Sl.SOPer Year
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS
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news Of Merest wciMfl rroiM am jccdoib of Die xhc ana
Cotton lOIl IndustxyGrowiag.
Columbia, SpeciaL ? Commissioner
Waiaon Li? suide public !!?? flgum I
revised to date in regard to the eot
ton manufacturing industry in South
Carolina for the forthcoming revised
edition of the hand book of South
.Carolina to be issued by the depart
ment of agriculture, eommeree and
immigration. Although this is a doll
year in all lines of business and oom- 1
merce and parie^larly in manufac
tures, the figures show substantial in
creasse in the cotton mill industry ss
follows :
To August 1st, 1908. -
Number of establishments 182.
Number of corporations 162.
Total capital invested in textiles
$195326,919.
^Capital stock, par value $564)92,
Capital stock actual value $50,682,
<m)4.
Number of spindles 3,776,981.
Number of looms 92,744.
Bales of cotton consumed annual
ly 793,396.
Value of product annually $77,019,
419.
Number of employes 56,223.
To August 1st, 1907.
Number of establishments 179.
Number of corporations 159.
Total capital invested in textiles
$103,821,919.
Capital stock, par value $54,987,
?50. .
Capital stock, actual value $48,677,
234.
Number of spindles 3,633,761.
Number of looms 90,177.
Bales of cotton consumed annual
ly 774,905.
Number of looms 90,177.
Value of product annually $75,
455.0019. -
Number of employees 54,887.
. So far as the reports have been re
ceived an actual increase of 10,000
spindles has been made in the above
mills.
. The latest new mill to be established
is the Rikmrd Knitting Mill, of Lex
000 ?n COUnty' With a caPital ot $10,
Increase of capital stock in exist
ing mills are proposed for the year
1908 amounting to $200,000, and' the
new mills being organized have a pro
posed capital of $310,000.
Among the textile developments
and improvements, enlargements, etc,
proposed for the year 1908 arc the
following :
Newberry Cotton Mills proposes in
crease from 28,000 to 38,000 spindles,
and from 900 looms to 1,200 looms.
Aragon Mills, of York, proposed to
double plant during vear, which
would mean 29,489 spindles and 560
looms.
Darlington proposed new mill of
10.000 spindles and 300 looms.
Pendleton Cotton Mills, proposed
increase of spindles from 3,136; to
11,999.
Cheraw Cotton Mills, Chesterfield
County, proposed new mill of 10,000
spindles and 300 looms.
Calhoun mills, Calhoun Falls pro
posed increase from 10,000 to 25.000
spindles, and from 400 looms to 600
looms.
Lockhart Mills, proposed increase
of 3,000-horse power water power.
Manetta Mills and Highland Cot
ton Mills, enlargements contemplated
before the end of the year.
Tyger Cotton Mills, proposed en
largements before end of year.
Wellford, new mill proposed with
$300,000 capital.
Spartanburg, proposed new mill to
be known as Crescent Manufacturing
Company.
Blackshurg, Blackshur? Mills, or
ganized in 1907, with $250,000 capital
almost ready to itart with 5,000
spindles and 125 looms and TOO opera
tives.
GOOD CROPS AROUND CHERAW.
Outlook Particularly Bright in
Chesterfield County.
Cheraw, Special. ? The crop out
look in this county is brighter than
for several years, rains for the past
week have greatly benefited cron
conditions, and Chesterfield farmers
are jubilant over the prospect of
good crops.
8outh Carolina Postal Changes.
The following changes have been
announced in the uoetal service in
South Carolina: Rockton, Horace M.
Rabb is appointed rural msil carrier,
and W. C. Rabb, substitute; at
Whinsboro, George B. MeCants, car
rier, and D. W. MeCants, substitute;
at Dillon, William S. Jackson, ear
rter, and Junius H. Jackson, sub
i Mitute; at Ridse Spring, Goprge W.
Sawyer, carrier, and Hardwell
Quarles, substitute. A new route will
begin st Mayesville, Sumter County,
effective November 2. It will bo ad
ditional service to Route 2; will be
twenty-four miles long. ,
Tobacco Seles at Florence.
Florence, Special. ? The Florence
tobacco market was livelier last week
than it has been in years. Heavy,
ssles were made each day but Thurs
day and Friday went banner days.
