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' . I 3K'v* ' . - . ? Smallpox and J By C? ?. A. Winslow. P"*""^MALLPOX has been so hel<l ir 1 is forgotten, and the urmln : < I "who are to-day unvao nated J public health. Two hundred 55??9j first or last, as children nave. | a one epidemic being almost (palace to hovel none Ha /HcOOCa on/1 fttPAVid'w] uiovwct uuu A V? V * ? ??. . It has been made evident h* euleulati City of London, renowned^for medical 'eighteenth century about/ one-fourteenth and during the Inst thiffv years of that < was highly improved, the mortality of tenth. s' Medical skjit and sanitary science wi Fdward Jenifer, suggested the practice middle of. the last century to be "the gr< BC-ieace Jq the world." It had long been ob: tershir? that a mild eruptive disease of c; inupArated to human beings, and that ~^"~'from subsequent attaeks of smallpox. .1 this preventive inoculation with the c<? efficacy by careful experiments, and tin; men and the intelligent public that the quered. All over the civilized world the 1 and everywhere it was followed by an rate.?Atlantic Monthly. The Good Old No Comp ly J. T. Trowbridge. r B O my parents set up thei have uo doubt, their hapi as auv their children o 1 rfTi a grandchildren have eujoi f I civilization. She sans ai J g forest. He made a clear I b potatoes among the stui | w that hut. The clearing j built Rouse replaced th< .. stantial house had one h tt twenty feet square, a low V' had~7iy a.laddcr, and in the course of ti I "llnter" was framed, but the main part on the inside, and the cracks between th< I The filling was liable to crack, and it wa.< B every fall. This was called "chinking i B time for the older children (I had not y? V always some of the moist clay left over [ and saucers for their play-houses, and I n dressed chestnut planks, tue oeauunu g clean and smoothly polished. At one ou place, with great.iron andirons, and iroi the "linter were the spare bed with its w 1 bureau, and our father's large oaken chf a marvel to the younger children, who w< e\cr he went to open it.?January Atlant ;'? jj Modern Ideals o By Edward Howard Gi new ideal is the largest jkjs Tnot mean that she is to rush i doing, hut that it is believed artificial limitation must be r< she finds she cauuot do. she v tion and take up something e! in the same spirit we demand and women." "Vl immJ It is a misfortune?it is an < < iptr- t ers are women. Not because "are?but our cliildr* u need the masculine the feminine influence. They need to :i in getting their education. The qualities rounding of their character. The questio gifted women for our school* and rot an men? And the answer is that the forme be no change in this situation until there ; To achieve the highest, men and won acter. for that union is dependent upon individual, of the personal spirit. In soci union in marriage#also demands this, at gives an added susceptibility to suffering enough to pull the two natures together, the union. So uieu who have progressed t gentler fomiuine qualities and demand a ities in the women of their choice, the gaii I more perfect manhood and iu the other i and thus increasing the differentiation. & The Advantage Girl of He By Marion F. Mowbraj ST is an indisputable fa* plenty ol brothers has a derstanding men when s What is more i.mpor pauiouable to a man. when choosing their sw select a girl with brothci The girl who has lad get used to that.uutraiui second nature with the girls who are bi deed, tomboyism iu a young girl is perh; have iu the days of her girlhood. There is a give-and-take attitude in mora than a possible feeling of comrade, because a man pays her some attentioi marriage, or has "serious intentions," t< mothers apply under such conditions. 'J not had brothers, translates any civility a if she is not quite so young as she used t know how often the wish is father to 1 man should not see that she has any sue * her thought. To do this, she adopts an concealing her idea, she shows her hand. "For a boy nothing matters:" you are In nearly every house you go to. With If a little girl is going out to see a friem hat put on even before she has begun to 1 world as best hats and not best liats. Then, again, there is undoubtedly a s< girl. She is told she must not be this, am until in time it becomes second nature to begins to calculate what the result will Now the girl who is brought up wit ..some younger than herself, will have a c-b cation. If she has any sense she will lea She will insensibly acquire a pleasai and she will know that they do not like : , > ' t : / / ? T= enner. / i check by, vAi. uintion that its horror ji thousjhtlosv ami misguided persons tlH'-atens a serious menace to the o mvrr Mllo h.