The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 27, 1903, Image 1
VOLUME XIV.
UAMDISN, S. O., FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1903.
NO. II.
A REPORT IS ml
Findings On, Investigation of W
Coal Strike
SHOITtR HOURS AND BETTER FAY
A t?0*tby Document In Which the
Union U Not Recognized- Hie Text
oi the Report; i
y ^Waebrngton, Special.? The report of
'fcbe commission appointed i>y the Presi
dent last pCtober to investigate the
anthracite .coa\ JHr.lkp, was' made pub
15? !U5iaV Th(i ^port la dated
-- March 18, anuTiis signed by all the
, members of ttyf commission. In brief
the comftlssiou recommends an iu
cra!s of wags amounting In- most in
stances to 10 per cent ? some decrease
of time; the settlement of all disputes
? by arbitration, tixes a minimum wage
and a sliding scale, provides against
discrimination of persons by either the
mine owners, or the miners on accouni
of membership or non-membership , in
a labor union, and provides that the',
awards made shall continue in force
until 1906. To some extent the matter
\?.?f recognition or noa.-recognltlon of
the miners union is touched on, but
the commission declined to make any
. award on this matter. Following is
the commission's own summary of 'the ,
^wards made:
1. That an Increase of 10 -per .cent. ,
over and above the rates paid, in the
----? -month of April, 1902, be paid to *11 1
contract miners for cutting coal, Yard
age. and Other work for which stand
>rd rates or allowances existed at that
time from and after November 1,-1902.
and during the life of this award. The
amount of increase under the award
..V due for worjk done between November
2 "t, 1902, and April 1, 1903, to be paid
- on or before June ?1903.
( 2. S'hat engineers who are employed
In hoisting water shall have an In
crease of 10 per cent, on thcip earnings
between November 1, 1902, and April
1, .1908, to be paid on or before June 1,
ylAQS; and; on and after April- 1, 1903,
/and during the life of the award, they
Nfhall havefljMhour shifts, with the
aame bay wch was effective in April,
- and where they are now work
ing eight-hour^ shifts, . ^the eight-hour
ahtfts shall be continued ^nd these en
gineers .. shall be continued and these
-engineers shall have an increase of 10
per cent, on the wages which wore ef
?: feCtive in the several positions. April^
. At ijavZ. Hunting engineers and other
engineers anl pumpmen, 'other than
those employed in positions which are
qxanned continuously, shall have an
increase of 10 per cent, on their earn
ings between NoYemher 1, 1992, and
l&pril 1, 1903. to be paid on or before.
^ Jnne li 1903, and from and after April i
lyAttQ?, ami during .thp. llfft-nt the |
' award, they .shall have an increaso of
5 ..Mr Cent, en the rates of wages which
- were effective in the several positions
'In April,' 1902; and ip addition they
shall be relieved from duty on 8un
y days, without loss of pay by a man
~ provided by - the employer to relieve
them daring the hours of the*day
shift Fl^tnen shall have %n increase
vir of iO per cfent on their earninga be
- tween Novembei 1, 1902, and April 1.
- IMS, to be paid on or before June 1,
and from and after April 1, 1903;
- ringthe life of the awV$they
Javo eight-hour shifts, with the
same wagea per day, week Or month
jiaNrere paid-in each position in April, .
' AiV*?ployea or co?l??r ???; J
~ otbtr thftii whom tie ffln- 1
awards, ah.ll be
an Increase of 10 per e?fc. on
ISlfelugs' between November 1.
am and Apri i 1, 1903, to be pall on or
before June 4,4303, and from andafter
Mill l.m. Ji'lSil
tnti award, they shall ?6 paid WTW]
basis of a 9-hour day, receiving there
for the same wages as were paid in
. . -AjtrUL.1902/ for a 10-hour day. Over
time In Excess of 9 hours In any day
'' id bs pald^gt a proportional rate per
r - ttmring the life of this award, the
? pjirot -methods payment ?or coal
~w5d ahall he adhered to, unless
_.?_*oea-Jlke lho?c made shjll h*
mid to the legal repr^aentattves or
aucb employes as may have died since
NrS!T mc%~or mm***:
under tfei? award as to its n?
