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I V. (). Stacy, I’rosltli'rit. J. ll. Walidi,aw. V’lOC I’lcsidi'll THE NATIONAL BANK OF CAFFNL’T. Capital $50,00000. \V 11.1. buy ciiuniy uhiiins, rccolvo <ioposlfc Hiul in.ike liberal loans on approved paper It. li(»ss. Cashlor. The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of livery Advei- tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FED. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY CITY. S. C.. THE*DAY, OCTOBER 17. 1899. $1.00 A YEAR DISCRIMINATION. Disadvantages of the South ern Manufacturer AllE ADLY SET FOETH. . v 1 The Itatftt front to Points in North ami South Carolina tiro Store Ilian I ho ISatoii front Pliibtdeiiihla to the same Points.--1 teiuedy Susies ted. The following is Hie the address prepared by full text of President .1. K. llierek, of the Gaffney (Tirpet Mill, and read at the Southern In dustrial Convention at Huntsville. Ala., hy Mr. Harry Ellerbe, Mr. llierek being preventui from attend ing the convention on account of pressing business: The subject before us is for the in terest of the South, and for the possi- bility of growth uad development of diversified industries, of which carpet manufacturing is one recently planted. It occurred to me after a year spent vu ; nly striving for a fair rate adjus m.-nt, which in miny in stances amounts to luO ])0i cent, dis crimination against like industries in the South as compared with.Vr.h- ern and Eastern competitors, while in eVv’fy instance, except a few points in adj tcent states, (even in which territory, as the following figures will show, some rates from .South Carolina to North Carolina are 3(» per cent, more than fn m Philadelphia to North Carolina, j granted u though Philadelphia Is over dUO | "ill be em miles farther away) that it would be well to make public the facts with reference to this vital question and show that the railroads are not do ing the great service which their published lilertture states when it said: That all illorts to pour into the South capital and immigration, making manufacturing so lucrativ3 that some of the largest plants in the North and East have moved South. In this respect cotton manu facturing can perhaps be excepted, only because the raw material is | grown close at hand and in no wise ! due to aid rendered hy the railroads. Jlut with reference to woolen and j carpet manufacturing, and many j other industries, they never can he j profitably planted in the South as : long as exorbitant rates charged for ; transporting the raw material which j sit present must bo purchased in the 1 North, and for the discrimination of i rates in favor of the North and East i as charged for transporting the man- ; ufaetured a: ping points •n up rticle, even w are as near again to mills in the South as compared lo the North and East—and even the rates on col ton factory products, the lowest rates of which are made by the Southern Freight Association for this particular industry as compared with others, are higher from tiie South to many shipping points, even when distances are less, than those enjoyed by Northern and Eastern competitors; and were it not for the advantage cotton mills possess in having the raw material right at hand, they would bo at a disadvant age compared with the North and East which is the case with the at tempt to manufacture carpets South, so far as freight rates are concerned. In view of this, it seems necessary in •some way to rouse public opinion in the South and strive hy all means possible to have a fair, just and <qui- table rate adjustment hy the rail roads and thus lead to the success ful operation of those industries which cun thrive in the South, were the freight rates not made and pro mulgated seemingly in favor of the North and East against the South. At present it would pay to ship car pets made in the South to New York •or I'ltiiadelphia and reship South and West, were it not for the inconven ience and loss of time involved, as rates to those points are so made, seemingly to continue their domi nance to the disadvantage of the South that it would be saving money to do so. Under date of November lUtb, ISOS, the commissioner of the Asso ciated Railways of Virginia and the Carolirms writes us in part answer to certain protests: “1 do not see how wo can meet your views, our rates from North and South Carolina b >- ing necessarily made on combination are higher than from Rhiiadelphia, and the proportion! demanded of us, iintl which we are compelled to allow