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-TWO BLOODV CRIMES A Crazy Man Assaults and Mutilates a Younjtfiirl.X, - AN OLD WOMAN IS MURDERED.* Tho Culprit Confesses Alter being Arrested -Bloody Knife l-ound On his Person. V Denver, Col.. Special.- Jeaaie King-, port, the ,11-year-old daughter i?f Mrs. Carrie Kingport. who resides at ll'J West Ninth avenue, was assaulted and horribly mutilated in her room during the absence of her mother Tuesday night. Mrs. Kingport, upon returning home, found the doers open in hci daughter's room, the bedclothes atrewy about ami blood spattered over the loom, tihe* aroused the neighbors wlio about mldnlffhi found the jjlr] in a va. cant lot Hear by. unconscious, and with numerous cuts on her body. The au thorities were notified, but not before Chris Jensen had been Wrought to the station by Policeman Lambert, who had arrested him on the outskirts ot the city. As Lambert approached Jen sen whipped out a knife and shouted to the, officer that he would not be taken to Jail. Lambert disarmed tho man and brought him to the station. On the way he repeatedly spoke of having bjen compelled to defend himself from a woman, sayfntf that lie had cut Uor up pretty badly. His knifj was \ covered with blood. He Is believed to b * de mented and to be th6 man who lately has committed numerous assaults on women. Jensen confessed to the police that he assaulted Jessie Kingport and alfco said he stabbed another "woman dur ing the night near the end of the University Park car line. Search wa i at once begun and the dead body o* Mrs. Armenia A. Hulils, about GJ year3 old, who conduct ad ? dairy, was fouud at the place described by Jensen. She had been stabbed In the breast and the blade of the knife had penetrated the heart, causing instant death. The body lay in the roadway and there .was 110 evidence of struggle. Jensen said the woman was "after him" and for lhat reason he killed her. She lived o>t a ranch near by. It lias developed that a young man was at the Kingport home falling the girl and renftined until afler/10 o'cIock. Jensen was arrested about i? -4 ? o'clock in the evening, making it im possiblarfor him to have committed the assault/** crowd of several hnndre I gathered outside of the c ity jail and made threats of lynching Jensen. Hv was taken to Colorado Springs. A Darkey's Deadly ^tork. Douglas. Ga., Special. ? jake^CU^ots, a negro laborer on James McKlnnon's plantation, was working a team of mules Tuesday morning. The mules balked and the negro flew into a rage. He went to his house, got a Winchester rifle and shot both mules dead! Dcvosb' wife expostulated with him, and he turned the rifle up her. inflicting n wound which may provq fatal. James , who owned the mules, and brother, Charles, attracted by the shooting, started for the scene. The now wildly infuriated negro saw them rqming and began shooting at them. Charles McKinnon was Instantly kill ed and James McKlnnon was so b.tdly wounded that he will probably die. Then Devoss escaped to, the swamps. The county authorities were notified and started in pursuit of the murder er with blood-hounds. He has h!s rifle, hut It Is not believed he has much am munition. More bloodshed 19 looked for. , J New Express Company. Atlanta, Special. ? An application for a charter for the Brunswick and Birmingham Express Company was filed In the office of the Secretary of Stat I* Tuesday. The incorporators are E. C. Machen, general manager of the Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad, and others. The capital stock of the new company., is $10,000. The principal office of the company will be In Bruns wick. Booker Washington Speaks. Cincinnati, Special.? 'fcie chief ad dress . before the Christian Endeavor Society was that of Booker T. Wash ington, of Tuskegec. Ala. He 'took M his subject "The Power of a Noble Life." He was the recipient of a tre mendous oration and had not proceed ed far into his. address until he . bad ?won a w?rm spot In the hearts of his hearers. He traced his own career f0rom that of. a alavo through the nit ? Ter strugglee >e had to attain what he ?ow be*> and toltf of what he had done tor his race He made an impassioned appeal for his people sad asked that they he Jodfed,.hy the - best among ~1Sem and sot by ths lowliest ? ?i . T . West let |K,><^eei, ?, Ran., Special? The hot oootinsss wtth-no Immediate qtttNtf. Com to tost shrlr SJlll) CAROLINA CHUCX Outcome ui All Crops During tlii I'Ast Week. The week cuding Monday, July Mh. averaged .slightly wanner than usual over tho wejieru. northern ami eon trul portions and slightly cooler over vU?o southeastern. The daily maximum "auged between 8ti arid 1>S degrees, while a minimum of 06 was noted at Greenville on 1 1 1 o 1ft. TUt/re wast] moio than the usual amount (>t t?ri?