VOLUME XIV CAMDKN, S. C.; FRIDAY, ,J IJLY H>0.t ntnor Event# o! the Week In ? Brief Form. ,, T. MH o' trustees of the Slaw for met in the ?m" 8 the eleSm"1^ 1Ut '*"* ,n'' l,nlBhci> to tS ?i 6Ui'chea ?' >ho Inetitu i> r" J tiystees present were: Capt. w ? Bradham nj Clarendon, Gen J $gg*gS en-Senator A. or m_f ? ^ Mr Cole JU Bleaee Oran?h 7 a?" Ur' W' " kowinan or lh? h .. Was ??e?tea secretary . the b0l"-1- Williams, the former ' .? th. dm, was ra!le2" cumhi . iary Va* reduce10m,iient farm Uurens Th,Ir;TenH County' was Tn wTThe r yirchinK tor grown for Mo 13 years ?W. well grown for his age. and briiAf mi name is Grady Wassnn it mf' ijHTfo^ /e ~ ? J&2SS ?0 "oiThe?K"rcatraK?n'ft BU" town'fllii J ^ Pi telei,hone ,n that Ph?iSvwin b'i"R, a?y information, ine boy s father thinks that the lad ? -Jnd SS^h ig idea8 about traveling *na groin* the -world from a negro who was hired on the farm. ' lives^iwh? mIt^/ a. colored n)an that wh1?A on ifc, su,},lrbs ot Jonesvillo, field 25? 5m ^ from the harvest nein- late Thursday evening ridinc a mule and carrying his scythe was thrown from the mule. He fell on - Uearwyoffe a* ' d cut his hand in!l tj Southard, Douglass and Hames attended him and found It wrlBf^ww cuLthe urm off a^?ve the wrist. Fiiday tB? wounded man was doing very well. ?,j?iV j Thornwel1 orphanage ha3 just passed a very eventful y^a r.. Eventiul ? ml i* "jany respects. Progress has been - ? ^y? every department, and new accessions have been constantly made. The board seeing the advisability' of - a ? ln?. a v'co Presldent, who would> assist Dr. Jacobs in his multiplied autf arduous labors, dhose Rev. Thornwfell Jacobs, sou of the president and an alumnus of Clinton college aird Prin-e tctr seminary. ? ^ hcivy wind and rain storm iiassed ?over St. Matthew# Thursday aftern r.oon about 5 o'clock, accompanied by a severe fall of hall. Corn and cot - -ton are Injured more or less, but the tobacco crop of Mr. John McLauchlin I .w^;.L# well nigh a total loss. He had 45 acres of beautiful weed which he held as worth at least $4,000. NoW he do. Clares be will take $50# This is the ----- third . time tliat section has been visit ed by haiMhiy season, 1 ^ ::: .Atttr months Of parleying *nd gpin-. ' P'nf rPd tape the much-mooted elaluft the Charleston Bxposjtion rompmy are to b? paid. W. H, Wsloh, chairman of the board of re cti ve?, received from the treasury de *? ptftmant at Washington $95,745.83, -Which will be fiovoted to ihe purpose aforementioned. The money la in the hand* of M. Rutledge Rivera, attorney ? -for- tha r 6c elvers of the exposition com. pan y. 4 r~ ,,Rev. J. Barr Harris, a yotmg preach "?--x-t who gained considerable proml -v_. nenfce in upper South Carolina through 7 his revival meetings, wherein he ar r;; Gently preached sanctiflcatlon, has heen -oonvlctet^of seduction in Mon tana and sentenced to one year In the penitentiary. Previous to his convlc ^ tlon he was charged with another case. . . of like nature out there. He is well known here. Dr. Baeot, of Charleston, secretary or the State Board of Health, to whom was referred the report of an epidemic Qf lunrf disease among the negroes of Williamsburg cotinty, has made an Investigation and say9 there is no epidemic, but many negroes . -haye .consumption resulting from tho f diaSipated life they lead, and that the matter is not within the jurisdiction of the board to act'upon. Chief Hammett submits a report showing that the cost of the constabu lary has Increased , about $3,850 a month to $4,750, but the results Justi - fled -the increased efforts to enforce the law. The value of seizures of ? JUHSOr.has Increased from $1,230 to $i, diiTerence In far or of the now constabulary of $3,184.12. Tho 'eight-year-old son of P. B. Bryan, of Saluda county, died of hydrophobia* Ho was bitten two or three months ago by a mad^ddg." The secretary of state has received ?n application for a commission from tbe jonesvllle Oil Mill. The corpora to*a are M. Uttlejobfi of Star Ford, B. L* Ut tie John aim M. R. Sams of^ Joneavllle. The capital stock will be . . t$25,0W. - ? a The King's Mountain Military school of Yorkrllle has been chartered with a capitalisation of $14,000. The corpora "Twit are Prof. w. Q. Stephenson, Dr. White and Prof. R. T. Stephen son. A charter was issued to the "Su preme Grand ^.Council of the Grand United Order of tho Courts of Fraiur n!ty" of Blackville. No extra charge mi made by the eipaftusnsls who en - mttm id the name in the charter, far -it la an el^moaypary concern with ?mall exchequer. _ Ike esTen-jrear-old aon o! Jowi Brabham of OreeiyrlHe. Hied ^ FiSRy fnxto jhe ?