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KIM DAY MARCH 21, 1U02 CAM I) KM, S. ( PROGRESS G!: TRIAL. ? r WilcoVs 1 rial Ciru\v> in Interest lay by Day. DEAD GIRL'S SLUR ON HIE STAND Miss Olive Cropscy Tolls of the \ Isit of James \\ ilcox on <he N >;hl oi the (Jir!\s Dlsappenrur.ee. The now famous tiial of James Wil cox for the murder of Miss Nellie Cropsey is in full swing and the at teution of a largo number. of people is centered toward Elizabeth ( ity, 4 The special coi respondent of the Charlotte OLsurwr wires Monday night aa follows: Stoviny, windy weather kept ma ay people fjoin the court house Monday and the crowd was not as large as usual. Heretofore the seals, aisles and the bar have been packed. A hundred or more woiut :i wore present durin:; the liist two days of the trial. Misses Sadie and Annie Wilcox, sisters of thes pi i.soner. have been at his side every da v. They don't 'make any .x< n * sationul demonstrations of affection. Thomas Wilcox, father of the boy, shed tears the first time the daugh ters of his family appeared Hi court. He seems to be devoted to the son. though it is said they did not get on well before thin trouble. Four Crop sey \ girls-? three sisters ill de.-p mourning ? attended Friday and to . day. Judge Geo. A. Jones is a good criminal lawyer. He is presiding hero with marked abiMty. DEAD lil UI.'S SI STICK ON T1IR STAND. M I S3 Olive Cropscy took the stand. She s>il "Klla was my younger sis ter. She was about live feet tall, weighed 110 pounds and was 1!' years old. There were six sisters of us. We came from Brooklyn, N. V.. in 1W8. 1 first knew James Wilcox in June of 'he year we arrived. Two weeks after that lie callod or sent a card for Nellie lo go riding. He started to calling on her from the very llrst. lie came to see her Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays for awhile and later every afternoon when tie was not busy, lie took her to shows. , to ride and boating. He took her sail ing once over two years ago and did not get in till II o'clock at night. Hp brought her presents ? a di.;h. a piece of silverware, a gold pen an i in July a rinft? a birthday present. l*e gave h"V flowers and pictures of himself. We went to Nag's Head and Wileox came lo see Nell. Last September tbey fell out. I. heard theni quarreling. She said once: 'If you are going to act like this ?you may play at home.' "Fvangclist Stuart was hero in Sep tember. Witc-x went with her to the ioor of the^fchurch. During the meet ing they had trouble? '-a disagreement. Nell joined the church es a result of Stuart's meeting. On the 22nd of Oc tober Jim sent two tickets for Nell and Carrie to go to the fair. They had made up. 1 did not hear any fussing then. "On Tuesday Jim and Carrie brought Dack fruit from the skating rink. It was offered and Neil refused to take any. though she wanted it. Wednesday ; nl^ht after supper the door bell rang. We could tell Jim's ring. Carrie went '.o the door. She let Jim in. When F ! ? went Into the dining room Jim and Roy Crawford were in there. Nell was now i , ing on a coat che wanted to wear to faew York. She wore en old rubber ihoo on her right fooj, as it was sore. Noll ??> , went for the harmonica.. She and Car rie played. Jim did not speak to Nell, j He was very stilFand moody. Nell wan eager for music that night. The fam ily, ex^/pt NCll. Carrie t:n d mwictr, went ilp stairs. Jim and Nell vrer%; ? about a* yard apart. Jim asked if there was any\vatcr in the pump. I went , and gave nJm n glass, lie said: 'I jon't want that; I mi^ht poison it.' Jim 3id not say nYrrtdw frf\ d kept looking at his watch. He told us of a marriage, j Carrie started to bed several times, but ( Jim persuaded her to come back. She finally went. Nell started to go. Hoy ; -auglit her by the chin and sal.