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EDGER.
8EBII-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND EBIDAY.
WE GUARAN 1
The Reliability of Every Adv«
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.
|ReD FEB. 1C, I8i)4.
GAFFNEY, 8. C.. FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1901.
SI.50 A YEAR.
NEGROES CORRALLED
BY AN ARMED MOB
Wholesale Lynching Is Fore
gone Conclusion.
DOZEN OR MORE DOOMED
'llio iii-utiil Murder of it I’roininent
YounW hite aimi. Without Justifi
cation or I’rovieution, the t uuso of
the IiuiNeudinK l.ynehiii^.
Shkkvkpoht, La., June 13. —The last
reports from the Foster plantation,
where Mr. John Gray Foster was mur
dered yesterday, say that a dozen or
more of the frightened negroes are still
cowering in the Kiuuebrew .store, sur
rounded by an armed mob, which threat
ens every moment to lynch the whole
party. Prince Edwards, the negro who
fired the fatal shot, however, has not
yet been apprehended, aud it is the de
sire to get him that has restrained the
mob thus far.
The uegroes imprisoned in the store
are frantic with fright. They are “of
ficially” in the hands of the authorities,
but they realize that their real captors
are the members of the white mob
which has guarded every avenue of es
cape since yesterday.
Foster was a yoimg man, well known,
n brother-in-law of Governor McMillan
of Tennessee, ami came of one of the
first families of Louisiana. The lynch
ing is regarded as highly probable.
When the uegroes were placed m the
store at 9 o’clock last night a crowd as-
•emblea, and it was only through tiie
advice of cooler heads that a wholesale
lynching was prevented.
The wife of the alleged murderer, Ed
wards, was among those arrested. Sbo
had in her possession the shotgun with
which her husband killed Foster.
Story of the Murder.
Prince told the other men to stand
back and he would settle the business,
she said. Then he went in front of them
and fired, . ad Foster fell.
Shortly after the- shooting a posse
with bloodhounds set after Prince, but
his capture has not yet beeu reported.
By some it is thought the fugitive, to
escape lynching, has committed suicide
in some isolated spot.
The Foster plantation is 5 miles cast
of this city, on the Vicksburg, Shreve
port aud Pacific railway. Trouble lias
■p^en browing for some time between
the negroes and overseers of the place.
Foster, thinking he could succeed where
the overseers had failed, started for the
negro quarters during the afternoon.
The uegroes were gathered in a cabin
and ho was some distance away when
the shot which killed him was fired
The negroes scattered, but ail but Ed-
v af*js i-**->rr •“'J
* “ 4 iO v .ipture the .Murderer.
At dawn a message from Kiuuebrew’s
store said t hat the armed citizens guard
ing the negroes had concluded to
make another effort to capture Prince
Edwards, the murderer, before dealing
with his alleged accomplices. There
were ten negroes confined in the jail at
Bossier City, and it was decided to take
them to Kiuuebrew’s store, in order
that the entire crowd might be under
one toof.
Two posses were sent out by the citi
zens. One went in search of Edwards,
wiio was reported to be hiding on an
adjoining plantation. The other march
ed to Bossier City aud secured the ne
groes in jail at that place. No resist
ance was offered the mob. and the frignt-
ened negroes, men ami women, were
marched to Kiuuebrew’s and placed
with Smith aud his fellow prisoners.
AO 9 o’clock it seemed to be the de-
termiuation of the citizens to lynch
Smith aud another negro named Wash-
ingtou, who helped Edwards to escape
aud afterwards denied what he had
done. It was also planned to lynch the
■wife of Edwards, the murderer, aud Ad-
Ice Allen, but a great many opposed this
and utged the stripping and whipping
of the women. It is not unlikely that
in the general round-up not a single life
will hi spared.
Will He llurned.
If was reported here at 10:30 that Ed
wards, the negro murderer, had beeu
surrounded in the swamps near Belcher
by a po-sc headed by Jacob Foster,
brother 4f the murdered man, and Over
seer Viclprs. The dispatch from Vicks
burg Miylit caught he will certainly be
burned. 1
Up to 11’clock today tho citizens at
Kiuuebriw Itnd made no attempt to put
to death ie imprisoned negroes, though
is still rtmning high. The
ho posse which wont to Bel-
t is thought, bo awaited be-
excltemei
return of
cher will,
fore any \ olenco is begun,
DANCERS WERE INJURED,
Wild Frcji of a Tornado lu Minne
sota.