*?*? o ? Vdwt sBorphfnc ad&tnfst?c*4 by mistake L1l 8toi^ 9r??t4cat of the ? *latt9aal bank and of t|? tt to fir* SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS. Conditions Qlore f avorable During Ihe Past Week. The week ending 8 h. m., Monday, June 29, J 903, had a mean temperature of 76 degrees which 1b about 4 degrees below normal. The nights continue too cool for the favorable development of cotton. There was more than the usual amount of t-loudlivess, and there 1h an Indicated need of more sunshine for corn, cotton and melons. TUere were local high winds accompanying thundersoms that caused slight iarn age over limited areas. The Western half cf the State had beneficial rains on the 22nd and 26th, the latter heavy enough to stop culti vation for the remainder of the week, but it was needed, to soften crusted lands that had become too hard to plow. ' The central and northeastern counties had rain nearly every day, y)th omo excessive, rains that washed lands and rendered all but hillsides too wet to cultivate. In Barnwell.. Bam berg, Orangeburg, Berkeley, Williams burg, Sumter, Clarendon, Florence, I>arlington, Marion and Marlboro, and parts of adjoining counties, crops are suffering from lack of work and ex cess of moisture. The Immediate coast counties had moderate and beneficial rains. The average rainfall for the State was nearly 2 Inches. Hail storms occurred In many counties, but serious damage by hall was reported from Berkeley ^Marlboro and Saluda coun ts qftJy) .^,The general condition of all crops la better than any time this season, byt the improvement is comparatively slight Sn many places, and all cultiva ted field 'crops ne?u dry weather to permit cultivation, and to rid them of' grass. They also need more sunshine, to give them a healthier, color, and greater warmth to stimulatef-a moro rapid growth. The corn' crop Is fairly promising, except In a few central counties where lack of cultivation and an excess of moisture has given It a sickly color and a stunted growth. Esrly corn Is being laid by in the eastern and cen tral counties, with many fields In a - grassy condition. It is tafesellng. Bot tom land corn has not recovered from the effects of the recent floods and Is poor. There Is a general improvement In cotton over last w?ek l>oth In col^r ami growth, but the plants contlnueSmall and in places stljl lack a healthy col or, while stands are broken^ and ir regular. Lice are less prevalent than last week. First blooms are reported. Blnce the 19th from the eastern and cential parts of the State, but' bloom ing is general. Last year cotton was in full bloom by the first of Jyly. The work of cleaning fields has narade rapid progress but ' many 5 fields are still grassy, and some ha.ve not been chop ped to stands. Sea-lslamd cotton is small, but vigorous and wealthy. Tobacco curing Is in progress. The tobacco crop has Improv?d^r?cfilltlXi_ *nd now ranges from fair to exceeding-" ly fine. Rice It doing well. Cantaloupe shipments have begun. Hay meadow*, sweet potatoes tad cane look flat, The fruit prospect* are lee* promising, es pecially (or apples and grape*. Garden* are line. The Markets, COTTON MARKET. ~ These figures represent prices paid to/sfragons: Oood middling .....13% Strict middling 13^j Middling . . -h~Tv- . . rr, . , r. . . . 13-1& StainB and tinges ,.12 to 13.00 * PRODUCE MARKET. Onions . . . . % 70 Chiekens? spring 12*4 Hens ? per head. 30 Eggs : 12?4 Beeswax 20 Turkeys 12Vfe Ccjj?w^ 60 Ducks... rr .-.-.. 2V& Wheat 60 . . Wheat? seed 1 00 Oats 45 Rye ? 