*: 'My \ dear, yon look sweet tonight.' Jim j looked at his watch and said: 'Why it Is 11 o'clock. My mother will be un- j easy.' I said: 'Van must be getting . good.' He rolled a cigarette, took his 4 hat and started out. He asked: 'Nell. 1 ran I see you in the hall?' They .vent . out about 11:15 ami I shut the door. I heaid them walk up the hall. "Roy and myself stood by the stove | (ill 11:30 o'clock. I told him it was tiul^'l to go. He said: 'You need not get so ' pnappy; Nell and Jim are out there." ; V I put up the dishes and went into the j '? hall. Both doors of the vestibule Jiad ^ blown open. I looked out but saw no j one. Roy left and I went up stairs. Nell and myself roomed together. I unlaced j my shoes In the hall. I went to' bed i and heard the clock strike 12. Nell was ; not tlurc. I dozed off bnt was nwak- : eneo ny tlie noes barking, Some one j - called out and told father that some- j body was afetr the pigs. Nell was Jot j there. I gave tho alarm. She ? dressed in a brown skirt, a rc.1 waist and wore a leather belt. J ^ Chief of Police W. C. Dawson was put on the witness stand, lie said: V'Thcre were trees along the shore of the river In front of the Cropsey house. The summer and tho flsh house stood as obstructions. No one In the road could see a person In 'hid ing there. I examined closely .the front lawn and measured all tho ?ls tanccs about there. No tracks eould be made off that lawn. It is In grass, j - The ground there was frozen, on thei 20th of November. .The water In the [ y river In front of the Cropcey; house ranges from one foot to four feet \ went to Mr. Wilcox's house about 3:15 o'clock. MrTomWllcoi c?me, - told Mm that 1 1rm*te<S hlm . Mr. Cropwy'* ? Ms pocket. He tried to blow oat the -mhtw. ??'?f _"***? !"m asked about her corns. She spoke of suicide (hat night, and hail dfrclarod that sho would rather freeze. Ono lime, however, she had said that she : would dr<>wn herself if she ever d?v cided to hill herself. Wilcox was quiet. Ilo did i\ot talk except when 1 asked III in questions. The statements as quoted above were made on the way to the Cropsey home. Mra. Crop Bey n.^kod him whoro Nell was. He said: "l don't know, Mrs. Cropsey. II ; wo u id swear I don't.' " During the cross examination which followed ' Pawson tai.l: 'On the way to thv Cropsoy hous? that morning Wihox told me that he had met Leopard Owvus at n A V G T A\ 1: N T BEGIN. iivlUence In Wilcox Case All In ? Defense Introduced No Witnes^o*. Elizabeth t'lty, Special.? As the Wil cox trial progresses the mystery that surrounds the ease instead of clearing thickens. The question Ik: Did tln> de fendant or some one close kill the girl by striking her 011 the left temple or did she commit suicide? The testimony of Miss Ollie C'ropsey yesterday /ould have a double meaning. Was Nellie tired of Wilcox as a beau or was she acting? Met while mosi of the evidence has lacked posltivc.ncss and force pub lic sentiment has grown stronger and more bitter against the prisoner. I here are very few men <?r women in this or any of the adjoining counties who do not believe that he is guilty. Harry (ireenloaf. the first witness 10 day, -made statements about .<0:110 measurements he had made In connec tion with t ho case. Hurley Meades, who was lu>arding at ex-Sheriff Wilcox's at the Imie Miss Cropspy dlsappearod, tes tified that ho slept in Hie bed with .lames 011 the night of the 20th of No vember. He went to bed- at 10 o'clock and did not know anything till morn ing. He beard nothing of Wilcox wiicn became in or when he left with Offi cer Haw 3011. Hp s t w Wilcox's clothes hanging behind tho door the next morning. They won* the same thai he wore on the night before and had on in court. DKFJvNSK OFFRltS NO TESTIMONY. When the defense was asked to call a witness, W. M. Pond, of Kdcnton, who is appearing with 10. F. Aydlett and others, stated that the case was with the State. The argument began nt once. Judge Jones announced that be wanted tho people to hear the speeches but that ho would not tolerate any kind of demonstration. He declared that he would fine flip guilty one for con tem pt. Young Percy W. McMullen opened for the* defense. He urged the jury to consider the importance of the case be fore tliein and render a verdict accord-*, ing to the evidence. He said: "The de fense will contend that the State has not. produced one scintilla of evidence to show that the defendant was guilty of any wrong. The testimony hangs 011 three points: The defendant was the last, person seen with the girl. We ad mit that. They- say that his conduct is a gal net him. We deny it. The expert doctors testified that the girl was killed but they contradicted themselves. What thpV said cannot be true for the very authors they claim to have gotten their knowledge from disagree with them. Lumber Mill Mauds Strike. Roanoke, Va., Special. ? A special from Bristol, Tenn., says the