LamueuIyn, Minn , June 13. — Re
ports havtl beeu received that during
the storm a Tuesday in Redwood coun
ty the granty of F. Schultz, in Water-
bury townshp, in which a large part of
the young jlople were enjoying a social
dance, was emoliahed aud five dancers
Were severe* injured.
The injnrA are: John Nolting, John
Bittner, <Jh rley Long. Ida Bittner,
Christian Nc ting. None will die.
The gratia y was lifted from its foun
dation and h irled against a barn, de
molishing bt h buildings.
A numberif buildings were destroyed
by the samektorm at Echo, Revere aud
Sundown, a4<i additional reports of fur-
tber dumagoaro coming in.
Mrs. Keluedy Much Dejected.
kWas Cit, Juno 18.—The jailor
was compellel to call in a physician to
attend Mrs. Hcnnedy and it was neces
sary to admitister a sedative to produce
floep last night. The prisoner was weak
and nervous a\id plainly affected by the
uourt’s action in ruling out what the
defense assertid was their strongest evi
dence—that K. W. Lewis, who, it
was their theory, would prove that Ken
nedy hud mltuittcd ho had ruined the
girl and thill jilted her tor another
woman. This morning when she ap
peared in court she was much depressed
»od dejected.
OVER THE STATE.
Nimvh.v Items from Other CountlcN (Aron|»c<l
Toifet her.
W. H. Gregory, of Gross Keys,
eighty years old, died Monday at his
home at i 1 a. m. lie was a former
citizen of Spartanburg and a much
honored man.
The commencement at Due West
Keuiale College was preached Sunday
morning by Rev. Dr. D. N. McLaugh
lin, of Chester. The closing exercises
are said to be the most largely atten
ded in the history of the institution.
A fly wheel of the Gas and Electric
Light Company of Charleston, weigh
ing about eighteen tons, broke into
many pieces last Friday night. A
piece weighing about a ton was hurled
iiftO feet into a cabin and killed a
colored woman.
The Anderson grand jury returned
true hill against J. S. Fowler in four
cases for conspiracy, false imprison
ment and assault and battery of a
high and aggravated nature. True
bills were returned against \V. (j
Hammond in four cases on tho same
charges.
Last Thursday evening, while
hoeing, Oscar McKlrath of Berry,
dropped deal. He and his wife had
just got to tho field from dinner, und
he seemed to talk as heartily as ever,
when all at once he dropped dead.
Coroner Foster wentj over Friday
evening and held an inquest. Heart
disease was the cause of his death.
George Mintz, a professional cow
thief, was captured last Wednesday
night in Spartanburg while leading a
stolen cow to a place agreed to be
tween him and Fat Burnett. He
went to Fat and made his arrange
ments and Fat reported to tho police.
After long waiting they caught Mintz
and secured the cow, which belonged
to James Burnett.
The Folzer Manufacturing Compay
has entered suit in the United States
Circuit Court in Atlanta, Ga., against
H. C. Poullain, of Harmony Grove,
Ga., for $12 000 damages for failure
to deliver 1,900 bales of cotton in
October, November and December of
last year according to contract for
$78 OOO. Cotton advanced after the
contract was made until it was worth
$90,000 and the company sues for the
difference.
Last week Will Lynch, a colored
citizen of Greenwood, was charged
and tried before Mayor I’ark anti jury
for storing and keeping in possession
liquor for unlawful purposes. The
jury found Will guilty as charged,,'and
the mayor sentenced him to imnrison-
ment at hard labor on the public
works of the municipality for thirty
d ivs, or pay a fiine of $(><). Dissatia-
vvlt&z bljc; Ov yj f.f, Bo U p pc CfclUG
to the full Council, who sustained
tho mayor, and Lynch has appealed
to tho Court of General Sessions.
Mr. J. T Cornwell, of Roddey,
after the recent flood in the Catawba,
discovered on a sand-bar in tho river
a grave containing the bodies of live
or six Indians, together with pipes,
potery, etc. As soon as the bodies
were exposed to air they fell into a
mass of ashes, but tho skulls re
mained intact and are in a remark
able state of preservation. The sand
bar upon which these skeletons were
found is nrar the middle of tho river
bed aud the graves must have been
made long before tho white man
placed his foot upon this part of the
map.
