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r - - PRESIDENT'S SPEECH Address to the People at Memphis, Tennessee OCCASION WAS LARGELY ATTENDED President Called Attention to the Fact That Much Honor lias Been Won By Ex-Confideiaies. Memphis. Tenn., Special.?Alt. .>ugh the festivities Wednesday celebrated the home-coming of General Luke E. Wright, vice governor of the Philippines. it is no reflection upon the warmth of the welcome extended to bim that President Roosevelt's presence was the overshadowing feature of the day. Excursion trains were run into the city and a number of distinguished people were present to participate in the celebration. Anting them were Gove: nor Benton McMillan and General Joseph Wheeler. The President was welcomed by a .arge crowi. that showed great enthusiasm. In speaking he said in part: It is a real end great pleasure to come to this typical city of the Southern Mississippi Valley in order to greet a typical American, a citizen of Tennessee, who" deserves honor net only from Lis State but from the entire country?General Luke E. Wright. We have a right to expect a high standard of manhood from Tennessee. It was one of the first two States created west of the Alleghany Mountains, and it was in this State that the first self govenieg community of American freemen, was established upon waters Covins into the Gulf. The pioneers of Tennessee were among the earliest in . * that great westward march which thrust the nation's order across the ccnticor.t to the Pacific, and it is eminentiy fitting* that a son of Tennessee c should cow play so prominent a part In the further movement of expansion beyond the Pacific. There have been Presidents of the United States for but one lyandred and thirteen ' years, and during sixteen o? these years Teanesseeans sat in th? White House. Hardihood, and "daring, and iron resolution are cf right to be expected azpeng the sens of a State which nurtured Andrew Jaclrson and Sam Houston; which sent into the American navy onr of the most famous fighting ? ? -r -11 * :? ~ r*? Iu'duuruis ui tf.ii uuir, rii.ugui. There is mother reason why our country should be glad that it was General Wright who rendered this service. General Wright fought with distinguished gallantry among the ?. gallant men who served in the armies of the Confederacy during the civil war. We need no proof cf the completeness of our reunion as a people. When the war with Spain came the .sons of the men who wore the blue ani the sons of the men who wore the gray vied with one another in the efTort to get into the ranks and face a foreign foe under the old flag that had been carried in triumph under Winfield 8cott and Zachary Taylor and Andrew Jackson. It was my own good fortune to serve under that fearless fighter, old Joe Wheeler, a memory of which I shall always be proud* But if we need any proof of the unity of our interests it would have been afTorded this very year by General Wright, the ex-Confederate, in his administration as acting governor of the Philippine Islands. Upon him during the months of summer rested a heavier burden of responsibility than upon any other public servant at that particular time: and not the least of his titles to our regard is the way in which he was able to work on terras of cordial good will with the head of the army, himself a man who had honored the blue , uniform as Wright had honored the gray. General Wright's work has been as difficult as it was important. The events of the last four years have definitely decided that whether we wish to or not we must hereafter play a great part in the world. We cannot escape facing the duties. We may . shirk them if we are built of poor stuff, or we may take hold and do them if we are fit sons of our sires? but face them we must, whether we will or not. Our duty in the Philippine Islands has simply been one of the duties that thus have come upon us. We are there, and we can no more haul down our flag and abandon the islands than we could now abandon Alaska. Whether we are.glad or sorry that events forced us to go there is aside from the question; the point Is that, as the inevitable result of the war with Spain, we found ourselves in the Philippines and that we could not leave the if'ands without discredit. The islanders were wholly unfit to govern themselves, and if we had left there would have been a brief period of bloody chaos, and then some other nation would have stepped in to do the work which we had shirked. It cannot be too often repeated that there > was no Question that the work had