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T?e Tracks oi
By Ernest Harold B
pkAl SNOWFALL is a blaul
I V upon it her children w
fl I own way. When we l
I ter woods 110 longer 1
I longer seem a dreary
I V ^ H gray trees. We find
M.I ? munity, whose lives ar
Here, you see, tiie
ten l?y a mink?a uni
dragging a narrow board through tl
short, so that liis body sinks in the !
"wcbhed feet, and the trail is simply
st Intervals marking the points at w
otter through deep snow is similar, bi
fa iipnrlv four foot ill If
<?tteT leaps forward, and slides for
now with his chest, then leaping ag
aess of the footprints depends upoi
only a thin covering they are ns plai
Here Is quite a different trail, s
fcy a ?uiskrat, and in one iuiportanl
trails?there is a sharp and alinosl
That line was cut into the snow by
which drags on the ground as the an
American Wo
By Henry Labouche:
HE American woman
? Europe. She is general
1 7^ to please those whom
if I V that Instinct for the cl;
long to the class belov
: '^P ways "stands with shoi
Her Affectations and the sins which
of Knropeau good manners are ove
ao|d tiie tfixor accorded to her by roy
OODie6tr.es acquires by marriage.
i ^yith those advantages is it to
tare sncceeded socially in Europe?
It W*trne that comparatively few Ar
Iters through the divorce court in Enj
OOd the exposure entailed by divori
' access. They are tolerant and expo
jla the. end-all of the life of such an
talned a foothold iu England, soeiet,
into a*profcssion.
Has the American woman come
can maintain their higher and more
* Ifttoti and experience of modern sufru
confTdence. assured that their l?eaut
dteliclfnation to thrust themselves
When men of the Old World cease tc
t .the American woman and her ways ;
?Lendon Truth.
f, \
A Steady At;
It is a Prime R<
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fldlltlb oui m v><
From William H.
Space/' in the Cenlu
WI'HWJl rTTTn"rinr" t scienc
BUmJu ? pertaining to the stel
flm _ & Immediate family of j
FI n tbe heavens of which
If I q earth, and they are all
' Si Lbbs; 2% hors, and have, there)
- 222223 Interest than the stell
relative motions was
jlmj, 80 that at the present time t
fcfciedy to a study of their dimension!
i For this study there is one para
?sphere. With a good atmosphere,
jflrith a small telescope of only five ?
pta. atmosphere the very largest teles
jesse in other departments of astron
tkhe stellar universe the quality of tlx
/H* that it is cloudless aud transpa
' (Omj sl steady atmosphere is the fun
* jki aseant by a steady atmosphere, w(
* hilt stove, or along the line of a re
{Is a shimmer in the uir, a wavering u
{familiar. This wavering is always
1?iinllj cannot see it; but when we
teeopfe one thousand times, we mngn
[proportion, and they are thou not c
fieriously with our observations.
- { In some parts of the world the
others, and It is evidently a matter
j ( -ttner Interested tu planetary researcl
jT^411u8trnte the Importance of this n
jia one of these favored spots. I. sa\
'even with a four-inch lens planetary
eeezt even with tlic largest telescope
t ^
f y
f Desire is Wei
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By Margaret Stowe.
P jannaANY times in this colun
I* you will to 1)0.
f okJV It is such an impoi
fc, M |T| repeated too often,
v a A A Parents could do so
along those lines and c
I jRjR they have the uudersta1
V; laS^SI qualities of mind.
P*Teach them that it
man to do and to be wh
, " It is not a new saying that "Wlu
the force of our will, joined to the <1
ously, and with a true intention, thai
No one ardently wishes to be sn
does not become what lie wishes.
You have possibly heard the sto
esrved one day planing a magistrate's
than usual carefulness; and when :
wish to make it easy against the tin
This same carpenter actually liw
The strong desire for that position tl
without resolve, or forc? of purpose.
Each one of us feeis that he is f:
lie M not here to be blown in any or
has witbiii him the power to direct
pushing along oa the path of his cho
blow or how often it may change,
v This will, or force, of i u'pose i< t
eests with.you iudividualiy wueiln
direction.