*nl SlllflllnOX. measles to-day. those who escaped in ert.'jQ to sicken in the next. From lie hut those who had gone through ions from the Hills of Mortality of tlie science, that at the beginning of the of the inhabitants died of smallpox, eutury. when the practice in smallpox this disease had augmented to otiecre of no avail, until a village doctor, of vaccination, which seemed at the atest physical good ever yet given by served among the dairy folk of (Jloucesittle. known as eowpox. conhl lte comthosi> thus affected were protected fenner conceived the idea of applying vpox 011 a larger scale: he tested its illy stieeeeded in convincing scientific dread disease could at last be eciitcw prophylactic was eagerly adopted, abrupt decline in the smallpox death 7 X? I a iiiiw lex Life Then r simple housekeeping. aud passed. I ?iest days?(lays as liapj>y. very likely, r numerous grandchildren or great- , od. iu the stress of a more complex t her Avork: his axe resounded in the ing, and planted corn and heuus and nips. Their first child was horn iu ;row. and before loujr a larger, welle primitive cabin. This more subtree room on the grouud floor, about -roofed chauilter. to which access was ^ me a "liuter" (leau-to) addition. The was built of logs. These were hewed ( t?m tilled with a plaster made of clay. | ; necessary to patch the broken places i jp the house." and it made a happy < t apjK'atvd on the scene), there being < which they could use in making cups J other ornaments. The floor was 01 I ^ rain of which was kept scrupulously . d of the room was a huge stone tire- < 1 shovel and tongs in the corner. In hite counterpane, a tall brass-handled st. with its complicated tills, always 1 mid run and peep wonderingly when- i ic. . * " . | f Womanhood j iggs. ! sible freedom for woman. Now. I do j n and do all the things that men are 1 that every arbitrary restriction and < moved. If. then, she takes up what | rill learn her limitation in that ditec- 1 se. In continuance of this belief and , equal pay for equal sendee for men i1 vil?that nine out of ten of our teacli- \ they are not good teachers?for they j influence just as much as they need | . issociatc with" hotli men and women 1 ; of each are necessary to the proper j 1 u is. Why do we net well trained and J ' equal numher of equally well trained , r come for less money. So there will , is equal pay for equal service, leu must he of equal nobility of char- < the deepening of the content of the < alisin this is often forgotten. Perfect 1 id yet such deepening of the content 1 . But if the basis of union he strong J the larger the difference the stronger , he furthest have gained certain of the < corresponding gain in masculine qual- , [i operating in the one case toward the i toward the more perfect womanhood. < 1 > >-* : ' : to a svmg Brothers i V t that the girl who grows up with great advantage in knowing and unhe arrives at years of discretion, taut, such a girl is much more emuIf young men exercise any thought eethearts they euuuot do better than s. . , ked brothers in her early life does not iiieled atiirude toward men which is a 1 ' - *- - In. I ougm up in a nuu>t-mi ui >?u.i?>. * ? j >1* the best education which she can j the girl who has brothers, something ship, and the certain knowledge that. 11, it does not follow that he means i use the words which old-fashioned fhe girl, on the other hand, who has s having an ulterior motive, especially 0 be. and hopes to be married, for we [he thought. Then, anxious that the h idea, she at once endeavors to hide unnatural attitude, and, so far from ? almost certain to hoar the expression the girl children everything matters. 1. she has her best dress and her best ;uo\v that there are such things in the irt of insincerity in the education of a 1 must be that, if she wants to please, her, and before she does anything she be. h plenty of brothers, some older and ance to correct the defects of her edurn to avoid these faults, at, companionable manner with men, tiff, self-conscious young women. i CONVICT CRUELTY CASE CONSIDERED North Carolina Sensation Receives a Public Airing BEFORE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE Sam: Startling Evidence Developed At the Investigation? Evidence in Rebuttal. The investigation of the matter of cruelty to convicts from the North Carolina Penitentiary in their removal to Marion was begun Tuesday. The staff correspondent of the Charlotte Observer gives a full