Planters of the leaf from far and
near were here and they came, fcot
only from Florence County, but Dar
lington, Sumter, Clarendon end Wil
k liamsburg counties, bringing quan
tities of the *?ed.
Ooatracts For Torpedo 8U91
Charleston, Special. ? According to
information received from Washing
ton, the work of constructing the tor
pedo headquarters at the Navy Yard
will be begun immediately and the
first part of this great portion of the
new Government plant will be the
building of the slips for which the
Pennsylvania Bridge Company, of
Washington, D. C., was dec Is red . the
lowest bidder and received the con
tract. It is thought that flrm
will start their work at onee, aad as
the contract requires completion in
side of three months the 1st day of
December will probably sec many of
the little torpedo craft, now in re
serve at the navy yard at Norfolk,
tied up at their new home. The tor
pedo slips are to cost $48,000 and
will be of the most modern construc
tion. They will be located in the
southern portion of the yard and near
them will be the equipment build
ing. The plans which will be carried
out call for the construction of six
piers, all of which will extend into
the river for a considerable distance.
The laerest of these will be 30 feet
in width and will have a length from
the shore line of MO feet. This will
probably be used by the parent ships
and the larger torpedo boat destroy
ers. The five remaining piers are
to be duplicates, each having a length
of 4C0 feet, with a width of 10 feet.
The slips on either side of and be
tween these piers will allow for tha
easy mooring of about thirty torpedo
boats. The interest taken in the
bidding was very gratifying to the
nevy department, and the award to
the Pennsylvania Bridge Company
was made after considerable discus
sion among the -officials of this
branch of the Government. There
were in the competition p large num
ber of firms, and all of the bids were
very close. Among the bidders were
contracting firms of Charleston, Sav
annah and many points in the North.
Liet. Walter H; Allen, the civil engi
neer nt the yard, was in Washington
when the award was made. Beforo
the torpedo headquartsrs are com
plete it is expected that many of the
litlle craft will be brought to the
Navy Yard from their present place
of reserve at the Norfolk Navy Yard,
and with them will come several
largo ships that arc being used as
parent vessels. The arrival of the
bnttle ship Texas from Norfolk may
be expected at any time during the
Intter part of the present month, and
011 her reaching the Navy Yard the
old visitor to Charleston will be at
once placed in commission as station
ship, as it is termed in the navv.
The Texas is now at Norfolk, being
thoroughly overhauled. It in expec
ted that the finishing of the dry dock
will bo witnessed during the early
fall, and at present all that remains
for its use is the finishing of the
channel to the river and the installa
tion of the pumping machinery. The
dredging is about completed and the
pumps will be working in a very
short time. The caisson which is to
be used as the gateway for the bi|?
stone basing, is now at the yard, and
ns soon as the occasion requires it
can be placed in instant use.
Sunday School Convention at Lau
rens.
Laurens, Special. ? The 33rd annual
session of the Laurens Countv In
terdenominational Sunday School
Convention was held in this eity Fri
day and Saturday with the First
Presbyterian Church. The session of
the Convention were presided over
by the Rev. B. H. Grier. of Ora, the
president of the Association, with
Mr. Geo. L. Pitts, of Laurens as sec
retary. The programme included a
variety of Sunday School topics, and
the sctsion was one of profit
Bank at Union Falls.
TTnion, Special. ? The People's Bank
of this city, closed its doors Tuesday
pending voluntary liqiudation. In a
statement issued by the president, B.
F. Arthur, general depression is the
reason assigned for the action. It is
said that depositors are fully protect
ed.
Spartanburg Wants Veterans.
Spartanburg, Special. ? Camp Wnl
ker, U. C. V., met last week ami pas
sed resolutions inviting the next State
Confederate reunion to be held in
this city. The invitation will bo ex
tended st the reunion to be held in
Greenville. Delegates were also elec
ted to the Greenville reunion.
Briefs of a General Nature.
The town of Fernie, B. C\, was de
stroyed by fire and 100 lives arc re
ported lost.
Three new babies have already
been named for Judge Taft.
To Improve the Minnesota.
Jordan, Minn., Special. ? Plans for
tho improvement of the Minnesota
river wero considered at a meeting of
the Minnesota River Improvement
League. The matter of removing ob
structions and unnecessary curves
and twists in tho channel of the
steam, ?o as to enlarge its capacity
to carry off the water without over*
flowing, was considered.