Emmett Easterling, of Byrds, who
was enlisted in the United States
Army and stationed at Fort Fremont,
Hilton’s Head, three miles from Port
Royal, died very suddenly on Tues
day night, June 4th. Young Easter
ling was only twenty-three years of
age, and had served in the Spauish-
American war, having been enlisted
in the 2nd Georgia volunteers. After
being mustered out of this regiment,
be again enlisted in the United
States regular artillery. He was, up
to the time of his death, clerk and
typewriter in tho quarter master’s
department.
A bold attempt at robbery was
frustrated the other night at the Sea
Island Hotel at Beaufort. A com
mercial traveler from Laurens was
stopping at the hotel and just before
going to bed he told tho porter, who
happened to be in his room at the
time, that he thought some one was
under his bed. The portor looked
and sure enough there was a big,
burly negro crouched up under there.
However, before they could get hands
on him he jumped out of the window
to the ground, thirty feet distant,
landing on a picket fence. He was
followed a longdistance by his bloody
track, hut was never caught,
A coal burning locomotive on the
Nashville branch of the Atlantic
Coast Line exploded just across the
North Carolina line a few days ago.
The engine was pulling a heavy
freight and with two cars broke loose.
While going through a cut the boiler
exploded. The boiler and pilot were
blown up on an embankment. The
head of the engineer, Fred Brown,
was taken off as with a cleaver. He
was found seated on his box, his left
hand firmly grasping the lever. The
tir.-man was blown up on the embank
ment and fatally scalded. Both cars
were wrecked. A train man was
standing on one of these und was shot
off by the coal that was blown out of
the tender. He is serioudy injured.
My little son had an attack of
whooping cough and was threatened
with pheumnnia; but for Chamber
lain’s Cough Remedy we would have
had a serious time of it. It also
saved him from several severe at
tacks of croup —H j. HraioKKADKJf,
editor World-Herald, Fair Heaven,
Waih. For sale by Cherokee Drug
Co.
GAFFNEY CARPETS
IN THE SOOTH.
Made by Best Equipped Plant
in the Country.
PIONEER CARPET MILL.
A Circular better Iwtuetl l*y CsfTney Car
pet Manuritetiirliii; Cunipauy HlHrunseH
Merltn of It* Mill »n<l Condition* In tlie
South <ieiieiiilly.
During tho month of April last the
Gaffney Carpet Manufacturing Com
pany, of this city, sent out circular
letters to various retail carpet deal
ers throughout the South extending
to them a very cordial invitation to
visit the mill plant at any time they
might be passing through Gaffney.
In this letter the natural advan
tages of the mill over th§ carpet mills
of the north were discussed at length,
and the fact that it was tho pioneer
mill of the South, the best equipped
carpet factory in the country, opera
ting tho latest modern machinery
and running its own dye house, made
it an easy matter to successfully
compete with the northern carpet
mills, while the grade of goods manu
factured was unexcelled by any mill
of a like nature in the country.
A firm in Texarkana, Texas, re
ceived one of these circular letters
and placed it in the hands of Mr. J.
W. Htuart, editor of the Texarkana
“Courier,” who was so “struck with
its common sense” that he repro
duced it in his paper. Mr. Stuart is
a native of South Caroline, and says
that he “wishes every enterprise in
the noblest of all States the greatest
success.”
The following is Mr. Stuart’s article
In the “Courier,” which was headed,
“God’s Truth:”
“The Gaffney Carpet Manufactur
ing Company, the pioneer carpet mill
of the South, whichjs located at Gaff
ney, South Carolina, and which, by
the way, is ono of the best equip
ped carpet factories in the country,
is successfully competing with the
old companies of the North. Re
cently it address* d a circular letter
to the retail carpet dealers of the
South. One of these letters hap
pened to fall into our hands. It con
tains the concentrated essence of
truth. If its sugge stions were heeded
the South would soon be God’s
country, sure enough.