>)/? sunshine. RarJy In tlio week and again neat ifs close, there were scattered show era. heaviest in the central and south eastern counties, with a maximum rainfall of !.*>!) Inches at St. George; while over tho northern and western counties the week, was generally rainless. These conditions of higi, temperature, abundant sunshine, an I absence of rain were conditions that made this the most favorable week of the season for cultivation, neverthe less, many fields remain grassy and it v ill i<<|Uh.j> at least another v. ? . s of dry veLthor to clean them. Rain is needed cenerallv for iLr oujia. awi.) to soften the soil which on clayey land that dried out hard, and breaks cloddy under cultivation. Rain is also needed to prwvunt further Injury to crops that were damaged in ridding thom of grass and weeds. Cotton made a slight and general improvement, except sea island that Improved 'decidedly. The plants are unusually small for the season and are growing slowly, especially on sandy soils where their condition in exceptionally poor. Blooms are noted over the whole State, but. cotton i? not blooming as profusely as It should do at this season. It Is reportol that tho crop as a whole -cannot pos sibly attain a normal /condition, bow ever favorable the weather during tho remaindnr of the season may be. The cokn crop can now safely bo characterised as the poorest in many years, and over considerable areas will approximate a failure. Corn, with some exceptions, has slender stalks. Is tasselllng low' and not epring well. Planting bottom and stubble lands continues. / "\ Tobacco Mlfired in the general im provement during the) week, but is still very poor. Cutting and curing is well underway in all districts. Rico made marked improvement, but has m>t- fully recovered -th? ill -ef fects of the excessive June rainfall. Peas are being extensively planted in with corn and on 'stumble fields. Some have come up to good stands. Apples, peaches and pears continue to drop extensively, while peaches and grapes rot as thoy ripen. The labor situation has not improved, and continues to be a serious factor in this year's farn? economics. Curiosities of the Census. The census report now^imirtbloa us to see Just how timub ? erfbow-room we | have, aays Ihu Sfew York Worici. It the j Inhabitants ol'f Wyoming wanted to spread themsplveq/ out each of them could have a Wttle>;more than a square ruilo all to Minactf. In Nevada ever^' four people / could! have ten Square miles .Arlzftna, N^w Mexico. Montana and Idaho can otfOrd almost a ?quare mile each to their men. rroiucu an 1 children, while tip in frozen Alaska there are ten good square milc3 far every soul of population. Rhode Island is the fullest State in the Union ? with 407 people to the square mile. But even that leaves a good deal of extra room. Massachusetts, 349 people to the square mile, follows Rhodfr Island. Then come New Jorsny, 250; Connecticut, 1ST; New York. 152.0; Pennsylvania, 140.1; Mary land. 120.5; 01110,^02. It is not yet time for Uncle Sam to cry: "Move up in front!" but the country can stand an Immense amount of industrious push ing to the West. Wounded at a l-rollc.,.