PRESIDENT TAKES BLAME
? V
Awwiiw lb at Ha to
Far tti Diwlirgi of thi Negro
Trim at BiwulDt Taft Had
NotMat to da Wttfc the Matter.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sopeial. ? Pmit
dent Roosevelt in a statement issued
late Friday made it clear that the
entire responsibility was his for the
issuance of the original order dis
charging the battalion of negro sol
diers for alleged participation in the
Brownsville, Tex., rioting and the re
fusal to permit a suspension of that
order.
The President was shown an inter
view which was had in Washington
with General Corbin, U. S. A., re
tired, in which General Corbin stated
that no credit or blame in the mat
ter rested with Mr. Taft. After lead
ing the interview the President
through his assistant private v secre
tary, Rudolph Foster, gave out the
following:
"General Corbin 's statement is sb
?olntely correct, and it was entirely
proper that he should make it. The
substance of the message from the
President which he quoted was made
public long ago. In the Brownsville
matter the entire responsibility for
issuing the original order and for de
clining to allow its suspension was
tho President's."
In his interview General Corbin
fttated in substance that Mr. Taft
was in no way responsible for the
order discharging the batalion of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry, and that in
doing so the then Secretary of War
had obeyed the direct order of the
Pr^ident. General Corbin then re
counted the circumstances as they
occurred and were published follow
ing the Brownsville affair.
PRESS COMMITTEE.
Chairman Henry Wattcrson An
nounces Members of. the Demo
cratic Press Oonmittee.
New York, Special. ? Henry Wat
tersou, editor of The Louisville Cou
rier-Journal, who is chairman of the
newspaper committee of the Demo
cratic national campaign committee,
made public the names of the Dem
ocratic press committee of advise
ment, among them being the follow
ing. Southern men :
Alabama ? Birminghan Age Herald,
E. W. Barrett; Montgomery, Adver
tiser, W. W. Screws, F. P. Glass.
Arakansas ? Little Rock Democrat,
Clio Harper.
Georgia ? Atlanta Constitution,
Clark Howell.
Kentucky ? Lexington Herald,
Desha Breckenridge.
IiOuisiana ? New Orleans Pica
yune, Thomas E. Davis; New Orleans
Timcs-Democrat. Page H. Parker.
Mississippi ? Jackson Clarion?|Lod
ger, H. R. Henry.
>?orth Carolina ? Charlotte Obser
ver. J. P. Caldwell.
f-outh Carolin" ? Columbia State
W. E. Oonxalesi Charleston News and
Courier, J. C. Hemphill.
Tennessee ? Chattanooga tfews, J.
C. Rice; Knoxville Sentinel, G. F.
Milton; Nashville American, Charles
H. Slack,
Texas ? Galveston, John R. Hedcres,
Virginia ? Richmond Times Dis
patch, Joseph Bryan.
Governor Smith Urges Action on la
portent Bills.
Atlanta. Go., Special. ? Governor
Hoke 8m i tii pent n special message to
t!v? Legislature urging action on sev
oral measures which he consider* erf
vital importance and stating his
readiness to call an extra session of
the legislature if necessary, at which
the convict question can be disposed
of. The measures which Governor
Smith mentions a* being of primary
importance are the anti-lobbying bill,
a law flxiv.g the time for holding
State primaries not earlier than 60
days before the date of election, a
new registration law and provision of
a fnnd for the maintenance of the
Stat* ajrrioultnral schools.
Work Train Wrecked.
Roanoke, Va., Special.? The work
train on a narrow gauge road run
ning from Itoanoke, left the rails
and rollod down a high embankment
on the mountainside. A number of
men riding on the train were caught
under the engine and cars. Three
were killed and several more serious
ly injured.
Contract? For Array Clothing.
Chicago, Special. ? Manufacturers
in the West are severely criticising
the, methods cmployM in flic War
PepTrtmeqt in awarding contracts
for army clothing. In constituting
a special board to pas* on all hid* it
was ordered fhat special sample of
twenty ya?rls of cloth be used for
uniforms be furnished. Mannfactur
rrs in an informal protest declare
thr?t this virtually creates n monopoly
as the cost to manufacture a special
sample is prohibitive for small
dealers.
Woman Diss From Oat's Bite.
