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w WED FEJJ. 10, 1894. GAFFNEY. 8. C., FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1901. $1.50 A YEAH. Il^^TOASTER UBS NEW VICTIMS Two More Dead as Result of the Collision. OTHERS ARE SUFFERING Tht'lr Condition Sot Vet Positively Determined and 1 liey .May Die at Any .Moment—rive of the Victims Unknown and Unidentified. Kansas City, July 11. —Up to 11 o’clock today two more victims of yes terday’s coliisiou on the Alton railroad <uec$FNoit9n have succumbed to their 'injuries, making a total dead of 20 Mrs. J. A. Adsit, wife of Dr. Adsit of ^ Hoopeston, Ills., died at 6:d0 this morn ing at i>t. Joseph’s hospital, and Mrs. Hilda Haysliu of Chicago died an hour later ut University hospital. Leslie K Coleburu of Paw Paw,Mich , Miss Lottie Stiles of Horuelisville, N. Y..and Mrs. U. \V r . Snyder of Jasper, Ills., are in a very precarious condition and may die at any moment. Dr. Adsit, Professor S. A. D. Harry of Hoopeston, Ills., and L. 0. Bray of Chicago are still suffering intensely and their condition has not yet been deti- iiitely determined. Most of the other injured are resting easily, but. in the case of half a dozen of the patients the outcome may not he known for another 24 hours. 'I Are Unidentified. Five victims are unidentified. The first, supposed to ho the daughter of Mrs. li. J. Curtis of Geneseo, N. Y. t v^ho was killed, was about 23 years old. She had dark hair and brown eyes. The only article to aid identification was a garter marked “California.” The second is thought to be Majbr Corneas of Chicago, about 50 years old, a sandy mustache, light hair, weighing 200 pounds The third is that of a woman about 80 years of age, who died ut St. Joseph’s hospital last night. She wore false teeth and had seven moles on the neck and another on the hip. The other two are men, about 40 years dlu. They are horribly mutilated—an arm and a leg missing and the should ers and he:nl are crushed. One victim had dark hair, blue eyes and gray mus tache. He was dressed poorly. The other had blue eyes and light reddish hair. At the oflice of the superintendent of the Chicago and Alton railroad in this city today it was stated that no addi tional bodies had been found in the wreck. JUSTICE-: IN PHILIPPINES. American Olllccrs on Trial Uor Crave (Tfi.-uses. Mann.a, July 11.—The trial of Lieu tenant Brown of the Second infantry, charged with murdering, near Biugan- on, Infanta province, a native who was Kuspected of responsibility in the death of a soldier, began today. The soldier referred to was drowned while a detach ment of the Second infantry wa§ swim ming a river under fire. The lieuten ant, at the time of the occurrence, ques tioned the native and the latter bolted, whereupon Brown shot him. Captain Francis M. Fremont, also of the Second infantry is being tried for Btilking a soldier. The court has re quested that a witness now in Wash ington be ordered here to testify. As an outgrowth of the ill feeling ex isting in some quarters, it developed re cently that H. Phelps Wbitmarch, the governor of Bengnet (who has been or dered here to have certain charges agaiyst him investigated), had a physi cal encounter with Secretary Otto Scherer of that province, who disap proves of the governor’s administra tion. The United States officer believes Scherer is true to the interests of the natives. “DUST TO DUST.” Mrs. Martha Johnson Patterson Laid Away to It eat. Grkexvim.k, Tenn., July 11.—The funeral of Mrs. Martha Johnson Patter- eon occurred this afternoon at 4 o’clock, at the late residence, which was the homo of Andrew Johnson. Mrs. Patterson’s remains now lie in state in the wiroo room where her fa ther’s body was placed in 1875, when he died. Telegrams of condolence has been re ceived from all over the country. The mayor this morning issued a proclamation, calling on all business men to close their places of business this afternoon from 4 to 5 o’clock. OVER THE STATE. (iijiinctlou Against Scalpers. OlSCiNNATt, July 11.—Judge Rufus B. Smith of the suporio? court has granted an injunction against all the tigket scalpers, restraining them from purchasing or selling all forms of non- transferable tickets, including Ohriutian Endeavor‘tickets issued by or reading over the Big Four, Pennsylvania, Balti more and Ohio, Louisville and Nash ville and Ciuoinnati, Hamilton and Day- ton railroads. This action is very ifn- portant to the lines in the east. Were (Ovals In Love. Jackson,Miss., July 11.