connecting lines beyond junction points, is quite as much as through rates from i’hiladelphin; hence it will at once lie obvious to you that a reduction in our rates is impossible. Whilst these rates are somewhat against you, do you not ei j iy to all points in North and South Carolina, Georgia. South and South East (the figures below show that even here we du not) much lower rules than arc current from IMiiladelphia to all this territory? I think that you will find this to lie the case and hence to 11 very large territory, and one which will doubtless be your best customer, you ci rluinly have a large advantage ovc." Hie manufacturers at i'hiludel- phia, <>r in the North ” Rut vve are compelled to seek markets everywhere throughout the country, and were it true that lower rates were enjoyed In this specified territory, which Is not the case, we might do more in the South. We are charged from HaJTney, S. C., to Turboro, V 0., .fTlD per hundred weight against U2c from 1’hiladt 1- phiu; from (JalTney to Sew Herne, .N. U., |l ‘i^ against li-c from 1'iiiia- | delphia. About the same discrimi- ! nation in favor of Thiladelphia holds i to most all shipping points in tiie j South, while from Gaffney to those | points in the Central Freight Asso- : eiation covered hy the territory north of the Ohio river and west of the Mississippi river Hie rates in favor of Rhiiadelphia average nearly | JdO per cent, lower—though we are ; in direct line nearer by hundreds of miles. To Kentucky and Tennessee : Southwestern points the discrimina tion is about as bad in favor of Rhilu- j delphia, an example of which is Louisville, Ky.,—rate from Gaffney, S. 0., many hundred miles nearer, ' •fl ilS against Gl cents from Rhilu- ! dedphia; again from Rhiiadelphia to I St. Louis 77 cents against $l ..'i7 from i Gaffney, S. 0., and so on through tiie list—involving most every shipping point in Hie country where goods , must bo placed. We have not asked an adjustment | on a mileage basis, but only when hundreds of miles nearer that we be granted the same rate that the North I enjoys. This has been conceded to I he reasonable as the following ex- ! tracts from railroad letters show in | answer . t our letter of March 11th, which states the following: “We beg permission to address you with reference to the matter of freight rates, which are much higher from this town to various points where we must sell goods than from Rhiiadelphia or New York. We find t lat we must compete in the West ern and North Western markets in order to place the large output of our mill, us the trade of tho iSimih alone will not be sufficient. If we receive rates generally on our make of carpet based on tho rate for cot ton piece goods, which lately, in some few instances, have been us on cotton carpets, we tbled to go right into the markets of tho West ami North and successfully compete with the strong and old carpet companies and firms of the North. Rut at present we are in such a position as regards rates to those points, especially in the West to which the cotton piece good rating has not been given us on our carpet, that we cannot continue to do busi ness there and must withdraw our salesmen. This means a I0.1S of busi ness not only to the i-iill but to tho railroad, and we take the liberty of asking you to champion this cause for us so tiiat rates may be given us on carpets generally, as is now given us to a few points on cotton carpets, which will enable us to do business at all our shipping points. We enclose list of a few towns showing the low rates Iroin Rhiiadelphia on carpets generally as compared with the high rates from Gaffney, which will show you how impossible it is for us to do business at all in such towns. If you will now champion this cause for us in tho be ginning and enable us to show good results, this industry in Hie Soutli will grow in such proportion that its products will soon compare with those of the Southern cotton mills. I feel that this is a matter that will interest you as well as this company, for by placing us in a position that will ehable us to compete, as neces sarily we must, with the Northern carpet companies we will be able to continue to manufacture carpets and transport them all over tho country; and all wo need in order to do this is the granting of such rates, which, under lil>e conditions, will equalize those enjoyed hy Northern carpet linns. We uie actually suffering now in the transaction of our busi ness and sometimes do not know how to act on account of the high rate