Your habits or your temptations
The r.dvice that Lomcnaais cncc
each one of us might road and take
He said: vYou are uow at the as
yon; a little later you may have
have dag. without the power of rollii
"That which the easiest becomes
will strongly aud decisively; thus lis
to be carried hither aud thither,
blows."?Xew York Journal.
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Wild Animals.
aynes. ^
lv page from the notebook of Nature, and
rite the stories of their lives, each in his
egin to read and translate them the winuesent
a cheerless appearance; they no
waste of snow-eovered ground and bare, Q
that the}* are peopled by a busy come
as full of problems as our own.
first note we come across has been writ
> i i? j ? i i... ?r
form trail, wuicn nwgiit ue luiua.iu .,?
io snow. The leers of the mink are very s<
snow, often covering up the prints of his s<
a gutter in the snow, with deeper spots o1
liich the feet have sunk. The trail of an 0j
nt very much larger, as a full-grown otter a]
ngth. In moving through the snow an t>)
a considerable distance, plowing up the ^
ain. and sliding, as before. Tlie distincti
the depth of the snow; when there is
a as the tracks of a hare. e'
ilso leading to the water. It was made fr
t particular differs from nearly all other
C continuous line connecting the tr.-i'ks. H
the sharp-edged and almost hairless tail, d
imal moves.?Woman's Home Companion, o
JZ? I
men in Europe.
ce. ir
has unquestionably been a success in ei
ly prettj\ She is clever. She takes pains C(
she considers worth pleasing. She lias a
ass above which only they have who be- ^
r, and. to use Taine's expression, she al- ...
ildered arms and feels herself on parade."
she commits against tho commandments f(
rlooked because of her American origin, y
al personages and the exalted position she n
U
Ik? "wondered at that American women r<
But are they also a success as wives? ^
nerican women have trailed their cliarac:land.
Social success is what they aim at. Sl
e court proceedings might endanger this h
ct their husbands to be tolerant. Society tj
American woman and since she has oh- p
y has degeuerated from a polite pleasure a
b
to stay? If the women of this country ,ri
womanly ideals and profit by the ediica- tl
undings, they may await a reaction with a
y, their home-making qualities and their 8
under the limelight will ho appreciated n
> go the new to procure money and ween p
ire no longer popular novelties in Kurope. w
r
mosphere. s
squisite For the Study of a
2 Conditions. g
Pickering's " A Lookout Into ?
ry.
e is divided naturally into two parts, that
liar universe and that pertaining to our
lanets. The latter are the only bodies in ic
i we are aware that at all resemble our Q
I, comparatively speaking, our near neigh- ^
fore, a much more personal and popular
ar universe at large. The study of tneir *'
virtually completed during the last ecnhe
astronomy of the planets is confined "
s and surface conditions. 11
mount requisite, and that is a steady at- *
, important results may lie obtained even b
)T six inches diameter; but without such si
cope will be of no avail. This is not the tl
oiny; for many kinds of observations on si
? atmosphere is of little account, provided t?
rent; but for planetary and lunar astrou- h
damental requisite. To understand wuat u
e? have only to look at some object across n
lilroad track upon a summer day. There 0
lotion, with which we are all more or less R,
present in our atmosphere, although we
mn^pify the image of a planet in a tele- p
ify the atmospheric tremors m the same
inly conspicuous, but they interfere very
si
atmosphere is much more steady than ia k
of ihe highest importance for tiie astron- 'c
ii to find where these places are situated.
latter, 1 may say that a year ago, situated $
v night after -night, with, a live-inch and ?
r markings and details that 1 have never ?
in Cambridge. ^
>k ''
Without Resolve
e
E
? ! 1.~ !... vnii ?rf, ivitnt T
LIII %VUU liilU* Utvu iv/m ilu.il jvu j
E
tant truth that 1 do uot think it ran lie h
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much for their children by training: them n
arefuily jruidin;; tliem to the point where ?