—Will Nolan •shot and killed A. H. Palmer last night at Aading. Palmer was a civil en gineer. in charge of the improvement force on the Illinois Central. The young men are said to have been rivals in a love affair and quarreled last night because Nolan used profane language in the presence of a young lady tele graph operator at Auding. Pensioned For Life. San Francisco, July 11.—The Exam iner says that J. A. Fillmore, who has just tesigued the position of manager of the Pacific system of the Southern Pa cific railroad, will bo paid ll.OCi) a mouth by that company until the end of the year, and utter that $500 a month as long as he lives The corporation tyhfc him a p usion because of his long Aeiitonoue s“.rvio*. Newsy ItemN from Other Counties (1 rouped Together. Mrs. Missouri White, aged 82, died at the home of her son-in-law, J. W. West, near Glenn Springs, on Tues day. She was buried at Fair Forest church Tuesday. Rev. A. A James wus the officiating minister. Governor McSweeny has pardoned Herbert Tucker, a white man sent to the penitentiary in 1898 for tj years. He killed a negro out near Reidville. In the petition to the governor it was stated that Tucker had a wife and six children who needed him at home. The brick work in the vault of the Bank of Spartanburg has been com pleted aod the metal parts are being put in place. The bank furniture has been finished and will be placed as soon as the tile fioor is put down. The bank will be open for business in a week or so. There was a frolic at the home of Aaron Chavis in Orangeburg county last Sunday. After a sort of dull prelude the fireworks were suddenly touched off. When the racket was over it was seen that seven persons were shot, two of them being women. Two of the wounded will die. The roof of the Capitol building is being taken off and the frame of the tower is in position. They say that "bairns and fools should not criticise unfinished work,” but a great many people are disposed to make light of the lantern on top of the new tower on the Capitol. In its unfinished state this lantern is out of all propor tion to the tower. On Saturday night while Dr. Miot, of Columbia, was behind his pre scription counter for a few moments some one went behind the counter in the front of the store and took all the contents of the cash drawer, amount ing to a neat sura. Though the matter was promptly reported to the police, aud the name of the suspected party given, no arrest had been made up to Tuesday afternoon. The glanders situation amongst horses and mules is somewhat seri ous about Yorkville. Last week the chief of police lost a fine $200 mule aud its mute is now affected, as also is a horse belonging to Sheriff Logan. Dr. Nesom, veterinary surgeon of Clemaon College, is there. He has examined the stock and pronounced it glanders. Altogether several cases are reported, but prompt action will be taken and it is hoped the dis ease will be effectually stamped out. On last Saturday afternoon, a few bystanders on the streets of Newberry were thunderstruck by a most daring arrest, made by Policeman S. Gr Carter. This officer was seen to rush out iato the street, club iu band and, with a coolness and sternness of countenance that would have baffled a Jesse James, he arrested a loose umbrella as it was attempting to steal away (rom its owner on the wings of a gentle breeze. Such deeds of valor always call forth the highest praise. The death of Congressman J. Wil liam Stokes, which occurred at his home near Orangeburg Saturday morning at 5 o’clock, was a great shock to the whole community, though not unexpected; for it was known several days ago that little, it any hope, was entertained of his final recovery. He had been in declining ^health for months, yet his desire to serve his constituency caused him to forget self aud continue at his official work until a short time siuce, when he was forced by weakness to give up all of bis labors. His private secre tary was brought there, however, and attended to all matters of press ing importance. Acting Coroner McMaster, of Co lumbia, had au inquest Tuesday morning over the body of Laura Franklin, a colored woman who had been living on the outskirts of the city. The jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes. It ap pears that the deceased and Mr. Jas per Miller, a well known citizen of Columbia, bad a difficulty on Satur day last, when, because Mr. Miller bad issued a warrant for