New York, Speird. ? Mrs Jane
Trumbell died last week from hy
drophobia. She was bitten a mt>n!h
ago by a |>et cat. No treatment was
taken and the dicase developed two
weeks ago. Her sufferings have been
frightful, but her composure wns re
markable. She faced death almost
ns eamly as did Mr. Marsh, who died
from the bite of a pet dog a foft
weeka ago. / _
COMMITTEES NAMED
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Chairman Mack Getting Forces
Organized For Campaign
MEN ON FINANCE AND SPEAKERS
Before Lniiii BdM? For Okleaio,
? UmV Auouom tho
Appointment of FIbmmo tad 8puk
an' OommiMcca. ?
Buffalo, N. Y., Special. ? Chairman
Norman E. Mack, of the Democratic
national committee, announced bo- .
fore bis departure for Chicago the ap
pointment of a finance committee
for the Democratic Campaign with
Moses C. Wet more, of St. Looia, aa
chairman, and John E. Osborne, of
Wyoming, as vice chairman, and a
speakers' committee, with John H.
Atwood, of Kansaq, as chairman and
Champ Clark, of Missouri, as vice
chairman. The finance committee is
made up of twenty-nine members,
and the speakers' committee in com
posed of twenty-seven members.
Announcement was also taade by
Chairman Mack that Senator Charles
A. Culberson, of Texas, had been ap
pointed to succeed David R. Francis,
of Missouri, as chairman of the ad- (
visory committee. In making known
the change Mr. Mack said:
"Former Governor Francis' accept
ance of a place on the committee
was assured. I did not anticipate
tbat he contemplated a stay of any
length abroad, but wired him. He
answers that he will be absent so
much of the campaign that he ought
not to be chairman, but would be
pleased to be a member of the com
mittee. Senator Culbernon was ask
ed to accept the chairmanship and
han accepted.
Finance Committee.
The finance committee appointed
by Chairman Mack i* as follows ; _
Finance Committee ? Moses C. Wet
more, chairman, Missouri ; John E.
Osborne, vice chairman, Wyoming;
C. N. Haskell, treasurer, Oklahoma;
A. Clark, Montana; Thomas L.
Johnson. Ohio; Lewis Nixon, New
York; Alva Adams, Colorado; D. J.
Campau, Michigan ; Franhis G. New
lands, Nevada; Williard Saulsbary,
Delaware; Aloxander Troup, Connec
ticut; Riehard F. Pettigrew , South
Dakota; George Turner, Washington;
Martin H. Glynn, New York; Ellison
Tucker, Arkansas; M. A. Miller, Ore
gon ; Melbert B. Carey, Connecticut ; i
George Fred Williams, Massachu
setts; Johiah Mnrvel, Delaware; W.
S. Jennings, Florida; W. R. O'Brien,
Indiana; M. F. Dunlnp, Illinois; E.
C. Wall, Wisconsin; Isaac Reese, Ten
nessee; J. Taylor EUyson, Virginia;
Thomas R. Brown, Vermont ; W. E.
Chilton, West Virginia; Blair Lee,
Maryland and Eugene E. Reed, New
Hampshire.
Speaker's Committee.
The speakers' committee is as fol
lows: John H. Atwood, chairman,
Kansas; Champ Clark, vice chairman,
Missouri; C. A. Towne, of New York;
R. B. Glenn, North Carolina; B. R.
Tillman, South Carolina; R. E. Let,
Mountcastle, Tennessee ; John II.
I/cnta, Ohio; Augustns Thomas, New
York; T. H. Alexander, Colorado;
Jeremiah BWfck, Pennsylvania; Henry
Warren, Indiana; T. P. Hudson, Min
nesota; W. H. Dunphy, Washington;
W. B. Haldetnan, Kentucky; Thomas
H. Dowd, New York; Guy B. Tucker,
Arkansas; T. A. Jenninrs, Florida;
8. P. Donnelly, Idaho; E. L. Jones,
Marvland; John Sunderland, Nevada;
William Collins, North Dakota; W. T.
Brady, Oklahoma ; M. A. Miller, Ore
gon j Frank K. Nebeker, Utah, and J.
E. Burke, Vermont.
The chairman of the two com
mittees will probably make their
hcadouarters in Chicago.
Chairman Mack left here for Chi
cago at 8:20 o'clock.
Cleveland Memorial Committee.
