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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., MARCH 4, 1897
House Galleries Crowded With
Inauguration Visitors.
ME. DOCKERY JUMPS ON SENATORS
Thinks Ihey Are Trjluz to Monopolie*
IiiatiKural ( eremmlos by Having the
Flatforiu KreotatU lu front nt the Sen*
ate tying — Ihe Naval Appropriation
Ulli Seut to Couforeuoo.
Washisotos, March 3.—Tho hoasa
was prepared for a lon>r and hard day’s
work when it met at 10 o’clock. Even
at this early hour the rotunda and cor
ridors of tho capirol were thronged
with sightseers and tho galleries wero
crowded to repletion.
The traditional and long standing
Jealousy betweon the house and senate
was tho cause of a resolution, which
Mr. Dockery (Dem., Mo.) introduced at
the opening of the session, asking for
•u inquiry into the reason why past
precedents have been ignored in the lo
cation of tho platform, upon the eastern
terrace of the capitol, where Mr. Mc
Kinley will bo inaugurated, entirely in
front of the senate wing. Heretofore
the platiorm has been built out from
the main entrance and neither house
had cause to feel slighted. This year
some of the members feel that the sana-
tors are seeking to monopolize his great
ceremony and tho resolution was tho
outcome of this dissatisfaction. Under
the rules it was referred to the com
mittee.
Mr. Richardson (Dorn., Ikiun.) sug
gested an amendment to aset^tain what
authority existed for the erection of a
platform anywhere on the plaza.
The house waited about half an hour
for the appearance of conference re
ports. The DistriCi of Columbia and
naval appropriation bills, which came
over from tho senate, were sent to con
ference.
Mr. Hopkins (Rop., Ills.) tried to get
a separate vote on tho senate proposi
tion to fix the price of armor plate at
$300 per ton. He wanted the amend
ment concurred in. He said the Illi
nois Stool company was prepared to
furnish the government with armor
plate for which they wore paying foOO
per ton. for $240.
"Is that company responsible?” asked
Mr. Milnes (Rep., Mich.).
“It has a capital stock of $40,000,000,”
replied Mr. Hopkins, ‘‘and has in it
such men as Marshall Field, Rockefel
ler, Pullman and Armour. It is one of
the strongest companies in the United
States.”
The president has vetoed the immi
gration bill. Tho message setting forth
his objections to tho measure has been
written ami delivered to the house.
The senate concurred in the house
amendments to tho international mone
tary conference bill. This is tho last
legislative stage and tho bill goes to tho
president.
MEXICAN MINING HORROR.
No llupo Ilomnlns For the Imprisoned
Workmen—Ton l*o<l!cs Kecovored.
City of Mexico, March 3.—The lat
est news from tho mine disaster at Zac
atecas shows tho calamity fully as bad
as first reported. Fire broke out in San-
amoro mine, one of the properties of
the Sombrerete company, and commu
nicated to the San Francisco mine.
The principal shaft of tho former is
8,000 foot deep, and a rescuing party
went down to tho bottom, but wero
nearly suffocated by smoke. The Cor
nish miners displayed unusual heroism
in attempting the relief of the impris
oned men.
Ton bodies have boon taken out, and
all show signs of asphyxiation. There
is no longer any doubt that 170 miners
perished. Tho city of Zacatecas is a
•ceue of mourning and consternation,
this being the greatest calamity in its
mines during modern times.
Alabama at the Naslivlllo Fair.
Montgomery, Ala., March 3.—The
governor has given his consent to the
appropriation from tho agricultural
fund of $4,000 to bo use'l in making an
exhibit of tho state’s resources at tho
Nashville exposition. Most of tho Ala
bama exhibit at tho Atlanta exposition
has been stored away in the capitol since
the Atlanta fair closed ami much of
this will be available for use at Nash
ville. Many counties and individuals
will chip in and a creditable display
will bo made.
