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VOLUME XII. CAMDEN, .S. V., EM DAY M A V 17, ISXH. NO.'IS', COTTON GOODS NOW All Hie Great Industries Being Taken By Trusts. $26,100,000 COTTON i UCK COMPANY A i.uige Number of Mills Merged, In cluding Several Located in tlie Sou thern States. Now York, Special.?Otllcial an nouncement was made of the forma tion of a company which will acquire tin- larger ?\>uon duck manufacturing concerns of the country. The new company wili In- known as tiic United .States Coitun Duck Corporation, and will In? organized under the laws of New Jersey, it will have an au thorized capital of $25,000,000 of t; per cent, cumulative preferred stock and 3-j,dUD,OUO ??? eommon stork. The totnt issue of S^?X'.ZY*i purposes will be $1(5.100,000, which i:i eludes stock provided for the exchange uf both issues of the Mount Vernon Woodberry Cotton Duck Company and $10,000,000 common stock. making a total of $26,100,000. Speaking of the/merger, S. Davis Wartield, president of the Continental Trust Company of Baltimore, who financed tfie Mount Vernon Woodberry Company and is chairman of the board of directors, said "Arrangements have bet n completed through the acquisi tion '-"stocks of existing corpora tions, or by purchase of the proper tics themselves whereby the ;nanufac J turing establishments, plants, busi ness, quick assets, brands, good will, etc.. of the following concerns now en gaged in the manufacture of cotton duck and similar products will be ac quired: Mount xVrnon Woodberry Cotton Duck Cotnfcany, of Delaware, owning 14 iftills acquired from the following companies: The Moiyit Yi-r nun Company, four mill's, the Woo i berry Manufacturing Company, five inilla; the Laurel Mills, oi Laurel, Md.; Franklin v ill*.* Mills, Franklin vide, Md.; the Tallassec Falls Manu facturing Company, Tallassec, Ala.; Greenwood Company, New Hartford, Conn., anti^the Columbia Mills, Co lumbia, C'.\ The latter company controls a number of brdnds, some of which have been in use tor upwards ol half a country. Another group of mills acquired by the new conipan; Includes the Stark Mills, of Manches ter, X. 1L; the l.'aGrange Mills of La Grange, (,5a.. and the Ilogansvihe Manufacturing Company, of Hogans ^?A'ille, G;.l. In ^addition to these properties Mr. Warileld proceeded to explain that tlx* new cor]>oration has the option righi extending to January 1. 1903. to pur chase the mills and properties of the West Point Manufacturing Company, and several other concerns located in Georgia. It is understood that the; now company will be incorporated and formally organized this week. TRRniiNDOUS STEEI-COAlBINjU. Many I.nrgc Compnnles Unite Tlielr Interests. f Chicago, Special.?The Chronicle Rays: A combination of the outside ? stool concerns with a capital of $200 - 000,000 is sniil to be in process of pro* motion by John \V. Gales, .fohn Lam bert and Isaac L. Ellwood, tUe pro moters and organizers of the AtiicrL. can Steel and Wire Company. The concerns to he gathered into the new combine are the Colorado Fuel an 1 Iron Company, the Republic Iron and Hteel Company, the Pennsylvania Steel Company, the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company.' The aggregate capit.il of these concerns is $135, ' 000,OoO. The Morgan combination has /teen seeking to aflliiate one and all of them at various times and negotia tions had advanced almost to thr> point of completion when the stock market biokc last week and spoiler] -the arrangement. Hank CI -rk Short. New York, Special.?E. I.. Chetwond, confidential clerk for the last 13 yea's In the employ of Brown Brothers, hankers, avqs arrested, charged with befTflf'short in his accounts $12,000 :ti oue Item, and that there are other Hems showing shortages. Chetwood entered the firm's employ 20 years a^o as a messenger and for thi lasl six years ho had been receiving teller. . Mis salary was $3,000 a year and hi had the confidence of the firm to su.-V; an exfent that no bond wai requirr* I I ? from him. 3Jost of the money was taken within the last six months. China Can Pav Rut Sio.ooo.ooo. "Washington, D. C., Special.?A ca blegiam fiom Mr. Rockhlll. special commissioner at Pekin, recelve&at the - Bt**" Department, mentions the receipt by tly; ministers of the response of the ChlndV envoys to the ministers' dc for indemnity. The dispatch <ndir?