In paro It says, tm apaalclng of the
advantage which v/ould result from
the home conversion of the raw ma
terials of the South into the finished
products:
The results will be that in a few
years, on account of the natural ad
vantages we enjoy, the greatest
manufacturing center of the country
will be tho Houth land, if but a con
certed movement is made lending to
the keeping at home of the iuomense
wealth which is daily sent North,
through the methods followed by
merchants of the South and buyers
generally, in making all of their pur
chases in Northern cities, leaving
there theirs and tho people's money,
barring the small margin kept at
home for operating and living expen
ses.
From this one view of the question,
und if all this is changed, us it can
be by co-operation, then a vast
amount of funds would he lift in
circulation in the South for the use
of its people, at loanable low rates of
interest, and«Uuis the impetus to
quicken the state of leaierahfp and
superiority would have increased
force leading to a dominance unequal
ed, blessed as we are by nature with
every natural advantage and having
so many resources.
‘It has been estimated, that the
single item of labor on pay-roll not
exceeding $10,000 annually, has re
sulted in a volume of business of up
ward of $500,000 for the particular
locality, not to speak of tdhe money
paid for the raw malarial.* The
best minds und efforts of those who
are doing the work along, the lines of
Southern development '.-oucur in the
following statement; "What is the
condition largely In the Bouth today?
—ore dug from the mines, make it
into pig iron and ship it away; splen
did acres produce cottm, and largely
shipped away. These, great staple
products leave the 8o nth as raw ma
terials. The iron, timber and cotton
go largely to Northern ajud European
factories, delivering the treasures to
others instead of ordaLning it to be
that they should be manufactured at
home.
We rre only referring now to three
southern staples—the estimate of
loss to this section in not converting
all its pig iron into merchantable
products; all its co’tton Into cloth;
all its lumber into furniture and
other commodities, is shown by the
following aationishiug figures. The
annual product of the Southern states
has a market value of $550,000 000,
of this Southern factories aud ebops
utilize an annual valuation of only
$60,000,000 of these three articles of
raw material. There is shipped out
of the Bouth every year a valuation
of $190,000,000. An army of 1,500,-
000 men, citizens of other Hates and
countries, is Employed to manu
facture the raw material shipped
from the Houth. This army is paid
an annual wage of $375,000,000.
Think what it means if $1175,000,000
were added aonuall? to tho pay rolls
of the Houth, and if the immensity
of these figures is realized, It is well
to remembqr that ninety per cent of
the money paid the wage earners is
expended for food and o!o4hlog and
other necessities, now going to enrich
other states and countries.’ Think
again, if that clothing and among
other things carfets, was all manu
factured here for the requirements of
Southern people, what wealth it
would bring to the communities,
what bank deposits, with plenty of
loanable funds, nowall going toother
states and countries to the impover
ishment of this section?
The statement has been made by a
prominent man, that ‘if only a law
was passed to prevent the sale of
Southern raw products beyond the
borders of each state producing them,
until they were manufactured into
salable articles and ready for the
customer, what a blessing It would
be, for it would guarantee employ
ment to an army of sturdy wage
earners, and their daily needs would
establish a local market for all man
ner of |farm products; then the great
economic wheel would be complete,
all interests would be prosperous for
the very wealth kept at home.’
A home market can only he created
by the development of manufacturing
industries and the enlistment of a
great wage-earning army that will
draw its support irom these factories
andj ^expend its earning for the
manufactured articles in the Houth,
as made in.the Houth, and feed upon
tha products of the Southern farms,
thus enriching all alike. The great
wealth of the North and East is due
to its manufacturing interests, where
only ten per cent of the people are
engaged in agriculture and fifty per
cent in manufacturing—it has
neither timber, cotton, raw hides,
nor wool of its own production. It
buys these articles from other states
and countries and sells them back
to the producer at a big profit, hence
its wealth, aud the constant and
profitable market for its farm pro
duce ! But a brighter day has dawn
ed for the South, and its manufac
turing enterprises are increasing, but
they must be diversified, eucouraged
and aided.
<Ara**y Pond (ios*lp.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Grassy Pond, June 12.—If there
ever was a time when farmers were
on a rush, it is now; but in spite of
all that can be done it seems that
“General Green” will win the battle.
Last Sunday Miss Ara Stacy, o
Maud, spent the day with Miss Della
Humphries.
Miss Docia Davis also paid a visit
to her cousin, Miss Lula Humphries,
Sunday.
Last Sunday at 11 o’clock Mr. C.