A Uovolutliin la Uruguay,
1/3 if don, March 3.—Tho Montevideo
oorresponaout of The Times says that
small groups of revolutionists are cross
ing tho northern frontier, near Oarpiu-
terin. An invasion of the main body
is expected hourly. The government is
rapidly placing tho republic on a war
footing. Two thousand Diancos are re
ported on tho Brazilian frontier, and as
many more on tho Argentina frontier.
They are under exjwrienced leaders.
The feeling at the capital is anxious.
No KopHe For Daugltdrlll.
Montgomery, Ala., March 8.—Goy-
ernor Johnston has announced his re
fusal to respite )ba sentence of Colin
Daughdrill. tho Gadsden man who is
ae»teuG4>d to hang next Friday for tho
murder of Bates, the crockery drummer.
Daughdrill comes of a prominent fam
ily and his execution will produce a sou-
satiou.
A Ulitcult Factory llurned.
Bai.timokk, March 3. — Tho •toam-
•ake and biscuit bakery of the Bal(C
more Biscuit company, at 17 and
East Camden sire t. 1ms been gutted by
fire. The stock, valued fit $10,000, is a
total lost, anil the maclimory, costing
$30 ,000, is la all probability ruined.
Conlrml For a Jii<lsrHlil|> t/iiclnr Way.
Montgomery. Ala , March 3.—-The
contest cu-o between Messrs. Bnyre and
Winter for tho city court judgeship is
under way. Oi c . Court Judge Tyson
has beei listem .p > the arguments all
day. It will o' .i.. several days to
isomplotti tho ..igunion;*.
TO STAND iWEDDED VAGRANT
! Southr' Win > Its Fight In
t;c Legislature.
Wrung Lady I/urried a Man Just
Oul of /iknshouse.
Lively K r t’juter f.otwjon Senator Hyatt
ami Trlv.r !e Soc*i « tury Alexander — A
IV1 lift ton derolkaot ami ToIkaco > MnuC'
faeturer —Well Known < itlacn
Attempt* tn Kill Knt Children.
Raleigh, Fvb. 27 —Tho session ©f
the senate was devoted to a discussion of
tho bill to annul tiro lease of the North
Carolina railway. Tho Ecuato chamber
was packed, mauy representatives of the
Southern and Seaboard railways being
present. Tho majority of the special
committee on tho present lease of tho
road reported that it had f< u:sd no fraud
or suspicion of fraud in the making cf
the lease.
The minority of tho committee made
a report that it did not concur in the
majority report because tho committee
would not summon and examine cx-
Governor Carr, A. B. Andrews and R.
O. iiofl'mau, and they found that the
facts could not bo obtained without
their evidence.
The majority of tho committee offered
a substitute for the bill, to annul the
lease. The minority recommended that
tho substitute should uot pass.
The debate occupied nearly four
hours, and was at times warm. The
substitute was adopted—yeas, 2b; nays,
24. Then the bill was passed to its sec
ond and third readings and was clinched.
Governor Russell had felt confident
up to almost the last moment that tho
substitute would bo defeated. One of
the incidents of the day was an en
counter in the senate lobby between
Senator Hyatt and the governor’s pri
vate secretary, Alexander. The sen
ator charged that the secretary was
oflering him an office us a bribe to vote
against the substitute. This the pri
vate secretr.ry denies.
Tho Southern has a contract to pay
the state $280,000 rental annually. The
Seaboard offered $100,000, but the ac
tion of the senate Eaves the lease to tho
Southern. If the substitute docs not
got through the lnu;e, it kills tho at
tempt to annul tho present lease, which
will stand.
HIS MOTHER CUT HIM OFF.
State Seuator Clnrlc DUInherltn! For Sup-
portlujf a < ertain MraMire.