*' Neefces. Special. ? At a prolic at Aaron ChaviB' house on the* night of the 4th, near Neesas, thero was a sh fl ing affray in which seven were wound ed Pope Chavls and" Knowlton Will lama were shot through the lungs; both their cases are s?riou6. Aaron Chavis shot in the knee; Mrs. Tom Chavls. shot through both legs; Tobe Hoover, head split open; Dan Chavis w^s badly bruised, and Anscll William-* "Wis shot through the hand. Liquor flowed freely and no one knows how the trouble commenced. V / Telegraphic Briefs. An unsuccessful attempt to agree on the indemnity was marie at a meeting of the foreign Ministern in Pekin? - Sonor Urzaiz. Spanish Minister of Fi nance, proposed to check the co'nage of silver in Spain. Dion yOouclcault, actor, and Irene? | Van Brugh, actress, were married at Rtixton, England. The Brooklyn Eagle says: "The right 1 of the medical faculty to do what Is | for the good of tho patient and the peo ple baa ever fewer opponents. Health is life, and th'e physicians and surgons are its conservators, '^hmiured yeara j ago the proposition toforclbly vaccl ?Pte the members of a community would have created riots. Indeed, it cre ates riots now, but only in quarters ; where anything .would create a riot that credited the populace with the possessions of unusual intelligence and Immaculate cleanliness. The average man Is entirely resigned to It, however, for be knows that, shtce tbe discovery and application of the principle of In oculation, incalculable, 'suffering has been saved to the world, the period of "'ftfrb^iri^SHtatbat dermal will oppose thtr scqvlsistlon of Koroc co by Franc*#' It . Is reported that the Warner Qutslaa ajnadlcate has sslasd *<he F? IfcMAd mjHiH HslH VmmU. The Mjfat Mho r prij. Is a asani tests. tkrmtmi rsvotatioa. to delay Vmk w I EDUC ATORS' MEETING linlliusiaslic Gathering of Prominent School People. ' \ FOURTEENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION Opened in Chicago With Meeting of the National Cottnvii anil Depart* nient ol Indian Schools. Detroit, Special. -A meeting of the N.ilnX^al CouiVil o.' ncatiou in 'lie Y? -:;ik TtHji's CI.: ii an . >bOciutiou Hall and tlV <im session of t ti?? de part u>< nt of Indian education in Cen tral Methodist chureh. opened the fortieth annual convention of the N'a tionai Educational Association. The national eouueii of edneation is a co ordinate body ol the national assocla Hon composed of a number of the Moremost educators, who, through the counsel, lead the thought of the gen eral association. The paper of thu morning before tlje council was read by Wm, T. II a it i*. commissioner or educatiou. on ^'Isolation in thu School; How it Hinders and Helps." Mr. Harris' advocacy of isolation pro* eipitated a lengthy discussion from the iloor, Colo;. el I'ai ker, of Chicago, und others opposing the Kleu of isola tion and saying the true life wa* community life. In the afternoon Elmer E. Brown, of the University of California, read a paper on 'Educational Progress Dur ing the Past Year." He said: "The characteristic work or progress din ing the past year has been expansion. Educational expansion has been tin. accompaniment of political and In (iustrial expansion. The great ae cumulators of wealth have been giv ing to educational institutions. "These great benefactors havo raised anew the question of liberty of teaching. It Is doubtful whether there is any general or serious dan ger threatening real and reasonable academic- freedom. The discussion of scientific temperance instruction has brought forward the question of freedom of teaching in another form. w educational movements In the bouth are closely l>ouml up with poli tical and industrial changes .The ne gro Is making his own contributions to t 'c solution of the problem and the Tuskeegee School has been one of the centres of educational interest dining the year." The Indian branch of the meeting was devoted wholly to welcoming ad dresses and t cnponscs. Ch^Mfan Kndeavor Convention. Cincinnati, Special. ? Another beau tiful day greeted the thousands of Christian Endeavorers assembled hero iu their twentieth annual convention. The programme as arranged by the committee mado this the gr^at day of the convention. Many meetings were held and all were enthusiastic and large. Thfr Music Hail auditorium was iu use in the morning, noon and evening. The Junior Endeavorers met at the First Lutheran church, where Treasurer William Shaw, of Boston, delivered an address. The big meet ing of the afternoon was held In Audi torium Endeavor, where Georgia F?. Graff, of Boston, presided, with Percy S. Foster, of Washington. I). C., as mu sical director. Devotional exorcise.