her arrest on the charge of larceny, she became enraged and disgustingly insulted his wife in his absence. Mr. Miller heard of the woman’s conduct on bis return and called her to account with a face slapping—which could not have had much effect as she came to town on Sunday. Both Drs. Earle aod Harman testified to having treated the deceased for kidney trouble sod heart disease. It was also shown that the woman had been in ill health for some lime. George Goode, colored, is in jail in Laurens charged with the assassina tion of Logan Dendy, Also colored, who was killed last Thursday night at Durbin creek, Young’s township. At the coroner’s inquest it developed that Dendy and Goode had been on bad terms for some time and Goode bad made threats. He was arrested by Magistrate Riddle’s constables and taken to jail. Before be was de livered to the authorities at Laurens, however, Goode confessed his guilt to the constable. Said he lay In wait for his victim and shot him with an old gun, the barrel of which he found and stocked himself for the purpose. After the shooting the stock was de tached and burned snd the barrel consigned to the bottom of the stream in the community. He now denies his guilt and says the confes sion was made under duress, but it is the geueraljopinina that he is Dendy’s slayer. Dendy was a bad negro and is said to have been feared by his col ored neighbors generally. The esse will probably come up for trial at the session of ooart ae«t week. PLIGHT OF FRANCE AS TO POPULATION Census Figures Remain Al most Stationary. UNEASINESS MANIFESTED Proposed Kxpeudliurrs For lb« Navy Do Not Seem to IJe Just Hied by Very Slight Increase la the I'opulallou of the Country. Paris, July 11.—The naval expeudi- ture of France for 1902 is officially pro posed to bo $*52,520,000, w ich at first sight seems to bo $4,100 less than iu 1901, bat if it is taken into account that the cost of maintaining the marine in fantry aud artillery, amounting toabou* $3,400,000, bas been transferred from the navy to the ministries of war and the colonies, it is found that the money that France intends to spend upon the navy during lOJi is iu reality $2,300,000 in excess of the naval expenditures of the current year. Mutter For ConsUleratlon. It Is a matter of serious consideration for the French whether they are not spending upon their navy more than tueir national resources warrant. France has now piled up a debt iuvolviug au annual charge for interest of nearly $20*),000,000, or, in other words, every man, woman aud child in France has now to pay $5 per annum for interest on the national debt. The army costs the country $i32,000,000 a year and the total expenditure for 1902 is officially proposed to be $720,000,000. Startling Statistic.'. Moreover, reflections upon the French census cause renewed uneasiness. Last March the population iu round numbers was 33,600.000, being an increase of only 330,000 since 1896; and even this meager result is mostly accounted for by Paris and its suburbs, wnere the in crease has been 292,000, due principally to foreign immigration, so tnut iu the rest of France the population Has beeu augmented by only 38,000 during the last five years. That is to say, for mili tary aud naval purposes the population is almost stationary, and iu this respect France stands along among the great nations of Europe. Seems to lie linpos-lble. Under these conditions, M. Jaurcs, the sociah>t leader, ami many advanced thinkers among the radicals and radical socialists, hold that it is impossible for France to have at the same time a navy and army of the first rank, simply be cause she has not the resources of men and money to maintain both. BANDITS ARE SURROUNDED. 8herllt Is In Pursuit of Thciu ( With a Lai-ge Posse. Hki.ksa, Mou., July 11. — Reports have reached here that the Great North ern express robbers have been surround ed on Peeples creek, south of the Little Rockies, with seven men guarding them, awaiting the arrival of Sheriff Griffith, who will leave Malya with a posse of 40 men this afternoon. It is known that the robbers crossed the Missouri river not far from Peck Agency, Mon., Monday evening; that they are riding fresh horses, secured either from relays provided iu advance or by theft from the ranges which they passed. From the Vicinity of the Bank- ney agency they headed south, and are in a section of country where they can make good time, but still not be far from the security of mouutaius. This information will seem toiudicato that the robbers have some other haven in siglit than the'“Hole in the Wall” country, having gone far east of there. Sheriff Bonner has also organized a posse to assist Sheriff Griffith. They left Great Falls this morning, and are expert rillo shots aud expert horsemen. KILLED mS BROTHER. Joe Kd-.on Shut to Death by .John Kd- sou, Negroes. Montgomery, Ala., July 11.