Raleigh, March 1.—A sensational in
cident has occurred hero which is un
precedented in North Carolina political
history. Seuator Onirk of Halifax
county, brother of Associate Justice
Walter Clark ot tho supreme court, in
troduced a bill in the legislature aud se
cured Its passage allowing stock to run
nt large in Halifax county three months
in the year. That county has hud no
fence law for 12 years and this law has
enraged the land owners, among whom
is Senator Clark’s mother.
A supplementary bill was introduced
to prevent the other bill from taking
effect for two years, but Claik secured
the defeat of the supplemental bill. As
a result the nonland owners have tnniod
loose their cattle, which are destroying
tlie crops of small grain.
Senator Clark’s mother, who had
warned him ho must support the sup
plemental bill or be disinherited, tele
graphed him that she had disinherited
him for his opposition. Clark says he
regrets this, but would take the same
course over again. The state owns im
mense convict farms in Halifax and
now the state treasurer, to protect these,
asks for $15,000 to build a fence.
Ono Young Tramp Kill* Another.
riio Legislature May Us Asked to Annul
the Marriage—Well Known Darlington
County Farmer Hurled In a Landslide.
Congress Will Not luvesllgafe South
Carolina Elections.
Columbia, S. C., March 1.—A mar
riage took place in Orangeburg which
bad features that have put all tongues
In the community to wagging. A
pretty member of cue of the best fami
lies in the city married a vagrant, who
had just come out of the almshouse,
aud gives as a reason for her remark-
itbie conduct that tho man’s mother, a
fortune teller, persuaded her that death
would soon claim her if she did not
many tho sou of the old crone.
Eva Easterliu was tho name of the
unfortunate girl, Jim Courtney being
her husband. The honeymoon of the
ill matched pair was of short duration.
The parents of tho girl, hearing that
their daughter had been semi with
j Courtney, quickly ascertained the truth,
and giving chase, found their daughter
and took her home. When Courtney
: appeared on the streets he was met by
ugly looks from citizens, so he loft town
! afoot.
) An effort wiil probably bo made to
get the legislature to have mercy in this
special case and annul the marriage,
but there is no precedent and it is uu-
\ likely that it will bo done now.
A FARMER’S TRAGIC DEATH.
Well Known South Carolinian Buried In
an Immense I.sndelldo.
Columbia, S. O., Feb. 27.—At La
mar, Darlington county, W. B. An
drews, a well-to-do farmer aud highly
respected citizen, after breakfast walked
down to an inimerm ditch 200 yards
from his home to see how the water
was passing through.
On arriving there he decided to go
down the embankment to remove some
trash that obstructed the water. While
in this stooping position, and at a depth
of 20 feet, as this ditch runs through a
hill, a landslide took place above him
which completely crushed him to tho
bottom in the water, burying him sev
eral feet underneath.
His wife and four children were
standing on the brink and witnessed
tho tragedy. It took a crowd of men
five hours to excavate the body, which
was terribly mangled.
TWO MILL EMPLOYES FIGHT.
Hrloo McComb ShootH and Kill* John
Yhocum—Coroner Iiiventigatiug.
Columbia, S. C., March 1.—In a diffi
culty between John Yhocum and Brice
McComb, two employes of the Rich
mond mills, which occurred in front of
the company's store, Yhocum was shot
and Instantly killed. McOomb had re
monstrated with Yhocum for language
ho had used to one Owens and this
started the affray. Tho coroner’s jury
has been in session examining wit
nesses, but has pcstposod finding a ver
dict.
A negro named Hampton was shot
and, it is thought, fatally wounded by
a negro desperado named Richardson in
a negro restaurant ^ou Washington
street, this city, just before daylight.
Richardson has not yet been arrested.
OLD FEUD ENDS IN MURDER.
