The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 12, 1901, Image 1
-TWO BLOODV CRIMES
A Crazy Man Assaults and Mutilates
a Younjtfiirl.X,
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AN OLD WOMAN IS MURDERED.*
Tho Culprit Confesses Alter being
Arrested -Bloody Knife l-ound On
his Person.
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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 ?
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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.
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/ 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
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I EDUC ATORS' MEETING
linlliusiaslic Gathering of Prominent
School People.
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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.
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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
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| 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:
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Was a Well Known German I > ' plo ?
mat, Honored U> the People and
Loved liy the limperor.
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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
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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
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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*