The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 02, 1902, Image 2
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TROUBLE EXPECTED
fltl MOUNT ETNA
of Terror Through Sicily.
The Country Swept
fc A DISASTROUS CYCLONE,
Followed bv * Tidal Wavp?Violent
Marine Agitations Noted?A Hundred
Dead Bodies FounJ at riodica.
^ The Disaster Believed to Have Been
Due to a Waterspout at Sea.
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London, By Cable.?A dispatch from
Rome announces that a severe cyclone
has swept over Catania, a city on the
coast of Sicily. The railroads have suffered
seriously, The cyclone also was
* . sever at other places and many were
killed. Mount Etna shows further
* signs of activity and the volcano of
Stromboli 13 still active.
Syracuse. Sicily. By Cable.?For 24
hours before the cyclone burst over the
t island. a .violent storm raged on the
eastern coast of Sicily. The path of
the cyclone was 124 miles long, and
leverything in the line of the storm
Iffas destroyed. The sea swept inland
'for several kilraoters. doing enormous
damage, while there were violent submarine
agitations between Sicily and
Jfce mainland. Along the railroad from
Tatania to Palermo, the force of the
cyclone was such that rails were torn
tip and huted to great distance. It is
reported from ?4odica 32 miles southwest
from Syracuse), that a hundred
Hf bodies have already been found, but
\ ?that kl-e number of dead bodies swept
4 S^way the torrent is unknown.
The newspaper Fracassaa expresses
the belief that some 400 people have
' been killedd. The torrent destroyed
everything on the ground floors in
houses of the lower portions of Modi%
ca. Budges and roads have disappear'
ed and damage amounting to many
. . million lire has been done. (A lire is
worth about twenty cents.) The survivow
of the catastrophe have taken
^ . refuge in the hills. A relief committee
, and search parties have been organized
at Modica, The disaster is supposed
to have been due to a marine water4
enonf f ho .Carman cfpsmpr FanPra
jt *was wrecked At Catania after a terrible
J struggle with the waves.
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Census of Philippines
JjM Washington, Special.? President
Roosevelt has signed the order proelding
for the taking of a census of the
* "Philippines, in accordance with the
terms of the Philippine act passed ar
the last ses6i,on of Congress and upon
-certificate of the Philippine cominlssion
that the'insurrection has been
suppressed. The commission's certificate
excepts the I^ake Lanao district
In Mindanao, Where Moros are in
arms, as cot naming within the terms
of the PhilipjSHe act, the Moros havJng
nevff takei part in the Philippine
H^mrreetltfn pSpper. The order of the
^pesideut is dated September 25. It
Mis nrovlRion of the Philinnine
which jiWvides that when compeace
afiall have be en estabBBBpKhed-wtTd.,
tb^ fact certified to the
^^^PFrcsldent. theensus shall be orHM^ftdered,
which shll make inquiries remm
lating to the^wpulation and ascertain
as faBas pgsajble all facts such as
jV taken p a* ceflkis of- this country. In
his discretion foe President may emflB
9 ploy the pr^dnt Census Bureau iu
9| promulgating the statiscal informa^
The C?tton Crop.
t Washington. Special.?A number of
special agents of the Department of
W - Agriculture have left Washington for
khe South and others will follow for
Hrjfr Purpose of investigating certain
'f#featu|es of the cotton movement. StaES^-:|isttcian
Hyde's estimate of the
Hp?v azhpslft of cotton, actually grown durr7
the year 1901-'02 and the Census
I v ^fyreku as to the amount ginned du.*I"#
the year both differ considerably
the amount marketed, according
commercial re port?. The DeHEL,
jBfanent believes the difference is
iff9 up ^ar8dy of cotton carried over
PRkJfcott preceding years and of linters
P **i re-packs. No expense will be
-UImm it is said, in an investigation
I llTto yfifkt the commercial crop really
i amounted to and what it consisted of.
pWL fun statement of the result will
-"TP ffceT^de public.
'Veil Digger Strikes Gold.
P? TFf GI%ensboro. Special.?A well-diggei
( * found a suspicious-looking chunk of
Stmetal on the farm of Mrs. Harrison
"* Eipkjs. three miles north of GreensI
* a^rqgand. bringing it to the city, had
* x cMmist io examine it. who pro*>unced
it a nugget of pure gold. 18
v : ' karats fine. Th^lump is about the
. ?vnjtf?lze of one's thumb and the gold ri.us
L * entirely through it. The man v ho
R will not tell exactlv at what
on the fa-m he found it. He
ieems to think h? has a good thing
? A ?udikwants to share in it.
