western
railroads to turn the tide of immigration
from the South by sending
abroad maps showing the marvelous
prosperity in the West, hut picturing
the Southern States in black, in order
to show that the negroes have the superiority
over the whites; that the
South Is a place where very few, if
any. whites live; where men of money
only can endure, and where the white
laborer cannot endure because it is the
home of the negro and where the negro
is made an equal partner with the
whites. "That assertion," he vehemently
declared, "is false, and I herald
It here today. It is the duty of every
honest man in the United States,
whether he is a Northerner, Southerner
or Westerner, to remove tins calumnity
from the best and purest people
this country has ever known."
Returns With a Plan.
New York. Special.?Mayor John
Weaver, of Philadelphia, came to New
York especially to consult with Elihu
Root about his light with the Philadelphia
Republican organization on the
gas situation and returned at night
with a well defined plan as outlined
hv thn fnrmpr onprotpfV war K?.
carried out in a crusade against tho gsis
monopoly.
Not the Work of Terrorist!.
St. Petersburg, Hy Cable.?Though
no details of the assassination of
Prince Nakacldze, have boon receivoi!
the impression here is that the outrage
! was the work of the Armenian revolutionary
committee in revenge for
| the attitude taken hy the prince during
the racial war between Arm niatis
i and Tartars in F< bruary last, and ''
i not attributable to the A inn to:
| rorists. even though the latter are o
trciwly active in many p: vt . of the
empire. The Armenians laid Use 1
sponsitiiii-y of ti e deaths of t
j slain In February at the door of Prln.e
Nakr ".Adze.
USTRIAL MEET
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Questions Relating to
elfare in Session
In the South, the Governor said, thcr
negro is given every legal right ho is
entitled to. Their children are educated
as are the white children; tbor
are given asylums for their deaf, dumb,
and blind, and are everywhere given
the merciful hand; "but," ho said,
"there is one distinction, one line wo
draw, and that, is the line of social
equality." That, he proclaimed, could
never Ire. The races were separated by
the laws of eternity, because, he said,
tho white man never was intended to
be put on a social equality with tho
nesrro Ho nntw?nl??d to i>verv i>n?> nrcs.?
ent to make known the truth anil thua
"correct any error and lie."
The Session Wednesday. ^
Washington. Special.?A discussion
oC immigration and an address by
Gustav 11. Schwab, of New York, on
"Foreign Commerce and Ocean Transportal
ion" were the features of Wed
nesday's sessions of the Southern In|
dustrial Parliament. The immigration
question was discussed by Senator
Simmons, of North Carolina, and Commissioner
General Frank 1*. Sergeant,
of the Immigration Hureau. Permanent
organization was effected by the
election of Gov. Robert 11. Glenn, of
North Carolina, as president, and other
offleers as follows : 1 ?r. \\". C. Murphy.
of Washington, secretary; T. I*.
Thaxton. of Columbia, S. C.. treasurer. I
Vice presidents: Alabama, Wni. Rich- j
aids, lluntsvillc; Georgia. W. (). Me- I
Gowan, Hoffman; Mississippi. Henry t
j Kernoghan, Jackson: North Carolina,
U. S. Ueinhardt. l.incolnton; South
| Carolina, IS. .1. Watson. Columbia;
Tonnesoo, Robert Gates, Nashville;
Texas, Thos. Schwartz, Corsienna.
| Virginia, C. L. Holland. Danville.
executive committee: W. T. Hrown,
Regland. Ga.; P. J. Hollidav, Waahiagton,
Ga.; Miss J. S. McCarthy,
i llatesville, S. C.; J. A. Hrown, Chadbourn.
N. C.; Albert Akers. Nashville,
T nil.; H. C. Robin sun. Houston. Tex.;
S. Drowning, Pocahontas. Va.; II.
H. Vest. District of Columbia.
I In the absence of Governor Glenn,
! W. O. McGowan, of Georgia, presided.
| Gust a v H. Schwab, of New York, in
his address on the Subject of "FV>rJelgn
Conuneree and Ocean Transportation,"
was the first speaker. He wan
followed by Senator Simmons at
North Carolina, who spoke on the subiject
of immigration. He said as a re[sult
of the agricultural and industrial
activity and expansion in the South,
there was a demand for labor which
could not be supplied from its own
people, and that in consequence the
South was struggling with a labor famine.
Nearly every section of the country,
he said, had claimed and obtained a
share of the enormous immigration to
the United States from abroad during
the last 25 years. The failure of the
South to get a part of the new com<
rs not only accounted for the present
labor famine in that section, but in
many other ways, lie said, had been
disadvantageous to the United States.
I The kind of labor the South 11 ede.l,
lie snid. was a debatable question. Ho
described the system of wages in tlio
South ns being almost universally on
the share plan, and advised those actually
engaged in efforts to induce emigration
to the South from other sections
or from foreign countries to present
that plan, and not be misled into
a comparison of wage scales. If laborers
for the present could not he gotten
front tliis country, it was certain, ho
said, that wit it proper effort the right
kind of men could lie obtained abroad.
Mr. Sergeant declared that 112 per
cent, of all the immigration to Aherj
ica came into the State of New York,
the great bulk of the aliens remaining
in New York city. They do not, before
coming here, lie said. look up the geographical
situation, simply going to
wlu-re their friends have preceded
them. What was needed was to offer
advantages to aliens coming to th?
United States whereby they may gather
some knowledge of the country outside
the great centers of population.
It would be a good thing not only to
say to the alien, "You may land," but
also to furnish him information regarding
the opportunities ir. various
sections of the country.
Suddenly Killed.
Bristol. Va., Special.?Olon A. Kenyon,
a prominent lumberman of Nao,
mi, Mich., was killed near Damascus,
Va., Monday in an accident on a log
ging railroad, no was largely interested
In the T. \V. Thayer Lumber
Company, operating in that section.
Tlie body will bo sent to Naomi, .Mich.
Buying 193,000 Acres in Florida.
lirunsw ick, (la.. Special.--A deal in\o!ving
one million dollars and 103,000
r? s of land in Liberty an I Franklin
o/t'iii; Florida, was closed Wednesday.
TL ? purchasers are a syndicate
o- Chicago and St. Louis capitalists.
The do ing of this deal, which has
!>e< n on for the past several weeks,
I a majority of those interested have
<n in II unswick, means the build1
o a railroad to Apalachieola, Fin.,
i in"., S1. Joseph, a distance of forty
; ii;. Ti e road will then extend
mo :v. o i 100 miles to Quinoy, and it
.. iiini v.u.iod that it will then head for
Mi.otia. The purchase also means
e > tilenient and bulUlUi]; of a city
' at St. Jojeyh.