—Jos Edsou, a negro 28 years of age, is dead, as a resale of a pistol shot wound in flicted at the hands of his brother. John Edson. The men lived with their mother on on Watt street in Bogushommo. Late Saturday afternoon they became in volved in a quarrel. It is said that Joe E Ison owed his brother 50 cents. Sat urday evening John asked him for the money. His brother told him he did not have it, but if he would wait until Monday he would get it for him. John Euson became angry because bis broth er did not pay him at once, and without warning palled a revolver and fired at his brorher in the presence of Iris moth er and sister. The bullet penetrated Joe Edson’s shoulder. John Edsou escaped and has not been apprehended, but a warrant haa been issued for his arrest. street Lines to Consolidate. Mobile, July 11.—Several meetings have been held in this city between per sons from Atlanta and New York inter ested in the consolidation of the street railway here, and J. H. Wilson of tbs Mobile Light and Railway company. It is reported that the consolidation will become effective Aug. 1, but none ol those interested will verify this rumor. Deal Will Soon Lie Made. Knoxville, July 11.—The large zinc deal reported as pending will he con summated in a few days. Several east ern capitalists are in the city to consult with the local parties interested. It is ►aid the transaction will involve $200,- 000 and 250 acres of zinc lands. The or ganization of the new company, it is said, will have been c mploted by Aug. 1. Krftumed Operation*. Birmingham, Ala., July 11.—The new and old paddling forges of the Birming ham rolling mills, the Gate City rolling mills and the fire bed at the Birming ham mills have resumed operations, and it is expected that by the beginning ot the next week both plants will lw iu fuil operation. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Happenings and the Doing* of Our Neigh- l»or* Aero** the Line. John Whitesides, a white boy 'liv ing north of Dallas and working in the Dallas' cotton mill, shot a negro, Mack Clemmer, Sunday, in the leg. Particulars have not been obtaiaed. Treasurer O’Conner, of Charlotte, reports that be has brought legal action against the Richmond base ball directors who made the grand stand steal against the Char lotte baseball players. He doesn’t say whether the proceedings are of civil or criminal nature. He has retained a lawyer to push the case. Charles Horner, the young man who plead guilty to the charge of larceny, in Madison court, has been sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. Hornor broke into the Rector house at Marshall, near Asheville, a short-time ago, and took a number of articles. The venerable father of the defendant was in court when sentence was passed. The First Regiment of the State Guards, to which the Shelby company belongs, will go in camp at Wrights- ville on August 5th and remain until August 14th. The First Regiment is composed chiefly of the old com panies. The members of Company G., the Shelby company, are pre paring to go. They are well drilled and present a fine appearance. Mr. J. M. Barbor, of Crocker, Cleveland county, has the oldest baby cradle perhaps in the county. It was made over 100 years ago and was made of a log. It has been used to rock four generations of the Barbor family, and in the last generation there were eight boys and one girl. It has now finished its career and will be treasured as a family heir loom, whose value has been equal to its age. At about 10 o’clock Tuesday morning fire was discovered on the second fioor of Mr. Folh’s clothing store in Fayetteville, ana as the big building is in the heart of the city, there might have been a conflagration but for the excellent work of the new fire chief, R. H. McDuffie, and his teams. There was some little dam age to the building, as well as to the varied stock in store, a great deal of which was moved out to the street. Mr. C. R. Doggett succeeds Mr. D. W. Washburn as proprietor of the Central Hotel, in Shelby, he having purchased the unexpired lease of his