^'id briefly that ^Ije .Chinese wp? tmat that an actual payment of $10, fOd.090 I? the full extent of their power ^?ad St will take 30 year* to dlschargo debt Trtth <nt*re?t. Z TdegT?>l?^B?IH?.? - president CMf. Sehmmty, <4 U? gt??l itrial Comohmob inpi iiiorma abovt thenew eoapftay. UMtfa 8?b* WfcO 1 to ii kfir? 1HH0UGH0U[ THE COUNIKY t 1 lie South, ?Tho Southern Hapt'st C mwnti <a ivill meet next at Aahcvlllo. N. Rev. Dr. Rufus C. Burleson, a Bap tist minister and educator, died iu Wfteo. Texas, aged Xi> year a. Some trouble Is apprehended wli i the new rule of "no work, no fool" will l>e enforced against idle 110.410; a in Jacksonville. The Council of Regents and Vice Regents of the Mount Vernon \ss_v a tion attended Did Pohick church. Tho seventy-third Company. Cm.v Artillery, left Newport News, Vti., for tho Buffalo Exposition. Two murderers we:e sentenced to be hanged and one to rmpil-oum nt f ?r .?? years at Santa Pe. N. M . on Saturda... I'he Jamestown journeyman plum'. i i's ordered a strike Monday morning and the omph?yes of every sh">p in tow 11 Vent out. Thulr do.nanda ate 1*;? 52.50 to a day, a reduction of It ur.? t-? nine a day and a more string control of the apprintlceship sy- i n. I he degree of doctor of laws has heen conforred upon President Wil liam McKinloy hy the University of California. Duly twice heroic, since the founding of the University in tst>,\ has this degree been bestowed by the in st itutlon. The Twenty-third Regiment, o. Brooklyn, has been ordered out to (jilt 11 the riots In Albany. Cf a party of 20 persons engaged in a ''starlight" ride two weie killed an I a mini her I*) ured by a tolilsi :n wi:h a tro'lley car ueou* College Point. I,. i. Fire along the Rouge live?, at IV ray,, a subui b of Detroit, Micp., 1 aas d I a lots of $800.COO. I Former President Cleveland, who f lishing at Mldbiebass. is having p?*o;-. t j 1 m*?v tlian usual. 'I wo other anglers have made bigger catches. I At St. Duke's Hospital, in New York, i twas announced that the cotuM.i n vf "Dr. Wj^held Scott Schley was su.u. - I what Wv.pri ved. '1 in juiy in the case of Mrs. Carrie Nation charged with "joint ' smashliu; returned a verdict of guilty. Sentence will be pronounced. The new North river bridge between N< w York and Kobckcn. i? is s.iid. will 1 > the largest in the world. Miss Clnistie Mir.D >:iald was married at Buzzards Hay, Ma?S., to Mr. Wil liam Winter Jefferson, son of Mr. Joseph Jefferson. Eight hundred machinists in Chi a go. 111., will demand increased w:< ;? ? and a shorter day May l!0. The Mollue Plow Company of M > line. 111., has given live Plow Trust a ?5,COO,000 option on Its plant. A half million dollats was paid f:>r the First Methodist church, of Clev* land, O., the s.-:to being wanted for a i oillce building. Captain Converse of the battleship Illinois, rc-c-ii\?<-id a telegram from t.:c Ncwpoit N \vs Ship Building Co.npany stating that the Illinois will be givei her official inai u.^-duiy 12. The course selected is off Capo Ann, Mass. There is an outbreak of measles In the Eskimo village at the Fan-Amcri can Exposition. There arc four cases thus far, two of which developed in spite of precautions. Foreign. Secretary Root received a cable mes sage froiq General Chaffee, saying that he, with the troops in Chlnft._cxpocted to sail from Taku about'May 25. "Tv.--s Princess Frederick Charles of litsse, the youngest Mistdj- of l<Jmp<.fjr Wil JiftBI-^gave birth t6 twins early Tues day morning. The French budget for 11)02 will be the largest in the history of the nation. Russia, in a note to tjrc; powers, de clares that she/will maintain the "prts ent temporary/situation i:i Manchuria. ' A new of 0,000 is being ne gotiated by Russia. (loneml Da Wet has resumed opera tions and Jh reported to have crosse I into the Transvaal with 2.000 men. Sultan Abdul Hamid has demandc 1 the suppression of the foreign yoslof fices in Constantinople. King Kdward VII is sa'd to bo in creasingly nervous because cf a reduc tion of his cigar allowance. There are renewed minors from Ber lin of eeentrie conduct by ICmperor William. The Rel-chstag will scon adjourn un til Novcni(bftr. The Government of Uruguay is mob ilizing troops to put dr-wn a threaten d political conspiracy. Grand Duke Michael of Russia may visit the United States. Up to date there have bc-cn C10 eases of the