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^ ? Postmaster Absconds.
^ * '^Washington. Special.?Chief Post
^ mice Inspector Cochran received a
a dtoj^tch announcing that Postmastei
* 8. Nutty, of Timber Ridge, Va., has
Jm ahsccnded. Timber Ridge is a fourthBT
class office. The disappearance of the
HH postmaster followed a visit or tne
RSB poitoffioe inspector, who wires that
BfiBf th^tamp accounts have been manipuB
| Jated. N. S. Wood has been designat??d.
acting postmaster.
fm% 0' Items Interest.
^ . Jkp?r cent of $1,000,000 i3 the
qpJPpiarlcs M. Schwab, the steel
j fitng. is t# pay tnnually fc>r an unfur*?ish Kl
apartment of 17 rooms on the
ja, _* sixteenth floor cf the Ansonla. Broadvy
and 72d street New York, with
& private elevater service. Only a few
p - ago this would have bee i a
Rkfirtjltg rental for anyc ne to pay.
BB * Th#Chinese are a very thrifty pooThe
Rev. M. Sears, a Eaptist
njAionaryf to C hina, in a letter to
ftppds in^lexlco. Mo., relates that
the ?ody 'or ue head of a family of
B ' his acquaint? nr e was kept by his
B economical children until ttfbir mptner
died, sb tb,v both could he, burJed
togeth^^. In tua way the needless
expense oftpro'viilih'g'. two graves was
avoided.
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THE STATE FAIR.
Big Preparations For the Annual
Festivities.
Columbia State, 18th.
It is exactly four weeks from Friday
next before the great South Carolina
State fair begins, and the people of
the State will begin to flock to the
capital to spend a great gala week.
This year there is more in fair week
than the State fair itself and the band
concerts and street illuminations. It
will be a carnival week also and after j
the people leave the fair grounds in
tfie afternoon the fun for the day will
Just be starting up. Down in the city
there will be no end of attractions incident
to the great Elks' carnival. The
streets will be illuminated and the
side shows of various kinds will be
in full blast. Confetti tossers will be
everywhere and young and old will
go in for a real good time. Bands of
music and brilliant illuminations and
attractive decorations will add to the I
scene of festivity, and the fun will
continue until the midnight hour has
arrived each night. The whole carnival
will conclude with a grand Elks' j
street parade in which the militia will
participate, the fire department will
be out, and the queen will be crowned.
All along the line those who have
charge of the various features cf the
great work are hard at work and nothing
is being left undone to make the J
week the greatest in the history of the
State Fair society.
The Elks have the guarantee in j
signed contract from the Carnival !
company furnishing the shows that all
! Qhn-a-c that will form a part of the
| street fair will be clean and moral,
and that there shall be no gambling
brought to Columbia by them or operated
under their auspices or control,
and the management of the carnival
enterprise will be hold strictly to the
letter of the agreement in this matter,
the first appearance of anything of
the hind being the signal for the
revocation of all privileges.
Among the street attractions will be
the Electric Theatre, the '"Statue
Turning to Life," the "Electric War
Show." "Lunetta," ' Big Snake, Sampson,"
"Old Plantation," "Egyptian
Snake Eater." Vaudeville Theatre,
"Hall cf Fame," "Palace of Mystery,"
etc. There will be several star free
shows, and Prof. Griffin's brass band
will be much in evidence. The Elk.?
will run their own "Country Store"
and Elks' Jail, and there will he voting
for the queen cf the carnival and
the most popular Elk.
a crr^of manv features of the car
nival are just at present being finally
arranged for.
The fair itself promises to be an
unusually good one. Col. Holloway is
as busy as can be receiving entries.
The exhibits in all departments this
year promise to be large and interesting.
Several large concerns are already
arranging for space for extensive
exhibits. The merchants of Columbia
are being urged to make exhibits
from their stocks of goods and
If they carry out the idea some handsome
displays of this character may be
expected.
From all parts cf the State comes
information indicating a very large
attendance at the fair this year.
Another feature of this year's fair
which will be an improvement on preceding
fairs will be the races. Good
purses have been offered and some ex- '
cellent stables will be brought here
for the meet.