predecessor. Hejassumed control of the hotel Tuesday. Mr. W. J. Rob erts, Jr., the experienced and capable clerk, becomes general manager of the hotel and will have complete direction of the business affairs. The clever new proprietor and popular manager will keep up the high standard at the Central and make it a first class hotel. During the heavy rain storm last Saturday afternoon the lightning did some damage in Cleveland county. The telephone wire between Latti* more and Polkville was cut into, and lightning struck a small house at the county home, occupied by colored people, and tore away a portion of the chimney and killed a cat under the table. One of the negroe? was shocked, but she soon recovered. All the upper section of the county was visited by an unusually heavy rain fall Monday afternoon. Mr. Louis Lewark, of Currituck county, has the distinction of being the biggest man in North Caro lina. Louis is only seventeen years old and tips the scales at G90 pounds. His shoes, which are always made to order by a firm in Elizabeth City, have the following dimensions: Seventeen inches instep, thirteen inches toe to heel, five inches across the ball of the shoe and thirty-one inches around the shoe. A man of ordinary build can place both of his feet in one of these shoes with ease. Lewark enjoys perfect health and is strong as a bull, being able to lift the weight that would require the effort of six ordinary men. A sad affair happened at Dallas, Sunday about noon. Tolly Summey cut a negro boy, Jeff Manney, in the side and the negro will probably die. The cutting was done near the depot. The cause of the trouble is not clear. It is reported that unkind feelings bad existed between them for some time. The white boys who saw the difficulty don’t talk much. Trouble began in the boys cursing each other. The negro hit Mr. Snmmey aod Mr. Summey used his knife. A large bole was cut into his side. The negro ran to Dr. Jenkins’ residence, the physician ran bis band through the opening in the negro’s side, made an examination of the wound aud sewed up the gash. A warrant was issued Monday and young Summey was arrested. “Aunt” Polly Vaughn was found dead in bed at her home near Beam’s Mills on last Thursday morning. Her nephew, Mr. L. A. Wright, lived with her, and she was apparent ly as well as usual on the previous day and went to bed at her regular time. Next morning it was found that she was in exactly the same position as when she retired, und was lifeless. Her death was so quiet and easy that no one awoke to wit ness the passing ot her pure spirit. She had been suffering with heart trouble for several years, and it was through the ministrations of this fatal disease that she was called to her home beyond the skies. De ceased was seventy-seven years old and her husband had been dead for many years and she had no children. THE GAFFNEY COTTUH MILLS. Built as an Experiment- Proved a Success. PRESIDENT H. D. WHEAT. The Wonderful Growth aud Fronperlty of the Mill* Since Their Krectlon- Wl*doiu aud Juditment of Mr. Wheat Demou- utratod-Statu* of the Mill*. Iu the excellent industrial art sup plement of the Columbia State that was sent out with the issue of Mon day were two announcements that will find a close lodgment in the hearts of all true Gaffneyites. The secoud page contains a|fascinating two-color advertisement of the Gaffney Carpet Manufacturing Company. The de- # sigD is unique, being au exact re production of a brown effect art square on which are pasted, as it were, pictures of the mills, offices, dye houses, looms, etc., aud a splendid cut of Mr. Bierck. It is indeed a very tasty and attractive advertise ment. The other announcement is the write-up of the Gaffney Manufactur ing Company. It consists of an en- tirepaga, giving excellent illustrations of the mills, offices, tenant bouses, Mr. Wheat’s residence, Superintend ent Cutting’s residence, Mr. Wheat and the Cherokee Avenue Baptist Church, the Limestone Street Metho dist Church and the Limestone Pres byterian Church, oil of which Mr. Wheat was largely instrumental in building. We reproduce the article relating to Mr. Wheat and the Gaff ney Manufacturing Company. It is from the pen of Mr. iGibsonJ Catlett, who had the special edition in t linrge, and contains some information ihat may interest Ledger readers: In 1892, when Hiram D. Wheat came to Gaffney and began building the first Gaffney mill to manufacture print cloths, or convertibles, out of 28’s