New York, Special. ? Mayor Oeorge
B. MeClellan announce*! the names
of the mon he has nsked to serve on
tho flivver Cleveland memorial rom
mittco. The committee is headed hv
Francis Lynde Stetson nnd its office
will be arranged for a memorial
meeting or other public tribute to the
late statesman ami former president
Big Corner in Cotton.
New York, Special.- The entire cot
ton supply available for delivery on
contract, is snid to have been cor
nered by J. L. T,ivert?ore, a young
broker. In the last Iwo weeks cot
ton ha* advancod on this market
$3.50 per bale and shorts are border
ing on a panic. Believing that there
would, be n bic crop, contracts ?old
ahort, and prices were depressed.
Consequently the stock was houorht
and shipped aw>ay, making the avail
able supply the lowest in years.
Tiivermore is said to have acquired
?very bale not nnder contract tc
spinners.
Father K iln Sen.
Ralma'nca, N. Y., Hpecial. ? TTenrv
Van Arnum, who wa* just released
from a reformatory, where ho served
a term for robbery, was *hot and kill
ed bv his father when ho went home.
TTe had been wi'h his father ohlv r
fen* minutes, wlj-n thev quarreled
7fe struck nt his father with a choir
and the father shot thrice, killina
hia sou inatnntlv with the last bn'lel
lie eluima sclf-defcnao.
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MIIMR MATTERS Of MTtREST
Georgia shippers filed a protest
against the increase in freight rates
and charged the railroad companies
with conspiracy.
Commander Charles A. Gove is ex
ported to succeed Commander Wil
liam S. Benson as commandant of
cadets at the Naval Aeademy.
Samuel Gompers is expected to
make speeches to union workingmen
advocating the election of Bryan.
Terrified by a dream Miss Beulah
G. Connell, in the Memorial Hospital
Richmond, leaped from a window and
was killed.
Capt. Micajah Woods, of Charlotts
ville, was elected president of the
Virginia Bar Association.
W. W. Pendleton, an insane mur
derer, escaped from the Marion In
sane Asylum.
Suffragette's invaded Oyster Bay,
but wore given little encouragement.
William Jennings Bryan consented
to deliver a speech in Johnson's
State, and this may delay lp8 East
em trip.
Martial law has practically been
declared in the Alabama mining dis
trict-where the strike is on.
Senator Chester I. Lqng has ap
parently been beaten in the Kansaa
primary by Joseph L. Bristow.
Harry K. Thaw was given an oufc
ing from jail when he was taken to
defend a suit.
Maryland Pythians made a fine
impression in Bostop. >.
Count Zeppelin's great airship was
destroyed through a combination of
disasters when he had nearly com
pleted his great journey.
Canadian Pacific machinists struck
all across the Continent.
The Sultan of Turkey was stabbed
according to report, but his shirt of
mail prevented damage.
In the speech from the throne the
Finnish Diet was warned by the
Czar.
Jack Lee, white, shot and instant
ly killed Beverly Card well,' colored,
and mortally wounded his brother,
Samuel, who died later, near Concord,
10 miles from Lynchburg, Va.
John A. Davis, a Western Maryland
railroad fireman, was killed at Dill,
W. Va., by being impaled upon a
switch signal.
President Hoosevelt declared he had
not taken action in the case of the
West Point cadet hazers.
Byan expressed himself as suspi
cious of his enemies of the Metropoli
tan press.
The forest fire in British Columbia
is still causing havoc.
E. H. Harriman in discussing rate
regulation, said the railroads needed
protection.
Ethel Jackson, the original Merry
Widow in the New York musical pro
duction. obtained a divorce from J.
Fred Zimmerman, a theatrical man
ager.
The Syrians in* America have start
ed a movement to present a battleship
to Turkey in recognition of the pro
mulgation of constitutional govern
ment.
llenry Fnrmnn made three fights
with hi? aeroplane and on the second
attempt he covered 000 yards.
Miss Emilie Gardner, an opera pri
ma donna, was badly bitten by her
housekeeper's bull dog and is in a se
rious condition.
At least 5,000 people participated
in the welcome-home demonstration
at Weston, W. Va., in honor of Hon.
Louis Bennett, who was nominated
for Governor last week bv the Dem
ocratic convention at Charleston.
Cardinal Gibbons visited the Amer
ican College in Rome and was greeted
by the students.
Emperor 'William is on a visit to
? lie King and Queen of Sweden at
Stockholm.