M. Huskey andj Miss Pollie Daniel
were married. Charlie is % good,
sober, honest, hard-working young
man, while Miss Pollie is a smart
and an industrious young lady. We
wish for them the very best of suc
cess in their new life. Rooster.
Cure* Ki-zeiiiaaiid.Itclilug llumontThrough
tho Hlood—Coat* Nothing to try It.
B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) is
now recognized as a certain and sure
cure for Eczema, Itching Skin, Hu
mors, Scabs, Scales. Watery Blisters,
Pimples, Aching Bones or Joints,
Boils, Carbuncles, Prickling Pain in
the Skin, Old Eating Sores, Ulcers,
etc. Botanic Blood Balm taken
internally, cures the worst and most
deep-seated cases by eoriching,
purifying and vitalizing the blood,
thereby giving a healthy blood sup
ply to the skin. Botanic Blood Balm
is the only cure, to stay cured, for
these awful, annoying skin troubles.
Other remedies may relieve, but B.
B. B. actually cures, heals every
sore, and gives the rich glow of
health to the skin. B. B. B. builds
up the broken-down body arid makes
the blood red and nourishing. Over
8000 voluntary testimonials of cures
by Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.)
Druggist, $1. Trial treatment free
and prepaid by writing Blood Balm
Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble,
and free medical advice will be given
until cured.
It is a touching farewell when a
man gives you the tip of his fingers
instead of a vigorous handshake.
Head It In MU Newnpitper.
George Schaub, a well known Ger
man citizen of New Lebanon, Ohio,
is a constant reader of the Dayton
Volkszeitung. He knows that this
paper aims to advertise only the best
in its columns, and when he saw
Chamberlain’s Pain Balm advertised
therein for lame back, he did not
hesitate in buying a bottle of it for
his wife, who for eight weeks had
suffered with the most terrible pains
in her back and could get no relief.
He says: “After using the Pain
Balm for a few days my wife said to
me. ’I feel as though born anew,'
and before using the entire contents
of the bottle the unbearable pains
had entirely vanished and she could
again take up her household duties.”
He is very thankful and hopes that
all suffering likewise will hear of her
wonderful recovery. This valuable
liniment Is for sale by Cherokee Drug
Co.
One of peculiarities is that the
world is seldom watching a man
when he is doing good.
You Know Wlint You nr* Taking
When you take Grove’s Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula is
plainly printed on every bottle show
ing that it is simply Iron aud (Quinine
in a tasteless form. No cure. No
Pay. 60o.
IRON PB0D0CTI0N
BECORO If BROKEN
Consumption Still Continues
to Be Enormous.
DEADLOCK IN PIG IRON
Uui-UHinea* 1.* Caused by the Mrlke o.
.UuehluUls—Mutterlugs Are Heard
Among the Moulders—The Kxporl
Trite Ih IVacticuily Suspcuded.
New York, June 13.—The Iron Age
today says:
“Our blast furnace returus show that
curing May production iucreased from
»0l,125 tons per week to 314,505 tons
per wook, carrying it far beyomi auy
previous record. Stocks of coke and an
thracite iron have declined further,
from 363,251 tons on May 1 to 333,813
tons on June 1, thus proving that con
sumption is still enormous. The new
furnaces of the United States Steel cor
poration arc coining in one by une. One
at Mingo has started, and a second one
will follow. Neville island is going into
operation and tne new Newcastle is
soon to blow in.
At a Deadlock.
“So far as foundry pig iron is con-
earned, the market is really at a dead
lock. Sellers are not pressing iron,
simply because it would be of little use
while tho present temper of the buyers
continues. Under tho circumstances,
prices are nominal Consumption con
tinues heavy iu nearly all sections of
the country, except in New England
and along the coast. Steel is exceed
ingly scarce, and high prices are paid
for what little roaches the open maraet.
“The new tonnage of iron aud stool
Which is being placed is rather amall,
unci there is more anxiety to secure
what is coming up in some branches.
In the plate trade some additional or
ders for shiphuildiug are coming up on
the lakes. The pipe trade has had fur
ther heavy demands upou it from the
Texas oil country.
l-.fFvct ot Labor Trouble.