For the society folk the State ball
committee Is making preparations on
a more extensive scale than usual and
they say this year s can win oe one
of the finest that they have ever
given.
The managers of the theatre are
booking in a number of star attractions
for the week, and this year propose
to vary the plays with each succeeding
night.
Everything is looking far more
promising than usual for a great
gathering of the people of South Carolina.
and if such is not the case U
will be no fault cf those charged with
the work of providing suitable entertainment
for the crowds, and entertainment
to suit all, rich and poor,
old and young.
Shot Girl and Himself.
Memphis. Tenn.. Special.?Prompted
by jealousy, Joseph Emers. a young
man from Vicksburg, Miss., this afternoon
shot and seriously wounded Rosa
Rorodofsky, a young lady who had recently
refused his attentions. Emers
then turned the revolver upon himself,
inflicting a wound from which he cannot
recover.
No Fair at Spartanburg.
There will be no street carnival in
Spartanburg this fall. At a meeting
composed of representative citizens
and a carnival agent last night the
matter was discussed at length and the
project was decided upon unfavorably.
While there had been considerable talk
concerning the question and some Interest
displayed, when the time came
for a concerted action no one was willing
to take the initiative steps. Probably
the street fair now on in Atlanta
and the airing given its uncleanly features
by the Georgia newspapers was
partially responsible for the turn the
matter took at the meeting.
Sad Case of Suicide.
Reidsville, Special.?Sam Lindsay, a
respectable man, 24 years of age, son of
Robert G. Lindsay, committed suicide
at the home of his brother, Jack Lindsay,
on Irvine^strect, at 6 o'clock Sunday
afternoon. Ho shot himself twice
with a pistol in the side and head, and
<feath was instantaneous. Thfc act wan
probably due to despondency,. caused by#
ill health, as he had been sick for se?-<
eral weeks.
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called out militia
Soldiers Mobilizing in Wilkesbarre
District.
SHERIFF JACOBS ASKS FOR TROOPS
Some Persons Misplaced a Switch
and a Train Load of Coal Was Run
Into the Ditch.
Wilkesbarre, fa., special.?in compliance
with the request of Sheriff Jacobs
and numerous citizens of Luzerne
county, Governor Stone issued an order
at noon Wednesday directing the
Ninth Regiment, National Guard of
Pennsylvania to mobolize at Wllkesbarre,
and three hours after the order
had been received Colonol Dougherty,
the commanding officer, had the regiment,
with the exception of the Hazelton
companies, ready for the field. The
regiment consists of 12 companies aud
has a membership of about 750. There
are quite a number of mine workers
in the regiment, but all responded
readily to the call. Colonel Dougherty
says he does not apprehend any serious
trouble. President Mitchell refused
to make any comment on Sheriff
Jacob's action in asking the Governor
for troops for the Wyoming region. He
said the presence of the militia would
not interfere with any of his plans,
which were to push the strike to a
successful issue. Some of the Mitchell
lieutenants think the sheriff acted
rather hastily and the bringing of
troops here was for the purpose of enabling
the mine owners to operate
their colleries, but they would be disappointed,
as the strikers are as determined
as ever.
Sheriff Jacobs, in a statement issued
to the public, explains at length why
he called on the Governor for troops.
He says the outbreaks were becoming
too numerous and with the limited
number of men at his command he
could not cope with the unlawful assemblies
that gathered in various places
throughout the county.
A Central Railroad of New Jersey
coaj train, which was moving out of a
mine siding at Warrior Run Tuesday
night, was derailed by an open switch,
which had been tampered with by unknown
parties. The crew escaped by
jumping and the cars were piled up in
a big wreck. The coal which the train
was carrying was intended for the
New York market.
A big crowd of strikers attempted to
prevent the non-union men employed
at the Exeter colliery, of the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company at Sturmerville,
from going to work this morning. A
number of deputy sheriffs, in charge of
Thomas Burket, tried to protect the
workmen. A fight followed, in which
several shots were fired. David Richards,
a fire boss, was shot in the leg.
and David Harris and John P. Stroh
were beaten on the head with clubs.
Thos. Burket was also knocked down
with a stone and rendered unconscious.
The coal and iron police finally dispersed
the mob.
New York Republicans.
Saratoga, N. Y., Special.?Completing
a State ticket and promulgating a
platform of principles without the lea3t
indication of friction and amid3t much
enthusiasm, the State Republican convention
adjourned sine die. The enndi
dates, with three exceptions, are at
present State officers. The planks in
the platform which attracted most attention
were those protesting against
combinations and trusts, and the declaration
for improved canals. The ticket
nominated was: For Governor, 13. B.