to be done. All the question was. whether we would do it well or ill: and. thanks to the choice of men like Governor Wright, it has been done well. The first and absolutely indispensable requisite was order?peace. The reign , of lawless violence, of resistance to legitimate authority, the reign of anarchy. could no more be tolerated abroad than it could be tolerated here in our own ; . The American flag stands for orderly liberty, and it stands for K abroad as it stands for it at home. Th? task of our sol iicrs was to restore and maintain order in the islands. The army had the task to do. and it. did it well and thoroughly. The fullest and heartiest pra'se belongs to our soldier who in the Philippines brought to a triumphant conclusion a war. small indeed compared to the gigantic struggle in which the older men whom I am addressing took part in the earlv J 60s., but inconceivably harassing an-' difficult, because it was waged amid K the pathless jungles of great trom J islands and against a foe very clusiv f very treacherous, and often inec:. B ceivably cruel loth toward our mei: K. and toward the great numbers c: E peace-loving F-' upinos who gladlI welocmed or; . :it. The soidivrs i: B- duded both regulars and volunteer.I men from i~ > rth, th? South, ik B East and the West, men from Penn ? svlvania and from Tennessee, no loss than men from the Rooky Mountains and the Pacific slope?and to all alike we give honor, for they acted as American soldiers should. Cruelties were committed* here and there. The fact that they wore committed under well-nigh intolerable provocation affords no excuse for such cruelties, nor can we admit as justification that they were retaliatory in kind. Every effort has been made to detect and punish I the wrongdoers and tho wrongdoing j itself has been completely stopped. But these misdeeds were exceptional, and their occurrence in no wise alters the fact that the American army in the Philippines showed as a whole not only splendid soldierly qualities but a high order of humanity in dealing with their foes. A hundred thousand of our troops went to the Philippines. Among them were some who offended against the right. Well, are we altogether immaculate at home? I think not. I ask for no special consideration to be shown our friends and kinsmen, cur sous and brothers, who during three years so well upheld the national honor in the Philippines. I ask merely that we do the same equal justice to the soldier who went abroad and faced death and lived hard as we show to his fellow who stayed at home and lived easily and in comfort; and if we show that equal justice we will doff our hats to the men who has put the whole country under obligations by the victory he helped to win in the Philippines. The nation owes a great debt to the people through whom this splendid work for civilization has been achieved and therefore on behalf of the nation I have come here to thank in your presence your fellcw-townsrnan. because he has helped us materially to add a new page to the honor roll of American history. General Wright, I greet, I thank you, and I wish, you well. Thos. Borden Dead. Fall River. Mass., Special.?'Thomas .T. 3:'den. a member uf the Borden family, whose name is linked with the textile history of southeast Massachusetts. died Friday night at Providence. He was president of the Richard Por 'en Company and connected with n: try finaucial institutions. Fred Douglass, welter-weight champion of George, 144 pound3, Friday night knocked out Fred Wall, 117 pounds, in the first half of the first round, at Augusta. Ga. Piedmont Manufacturing Co., Portsmouth. Va., has completed its bleachery and put it in operation during the week. This company will be prepared to do a quantity of bleaching besides that of its own plant. Pacolet (S. C.) Manufacturing Co. nas Degun me erection 01 an aaauionaj building for its branch mill at Gainesville. Ga. This building will be fitted up as a clothroom, and the present clothroom in the main building will be equipped with looms. This company'? Gainesville plant has 50,000 spindle? and 2,400 looms. Chicago teachers have Joined tb Federation of Labor. Jail Delivery In Tennessee. Knoxville, Tenn., Special.?While one prisoner held the jailer, six others escaped from jail at Dandridge, Tenn., Sunday afternoon. John Perry was the man who grabbed Jailer Fuller. and in the struggle was unable to escape himself, although the others successfully got away. I-ant Wright, one of the men who escaped, was in Jail on the charge of house-breaking with intent to