Spartanburg, S. C., Feb. 20.—Four
youthful tramps left Asheville on a
freight train about 4 a. in., aud when
near the junction at Spartanburg two
of the number, Pink Murphy and Will
Dorman, became involved in a friendly
tussle over a pistol. Tho weapon was ;
discharged and Murphy fell dead. Just
after the shooting tho train stopped at
the junction and Donuau gave himself
up to tho conductor, who telephoned to
tho city for a policeman. Tho verdict 1
of the coroner’s jury was that deceased
came to his death at tho hands of Dor
man. There is doubt yet as to whether
or uot the shooting was accidental.
Murtleror Captiii-eil at Cliurlottn.
Charlotte, N. C., Fob 25 —Jack
Miller, alias Sawnoo. alius Tom Mills,
was caught hem The governor of Vir
ginia offers $:00 reward for his capture.
Policeman Irwin and Detective McHol- (
liu made the arrest. On June 21, 18110, !
Miller murdered his Nvifo by chopping
her head off.
A Tobacco Manufacturer Fall*.
Winston, N. O., Fob, 25.—J. L. (Jas
per, merchant and tobacco manufac
turer, has assigned, naming J. Jacobs
and W. E. Franklin as trustees. The
assets are placed at $75,000 and the lia- i
bilitios at $40,000. His preferences ug-
gregute $32,000.
Liceuaea For Kvary l<u*l!:e**,
Columbia, 3. O., Feb. 26.—Tho house
has passed tho graduated income tax
bill aud the bill requiring licenses for
every business, profession or calling, in
cluding ministers of the gospel aud
washwomen.
Clark to Be District Juitfe.
Washington, Fob. 25.J—The president
sent tho following nomination to the
senate: Justice WiUwn Clark of North
Carolina to be I^fttcd States district
judge for tho er^Fni district of North
Carolina. J ‘ j
Attemi^^^X Kill Ilia < liiiilran.
ChariamBA O.. March 1. —Edward
Fav%jj^r^|^^Hl known citizen, at-
-A^fiipte^* ^^^his children, aud when
a poltr 5. ivod tried to shoot him.
He wt . -/(id by liquor and is now in
jail. -V ?>'
A Ncvr bailor Inatnlle.t.
Charlotte, N. 0., March Rev.
John W. Howerton was installed pastor
of the First Presbyterian church, Presi
dent Shearer of Davidseu college preach
ing *1 :o tiOrmou.
To I'ractlco at < li.iilolto.
Ch.\ki/)itk, N. C., March 1.—Tho
Brooklyn team lias imido ariaiigemeuts
to spend tho latter part of March in
spring practice hero.
luo 1‘romiiieut Mon of Colutubla
Tight a Duo! on the Street.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 26.—O. W.
Sloan and J. W. Powell, two lumber
dealers, doing business side by side in
this city, mat on the street, near their
places of business, aud after a brief
quarrel, tho climax of a long standing
feud, drew thoir pistols and began an
impromptu duel.
yioau was shot in tho groin and
stomach and died in great agony shortly
afterward. Powell was hit in the left
breast by a bullet, but a package of pa
pers in his coat pi cket saved his life.
Powell surrendered to tho sheriff,
claiming that he had killed Sloan in
self defense. The finding of the coro
ner’s jury holds Powell for the grand
jury, which will meet in April.
No Action on Murray’s Memorial.
Washington, Feb. 26.— No action
will be taken by this congress upon an
investigation of the South Carolinaeleo-
lions. The committee of the house,
which has been considering the memo
rials presented by Congressman Mur
ray, decided to recommend to the house
that the question be reported to tho
next congress for ita consideration. A
subcommittee of five wag selected to
make a report to tho house. This sub
committee will refer to the house tho
memorials and tho testimony which has
boon presented to it and will report that
a very important question D presented
by those statements, which should ro-
coivo the co lalderatiou pf congress.
<>«i.eral Thomas Un^ueuln llnrlrd.
Charleston, March 2.—The body of
Thomas A. Hnguonin wag
buried hero with military honors. In
the 1 ergo cortege of civic and military
organizations that followed tho remains
was borne tho last confederate flag
which floated over Fort Sumter, of
which General lluguenin wag the last
commiuider. A salute of rl guns was
fired in honor of tho dead soldier by
the Lufayotto artillery.