Odc'l, Jr., of Orange: Lieutenant Governor,
F. W. Higgins, of Cattaraugus;
Secretary of State, Joan F. O'Brien, of
Clinton: Treasurer, John G. Wickser.
of Erie; Comptroller, N. B. Miller, of
Cortbndt; Engineer, E. A. Bend, of
Jefferson; Attorney General, H. B.
Comon, of Madison: Judge Court of
Appeals. Wm. E. Werner, of Monroe.
The platform also endorses the administration
of President Roosevelt and
Governor Odell; discourses on the economy
that has characterized the administration
of State affair3; favors reciprocity
with Cuba; congratulates PrcsideEt
Roosevelt for laying the foundations
of local government in the Philippines
and endorses the constitutional
amendment allowing the Legislature to
reguiare me nours 01 iaoor ior wording
men.
Was Too Attentive.
Ooan, Fla., Special.?In a duel Wt.<
nesday morning between Moses Brown
and W. T. Frierson, Brown was shot
and killed, and Frierson dangerously
wounded. The trouble is said to have*
been caused by Brown's, attentions to
Frierson's wife. Brown was a prominent
young business man of this city.
Public sympathy appears to be entirely
with Frierson.
Two Killed.
Beaumont. Texas, Special?In a riot
at Port Arthur Wednesday night, Deputy
Marshal Smith and a Mexican were
killed. The Mexican who killed Smith
escaped. A posse Is searching for him
and when captured he may be lynched
Feeling is high at Port Arthur and
more trouble is expected. About two
hundred Mexicans are employed ther?
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Boise a Candidate
Waterloo. Iowa. Special.?Former
Governor Horace Boies made public
his letter accepting the Democratic
nomination for Congress in the third
Iowa district, now represented by
Speaker Henderson.
Rains in Texas.
Houston, Texas, Special.?A heavy
rain fell Wednesday night over south
Texas, breaking a severe drought in the
cattle country, which had caused a
heavy loss to cattlemen along the Rio
Grande and the lower coast. * Reports
from northeast and north central Texas
show that the rains ofajbe pa3t two.
days have done considerable dam age
to the open.cotton andfchat the neids'
are so boggy as seriously to interfere
with picking operations. |_ i
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SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
Textile NoJes.
Messrs. M. T. Boss of McMinnville,
Tenn.; S. G. Stratton, Alexander
Young. Wm. Boss and A. Bryan of
Lebanon. Tenn.; R. H. Dudley, Jr., and
E. J. Turner of Nashvil'e have incorporated
the Tennessee Woolen Mijl3
Co., with capital stock of $30,000. This
company has acquired t.n established
plant at public sale, paying therefor
$5,500. The plant will be put in proper
condition and operated at McMinnville.
Mr. J. H. M. Beaty cf the department
of textile industry of Clemson College,
S. C.. has issued his announcement for
the coming term, including the statement
that there has been arranged a
special course in his department
whereby mature men who have had
the advantages cf good preliminary education
and who cannot afford to follow
the regular college course may
pursue certain courses in textile work.
It has been previously announced
that a cotton mill was projected at
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JL.11U? IVUCX, /VI R. UCU, IV. uiunu, ?t uu
is interested in the enterprise, now
plans the corporation of the Little
Reck Cotton Mills Co., with capital
stock cf $100,000, and the installation
ci a plant of 5.000 spindles and 150
looms. Messrs. R. E. Morris, A. B.
Poefl R. W. Poe and other leading business
men are interested.
The No. 1 plant of the Stonewall
Cotton Mills of Stonewall, Miss., was
damaged by fire during the week. It
was, in fact, practically destroyed, but
tiie company . ill rebuild at once, and
is already making preparations. In
order to continue meeting the demand
for product, the company will operate
Mill No. 2 at night with the employes
who have been operating the No.
1 plant..
Knit-goods manufacturers of Rhode
Island and Tennessee contemplate locating
a knitting plant at Cuthbert,
Ga., aad may soon announce their decision.
Other manufacturers are, as
reported last week, negotiating to establish
a cotton factory at Cuthbert,
Ga., but names and addresses cannot
be stated as yet.