mill hands of the Tpnnesee Lumber and Manu facturing Company, at Sontherlan.l, Tenn.. about 100 in number, are out on a strike, and demandlng^higher wages. The demand has been denied anil most of tliq men have left the place. The management has sent to Pennsylvania for men and hopes to start tho mill !n two weeks. Three hundred men em ployed in the woods did not join the mill men. The Norfolk Strike landed. Norfolk. Special. ? The strike of the streft car men has about died a na tural death. There has been a cessa tion of demonstrations on the part of the strikers and their sympathizers. It is tho general opinion that this was brought about by the sentence of J. \V. Jenkins to two years In the peni tentiary on the charge of nttemptlng to wreck a car. A trolley pole was cut and several cars stoned, but this wa.s outside the city limLtSf where pollee protection is slight. * Fifty special offi cers have been sworn In, but have not arrested any on# yet. Private Pensions. Washington, Special.? Senators and - members of ihe House are very much interested I a the fact that the pen ?Ion bill will become a law. because they hope to obtain from It some re lief from the pressure on tljem to ^ure private pension legislation, as IT contains a provision making it criminal offcast for attorneys, claim agents or other persons to receive compensation for service rebderod In accordance with tho ffMsage through COaaresS of private pension bUls.* ^ Bvasf to Enter U?e Cabinet. ? The Age-Herald from Chattanooga .says: "Clone personal Jrfends of Pen sion Commissioner ttvans bave Infor mation that Pntaideut Roosevelt will* is said that Secretary fjltebock will resign soon sb4 Evan%4rlll be offered + ,.K. ?23Ss? . 1. " . '? A MARCH BLIZZARD Sweeps Down On the Western State. Bringing Deep Snow RAILROAD BUSINtSS PARVLYZtD. Telegraph Wires Down ami Trains I'nrhlc to Plough Through Dilfts of Snow. ! St. Paul. Special. ? North Dakota and the Canadian Northwest have ox | porloncotl the worst snow storm in uany years and railroad traffic Is | radically paralyzed. Tho Northern ! *aciflc and Great Northern havo not : noved a wheel for nearly 36 hours in tho blizzard-stricken district, and have abandoned all efforts to do so until the fury of the storm .shall I abate. The high winds has piled the j snow in the mountains, and packed It in Solid masse.?, many deep cuts being I entirely filled. The temperature has j been gradually falling and is now at . or below the zero mark. Not a trans continental train has arrived at St. I a til since Friday, and none is ox j pocted for several days. Tho North ern Pacific reports Its westbound coast tialns which left St. Paul Saturday I morning, tied tip at Fargo, the road beyond there being blocked. | ft very effort is being made by tho road to keep its passengers who are snow-bound warm and well fed. and for this reason trains are being held at stations where the accommodations are good, rather than attempt to got them through with a possibility of be ing tied up between stations. The lalley division of the Northern Pa cific between Frankfort and Winni- , | peg is entirely abandoned. No trains have attempted to run since Friday night and exact conditions on this di vision are not known by the general officers hero, as tho telegraph wlr^T* have been carried down by the bur den of sleet that preceded the heavy snowfall. The situation on the Great North* ern is equally .-us bad. The lino is tied up entirely between Grand Forks and Willlston, N. .1), a distance of about 35 miles, and all wires have been lost beyond l-argo. All communication with western Dakota and Montana points has boon lost. So fierce baa bevn tho storm that it has been inad visable to attempt to reopen the road until It abates. Reports received at the' general offices indicate that the gale has somewhat subsided, but that the snow still continues to fall. The branch of the Great Northern runn ing to Winnipeg is also tied tip. No trains have been started northward slnro Friday night, and thoso that were caught out on the road by the storm have been held at the stations noar the' border. Winnipeg is reported to be entirely cut off from rhilroad communication with the outside world. The Canadian Pacific trans-continental trains are snow-bound somewhere west of there, and no prospect of relief is yet in sight. The storm started