Mu Jim Cruw Cara In Carolina.
Columbia. S, O., Fob. 27.—The senate
committee made an unfavorable report
on tho house bill requiring railroads to
provide separate and equal accommo-
dations for the races, except on the
through vostibulod Pullman trains!
When the report was called up it wa*
adopted in short order. The railroad
mou aud the bettor class of darkles aro
delighted ut tho quiet death of tho bill.
1|i» Augusta Suuthrrn I oaas Hlgnari.
Charleston, March 2. — Circular*
have boon received hero by wire from
President Charles Parsons that the leuso
of tho Augusta Southern to the South
Carolina and Georgia road had bona
signed in Now York. Tho latter road
took control of tho former ut uoou.
A recent visitor ul Clifton,8.C., says
that a splendid esplanade from the
mills, opening on the Southern Rail
way, premises in time to make a no
ble showing. He says of the beauti
ful two-towered Methodist church
finishing up there, to seat over a
thousand people, that President D.
E. Converse of tho Clifton Mfg. Co,
duplicated every dollar that every
body else subscribed for the edifice.
The cost is over $3.QUO. Some one
told tins visitor at Clifton that there
abouts just after the war, the first
manufactures was in the shape of
“pullikins for the teeth,” end sold at
50 cents each. And that a gentle
man now largely interested in the
Clifton Mills, once near there ran h
little tub mill and sold yarn by the
hank. He lets the cat out of the
bag by adding that the same gentle
man has given his name to a college
(Converse ut Spartanburg) with some
$75,000 added.
New Mill in North Carolina Mountains.
Mr. William L. Alspaugh, of
Taylorsville, N. C., wrote the Textile
Excelsior in December, 1895, that he
would build a small cotton factory
there to make sheetings, and the
matter was reported in our issue of
December 7, 1805.
Mr. .Alspaugh, during 18%, con
structed his factory buildings. He
previously had a small cotton factory
on the same site, which was destroy-,
ed by fire. With this experience, Mr.
Alspaugh decided toerecta more sub
stantial mill, and with plenty of
building stone around, built it entire
ly of rock.
Mr. Alspaugh is now in New Eng
land selecting machinery for his mill.
It will be run by water power froth
the stream called the Low Little
River.
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Pools Locals.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Pools, March 1.—Farmers have
not done anything toward farming
yet as it Jins been raining, people are
not through sowing oats yet.
We have preaching at the Camp
Ground every fourth Sunday by the
Rev. J. M. Friday.
We have school at the Rural Acad
emy taught by R. G. Hamilton, grad
uate of Clemson college.
People are hauling guano around
by the car load for six cents cotton.
I think people are going to plant large
crops of it .
We have no weddings to report at
present, but think there will be some
soon.
James Hugh and wife, of 1’acolet,
are visiting relatives.
We are completing a new church at
Zion Hill. Good wishes to The Led
ger and its many readers.
Pl’EK.
Clifton Dots.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Cl Eton, March,1.—The lecture by
Rev. Sam P. Jones last Saturday
night was largely attended. The
unique style of the noted evangalist
is so well known that comment is
needless.
His cubject, ‘‘Shams and the
Genuine,” was handled in that im-
imitublo style so peculiar to him
self the forceful utterances being in-
trrpersed with witticism which kept
the entire audience in an uproar of
laughter.
Mr. Jones was introduced by Rev. J
L. Hurley, the lecture being delivered
in the beautiful new Methodist
church, a handsome edifice recently
erected through the untiring efforts of
Mr. Harley. Seaton.
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Unclaimed Letters.
List of letters remaining in office
uncalled for to date :
R. A. Brown.
Mrs. Marie Edwards.
‘‘ Mary Harrison.