* were led by Rev. John Offer Custts, of Barclay. Md. Rev. C. Gaul, of Phil adelphia, spoke o? "A Century More of Christian Endeavor Pledge." and George F. Nye .of Aberdeen, Wa.il>., told of "Officers That Keep Thing* Moving." l.argc Wheat l-leld Burned. Great Bend. Kan.. Kan., Special. ? Fifteen thousand acres of wheat went up in flames here Monday afternoon. The fire was started by an unknown man throwing a lighted cigar into a field of wheat stubble. Everything wa3 as dry us tinder, and soon a de structive fire was In progress. All the residents here left their wark and ex hausted every kimvhi method for fighting fires, but to no avail, and it was late In the evening before the fire was under control. Roughly eatimat-d the Ios.h will aggregate oOj.OOO bushels, nearly all of which was in utack. "W ?? ? ? ?? * Quit on Account of Small Salary. Washington, Special.? The resigns tlon of Jomes G. Stowe. United States consul general to Cape Town, has been received at the State Department. Tho resignation was based on the utter In adequacy of the salary of the pcsl as the $3,000 salary allowed by Congress won't defray the cost of maintaining a family in modest conditions at Cape Town, The United States consul gen eral the worst salaried consular of ficer. at the C^pe. Mr. Stowe was ap pointed from Kansas City. The va cancy has not yet been filled. Mississippi's Good Cotton Crop. Atlanta, Special.? A Constitution special from Jackson, Miss.; says: "Conservative reports *}ceive3vjroir the principal cotton growing centres of the State are of an encouraging nature and with arefege weather from now cn it is assured that Mississippi will hare a bounteous yield 'of the staple. The , crop. win be from two to three weeks f late. IVfta planter* report that coifbn hts well fruited tat thlssaason.of the year and to clean and free tram weeds.' Seattle, Wash.. Specter?The sr City of tNtm. tof JUriffi Lynn Ctaaat srtth a Klopiihg ctfp) ef BBh 1 AS tM tn | CONGRESSMAN STOKIS l)l:Vl>. Died at Ills Hume Near Orangtburp .Saturday Morning. Orangeburg. Special.? The deith ?f Congressman .1 William Stokes. wlmh oivurrod at his home nt-ar this city j Saturday morning at 5 o'clock. wan a !gi,y shock to tho vrhol? coimnunity, I though not unexpected; for it was known several days ago that little if any hopo was entertained of his Haul recovery. He had been in dedlnln ; health for months. yet his d.\slre to Hvrv? his constituency caused him t? forget self and continue at his oflle.al work until a .short tune Kineo when ho was foreed hy weakness to give up alV of his labors. 1 1 is private secret try was brought here, however, and atten ded to all mattors of pressing impor tance. In the death of l>r Stokes the Stato and county have lost a good citizen. 1 f ,?? was enterprising and pushing, and In cLurcl) and matters of State, ho had drawn to hlnuo'.f thousands .?f faithful friends who will sorrow at his untimely taking off He was unosie:^ tatlous and faithful to every duty; and while it may be said with truth that at one time in his political career he had many opponents of his advance ment In his nativo county. It can bo an truthfully asserted now, that at the time of hia death thorn were few who opposed him, si closely had ho ldent fltul himself with the people by his faithful service as a congressman. Congressman" Blokes leaves sur viving him wife, and mother, and ono brother. Rev. lid win Stoki/v of the South Carolina conference. M. E. church, south, and two sisters. Misses Anna and l.ula. To all of these gj out tho unfeigned sympathies of a sorrow ing people. The time for the funeral has been fixed for Monday, 11 o'clock a. m., at the Methodist church. Tho deputy sergeant-at-arms arrived hero Sunday uiul the* congressional committee came Monday morning. SKETCH OF I11S LIFE. Congressman J. William Stokes was born in Orangeburg county in 1853. After attending the public schools he was graduated from tho Washington and Leo University with hlgn honors. After graduation ho tnught school its principal of the Lincoln county, Ten nossee, school for two years. Then :.t tho age of 27 he decided to study medi cine and entered Vanderbilt universi ty for thai purpose, com pi Cling tno course. While at Vanderbilt he taught a school near Nashville. At his gradu ation he won high honors and won from among 38 contestants a modal of fered for tho bo^t