IBor application. W in any
crowing out of the refi&lona of
f emnibvers and employed, whleb
inoKe settled or 'adjusted by eon
_iatton between the superintendent
? orCinager of the mine or mines and
or miners directly Interested
too large tobtao set
'djusted shall be- referred to^ a
Ibe a division of the whole region
three districts, in each of which
Hml\ exist an organisation rep*
Ing a majortty or the
illation thus conStlttoted.
"and consider any qom
o it as aforeaild. 'hear
sksk s-SttSl
m; shall he r.^.lwid
otUrttMra
?ltt< *??*
strike, pending the adjudication of any
matter so taken up for adjustment.
5. Whenever requested by a majority,
of those contract minora of any com
pany .check wclghman or ehfeck dock
ing bosses, or both, sliall be employed.
The wages of said chec*t weiglimau
and check docking bosses shall bo fix
ed. collected, and paid by the miners
In such manner as the oald miners
shall by majority vote, elcct and when
requested by a majority of said miners
ths check' weigher and deductions
ma?e proportionately from tho earn
ings of the said miners on such b.?R'<j
as the majority of said miners shall
determine.
?baU, hfiJiKhibutert nmo??
miners, trb* are at^work, as uniformly
and as equitably as possible, and there
snail l>$ no concerted effort on the part
of the miners or mtne workers of any
colliery or collerles, to limit the output
of the mines, or to detract from- the
quality of the work performed, unless
such limitation of output be in con
formity to an agreement between an
operator or Operators and an organiza
tion representing a majority of said
miners in bis or their employ.
7. In all cases where miners are paid
by the car, the increase awarded to the
contract miners is based upon t^o carB
In use, the topping required and the
rstes paid per car which ^r^ce in force
on April 1, 1902. Any increase In the
"???*>? car? ?r in the topping required,
shall be accompanied by a proportion
ate increase in the rate paid per car. ,
8. The following sliding scale of
wages shall become effective April 1,
1903, and shall affect all miners and
mine workers included in the award of
the commission: The wageB fixed in
the awards shall be the basis of, and
the minimum under, the eliding scale.
For increase .of 5 cents in the average
price of white ash. coal or sizes above
pea coal, sold at or near New York, be
tween Perth Amboy and Edgewator
and reporter to the bureau of anthra
cite coal statistics, above $4.50 per ton
f. o. b. the employes shall have.>an in
crease of 1 per cent, in their compensa
tion which shall continue until change
In the average price of said coal works
a reduction or on increase in said ad*
d^lonal compensation hereunder; but
the rate of compensation shall In no
case ?be less than that flxed In the
award. That is, when the price of said
coal reaches $4.55 per ton, the compen
sation wtH be Increased 1 per cent,, to
continue until the price falls below
$4.55 per ton, when the 1 per cent, in
crease will cease, or until the prices
reaches $4.60 per ton, when an addi
tional 1 per cent, will be added, and eo
on. These average prices shall be
computed monthly, by cm. accountant
or commissioner, named by one of ths
circuit judges of /the; third judicial cir
cuit of the United States, and paid by
the coal operators./ such compensation
as the appointing judge may fix, whlfh
compensation shall be distributed
among the operators in proportion to
the tonnage of each mine. In order to
secure the successful working of the
eliding scale provided herein, it is also
adjadged and awarded: That all Cflal
operating ^SMfranles file at
the. United States Commissioner of La
>ar, a ^i^fled atttement of the istegT
of compensation paid in each occupa
tion known in their employment, as
they existed April 1, 1902. .
9. No .person shall be refused em
I ployment, or Uk any way discriminated
against, on account of membership
or non-membership In any labor or
ganisation* and there eJiall be no dis
criminating against. or interference
Trtth, any employe who is not a mem
ber of any .labor organization by mem
hers of such eytfaulaatlon. ? ~ ?
10. All contract miners shaU be re
Wlr&M l^p^tthln a reasonable
time before each pay day. a statement
ofthe amount oftnoney due from them
before each Day day. a Statement on
the Amount' of mahey tlue from tbem
to thelF laborers, and such sums shall
be deducted from the amount due the
contract miner, and paid "directly to
each laborer the compady. All cm
ploy eg- when paid shall be furnished
with an itemised statement of account.