!i(liu? to choose for themselves the sturdy '
is will?force of purpose?that enables a j,
latever he sets his uiind on doing or being:,
never you wish, that you arc: for such is
iviae. that whatever we wish to be, seri:
we become."
Emissive, patient, modest, or liberal, who s
ei
rv of a working: carpenter, who was oh- d
; bench which lie was repairing with more n
iskcd tlio reason, lie replied. "Doear.se 1 ^
H' wlieu I come to sit upon it myself." ,
d to sit upon the bench as a liiisj^istto. '
(I
lat the man had could accomplish nothing *
*eo to ciioose between good and ovil?that
every direction by the wind, but that lie
his own movements, and is capable cf
ice no matter how strongly the wind may r]
Ci
lie only thins: that is wholly yours, and it ?<
;r you give it the right or the wrong ^
o;
Y
are not your masters, but yen of them.
gave to a gay youth Is something that
home to ourselves with some benefit,
to at which a decision must bo formed by
to groan within the tomb you yourself
ig away the stone. 11
a* habit in us is the will. I.oarn then to u(
; your floating life and leave it no longer ^
a withered leaf, by every wind that ^
si
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MASSACRE OF THE JE*S
Largs Sympathy Meeting Held In
Baltimore Sunday.
Baltimore, Special.?Three thoumd
people attended an enthusiastic
teeting at the Academy of Music
unday. in behalf of thn victims of
le anti-Jewish outrages in Russia.
. was participated in by many leadig
citizens of the State and city, and
jveral thousand dollars were subbribed.
The meeting was presided
rer by Dr. Kabian Franklin, editor
' The Baltimore Evening News, and
mong the speakers were cx-Govmor
William Pinkney Whyte, cxongressman
John V. L. Findlay,
[ayor Hayes. Roger Hull and othrs.
Letters of sympathy were read
om Governor John Walter Smith,
ttorney General Isadora Rayner,
[cn.. Simon Wolf and leading church
ivines, all expressing their horror
ver the massacre at Kischn:iY and
onviction that the United States
tould use its good offices to bring
bout a suppression of atrocities in
te future. Dr. Daniel C. Gilman.
lent of Carnegie Institute, declared
lat similar meetings should be held
i all parts of the United States to the
nd that the public opinion of this
ountry could help Russia to adopt
humane policy. Among the letters
as the following from Cardinal Gibons:
Dr. Harry Frier.demvald, Chairman:
"Dear Sir: I regret that my enjreed
absence from the city on May
7th will prevent my presence at the
leeting you have called to give voice
j your horror at the events that have
bcently taken place at Kischn.ff. I
ave no hesitation, however, to exress
my deep abhorrence at the masacres
that have carried to their
raves gray hair and innocent child
ood. Our sense of justice revolts at
le thought of persecution for region's
sake: but when persecution is 1
ttended with murder and pillage the
rain reels and the heart sickens, and
Ighteous indignation is aroused at
tie enormity of such a crime. What
blot upon our civilization is this
laughter of inoffensive men and wolen!
Please convey to the meeting
ly grief for the dead, and my sinere
hope that this twentieth century
rill see the end of all such occurences
and that peace and brotherly
ive mav prevail on earth.
"JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS."
A series of resolutions was adopted
ailing on the United States to "bring
uch influences to bear on the Ruslan
government as may tend to bring
bout a cession of these inhmnani:es,"
and on the members cf Conress
to protest "against the outages
to which the Jews of Russia
re subjected."
Ticket Office Robbed.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.?The un>n
passenger ticket office was robbed
f $7,000 Saturday. At the time the
urglary is supposed to have taken
lace. A. R. Cook, a clerk, who was on
ie night watch, says he had taken a
ap, as no trains were going out at
fiat hour. There were three or four
atchmen in the station at the time,
owever, and there were several men
iftimr in the waitine room into which
le ticket office opened. After securing
?veral small boxes in the safe, conlining
valuables, the burglar or burgirs
escaped through a small window,
hich opens on Morris avenue. The
abbcry was not discovered until 3
"elocli. when Mr. Cook went to the
afe to make a deposit. Several rail aad
detectives and three or four spe!al
men from the Birmingham police
arce were put to work on the case, but
o far have not obtained a clew. Th.y
ept the matter a secret 3nd it was no:,
nown generally until late in the evenig.