that we have to pay to many points where we must do business, and we therefore ask your aid and help.” The following are replies either to us or to the Traffic Associations: “I believe that all members of the rate committee will agree that a Southern industry cannot thrive under this discrimination and 1 re spectfully request authority to pub lish 2nd class rates, or rather author ity to issue a special carpet tariff at 2nd class rates, etc.” “We are naturally anxious to do all we can to place our Southern manufacturers on an equal footing with the parties manufacturing the same class of goods in other sections of the country.” “Rate adjustment on carpets.” “It has our hearty approval and at the next meeting of the Southeastern Mississippi Association we will, as in the past, favor the adjustment of rates which you desire.” This reads well but nothing of any consequence is done. Then from the connecting lines we hear that the trouble lies with the initial muds, while the initial muds state that the hlumo lies with tiie connecting lines, so one does not know what to believe. Again wc are told: “You present your case very strongly and unques tionably need help, and, ,as stated in my letter of the loth, you cun count 1 us us your friend.” “We are doing all we can to further ; the interests of your carpet mill and I hope very shortly to be able to report ! to you that we have at lust succeeded in getting your rate reduced. This ' subject is listed for consideration at the next session of the conference 1 committee and will be brought up for final disposition, and wo are en couraged to think that wo will meet with success in our efforts to get you iho reduced rails asked for.” Rate adjustment:—“This matter is being pushed vigorously and 1 1 trust that you will soon be In a posi tion to have u Rue of rule arranged for you. We have been giving this matter personal consideration and we can assure you Hint we are push ing it to h conclusion as rapidly as 1 possible.' 'I bis correspondence dated many months buck and still no relief of any consequence, and it will be worthy of the attention of this con vention as a subject so vitally affect ing tiie development of the south along industrial lines. Grit and en terprise planted this new industry in the south and it is a matter for every Southern man to champion and agitate this question until justice and equity, as regards freight rates now discriminating them in favor of the North, is granted us. The South is in a position to manufacture woolen goods and carpets as well as cotton goods, and it is best for the Southern people to remove every hindrance and obstacle which is now laid in the way of its development, and not tamely suffer discrimination in favor of other sections when they cun he lifted from the path of prog ress hy aggressive effort and action. The necessity now for the develop ment of carpet making on a large scale is transportation facilities un encumbered by discrimination of rates in favor of the North which prevents growth and competition in the required markets of Hie country. Tho erection and maintenance of a railroad is authorized by the states in the interest of the public, and against any one state or section dis crimination should not bo tolerated which throttles the development of its industries hy a quasi-public insti tution which even its representatives and officials declare to ho unjust and unfair; thereby doing a great amount of damage to one section of the country while favoring tho other. Tiie south lias been long enough “hewers of wood and drawers of water” and now tiiat it is entering upon a career of industrial develop ment no stone should ho left un turned which will impede its prog ress in becoming as rich as the north in its manufacturing industries. All products can be manufactured here, but not when discriminated against by excessive and exorbitant freight rates which in reality are us unprofit able in the end to the railroad as to southern industries. In the north and east the manufacturies are cared for, treated liberally and encouraged both by the state and the railroads; whereas in the soutli the railroads legislate in favor of the north and east and not for the south, strange as this sttaement may appear. It would he presumed that tho policy of railroads in the soutli, as elsewhere, would he, like the state and cities, to encourage the investment of capi tal in manufacturies, “not to kill them.” Tills subject is truly of vital importance for the consideration of business