11. The awards herein mpde ' shall
continue in force *n.tll March 01, 1906;
and any employe, or group of employe*
violating any of the provisions thereof,
shall be subject to reasonable discip
line by the employer; and, further,
that the* violation of any provision of
these awards, either by employer or .
employee shall not . Invalidate any ot
the provisions thereof. ^
The commission also made a number
of- recommendations which may be
summarised as follows: The discontin
uance of the aystem of employing "the
ooal and iron police," Mcause this
force Is believed to have had an irrlta
ttng effect, and a resort to-tho regular
ly constituted peace authorities fa case
of necessity; a stricter enforcement of
the' laws in relation to the employment
of children; that the State and Federal
governments should provide machin
ery for th* malting of & compulsory
investigation of difficulties, simitar to .
the InveMisalton which this ComxntsH
slon has made. 1
The commission expresses the opin
io* that with a few modifications the
Federal act of Octobw, 1888. authoris
ing a commission to settle controvert
sles between railrosd corporation* and
Other commdn carrier* SoUld be mads
the basis of a law for arbitration in
the anthracite coal mining _hun1nfini
The\ commission, however, -takes a 4s?
clfrrd position against comvmsory ar
"thf ?Ubj46t dt (iiu imifcuiLiuu of I
1st Weriw^ pM?, tk?eoattls.
sion says It dow not consider that this
subject H within the scope of jurisdic
tion conferred on tt It does say. how
ever, that "th* suggestion of a work
ing agreement between employers and
employes embodying the doctrine af
collective bargaining. Is one which
WILL BE RELEASED.
The tnd of the Famous Maybrkk
Case in Sight
^
SHE WILL BE RELEASED NEXT YEAR
?
The fcifforl* to Keleuf M?r Duo En
tirely to Her Friends on the Other
bide of the Atlantic.
Ixmdon, By Cable. ? Miss Florence
Maybrlek, tbc American woman who
waa convicted at Liverpool in 1880 op
the charge of poiaoning her husband,
Jam eg Maybrick, at Aigburst, by ar
senic, and whose sentence of death
was commuted to penal servitude for
life, will be seleased in 1904. The an
nouncement comes from the Home
Office, which now authorises her Wash
ington lawyers to use the fact of her
release next year as a reason for se
curing the Bpstponement^of the trial
of the law suits bearing on- the prison
er's interest in land in Kentucky, Vir
ginia and iWeet Virginia, until she is
able to personally testify. Those who
are in a position to know, say thai
Home Secretary Akers-Dougglas uhaa
shown great courtesy in connection
with the snlta nov?pendlng in America,
that the decision to release Mrs. May
brick was entirely due to efforts on
this side of the Atlantic and ihat Am
bassador Herbert has never been call
ed upon to act on this matter.
Mrs. Maybrick who was Miss Flor
ence Elizabeth Chandler, and a mem
ber of a well-known and prosperous
Southern family, was married July 27,
1881, In St. James' church;- PicadHly,
to Jamce Maybrick, of Liverpool. She
was then 18 years of age, vivacious.'
and beautiful, and a social favorite.
Her husband was over 40 years old. In
the spring of 1889, Jdr. Maybrick be
came ill and In a few days dJod. His
brothers Investigated hie death and
charged Mrs. Maybrick with the mur
der of her husband. A long trial fol
lowed and a number of doctors sworp
Mr. Maybrick died of arsenlcaX-pofs
oning. The defense proved tbgt for 20
years Mr. Maybrick had beep a con
firmed arsenic eater and thai he dally
took doses that would havel killed a
dozen ordinary men. Mrs. Maybrick
eventually sentenced tor death by
the judge, Sir Fltzjames Stephen, who
I spofce for two days in charging the Jury
and who said It was ^impossible for
j the dcmlcal evidence. t~
Her mother,- the Baronee* E. Von
Equlves, has beeu unremitting In her
attempts to obtain the prisoner's re
lease in which she has been aided- by
iTTmrcnti nl f nctids both sidssof-the.