on Friday, being preceded by a light rainfall and ac companied by high winds. The rain soon turned to Rleet and theiAto snow and this has fallen without cessation for more than 36 hours. Tho terrific gale drifted the snow badly and It is next to impossible to wade through the streets. P.usiness of all kinds has been at a standstill since Friday night. So far as known there has j been no loss of life, but owing to the demoralized condition of the wires lato news has not been received from tho remote districts. The farmers ha{l tho advent of the snow with delight, 3s tho ground has been very drv, and this abundance of moisture will put it in excellent shape for tho spring seed. A Georgia CyVlonc. Ma^on, Ga.f Special. ? A cyclone swept across tho corner of Monroo, Upson and Crawford counties Sunday and a messenger who came from there reports that Cicero Tharpe's handsome residence was blowm down and scattered about tho olantatlon and one of tho negro tenanta was killed outright and a numb6r of negro families rendered homelctyS. The track of the storm was by Mofan's Mill to Montpeller Springs, and/the same re port is to the effect that- Monl|>ell*r Springs, an old college settlement, was destroyed, two blx brick houses and a fram/ d welllngtieirvg demolish ed and the families occupying them rendered homeless. 1 > A Sunday Bull Fight, El Paso, Tex., Special. ? Ten thou sand people, most of them Americans, witnessed a bloody hull fight at Juarez. Mex., just across tho river from this city, Sunday, in whlph two of Spain's most noted matadors ? Fuentes and Maxxantint ? took a lead ing part. Six balls were dispatched by the sword and five horses were Sored to death. Fuentes and Maxsan ni, who hav? been touring Mexico, go from here to Spain, for a series of 70 Bkhts. _r - .<< ? KaoxtUle; ? Tea?., Spedrt^Flodt wajmlaga leaned here predict a Use M? , % Teaai? ts rlrer of from & W W Xoadar. Tho Warnlags w ^ of the Twfciii rlrer. wkjchJa-o. w? ears tfcooaaada of Mara to [southern industrial New I:nterprlsea That Arc liurlclilng Our l'avo-ed Section. 'I lie South' s I ro 'i Interest. Manufactrer's Record. Tho consumption of iron, which l? now running itt about tho rale of is, 000.000 ions a year, is so staggering (hat i( ia dllllcult to fully grasp the fact that this growth is permanent. It Is altogether probable that we sluill again see much lower prices in Iron than at present, as it would not be natural to expect an unbroken record of the phenomenal activity which now pervades the iron and steel in j ilustrv; but we have probably reached 1 a period where the consumption ol lron'and steel will expand as rapidly as the productive capacity of the country. Wo may havo temporary dullness, as in the past, but the in creasing uses of Iron in fireproof con struetion. which must come about in the better class of dwellings, as in o lllco buildings: the wist extension - now a necessity- In the terminal facilities of the railroads of the conn try, and in the improvement of road bed and rolling stock to meet the heavier tratlle, are all factors in nug mcnting 1 1 i *.? consumption of iron even beyond the 18.000.00u tons which we have reached. In the light of ilm growing power of iron and steel, it is of more than sectional interest that the South h.Vs passed the specu lative period in this industry, and Is now in position, by virttfo of the tin provomonts which have been made and tho new capital which las been secured during the last few years, to reap the benefit of a very active ami sound extension of its iron interests. I The experimental, and to a large ex tout speculative, condition which so long prevailed in the Southern iron trade, to tho great detriment of its legitimate advancement, has passed away. 01)110 by one tho leading Iron companies of tho South have been putting their plants in a high state of eflleleney, enlarging their furnaces, improving their facilities for mining ore and coal and making coke, and thus getting on a basis for lower cost of production, which, when lower prices come, will enable them to con tinue in profitable operation without the troubles which hampered so many of them in times past. With all of its advantages for Iron-making, the South made comparatively little progress In that, industry between JS'JO and 1900/ j This was due in part to lack of ado quale capital and experience, and in part to many cases of thoroughly bad. even if not knowingly corrupt, mis j management, the evil influence of j which directly and indirectly injured | the iron trade of tho whole South. It ! is since about 1900 that the South's i iron interests have been getting into ! better shape, and henceforth the de | velopmont of this Industry promises ' to bo more' nearly commensurate with I the advantages of this section than 1 has been tho case in tho past. The outlook is altogether cheering. A $300,000 Additional Mill. A dispatch from Spartanburg. S. C., announces an extensive addition to bo made by the 1). 