It is stated that the Victor Cotton
Mills cf Charlotte, N. C., will meet September
29 to consider plans for enlargement
of its plant. The company
has in view the erection of a woave
shed and the installation of 400 looms,
and it is believed that the majority of
the stockholders will vote to make the
improvements.
Breaham Cotton Mills of Brenham,
Texan, has let contract at about 152,000
for the textile equipment for its
plant. Mention was made last week of
the company letting contract at $SSS95
for erection of its building. There will
be 5,000 spindles and 150 looms.
It is reported several weeks ago that
the Pearl Cotton Mills of Beverly, Ga.,
had decided to install looms. The contract
for same and for other clothroom
machinery was awarded during
the weok. There will be 120 looms; 7,500
spindies are in position.
Thos. J. Lillard of Elgin, N. C., contemplates
organizing a textile-manufacturing
company. His plan is to build
either a cotton mill or knitting plant,
and ho is ucsirou3 of corresponding
with prospective investors.
It is reported, but not authoritatively.
that the Lane Mills of Now Orleans,
La., will add practically an entirely
new mill of 20,000 spindles to its plant.
The company has at present 1,700 spin
ics ana ooa 1001ns.
The Excclslon Manufacturing Co.
(Howell. Sanders & Orr) of Charlotte,
N. C.. has equipped a plant for manufacturing
specialties in cotton goods,
and use electricity as the motive
power.
It is stated that local capitalists of
Mayfield. Ky.. have purchased the Mayfield
Woolen Mill3. and will rerucdel
the plant and put it in operation. The
plant, is said to bo worth $125,000.
A report states that Thos. Hirst of
Vineland, N. J., is seeking site at Petersburg.
Ya., for the establishment of
rug factor}- to employ about 100 persons.
It is announced that Phil A. Rush of
Scnatobia, Miss., is organizing a $100,000
stock company to build cotton factory.
Lumber and Timber.
A representative of the Berlin Machine
Works of Beloit. Wis., closed a
deal last week at Houston. Texas, with
the Kirby Lumber Co.. of which Mr.
John II. Kirby is president, for eight
complete planning mill outfits. The
machinery is to go into eight mills of
the Kirby Company, of which four are 1
new?at Buena. Kirbyvllle, Jasper and I
Prorenn Vnph thn miphinorv enn.
alsts of improvements entirely new.
The I'nion Plneopolis Saw Mills Co.
nf Atlanta, has been incorporated, with
a capital stool: of $750,000. The incorporators
are Preston S. Arkwright. R.
E. Cullane, W. B. Stovall and F. M.
Sisk. The company is organized to
deal in timber, timber lands, turpentine
and rosin, and erect and operate
saw-mills and factories. The main office
of the company will be in Atlanta.
The Valley Pine Lumber Co. of Fort
Smith. Ark., represented by its vicepresident
and general manager, A. L
Harrison, purchased last week 52,640
acres of timber land in Leon and
Wakulla counties. Florida. Besides being
largely interested in the lumber
trade, the company deals largely in
cattle, and expects during the coming
winter to place $40,000 worth of cattle
on these lands.
The shipments of lumber rrom the
port of Mobile last week amounted to
2,955,584 feet, the shipments of sawn
timber aggregated 545,723 cubic <feet,
and of hewn timber 88.538 cubic feet,
making the total shipments of timber
and lumber 10,566,776 superficial feet.
It is reported that the Kimball'Mill,
one of the largest lumber plants at
Apalachicola, Fla^ will beifcpairec} and
fitted ont with iftw machirfery, Tha ,
plant Mil in future be{- Operated by I
Bostotrcapitalists, end under the
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MR. WILLIAMS TALKS
President of Seaboard Air Line Is-<
sues Statement.
CONCERNING MORGAN'S MERGER.
nr. Williams Says the Seaboard Has
All the Business it Can Handle and
Will Nnt Re Fffected
cow larauy sweu ouuuiciu uunto, v.?
tending from Baltimore in the North
to the Souhtrn limits of Florida in the
South and to Montgomery and Birmingham,
Ala., in the frouthwcst. The
business of the sy3*.cm at the present
time Is limited only by its capacity to
move the freight which is offered to it
and ihecp conditions will not be interfered
w^th by any action of connecting
Surprised at Williams.
New York, Special.? A nicn*.bep of
the inni of J. P. Morgan & Company
expressed surprised at the tone of Mr.