commit criminal assault. Officers, with bloodhounds, are scouring the country for the men. Cleveland Saloons Closed. Cleveland, O., Special.?In compliance with the strict order from Chief of Police Corner, the local saloons will shut up Sunday. There were few arrests because there were few violations of the law. Chief Corner has stated that the Sunday closing law will be enforced from now on. The reason for the non-enforcement of the law heretofore has been alleged overruling orders from the higher officials. Heretofore it has been an easy matter to get in a saloon on Sunday in Cleveland. LAST WORDS OF WEBSTER. Neighbor Explains Significance of Phrase, "I Still Live." Concerning "last words," A. II. MoRao of New York has this to say of Webster: "I knew an old lady who was a neighbor and intimate friend of the Websters in Washington. She explained to me th meaning of his lost words?'I still live.' Webster, as all the world knows, was a hard drinker. Liquor caused his death. In his last days he was kepi alive by brandy, which he constantly craved. The day he died his physician called on him early in the morning and found him very low and, as he thought, unconscious. Turning to the nurse, he said: if he is alive at 8 o'clock give him another drink of brandy.' The family gathered at the bedside to see him ureal he his last. A cloqjk in the room struck 8. For a moment he remained silent: then, as no one offered to help him, he sail, rousmg up and opening his ox eyes, i still live.' The nurse, recollecting the doctor's Instructions, hastened to give him another drink, which proved to be his last, as he relapsed into a quiet stupor and died within a:i hour. The old lady did not have a very high opinion of Webster rem a moral standpoint, knowing that the immortal words, 'I still live,' were uttered for the purpose of getting a liual arink." The electrical mechanism of the new railway block signal system, by which the minutest fraction of a volt can be transformed to as high at 1,000,000 volts, consists of but four pieces. There are no relays or stepups. FOR A COMPROMISE A Surprising Move Before the Strike Commission. PROPOSITI DM FOR A SETTLEMENT. Now Believed That Satisfactory Arrangements Can Be Made Between the Parties. Scranton. Pa., Special.?The mine workers, through their representatives. have agreed with the mine owners to attempt to adjust the differences existing between them cutsiue the Coal Strike Commission. The proposition was made on a compromise basis, and negotiations, it is expected, will be at once entered upon, with a reasonable hope of settlement without tho a?H r>f tho nrhitrntnrc Thf? much proposition, which is to form the basis of negotiations, is a 10 per cent, increase in wages, a nine-hour day. and trade agreements between the miners and the company by whom they are employed. The only one of the four demands not touched upon is that of the weighing of coal by the legal ton. While both sides haxe expressed their willingness to settle their differences among themselves, it is not to be construed that it carries with it the acceptance of the terms proposed. They are mentioned only as a basis, it is understood, from which a settlement is to be effected. It is possible that the proposition can be wrecked by either party holding out too strongly against some questions, and thus leave the whole matter in the hands of the commission. who in the meantime will act as a sort of a board of conciliation, rather than as a board of arbitration. Few persons were aware that an attempt would be made at an outside settlement until it was practically intimated by Judge Gray, the chairman of the commission, who read a carefully prepared announcement from the bench. The move, one of the most important in the whole history of the coal strike, created a mild sensation when it became known. The surprise was all the greater when it will be re membered that numerous propositions from the United States down and that many organizations, from the National Civic Federation to the small boards of trade of the mining towns, failed to bring the two parties together. It is said it was all brought about by both sides seeing that the proceedings before the committee would be interminable, and in the intermingling of the lawyers for both sides the outside agreement proposition was broached and taken up. It cannot be stated which party made the proposition first. The attorneys for both sides are adverse to talking. An attorney for one of the railroads said it came from the miners' side, while one lawyer for the