on a medical sub ject. Though offered tho superintend* ency of a fine school In Mississippi he came home and practiced medicine for a year. Finally, the offer being bettered, he did go to Mississippi and took charge of the schools at Corinth, remaining there six years. Then Lin coln county's schools needed him again and he accepted the superlnten dencv for a period of five years. At the end of the first year, however, b-i was called homo to take charge of his father's estate. Dr. Stokes soon be came greatly Interested In agricultu ral matters stud fell into the farmers' alliance with his whole soul, flrst or ganizing a sub aliame, then the county alliance, and later on purchasing and running Tho Cott^tS* Plant In June 1890. He ran the *?papor for some time. Still later ho became State or ganizer for the alliance in lis pal m v days and was president of tho organ ization for some time. In the general election In 185)0 he was sent by his county to the State Senate. From the sentae ho went to Congiess. His career thero. particularly his persU-^ tency In the matter of the rural frea delivery system. Is known to all. In 1881 Dr. Stokes married Ml?s K. I* lenders, of Fayettevllle. Tenn. As teacher, doctor, farmer, editor and <?.. flciol Dr. Stokes was successful. Automobile Accident. Rochester. N. Y., Special. ? Prof. J. M. Porter, who i.s in charge of the ofrvtf*"C-nglne?ring department of l^t ftiyetlo College, at Easton, Pa., and M^-JL. West, a machinist, who wore riding in an automobile on route from Cleveland, O., to Easton, went down a steep embankment near Cold Water, and were severely Injured.* The auto mobile fell upon Mr. Porter and be fore ho could extricate himself he waa painfully scnfclctf. Brief riention. ^ Crazed by heat, F. A. . Braekett klllod his wife and htrnH^TT al Hob Moines, la. Corwln H. Spencer will probably be ni^<|e director general of?*he World's Pair at St. Louis, Mo. .> Several persons were injured In a collision between a locomotive and a trolley car at Buffalo. N. T. Senator Mark Haona is on his way . from Cleveland. O.. to- New York, [ywhore It Is said hr will visit J. P. Morgan. Forme* Lieutenant Governor -of In* diana. Mortimer Nye was stricken with paralysis while speaking at Union Mills, Ind. Gay Monnett, an employe of the Adama Biprew Company, killed him self at Bneyrus. O.. rather than face a ?horta*ffx)f $ 500. By the overturning of a boat, Junes Reagan and 'William Waller wars <iowned In the Harlem River at Naw and hie son at Atomy, Mo, Prince You llohenlohe Gathered tu His Fathers. S USC I MBS TO WEAKNtSS OF AG I: - r " * " Was a Well Known German I > ' plo ? mat, Honored U> the People and Loved liy the limperor. w ? ? ? Merlin, liy Cablet Prlnoe \*? ? n I hi henlohc, formerly Gorman Imperial Chancellor, died ut UaguU, SwIUol laud, Saturday evening prim e 1 1 ? ? henlohe's death wuh generally unox poetod hero, us ho left llerllu several weeks ago apparently in good health, although his increasing weakness was evident. The Prince arrived at ltag' ! atz extremely exhausted. His death is attributed to the weakness of old uge. The arrangements for the irairi J pollution of the body to Germany an I for tho obsequies are not yet definite ly determined upon, but it is oxpeot ' that the remains will he ehnvoyo/ the llohenlohe ancestral homo, at SchilllngKfuerst, Matasia. where tho family vault hi situated and whore tho body of Prince Von Hohcnlobo's wife is Interred. It is also ox pouted that Chancellor Von Uulow will tfroak hi.n seaside rest and attend the funeral. Although Emperor William has llxod bis departure on his ti^p to Norway for Monday ne>l, It Isuleemod likely that His Majesty will time more post pone the time of his starting on his trip In order te enable hini to attend the obsequies. Owing to Emperor Williams' relationship to J'rinee Von llohenlohe. (it'ii. (Jome/. Dined. New York. Special. W. E. It Stokes, gave a dinner at the. Union League Club Saturday evening to Gen oral Maximo Gomez and General T. ERtradn Pnlma. Mr. Stokes was formerly a member of the Cuban League of America, and was closely identified with work of the junta of which General /Palma was the head. The dinner was ai*vanged on the spur of the moment. TjWjCufmn general was the hero