“Labor trouble is causing some uneasi
ness. The machinists have driven man
ufacturers into a much more closely
knit organization, but there are mutter-
ings among tho molders, ami it is profc-
nble that the demands for au advance
' part of tho Amolgamared associ
ation may cause some trouble. Iu the
heavy linos tho export trade is practi
cally suspended, aud this, of course,
with our rapidly increasing productive
capacity, will push additional quanti
ties of material upou the domestic mar
ket during the second half.
The prospect of good crops may stjm-
uinto ‘.urtln v heavy consumption of iron
audsteoL” *
THE SOUTHERN IRON FIELD.
Excellent Showing Made by Alabama
ami Tennessee.
Birmingham, Ala., Juue 13.—Ship-
incuts of pig irou from the Alabama aud
Tenuesseo field duriug the mpnth of
May aggregated 129,230 tons, an in
crease over the same month last year of
1,000 tons. Export shipments ainonnted
to ouiy 158 tons as against 18,qp0 tons
last year. This falling off is explained
by the fact that the domestic demand
uow is so large as to practically shat out
foreign shipments.
The shipments of pig iron from the
Birmingham district Tor May were 74,-
013, a decrease of 5,000 tons. T^e total
shipmeuts of cast iron pipe from Ala
bama and Teuuessee in May amounted
to 15,203 tons, an increase over last year
of 9,000 tons. Of the above, 7,888 tons
were forwarded from the Birmingham
district. Cast irou pipe exports were
165 tons, against 600 tons last year.
The amouut of steel billets shipped in
May was 6,735 tous, against none last
year. Altogether the shipments tot the
month make an excellent showing.
CUBAN QUESTION SETTLED.
Constitutional Convention Adopts the
Platt Amendment.
Washington, Jane 13.—The Cuban
constitutional epnvension yesterday, by
a vote of 16 to 11, accepted the Platt
amendment
The convention will now appoint a
commission to draw np the electoral law.
Secretary of War Elihu Root says:
“It means the independence of Cnba
aud all that is best and freest in Cuba
will be backed by all that is best in the
United States.”
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After a man gets into trouble it Is
easy for him to see how ho might
have kept out of it.
Stops Tb« Cough And Work* orf The Cold
Laxative Bromo-^uluine Tablets
cure a cold In one day. No Cure, No
Pay. Price 516 o«nt«.
OIL IN THE SOUTH.
Wells Are Uelng Struck In Florida
and Tennessee.
Dunellon, Fla., Juue 13 —Reliable
Information has been received hero that
oil has beeu struck iu considerable
quantities in Marion county. The strike,
according to the information, is of the
most promising character. The prices
of lauds in the vicinity are said to be
loariug. The discovery is 4 miles from
Ibis village.
Columbia, Tenn., June 13.—The Co-
■umbia Oil company has been organized
Here, with $10,000 capital stock. They
will here for oil near here, where oil
flows from a spriug.
They Broke Away.
Charleston, June 13.—Twenty men,
brought by the Southern railway to fill
places of striking machinists here, ar
rived this morning, bat did not go to
work. As soon as the train reached the
station the men broke away and mu in
all directions. A crowd of strikers was
on baud and also a squad of police, but
there was uo disorder. Fifteen other
imported machinists afterwards went to
work.
Iteport Denied.
Hamburg, Jure 13 —The Hamburg-
American Steam n com pany denies
tho report that it* negotiations with the
Atchison, Topeka uad Santa Fo railroad
to haudie the shore end of its new en>
r-rpriw, a train-Pacific Hue, are broken
off.
CROP BULLETIN.
Condition of Carolina Crop* a* Reported
by the llur.tao.
Columbia, 8. C., June 11.—The
week ending Monday, June 10th, was
somewhat warmer than the preceding
one, but tho average temperature
continued below the normal. There
was a maximum of 98 at Yemaesee
on the 5th, and a minimum of 55 at
Greenville on the 4th. Over the
western and northern counties the
nights were much too cool for cotton,
and there was a general deficiency of
sunshine.
General showers occurred on the
3rd, and again on the 6th and 7th,
light over the greater portion of the
State, but heavy in the middle and
lower Savannah valley, th Jsoutheast-
ern, and portions of the west central
counties, where the ground was kept
too wet for general cultivation, and
where only from two to three days’
ploughing was practicable. Over tho
western, central, northern and north
eastern counties, the weather condi
tions were favorable for farm work,
and cultivation made fair progress.