plague and 275 deaths at Cape Town. Kight Italian laborers were glllcd by an avalanche at Campodeleine, in th<? Italian Alps. niscellaneous. The Vanderhllts and John D. Rocke feller are declared to have had a prom inent port in th? mow to prevent J. P, Morgan and James J. Hill from getting contttrt of the Northern Pacific Rail road. Owing to the 4 Up ess of Mrs. McKin ley the President was obliged to tako her to_San Francisco from I>el Mont? ahead of the arranged program. Hatlesai Orga*!i*r DHefcsr that unless the demands to be made by the miners at Indianapolis la January are granted every member of the union jrtll strike. , b Charles <L FMtman, tke Harvard instructor, was acquitted ct the chares of murdering Richard H. Orofan, Jr. Cardinal Oihboos saflsd from New J?rknlatlMtf? Ma way to Rome. ? The Uatted AMs Oomaaeit ma / WtATiltR AM) CROPS. Rising Temperature ami Abutu'ai.t AUdsturo. I iVIT'i 11the WO? k M'llns Monday, May Kith. tho t. n ;n'.v.uro wus^Unv.;* th.Hl duiilW, tllO piCViOUS WiOa. auK.?.?l sSWOUly >VO the h ^ Tho maximum l >r tho work v. d.iaws at Alh ndalo nnd Hlao.kv.lle 11 tho i.th ami 7ih. tvtfpov'tively, and th * minimum was r> > d 'Teo* at Om?wi\ ?!.' on the Uth. lVMntiinrf oit the C..li an I r.uitnU':M : to tho i-h'an of tho w there w > ?? nunvoioas livht sh>we;v? ovor th - m the State, raimiim' f:om a mc.ro ti 1 - t.'? ovor an inch <>f ra.nii.U, but 1.0 wh?-ro wit'". the.:o on >u,-h i.iiu for ta ni ? ;!.s <?! c:\ips that in places are SMi fcnun to:* waat i'f ni< t iluro. lh * ground i?. hard a>Mi clrvMy in plno^-, find 'ii sessions then1 :r. eat ojvnuh in is'.uro, to germinate r. cont-ly plan. (?(1 so"(1a. 'I ho drought -? tvsptv ?!; ' severe in Cliarle *.->.1 0 ".uity \vh-i-: ti'uok viehls have b*..n la.v'a rlhI 1> <.'? in in! shed. Hail f 11 m:uiy p. iht . ItiU only in portion.* of raaiheri* an l L'anvwcli counties to an injurious o\ f'*Tv* n*1"! t h^re *? a r-j:* va i t.1 * a .? u 1 melons a j. 1," >V . liavo t> 1 *0 roplante I. C planting and replanting Ss finished. an 1 mo.-.t of tho roplanto 1 s coining np to Kood stand-*. The tir 1 planting*!, where not replanted. h poor Mauds, hut t-'.Mne of it e-ontlnu * (0 come lip. I*ut w^ns inmrod . -a <1-* in Marlboro county. ? -.:?:*!a; out. ao.d cultivation liave bc-'.un owr tho ea< to; n ciunt.'.oa. A gone.a' improvement in the c uidition of cotton is noted. t'>rn has impiov ? 1 in color, a' tJ' iauh w.inds a:.- Mili unsat Isfaoto'-v. Tho plao'.s a.o uaso to >aa.hly smay, 1 in recently have bj;;un ta r <v. C.'ultiva tion Is ii;av_jiciffii'. ad ahout aii lias bV; 11 phitiia.'l, <?: ? <oi hntlnaiH wher* the work i; underway. lto;danti:i : oa?iii?o in plar-a. Tohaooo traiisplaiit'ii.", i? i>:a ;...? 111 v finished, and the > :::?> ? xjfT'.ia'8 a grew-Jr> 1 ni' v'y. U < <v \0r\-w.\\> u,? -o u:iad s!;c.!dH. ;ir:<! l:v v. Ii re div on >u?a. arr bi'-iir; pr pa. cd i'or Jn-v pu?.u(.iiiuh*>vo p Mir sf-uid... in si^ilions whoio th?? c:op is :."is' ;l < 11 a lars" oaninnvrial s -ah-, bat 11!e 1 lar:!f ii)::s aic eomin.; 1^1 ht-ttfr. < mo is lalso in an unwatistact ?rv caml'ti.?a W'iliait co:i;imi('S t\> look wofl aad is ful ly h?aiU"*l,.but ua:s iiavo i in jda.e??t have short si.r;iw, and aro t^ir.' fori 11K fT?r raJn. Colorado lwctMa a;o uiuiKMons on white p.dato^s: in ?li. r-ouihcastern counties p;?tati:e-; avo } .? liD< due. with jx;or yields. Sweet p ? Ixbtoes draws aic nearer. Pvae?u\s a dropping in pliyos. but ovor tlo> we; t(^ril Vt/llll! IfS t ^ * i !"11 i t }>i I' I > ' 1 - tin no proinislnc;. All crops an: from two t.o tiii-re weeks later than usual. Textile Workers Co;?:binc. Iloston. Mass.. Kpoeial.?As a re suit of the lev tile workvra' conven tion. which romduded itf; kokhIoiis at tbo Quinoy Tlouao 75.000 men and wo rn on employed in the textile indus tries of North America, will be ihom bers of one preat labor or^ani'/.ation to be' known as the United Textile Workers? of America. Representa tives of tho International I'nlon ;>f 'iN'xtile Workers and the American Federation of Textile Operatives wore present, with James Dune.