of thoSAreashm and was warmly received. He made a brief speech, which was interpreted by Gen eral ui>u7.iui'o. General Gome#. he was almost touched to tears by the remarkable reception he had received in the United States. He know .Cuba was Indebted to the United States but hri no for j/nny; ? i m M] jin ('?11216 liOl'C? ljfV deep that debt was ? that it was not merely the obligation of one people to another, but of brother to brother, livery Cuban fcorn and bred, he said, lived and died with the Idea of Cuba llbre before him, with the hope of the people being free and relieved of the yoke of oppression. Cuba and the United Statos. said the general. (belong together. It Is only a question of gravitation when they will be ofte. I. aw Unconstilutional. Fort Scott, Kansas, Special. ? A jury of prominent business men took four minutes to find one of the State's new liquor laws passed as a result of Mrs. Nation's crusade, unconstitu tional. it was tin- "inquisition" law which authorizes county attorneys to rummon and examine witnesses touch ing their knowledge of the violation rjof tho law. Dan F. Campbell, an at torney, who was summoned, refused to testify and was arrested. Tho Jury acquitted him, though he admitted tli'i charge. Dr. Chapman Improving., Warsaw Depot. Ind., Special. ? For the first time since the illness of Hew J. Vyilhui Chapman commenced, Dr. W. It. Schoonover, who has been con stantly at his side, expressed tho hope that his patient may recover, aj tlyiugh the danger .point is not yet passed. His attack has been brought about from overwork and mental strain. Hesldes having charge of the congregation of the Fourth Preaby terian church, New York, his evange listic work has incroased oach year. Presbyterian Synod of Alcxico. Mexico City, Special. ? The Presby terian Synod, comprising churches of all parts of the country .opened hero Saturday. The meeting will nuiU* in the organization of tho Synod. The Presbyterian Church here will be in dependent of the Church In the United States. This is considered n remark able movement in tho history of the Protestant missionary work In Mexi co. New York, Special.? Pierre Loril lard died at 3:1* o'clock Sunday af terms. The death of Mr. Ixxillard took place at the fifth Areooe Hotel, where he was takea from the Deuts chlaad wfrea that eteaaur arrived frei Banyl Jaly 4. The Member* of Another Strike Settled. St. Louis, Special. ? In connection ulth the action of their uuton taken Saturday night, 600 transfer team sterB Who Struck In sympathy ?with the | freight handlers at the Kant Loul* freight yards, returned to work. Thli It Is believed will end the strike. Ar a result of the conference betwecc strikers committee and the railroad companies, the amended demands pi the freight handlers were '^granted. This amounts to an advance of 13 cents a day. The railroads promised to take back as many of the striking freight handlers as they had "placet tor._^ V I'KO.M'LKOl S liNMtPRISLS. I he rSttn of Newberry ItolUiiog I (i Rapidly, \ ewherry Special A( a miuuin.; i;f (hi? board of directory of the Carolina Manufacturing Company the pust wc<\k it was decided in I iKi< ase the ran'ital stock ii'oiii J.io ouo to $J?0.0>o. ! Tpis entei prist' has only In en in opera tion for a few years ami this is thy t.nird tinu* that tin' capital stock has ; been Ineroa-scd. T ho following ?*i?t declared dividends on tho tlrst of Jul) us fol lows The Newberry Cotton Seed oil Mill i and Fertilizer company declared an .mutual dividend of 10 per cent. The Saxiugs Hunk. 'A per cent., acini annual. rin> Conitniocial hank, II per cent. Bern i annual. The Newberry Cotton Mill I pi;: rent, semi annual. The National hank. I per cent autnl annual. \t the annual mooting *>f the stock '.V. '.t.'AI s ^ ?, ? Oil Mill and Fertilizer company held at the council chamber tho following >ard of directors wore elected I? (' Carlisle, (ieo S, Mower, .Ino. M Ki nard. II II Folk, (5 F. l/>ng. Th ta Y. Wicker, J no. II Wieker. T. M. I Ned. I. W. Floyd. The otlleers were elected by the board as follows* 1., I \V. Floyd, presjdent, secretary, trcaa | nrcr and manager; lloo. S. Mower, vice president and attorney. ! The Stockholders of the Mollohon | Manufacturing company at their meet Ing