Williams' statement with regard to
the a'iitude of the Seaboard Air Line
!u Ihe matter of L A; N. and Atlantic
^jast Line negotiation-;. No action of
course hostile to the Seaboard Air Line
was contemplated, he c?id though the
[oabourr! was not eons'dorei a factor
in The present neir:tb :ors. Further
than this, however, the firm of Morgan
& Company was not prepared now to
make any statement in the matter.
The member of the firm interviewed
said he was unable to find any explanation
at the time of Mr. Williams' attitude.
Died at the Make.
Corinth, Miss,, Special?Writhing ic
the flames of fagots piled high by hundreds
of citizens, Tom Clark, alias Will
Gibson, a young negro, was burned at
the stake "here at a late hour Sunday.
Clark had confessed to one of fhe mosr
atrocious assaults and murders in the
history of Mississippi, and said that he
deserred his awful fate. On August
19th last Mrs. Carrie Whitfield, the
wife of a well-known citizen, was found
dead in her home. Investigation showed
that the lady had boon assaulted.
Her head was practically severed from
her body. Both Whitfield and his wife
were related to several of the most
prominent families in tho South and
the indignation of the people knew no
bounds.
Woman /Y-rdereet.
aJt Snp.-iai.?While defend
lng her fifteen-year-oll niece, Helen
Robertson, from an attempted criminal
assauit, Mr3. Helen Dickson, who lives
In a suburb south of this city, was
murdered in her home early Sunday by
some unknown assailant. Miss Robertson,
Miss Dickson and a three-yearold
son of Mrs. Dickson were in the
room when the murder wos committed.
Mrs. Dickson's niece was aroused by
some unknown porson who had entered
the room and who attempted to assault
her. Her cries for help aroused
Mrs. Dickson, who was sleeping by her,
and in the struggle that followed Mrs.
Dickson was choked to death. There is
no clue to the murderer.
News in Brief
From 100 to 400 persons are believ*c
to have been killed by a cyclone in
Cicily.
Pietro Mascagai, the noted musician,
will sail from Cherbourg for New
York today.
Turkish troojis have'been sent Into
the interior of MafWonia.
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Commandant Leroy Ls*pri,c was dismissed
froti t?e Frapch Army for re-^
fusing to obey orderthjnjlcslng religfcfl
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New York, Special.?President John
Skelton Williams of the Seaboard Air
Line railway in response to inquiries
as to the effect which the proposed
purcharse of the Louisville and Nasbvill
railroad by the Atlantic Coast
Line would have on the Southern railway
situation and especially on the
Seaboard Air Line, said:
"Whether the purchase cf a controlling
interest in the Louisville and
Nashville by the Atslantic Coast Line
will prove a profitable and valuable
acquisiton, or whether it will prove unfortunate
for both, will depend entirely
upon the new owners. If the lines of the
Nashville are held open for the interchange
of business on a fair and reciprocal
basis with all connections, without
unfriendly discriminations, the
union of these two important systems
may be made advantageous to both,
but if an attempt is made to interfere
with the free interchange of. business
between the Louisville ana wasnviue
and its present connections, such a
policy will be followed in due course
by the construction of new railroads
Into the Louisville and Nashville terrtory
and the building of such additional
mileage throughout the South.
Such additional mileage can undoubtedly
be built for less than ens-half the
cott per mile of the I^ouisville and
Nashville, figuring on the basis which
It is stated has been paid for its stocks.
I essume, however, that the friendly
relations which have heretofore existfa
between the Louisville and Nasn\ill?
railroad and its several connections
wil not be interrupted. It is certainly
the desire of the Seaboard Air
Line to maintain cordial relations
with both allies and competitors. I do
not know what arrangements were
made on behalf of the Southern railway
with the owners of the Atlantic
Coast Line in connection with the
saie of the Louisville and Nashville to
the Coast Line; nor do I know whether
there if any truth in the report which
has reached me to the effect that a
secret offensive and defensive alliance
has been entered into between the
Southern railway and the Atlantic
Coast Line covering a period of year3.
"It is certain, however, that nothing
has hen done and nothing v ill be done
which will affect adversely the earnings
and business of I ho Seaboard Air
Line system. The lines of tb'3 system
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LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
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V The Sunny South.
vThe Democratic executive committee
of the first congressional district of ]
Tennessee, has nominated Cy. Lyle to t
oppcse Congressman Brownlow (Republican)
for re-election. ' Robert Bur- ^
row, who was nominated in convention .
recently, declined to make the race.