The stolen property consisted of
1.300 in endorsed cheeks, besides
apcr money and coin. The thief eviently
was familiar with the office, as
2 opened the safe by the regular comination
ami did not disturb the clerk,
ho was asleep a few feet from bi:a.
he lcs3 is shared by the various m'loads
entering Eirmngham and earh of
liem now has a special detective
crking on the case.
Shot at Each Other.
Valdosta. Ga., Special.?News rent kd
here from a r2mote section of
.'chols county, of the fatal shooting cf
ames Rig<^n, by William Let*- is.
loth young men were suitors for the
and of Miss Rosa Johnson, am! ?cording
to the a counts received, they
let in her father's house, quarrell 'd.
nd shooting followed in the :h? young
iflv's nresence. It is said that tin case
. as brought before a local justice of
he peace who exonerated Lewis 01 a".!
lame in the matter.
Will Curtail Production.
London, By Cable.?A meeting of
ie federation of Manchester .Cnttor
dinners adopted a resolution to ttfffect
that "in view of the gra-. e conitions
of alTairo in cotton, we recomicnd
that the whole trade stop tVrn
na week at Whitsuntide and on S.rn-ays
and Mondays thereafter. until
fthcr notice." A nns meeting ir>
ans'der the resolution has been called
>r May 26.
Pircmin Killed in Wreck.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.?A
eight train, consisting of engine, scvn
cars loaded with limestone and a
abcose. were wrecked Thursday night
Mith of Romalip. IS miles north r.f
irmingham on-the Birmingham Minral
Railroad's north branch. John
laxev, fireman, was killed and thrro
tners were slightly injured.
Spain's Defenses.
Gilbraltar. Special.?Owing to the
oubles in Morocco. Spain lias thrown
p defences at Ceuta. a seaDort ir.
[orocco belonging to the Spanish govrnment,
and will ship their six heavy
uns which have been lying at Algiers
nee the Spanish-American war.
A BAD SUNDAY RIOT
Bridgeport, Connecticut, the Scene
of Serious Histurbooces
I
CARS WEED NOT ALLOWED TO RUN
Slrikc-Brcekers and Officers Pelted
With Stones and Brickbats?Han y
People Wounded.
Bridgeport, Conn., Special?The attempt
made by the officials of the Coar.erticut
Railway and Lighting Company
to run their oars with non-union
rr.cn Sunday, resulted in a riot in which
at least ?2 nu.n were injured. The sheriff
says that anoihcr such outbreak
would rail out the troops. At the present
time the county sheriff Will succeed
he police. Sunday morning six trolley
cars were started out cn the Barniim
j and Srate .stirr t linc3. There were large
crowds a.ound the tar sheds at the
time. The cats were manned by 12 of
the 123 strike-breakers brought to this
j city Saturday by the trolley company.
There was :io disturbance of any kind
for a couple of hours. When the first
car, however,- had completed its third
round trip and was directly in front
of the Wheeler & Wilson factory,
w here a crowd cf at least 1,000 persons
had gathered, a bombardment of stor.e3
began. Deputy Sheriffs Hendrau and
Plumb, who wore riding on the car.
plunged into the crowd to arrest a man
whom they had seen throw a stone, He
was seized and with considerable difficulty
dragged 30 feet to the car. The
stonc-tbrower v;as a big fellow and
struggled so fiprcly that a policeman
who was standing near by went to the
assistance of the officers. Immediately
Mayor Mulvihill was seen hurrying
through the mob. .Ho rushed to the policeman
and ordered him to keep his
hands off the prisoner. Ho then told
the deputy sheriffs that they had better
let the man go. During the argument
the stonc-tbrcwer wrenched himself
free and dashed away. In the meantime
stones were Hying In a shower and one
;f them struck Mayor Mulvihill oa the
head, bruslng it badly. The two sheriffs
jumped on the car and ordered the motoriuan
to proceed to the car sheds.