miners said it came from the operators. Another report of the miners said it was a "spontaneous" proposition. It Is generally believed, however, that the operators were the first to make the proposition. Wayne MacVeagh, who carried on such a brilliant cross-examination of President Mitchell, is given credit for bringing abo tuthe present situation. He went to New York after he finished with Mr. Mitchell and had a conference with certain persons connected with the coal industries, among them, it is reported, J. Picrpont Morgan. He was in New York in connection with the matter. TVio f>nmnii?cinn(irs wpre informed Clt the turn of affairs last night, and acquiesced in the proposed arrangement. The situation did Dot directly come up in the public hearing today and the adjournment proposition was made ostensibly to permit both sides to complete their work of preparing documentary evidence. Clarence S. Darrow. of Chicago, one of Mr. Mitchell's attorneys, brought the matter out when, near the close of the day's session, he suggested that the miners be given a little more time to prepare their evidence. The miners wanted to present the due bills or wage statements of thousands of miners running back for several years, and they found that the task of presenting them in a proper manner was as stupendous one. They also xrontorl ir\ nnr-ofn 11 v ovfjminp tho pom. pany books and this, too. would take considerable time. President Arrives Home. Washington, Special. ? President Roosevelt arrived here at 8 o'clock. Tuesday morning over the Southern Railroad. A little crowd was at tne station to witness his return. As he left the train he shook hands with the enginee- and fireman and thanked them for the safe run they had made. The President and Serrearv Cortclyou were driven direct to the White House. New Ship Yard For Norfolk, Norfolk. Special.?A deed was filed in the recording olfic? transferring to the Norfolk-Hampton Roads Ship P.uilding and Dry Dock Company from the Norfolk & Hampton Roads Company, in consideration of $339,500, 679 acres of lands fronting on Hampton Roads, near Secell's Point to be used for the $3,000,000 ship yards that will be at cnce erected, including a dry dock. The new yard will employ 8.000 hands and will be completed within one year. It is capitalized at $5,000.000 with a maximum of $10,000,000 and bonded for $3,000,000; Si.000.030 1.3 now available and the purchase price of the tract bought today was paid in cash. Tim yard will he Independent of the Nixon ship building combination. Flood in Texas. Beaumont. Tex.. Special.?There was a terrific rainfall Friday throughout this section of the State. The rain began here at 1 o'clock this morning and continued steadily until o o'clock this afternoon, at which time there were three feet of water in some of the business streets. The stocks of many merchants were ruined and the lor-ses will amount to many thousands of dollars. In the oil field the damage will amount to probably $20,000,000, many of the companies have suffered heavily. V A SERIOUS COLLISION Train Nor 35 on the Southern Runs Into Wild Freight Cars. Charlotte, N. C., Special.?No. 3e, the south-bound night passenger train on the Southern Railway, was wrecked as it entered t le Spartanburg yard about 2 o'clock Monday morning. The colored fireman was killed, and Engineer A. B. Solomon, of Charlotte, was seriously injured and Baggagemaster Joe Mitchell, also of Charlotte, was hurt, but how badly could not be learned. Three white passengers and a colored woman were injured, the latter probably fatally, but their names could not be learned. The wreck occurred oa a curve near the Beaumont Mills at the Spartanburg yard limits. Three box cars became detached at the junction, two miles distant and ran down the main line at great speed. When they collided with the passenger thain the engine and three cars, the express and bag gage car3 and one coach left the track, and the cars were demolished. > Engineer Solomon had an arm broken and is thought to be injured internally. Baggage Master Mitchell was among the injured. A short time after the accident every physician in Spartanburg hurried to the scene and everything possible | was done for the relief of the in jured. The cars were going down-grade at an incredible rate of speed and when j they struck the engine it was turned completely around. Saloon Wrecked. Mahony City. Pa.. Special.?The most destructive dynamiting outrage that has occurred in the thee oal regions since the strike began was porj petrated here at 5 o'clock Sunday