-n, vice president of the American 1 oration of Labor, acting as tiiairnian. Roth organizations decided to annl gamate and apply for a charter un der tho title named. After that is so cured, the Mule Spinners' Union and the Loom Fixers' Union will affiliate themselves with tho organization, ?which will eventually mean a mem bership of 300,000 and an amicable understanding between textile em ployes In tho North and South. In tin past. the employes in tho South have been members of the International Textile Workers, while tin* Northern operatives have been members of tUo American Federation of Textile Op ^natives, and for a long time a. union lias been sought by the officials of both. n Ne\v Hntcrpris^s. A commission for a charter lias ln?cn issued to thellughes Specialty Well Digging Company, with head quarters in Charleston. The capital Btork of the company Is to l>o $25,000. The corporators named are Win. JO. Hughes, of Charleston, and Herbert I'j. Gyles, of Aiken. The company proposes to drill all kinds of wells. A commission for a charter wan Saturdayissued for the Bank of Spar tanburg, of the city of Spartanburg. Mr. J. T. Harris is the moving spirit, in the enterprise. The bank is to have a capital S.lor;k of $100,000. The * A* i rorporators named are W. S. Gray, of Woodruff; J. B. Steppe, of Switzer* II. B. Black] J. R. Snoddy, J. T. Ilarvjs, B. T. Shockloy, and others. A Railr<?od Chartered. A commission for a charter has been issued to the Augusta and Aiken Hallway Company, with headquarters at North Auguuta. The road is to run between Augusta and Aiken and the application for the commission states that three of the twenty miles have already been constructed. The capi tal stock of the company Is placed at $10,000, with the right to Increase it to $100,000. The charter asks for the right to connect the towns of Batah. I^angloy. Warrenville, Augusta, Gran Itovillo, ? North Augusta and Aiken. The corporators named arc: Alfred 4k IClUoU. ot. -WUfiburton. J*. C, and James U. Jackson, of Augusta. Newsy Notes. A commlMtop has been issuAl for (he charter of the 0?irdift'? Telefltone Company. The purpose of th?r cor poration in to connect by telephone th? towns ot Gourdln's, Greeleyrllle and Georgetown. The Capital stock jC the company Is to be $1,000. The cor jj?tw? named are i\ A.-Graham, J. 0. Oraham and W. p. McCIary. NEEDS ME HltP. Burned lit) of Jacksainiilc Siill in l>irc ! isircis. PRFSIiNV HELP IS INIDl'Ql'AII'. ? I he Conditions ai c Mtu'h Wor.-e Riau Have Been Previously R-poitcU I ho Ofiu'ial call. Jacks,mvll'.o, Fla , Kjxvlal At a mooUa;: of tin* oxivmiUvo c moult t?v of th? JacKsouvIIIo HolkJ nil >n, It was the (-.mr-nsiu of rpin oil that 11? ? amount of niouey so far <? ?n; ? = ?-<l lor iho roliof of tho ft.ro tuft. iri-.v w.us i ir from adequate to moot lIn* tiemnmlH a'i>l t'sii'n'!'I Oarno!'. of '.In* li-JU'f aa s.v.lnilort; Bishop \V. '<1, ?>{ the Kpiso.? l?:il ilhnvsc of K!oi\'?la o:<l :May >r !U>\v ?!??!? an f-**v.rTVTf*"* tt? t XU.< ;JD Vj 1 li<> > U < \> > Unidil S :U?v$. Tho ivinunitiw has is ??up.I tho f si lowing fulilra: "To tho lVi>;>le of tho 1 *i? i!i*s 1 State :: "We, the umlerai.nne I. ru-pivs-'n! tho i>? a;>|o of Jaeksouvl) W\ \\: h t ? ex press to t.ho peo;))o of (hf* I'nit ?! Sates the b*virtfi !? ftalltinlo <?f iho I people of ihl.s city f??r tho way m | wKii !? I hoy have ros;i<m.le?l 1<> our , ne.o!s. Tho relief fwmiii.'lnc of .la U I fi.m\ illo r?vM .>ut n aliM' ai lit k iiiio il;i h airo. in answer to the nume amis mqwi- j rit\s whl h th<> coni-nitr.e V im- nrc.iv- _ od. Ti w; then I '? 1 < ' ?-"f 1,1 u ' j the t x tewt ?-f tho (It.. - . '?? to e-.'i j mate the e\?i-nt *'f t h<> n.-?>ls ?>f tue ? people. It i.-i n:>v l"ii d;i>s since >)m. great 'li':, olid wo are !?!??' i it m a ? 'o ?"? a!ix? the ::ri aVness of t!??? i:\limitv I vvh'- : h-s btf-Jlk'n us. W have p>- : (v.'.iv. .I ii.riay ? :"n~ sn t!*.n way rf suppll? s of f>'-l av.l clothing but we iV,?'l ouraelve* c.>.<f;onted \v," i l!i" nTtl <?' clearing aw.iy the debri-, a: d maintaining order ami uisHp'i.ie : i.!'ViM^ i(> pro-vont ni? ninVM itfl'i 11 f : ' caring for those who aru sick. | ? ? |is t'? render 1 o.00'? or j inori' pc >ple honi'diASS wtlio.it. extreme j ] futffci In'*; It is impossible to jall th". ' .t es of neci] at onci". The sanita ry ci'iililion of this city must he pur 5 fec.ted and maintained. and unless v.