Capt. J. M. Falkner, chairman of the .
building committee of Camp Falkner,
United Confederate Veterans, of Monk^BH
gomery, has received from
Post, G. A. R., of Orange, N. J., a con- ^
trihutinn of J100 for the building fund
of the home for indigent Confederate \
soldiers, at public. Accompanying the . j
gift from the Henry E. Day, of the ) U
Florida railroad.
A detail of ^1 marines from the Pensacola
navy yard, under command of
Ecrgeant Burke, is under orders to proceed
to Norfolk, where they will join
other marines and sal! on the cruiser w;\
Prairie, for Colon. Panama, to protect V
American interests. The combined
forces will be under command of a colonel
of the marines.
A State convention of pension commissioners
has been called to meet at
Jackson, Miss., February 10, to see
what can be done to settle the pension
problem. Confederate pensions in Mississippi
are paid pro rata, a gross sum
being voted by the Legislature. Last j
year the pro rata became so small that
most of the veterans got only a fraction
more than $2 a month. The Legislature,
at its meeting in January, increased
the appropriation 33 per cent., j-*
but the new roll of pensioners shows a
similar Increase,*and the veterans will
again get only $2 apiece. .
Washington, N. C., Special?Those in vvi,*
a position to know say they never saW^
oysters scarcer than they are this season.
The beds are being rapid!- thinned
out along the coast and Weil in- ;
formed persons say it wilt be only a
Ail i.t Klva No j
few years unui ui? iuavi<iu? .......
will will be a luxury to be enjoyed only
by the wealthy. Packers ateo say they
never saw a season when "September
mullets" were scarcer. The few that
are coming to market however are
commanding the highest prices.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.?At
Tuesday morning's session of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, \
C. A. Wilson was elected first vice v i
grand, master and T. Shea, of New
Jersey, second vice grand master. Tfl
Grand Secretary and Treasurer Wer- * I
nold stated today that the convention j
will probably be in session all day, but H
that on Thursday morning It will ad- J
journ and the delegates will leave for I
their homes. The place of the next I
meeting may not be decided until to I
morrow. The principal cities bidding
for it are Birmingham, Milwaukee,
I Buffalo, St. Louis and Washington. |
At The National Capital.
President Roosevelt, in a speech in
Cincinnati, said that changes in the
tariff would not remedy the trust
evil. 1
Secretary snaw, in a speecn ai ?
Chicago, offered reciprocity as the I
remedy for tariff troubles.
Senator W. E. Mason has a bill to t
end the coal strike, and wants the l
President to call Congress in special ]
session to pass. it.
i Representative Joseph W. Babcock, j
of Wisconsin, chairman of the Republican
Congressional Campaign Commit- jJH
tee. will be a candidate for the Speakership
of the next House of Repre*etr--~^Rfl
tatives.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has- 1
ordered an Investigation into the discrepancies
between the department'scrop
reports and commercial estimates.
Ten experts will be sent to ths
South to gather data regarding thecotton
crop. (
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At The North.
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A note received by the New York
police states that William Hooper
Young, who is suspected of murdering"
Mrs. Pulitzer, is a suicide.
For the first time since 1899 the
New York Clearing House banks
show a deficit, amounting to $1,642,050.
.
Because her skirt was wet and made
a contact with the electric third rail at
the Curtis street crossing in New
Britain. Conn., 2.5C0 volts of electricity
passed through the body of Mrs. Frank
Brown, aged 35. burning her badly, but
not fatally. Her two-year-old son,
John, carried in her arms, was killed. , .
JnRtantlv.
Cutting his son off with $50,000, W.
S. Stratton, of Colorado, left most of
his fortune of $14,000,000 to found a
home for the poor.
From Across The Sea.
United States marines guarded the
arms cf Colombian soldiers permitted
to travel on a Panama train.
President Castro is advancing with
6,000 men to attack the Venezuelan .
rebels. " / J
Israel Zangwill applauds Secretary
Hay idt his defense of the Roumanian jj
Jews.
There are many signs of mourning
in Belgium for Queen Marie Henriette.
Miscellaneous Matters.
The announcement that the Rev. Dr.
Francis L. Patten will accept the presidency
of the Princeton Theological
Seminary marks the beginning, so it is
thought, of an era of extraordinary
prosperity for that institutiom^he at- * t a
ten lance, until tin's fall de- M
creasing, bu! with the
new.
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more than