decided to accept the place con t:\U>ing 77 acres belonging to J N. McCaughrin and about 40 acres from S. J McCaughrin adjoining, Just be low town. The mill will be located mi tho Southern and Columbia, New berry and I aureus lallroads. Tho mill village will bo located back of t ho j mill and off from the railroad. Th ? i foundation atones will 1m dug out on the lot of land purchased by the com pany. he granite Is the finest qual ity in tho State. Tho water privileges on thiw place are the bt)st In the town. The lay on the land is such that they can lay out. a model factory village.. The elevation Is HUfflclent to asaur* health a no comfort to the operatives. Strew t h have -already boeit opened up to this site and the very best streets yjll be fixed up to this village from the town paper. ? Mr. J. 10. Slrene, representing Ivock wood, rtreen H Co., of llOHton. the de signers of this mill, is here. This linn also designed the Newberry cotton nulls. The electors were elected as fol lows: Geo. W. Summer, Dr. .lamea Mcintosh. J. N. McCaughrln, C. li Snmutbr and E. H. Wilbur. i Sad Drowning Accident. McCormlck, Special. ^-Thero was a fciul ending to the otherwise pleasant gathering of citizens* of M cCormiok at Hearles' mill 1 <t hold ail old-fanhloivd Fourth of July picnic. The two littlo boys of Mrs. 1*. F. Crclghton, nged re spectively 9 and 11, hud gone in b.Tth ItiK Home little distance down the rlvor iway from the crowd. They waded Out over their depths and when Dr. Maitly Urown, who was the first to discover tliein, came upon the scene they were Just sinking for the third time, lie call ed for assistant ami immediately sprang in. A large crowd quickly gath ered and they soon succeeded in finding the younger one of the hoys, but the body of the older was not found until it Was too late to save^tt. The sym pathy of th" entire community goes out lo the bereaved mother who. now suf fers tills second bereavement sj aojn lifter having lost her husband. The dead boy was Just reaching t*at slago lu life when ho should be of some as listance to his mother. Negroes Acquitted. Spartanburg, Special. ? The* Jury ren dered a verdict of "not guilty" in the Wise of the State vs. Tim'Mlllti. Major Mills and Clem Mills for the murder of Harrison Durham. It was a case in volving a white boy, whiskey, thre* ne groes and a gun. Young Durham, who was only 13 years old, had boon drink ing and got into a light with th? ne groes. as a result of which ho was shol and killed by Tom Mills. New Hen Abducted. Charleston, Special.? A special train bearing 12 non-union men hired by the Southern Hallway, to take the places of striking machinists at the Southern shops, was held up by frionds of the strikers at the Unston Home switch, and u moment later the frightened pas sengers were hurled to the ground. The switch was turned three minutes after it had been set for the ?' special. The object in this, the railway officials say. was to cause a stop, and while the switch was being set right the crov/d rttehed on -the platform of th? coaches, forced open the door and took the non union men ouTT* John D. Collins Shot. Spartanburg, 'Special.? John D. Col ling, formerly of Charlotte and proprlr ?Jor of "The Bee Hire," a dry goods ?tor? here ,wak shot at 1:40 o'clock Friday afternoon by a 19-year-old boy* named Clifton Gbolston, a s a result of "a business dispute. Mr. Collins' physi cian bold out little hope for his reoov* try. Brief riewtfaa. It is reported that the strike of work ers lu> the emptor- of the United States Steel CorfcrtiUott to likely to spread. The battleship Maine is to be launch ed at Cramps' yard Jnly ?? An assttant district attorney of New .York personally contacted raids on* al lesced suolrooms Receivers were appointed tor Star IM- Buk, * jimu mm4 or r._ : ? ?? feUMM SOUTIIIiKN INDUSTRIAL Comparison Of Different Sections iu Mi. I Building. Textile mill <v.n struct ion during tlu flr.st hlx mouths of trio year 1901, in* tuinpiled from our woekly bulletins, wu? considerably greater than the lust halt <?r i t>c pn ra ding year. Thla uny x.-t'in strange ' ' manufacturers and mill in on in general. by whom the it?