1 00 Sides 9*' A Thousand Warriors K'lled. London, Special. ? The War o Office has received a dispatch from Colonel Rochfort. onjf, of the British officers serving with the Abyssinian force in Somaliland, which says the Abyssln ians on May 31; after a series of forced marches, struck -Uie Mad Muulah'a forces near Jeyd. surprising them at dawn and killing 1,000 spearmen and capturing almost all their cattle and sheep and 1.000 camels. ^ New Corporation. , Vteffney is to have another cotton mill to be knowiv-as the "Marie." The amount of the capital stock* is to be $150,000 with the privilege of increas ing to $200,006. The petitioners for a commission are E. R, Cash, P. O. Stacy. H. D. Wheat. J. G. Wardlaw, Q. P. 'Hamrick. J. C. Jeffries and W. L. Betltomeyer of Oaffney; O. O. Falls and C. & Elam of Kings Mountain. N. C.; D. A. Tompkins of Charlotte and R. B. Hopkins, of Baltimore; ? A charter *Was fiMied to The ?tar . Publishing company of Marlon, capitaU stock |2,000; J. C. Mace, president sndj F. W. McKerall secretary' and treas urer. A Nsw Bank Greenwood. . Speciel.? -GreenwoodV fourth bank wl# he known as theJLoan slid Exchange hank and* was formally launched by the filing with the secre tary of state of as application for a eommlasloo. The corporators of the new bank art J. T. 81mmons; J. T. *edkx*, A. F. McKlssick, W, R. Coth W. J. Moors. J. 9. Kl?jth. C P. O. P. Neal. Of theae the w oAoevs tft tW haaio m. pi rata sat. mi *. T. TRIAL IS- REMOVED. The liltman Case Goes to Lexington County ft"" ? iiih. ? ?iji*L. /mil' mi' rrju_. f - ? ? COURT GRANTED CHANGE OF VENUE In tho ^ase of the State Agaitst Jus.. Tillman For (tie Killing of Editor Gonzales. Removal Is Qrdered , Third Day. Argument on tho motion of a chango of venuo In the ease of James II. T?U inan, indicted for murder, was con cluded at G o'clock Wednesday after noon and Judge Townsend at once an nounced, his decision that tho chango would be granted. Counsel disagreed concerning the county where the cuh* should he sent. The day's proceedings opened with the argument of Mr, Andrew Crawford for the prosecution against the motion. He apoke for an hour and a half and his presentation of the law was highly complimented. He was followed by Mr. P. H. Nelson for the defense, win also devoted himself largely to the law of the case. Mr. G. Duncan Bellinger, formerly Attorney .General, iioxt ad dressed the court for the prosecution, first answering the arguments on tin other side. Solicitor Thurmond closed for the prosecution in a clearcut speech. . Mr. Croft closed the argument, as serting that there were ample accom modation at Saluda and that it is not Tillman's stronghold. Judge Townsend then instructed the attorneys to draw up an order Cor a change of venue and leave the county blank; On Thursday an order waB Issued by the court removing the trial to Lex ington county, to be held at the next regular terra of tho court for that county. Strke at Charleston. Charleston, Special. ? One hundred and fifty men, members of the Build ing and Trades council, struck work Monday on account of the ultimatum of the contractors, requiring them to' Withdray from the council or give up their Jobs. As a result, there was a partial suspension of work all over the city. The majority of the contractors are' in the Master Tradesmen's associa tion and consequently nearly all the work in the city is Effected. The. coun cil has been endeavoring to force sev eral of the branches of the organized labor Into the council by refusing to work on the same Jobs with them and >t&e contractors have been much an- 1 noyed by constantly-^T^vlng-ii^elA^voi-k dejifyed by th^tfounoll people quitting ,-jrfnenever th?4e few unaffiliated unions^ were put to *ork on joba, that Wtp decided to aever all connection wUh the council and the ultimatum wtfe drawn up, raquMnf ill their mecnanX lea to leave tfitfcouncll, If they would continue in their employ. The council people are standing together and their leaders say that there will not be a split.. The contractors on the other hand are certain that they will win out. They claim that th$ unions are largely made up of negro&s, that they have no financial backing, will not be recognized by tht national organiza tion and in a few days they will all be glad to resume work. In consequence of the council people quitting on jobs being done by contractors who are In the tradesmen's association, all build ing work is more or less afTected. Tho