Cotton is unusually small, lacks
cultivation, and is somewhat lousy
in places, while grassy fields are the
rule. It has not all been chopped to
stands. In the eastern and south-
easte^r sections its growth is at a
standstill, and the plants are turning
red or yellow, showing an unhealthy
condition, but over the remainder of
the State it is growing and improving
slowly, and has a healthy color. Sea-
island looks better, but blight is still
prevalent.
Corn has begun to tassel and is be
ing laid by in the southeastern sec
tions, where its condition is, however,
very poor owing to lack of cultivation
and sn excess of moisture. In other
sections upland corn has been im
proved and looks healthy, but bot
toms are still too wet to replant.
Bud worms and crows are damaging
bottom land corn in the extreme
west.
Late wheat has rusted badly, while
early is being harvested with the
average result only fair, and not up
to expectations. Oats harvest is well
advanced, but the rains have dam
aged some in the shock. Yields are
variable, but average fairly good.
Tobacco is extremely poor, and
dying from lack of proper cultivation
and excessive moisture in Williams
burg county and vicinity, while in
the other tobacco districts, it has im
proved slightly, hut Is still poor.
Worms are numerous In places.
Upland rice is fine, and some river
rice also, .but in the Georgetown dis
tricts freshets have done much dam
age, and prevented a full acreage of
June sowing.
Melons are a failure in places, and
poor generally. Peaches are drop
ping, and early varieties are rotting.
Truck is growing and yielding well.
Many correspondents report a scarcity
of faro) laborers.
WOMEN AND SOCIETY.
(All communications to this column should
be addressed to P. O. Box 153.)
Any life-work that one may take up
is a question of taste and necessity.
A great many women fail in special
fields of endeavor who might succeed
if they were willing to sacrifice, and
wouldn’t let distractions come in.
Some who are safe in their happy
homes have sometimes dreamed of
other achievements and would accom
plish suchjwork if they are thrown on
their own resources, thus quicken
into real life and have their dreams
realized. There is more in a woman’s
life to divert her attention from a
single purpose than Jin a man’s, but
if she will choose some line worthy to
be called a life-work, and will not be
drawn aside but keep her eyes stead
fastly off the goal, she is certain to
achievesuccess.
The young people have been hav
ing quite a series of entertainments
for the past few weeks and society
seems never to tire.
Last evening Prof. R. O. Sams en
tertained the Young Peoples Union,
(juite a nice program was prepared,
refreshments were served on the lawn
and a delightful evening was spent by
those who were so fortunate as to at
tend.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Miss Florence Caldwell left this
week for her home in Chester. Miss
Caldwell baa been taking music les
sons at Limestone College for the past
term, and she leaves to the regret of
her many friends.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Mrs. Landy Harris and little son
Sarratt. of Union, 8. C., are visiting
relatives in tho city.
Miss Addle McArthur gave a formal
“at home” Monday afternoon from 4
toll! o’clock to her friend Miss Rprunt.
Light refreshments were served.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Miss EITle Hopper received her
friends yesterday afternoon and even
ing in honor of Miss An*pach. The
afternoon was devoted to the married
ladies and the evening was most de
Hghtfully spent by tho young people.
Miss Hopper is a charming hostess
and the evening will be long remem
bered.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
*Miss Mignon Walker has returned
from Columbia, where she has been
attending college.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Miss Janie Hprunt ha* returned
to her home In Chatlesion after a
short bat plsmot visit to Miss Ad
dis McArthur.
EMPEROR WILUAM
IN A NEW ROLE
Manifests Great Interest In
the Y. M. C. A.
SAYS SOME NICE THINGS
Cables I|is Congratulation* to the Ju.
feitM Convention In Session at Bos
ton—Tha Americans Hake Approprl*
ate Reply—I’lcasuut Incident.
Boston, Juue 13.-—Among the pleas
ant features of the Y. M. 0. A. jubileg
convention now iu session here has been
the receipt of a message from the Ger
man ambassador at Washington, trans-
nutting a cablegram from Emperor Wil
liam. The emperor says:
“I ask you to transmit to the brother'-
hood of Young Men’s Christian associa
tions of America assembled for the ju
bilee convention my hearty congratula
tions. With pride I look back on the
past life of the Y. M. C. A. May this
grand work continue to prosper. ’ I see
that the German associations, active in
the same endeavor, take part fraternally
in this solemn gathering. May the
American associations also in the future
train for their great fatherland citizens
who are sound iu body and soul aud
earnest convictions of life, standing on
the only unmovablo foundation, the
name of Christ, whose name is above
every name.”