account of the proceedings, the most salient features being given here: Marion. N. C., Special.?Mr. J. L. C. Bird and others of Marion submitted evidence to the legislative committee which tended to establish his charges of cruelty to convicts on the recent removal from Spruce Pine to Hillsboro and Raleigh, via Marion. In rebuttal Superintendent Mann made an excellent showing so far as his own responsibility is concerned. He doubtless impressed the committee by his fairness and by reading his orders to supervisors. Superintendent Lashley also endeavored to shift any blame from his shoulders, ne was alongside the men on a portion of the march, but could not observe all that was going on. but thought everything was done right. The committee consisted of Senators H. N. Pharr, of Mecklenburg, and Thos. D. Warren, of Jones county, and Representatives George L. Mortin, of New Hanover; T. W. Blount, of Washington, and W. C. Newland, of Caldwell. and after a hard dtfy's work all Vvn ovamlnod hprP Ultf ? IIUVSDCS IV/ uv ? were heard. A further hearing will be held on the return to Raleigh. Attorney Hudgins, of Marion, appeared for Superintendent Mann, while Mr. Bird acted as prosecutor. The latter stated that he brought charges at the almost unanimous demand of the community and he was not here when the convicts passed through. As a result of Tuesday's hearing, it may be said that the opinion will probably prevail that the' convicts did suffer hardship, but the responsibility of such suffering has not yet been fixed. MR. SPARKS HEARD "RUMORS" OF ILL TREATMENT. Whitfield Sparks, of Grassy Creek township, Mitchell county, who lives near the Spruce Pine convict camp, miles from Marion, was the first witness. When asked by Mr. Bird if be knew that the weaker men were selected for removal the witness said It was so rumored, and on objection by counsel for Superintendent Mann, i controversy arose as to what limitations should be put upon the evidence. It was stated that such was the gensral talk, but the witness could not substantiate it. The convicts were 3tarted to Marion on the day after a 3leet. The witness saw one sick man helped into a wagon. The convicts crossed Tow river on the ice. The latter was covered with water about five inches deep for some 20 feet. The men were shackled together, two by two, and had on ordinary convict clothes. The witness saw no unkind tjeatmcnt of convicts and some of them veie not shackled. W. D. Wiseman, of Spruce Pine, in January, 1902, passed about 100 conriots en route over the mountains in severe weather. Some of them waded Armstrong creek while there was ice in the still water. One convict lost his shoes. One man was carried over by trusties, but the witness did not know whether or not be was a guard. The witness advised the guards to camp Dn the east side of the mountain, as the weather was colder on the other side. They camped at Mica (which is on the other side of the mountain). The camp equipage for the return trip to Marion was loaded on a sleety day. The men crossed the river on the ice, over which water was running. At dinner on the march the witness saw coffee and bread distributed and heard convicts ask for meat. For 13 miles from Marion the road was muddy and sloppy. One sick man while lying down in a wagon asked for water as the creek was being crossed, and was groaning. A guard told him to "scut his d?n mouth:" that it would do him no good to groan. A convict started to get a bucket of water and the guard cursed and told him to take a can. The witness saw a few old shoes dropped on the road. In crossing a small creek some of the men had to wade in water over shoe-mouth deep. The roads were bad and the convicts marched in the middle of the road, while the guards generally walked on the bank. Some gave out and were put in wagons. He saw the sick convits taken off the wagon, but none were dead. Five of Eix were ill, two apparently "bad off." On cross-examination by Superintendent Mann's counsel the witness stated that Armstrong creek was about kneedeep and there was no foot-log where the convicts crossed. The witness was not positive that any guard was taken over on convicts' backs. Once and a while the convicts could avoid mud holes. "There is no other way to Marion," said the witness, "so far as I know, or I would have traveled it." Asked about the convicts' shoes by Chairman Warren, the witness said some of them were in bad shape and in two instances he noticed they were open and "dripping mud." The convict who was groaning seemed to be in serious condition. The witness saw one mail with one