The bombardment did not abate and
the crowd on the street was such that
the inotorman had to go 3lowly. The
stone-throwing scon became so furious
that the sheriffs drew their revolvers
;>nd fired shots iu the air. This caused
the bombardment,to let up a little and
the car reached the barns and was run
inside. The other five cars operated on
the same street3 received exactly the
same treatment, as they folotwed the
first car into the car barns.
When the last car had passed within
the doors there was a crowd of 4,000
reople gathered in a vacant lot opposite
and violence once more broke
loose. Brickbats, stones and everything
that could be thrown tfere hurled at
the barns and anything that belonged
to the company In the vicinity. At this
point Mayor Mulvlhill saw that the sergeant
and nine policemen stationed at
the barns were entirely unable to cope
with the mob and he sent for Chief
Coffin, of the fire department. After a
short consultation, the latter ordered
cut engine company No. 6, with a
steamer and a line of hose. Superintendent
Birmingham also ordered every
available man to the spot to co-operate
with the firemen and soon a stream
was being played on the mob. which
slowly fell back before the water. One
oi the strike-breakers was assisting the
firemen in holding the hose when a
.well directed brick struck him on the
head and knocked him to the ground
senseless. When the mob had dispersed
the firemen and extra policemen were
ordered back to their quarters and the
rgular detail remained guarding the car
barns.
me uiih ibis 01 me uouey company
will not reveal the names of the men
injured, or the nature of their injuries.
It is positively known, however, that
not a man of the 12 who were on the
six cars escaped injury of some kind.
Everyone of them, as they stood on the
rlatl'orm of their ears while going into
the barns was seen to be bleeding profusely
from the head and face. In addition
to the trolley man injured.
Roadmaster Davis, of the trolley company.
was severely hurt by a stone
which struck him on the head. Sheriffs
Hendrau ahd Plumb were appar
tniiv largfLs iur ine moD as wen as
the strike-breakers, for each of them
was struck in different parts of the
body at least a dozen times. No attempt
was made to run cars at night.
Postal Cl-rks. flak-' Claims.
Tuscaloosa, Special.?D. D. Nicholson,
a postal clerk, who runs on the
Alabama Great Southern Railway, nays
that the postal clerks of the United
States have a claim aggregating SI
000.000 against the United States p.jsfoTieo
Departments'. Nicholson says
this claim will be tried before the
United States Court of Claims at
Washington. Tiie claim is based upon
the section of the postal laws which
prescribes that chief clerks and railway
postal clerks shall be paid lim'r
actual and necessary expenses while
actually traveling cn business of the
Department.
.Summoned to St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg. By Cable.?Lientruant
General Von Reaben. Governor of
Kischecr?ff. has been summoned to St
Petersburg. A ministerial circular forbidding
the Jews to defend themselves
has been issued. It is expected that
this step will stimulate Jewish immigration
to America. Three thousand
suits for damages have been instituted
against the State at Kischeneff. Th<
dajnages demanded amount to $1,300,000
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS,
Many Matters of Genera! Interest In
Short Paragraphs.
D.;\vn in D xie.
The S. C'. Confederate Veterans had a
good time in Colombia last week at
their annual reunion.
The meeting of the Southern Cotton
Spinners' Association at Charlotte, N.
C., last week was largely attended. It
was resolved to curtail production of
yarns.
A Mexico City dispatch says: "A
meeting of the shareholders of the
I National Dank of Mexico will be held
here June 3rd. to vote on a proposition
to increase the capital stock of
that institution, which now amounts
to $23,000,000."
A Chattanooga, Tenn., dispatch
says: "The case of the city of Nashville
vs. the Tennessee Central liailroad
Company, will be tried in the
United States Court here, on Thursday,
May d'r, in which the validity of
the issuance of $1,000,000 bonds by
the defendant company which was authorized
in an election held in the
city cf Nashville, one year ago, will
be tested."
At The National Capital.