N. P. Littlejohn.
Miss Francis Littlejohn.
Mrs. Eliza Morgan.
G. W. Rollins.
Miss Mintie Saunders.
Dave Smith.
C. T. Yamely.
N. I).—Persons calling for these
letters will please say advertised i/t
The Ledger.
T. H. Littlejohn, J*. M.
March 4, 1897.
To Meet at Blacksburg.
Bi.ac ksburg, S. C., Feb., 28th, 1897.
Ed. De. Camp, Kgq.,
Gaffney, S. 0.
Dear Sir:—The people of this sec
tion would be very glad to have the
candidates for office In tho new
county come here and speak on Fri
day, March 19th. Kindly publish
the fact and request all candidates to
come. Wo will give thorn a cordial
reception and respectful hearing.
Yours truly,
Junius W. Thomson,
Township Chairman.
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It is, or should he, tho highest aim
of every merchant to please his cus
tomers ; . <’ that tho wideawake
drug firm of Meyers Eshleman,
Sterling, 111., is doing so, is proven
by the following, from Mr. Eshle
man, ‘‘In my sixteen years’ expe
rience in the drug business I have
never seen or sold or tried a*inodiclno
that gave as good satisfaction as
Chamberlain’ Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. Sold by Dul’ro
Drug Co.
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—Have your Laundry done by the
Mansion House Laundry. Price and
wormkmanship guarantee. <). E.
Wilkins A B.’o Agents.
• •
— Early Roso “Peerless” Burbanks
and Goodrich seed Potatoes ut. O.
E. Wilkins A Hro.
. • —
—Go to Carroll & Carpenter for
seed outs.
OF INTEREST TO TEX
TILE WORKERS.
North and South Carolina Mills, Their
Ir provements and their Ad
vancements—Opera
tive Personals.
[(Southern iiml Western Textile Excelsior)
J. F. Mubey, of McAdensville, N.
| C., was in Concord, N. C., this week,
visiting bis father.
O. II. Farr, late carder and spinner
ut Roswell, Ga., has located tempo
rarily at Lockhart, S. C.
C. F. James recently took charge
j of tire spinning and twisting room of
i the Ashley Cotton Mill, Marion, S.C.
J. T. Mackey, of Lancaster, S. C.,
has become Sec.-Treas. of the Fort
Mill, (8. C.) Mfg Co., succeeding R.
I C. Moore.
The Granicc Mfg. Co., Haw River,
N. C., is digging a foundation fora
dye house on the east side of the mill
near tho lapper room.
The old wooden bridge across the
Saluda River ut the Pelzer (S. C.)
| Cotton Mills has been torn away, and
! tho foundation for the new steel bridge
j is being built.
Supt. C. A. Moore aud overseers G.
F. Shedd and JJ. M. Stallworth of the
Pacolet (S. C. Mills have returned
i from a trip to Charleston where they
; were for the aval NReview.
Mrs. Dow Chase, Prop’r of Shelby
Top Roll Covering Co., has been cou-
| fined in bed for a week with pneumo
nia, is now very low. T. F. Cum
mings has charge of the shop.
A. J. Whittimore, of Concord, N.
C., has re-entered the roller covering
business. His shop will be at Salis
bury, and he starts with an entire
new outfit from Fall River, Mass.
S. B. Tanner, Sec. and Treas. of
the Henrietta (N. C.) Cotton Mills,
has presented the Methodist Sunday
school with sixty-three new volumes
for the library, swelling it to 150
books.
G. T. King has moved to King’s
Mountain, X. C. from Henrietta, N.
C. and is master mechanic at the
Enterprise Mills. He worked in the
machine shops of the Henrietta Mills
i for several years.
I). F. Cannon, president of the
Cabarrus Cotton Mills Concord, N.
C., lias given out the contract for the
erection of a new residence, which it
is reported will be tho handsomest
and costliest in Concord.