j morning. The dynamite, with fuse attached, was placed on the bar of the saloon of Christopher Portland. The front part of the building was blown across the street and the adjoining 1 buildings on either side were badly 1 wrecked. Windows were broken in ev! ery house in the square. Portland and : the other members of the familyk were sleeping on the third floor and escapel i without serious injury, although all j were thrown from their beds. Portj laud's two sons are non-union men and worked during the strike. ?????????? Resigned on Account of Organ. Lexington, Ky., Special.?The withdrawal of Rev. James W. McGrevy, president of the Bible College of Kentucky University from the Broadway Christian church, became final Sunday, when that church, by a vote of 361 to 202, adopted the organ for use in worship. He opposed it on scriptural grounds, being noted througout the ; denomination for his utterances against it. Two factions developed iu the church and the campaign was intense. Rev. J. W. Searchy, late pro; hihition candidate for Congress, has 1 also withdrawn, and Prof. Henry H. , White, former president of Kentucky i University, and others, say they wil! : leave the church when the organ shall be put in use. A Narrow Escape. Richmond, Special.?A Baydton, Va.. | special says Colonel J. Thomas Goods, ; who lives six miles from here, a memi bcr of the State board of agriculture. had a narrow escape from death Mon' day by poison. Aconite, a deadly poison ' \ as emptied into a glass and left in ; tbr glass to be thrown away, and as ' aconite is colorless, the colonel rnis| took it for water and poured more wa j ter in and drank freely of it. As soon | f-.s the mistake was discovered strong I emetics were used and the sufferer wa soon relieved. His physician says the I dose would have ended his life in a I v- ry al.ort timr had not the tiae.ics liccn i!-:ul i-'craptly. Aiilis Enter Alerter. Greensboro. Special.?The cotton mill merger committee practically com. pletcd its work here last night, having finally passed upon all properties offered them, and there will be another meeting here in about three weeks to pass upon properties that were accepted in every respect, except that some formalities, such as affixing seal. etc.. to papers submitted had been omitted. The Kitl'ng of Fitzgerald. Washington. Special.?The State DeI partment . eeeived reports from Dr. I Hunter, minister at Gautemala City. . and Consular General McNally, at the same place, regarding the case of Godfrey Hunter. Jr.. and Secretary Bailey, of the American legation there, who worp narties to the shooting affray re j suiting in the death of 'Vm. Fitzgeri Aid yesterday. Mr. McNally's latest advices gives the affair the aspect of a shocking and cold-blooded murder, making it appear that Secretary Bailey was a party to the crime, holding up Fitzgerald with a revolver in f ont while Hunter shot the man from behind. A Large Collection. j New York, Special.?Seventy thousI and dollars was raised Sunday at a mass meeting held in Ca-negie Hall by the Metropolitan thank-offering commission of the Methodist Episcopal church, and In thirty Methodist churches for the worn-out preachers' fund. The plan was to raise $100,000 in which event John E. Andrus, of Yonkers, has promised to give $50,000 in cash. 1 . i . i ? ?-.v! I GUN MAKES IS DEAD I o ' Demise of the Man Who Revolution. i ized Modern Warfare tRt'PP PASSES SUDDENLY AWAY some i lysirry connccicu wixn ms> Sudden Death, But No Suspician of Suicide. Berlin, By Cable.?Herr Krupp, the great gun-maker and the wealthiest man in Germany, died suddenly from apoplexy Saturday noon, at his villa at Huegal. Herr ftrupp had been ill for several days and a report of his condition was telegraphed daily to his wife, who had been several months in Jena, under medical treatment. Concerned by the latest dispatches regarding her husband. Frau Krupp left Jena yesterday, accompanied by Prof. Binswanger, of the medical faculty of the university there. She will reach Essen early Sunday morning. According to the medical reports, his physicians succeeded in restoring Herr Krupp to consciousness, but the patient soon relapsed into insensibility. He died at 3 o'clock. In the meantime, the directors of the Krupp works and Ht?rr Krupp's solicitors had been sum- j moned. They had a consultation after J his death and caused a bulletin an- i nouncing his death to be posted at the works at b o ciock. The first question that everybody j asked was: "Did Herr Krupp commit j suicide?" There se?ms to be no test:- j mony