mills and a few of the contractors, who are not in the tradesmen's asso ciation, employing all union and coun cil help, are not affected by the strike. Several meetings tfcrc hold but no demonstration of any kind wa? made. Palmetto Briefs. The C. & W. trestle over Little* Rivlr near Lowndesvllle was set on Are by a passing train and burned on Thurs day. ? The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal in the case from Hampton Q. Box, convicted or manslaugh ter, and Box,- a farmer of some stand ing in Hampton, will servo his sen tence in the penitentiary for the kill ing of J. H. HcCreary. It la learned In Greenville on unques tioned authority that the Southern Railway, the Blue Ridge Railroad end the Anderaon Light and Water Com pany, which would suffer tremendous damage In the event of any serious break In the Toxaway, N. C.. dam, scud engineers to the Sapphire country to maksa careful examination of the structure. < Uhas. L. Hit! wounded and captured a large eagle near his home, two and 4. half miles below idE in Anderson eounty. The bird Is of the grey Vfrl and measure* seven feet from tip Ip-tifr of Its wiaga. Thia la the second* Ant captured near Iva In the last few years. _ i OrKtveod Merchant Killed. SfMurtaaburgr Special.? J. Leslie An drew, brother cf E. B. Andrews, of thia rity, w^lW aup^hlirodTW ft Th e ~rm loadlsg of a freight car at Greenwood, was throws from the ear, and both Jaw bones broken. Ms immediately, became paralysed sad dtad last night Deceased 4fm jnaHemtof UtepOTSt Andrews Cft, of Grveawood. and a J red by a WILL HAV? NEW FAIR BUILDINGS |?ru?pccts Bright For the Beat Stato Fair Ever Held. ( : ?. ? Columbia, Special. ? Tho "old build lug" at the fair ground la to come tlowu, and out of the timbers Ik to bo constructed a now "hall of agricul ture" which will bo as roomy as the no-called "new .tyilldlng" on the Kim wood avenue aide of the grounds. The location of the hall of agriculture will -be changed so that there will be plenty of room around tho arena In which tho crowds may circulate, hast' year and the year before there was a great Jam In the passage way around the arena , between the two main buildings and at times persons could not get from one place to the other. Mr. A. W. Ix>ve of Chester, the new general secretary of the fair was in the city, and went over the grounds with Mr. E. A. Gulgnard, member of the executive committee, and Mr. C. C. Wilson, architect. Plans foi|r tho new building have not been drawn, but tho requirements of the State Agricultural and Mechanical society have been made known to the architect and he will prepare details In accordance therewith. in addition to w building, two large restaurants will be built, In dlf-( ferent parts of the grounds. First class meals will be served in these places, and there will be lodgings for the concessioners. There would bo a greater number of these concession ers coming Into tho city from other Stales but for the lack of such hotel accommodations on the grounds. Tho entrance to the grounds is said to be badly located, apd Mr. l?ve wants the street railway company to put In a side track a little further west on Elmwood avenue. This would in a measure relieve tho congestion around the entrance and between the buildings on "big days." Before leav ing the city yesterday afternoon, Mr. Love said: "We will have 30,000 peo ple here this fall If tho Chamber of Commerce will help us as I am fcure it will. I propose to work tho counties of the State with the hope that the exhibits of tho county fairs will be sent to the State fair." He has ether plans which will ensure new features and give new life to the fair. Already the committee In charge are anticipating the State fair al though that festival do.es not occur until the late autumn. Though the fair ha3 always been a season of en joyment and festivity yet It Is the in* tention thtw y?ar to surpass . all pre vious efTorts in that llnsr. There will be in the language of slangdom "some* thing doing" every minute and the visitors will leave the city delighted with Columbia's hospitality. As last year, tho street carnival will btf a most prominent feature of the fair. The Klks will not bo behind the project