and 8(>’8 yarns, mill men every where scouted the idea, and predicted for Mr. Wheat and his business an early failure. It was an experiment, an innovation in the trade, which with the then existing conditions would bear about the same relations as a Southern mill now, to make lines equal to the products of the Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company at Adams, Mass., which is generally accredited with turning out the finest and most expensive cotton goods in the United States. But Mr. Wheat has demonstrated the wisdom of his judgment, and with it has come a Host of “Fine Goods Mills,” scattered all over the South, for it is safe to say that at least a hundred of them are now making the same lines, and there is not, to our knowledge, a failure iu the entire lot. Moral: When you don’t know what to make, “Make Flue Goods.” To be historical aud technical— the Company was incorporated in 1892 with $150,000 capital. The mill started with 7,000 ring spindles and 250 looms. One year later this was increased to 10.000 ring spindles and 300 looms, aod in 1896 41,000 ring spindles and 1,101 looms were added. In 1899 11,000 ring spindles and 5,000 twister spindles were installed. In 1897 ail the old style looms were thrown out, and the latest model of Draper-Northrop looms installed. This gives the mill a present equip ment of 62,000 ring spindles, 5 000 twister spindles and 1,401 Draper looms, 1,040 of which are broad and 361 narrow looms. The capital of the Company has been increased from time to time until today it is $800,000. When the first Gaffney mil! start ed 200 hands were employed. Today the mill employs 700 hands, and the population of the mill settlement, which is in the town of Gaffney, is 3,000 people. When Mr. Wheat first came to Gaffney to build the mill the town had 1,300 population. Now the pop ulation of Gaffoey is 5,500, and grow ing rapidly. It has since been made the county seat of Cherokee county, and is one of the most prosperous aud progressive towns in the up state country. The power plant of the Gaffney mill was installed under the personal supervision of Mr. D. M. Thompson, then President of the original Geo. H. Corliss Engine Company of Provi dence, R. I. It was his iutention to erect this plant at a model ot eco nomical equipment iu the South, to which all Southern manufacturers could be referred. The views here with show the engine and boiler rooms. In the engine room we find one Geo. H. Corliss cross-compound con densing 1,700 horsepower engine, and in the boiler room six Geo. H. Cor liss vertical boilers of 1,800 horse power. With the cheap coal obtained In this section, direct from the Ten nessee veins, power is reduced to a minimum. About one-third of the cotton con sumed is bought at the mill, being hauled by the farmers from surround ing plantations, for which the full market price is paid, with some ad ditional inducements to keep the home crop. The balance is bought iu the open market; a great deal of it coming from Alabama und Missis sippi. About 12,000 bales of cotton are consumed annually, proiuciug a like number in bales of cloth. A fine warehouse has been built with a capacity for 8 000 bales. The mill is located on the main line of the Southern Railroad, with the Seaboard Air Line making direct connections over its own linos, which gives exceptional freight rates. Previous to the establishment of this mill, Mr. Wheat had ten years’ experience in the cotton mill busi ness as Superintendent and designer in the construction of mills. He was a graduate of that past master in the manipulation and details of Southern cotton milling—for we must speak with reverence when we refer to Dex ter Edgar Converse, the founder and I'resident of the Glendale and the great Clifton mills. Ho had helped Mr. Converse in the building of the Clifton and had made all the ma chinery plans for the Glendale mills. Mr. Wheat was one of the first among Southern mill men to see and conceive the possibilities of the Draper loom. He investigated care fully its many nice points of con struction and became one of its firm est advocates. At the earliest possible opportunity he abandoned the use of old style looms and equipped tne Gaffoey mill with this type of cotton mill ma chinery. In addition to Its duties, and posi tion as Treasurer of the Gaffney mills, he was for several years manager of the Tucapau mills, and it was through his efforts that 3<X> Draper looms were introduced there