According to a compilation of the
German Navy I/cngue the Japanese
Navv will rank third in 1011.
President Castro, of Venezuela, has
canceled the concessions given to two
English companies.
Wheat and corn went soaring in
Chicago and New York on reports of
dampTc by hot weather aud "black
ruM."
A lockout of 8,000 riveters in a Ger
man shipyard may oanse a general
| strike^
Jndsc Ptxker Takes the Stump.
Los Angeles, Cel., Special. ? Judge
I Parker took the stump last week on
behalf of the Brran ticket. His
speech was devoted to the tariff ? i
which he donominated as the ono
great question of the hour ? and the
regulation of corjK?rations.
TRAIN FIRED INTO; 3 DEAD
Ambushing a Special Carrying Non
Union Men to Alabama Mines,
Striken Poor a Murderous Fire
Into the Oar Windows.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. ? Three
men were instantly killed and
eleven injured, two of whom will
probably die, when striking miners
fired into a passenger traiu on the
Birminghanui mineral Railroad at
Blocton Saturday morning about 2
o'clock. The dead are:
Conductor Joe T. Collins.
O. Z. Dent, deputy sheriff.
Willard Howell, non-union miner.
The injured:
Major F. H. Dodge, superintendent
of safety, Tennessee Coal Company,
wounded in hand and leg.
E. E. Cox, superintendent of mines,
Tennessee Coal Company, slightly
wounded in knee.
A. E. Cross, chief clerk, superin
tendent's office, wounded in arm and
knee.
J. C .Johnson, deputy sheriff,
slightly wounded in side.
A. C. Bryant, deputy sheriff, slight
ly wounded in side.
J. , B. Cornet-, deputy sheriff,
wounded in back.
W. II. McAuly, soldier, slight in
juries.
M. A. Pearson, soldier, wounded in
left shoulder.
J. C. Martin, wounded in head,
hack and arm.
A. J. Myer, laborer, wounded in leg.
Robert Sigmon, \ymned in arm
and breast.
The train was a special bearing
non-union men to the Blocton mines
under guard of soldiers and edputies.
On the outskirts of the town the
engineer suddenly saw a log across
the track and at once a fusilade was
fired into the train. The engineer
did not stop, hut let the coal catcher
thrown the log from the track and
put on full spead. The place where
the attack was made was in a cut,
the ground being on a level with the
lower part of the windows. The as
sailant 's behind the rocks above pour
ed down a murderous fire directly
into the windows and at the engi
neer. Practically every window in
the train was broken and shots
struck all parts o ft he engine and
cab. The train proceeded to Blocton
and the dead and injured were re
turned to Birmingham. Doge were
hurried to the scene and took trails
through the woods directly to the
union quarters. Eight negroes were
arrested this afternoon and other ar
rests are expected.
Paper Plant Shuts Down.
Saratoga, N. Y., Special. ? All de
partment-* of tin* International Pa
per Company's plant at Corinth have
been closed down, following an order
reecive<l from the company's head
quarters in New York City. The
shut down is for an indefinite time.
Early in the week employes in the
mill decided to resist reduction in
wages ami voted to strike. The shut
down affects several hundred men.
Decrease in Death Rate.
Philadelphia, Pa., Special. ? A de
crease in the death rate from the tub
erculosis of l.r> per cent, is reported
by the department of public health
in this city, as compared with similar
periods last year. It is believed that
the lowest morality rate is due to the
educational campaign against the
"white plague" which is now being
carried on in Philadelphia.
Starvation In Southern China.
Hong Kong. Hv Cable. ? Kepresen
tn.ions were made to the government
that unless the officials here re
lieve the suffering resulting from the
typhoon wihch recently swept pnrts
of Southern China, thousands will die
from starvation. The work of the
government has so far been inade
quate. Armv officers are mnking dis
tributions of rice, but the work is
slow and thousands who have not vet
hcen. reached are now in a pitable
condition. %
Tax on "Near Ecer" in Georgia.
Atlanta, CJa., Special. ? A bill wa#
passed by the lower house of the leg
islature imposirvr a tax of $200 <*i all
salcons or restnurants sellimr "neat
beer" and prohibiting manufacture
of "ncr.r beer" unless the mnnufne
tnrcr pay a tnx of $.'?00. According
to the prohibition law now in force no
beverrge <nn be fold in the State con
tainir.'t more tlinn 2 per cunt of al
cohol.