10. Con verse Co. of Ciendalc, S. C. It states that tho direc tors definitely decided at a meeting in Spartanburg On March 1 to erect a No. 2 mill, which will have an equipment of 15,232 spindles and -i*>4 looms. Tho production will be high-grade cloths. Structure to accommodate tho ma chinery .will be 100x1?0 feet In si/.o. The capitalization of tho No. 2 plant will be $300,000. A. H. Twlchell Is pres- | dent and treasurer. I;rcctlng Weaving Addition. Mention was made recently of an in crease of capital stock from $50,000 to | $200,000 by tho Anchor MIDs of Hun teraville, N. C. It has been ascertained ! now that extensive Improvements h ive I been commenced by the company pre paratory to adding weaving to Its op erations. An addition two stories high 75x200 feet, Is being ejected, and in it will be installed tho looms neeessiry (probably 140) to consume the product of the company's 4100 spindles. Possi bly olher oettorments will also be mado Textile Note.*. .lonrsvlllo (S. C.) Cotton Mills has in- i crcascd capital stock from $2.r>,000 to $.r>0,000. v Tucapan (S. C.) Mills Co. baa added j seventy-four looms. increasing Its total to 839; plnnt has 28,000 spindles. J. F. Williams of Shelby, N. C.. has admitted 15. A. Welman to a hair-lntAr est in his hosiery mill, and the plmt will be enlarged. l.onzalos (Texas) Cotton Mills win Increase capital from $125,000 to $150. 000. Tho company's 600-splndle and 100-loom mill waa completc<l recently. W. M. Hagood of Eaaley, S. C., Is or ganizing a company, with capital stock of 1200,000. to build cotton fac tory. About $60,000 has been subscrib ed. < U , It Is reported that Sumpter Cogswell of Pell City, Ala., has completed ar rangements for the erection of a $1, 000.000 cotton mill by New England and local capitalists. Messrs. W. It. Lloyd, T. J. Hogan, John Llprd and W. E. Lindsay of Chapel Hill. N. C.. have Incorporated Blanche Hosiery Mills Co., with capi tal stock' of $6500, and privilege of in crease to $15^000. Tenniile (Ga.) Cotton Mills' stockhol ders win mwvMnrttk 10 to consider plans for pnttlng the plant la. opera tion. It. Is a new still of. 400 spindles completed recently, "but capital for op eration Is lacking. Possibly the bond holders will taks charge. It la reported at. Undale, Oa,, that ^ttie Massachusetts Mills In Qaorfla its >ian* or mm *nd l?4 looms. Ao ?nlar?ssse?t of |W? ntcat would probably rmirs the ta REMARKABLE ADVANCE Mb NT Shown lly South Carolina'!} Indus* <rle.i As in Ceusu* Report. (Kfoin An Kditorlal 1a Columbia State, ) Wo have at last received census bnl lot in No. 110 oontalninK statistical i summaries of 1 1? o manufacturing and I mechanical Industries lu South Caroli na for (ho (-(Minus year 1900. It.H fell ! of Interest for those who have followed the rapid development of our mechani cal industries. Nine tables of stall* l les aro presented. Tin* tirst show.? comparative (inures for the State at the several rensniw. The second shows all the industries of the State divide*! be tween hand trades and the manufac tures, proper, and also the statistics of the governmental establishments edu cational and eleinosynary Institutions. | and establishments with a product of l? ss than $500. which three latter^lass es were not reported at previous Buses. The third shows statistics of the : eight lead! UK Industries of the fr'ato for 1 SIM) and 1900. The fourth show* ; the totals for the city of Charleston at the censuses of 1880, ISilO and I!' "' The llfth shows the urban manufr i lures of tho State in comparison with the totals for the entire Statn an.l the i State exolusive of die 13 cities <i n < i towns withdrawn from the enumera tors. The sixth shows the manufac tures of the Stale by counties. The seventh shows (ho