men, manufacturers, indus trial leagues and conventions; yet perhaps its only solution lies in gov ernmental ownership of railroads, the only settlement of the serious ques tion of transportation without dis crimination in favor of one section against another, then a safe just con trol in favor of all sections alike (as now is the case with the service) will ensue. At present the business interests of the South are so outraged by un fair and unrighteous discrimination in favor of the North and East, that its development is menaced by rail roads which should be operated only to servo and not to ileece the people for their own gain and benefit. These railroads are owned and operated in New York and the great railway combines have the people entirely at their mercy; tiiey have made the inter-state Gommoroe law of no effect, they seem to control the courts and the people “stand up and deliver at their dictation.” The only remedy, evidently, is in public ownership, whereby tho government would control tho railroad and deal justly with all sections alike, and not as now, having the railroad con trol tiie government and the people “to boot.” It has been a puzzle to me, however, why Southern rail roads refuse to help build up the industries of the South when it is in their power to do so—and the only possible reason is, that all important Southern roads uro owned and operated in New York and in tiie in terests of that section. The value of the carpet produc tion iu the United States is about $00,000,000; of this, in IMiiladelphia alone, $18,000,000 is produced. Mer chants buying carpets in the North have them delivered in their stores at a less freight rate for the same dis tance than merchants in tho South; hence the consumer, in view of this, in tho South, pays more for his cur- pot and every oilier commodity than the consumer in the North. Another illustration I would like to call your attention to; we send our salesmen into every section of the country—selling goods direct to tho consumer, just precisely as tho Northern manufacturers send their salesmen into those sections; they se cure orders and mail them to their respective concerns at a perfect equality of postage; namely, at the rate of 2 cents mi ounce or fraction thereof for rach letter through the mail service, and, when necessary, the mail service is u transportation ser vice—carrying merchandise to tho extent of four pounds at the rate of I cent per ounce, and thus between Houth and North, West and East there is no discrimination; each firm and company having the same op portunity to carry on their business without one being in. a favored sec tion to tho disadvantage of the other. Rut tho mail service, when the salesmen send In their orders, is not adapted to the transportation of heavy freights, but is used for tho receipt and acknowledgement of or- orders; hence it is necessary to use the railroads to transport the mer chandise shipped in fit Rug those or ders; Itheu when it comes to the manufacturer or tho merchant in the Houth no equality exists, but dis- I crimination is made against them to ; such an extent that competition with tho North is Impossible; hence i upholstery goods, carpets, boots and shoes, clothing and blankets are mostly manufactured away from the South to the enrichment of those , t» 1 sections and the impoverishment of j Most 01 tllGlTI ftTC Rcfldy to this; all due to the inequality ex FARMERS FINISHING PICKING COTTON, isting and discriminations by the railroads, for the planting of the car pet mill in Gaffney lias established the f^j; that native Southern labor becomes expert in a very short time; making goods to compare favorably with those manufactured in those points where the industry has been long planted, yet checkmated in the efforts by the action of the railroads. I was informed lately by parties in Rlucksburg, S. C., who were inter ested in the Iron Ore deposit along Rroad river, that furnaces were about Sow Oats. PRESIDENT ININIEY THE LATEST COT- TOURING IOWA NOW I TON MILL NEWS. Says New Territory Came by Items of Interest to Textile Providence of God. Workers. THE BATTLE GROUND REVOLT MUST BE QUELLED OPERATIVE PERSONALS It U Timtt that tlioMr Who Have tlx- Matter In Cliarg,- Were Movintt I tn ivaril.—TIm- I’Iuii NiiKHrertteil hy I'ainp Ih-iiiK Coiiiinemled, (Corrfcspomlem'e of The -Ledger.) EttaJaxr, Oct. 14.