Tue convention, iu reply, sent a mes
sage to the emperor, expressing thanks,
aud saying that the delegates were deep
ly touched by the reference to the fra
ternal relations existing between tho
young men of the German fatherland
and America.
“May our%llianco founded on Christ
forever bind the kindly sentiments
which uow exist between the two lauds"
was the concluding seutimout of the
convention message.
Jubilee Da)*.
The great enthusiasm created during
yesterday’s meetings in connection with
the Y. M. C. A. convention was at high
pitch for today’s sessions, which wero
to make up the events of “Jubilee day.”
Fo«p- special meetings had beeu arrang
ed, including the usual morning devo
tional aud praise services iu Association
hall; a very interesting service in the
historic old South Meeting house in
commemoration of the adoption of the
Y. M. C. A. constitution by the Boston
association; a service of equal interest
iu Fanieul hall, and finally a meeting
for the railroad branch in Association
hall iu the evening. Between the flrsl
aud second meeting.* an opportunity
was offered tho delegates to attend a re
ception by Governor Crane at the state*
house at 1:30 p. m.
BRAVE MINERS, THESE.
Another Rescue Party Kilters Burn*
ing Coal Mine.
Port Royal, Pa., Juue 13.—Another
exploring party started into the burning
mine at this place at 9:30 o’clock this
morning, in an effort to recover the
bodies of the men below. The party
was composed of ten men and they were
told before they started that they wore
taking their lives iu their hands, as the
mine was full ot firedamp and explo
sions are liable to occur at any time.
At 3:40 o’clock this morning the sev
enth explosion occurred. It was caused
by the gas igniting from the tire below,
and it is expected that other explosions
will follow today.
Inspector Dixon, who headed the
party this morning, is confident he will
be able to recover some of the bodies.
The party went down in two sections,
aud as each cage was lowered the crowd
ontside of the ropes gave a cheer and
many fervent “Godspeeds” were heard.
LINE OF AUTOMOBILES.
\
Will Kuu Between Towns In tha
Old North State.
Winston-Salem, N. C., June 13.—Ar-
raugements have beeu completed to es«
tablish an automobile line in Greens
boro, and to run on the principal streets
a regular half-hour schedule from the
depot to Proximity and to South Greens
boro. There will also be a line run to
this point and a diverging line at Kern-
ersville for High Point.
A large order has been placed for lo
comobiles that will have the latest im
proved device, the Edison storage bat
tery. They will have a carrying ca
pacity of 25 passengers, besides express
and baggage department. It is expected
that the line will be opened by Ang. ].
Trips will be made every two hours each
way between Winston and Greensboro,
and the rate of speed will be 20 miles an
hour.
Still Involved In Mystery.
Atlanta, Juno 13.—The murder of
Berta Jacksou seems destined to take its
place among tho mysterious crimes
which the law cannot ferret out aud
which must go uuaVenged. The coro
ner’s jury, after a five hours’ session
yesterday afternoon, acknowledged that
the murder mystery was as far from n
G lutton as ever, and instructed tha
eriff to release Flowers, tfio foster fa
ther, and the two negro boys, who were
arrested on suspicion. The jury wUl
meet again next Wednesday.
Alabama's Dead Qsvernor.
Montgomery, Ala., June 18.—Th*
constitutional oonYention met at noon
and immediately adjourned, out of re-
spoot to the memory of the late Govern
or 8amford. Many of the members ac
companied the rqpiaius to Opelika on,
the special train, which left here at 1:30
this morning. Tomorrow morning oth
er members of the convention will go
to Opelika to participate in the funer
al services.
To Settle Vexed Qe 'stlon.
Peking, June 1&—Indltetlons point
to a probably definite settlement of tha
indemnity question at tho next meeting
of ministers, whlob is expected to take
place Saturday. The ministers feel ti
is absolutely neoaasary that a strong*
effort should be Utnfle to tainlnal* “
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