to support this suggestion, the j physicians in attendance resolutely asserting that the case was simply one of apoplexy. That considerable time elapsed after death before the news was announced is taken by some persons to indicate that the cause of death is somewhat obscure. Near friends of the dead man ^ho are aware of the great mental distress into which the recent publication in The Vorwaerts had thrown him, reproduced. as it was, in adjacent cities and telegraphed over the world, are confident that the charges contained in the story induced his death. Herr Krupp's villa, where he died, is several miles from Essen. The great gun-maker lived there in almost feudal fashion and the place is unapproachable. nobody being admitted within the gates except police, the directors of the Krupp works and the undertakers and their assistants. The officials and employes of the Krupp works yesterday called a public meeting for the object of expressing indignation at the charges made by The Vorwaerts. The meeting assembled at 11:30 o'clock this morning, but before a deputation could be appointed to convey to Herr Krupp expressions of loyalty and confidence it was learned that his condition was too serious for him to receive such a deputation. Herr Krupp was not regarded as a hard master by his workmen. He mainj tained various institutions at Essen i for their benefit and built hundreds of j mode! houses on sanitary priciples for I their use, charging for them a mod| erate rental. Moderate es^mates of i the fortune of the deceased place it at $125,090,000, and his annual income ! during his recent years of prosperity ! at $19,000,000. It ic nnderiilnnil in I7!sspn that the ' great works created by Herr Krupp will be placed in the hands of trus| tees for the benefit of Frau Krupp j and her daughters. Emperor William, vpon learning of the death of Herr Krupp, sent a telegram to the directors of the works at Essen, eulogizing Herr Krupp and expressing sympathy. Chicago Post off !cs Robbed. Chicago, Special.?The Chicago j postoffice was the victim Sunday night | of one of the most daring robberies | that has ever been perpetrated in this i city. Ten thousand dollars is the amount believed to have been secured by the robber, who made his escape without leaving any clew to his identity. Federation Elects Officers. New Orleans. Special.?The American Federation of Labor re elected the following officers: President, Samuel Gompers; first vice president. James Duncan: second vice president, John Mitchell; third vice president. James i O'Connell; fourth vice president. Max Morris; fifth vice president, Thos. I. Kidd; sixth vice president, Dennis A. Hayes: treasurer, John B. Lennon: secretary, Frank Morrison: fraternal delegates to the next labor convention of Great Britain. Max S. Hayes and Martin Lawler; fraternal delegate to Canada. John Coleman. The place of the next convention win ue tsosion. Dr. Hunter to Be Relieved. Washington, Special.?The recent tragedy at Guatemala City, in which Wni, Fitzgerald lost his life, may have the effect of hurrying to hi3 post Mr. Combs, of Louisville, the new minister to Central America, who succeeds Dr. Godfrey Hunter, the retiring minister, j it is recognized here that Dr. Hunter's j position at the Guatemalan capital J canhardly remain tenable and for this J reason he no doubt would like to be reliVed very soon. 1 SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL (leorg'a's r'rogre.'JS. Comptroller-General Wei. A. Wright ^ "" of Georgia, in his report to the governor. has compiled a mas-3 of interesting and valuable figures shciug the increase in proptry valuer, in the Scate between 1S70 and 1302. The assessed value of the whole taxable properly of the State increased from $234.9->3.-51S to *4 it 7 310 fi-in P/v.tif nr t ho n.-i.'nh'o fan torics from $ 1.640,000 to $23,131,371, iron works from $293,649 to $1,113,674, railroads from $3,806,129 to $33,212,573, bank capital from $4,667,567 to $13,442,45S, city and town real estate from $45,007,286 to $122,672,133, land3 from $90,453,822 w $124,799,013. live-stock from $21,017,634 to $25,102,836, firm implements from $2,971,372 to $6,898,301, household furniture from $9,156,404 to $16,611^652. merchandise f.om. $12,012,755 to $24,104,341, and money, etc.. from $25,513,005 to $33,916,679. Especially significant are the figures showing the progress made by the negroes a3 property holders. That class of the population owns $15,138,069 worth of assessed property, di.lded as fellows: City or tbV:n real estate, $4;? * , ^ 