—Farmers are j getting through picking cotton , very fust, and most of them are now to be planted there, but the idea was j ren( |y (_ 0 j, ow an( } wheat on their ! abandoned on account of the high i . j freight rates existing as regards the 1 output of such an industry and on j Hie great guessor, may say what he | coke and coal. The manufacturer pleases, yet the small crop of cotton j having a mill to build docs not, if he tpjg ye ar w j|i surely surprise the 1 know, it establish the P'»»‘•»» w , rM ' wh«i tho exact lisores are section where it involves a long tight 7 against the railroads to secure i ow known. 1 he greatest problem now rates, which not only is expensive before^ the farmers is to lind out and costly, hut interferes with the proper attention required to the regu lation and management of the busi ness, which are great enough with out having to waste valuable time in the effort to gain equitable freight rates as compared with competitors in a favored section. It is incomprehensible to me why , the railroads make northern points, especially the Virginia cities, the gateway for the distribution of goods west and north-west instead of At lanta, a gateway so much nearer in most every instance, and to illustrate, freight intended for Louisville, Ky., instead of being shipped by Hie short route via. Asheville or Atlanta, is all sent northward and then distributed wist, north-west and south-west. There is some good railroad reason for this, evidently, hut it also works to our disadvantage, as we have con stant complaints of slow deliveries of of goods and statements that on ac count of tho indifferent railroad ser vices of our section, that they prefer to deal with northern manufacturers, on account of the through and quick treigiit routes saving much valuuLde time. Tliis question lias never been agi tated by the cotton mills, due, as I understand it, to the fact that New York and other northern cities dis tribute tho hulk of the cotton goods manufactured in tiie south, and to those points the railroads have ex ceedingly low rates, made no doubt with an eye to the continuance of the dominance of New York as a dis tributing and jobbing center, thus the strango feature follows, that goods made in the south are shipped to the north and reshipped to the south for consumption. Even the cotton rate from the south, for instance, from Gaffney, S. C., to Chicago is 02 cts. per hun dred weight 011 a certain class of cot ton goods against 48 cts. from Rhila- delphia to Chicago. Tliv Miittt' of Urotliorliooil. Mr. Markham’s most recent poem, The Muse of Brotherhood, is one of the few really great poems that the closing years of the century have produced. In it Mr. Markham voices a lofty optimism that is at once more impressive and more con vincing than the notes of hopeless ness and despair that characterize Tiie Man with tiie Hoe. At the same time he nobly sets forth the princi ples of that universal brotherhood which says: '■.My love is liiifhcr Ilian heavens where Taurus wheels. My love Is deeper than the pillared skies: lli^basihat peak in Heaven where Milton kneels. Deep as that grave in ||el! where Ciesar lies." The Muse of Brotherhood will appear exclusively in The Saturday Evening Rost, of Rhiiadelphia, in its issue of October 21. Ilert llulliiiun lu it DUeiiinm. Officer Rert Hollman was placed In a ludicrous position Saturday night. He was culled on to arrest 11 gentle man of color who was said to have been ruiisng a disturbance at a dance in a dilapidated wooden structure on Limestone street. He went up and secured his man but his presence caused the other attendants to stampede and as they crowded'out on the little platform at the head of the steps that leads to the street the platform gave way, leaving the policeman up in the second story of the building with noway to get down with his prisoner. Finally new plunk were produced and a temporary plat form constructed so ns to allow Hie officer and his prisoner to reach terra firm once more. Tho boys had tho laugh on Rert for the time being but lie will get even with them the first oppor*unify that presents itself. M. G. Byars, a worthy colored man who enjoys the distinction of being the court house janitor, was in to see us yesterday and paid for The Ledger, to which lie has been a sub scriber for several years. \\ Itftlllllli UUIlt-D. 1 To wash dishes in half the time, • and do it well, follow this receipt: ’ Always use hot woter—not warm, 1 hut hot. It is best to use mops with i china and glass, and to have a nice 1 lather; instead of using soap use 1 Gold I lust Washing powder; dissolve l a tublcspoonful In the hot water and 1 wash quickly; have plenty of nice dry ! towels to wipe with; have a drainer ; that will allow Hie water to run off | the dishes Into the receptacle below, j when you will have highly polished I glass and china. what Mr. Neill is getting for his ex aggeration. Our answer is, a great amount of “cussing” for one thing. It is with regret that we learn of j the death of Ratchford Scott, son of ! 