industries of the State by specified industries. ? .:o eighth shows the statistics for the ; cities of Charleston and Columbia by specified industries. TheNjInth show? the totals for all industries In each of i the cities and towns withdrawn from the enumerators, except of those shown in the eighth table. I 1 1 is Impract icable, of course, to sum ' marl/e In a form suited to popular di | pest ion tho mass of information con tained In these tables; but we shall present some salient figures which may be readily grasped and which It, Is do j slrable that the public should assimi j late. I''or the entire Suite the following figures of 50 years' manufacturing de velopment are presented: The number of establishments increased from 1,'i.T? ? in 1850 to 2,382 In 1890 and in , I fMX?. The capital Increased from ! 0.T.V2G5 In 1850 to $29,270,201 in ISO) i and $07,356,105 in 1 1*00. Tho average j number of wage-earners Increase! from 7,0(>G In IK 50 to 22.748 In IM>0 an I i 48,135 In 1900. The total wanes In j creased from $1,127,712 in 1850 to S5.. I 471,739 In 1890 and $9,455,900 in ?900 j The employed men of 10 years anil over increased from 5,992 In 1850 tc I 6.(5(5 1 In 1890 and 29.823 iii 1900. The employed women of IG years and ovej Increased from 1,074 In 1850 to 3.77J In 1890 and 9,752 In 1900. The em ployed children under 10 years were not separately reported In 1850. Thev , were reported as numbering 101 in 1870. 2.309 In 1890 and 8.500 In \J90C i Tho cost of materials used was $2,787, j 534 in 1850. $18,873,000 In 1890 and $34. ? j 027,795 In 1900. The value of products, I including custom work and repairing, ' Increased from $7,045,477 In .1850 t.c ! $31,920,081 in 1890 and $58,748,731 in moo ' Tho bulletin shows that during the ? half century tho population Increased I 100. f> per rent, while t li c average mini bor of wage-earners employed in mnn | u fact tiring establishments Increased 681.2 per cent., embracing In 1000 H.O per cent, of the entire population, mm i pared with 1.1 per cent In 1860. Vl'rol) ! ably tho best Indication of the Impor ' tance of the Wage-earning claps, " it says, "Is afforded by the greatest num ber employed at any one time during | tho year. In 1900 this was G2.90S, oi 4.7 per cent, of the population of the I entire State." That Is to say. In 1 00C | nearly one-twentieth of the inhabitant t of the State wore employed In manwt faeturlng. This percentage, of course, has been greatly Increased since thai I time by reason of the Increase In tlU manufacture of cotton, and In the lujn I her, cotton seed oil and fertilizer, 'In dustries. At this time tho percentuKt of tho whole population so employed should be 7.5. During the decade from 1890 to 1900 the value of lands an1 building Invented In manufacturing m | creased from $8,573 or 9.5 per cent, of the total value of real estate to $!"?,? 316,413, or'15 per cent, of such assessed value. Because of tho largo addlticnt to our manufactures since the census year and the reassessment of manufao. turlng properties It Is probable that the figure Is now 20 per rfcnt. , A significant fact which will hav? Its effect upon the public mind and should be freoly circulated In next snmmer's campaign. Is that during t lie dorado 1890-1900 the number of child ren employed in manufacturing In creased 270.7 per cent, while the num ber of men (1? years and over) In creased only 79 per cent. The nujpbor of women (16 years and over) in creased 168.3 per cent. 'i bis shows the growing tendency of our cotton manu facturers to employ cheaper classes ?f lahor. In the very cheapest class, children, Jhe increase Is mtore than double that fn the next cheapest, wo men; and the employment of women has increased almost twice aa fast as that of men. The "hand trades" ? including such occupations aa bicycle repairing, black smithing, plumbing, watch repairing, etc., etc., do not make a large showing. There wwO* establlsbmeata of this sort, employing 1140.607 capital and 1.597 wage-earners. The ratae of pro*, ducts wes 92.t2S.S74. The manufacturing prosperity .of the State In 1900 la shown by th9 tmk that . while there were 7.10 aetlye estaMIsM meeta with a capital at 970.0S9.tM | there were H^4I? ones, with a -rttil of II IS. 119. Tli# eight leading In4?stri? ef the ?tafs wtrw cotton ? ? Hr n9 tlail or 43.6 percent. of the total number in the State; urn*. I a capital of $58,538.3$. op NO 9 j?o r cent, of the total; gaN'o employment to 39.066 wage-earners or 81.2 per cent, of the total number; and paid $6,905,935 or 73 7 per cent, of the tota.l wages. The valus of their pro ducts were S IS.04 1 ,010 or SI S per cent of tlio total. Some details are as fol low a: The number of establishments |n r roused during tin* docado 1890-1900 from 1.1 Oil, to I. fill); (lie capital Increas ed from .