389,422; lands, $4,779,263; live-stock, $2.5S5,831; tools and implements. $632,583; household furniture, $1,683,541; money, etc., $9^,538; merchandise, $96,- i 223; all other, $499,668. While the values of ail properties in the State have increased a little less than 100 per cent, since 1879, the values of negroes' property have increased a little more than 193 ner cent. This fact is an evi deuce of the friendly relations bet-Veen the whites and negroes of the State, manifested in other ways, and at the same time suegccts greater achievements by the negroes, provided they may be relieved of that element among them which in indolence, vice and crime is a drain upon the whole community. Textile Notes. The Magnolia Cotton Mill of Concord, N. C., is being established by J. M. Odell, and its capacity will be 100 looms. This plant is of an experimental character, and will produce a line of fine goods not heretfore made in the South. A large plant will probably develop from this enterprise. Thomas J. Hartfleld, a Philadelphia (Pa.) expert, has been secured to act as superintendent. Messrs. Henry D. Hale, W. S. Cook and G. 0. Duncan of Mayfleld. Ky., have incorporated the Old Woolen Mills Co., with capital stock of $100,(JDO, and will establish plant. Further details are not known as yet. The parties named recently purchased buildings formerly used for woolen manufacturing, and it is presumed they propose re-equipping the structures. A dispatch from Anderson, S. C., states that the Orr Cotton Mills of that city has definitely decided to double ita plant. The company has a plant of 25,000 spindles and 700 looms, capitalized at $400,000. To double the mill would require an expenditure of about the * present capital. No confirmation of the report has been made by the company. It is reported that the Sheswell Cotton Mills Co. of Westminster, S. C., will make further improvements, to include the erection of a three-story addition and the installation of additional machinery. The present plant has 11,000 ring spindles and 850 looms. No confirmation of this report has been given. Manetta Mills of Lando, S. C., has let contract for the erection of an additional building. This structure will be two stories high, 75x350 feet. It is not stated what new machinery, if any will be installed, but construction work has begun on the building. Present plant has 7000 ring spindles. Seaboard Knitting Mills of Henderson. N. C.. have passed into the control of A. C. Zollecoltee as receiver.' The plant will bgoffered for sale at public outcry on December 10. It is equipped with thirty-three knitting machines, uses steampower and dyes its product. F. W. Howard, superintendent and buyer for Belding Bros. & Co. of Belding, Mich., manufacturers of silk threads and fabrics, has been visiting Birmingham, Ala., investigating the possibilities for manufacturing raw silk in that vicinity. Hawkinsville (Ga.) Cotton Mills, now operating 3000 ring spindles and eighty looms, will add sixty 40-inch v looms. The company is prepared to r?or?Qi.-ior PQtimnfpQ nn furnishing th** machines, also on electrical supplies. It is proposed to organize .a $100,000 stock company for th^ purpose of establishing a cotton factory at Jacksonville, Ala. Reports state that J. L. McComb, a South Carolina cotton mill operator, is leading the movement. Robert Christie and associates of Colora, Md., contemplate establishing fiber works. They have held a meeting to further the project, and obtained $4000 in subscriptions to a company if organized. It is reported that Messrs. R. A. Lewis of Belton, S. C., and E. A. Smythe of Pelzer. S. C., will build a cotton mill near Stantonville, S. C. In one of the cotton chats of the Draper Company of Hopedale, Mas3., its secretary says that the South is now taing the bulk of the new cotton ma- -{ chinery, and that South Carolina is the n. most prominent Southern State ir. this ' respect. He presents figures showing that n? tho tnt.il nf fi4 ri-10 Innnu in ^outh Carolina mills 27,980 are Northrop looms. . 1 Samuel L. Haines. 126 East Mins street, San Francisco, Cal., wants to obtain the agency for sale of a cheap anil medium line of tickings in plain blue ami white and fancy notions made by Southern mills. Messrs. J. E. Nelson. S. J. Shienker and A. E. Bowen have incorporated Mississippi Valley Batting Co., with capital stock of $10,000, to deal in cotton batting, etc. The Smithleld (N. C.) Cotton Mills has let contract for a quantity of additional machinery. The company is now operating 5000 ring spindles. k>: ' * k / " ki