1 cur esteemed friend Mr. J. B. Scott, of Union, which took place at Salisbury, N. O., yesterday. His family a id friends have our most profound sym pathy. lion. C. W. Whisonant is improv ing his well by digging it deeper and having tiie wall strengthened. Like many others of our friends and neigh bors ho has had an insufficient supply of water for several years. George Sprouse, one of his workmen, says they struck a strong vein and that water will be plentiful. The Fowler brothers have a team on the railroad which is now in pro cess of construction between Orr’s crossing and Lockhart. Samuel J. Strain, who went to Chattanooga last week with a view of entering the Medical College there, has returned home. He says that while the college fees are reasonable enough no poor boy can stand the board bills. The Watson brothers are boring 11 well for II. B. McDaniel, of Hickory Grove. Some of our farmers are gathering corn. Corn crops along the water courses are generally good this year. Uplands sorry. Tho Sarratt brothers are tearing down tho old Thompson mill house with a view of building another. They expect to have the corn mill running in three weeks and will put in machinery fur a first-class flouring mill just ns soon as the mill house is finished. Mr. F. A. Goforth, whose hurt has been repeatedly mentioned in this correspondence, has sufficiently re covered to be at work again, though he is quite lame yet. We have spent a good deal of our time in Gaffney lately and are glad to note the progress it is making, ’i’is true it has ils share of “dead weight,” yet it is, withal, one of Hie most up-to-date, progressive towns we know of. Its people are not afraid to take hold and push forward its interests. One of our neighbors is determined to win the prize on a corn farm next year, and if he curries out his inten tions ho will do so beyond doubt. The ground which lie proposesjto plant is low bottom land, and of course he makes allowance for high water, lie says lie has broken up the land and intends to re-plow it and harrow it until he gets it thor oughly pulverized this winter, and next spring he will break and re-break it until he plows so deep that he can hear the “pint” of tho plow rattling against the shelled corn in the ground. Wo can oppress the truth, but we can’t suppress it. j Wo met quite a number of our over-the-river friends at Gaffney last Monday who were in attendance upon the court there. The plan suggested by Camp Jeffer ies, U. 0. veterans, as to Hie pension law is frequently and highly spoken of as a fair and equitable one. We hope our state papers will take the matter up and discuss it thoroughly before the meeting of the committee to formulate the bill. It is time that the agitators of the Cowpeus Battleground park were mov ing forward. Itwill notdo to let tiiis matter drift along loosely. Some thing must he done within the next few weeks if we expect the general government to take a hand in it. In six weeks congress will be in session and unless our claims are pressed that body will fail to act. Whether or not those in charge of the work expect to seek aid from the U. S. government or depend entirely upon the state and private individuals we are not advised The bill is now be fore congress and its fate will most likely bo known early in tho session. If a blunder is committed in the management of this enterprise it will set it back for many years, if not for ever; so, gentlemen, adhere to Davy Crockett’s maxim—“Be sure you’re right then go ahead.” Should any motive other than a free-will offering by any one appear as a factor in the work it will ruin it sure. Mr. W. T. Osment expects to move to t he cotton mill soon. Mr. Giles M. Hill was in this sec tion this week on business. The past few days have been quite favorable for farm work and our peo ple have made good use of the time. J. L. s. He Heelnrs the Philippines Are Ours, With Alt the Itesponsthllttles That Heloug to Thiin, (iml We Should Take No liaekward Step. Ckdak Falls, la., Oct. ifi —Tho pres ident arose almost with the dawn thus morning and delivered at 6::20, in the town of Iowa Fails, the first of his se ries of