> prcsslon in tin- manufacturing busi ness. both cjiton and woolou. which has taken ' sine? tho tt r it of tha year, will long bo romemberod. V'i? this fai'.i cannot ho dUputcd, when our lint of new ml. Is constructed or pro posed given below, is carefully studied. It may l>e easily seen that lli? num ber of Southern mills constructed dur? Ing that time haw nhown little change, compared with Hit* number built dur i n k i h<' las} half of last )year. .In the North. bovver. the liiWease In tho itiiiubiM oi* new mills l>ui)l <>r proposed J i j w- Jijutn j iUiiiij ? JL" a dwiJ notice should bo given this point. During tlu' first half of the year 1801 wo flml that tin' number of new mills constructed or that are intended to bj constructed amount to 2tll, a gain of $1 over tlu> 224 reported for tho last six months of I U00. Of tin' L'tll mills. 143 ar? devoted to the manufacture of cotton, 35 to wool, 5S to knit goods, hosiery, etc., and 25 to miscellaneous purposes, such as silk, linen and jute manufacturing and bleaching, finishing, etc. Tho number of woolen mills con at rue ted allows the greater Increase. Relatively speaking, there was an lu erease of 200 per cent, compared with the number erected during tho lattet**.- ??' part of l!?ro. This should bs an en couraging factor with the wool man ami grower, as It goo* to show that tll? ? woplcn' Industry la Increasing propor t.Iona.ll.v with tho fast Increasing wool growing Industry. A point wdrth men Honing la that .the new mill* ref8?red to will make mostly goods of a quality not considered cheap. Th<r public Is beginning to see tlio folly of bliylug clothes made from thee? cheap goodi.. and neeessarily the demand Is not suf ficient lo keep additional mills in op eration. In fact, the old aatinat mills. throughout the -Connecticut valloy. iu MaKHach^vtt?; have found It to their Interests to change over on to goods of a liner order, and ono going through' these mills will hco more cassliuorea than any other class of goods. Tho knitting Industry is also incr ?ap ing rapidly. While the depression -in the textile industry lias not affected tho knitting business as much as the other brancht s, yet It ha# boon suf floent to cause the building of new mills in les? numbers than would h&v>i been done. Our knit goods are being exported In larger numbers each year. Not long ago reference was made to this - matter in these columns. In Germany ? and more extensively In K&lland, goods made by Amwlcan manufactur ers can be found In tho very centroa of the hosiery .manufacturing town#, and prices as a rulo ore Sn favor of tho American product. In/>tho cotton manufacturing indus try the demand has not warranted a* many now mills as In othor years. Yet since tlm first of the year the number 'of now mills constructed only lack one of being equal to the pumbar " erected during' the latter part of laat xyoar. The Chinese controversies have af fected this branch, of the textile Indus, try more than anything else, and not until that trouble has been fully settled will business in this liuo nhow inucli Improvement. This, however, has only reference to tho manufacture of coarse g*jods. The manufacture of finer goods Is ' becoming more general with the Northern mills which formerly raada goods for export. This was brought ?bout when the Asiatic market was. cut ofT, and in ordor to keep lh?l? mills running thoy had to change thi nature of their nroduct. ? The following Sable gives in1 detail the location of the\261 new textile en terprises. tognthop^with the class of goods manufactured: _ Cot. Wool. KG. Mi*. Alabama IS ? S? ? Arkansas 4 1 ? ? California ? 1 ? Colorado ? 1 ? ? Connecticut 3 1 ? 3 Delaware ? ? 1 I Florida ? ? 2 ? Georgia 29 1 5 1" " Indiana ? 1 ? ? f Kansas 1 1 ? ? * f Kentucky ? I 1 ? - lyoulslana 1 ? ? Maine ? 2 ? ? Maryland ? 1 ? ? Massachusetts 3 G Michigan 1 ? Minnesota . . . err Mississippi 3 I Montana -rr ? .? 3 1 New York 1 3 North Carolina ...34 ? Ohio ? I Oregon . . * ? 1 Pennsylvania .. . ? 4 Rhode Island .... 1 >3 South Carolina .26 ? Tennessee 4 - 1 .Texas 8 ? Utah .. .. * L ?*~-3&Sk Vermont ? 1 ? Virginia 4 2 4 Canada ? 1 % ? Total 141 W ? Aa^wJiU tw irn North wtth 45 mills, Georgia eomi mm M, South Oarottaa <e*nl? It; aa, 27; PennsytrakJ^ 17; ??CU, IS; New York, Tennessee aid Vlrgtela, a*. ?; ConneeMmt ArtrabwrtTS: Ml 'Florida, KaMM*