-.1 ran bavt* tlx* aid of the. charitable p' o plo of the i'nited States, we are. coin ; pelled r-> acknowledge our Inability to | cope, fully with the hitnatlon. Only ? those who have been in the city and I can realize the nature of the distress i f I many who have been turned out of | house.; and homes, ran appreciate, the j dantrer of sickness from tlie huddle! j eondition of the piople, making the sit j nation here alarming, l.t will take a j very large amount of money at tho ? smalktii. estimate to care for the needs 1 of the people, and put the city In a j properjcJMidltlon. Our duty ^gnpels us ? to ?call upon 1.ho generous and always ! ready people of this country for assis tance in this, our hour of need. I (Signed) ]?]. darner. Chairman j Jacksonville Relief Association: .1.1?. j T. Howdon. mayor; K.(i. Wood, Ui.sh op 3tal^x>f Florida." The Lee Rel'cs. Washington, I), c., Special.?A con forence was held at the Department of Justice, with Solicitor General Itlchards, regarding tin; return of the Washington relics to, the Leo family. General Fitzhugh Lc?V Miss Mary Cus tis I.ee, with a power of attorney from her brother, George Win. Cuntis Leo, tlie heir to the relics, were present, to gether with Hichard Rathbun. and Mr. Clark, of the Smithsonian Institu tion. It was decided that the relics will he returned at once. President McKinlcy wrote a letter before leav ing Washington directing that this he done. The relics were removed from Arlington In 1SC2, since which they have been In possession^f the United States government, but the govern ment, In the. opinion of Solicitor Gen eral Richards, never has acquired title to them. Honey Orders Issued on Credit. Ponce. P. R., Hy (Vole.?Carlos and tlamon Julia, respectively postmaster and assistant postmaster at Juana Diaz, have been arrested on the charge of embezzlement. The amount Involved Is hot. mentioned. Inspector Smith, on April 27th. found that the postoffiee at. Juana Diaz should have a balance of $3r>2. No cash was on hand. The bondsmen of the prison ers will reimburse the government in full. Tne Julias Issued money orders on credit before receiving the cash - and it Is believed they charged their customers a commission. After the Sultan. Paris. By Cable.?The correspondent bere of the Associated Press learns on trustworthy authority that unless the Sultan of Turkey yielded on the ques tion of interference with the foreign* postofflces. the powers will probably present an ultimatum In n. tew daya, ; baektul Hy ? dfRSuStroitiin. '*'!?? power*, including Germany, are in perfect unison In this matter. Supreme Court Resting., Washington. D. C- Special.?The United States Supreme Court baa ad turned until next Monday, without announcing Its opinion on the Insular cases. The court will Imt? two more sittings for the announcement of opln touaaM U^jeailax uCwqtlona before; Its flMlatflwWNM for tlw nil. Mi i I WANS' RtUMOfl. I argc Attendance and Much lintltu* sinsm. . ' The kit ii( Confederate reunion held In Columbia last week was a pronotin i'i'.I success. Many prominent veterans were present. The attendance was the largest of any similar gathering y<*l held. The elty of Columbia ontertained tho old si.Idlers royaMv. One of Us* most pleasant features of the oeeasio.i was the bestowing of the Southern Cross of Honor upon (Jencral Wade Hampton hy the Oaughters of the Con fedorary. The presentation speech was lunde by MaJ. Hart of York. The ivhel yell was called for and given with a will when the grand old hero arose to respond. C?enci;al Hampton'# speech of acceptance was as follows: My Comrades: I have indeed, as Maj. llait lias said, heard Ihyt li?J>cl veil often before and when I heard from my own men. from the men whom 1 had the honor to command, I thnt we were "mft\ T think it iy one <>f the liritir.h jioeli? wJjo "Tho kites know well The long league's s\* ell That bids the lionmus close." I miklit paraphrase this hv saying: The Yankee, Knew well Tl.e Ion.; league's f'.'ell That hid;; the licbel."- close. My <>M Ih-io. c. 1 Ij4 ;?'? it mwr will 1 >?> !'m K<>tt ' li > >!" ? it will l?t> I i'm iisiu i ( iv! fo your rhihircn an t to your ihilil ift'it ihihlivn- 'F m?( fur thorn to uki t-i foil how it usr-,1 to ring from th<< io'tvun of YiiKina. I.ow it ranw from (;<?' tyshui i; to t h? ? west and how it al ways tol l of iit< n who wrr willi: iv t.? .lie for tiirir s<>i-;hl.in<l, to die for tr. th, for hotv-r. lor manhood, for ? htvalry and for -i i:nai trull:. 1 want v^'i^to 11 v ail'! tc:uh to vfir ; ?*i* iitMi \ tnr ohtldrrn's (hillr?n that ouia \not a lost <;uv.r\ I want you t< t,?? thorn th.it we w.'i'o IlKhtinf, for th> ;h:ht. C.toriM' Washington w:*!