addresses iu Iowa. A good sized crowd was present at the station. The president said: “My Fellow Citizens: It is a groat advantage to meet tho people early in tho morning [Laughter.] It gives me genuine pleasure to meet and greet the people of Iowa as I journey through the state, to look into the faces and to t<*ei the stimulus of thoir presence and the encouragement which 1 have always re ceived as I have mingled with them. “Since I was lust in the state, we have added some new territory. It is no longer a question of expansion with u- —wo have expanded. If there is any question at ail, it is a question of con traction, and who is going to coutrac : (A voice: “Not wo.”) “i believe,my fellow citizens, that tins territory tbit cams to us is the provi deuce of God. We did not seek it. I ; Is outs with all tho responsibilities tha: belong to it, am 1 a great, strong, brave nation we . ••cn to meet them and wo mean to carry our education ana our civilization there. I am not one o those who would take a iaiuol from th. brow of the American soldier or a jewel from monf.” At Ackley, tho next dent spoke as follows: “I recall in this presence my former visit to this people, now, I believe, five years ago. I congratulate you upon ihe improved condition of the country. When I was here last wo were iu a con dition of business depression. Times were hard, fear had overcome courage Now all is changed. We have general prosperity, good crops and fair prices, steady employment and good wages and wo aro a happy and contented people. Not only are the people prosperous, but the nation iisolf is doing well. “Our revenues aro abnndaat. Inter est has fallen all over, mortgages have been lifted and markets have been ex tended. We are usmg more of our own products thun wc ever did before. We are importing fewer products from abroad than wo Lave done iu many years and we aro sanding mure of Amer man products abroad than wo ever rout before. We are on a gold basis and wo mean to stay there. [General cry of 'good, ’j “I like the sentiment that stands as your platform here: ‘Sustain the na tiou’s flag. ’ [Applause] That is what we are doing m the Philippines today and that is what we will continue to do until we conquer the rebellion against tho sovereignty and tho authority of the United States. We mean to sustain the boys in blue that aro carrying that flag whether in the Philippines or hero iu Iowa. It represents not tyranny, bin liberty and civilization, and stands for hope to humanity.” Speeches in a similar vein were de livered by tiie president at half a dozen towns in the siate during the day. tho crown of American acniov t » stop, the i resi TRUST SECURES ANOTHER. Virgiiiiu>Curolina Chemical Company Hoys tiie E llsto. Cnauleston, Ocr. 15 —A deal has boon practically closed for tho purchase of the Eilisto Phosphate company by the Virgiuia-Carolina Chemical com pany. Tho stockholdtrs of the Edisto company will meat on Oct. 24 to confirm tho sale. Terms of the sale have been fully ne gotiated. It is understood that the stock of the company will bo taken at its par valno, a tutal of $200,000 being paid for it. The plant of the company will be acquired with the stock. The old com pany will retain the books and will make collections and settlements upon their contents. The manufactured pro duct and other stock on hand will be transferred to the Virginia Carolina company at cost The assets of the Edisto company are estimated at $100,000, so tiiat the stockholders will seenre a profit of 100 per con* on their hold mgs. The acquisition of the Edisto com pany by the Virginia Carolina company leaves only (lie A she poo ns an inde pendent, active plant iu Charleston. Missionaries ut. CTncliiiiatl. Cincinnati, Oct. 10.—The sessions of the woman’s board of missions of the Christian church at their joint jubilee conventions were completed last Satur day night and today the sessions of the Foreign Christian Missionary society began. The sessions of this society will conclude tomorrow’ noon and in the afternoon sessions of the American Christian Missionary society will begin. Iti V. W. !