POB8NT FWA7/E HTM.
"That new preacher you have Is
a pretty witl?>awake young man. Isn't
lie?"
"Yc?p. Keeps rl*ht on preachln'
when everybody else Is asleep."?
Cleveland leader.
FAVORS RAILROADS
Federal Judge Grants Increase
in Southern Freight Rates
JUDGE SPECR S ORDER UPSET
United States Circuit Court Judge
Pardee, Sitting at Ashevillc, Grant
ed Supersedeas Asked For by the
Southern and Other Railroads.
Asheville, N. C., Special? An impor
tant hearing %tu? had before Circaii
Judge Pardee, of Atlanta, who is h??re
spending the summer, when counsel
representing the Southern Railway,
the Louisville & NaRhville and other
railroads interested appeared before
the court and made application for
appeal and supersedeas in the Geor
gia rate disc decided by United States
District Judge Emory Speer last
week.
Judge Pnrdee granted the appeal
and supersedeas, which allows the
railroads to put their new rates in
effect in Georgia as in other States.
It will bo remembered t lint, recently
certain railways gave not ire
that, effective August 1st, they would
put into effect under authority of the
inter-State commerce commission an
increased freight rate, known as the
Ohio river rates. In the meantime,,
and before the rates became effec
tive, certain shippers in Georgia ap
peared before Judge Speer seeking to
restrain the roads from putting the
rates into effet. Judge Speer grant
ed the restraining order and an un
usual situation was created with &
certain rate in effect in Georgia nitd
another rate in other States.
The order made by Judge Pardee
in effect dissolves the restraining or
der of Judge Speer and permits the
railroads interested to put into af
fect in Georgia the rates which went
into effect in other States August
!st.
Pending the final determination of
the matter. Judge Pardee required of
the railroads appearing through
counsel sufficient bonds to protect the
shippers who secured from Judge
Speer restraining order from any loss
that they may sustain in the event
that the suit is decided adversely to
t lie railroads.
Among counsel apcaring before
Judge Pardee were Sanders McDan
iel, Judge Stone, of the L. & N. ;
Northup, of the Southern; II. (". Aus
tin and J. S. P. Thompson, assistant
to President Finley, /> f the Southern
Railway.
Street Railway Employee anil Ne
groes fight.
iVnsneolo, Flo., Special ? One man
was fatally wounded and another
painfully injured n.s tae icssult of a
light early Wednes'ax be' ween ne
;mois and street railway rmplovos on
a !'nv Shore car. William Johnson,
c'orn!. was slioi ir. tin mouth and
abdomen, while ('h'.?.; Inspector Mc
Cit fig. of the street railway, snjTi-rert
a f.iiiiif ill wound in the hand. The
r.fgroih had had a picnia at Palmet
to l??ach, which lasted far into the
tiigl't. A special car \vi: h half a doz
ei trailers was bringing the?a back
v.hen one negro r^fuseii to pay a!s
faie. A general fight followco be
tween the eight or ten conductors and
some of the negroes.
Michigan Merchants and Manufactur
ers File a Protest.
Kalamazoo, Mich., Special. ? The
Merchants and Manufacturers' Asso
ciation filed with the inter-State com
merce commission a protest against
putting into force an increase in
rates for the Southern cli<sification
territory proposed by the railroads to
go into effect this month. The in
crease. Vice President Shepardson, of
this city, who announced the filing
of the protest, says ranges from 10 to
25 per cent.
Fleet Encounters Rough Sea.
Suva, Fiji Islands, Hy Cable. ?
Wireless telegraph messages received
here Wednesday night from the
1'nited States Atlantic fleet reported
the vessels at S p. m. iti latitude 2.V2.1
south, longitude 17S..">1 west, ^10
miles distant from Auckland. 'I ho
sea was rough. The ustiai evolutions
wore being maintained hy tl?J lieet.
Durham's New Industry.
Durham, Special. ? There is a ne*f
industry in Durham ? a broom fac
tory. This factory wa* opened for
the first timo and brooms are beinif
turned out rapidly. At the first the
capacity of the plwrit will be 72 do*
on a day. but the capacity will he in
creased as the demand increases. This
new industdy is owned by Mr. P. A.
Willis, an experienced broom-maker,
who for a number of veors was fore
tnnn in Uie hr<jom- making department
nt the d.eaf, durab and blind school.
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