$21. 771. .1 13 to $58,638,373; the number <if wage- earner# in mased from 15, 565 to ;pt.06<; the total wanes paid Incn.ised from $3,008,722 to $6.96."., 935; the miscellaneous expenses ;ncrc.:isud from *1 '}"!'< 079 t.? $2,472,263; The cost of material used Increased from $1 1, 301.042 to $20,272,774; and tho value of the products increased from {21.027.00S to $48,011,910. The porcont !iges of Kaiu (excluding the numbers of establishments) langod from 93.3 In miscellaneous expenses to 16s. 9 in cap ital. lUirlng the decade the capital invest ed In the manufacture of cotton goods increased from $11,141,833 to $39,259- j 946; the average number of wage-earn- | ?us from 8.071 to 30,204; the wages I from $1. .MO. 404 to $5.066. 840; the cost Of materials used from $6,819,320 to $17,203,822; aud the value of the pro- . ducts from $9,800,798 to $20,723,919. The fertilizer Industry showed only h smnfrl increase except In capital, the (mhtiKcmcnl lu?re being from $5,920, 2 1 S to $10,505,043. The number o f wnge-oartou's Increased only from 1.102 to 1.772 and the value of products from , $4.4 1 7.65X to $4,882,506. I The flour tug and nrist mills showed a contrary tendency as (o capital, the j reduction In this direction being over one-third and the number of wage earners increasing nearly two-thirds, while the value of products increased fiom $2,083,126 to $2,217,790. . , The lumber and timber products showed these increase; Number of oa- j tabllshmcnts. from 352 to 729; capital j from $1,348,155 to $5,187,727; wage- I earners from 2,590 to 4.585; wage? from $J20,r.S8 to $S97.899; coal of material* from $996,289 to $2.692.S05; and valllo of products from $2,146,750 to $5,207, 184. The value of planing mills pro duels, etc., Increased from $711,838 to $1 ,016,328. The number of cotton seed oil mills increased from 17 to 50; their capital from $565,372 to $1,959,872; their wage- j earners from 416 to 734; their wages paid from $56,354 to $113.9:52: their j j cost or materials from $710,605 to $2. 362,837; and their value, of products ! from $927,772 lo $3,103,425. j There was a decrease in the naval i stores industry; in the number of es j tabllshments from 201 to 132; In cap]-. : tal from $005,873 to 1 208,7 19; in vrru;e i earners from 2,213 to 8S6; h^'wages j paid from $378,708 to $ 1 35.n7j/*, In cost i of materials from $077,383 to $471,261, I and In value of products fiom $1,524, i Ooo to $787,050. Apparently the naval Kto.res Industry Is disappearing from i South Carolina? and with it a good j many negro "turpentlno bauds" who Lean well be spared. j ? In considering these figures one can j not but be Impressed by the lack of I diversification In our manufactures. ' Deduct cotton tfoods, fertilizers, lumber I and cr>' on seed from the list and there i Is very llttie left. The cotton mills j alone employed In 1900 over two-thirds j of the capital, three-foiu] hs of the wage-earners and furnished nehrly two-thirds of the products. Wo shouh} j apply our energies henceforth In other dirnrl Ions. Tlin fifth table gives statistics of 1 , consolidated manufactures of tho 12 leading manufacturing cities a nl towns: Anderson. fienufort, Camden, ! Charleston, Chester, Columbia, Green-, villo, Newberry, Orang<!tiurg, Hor-k iHl,l, j Spartan burp and Sumter. These 12 crjiltai. employed 33.7 per ccnt. of tin ! number of manufacturing* establish-- J montR In t li r? State, 41.2 per rent, of th* ] capital, employed 38.7 per rent, of the wage earners, paid 39.8 per rent, of the wages and 39.7 por rent, of the cost QJ i materials used. Their establishment! , yielded 39.2 por cent. of tho vnlue ol ' product*, while they contained 10.2 pot cent. of South Carolina's population. In 1 the amount of capital Invested th% [ stand as follows; Charleston $12,373,. 