Atlantic. In 1900, after the death of
LLord Russell,, of Klliowen,. Chief Jus
tice of England, a letter which he had
written to Mrs. Maybrick In 1895 was
discovered!. It showed that the emi
nent lawyer was convinced that she
ought never to have been convicted
an<T it has" been generally understood
that all the recent American ambas
sadors to the court of St. James have
don&^verythlng. jxwlble ? ? obtain
Mrs. Mdybrlck's pardon. The failure of
Mrs. Maybrick to testlf^ltt the suits
pending ta States would
cause the loss to her and her ^mother
of all title and lnterenstin islrge tracts
of land situated In Kentucky *?d Vir
ginia and West Virginia.
S'cretary Skm Atlanta, *
Atlanta. SpeelaL ? Secretary of the
Treasury- Leslie M. Shaw, accompanied
by his wJtTrand daughter, reached At
^anta rfom How Orleans,
tary will visit the proposed sites for
the now Atlggta Federgl hulWlng and
will leave fcfc Washington at noon
over the Southern.
Secretary Shafcv is being entertained
while -here by Col. Robert J. Lowry.
An elaborate banquet at the Capitol
City Otab was tendered by the At- _
?lanla Cfearlhg - HoOSe -AWOCtatttra.
Secretara Sbaw responding . to the
toast "Ohr Country." The other
speakersT were ? Governor... Terrell,
Mayor Even P. Howell, Clark Howell,
Jame* H, Gray, Hoke Smith, John
Temple Graves and CoL Lwry,
All Quiet at Guatemala. a
Washington, Special. ? The follow
ing cablegram was received Monday
At the Navy Department from Rear
Admiral Coghlan, commanding thd
Cai ribbean Sea squadron, at tSuate
-trM^^-ynatnrdnjr- "All qnt?t fror* The*
report with reference to Celba states
U is iu the hands of revolutionists. I
shall proceed with the Olympfa and
Panther to . Celba, on the 22nd. Only
cable communication* are vl% Bocaa
through the. minister at Guatemala
City. Will communicate at Psesto Bar
rios as often as practicable."
Milwaukee, Special.? Treasurer
j'Tfn
Op^ia Oosspaay, waajaobbad of cash
and notes amounting t?? all to about
$3,000 here early Monday, the money
having been taken from bom oath hia
pillow while he* slept, ft Is aaserted
Am missing.
r t- 'i ? ? ? ..
? ^ TrfHl? kUl Hcrs sII.
London, By CaWt< ? The correspon
dent -Tyrrmia- Patty ^ Ofcsomhils. . a*.
l!VE HEMS OP NEWS
Many Matters of General Interest In
Short Paragraph*.
The Sunny T^u^lr.
Flood conditions still Jy-ausu groat
apprehension and much danger in the
West,
James R. Keene, though 111, contin
ued his battte with the Harrlman in*
terests ..tor Southern Pacific control.
Plaquemlne, I?a? Special.? The river
at this point rose four-tenths during
the past 24 hours. The gauge this
evening roads 33 1-2. The back water
on guyou P.aquemlno and Ixiwer
Orand river is higher ' st , this time
than In 1897. A number of arrests have
be4n made by the lev* inspectors of
parties riding on the levees. The
levees are In splendid condition.
At Tlu National Capital.
The office of Director of .the Census
has been offered to Mr. S. N. D. North,
of Boston.
The State Department Is hopeless of
any fruits coming from the proposed
Alaska boundary arbitration.
A verdict of aequlttkl was found in
the case of Ensign Ward K. Wortman
In connection with the explosion on
the battleship Massachusetts.
J. Plerpont Morgan conferred with
President Roosevelt at the White
House.
Mr. George Uhler, president of the
Marine Engineers' Association of the
United States, will succeed Oen. Jas.
A. Dumont, chief of Jhe steamboat In
spection service. /
a4 The North.
A $3,000,000 oyster combine was or
ganised ui Providence. R. I.
Dr. R. C. Flower wis arrested in
New York on a warrant charging him
With gramf larceny."
Clovernook, the home of Alice and
Phoebe Cary, near College Hill, Ohio,
has been sold.