foot bare. This side of the mountain the mud was the worst of the winter on the day the convicts were moved. The mud came up to the top of the shoes and sometimes higher, and it was shoe-mouth deep nearly all the way. GUARDS CURSED THE CONVICTS. A. D. Wiseman, of Spruce Pine, testified that he drove a team along with the convicts on the march to Marion. Three miles or more an hour were made. Some places the mud was 6 to 8 inches deep and t?e average was about shoe-mouth deep. Two convicts seemed to be very sick and showed nain all the way. One asked for "just anything" and the guard replied that he had nothing for him. While groaning a guard ns-med Sandlin said to a convict to "shut up his d?n mouth." Exhausted convicts were put on mules two at a time because they were shackled together and could not be separated. When convicts would give out the guards would curse them. A guard named Busbee told a convict who fell on his face in the mud: "D?n you, get up. I am not going to carry you." When near Marion all who were able to got off the mules were lined up to be counted. The witness saw four or Ave couples of shackled men fall by the wayside. One man apparantly had a fit and was put in a wagon. Near town several fell and were urged on by the guards and in some cases unshackled men helped them. The mud came above the convicts' knees. Each man carried his blanket. One con-ict dropped a Bible and Guard Busbee cursed him for "carrying plunder.' The witness had never seen a worse day to move convicts than the one on which the trip to Marion was made. Ten miles from town the men waded a stream over shoe-mouth deep. The sick men were given water twice on the way, but no milk or medicine. When begging for water a guard said: "D?n you shut up; that won't do you any good." A negro fell and while on his all-fours tipped his cap and said, pitifully, "Boss. I can't go any further.'' Guard Busbeo replied: "G?d d?n you. get up. I am not going to carry you. We are iQ smelling distance of the town." A convict went to cross a fence and fell and brushed against a guard, who said: "G-*k1 d?n you; stay off me. I'll shoot h?1 out of you," and made a demonstration with his gun. One man was laid in a car at the Marion depot and the witness heard it said: "Our little negro is dead." Some of the convicts after reaching the car cut their muddy pants legs off and threw them out of the window. It takes a day of hard driving to come from Spruce Pine to Marion. A pedestrian can almost keep up with a loaded wagon. The convicts were given cofTee, some corn bread and a little meat. There was complaint that the bread had been frozen and the meat j was cold. The stream waded was about | six feet wide, while Toe river is 100 I yards wide. A good deal of other testimony was i given In the same line. The testimony In rebuttal follows in part: W. E. Crossland, of Richmond, a director of the penitentiary, said the board decided that the convicts should be taken from the cold climate as a 1 human act. The State board, guarded and had absolute control of the con- i vlcts. J. Q. Hackatt, of Wllkeeboro, another ( prison director, stated that the con- j victs were removed as a protection to their health. They were allowed to stay until January 20th on condition that < they be worked only in good weather. ] The matter of removal was left entire- j ly to Superintendent Mann. The wit- , ness thought the convicts could not have been taken through Tennessee 1 ' for the reason that North Carolina ' ' would have lost jurisdiction over them, j 1 Mr. Mann said the Governor told him i not to carry ine convicts tnrougu ecu- | nessee. j Tt j board made an order that no ! con.ict can be whipped by a guard, and the supervisors must make reports on each case, giving the charge, etc. Mann read letters to Geo. L. Carter, a railroad contractor showing the un- , willingness of the penitentiary board : to allow the convicts to remain on tne j north side of the mountains during the winter, 17 having died at Lashley's camp, 11 of pneumonia, the previous year, and informing him that unless , the men were moved to the south side j of the ridge they would be withdrawn from the work. After a conference between the board and Carter's representative it was agreed that the contract terminate on January 20th. Mann came here and arraneed for the removal of the convicts, for transportation and * comfortable cars. At Spruce Pine he i 8 found the contractor and finally agreed ? to have 100 o? the hardiest convicts on ; I the work. Mann instructed him to see 8 tha; the sick men were taken care of, j f and