A branch of the Seaboard Air Line
is to be built from their main line,
near Weldon to Roanoke Mills Co.’s
new factory and the United Indus
trial Co.’s hosiery mill. The con
tracts have been signed and construc
tion will begin March 1.
F. II. Fuller, at tho present time
connected with the 1). A. Tompkins
Co., Charlotte, and who is foreman of
that company’s electrical and pipe
departments, lias been offered the
position of engineer and machinist
for the Holt Morgan Manufacturing
Company, Fayetteville, N. C.
At the new Efird Cotton Mills, Al
bemarle, N. C., the machinery is
being rapidly adjusted and it is ex
pected that the'L.OOO spindles will he
running in a couple of weeks. J. W.
Cannon, of Concord, N. C., the presi
dent of the mills, was in Albemarle
this week and purchased a residence
lot. .
Eaank Miistead, assistant Supt. of
the Tallassee Falls Mfg. Co’s cotton
mills. Tallahassee, Ala., is now, we
are glad to learn, rapidly recovering
from his long aud serious sickness.
Ho will soon return from Florida,
where lie has been visiting his rela
tives. with a view to enter again ac
tive business.
The Holt-Morgan Cotton Mfg. Co.,
Fayetteville, X. (J. has recently given
Stewart W. Cramer, of Charlotte, N.
C\, agent for the Whitini, an order to
place in their mills 400 Whitin looms,
Cohoes slasher, Bushnell press, and
alsoCurtis and Marble cloth room ma
chinery, and the Globe Machine
Works new electric stop motion
warper.
The Pelzer (S. C.) Mfg. Co. is mak
ing preparations to put |n seven new
builviS, and one twelve hundred horse
power engine, to hejp ruq the No. 1
and J mills at high and low water.
They are tearing down the first smoke
stuck that was ever built there and
will build a new one. It will be
round, 25 feet in diameter and 150
feet high.
Tho Richland Woolen Mills,
Waynesville, N.C., have had a suc
cessful winter’s business. They op
erate 201 spindles and 8 looms, man
ufacturing Jeans, lianels, casslmeres
and yarns. 1). I). Perry is the mana
ger and principal owner. The valley
in which this factory is located,
(southwest of Asheville) is pictur
esque and beautiful.
Tho news comes from Henderson,
N.C., that the Henderson Cotton
Mills have been very successful from
[ho start, and that within less than
six months after operations were be
gin) the capacity of the mill is to be
enlarged to ulmoat double its present
out put—80 per cenf. To this end the
capital stock has been increased and
now machinery purchased.
J. F. A W. H. Williamson <fc Co.,
proprietors of the Pilot Cotton Mill,
Raleigh, N. O., have recently placed,
r will place in that company's mills
an extra outfit of Kitsou’s, of
Mass., pickers and lappers; Whit
of Whitinsville, Mass., revolving
top cards: drawing, spinning
spooling machinery, and also 1<
Stewart \\ . Cramer. Charlotte
j lor the above firms, has also e<p
j pod the same mill with the Wc„_
socket Machine A Press Co.’s rovinf
j machinery.
j ^ Henry E. Fries is Treasurer of the
tries Mf’g and Power Co., which lias
: arranged to develop 2,000 horse pow
er on the \ udkin river and transmit
it electrically to Winston-Salem, N.
C. C. R. Makepeace A Co., of Prov
idence, R. 1., are the Engineers and
advertisements are being circulated
for bids on the masonry work at dam
and power house, water wheels and
full electrical equipment. Mr. Fries
is Pres, and Treas. of the Southside
Manf g Co., of Salem, which operates
5,000 spindles and 225 looms, also in
the firm of F. A If. Fries, owners, of
the Arista Cotton and Woolen Mills.
He is also interested in other enter
prises, being a man of great enter
prise.
1 he contract for the dam and canal
for the Seneca (S. C.) Mfg Co’s cot
ton mill plant has been let to F. F.