as the law of that order now forbids Its participation in -such en terprises, but the Chamber of Com merce will take unpn>Jl?elf the dnty of carrying out ft carnival such as was had last year, The eit !y fair associa tion, as told in The State of last week, haa dissolved and has been merged intd the Chamber of Com merce. I Secretary A. W. Lov$ of the State Fair Association has lately been Id corresw6ndanen with the Chamber of ^Comto$roe and has entrusted to them a large part of the preparation neces sary to make the fair an eminent sue* cess as far as- Columbia is concerned. It has not yet been decided whether or not tho midway on the grounds will bo dono. away with. In the event that It Is its place will be supplied by the Bide shows on Main street as in the laet carnival. A new feature of this fair is to be a great, military parade with the co-operation of Adju tant and Inspector General John D. Frost, who, It is said, is thoroughly enthusiastic over the plan. In case the Stato encampment Is secured for Columbia it Is certain that the militia of tho State will wish to return in the "all to attend the fair. Of course the football game has al ways a star, atraction with the collego men and women of the State and laet year the crowd which saw Clemson defeated by Carolina *vas the largest ever assembled on the athletic Held at the fair grotinds. Another Resignation. t Jacksonville. Fla.', Special. ? Captain D. E. Maxwell. superintendent of the sixth division or the Seaboard Air Line with headquarters at this place, has re signed hfa position, and A. P. Connol ly, now assistant superintendent, has been appointed to succeed him. The change will take effect July 1. Captain Maxwell will remnln with the road in in advisory capacity. New Corpotatlon*. The Morgan Wood and Iron Worka of Spartanburg was chartered Satur day. The capital 4$>ck is $40,000. Mr. Wm. M. Jones Is president and treas urer, Mr. Walter ff. Montgomery secre tary. and these officers together with tlie following constitute the board of directors: Geo. W. Nicholls. V. M. Montgomery, Geo. S. Coffin. Horace L. Bomar and J. G. Evans. The Charles* ton Hunting and Fishing club was also raftered. The Consumer*' Grocery fompany of Florence gpplled for a commission. Tho corporators are W. H. Mailoy. Angus McTaggaft. W. P. Burch tad J. S. Stackley. State PreM Association. The members of the South Carotins Frees, ossoclatlop wtH go to Denver this year. The meeting of the asso ciation will ho held at the White Stone' Mthia Springs on the ?th to the 10th of Jsljr. Mr. E. H. Anil, president of the aaoodatton. while te the city yes terday stated that the hotel 1# tefftg aatten In readiness for tit mesUpa of the aaeoclatton. Hit tWOiK wtf Use is InsyNMtlo* and the Int. Mr. 1. V. Harris, to ? fcfas MMM I IHfti AN OFFICIAL KILLED State Comptroller of Texas Shot By a Crazy Man v / * * ? ? "X. ? ? ? WHO THIN COMMITTED SUICIDE Frenzied by Hl? Supposed Wrong*) W. CI. Hill, ? former Employe of the Official Kills State Comptroller Love. v . ? 0 ? Austin. Tex,, Special. ? Frenzied by Buppoaed wrongs. W. O. Hill, an ex ftUaehc of the Stato Comptroller's of fice, Tuesday morning a few minutes past 10 o'clpok, entered the prjvate of fice of Stato Comptroller Ix)ve and killed him by means of two well-di rected bullets from a large calibre re volver. As Hill turned to fleo, he was Intercepted by Chief Clerk Stevens, of the Department, who engaged htm in a scuffle, during whleh 'his revolver was accidentally exploded. The bullet entered Hill's abdomen, causing a wound from which he died at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, three hours after the death of the man whose life he sought. Thus. In brief, as told, is the story of the tragedy, the first assasalnatlou ever chronicled in the Texas capital. The shooting has thrown the town and Stato in a commotion, but the doath of the assassin, as well au his victim, has closed the story in ono chapter. Ah to what caused the shooting nohe can explain, other than that it was the act of a madman. Hill had been an ebi ploye of the Comptroller's office for ten years preceding Love's term of of fice. He was let out by Mr. I*ove when the latter took charge, and