The Fire Department of Lafayette,
Ind., turned a stream of water on
riotous students of Purdue University.
Miss Maude Mullock* of Washington,
D. C., was hurt In a railroad wreck
near Mahoningtown, Pa.
In a suit against the exeoutor of
the estate of C. B. Rouss, In New York,
the mother of' the plaintiff, Miss Bdna
Weller McClellan, told of an alleged
settlement of aweek on her dfctfgb*
ter.
From Across The Sea.
The Czar of Russia Issued a decree
granting r eiftffawc freedom throughout
bis domain^ amf' Mtaift other re
forms. ? )
.Lord Granville Gordon received a
letter from his wife, who Is In France,
The debate on religions ordera was
opened Jn the French Chamber otXEfilfci,
utles. ?
Lord Mlnto opened * the Canadian
Parliament
An effort will be made to gat the
Pope's consent to allow his jubilee
gifts to be exhibited at the St. Louis
Exposition.
John Redmond waa the principal
speaker' at a St. Patrick's Day banquet
In 'London.
The Reichstag budget committee vot>?
ed' In favor of appropriating $760,000
for Germany's exhibit at the St. Louis
fair.
Sir Robert Reld urged In the House
of Commons that international action
be taken to limit naval armaments.
- King George of Saxony wrote an
open letter to hla.people blaming Prin
cess Louise entirely for the- recent
court scandal.
Russia ohd France favor granting
China's request to have the Chinese
tariff dues cojjgcted In gold.
A revolution has broke out in Uru
iuav. %
MI*?*lt?fieou* flatter*.
Another day'a testimony la tha Bur>
dick 'inquest at Buffalo threw much
light on the facta suiroandlng -the
murder, but failed to <Msdo#a the
guilty person. ? ????
Levees and railway embapjunenu
are breaking along the Mlaalaalppl and
flood conditions are very grave.
The Wgbaah Injunction suit waa
taken up by Judge Adam* ft Bl UWti
and the day conaamed In reading affi
davit*. .
flehwnb, president at the Steel
Trust, and Mr. D. H. Francis, prwrtdcnt
of the SO^onaLMxpotltlMl, gfilHu lu
Hew York oil the kionprini WHUelui.
The police <>f PhlladtfWla are In
vestigating four new chMfpss against
Gloofge Hoeaejr, the negro herb doctor,
auspeetcft of poisoning. ?- #
Bx- President Ororer Cleveland an
nounce! that he would take a trip
WW and be St Ihs spsnfngof the St.
VICK COSES HIS JOB
Dr. Person Succeeds to lite Wilson,
' N. C.? Postoffice
. ?
COLORED POSTMASTER GOES OUV.
Tlie Vlck Cs?c Has Attracted Much
Attention In All Scctlonv of the
Country.
Washington, Special.? What Is re
garded as the. closing act in Senator
Prlteliard's fight against "the elements
of darkness" as represented hy Poat
rnaater YIck, of Wilson, the last of the
negro ofTiotatis of any consequence In
North Carolina, took place Tuesday,
when the President named Dr. B. T.
Person to succeed the colored offl
claj.
The Vlck case attracted attention
among all North Carolinians as soon
as Pritchard asked for the negro's re
moval, for the reason that It was real
ized that it was a contest between tho
Senator, representing the "Illy whites,''
on the one hand, and the negro ele
ment of the Republican party on the
other, but it soon ceased to be a State
afTair, and took on a national aspect.
Correspondents for papers In all pajrts
of the country wore soon hot - after \
every detail of the contest and it seem- l
ed that SertatoV Pritchard had the fight
of his life on band, a? the President
had In other States apparently admin
compared with the fact that he Is a
whites, and national leaders of tho
party were siding with -Vlck. Pritch
ard, however, stood his giound. and
the removal of Vlck Is a distinct vic
tory for his polley, cm it 4s realised that
he made the light upon the negro post
master primarily becauso he la black.