* a rnbol i ( I.(?(< w;i;i not. Whi a (Jivat Hritain r? ? t??:utv??? 1 th?* imh ccndi-nt'^ ot ibis funnily idle did not recognise i i?? independence <>r the Fulfill Bialt s but of each soveroigu Slate as independent ami sovereign. There \v?re l;{ inde pendent anil sovereign Stnt.es. They l iin.li <1 (his mi ton is ml X''y had the right to withdraw from\Jt whenever they chose so to do. Wo wVilc not suc cessful it iM not #;iv;? ii to mortals to (ommand success. You have done more yon liavc deserved it. Anil now in your declining years :ind when mine have extended Ioiik be yond the period allotted to men. you, my old comrades, whom 1 loved, whom I trusted and with whom I felt as safe as 1 do now, I want to say to you all that all the love you have given mo has been more than reciprocated; thpl all that 1 have evr been able to dc for you, for any one of you, or I'm South Carolina, bus been more thau repaid by the honors you have unso licited conferred upon -me and by this the crowning honor of my life. 1 may not see you again. i remember a story of an old bishop who whmi ready to retire from public life went to the ab bot and said: "rather Abbot, an old man whosn heart is brolen by the storms of state in come to lay his weary bones anion a you. That is all .1 j*fiall ask of South Caro lina ? a few fort of earth whom my kindred for six generations are re.-it ing. And I am proud to say thai on< or more of each generation since (li^ were known In South Carolina h*is filled a bloody frravo for Souih Car?!i na. ^Applause.) I claim no credit for that. Kvery South Carolinian who was true was wiljing to give his blood and h's life for the old State. 1 am sure thai 1 wag,^willing to do r,o. J think 1 e:>:i say so to y.v.i, my men, that I never turned my hack upon nny of you when your face* v.or?> t.lined toward the enemy. The greatest honor t':at 1 felt during the war was once when I came upon a poor prlvarc, who was dying. I stopped b;?si lo him and he said: "I am happy lo <11? lighting andU am proud to dte fighting un-ier you." 1 pray that flod .will bler.j you Jind will give yon peace and prosperiiy, give It to the old State, give it to each one of you and that you will go home and teil your kindred that you have seen your old comrade and that ho thanks you for them. MA.I. IIART'S SIMJBCfl. .Maj. Hart said: (itn. Hampton: Von have heard that yell before, and you have heard it jn days when It meant Rvneih'iis more than a tribute of love and affection to j you; when It meant terror to those who stood before it. It is my pleasing privilege to present to you the assembled survivors of two Immoital Confederate armies?tli-i one of Northern Virginia. leJ by the im mortal Lee, aid the other the army of Tennessee, which followed tho peerless Joseph E. Johnson. These are the men who stand before you this evening, and who for four yean carried on the point of their bright bayoners the ar* ?ument for southern InJependence Mid the ?prayer-(k>r llberlty. j|ti* well did they preform1 their mission. There arc standing before you Ibia evening men wfN? stood before the red-mouthed ^an'non at Malvern Hill and aPCeme tery Itldge. Those banners, some of which we *avt this morning, *nd rrrrr.r if which i think are iwre, have flashed upon scores of batt!e3e!d* before yon the great loader. * ? tee men here wiug ?followed l>eo's ' great line of soldiery that were nearly always Invlncibie; men who fought under Hill, and Ear* ly .and Jackson and t)caur*g*rd. I see be&re men men who followed Joseph E. Johnson at Franklin, and who om a score of batdeitelds froia l/ookimt Mountain to Atlanta fo igiit and nearly always repulsed him a!w?i\s K'iI whcrf.ii' (hero wm tl^ht in., to In'1 d? >ue. (, A i>|? i ) There art' iim'I', lu if vlio \\????* with >mi wiiiiii \o0 took lOinilUV'd .>1 111.' ConlY oMUlO r.nalry in lvand \? 1*<??? > ,u llawes s! op you plant oil its .u. nounted linos before tin' uuvanein^ t't#;>s of Hardy and Sherman a in I wremhel Riehiuond from their >;ift:<p wuhvn ii.siiuiid ant lit llo hody ot dismount* I i-avnlry. Tho tli. se nil u i!ii i\ \\.is 111 u yt a lift 1 hoon ^??uifoived. 