Power of Atlanta, Ga., and the con
tract for brick to T. J. Hannon, of
Piedmont, S. C. President and Treasu
rer Jacob F. Schirmer is right on the
ground actively pushing the work,
which is going on in .earnest. By
fall this 20,000 gpindle and 000 loom
factory will be turning out their fine
goods. S. S. Dendy, Jr., of Oconee
county is secretary. The president
has had extended manufacturing ex
perience both North and South, hav
ing left Charleston, 8. C., 12 or 14
years ago for Maine, where he went
into a mill and worked from the bot
tom up. He came back South later
and superintended South Carolina
mills and last the Matthews, at Sel
ma, Ala.
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Maud Matters.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Maud, S. C., Feb. 3.—News is very
scarce in this community at present
writing, hut I will endeavor to give
you a few dots from ourjjMte^Mj
l he people ff&re are expecting to
~~ Ve line running
froTffJ.kud to the county seat in the
near future, which wiil be a great ad
vantage to our comimjnity. Ed
Linder will have charge of tl|e busi
ness.
Your correspondent was in the city
Friday on business,
We are looking forward for a new
mail route from Maud to Gaffney by
tho way of Algood. *
Charley Painter came very near
losing his house by fire a few days
ago.
James Melton was arrested, the
other day by Officer Jones and lodgij^
in Shelby jail. He had got into a
iittle trouble some time ago in North
Carolina. He gave bond and came
to South Carolina and failed to appear
at his trial at the appointed time,
Samuel Ruppe is in very feeble
health.
Rev. J. L. Ellis has just returned
from the mountains.
Pinkney Hammett and Win, Grubb
went to Cowpens Saturdiy o« busi
ness.
A. C. Painter’s little boy cut bis
foot or rather his toe, taking one off
and cutting another one pretty bad.
W. K.
Cherokee Chat.
Cherokee Falls, March 2nd,—
Cherokee is going to get ahead of
any place in the new county, both in
wealth and population, when wp can
boast of three weddings in one day,
and it was not a good day for marry
ing either. Last Sunday morning
Mr. Wiil Davis and Miss Ella ChiR
ders were married at the residence of
the bride's parents,in the presence of u
home full of friends. Late in the
day one of your city chaps, Mr. L. K.
Colvin drove down and carried off
one of our charming daughters, Miss
Emma Young, mucl to tho chagrin
and regret of some of our boys.
At early dark Mr. Will Ingram did
induce Miss Sarah Rumsey to take
him for better or worse, contrary to
the will and consent of her parents,
all of whom were launched out on the
sea of matrimony, by Mr. R. F. Gib
son, Notary Public, who says that
he is now in the business, ready to
join all who may desire to mi., clothes.
Our ferryman, J. J. Jenkins, says
if the candidates will keep crossing
as they have, for the lust few days,
he will not run for any olliee, as he
thinks it will pay him better than
any he can get elected to.
The Cotton mill is running nigjit anfi
day, with a full force of hands. The
company is gMng to put in a lot of
new looms in tho near future.
Gus Mint/, of Blacksburg and Mr.
Bailey, of New Jersey, was down hero
bird-hunting yesterday, *
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“Smile It Out of Court.’*
Referring to the projects for negro
cotton millsat Anniston, Aa.,Concord,
N. 0., and other Southern points, the
N. Y. Journal of Commerce A Com
mercial Bulletin says:
“A mill run by colored operative*
will have to be really at work before
people hero wil 1 believe in it. Re
ports come from the South from time
to time that such a mill is projected,
and tho latest was given currency in
these notes yesterday. It must be
• onfossed that if has not receive^
dignified treatment ut the hands of
the trade, the general disposition be
ing to ‘smile it out of court.' ’’
TIRED L
• in Hood’s Sarsaparilla, whiclFgj
them jmre blood, a good appetite
new and needed STRENGTH,
MOTHERS find* lielp
li'ftivee