187; Columbia $5,277,300; Greenvitli $2,858,388: Spartanburg $2,351,175. New berry $Jiyflt6,625; Anderson $1,280,111; Hock Hill $820,941 ; Chester $480,024;! Sumter $308,272; Camden $304,289; Orangeburg $239,035; Beaufort $31, 331. The wage-earners in the more considerable of these wore as fol lows: Charleston 5,027; Columbia 3,250; Greenville 2,153; Spartanburg 1,? 375; Rock If ill 1,050; Anderson 910; Newberry 811. Tho wages paid show ed these totals: Cha1%Mton $1,489,960; Columbia $759,200; /fcfcenvllle $370, 392; Spartanburg $276,042; Hock Mil) $197,080; Newberry $175,178; Ander- j son $166,313. Their products were thus valued: Charleston $9,562,387;! Columbia $4,243,030; Greenville $2,- j 224,990; Spartanburg $1,630,275; New berry $1,200,892; Anderson $1,127,483; Rork Hill $1,007,210; Chester $645,444; Sumter $590,337; Orangaburg $493,860; Camden $211,632; Beaufort $40,981. Charleston Is the largest city In the j State with 4.2 per cent, of the total population, and furnishes 16.2 per cent. J of the manufactured products. Colum 1 bla Is th#f?econd city, with 4.6 per cent of tho tot&i population, and furnishes 7.2 per cent, of tho manufactured pro ducts. Greenville Ja the third city, with .9 per cetyt. of "the total popular tion. and furnishes 3.8 per cent, of the manufactured- product?. Spartanburg Is the fourth city In the State, with .9 per ceaot.^of the total population, and furnishes 2". 8 per oent. of the total pro ducts. Sumter la the flfth city, with 4 wr cent, of the total population, and funiishea r par cent of the total pro ducts. Anderson la' tho sixth city, with .4 per cent, of the total population, and furnishea 1.9 per eg nL-fit the total pro duct*. Rock Hill la the seventh city, with .4 par cent, of tho total and furalahea 1.7 per cent. of4 products, Newberry i* the ' with per ?eat. of the tot tion. and furnishes li per coot, of the I total products. Omagaha iriath aty. wlth Jt per esaL population, and famish* J per cea L of the total prodacts. x . Tho table of auaaflabtnre* by eoua 5m land bus 130 establishments with $?,? a j 1 2 2 . <> 1 5 Invested capital ar.d $ 1.454,901 & ] products. Greenville county has 182 ; establishments with $1,008,325 Invested capital ami $l.f>59,320 products. Ander* i son county has 107 establishments with $3,022,004 capital and $4,005,526 products. Aiken has 85 est.-vbllah monta, with $3,059,715 capital and $2,096,274 I products. York county has 108 estab i lishments, with $2,120,085 capital and $2,000,257 products. Cherokee has 48 cstnblishni out a with $2, 374.35s Invested capital and $1,588,258 products. Union county has M establishments with $3,? l 287,134 capital find $1,970,307 products. : Newberry has SO establishments with $1,110,808 capital and $1,330,455 pro ducts. Marlboro has 1 1 2 establishments with $1,120,080 invested capital and $1, | 005,285 products. Darlington has 07 i establishments with $1,471,839 capital and $l,181.00S products. JLexlugtory has 154 establishments with $l,JL7l,40l i capital and $923,571 products. Beau- ^ fort has 41 establishments with $1,- \ 138,332 capital and $703,057 _j>rudu?*fr. 1. aureus has 00 estntyHMiihen'ts with $>40,500 capital and $1,027,478 pro ducts. Oconco has 133 establishments with $902,145 capital and $775,158 pro ducts. Orangeburg has 171 establish ments with $405,317 invested capital and $N3G.167 products. Sumter has 113 (>Ptablishmcnts with $502,11 1 cap ital and $022,230 products. Chnrgett With Heavy Theft. New York, Special.? Max C? Mayer, formerly a member of the brokerage j firm of Hathbone, Mayer & llatlibono. was arrested at Bayonne, N. J., charged with embezzlement of funds said to amount in all to $100,001). The charge was made by (?. I?. Hath bone & Son, the successors of the Arm of which Mayer was formerly a member, lie was taken before Judge Blair, of Jersey City, on a warrant charging him with embezzlement in one Instance of $4,800 and was released on $35,000 bail.- Sub sequently a iv indictment w?s found against him hy the grand Jury of Now York county. ? Double Daily Service Lv. Wilmington, ? a 05 pa Lv. Hamlet, " 10 40 pin Lr. bonibern-Pluea, ?? _H'a3 pin Lv, Rulofigh, 1' I 94 mm Ar. Hondprdoa, 14 8 07 am Lv. Norllna ?*, 8 68 am Lr. Wetdoo, ?? 6 56 am Ar. PpfWmoiHh, " T 15 am V. Wa?b*loo, N. A Vf.b.B* At Baltimore, B.8.fctio. ,???, AM**? York.tf.D.aaOo. u Lt. Tampa, lALBy. llj MR Kistsff* - !?S tt2?sr'f S JS& Lt. bootbart Piaa^ * H2S? 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