it Is pre sumed that this fact preyed upon hiB mind until he went insane. Tuesday morning he went to the capttol, en tered >tr'." I^ovc'a private office, spoke t'> him cheerfully, shook hands, and, handing him a letter to read, sat down at the invitation of the Comptroller, No sooner had Mr. Love begun to read the letter than Hill sprang to his foet and fired two shots Into the body of Mr. Love, one taking effect Just above the othor immediately below the heart. Mr. Love screamed, dropped the letter and sank to the floor. Hill, seeing that his purpose had been aee^hiplished, turnecLtP make for the door. He was intercepted by Chief Clerk SleVens, whp grappled with him and was wrestling with him when Hill's pistol was accidentally discharg ed, the bullet entering Hill's abdomen. He fell a dead weight In Stevens' arms, and was lowered gently to the floor, where he lay until .taken to the hos pital. He died at 3 nfclock. Love was given alf immediate atten tion possible, but died wlthlu an hour after the Bhooting. The^letter that Hill gave 'to Love ? reads (*s follows: "Austin, Texas, , 1903. p "Col. R. M. Love, State Comptroller: "Dear Sir: Public ofTlce la a publlo , trust. Public officers are created for the service of the people and not for the aggrandizement of a few Indlvldu rls. The practice of bartering Depart ment clerkships for prlvato gain Is a disgraco to the public service, and In this nefarious traffifcVou ore a record* breaker, You hatf? rObbed, tho State employes and jfour incompetent admin istration has prompted others to rob the State. The man who, claiming to bo & Christian, deprives others of am* ployment without cause, la a base hyp ocrite find ? tyrant. The greatest mind that ever gave Ha wisdom to the v, orld; the mind, of all others, moat capable of 'umpiring the mutiny bo tween right and wrong,' said, *You take my life when you do take from me the means by which I live.' If that" be true, you are a. murderer of the deepest crime. Although I cannot help myself, before laying life's burdens down, I shall strike a blow ? feeble though It be ? for the good of my de^ serving fellowmen.,, "For tho right against the wrong. "For the weak against tho strong. "Yours truly, (Signed) "W. O. HILL." Mr. Hill was a quiet and gentleman ly person and was never known to have been addicted to any bad habits. At the time of the shooting be was holding a good position here In the city, so that dire want could not have insti gated the frenzy that prompted the shooting. It Is the opinion of all that It was the act or an insane man. lm mediately after, the shooting and while Hill waa still lying in the corridor, a bottle of laudanum was taken from his pocket, and, reaching for It, he said: "Let me take that arid die easy."* This has led many to believe that be contemplated suicide, following his shooting of tne Comptroller. Both men hive families surviving them. Comp troller Love's remains were shipped to his old home In Limestone county for Interment and Hill's remains will bo burled here. Mtot Ey Lynchers. Scottsboro. Aln., Special.? Andrew Diggs, a negro,* was taken from jail Monday night and hanged by a mob. The negro wa(t arrested Sunday for j?u attempt to cr^xnlnjrily assault Misa Al ma. the 19-year-old daughter of Dr.1 B. Smith. Sheriff Austin, In charge of the jail, did all that waa possible to/ defend the prisooor from the mob who fired on him. Two of the eh 6U too*" effect in the aherlff's arm add Kg. The aaob secured the Mys toJHggVeell from the sheriff's daughter snd quick ly secured the negro, whom they hang ed to a nNtr-by telegraph pole. ? ~ In I Wllsson. Special. ? After being out from i o'clock Saturday l**ttt 9:H> T?