'litnt was always their e\euso; lait, sir, (lioro was noth ing in It. And so, sir, wlion Sherman nut yon it fravaliin Station. where (Iio Kn ih'l ! ritle was in iho fcrasp of (ho en\ airy men instead of tlio useless sa hro, Sherman as ho roilo a way from tin- tiehl wrote to his ohiof that ho was mei hy Hampton's envalry, hut that It was in nfoived hy Karly* division of infantry, ami that (heir eoinhlnod for tes wtvo too great for him. Hut, sir, you know that yon, with a foreo loss than half hs great as his own ,hnd t onipi Hi ll him to rotiro from tho Held in titter disorder. And now. eoinrades, I present to yon a ehieftiiin worthy not only of your .-unniaLkiu .iui lieu* llamuiuu liub al ways had (hal; m>( only of your love ?vm> *KVii-v\ii^i, v >i Miv "Muru 'Vm<\ 'trnff,' li;n^ a?:o, hut \orthy of the h:j;lu.t irood of praise that man esiu Ltsiow i.pfu his lellow .nmn I pi t sent t'> you one who 1ms done ruore for Soath Car ? ?iiiii in pe;?i f. in war, and ai\a.n In ? a o ill.in all the orators and ail the ? talesmen i'v?f gV'T i t'iii' l i'i'.or ? or aftir. When in tho dark days thaT 'fol lowed disaster and defeat to our aims it was ho who stands before you I hid i \ en li,;, that lent that hope and eotir a ?? l.i ill'- hosts of invineihh: imui hoinl and vyoirauhood >1 I may pit aso ? i.\ it of Suelh Carolina that earried \ ii itjr> when tl fe.it seemed almost it nly it st ll nf the eampaU'n. It w:k-. due lo iIm1 :V.i!'arl;>us st ue'unan shi|) and the true eourav.e <?f him that in :i, f.trnpniKU vhirh required ^.ii-uter uiMiiii >' than war. when South Curo liniiiu. foiuihl for tlodr liberty a see* t i Hi e Hum a . . try was gained. (I'M. Hampton, thise men ('Oine to \"..y1r vrsprrtr. t.o yon. 'I"hey Ir.vn yoi. Hi y honor you, and as yonder n:11 .vldt h is seltiiij.; in the we-' i larl.u i!e di'idinin^ ho of, of a peerh>* <!;y, ro these hat tle-sonned heroes la-fore you. wilh their gray hair and wrinkled la. <i?j indt?-u(o th?* deeJinlliK day of their manhood. lJnt sueli as it is, sir, it is yours, and yours forever. Double Daily Service Between New oik, Tampi,Atlanta, New t rlcins and 1'olnts. outii and West. IN ICKKICCT KIviUCAIi V 24th, 15MIJ SOUTHWARD 1 tally Dally No. 31 No. 27 I.v. NowYorU. r. IS.lt. U'65 pm 12 10 ai? J.v. l'lillii lelj lila, " '? 8 20 pm 3t0.v* l.v. J Sit III in ?????. " " ji j?m (i 'J'J I.v. Warthliu.Mon, " ?' <i 55 |,:n 8 36 nip l.v. lilchiiioiiil, fj A. I.. 10 4 ) j>in IV 23 pn J.v. lVtfrsliiir^', ?? I | ,jl ptn 1 10 piq I.v. Norllna '? 'j (j"i am It 110 pm Lv. IIoikIi thou, '? ?/ i-A) ji'j, y 55pm I.V. II iN'IkIi, " 1?; a II 5 Oil pn I.v. Southern l'lii'i.1, " 6 87 iirti <i .'>7 pm I.v, llamlxt, " 0 3D n:u 8 10 pis I.v. (.'oiumHa, J " K -ID Hill Hi 30 j^n Ar. Savannah,' " 12 10 pm 2 20 hid Ar. Jaokf.'iivlUo, " 3 to pro 0 30 am Ar. 'J amj,a, " 6 00 am 6 00 pro ~ No.Yoa No. Yl7 I.v N<'\v York.N. Y.l\ & N.f 7 65 am 8 65 pro I.v. I'ullatlHiiliia, " 1020 am 11 2C ptq Lv..Nnw yoru.u.h.M.s.Oot 3 66 pm .T.. r. .77! l.v. DuilliAtfrf),1$. S.l'.t.'o j 0 30 pin J.v. \V.i>li!ttiu, N.A W.S. 1J. 0 00 pin i.v. l'urtHiiioutt), b. A. I.. V 01 pm 10 06 am Lv. " 1133 uin 12 90 pro l.v. Norllna " 12 65 am 2 10 pin I.v lloinicrriou, " 1 20 am 2 45 pig l.v. ItalolKii, " 302 am 4 27 pin l.v. Southern A'lnos, " 6 18 am 0 43 ptn I.v. Hamlot, " G45am 8 06 pin Jl.v. Wilmington, " 8 30 pm Ar. Charlotte, " 0 61 am 10 45 pm I.v.' hottnr, " 1008 am 11 20 pm Lv. Grennwooil, " 12 07 pm 132 am l.v. Atliens, " 2 l'J pin 4 OM ii 14 Ar. Atlanta, J " 3 35 pm 6 30nnj Ar. A u mi a-a, ('. A W. C. 6 10 pm Ar. M icon. C. of <lu 7 20,<>m 1] lO am #>? Ar. Monttfrim'ty.A A\Y.1\ 'J 20 pm II 00 am Ar. .M tl>iii>, 1. A N 2 56 am 4 12 pro Ar. Now Oik'iiiiH,!.. A N. 7 30 am 8 30 |>m Ar. Nushvilli'.N.i ,A St.L. 6."55 air 0 65 pm Ar. Mi-mplilft, " 4 00 pm 810 am NOHTJ1WA11D, Unity Dallv No. 402 No. 33 I.v, Moinplil.*,N.f'. A St.L. 1 00 pin 8 45 pro l.v. Na-iivillc, ?? 10 65 pm V 30 am l.v. Now Ori?'aii?,f,. AN, 7 45 pm l.v. M jbllo, I.. AN 12 20 am I.v. Mont* in'iy.A.AW.P 0 20 aip 1 30pm I.v. Ma<'on, ('? of (In 8 0 am 4 20 pnr I.v. Augusta. C. A W. C. 0 40 mil Lv. Aftanla, J 8.A.L. 12 00 pm 8 00 pm Ar AIIioum, " 2 48 pm 11 23 pm Ar Greenwood, " 4 SO |>m 2 04 aia Ar. ChBMter, - " 0 43 pm 4 25 acq I, v."