The charges brought against Vick's
party fidelity were mere side issues as
compared whto the fflct thut he Is a
negro. |
The appointment jj of Dr. Person
would doubtless have been made some
weeks ago but for the fact that It was
charged that he was not a bona flde
resident of Wilson. It was, however,
eptabllshed to the satisfaction) of the I
Postoffice Department that hojhad not
moved his residence at the time he was
said to bb living in anothei/ locality
and his appointment fo|lowey.
$
\ Women Sull/tfgiaf a.
New Orleans. Special.? The morning
*?sIon of the woman suffragists com'
pscd a work conference behind clos
ed doors. In whteh the delegates and
mombers only narticlpated. At the af
^crrioon s^Mrton^'^portB weri* presented j
| by Kate M. Gordon, corresponding sec
tetary; Harriet Taylor Upton, treas
urer, and Laura Ctaj(and Mrs. J. Cogg
shall, auditors. 'fheT&imtta discussed
the need for more finances and a large
membership. Tho treasurer's report
showed that for the first time (hers
was a surplus in the treasury that $5,
000 had been put out at interest, and
the foundation laid, for a memorial
fund. Susan B. Anthony presided at
fKir night session. f?*rf?h C ?%y Bannoti
of Kentucky, spoke on the authority of
women to preach the Gospel. - Gall
Laugblln of Maine, and Francis Griffin
of Alabama and Raphael Fester Avery
delivered addresses.
i . ? ? i
hrrfvy Lou By High Water.
Charleston, 8. C., Special. ? A special
to the News and Courier from Seneca,
9. C? aaysj The news has just been
on the' Seneca river, at Calhoun, Oco
nee county, was washed away by?hlgb
water on Monday evening. It wag own
ed by the Benedict Love Company. It
fa aaid there igjere over 4.090 logs that
escaped and there will be a lose
company amounting to aboyt 136,000.
Many bridges on the stream were de
stroyed, which will cost tfcrc counties
of Pickens and Oconee many dollars to
replace. When the boom broke about
"to men on the-loge were compelled to~
jump and awlm for their lives. There
were no lives lost, but several narrow
escapes. ... . .
ftarrlag e of fir Vanderbllt.
^-.Newport, R. I., Special. ? Formal an
nouncement of the date of the wedding
of Miss Cathleen Nellsen, daughter of
Mm. Fredrick Nellsen, to Reginald'
Vanderbflt, was made last Friday. In
all probability the event ^vlll be
sotemnltedin St. Joseph'# Catholic,
church, at which Mrs. Nellsen has
been an attendent for many years.
5ix Wen Drowned. -
Memphis. Tehn., Special? J. M. Hood
returned lt from the flood district of
- Arkansas and reports that at <3anrin,
a stattrm on. the 'Friaco- Railroad,
flsliinliU afttrntiTMi a skiff containing
fmtr drummers and two negro oars
men was swept under the track eftbe
railroad in a stiff current. The boat
was overturned and all six occupants
wf re drowned. Mr. Hood does pot
know the names of the traveling men,
but says they had employed the ne
groes to row jhem aeroes the submerg
ed territory .to Mound City, Ark.,
where tta^'Tirienat&'tp tikn ateam/|
boat (o^WMWa. -
? " ; '
Wnto Heavy n i ?aft i a.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
TO MAKE CANE 8RYUP.
An Opportunity In the South for Ms*
chlnery Dealers, '
In a litter to the Manufacturers'
Record Mr. 1). O. Pursfe chairman of
the committee of arranpp'mehtit for the
Interstate Sugar-Cane/Growdrs' Con
vention. which In to kneet at Macon,
Qa,, ou May 6 aiul toVontlnue In ses
sion for three days, announces that
ample provision will be made to brlug
manufacturers of gyrup and sugar ma
chinery Into close touch there with
delegates to the convention from
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Ixmlslana, Texas
and Arkansas. Hp. adds:
"In South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida the growing of sugar-can?'t&d
its mnufacture has alroady reached a
point where crude methods roust give
way to moro complete machinery, but
tlio evolution is not ready yet, and may
not be for several years, for*the very
heavy machinery now in use In strict
ly sugar-manufacturing sections. As
the areas planted increase from aers
plotB to ten, twenty five and fifty acres
and upward, an in going on no*
through thqso three States, especially
the prosent season, will compel the
purchase of much new machinery, and
the occasion will afford an .unexcelled
opportunity for adapting the new ma
chinery exactly to the needs of the
situation, 1 hope this opportunity will
be freely availed of by the manufac
turers of syrup and sugar machinery
throughout ti?e country convenient of
access to the sugar-cane belt.