**day mwrnlag. the. Jury l*.._th? Jones namttwr case had in* artrotfat a verdict, and ' as tlwy stated that they Ad aot think they. cOaMjpgree, Jodge ttii? ilnhwiH t|?B Ml % MMulat-aas ordered. Ball ?r tha Vr? * ..." v ?? ? "r SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL A Large Addition. Another largo cotton manufacturing plant will be established in tlio Char lotto (N. C.) district. It it* to bo built by the Hiss Manufacturing Co., which filed articles of Incorporation during the past week, With capital stock placed at $500,000. The incorporators are Messrs. George B. Hiss and I). O'Donoghue of Charlotte, N. C., and1 John M. Rhodes of llhodhlss, N. C. They are largely Interested in cotton manufacturing, Mwsrs. lliau and Rhodes being president and superin tendent, respectively, of tho Rhodhlss Manufacturing Co., now operating 15, 300 spindles and 420 looms at Rhodes, where tho new mill wljjj also bo lo cated. The HIwb Manufacturing Co.'fi plant will havo 25,000 spindles and 800 looms, driven by electricity gen erated from water-power, and the pro duct will be high-grade cotton goods. The engineering contract has not yet been mado. The stockholders will meet this week to olect officers and arrange further details. Ofllces are at 41 8. College street, Charlotte. New Knitting Mill. Through the efTort3 of tho Hoard of Trade of Roanoke, Va., contracts havo jeeti closed securing tho establishment >f a $20,000 knitting mill In that city. VIcubi'b. Charles Michael and Daniel Robb of 219 Chestnut street, Philadel phia, Pa., will own and operate the plant. They will occupy building throe itorlcs high, 40x80 feet, and manufac ture hosiery, employing about forty operatives. Messrs. Michael and ljtobh were mentioned in January lastj ag ;onU*mplatlng this plant. ? l?t Textile Notes. It is Btfttcd that tho Lowe Manufac turing Co. ami the Eastern Manufac turing Co. of IIuntBville, A>?.. will con solidate aid add a plant for finishing the product* of both mills. The output >f these mills Is at present finished at Fitchburg. Mass. These two com pan - .cs have -been underythe samo' manage ment (being in cont\ol of FJtchburg, Mass., cotton manufacturers), and aev jral weeks ngo announced that plans ? md speclficationH aro being prepared for doubling each Mil. Messrs. Cow-. *11 & Ix>ve are now preparing plans md specifications for the enlargement. The J,ove addition will be an 80x130 foot structure, and the Eastern will be 10x120 feet. The two com Mantes re :ently Increased capital by $150,000 to provide funds for enlargements, , Messrs. Charles J5. Garner and Btallh Pickett xtf Jacksonville. Fla., nave nade a pYopositlon to build a $200,000 ;otton factory near Albany, Go. Thoy propose locating the plant at Big. Shoals dam, on Muckafoonee creek, wo miles from Albany, and utilising :hat watef-power, which they control; Miian y investors aro anted. to sub- , icrlbe $50,000 of the amount to be In vested. A committee 1b now endeav oring to meet the terms of the proposi tion.' Some months ago Mr. Plekett Alive d of building a mill at Albany. The Washington MIIIb of Pries, Va.. baa bean fully completed and recently TCgtra operations. The plant has 45,000 tplndles and 1500 idoins manufacturing iheetlng and duck, and the company" Is capitalized at $2,220,000. When this jntcrprlse was first announced by Manuafcturers' Record In 1901 the equipment was given aff 40,900 spindles ind^lOO loom*. Extract Wooljk Merino Cto. of Chat* tADooga. Tenn., haa begun the tra j>rovemente tor * which It Increased Capital frcss 820. WO to 140.000 1a March. An additional building will be. srected and equipped with aufflelent^ machinery to double^ preaent output. The producet Is shoddy or wool ftscured from rags and cloth containing cotton ind wool. " " It Is stated that the Clifton <8. C.) Manufacturing Co. has sold about 6000 bales Qf cotton at a profit of about (150.000. This company la one of those frhose three to^lls were destroyed and Jamagod by the recent flood. The cot ton sold is what was saved of about >000 hales In the warehouses that were washed away. Messrs. U. A. Guignard and I* I. Gulon have incorporated the Lexing ton Water-Power Co. of Lexington, (8. CJ.) with capital stock of $50,000. They propose developing A water-power and transmuting the energy by olectrfcfly, to establish cotton and woolen mllla, ?In Messrs. John M. Jones, John K. Brown, P. A. Carter, W. M. Patton, James May and J. H. McCaslin have Incorporated Sweetwater (Tenn.) Hos iery Mills, with capital stock of $35, MM). W. H. Johnston, Box 546, Miami. JTa., proposes developing water-ppwtr lndjcaiAblishlng a cotton-yarn milt in Georgia. He la In the market for alT the machinery required. Messrs. J. A. Abernathy. H. S. Aber