in 1895. As a belt-driven mill this is ene of the best types of economic construc tion. While the original plant was installed in 1892 it employed the latest modern devices known at that time, and subsequent additiona have been kept strictly up to the limit in this respect. So perfect is the adjustment of the machinery in the transmission of power that when runuing at full speed the vibration on the various Hocrs is scarcely perceptible. It is interesting to note how in this democratic mill community the pres ident s home is scarcely more impos ing than the superintendeht’s house, an atmosphere of neatness pervades the whole place, the operatives’ houses are well designed and sub stantially built and the door yards are planted with ornamental tress and flowers in the care of which the occupants take great pride. As is the case with many of our most successful Southern mill men, Mr. Wheat gives close attention to the comfort, moral aud intellectual advancement of the mill people around him. You will find at Gaffney a better class of tenements thau in most mill towns. A great many of them are built of brick, and kept scrupulously clean. To give variety and individu ality there are do two alike. Not more than one family is permitted to live iu one house, and all houses are absolutely free to the operatives. The Gaffney mill store Las been put there for the couvenieuce of the operatives, and not for the purpose of making a profit out of the spend ing of their wages. To avoid any such impression the Company posi tively refuses to give store checks; and while the stock is bought iu large quantitks, and the goods dis played being the finest in the town, at the lowest prices, the mill mao may buy where he pleases. The Gaffney Mills Baptist Church (illustrated herewith) cost $2 500, of which the mill company contributed $1,500. The Methodist Church (also shown) cost $2,300. of which the Company cootributed $1,300. Iu the basement of the Baptist Church a public school is run for the conven ience of the operatives, and three teachers are provided free nine months in the year. All may go who will. The beautiful Presbyterian Church at Gaffney is also illustrated, to the building of which Mr. Wheat has given liberally of his time aud means. We cannot close this story without calling attention to the great smoke stack of the Gaffney Manufacturing Company to passers on the main line of the Southern Railway. It stands out agaiust the clear, blue sky of the Piedmont South, a lofty monument to intelligent industry. It is one of the highest and largest iu the South ern country. It is 217 feet from the base to the top, 38 feet across the bottom and 17 feet across at the top, with 11 feet at the narrowest place. Four tons of metal serve as a cap. It has in it 800,000 brick, 600 barrels of cement, 300 barrels of lime, and weighs 5.000,000 pounds. a. c. Pasteboard armor is the latest form of defense. Experiments at Copen hagen show that millboard 3 inches thick was impenetrable to carbine bullets which pierced 5-incl^ woodeu planks. The Seme Old Story. J. A. Kelly relates an experience similar to that which has happened In almost every neighborhood in the United States and has been told and re-told by thousands of others. He says; “Last summer I had an attack of dysentery aod purchased a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which I used ac cording to directions aod with entirely satisfactory results. The trouble was controlled much quicker than former attacks when I used other remedies.” Mr. Kelly Is a well known citizen of Henderson, N. O. For sale by Cherokee Drug Oo. EXPANSION POLICY NOW A FIXED FACT United States a Nation With Great Big N. MR. DAY SO DECLARES Former Secretary of State of the United btatet Speaks Entertainingly on the Subject of "Our I’laoe In the international Family.'' Put-In-Bat, O., July 11.