"The division of chemistry of the
^Department of Agriculture, will soon
be in the market for the full equip
ment of a cane mill and ayrup factory
^t Waycross, (?a."
Referring to the same subject in a
letter to the Manufacturers' Record,
President 10. L. Martin of the Cham
Wv jifcveommeree of Macon writes that
governing of all the cane-growing
mates h&v* appointed five delegates'
from each 'county, and that it is ex
pected that between 1,000 and. 1.500
delegates will be present, a ltttK-fare
rate having beed granted from all
points east of- the Mississippi and
south of tltfe Potomac rive^ President
Martin also notes the opportunities at
the convention for manufacturers of
machinery.
A (50,000 Addition.
It Is announced that the Pee Dee
Manufacturing Co., Rockingham, N*
C., will expend about $60,000 to
tend its plant. A two-story addltRM
will be erected to plB No. 2 and edulp
ped with 2, ?00 spindles and 200 looms.
J. A. Williams of Hamlet, No. C., has
contract Ur erect -the addition. The
company >?ow has 12J84 spindles and
602 looms, manufacturing plaid do
metB an<^ hickory shirting.
: i Lumber f^otes.
Among! the shipments last 'weejf
from Pmiwicola weve ,3,088,000 s\?per>
ficial feet of lumber, 1,597,640 super
ficial fect?of sawn timber and 1,731
cubic foet oT hewn timber.
The Ashevllle Lumber Co. of Ashe
ville, N. C.. with a capital stock of
$25,000, has been chartered. The In
corporators are T. J. Perkinson, J. W.
Rutherford and J. B. Dicker son. *
The Miogo Land A Lumber Co, of,
Greenville, Mo., has been incorporate
ed, with a capital stock of |80.000, J
Tie incorporators are John D. FUley,
L. J. Jones, Henry P. Murray and
others.
The present logging tide In the T?u
nessee river is said to be the best Wit
lumbermen have enjoyed for some
time. Itlsettlmated that over 3,ooo.
000 fjfet df logs were floated in last
~wsek for Chattanooga mill*.
The J. O. Wesson Lumber Co. of
ed, with a capital stock of $20,000. The
Incorporators aro Walter 8. Denning,
Marshal Long, George Mertle, J. P.
Peters and others, _____ _ _
The wholesale grocery business of
J. 8. Glddlngs & Co. of Tamp*, Fla.,
has been purchased by the ConsoH*
dated Naval Stores Co. of Jackson
viller Fla. It will operate it through
the Consolidated Grocery Co.
The Julius Seidel Lumber Co. of St.
T Mo., has been incorporated,
wtth a capital stock of $25,000.Thern
,v. j-oiaicjiH are Julius Seidel, Frank
Seidel, John A. Michel, Otto Moser
and William B. Beckman.
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Textile Notes.
It is propoacdrto build a knitting mill
Kingston, Tcnn., and J. M. Allen it
Interested.
Endeavors are being made to estab
lish a kntttlntfrjnlll at Aberdeen, Miss.,
to be capitalized at $40,000. The inten
tion is to manufacture men's half-hose .
and ladles' and. Ipse?' stocklup.
Charles H. Welch Is said to be Inter-]
ested.
B. F. MatildhL pf Anderson. S. C.,
proposes organizing HMcCormlck Mills,
'with capital of $200,000, to build a
cotton mill. The plant Is to be located
at McCormick, 8. C. and b?ve 10,000
spindle*. Ove* $100,000 have been sub
scribed.
Trenton Cotton Mills, Gastonla, N.
C.7~wT1V Install additional machinery. |
Contract has s been awared for 9090
spindles and Mher equipment to hi
crease and- Unprove the plant, Prob
ably about $40,000 wilt be expeadad
on the improvements.