*, Lacy Is Dealt. Kai.f.igh, Dot. Itl —Rev. W. S. Lacy is dead here of consumption. He was tho sou of tho late Dr. Drowy Igtcy, who was 18 years pastor of the Raleigh Presbyterian church and ten years pres ident of Davidson college. Dr. Lacy had for 11 years been pastor of the 8ec ond Rresbyterian church of Norfolk, Va. N« w e 11 to Sign a Protocol. Thk Haui’k, Oct. lit- Stanford New- I ell, United States minister to the Neth erlands, will sign tho protocol umbo ly ing the agreements reached hy tiio rep ruseutatives of the powers participating iu the recent peace conference. Wireless Telegraphy I'ests. Nkwpokt News, Vu., Oct. 1(1 —The navy department has selected ih ■ Now York and the MasAuchu<'ott* for its first tests of the wireless telegraphy system. These vu-sels will romum outside of lue hatbor for this purpose. Tin- liiiiimveiiiciits aud Aillanrfiiient* of the l\is| \Y c**!* in North ami South Caro* Un:i Cotton .MMN ami llo*k*ry Facto* j fieri, Etc. I |Snutl.urn amt Western Textile Excelsior.] The machinery for the cotton fac- i tory at Edonton, > . C!., is arriving - daily. Tho Long Shoals, X. 0., Cotton i Mills are to make line yanrs from : Egyptian cotton. ! 'I lie now mill at Bennettsville. S. | C., has its new machinery in and is i about to start up. (irover. A C.. is to be the location ; of a new cotton mill some day. J. G. White is an interested party. W in. Dunn and 0. I). Bradham arc inti rested in a project at New Berne, X. C., for tiie erection of a cotton mill. (ieo. W. McAbee, < verseer of card ing in Clifton, S. G , No. d Mill, is off on a tour through Spartanburg coun ty, S. C. The new addition to the Crowder’s Mountain, X. Mill, will give the mill an equipment of d.oOO spindles and RU looms. The McBrayer Yarn Mill Company, <>f Anderson, S. C., has bought forty- three acres of land on the Southern road for the mill site. •I. 0. Griffin, loomlixer at Haw River, N. G., has resigned to accept a like position with the Roanoke Mills Company, Roanoke Rapids, N. C. The Royall Cotton Mill reported lust week to be located near Raleigh, X. C., is to be built at Wake Forest, X. C. Operations will be commenced next spring. W. H. Ragan, High Point, X. C., and J. S. Ragsdale, Jemestown, X. 0., are said to be interested in a new flROJAHi cotton mill to be built in •Jamestown, X. C. A. C. Arnold, an ex-overseer of weaving at tho Whitney, S. C., Cot ton Mills, has accepted a position with the Dwight Manufacturing Com pany, of Alabama City, A!a J. W. Hjde, who has been card grinder for the Gaffney, S. C., Manu facturing Company, has resigned to accept a position as second hand in car l room ut Union, 8. C., Cotton Mills. Francis Hamilton, who resigned as overseer spinning at the Roe Mill, Greenville, 8. C , some time ago, and who had accepted a position at the Henrietta Mill Xo. 1, Inis returned to his former position in Greenville. The Ashley Silk Mill, at Fayette ville, X. C., has started up. The first silk was spun this week. This new operation, together with the negro labor employed in the mill, will be closely watched in the South. The Warrenville, 8. C.. Manufac luring Company will begin operations November 1st. It is equipped with 22 000 spindles and Draper looms. Its mill supplies have been delayed, but the company has hopes of start ing on time. Superintendent Gilligan, of Reids- ville, X. C., has sold seven of the old twisti f) to different parties and will sell the rest of the old machinery at nice. Ho has been quite busy the lust few days getting his winter cot ton stored away. The Cox Manufacturing Company. Anderson. 8. C., has under considera tion Hie enlargement of its proposed yarn mill It has not been definitely decided but the capital stock wilt probably be increased from lot),000 i.o double that amount. Work lias begun on a cotton mill power canal four miles long for three cotton mills on Haw river, in Chut- liam county, X. C. The power to be developed is five thousand horse power, with a fail of ninety-one feet. A million dollars will be spent. Ca*sar Cotie, Rresident of Proxi mity, X. C., Mill, is very good to his employes. A short time ago they wore trying to raise money enough to buy a brass band. .When they came to him to subscribe lie told them to order what they needed and he would pay for the \\hole lot. The Lula Cotton Mills, Kings Mountain, X. C., will be ready to commerce operations about March RdOO. It will contain 2 fiOO spindles at first, to bo enlarged to IMHI in the future. Tiie entire equipment from cards to spinning is of ,8aco-Rettee make. R 8. Baker will be Rresident 1). M. Baker Seeretarv and Treasurer. S|>iiln'» (art atfHt Nceil. Mr. R. R. Olivia, of Rarcelona. I Spain, spends his winters at Aiken. I S. C. Weak nerves had caused 1 severe pains in the back of his head. . On using Electric Ritters, America’s . greatest Blood and Nerve Remedy, i nil pains soon left him. 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