—The Hon. William R. Day, former secretary ot state, was the principal speaker at the auuual meeting of the Ohio Bar associa tion here today. His subject was “Oar Place lu the National Family,” aud he said, in part: ‘‘The United States is now regarded os a factor, and an important one, in the solution of the world’s problems in which she is interested. Foreign gov ernments who have long neglected claims arising from mistreatment of ont citizens no longer permit disrespectful conduct towards them aud are not un mindful of their rights. The world has come to know 7 that to be au American citizen iu every quarter of the globe im plies the protection of a nation alive to the interests of its citizens, howeverdu- taut, however bumble. This by uo means indicates that we have become a ‘world power’ iu the sense that we shall adopt the policy of promoting other ag grandizement at the expense of weak and defenseless people. It does mean the maintenance of our rights abroad wherever they may be assailed. Results of Spanish War. “While the advent aud results of the Spanish-American war, in a sense, forced us to a seat at the international council table, where our interests are involved, it did not create the condi tions which sooner or later must have brought us into closer relations with the other powers of the world. “Modern invention has so annihilated space, means of communication have so brought the world together, that it was impossible long to not mingle with the powers of the world. Without war this new relation would have led to the building of a navy, begun several years before the Spanish war, adequate to support and enforce the rights of Amer ican citizens and to maintain their treaty rights, that our people might have the opportunity, to which they are entitled, in competing for the markets of the world. The Torch of Liberty. “The American people have an ex cusable pride in the influence which our domestic institutions have given this country in enlarging constitutional rights in other forms of government aud encouraging people of other countries to insist on the right to govern them selves. The torch of liberty rightly shines at the gateway of our country. “While our policy has to a great ex tent beeu one of isolation, it is _ ~' lug to note that we have had an im^" portant influence in the development and improvement of the world’s code of international law, which civilized peo ple have given their common consent iu determining international rights. Principle of Arbitration. “More than any country, we have taken the lead iu enforcing the princi ple of arbitration of international liber ties. “Nothing can be better settled than the purpose of the Amerioau goveru- me ut to maintain the Monroe doctrine iu its true iuterpretration, as prevent ing the imposition of monarchical gov ernment on unwilling Americans or the further extension of European coloniza tion upon Amogfc* 1 ! soil “That oar relations to the outside world will be extended and opportunity for trade aud commerce greatly ad vanced cannot be donbted. We ahall have an isthmian canal. New Opportunities. “This new touch with the affairs of the world brings new opport uni ties and involves new responsibilities. Our ‘wid ening horizon’ will give ns clearer as well as broader visions. We must pre pare to acquit ourselves in these new relations iu a manner creditable to our traditions. We mast never lose sight of the fundamental principles of onr government. This obligation is all the mor#binding now that a decision of tbs supreme court of the United States has made the government and disposition of the islands practically one of policy, to be determined by the American peo ple.” SHOCKING ACCIDENT. Five Men Will Lose Their Anas, II Not Their Lives. Kokomo, Ind., July 11.—Breaking glass at the plateglass works here late last night inflicted frightful injuries ou five of the men who were carrying th« sheet upright from the annealing oven to the grinding table. The injured are: Herman Meyer, An thony McHale, August Oruele, William Abney and Peter VanRung. The plate, which measured 132x190 inches aud weighed 2,200 pounds, broks and came showering down on the he&di and shoulders of the workmen. Tbs victims’ scalps were badly cut and theii shoulders badly lacerated, the flesh be ing literally scraped from the bones. Five will lose their arms, if not thau Uvea Drummers at Buffalo. Buffalo, July 11.—This was Oom- xnercial Travelers’ day at the Pan- American exposition. There was a pa rade this morning, aud although tbs sky wus threatening a long line of men was in the parade. There were four di visions. In the first were commercial travelers from Buffalo aud New York state. In the second Canada. Illinois and India! a were represented. la the third Michigan, Massachusetts aud Ohio, and iu the fourth Pennsylvania aud all unattached travelers. Governor Wood Doing Well. Havana. July 11.—Governor Wood passed ft good night and is feeling well this iiivrniug. He has hardly any fever. His case te not critical aud hie physi cians are confident of his recovery,