also that plenty of coffee was pro- j 8 vided. He provided $200 in cash to | a meet any emergency, and authorized j f the purchase of whiskey for the con- j 0 victs on their arrival here. If it had ; 8 been practicable to have carried the men wholly by rail it would npt have ' v cost the State a cent. The Governor adviged against letting the convicts go 8 beyond the borders of the State, and he ! r took this as an order. No sick men * died en route to Raleigh. One man has f' died since making the trip, from a recently developed illness; two sick men are still living, although they may not j recover. He had no contract to pay $50 j t a day for cars as has been reported. He : did not examine the clothes of the j s convicts at Spruce Pine, but was con- , ? naent tne men were wen prwiueu wi.; i The convicts left Marion on the morn- \ ing of the 22nd. and arrived at Raleigh j \ at 11 o'clock that night. The delay of a the train was caused by a wreck. A q record of every whipping and death is i c immediately reported to the superin- c tendent. I \ THE KILLING OF DAVIS. v ' c He knew nothing'of a killing at! 6 Lashley's camp, but there was a man | r killed at Mclver's camp, a white man : e named C. M. Davis, who refused to t work. Two men were ordered to take him in a building. He stabbed one of them and dashed out, throwing a rock at another. He paid no attention to orders to slop, and was shot dead by ; order of Supervisor Mclver. Davis had ? toid a company that he intended to kill 0 his supervisor with his pick. Superintendent Mann also read a j <number of letters to Supervisors Lash- j lov onrl \tnIvor nrplnc the nroner ! i conduct of the camps, 2nd the protectlon cf the "men. He h: sure the con- a victs are fed better than nine-tenths of the laboring people who work for themselves. With reference to the sick : v men brought over last fall, letters j showed that they be transported without hardship or suffering. He ordered that the convicts from Mitchell be allowed to rest as long as necessary to i; put them in good eondition. He could not say that no convicts were made sick by the movement, but he was ad- r vised that those who have been indis- I posed are recovering. s CROSS-EXAMINED BY MR. BIRD. J Examined by Mr. Bird, Superinten- I dent Mann said the road from Marion s \ \ .V I to Spruce Pine was very bad. He submitted to a lengthy cross-examination, tending to show that he himself was, not responsible for any mistreatment of convicts and was informed that the men received proper attention under the disagreeable circumstances. , Supervisor Mclver, who has been in the service over 25 years, corroborated the story of the killing of Davis. Hvi advised that some of the convicts be shackled, as they were dangerous. It would not be safe to shackle them by the arms. Some of those moved were able-bodied men. The march from Spruce Pine was not of an unusual length, or cruel. He ordered two negroes to take hold of Davis, the white man killed. J. C. Lashley, supervisor in charge of the convicts from Spruce Pine to Marion, ?aid the convicts had plenty of coffee, biscuits and meat, and he was told all were fed. Wagons had been provided to cross the river, but it was found better to cross on the ice. He himself walked across and did not get his feet wet. The sick men were well cared for and none of them walked. The guards are not allowed to curse convicts. Fires were built in the train after arrival. No convicts died en route. He knew nothing of the story of a man dying after a whipping. The convicts were comfortably clad. CROWDS VISIT THE SENATE To Hear the Opening Prayer By Oen. Booth. Washington. Special.?An immense crowtf was attracted to the Senate Friday to hear the invocation of General Wm. Booth, founder and commanderin-chief of the Salvation Army. Among the occupants of the galleries were Booth Tucker, the general's chief assistant and son-in-law and a large number of Salvationists. When the statehood bill came up. Mr. Depew resumed his remarks, and attacked the Mormon Church because he said he believed Its members still cling to the practice of polygamy. Referring to the anti-polygamy provision in the Statehood bill, Mr. Depew said that ?,t would seem that "the fine Italian hand of the Mormon apostle had been at work in the preparation of the measure and lhat the concentrated influence of the Mormon hierarchy could be seen In the determined effort to prevent any amendment which would completely exclude polygamy." It is not disputed, he said, that the vote of the Mormon Church is absolutely controlled by the central hlerarcdy of