It is rumored that Valentine *|
Bfll^y^tokpo - Newton, JL: J^w?i
establish a branch silk ntfll at,431ark*-~l
jjturg, ^ ;- w ?- t*"""" ?r fhMt y
fSst win
lipnMj
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ninor Rv?n(? of (he Week In ?
Brief Form.
Mrs. Nancy Mllllgun accidentally
shot herself at her home at Mount
Pleasant near Charleston Friday after
noon anil died u few hqura later while
on her way to the Charleston hospi
tal.
Magistrate Clyde, of Greenville, has '
rendered his decision In the caffs
agalnt C. W. Clifton, indicted for p?
tlt larceny, and the defendant wab
given 90 day.jp or $160 fine to cover th?
tev^ral casts' upon which he wa? tried.
A meeting of the stockholders of
the big Oluck mill was held, la Ander
son March 10, for the purpose of elec
ting four additional directors and de
termining upon the site for the mill.
A majority of the stoVik wasj'epcesen
ted, most o| it In person.
1 Charley Surapter, the negro who in
sulted a lady near the old Bldney park
in Columbia on Friday afternoon, w?i.
taken before* the recorder Saturday
morning and fined $40 or 80 days on
the chaingang. The recorder remark
ed that he washed the penalty cou\4
have been greater.
The pension board of Lancaster
county has completed Its ltfrora for
this year. The number of application#'
approved, Including the old petoslonftfti
on the roll, is 369, but one more than
the pension roll of 1902. Thirteen of
the pensioners of last year. <Mftht !?gl- ,
dlers and Ave widows of soldiers, navsl
died.
A special term of bcsbIods court will
bje held in Newberry convening April
6th, to try tho case of George Strother,
colored, charge^ with a pilwlnat? a*?
Kuuit. On the 20th ot last February
>MIwj Kmnm llowcra, a well known
young woipan of Little ^fountain, waa
assaulted by the negro who afterwards
escaped but was captured and lodged
The south bound Carolina and North
Western passenger train was oaugbt la
an awkward fix at AUisoncreek treetia
feven mllea north of Yorkville Thursr,
day night by reason of the blowing out
of the cylinder head. The engine waa ,
then unable to clinib the steep grada
lcadlng up from the creek and the pas- ?
sengerg had to remain there until a
freight came along and carried 'tlyftflk'
kon to Yorkullle.
A Boston lumber firm Is building f?
large sawmill -on Oheehaw rlverUhf?
Colleton county, which empties fntor ^
the Beaufott Hver. They will saw up
the immense forests of timber that ara
adjacent to ship North by way of gt.
Helena Bound. A' huge dock and
tramway are to be built, and the en
terprise witt employ ft gteat deal of
JAhar,^Tto?i^hin9i^3!ss^tr""^^ ? '
edto the spot by . atbrei
' schooner. The navigation Is
deqp.
Deputy Sheriff J. W. McCaslin,
Greenwood, lodged a gay young
thsrlo In the county jail at tf
Saturdays-afternoon, together
object of hie affection and~i
The two young^nooplfe wanted
promise by calling in "fc
bavins a marrii
ed at once.but tb*
poaed, and now
The girl had run
the young man
from, the girl's father
rest
HareyMlekfe..
at Columbia, was
seriously tohrt 4n:tl _
y*rda Saturday morning: -
walking -*-- 1 1 11
down an
thing save his feet,
Bg^$owardi~TOr
knocked him . from
stunning klm. Wh
scon that his he
pjuces, bout of hkJmee*
end he was badly brnli
body.
?Dygyj.ujtj
A <l?pp?r youag white
rested by the police
Saturday on ai telegram
of Spartanbttri
cTty for S wind
to re the same
operating saUnslfeiy
of the 8tate> His na
when he went to UM
on tain a package. tha
In* for him. He cava
chase before 4*0*111. BB lM?* -?;
lot named Rayr who, it is tt
in Richland county, and Ha
bo canghti
Just tn time to avoid
by a passangsr tiylntl
or G. C\ Ssndert, a
found " _
Siit urday moralu|
imjw
turai causes
OiMa
wife.
person ;-^sra.:.
Oniseppths s
m
rv
she waa I
sba waa j
azyl they \
charge <Sr