(Jh7irloitc, 0 30 pm 6 00 aiq I.v. Wilmington, " 3 30pm Lv. ifumlot, " U 60 pm_^ 8 10 am Lt. Southern Pinos, " 10 55 pm 9 03 am Lv. JUIelgli, " 100 am 1130 am Ar. fletidurnon, " 2 27 am 1 00 pm Lv. Norllna " 3 10 am 2 00 pm Lv. WHdon, " 4 20 am 8 10 pm Ar. l'orumouth, " 7 00 am 6 60 pm Ar. Wa?h'(oo,N.A W.8.R. 6 65 am Ar. ltnltlmore, B.S.l'.Co f 0 46am Ar.New Yorit,(XD.B.B.Oo.. ~t"l 00 P? ArlPhHa'phla, N.Y.P.ANf.6 40 pm 6 10 am ArTKjJW York, " 8 40 pm 8 00 am KoTT* Ho. M Lv. Tampa, H, A.I*. Mr. >M u? Lv. Jaoaaonvllie, " - IOMm TMpa Lv. bavauuab, M 1 60 pm lit* pa Lv. Colombia, | . ** 0 17 pm J4? am Lv. Jiaml*, * ?40?a-fttui Lv. mouUmto Plaaa, " 1082 pm 1000 am Lv. IU*l?b, " 12 2* am M Ot pm Lv- Baedwloe, M 144 am 1 IT p?i Lv. NorMM.. ftr.iHMAi At HAMS' HOKN HLASTS r"1-, 11R Ji' (Vi not I iho i?loua? .A. inoa oft ho U- a<l. If wo may :e juW'o in ha via ; wo iaay hi 11*?i > . Our lutoriata tlotoi'iiiiuc tUci U-vol <>t our lives. FlaUoy U >V v ?>v more than a The i'.a &>? om ("Soil in llie litfftr* l-riiiKft tlio piato' <M \ Iclory in tile life. v -. ? ^ Due piekln may make in any,-! pessi mists. / + r*. When a >pn. wears his piety in hli wa*<h chain yon may know il Is pustb. The litiw.Tii of honor bloom in iho t-eil of humility. The dwarfs of earth may bo* Iho klanls of heaven. Home Downs fade (li.it lIn ir Heeds may fall. The I r ue pastor lii ever lon&Tn# for Jh.. l,,wJ Only he is lit tv> lead who ran la lei. , H takes a y.ieal man to preach a (?( Mi! :c; nioi! to a small eon?vre",ation. \ jjood shepherd does not stir up the mud of speculation in (ho wateiH. Vital forces are seldom vlsihlo. A yodly life is l!\e best legacy. No powS'r without, pain. Peath opens the doors to destiny. All tricks come hack to the trick* j;ter. * The dark places of win cannot ho illuminated by the j;as of oratory. Sharp wits oi'ien cut them:?< Ivom. i.ove Is the life blood of t'luisU* anily. i':e:niluK preaching Ik randy pi ;>fil ahle. v'ress weariie; invol ves no Oal Hasty jml^iueiitn are ii p t to bo" hat tdi. Indigestion litis contribute I moro spots to the sun than any or.li.tr rftuso. Ship:- arv probably called.iiiic. because ?V'y alwHU? < man en the lookout. Sou h Oaroitna arsel (Borgia Extension R. R. Company. SCHEDULE ' l'i Kffoet 12.01 n. in., Sunday, Doo. *W Hetwoen ('hiimU-ii, ,S. <1., ami IHuoka burg, 8. U. \ NVl'fit, lillBt. . So 3a 32 Hi KASTKKN TIME. 2<l Claii< IhI Clans l.<t Cla"" 2<l Ota** !<?>. I'rl l'MUHii^'r HiMHiig'r HTAi'IOttH. v Dully i-x. Daily ?x. Daily r.t. IMUjLPV. Sunday. Hiamiay.--^ Sunday. Sunday, p. m. p. in. p. in. p. m. Hl'O 12 CO Cnm-lon 1. 25 6 09 b 50 115 D-Jialb 12 02 4 00 !>'/<) 127 W.-Mivillo 11 DO 4 j0 JO 50 140 t. K<;r.slm\v li:i5 4 10 I! 2 10 H<-atli Kprlng* 11 '20 3 15 11 35 a in I'leaeunt llill 1115 8 00 12 .iO '2 35. LmioaAUir 10 T.6 '2 35 1 00 '2 60 Hiv?r*id* 10 40 1 00 120 8 0(|' Springdeli 10 30 12 40 2 30 8 10 Catawba Juno't 10 20 1220 2 IiO 3 20 lyosll* 10 10 "ll 00 8 10 3 40 llock Hill 10 00 10 40 4 10 8 &:> Now I'ocI U 35 8 20 4 15 4 Oi Tiranh " 0 80 8 00 6 80 4 20 Yorkvillo ' 0 15 7 30 <?? 00 4 85 film roil 01'O 6 50 ti 25 4 f it Hickory Orovo 8 41 tt 2t J tl 3.? 6 00 Smyrna 8 35 fi 00 7 GO & 20 lilueKaburg 8 15 6 M p. m, p, m. a. in. A. in. lictweeu Itlncksburg, 8. ('., hui] Clarion, N. C, YVost. East. 11 83 82 12 EASTKUN TIME. STATIONS. 2d Class 1st Cin n lnt Cla.?? 2<1 Glass Mixed l*tt?ang'r I'spsiig'jr r^jxod DnHy ox. Daily <*x. Daily ey. DaOjrex. ?Sunday. Kiutday Buuday. Sunday, a. in, p. m. n. m. p. m, 8 10 6 30 Blaclcsburg 7 48 6 40 8 80 6 45 Earls 7 82 6 20 h 40 6 tO Pattfs Spg'u 7 25 6 12 0 20 C 00 Shelby 7 15 6 00 10 00 6 20 Lnttimore 6 66 4 CO 10 10 6 2H Moorosboro 6 48 4 40 10 'ib.' 6 38 Henrietta 0 38 - 4yO tf) 50 ' 0 65 l'oro*t City 6 20 * M. (115 7 101luthorfordton605 8 24 11 85 7 22 Millwood 6 63 8 00 Ifl 45 7 85 Oold??n Valley 5 40 2 50 12 05 i 40 Thorninl City 6 87 2 45 12 25 7 69 GIon wood 6 17 . 2 20 12 60 8 16 Marlon 6 00 2 00 p. m. p. in. a. m. p. in. WEHy. CJuflney Division, EA8T. l?i Class. [ 16 'ZiffiTPJfM TIME 14 ft Dally ex. Daily ex. - Sunday. STATIONS.,; Sunday, pin n m ? a ? p ca 1 00 6 00 Blackaburg 7 50 ?00. 1 20 -6 20 . CW?liMV?IW 7 80 9 40- ? 2 40 6 40 Oaffney 7P 2 M p. m. a in. a; m. pi m. Train No. 82 leaving Marion, N. O., at 51 aj., making close connection at Blacksbunr, ? H. C., ifrlth tbo f'dulbern's train*No. M foi Char otto, N. C., and ail points East, ao4 connecting with the Southern's TestlbnJ* got lug to Atlanta, Oft,, and all points will r?wHw paaacagwayolai ~ ' No. 10 on the O. A N W, R.B c., at 8.46 a. a., and H. a, with the Sontbsra's lag la Cbartaatoa. S. O Traia MoJ4 with at im^c*