that organization. He declared that the migration of Mormons to the different States and Territories was not for the purpose of securing homes and farms, but in the ough a compact to control legisla:ion. Any legislation, Mr. Rawlins de dared. in any State directed at Mornonism is futile, unless there is a ?ub!ic sentiment which will sustain he same, vhile the question was not is to the inadequacy of the provisions igainst polygamy, but as to the exer ise of political power. Persecution is he seed of the Mormon Church, he dedared. and it did not do any good to irraign the entire people and brand 'very Mormon as a slave, a most unust accusation. "To t'.o that," he said, you solidify those who would aid you n bringing about the very conditions 'cu see here." The best possible school, le said, for the correction of these >vils. is to emancipate the Mormons ind leave them free to work out their >wn destinies. Mr. Dubois said he did not think the eference' of the opponents of statelood to polygamy were serious. He leclared that if the statehood bill is uiuweu to oe pui un me pvsiuuicc a|j>ropriation bill he would consent to it, ind advocate the placing of the Idaho oustitution relating to elections, as in amendment and require Arizona ind New Mexico to subscribe to it beore being admitted. Under the test ath of that constitution, he said. Idaho lisfranchised every member of the dormon Church, and for years they cere without a vote. After an executive session the Senite adjourned until 1 o'clock tomorow, to allow 8enators to attend the loon wedding of Senator Cockrell's laughter. Three Men Drowned. Washington. X. C.. Special.?During he heavy gale of Thursday night the kipper Maco was capsized in Swan Juartcr bay. and Captain Robert Vescom, master, and two white men cere drowned. The reports are conflctng. but one rumor is that five negroes. ISO OI lie ooai s crew, were uruwueu. The same evening in Palmetto river, iff Fork Point, two miles from this ity. the schooner "Father and Son" ras sun*. The crew, two in number, rere saved. In the cabin is the purse if the captain containing $158. The ervice of John M. Edwards, submaine diver, has been secured and an ffort is being made to raise the "Faher and Son" from her watery grave. Eight Fires at One Time. Tampa. Fla.. Special.?Eight fires iroke out here and were raging at the ame time in different sections of the ity. A block of wholesale warehouses n Whitney stheet. including the Cuda y Packing Company. Tampa Fertilizer 'ompany, Curruthers Produce Comiany. S. A. Edwards. W. H. Osborne . K. Parrish and Walter Willis Comiany was burned. The entire loss was bout $20,000. Labor Hall was gutted iy fire and the Tampa Furniture Comiany's mattress factory was destroyed nth several smaller fires. Statue to fiercer. Washington, Special?Secretary Root ias issued an order to carry out the iurpose of Congress, directing the subnission by Edward V. Valentine, of tichmond, Va.. of designs for a bronze tatue of General Hugh Mercer and ias inlvted the mayor of Fredericksiurg, Va., to secure and convey to the Jnited States a suitable site for the tatue, which is to cost $21,500. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Unique Business Club. >tl \ Manufacturer's Recrod. The Manufacturers' Club at Charlotte, N. C., is an unusual organization. Its location in a central position among the manufacturing interest of the Piedmont region of the South Atlantic States contributes, perhaps, to its opportunities. If one visits Charlotte and is given a card to the club, this card intro uuues mill lu \. uui SpCCius iu uv: ii ncir organized and well-attended social organization. While this is true, he is. as a matter of fact, inside an organization where there is much more going on than social intercourse. If the visitor wants to build a cotton mill he can find three or four men either of whom can tell him all about it and who stand ready to furnish plans, machinery and build the plant. If it is a knitting mill, an expert in this line can be found also. If it is machinery to wind hosiery yarn onto cones, he can get full ipformation and buy the Machines in the building. If it is 1.000 bales of cotton that is wanted, he will have several gentlemen pointed out any one of whom will contract to furnish it at close market prices. If it is a cotton seed oil mill or a refinery or a sulphuric acid chamber, it's all the same; some member of the club can furnish fuil information and contract to accomplish the desired result. The club numbers among its members yarn commission men from Philadelphia, New York, Providence ~ and Boston, and others who live in Charlotte; also cloth commission men from the same cities. The club has in the list of its members numerous cotton mill presidents, treasurers and managers. Yarn and cloth are both abundantly bought and sold in a very quiet way. A cotton mill president and > a cloth commission man sit down to gether for a quiet talk, and when they part $10,000 worth of cloth has been bought and sold. A mill treasurer and a cotton buyer happen to meet, and in a few minutes several hundred bales of cotton have changed ownership. The club is really an exchange in a quiet way, as well as a social organization. It resembles the Royal Exchange in Manchester more than any other place in this country does, yet it is not strictly a business organization, as the Manchester exchange is. The organization is wholly social in form, but its members aim to make it facilitate business and contribute to the industrial development of the entire territory surrounding Charlotte. Charlotte's $450,000 MUI.- ' In the Manufacturers' Record of January 15 it was announced that the Highland Park Manufacturing Co. of Charlotte, N. C., had decided to build an addiitonal mill to contain 1,000 looms, but location had not been selected, both Charlotte and Rock Hill, S. C., being under consideration. During the present week it was definitely determined that the plant be located at Charlotte, certain concessions made by the city ensuring its immediate construction. Work on the buildings will begin in a few weeks, and the eauiDment is expected to be ready for operation by next January Besides the 1.000 looms mentioned, there will be 30,000 spindles, and the plant will cost about $450,000. as pre- * . viously stated. Stuart W. Cramer of Charlotte has been engaged as architect-engineer in charge, and he also has contract to supply the textile machinery. Ginghams will be the product. This will be the third Highland Park plant, the company having now 13,300 spindles and 1,200 looms at Charlotte, and 7,500 ring spindles with - 786 looms at Rock Hill. S. C. In con-' nection with this latter plant a cotton seed oil mill is also operated, and mem bers of the Highland Park company have formed another company, capitalized at $100,000, to build a cotton seed oil mill at Charlotte. Adding 10,500 Spindles, 290 Looms. Brief reference was made recently to improvements contemplated by the E. - ? ? - i n - _ a T T: ~i L. snurord Manuiacturiug cu. oi nn.ivory, N. C. A definite decision has been made, and the new equipment hqs been ordered. The company will erect a three-story addition to its present main building for the accommodation of 10,500 spindles and 290 looms, which machinery will be installed as soon as the new structure is ready to receive it. Stuart W. Cramer of Charlotte. N. C., is mill engineer in charge of the blueprints for these betterments. The present Shuford plant operates 7300 spindles and 200 looms on the production of twills and sateens. Textile Notes. P. H. Hanes of Winston. X. C., is Installing dyeing plant at his knitting mill. It is reported that J. Abernathy of Lincolnton, N. C., will organize company to build a large cotton mill. It is reported that Indian Head Mills of Alabama. Cordova. Ala., will build an addition for the installation of more looms. Company now has 27,472 spindles and 840 looms. It is reported that Watts of Laurens, S. C., will install 30,000 spindles and 1,000 looms, instead of the 15,000 spindles and 500 looms announced previously. It is reported that T. L. Johnson of Gadsden, Ala., has sold land at Glencoe, Ala., to a cotton manufacturing company that proposes utilizing the land as site for erection of a mill. Extract Wool Merino Co. of Chattanooga, Tenn., will increase capital stork from S20.000 to $40,000. This ad ditional capital is proposed for the purpose of enlarging the plant. Granite Falls Manufacturing Co.. Granite Falls. N. C., recently reported as to add spinning machinery, is not increasing its spindleage, but merely replacing worn-out equipment. Plant now has 5,000 spindles. Messrs. B. Frank Mebane, W. R. Walker and J. S. Patterson have in- . corporated Union Supply &Cotton Co. of Spray. N. C., with an authorized capital of $500,000. The company's purpose is stated to be the manufacture of cotton yarn and other products. Roma (Ga.) Hosiery Mills, recently reported incorporated, ete., with $25,000 capital, has arranged for immediate installation of equipment. There will be sixty knitting machines, producing 300 dozen pairs of men's and women's hose daily. H. W. Thurston will be manager. ' I * ? fj.