aathv and 'Tr-ffV Coster have lncnrpo-: rat?d the Wampum Cotton Mills Co; af Llncolnton, N. C? with an author IxefTbapltal of $160,000, Weldon (N. C.) Manufacturing Co. will erect a three-story addition and install additional machinery. Thl# company operates a knitting mill. L^Wltten McDonald of Kansae City, | Mo!r*t>roposes. organizing $250 ,000^ com pany to build 10.000-eplndie cotton mill at Carthage, Mo. .? P. O. Carpenter and othera have ln-1 corporated the Newton Moslefy -M4H* j Stpro Co. of Newton, N. C. The capl tal stock Is $10,000. The StlleT- Ootttm Mill* of Sasley, $. C.. haa Hied notice of its Intention to increua.Cftpttat stock from to $500,000. ? Lumber Natea. The Mobile Lumber Co. of Mobile, Ala;, has Increased tte eepiUi -atock from $150,006 to $1000,000. ttal of $9,000, The incorporators are We. T. Kahaa, La Roy C. PaUllo aM Waa. H. Whiting. ?v >The flcreea mar h FALL OF ELEVATOR " Results in Serious Injury to Miiy People CROWDED CAGE DROPS tO FLOOR. The Accident I* Supposed to Have IJccn Occasioned by Overloading of (he Car. Pittsburg, Special.? The breaking of a shaft on the Arst floorofthsA. jf? Heinz Company's plant, In AUeghebyV"' Monday, released the ropes supporting a largo//rclght elevator, on which M poisons were crowded. The cage fell from the fifth floor into the cettar, ft distance of 45 feet, and everyone on Ihe elevator was injured. It iS thought that at leust two will die. When the accident occurred the ele rator was evidently overcrowded. Ac cording to what was told this evenini by I)r. J. B. Phillips, physician at the plant, the antics of two men on the ^ elevator, who were Intoxicated, caused the disaster, Dr. Phillips Bays the two nien crowded on tho car after being told by the opera tpr*to say off. Once on, they commetuwd^Jumping, with the vc.hu it that the/iliatt snapped and left tho elevator without control. ?? According to the story toid by Wll- ? llain IConcana, n dry goods merchant ' of Cleveland, at the hospital, there . was no disordor In the crowd. ' "I thought there were too manyottv4h? car," ho said, "when I&aw how crowd ed we were, and cs ?oou as the car left the fifth floor, 1 am certain everyone realized that something had happened _ to tho machinery and that-llicfcldvator. was slipping, u There was hot a- sound or cry uttered by any one untli ^we landed in a heap In the cellar." - All but two of the injured were vlst tors to the Hclnz plant .Weber and Thompson are employea of tho COfftr pnuy. The visitors are fiom Cleveland, and are members of the Bohemian Catholic Central Union. They tooi part: ' in the blessing ^f the guiis ftf tn* cadets of St. George of Allegheny, on Sunday. Monday they took for fight* seeing and tho Heinz plant wwkon tho programme. An examination of the: plant ? and? machinery showed that ttioee Injured Itarrowly- escape* i??u?t death us- the 7W -pound- welghtr#|t tha ' side of the shaft shot to the rtppf of the building, ripped* through the tli?? beis at the top and toll half Us length through the celling ovor the floor. Had tha timbers leegstoutlUd have fallen near] mass of Injured heep on the floe elevator. . The screams _P< crash dfthe h"5 the bottom of thi drediof tescue, and physicians i jured wers Hid ta thi This la the flltt which hit ? in a statement given petals of lh? plant It the elevator was thor ed and a new ^arum place* about two J?ari^ajl!&and t been Inspected d2v by,n? charge of the -machinery one# by the oiler and once a month mlllwrlghtfSsvTha l placo Impossible to ^ he" inspectors as It was Inside the drum. Temperance Law Constttiitlopal* Nashville, Spocial. ? The Court has tendered a dwltlon that the Adams law, which wa* by the last Legislature, to tlonafc The msestirn Mt&JL ' law. There are only eight t< State that are exempt trdrn fltff. operation. 1 37- ^ ?* ? ???*?' Additional Washington^ Special.? The Jury reported additional Ifc against August W. Jfachen Brothers, fn ihe -eaee. of receiving a bribe, and la tha Oroff Brothel*., for giving a fon? IndlntihanH sr*> WwjjffSr cover three additional put the first indictment oa tooling >w comata v hived the the charge of: At the suggestion of presiding over CMm th<^ tic fend ants will w?ek\ ? ~*wm.