Government officials are watching
the alleged movement of railroads to
shut out Cuban sugar by moans of prohibitive
freight rates.
Owing to the prevalence of conta
fclous diseases at points of concentration.
the Navy Department has suspended
recruiting.
At The North.
President Roosevelt spent the day in
the Yosemlte country.
Phillips C. Dermond pleaded guilty
to forgery and was sentenced to three
years at hard labor at Sing Sing.
Two lives were lost in a fire that destroyed
the Wo3t Chester Apartment
House, Chicagp.
The assets of the Asphalt Trust were
sold at Jersey City to a representative
of the reorganization committee for
S0.OU6.OOO.
The Woman's General Missionary
Society of the United Presbyterian
Church, at its convention in Pittsburg
decided to support a weman 'missionary
for every man in the field.
Capt. Charles J. Senter and Mir.s
Martha Fleming eloped in an auto from
Notre Dame Academy, near Bc-ston,
and were married.
Assistant United States District Attorney
Ernest E. Baldwin and Postoffice
Inspector Olrfield. of Cincinnati,
hud a fight with fists in the corridor
?< v^ n..tux ; ? w.
I vi IJV 1-f.iriai DUllUlUg XIX .XB1Y 1 CJTK.
A Minneapolis dispatch says: "After
listening to the appeal of the
counsel of former Mayor A. A. Ames
for mercy, Judge Elliott sentenced
the once powerful political leader to
spend six years at hard labor in the
State prison."
A Trenton, N. J? dispatch says:
"The American Stogie Company filed
articles with the Secretary of State,
with a capital of $11,975,000. The
stock is divided into $11,000,000 common
and $976,000 preferred. The latter
pay 7 per cent, accumulative dividends."
A South port. Conn., dispatch says:
"A warrant was issued for the arrest
of Oliver T. Sherwood, cashier of the
Southport National Bank, and son of
E. C. Sherwood, president of the
bank, who disappeared from here
last Thursday. Sherwood is charged
with the defalcation of between $50,000
and $80,000 of the bank's funds."
From Across The Sea.
Pieraier Balfour, in an address, said
he was in favor of free trade, but that
protective duties might be expendient
under certain, circumstances.
It was reported that a rebuke from
Emperor William caused the resignation
from the army of the Prince of
Saxe-Meiningen and that relations are
greatly strained.
A horrible tragedy took place In a
Mexican Insane aslyicm, one inmate |
killing another.
The Lebaudv airshin made a success- I
ful ascension.
Mme. Calve was reported as improves
from her attack of aconite poisoning.
A Vienna dispatch says that the
changes in the cabinet at Sofia are
regarded there as indicating a change
in the foreign poliey of Bulgaria.
Prince Ferdinand is said to have
been displeased with former Premier
Daneff's handling of Macedonian affairs
during his absence, and to have
declined all responsibility for certain
steps taken by M. Daneff, Including
some promises made to the Russian
representatives at Sofia.
vitn. \ letonano Lorenzo was scn;cjcod
to death by a court-martial and
executed by shooting at Panama.
Miscellaneous Hatters.
E. H. Harriman had an attack of appendicitis
coming East on his special
train.
A London dispatch says: "The loss
of Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, who is reported
to have been robbed of $50,000
worth of jewels, amounts probably to
a far greater sum than at first rei
ported. Mrs. Lorillard lost ail her
Jewelry, except what she was wearing,
and a letter of credit and other j
valuables. The robbery occurred at
the Berkley Hotel, to which place
two men followed Mr. and Mrs. Lorillanl
all the way from Monte Carlo."
A brick and lumber shortage is
threatened in New York, and may
throw 100.000 men out of work.
A reward of $1,000 has been offered
for the arrest of the murderer of Agatha
Reichlin at Lorain. Ohio.
The Southern Baptist Convention
began its session at Savannah, Ga.
Returns received by the stated c lerk
of the Presbyterian General Assembly
at Philadelphia indicate the adoption
of the revised Confession of Faith.
The National Conference of Chari.
ties and Correctons continued its sessions
in Atlanta.
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SPINNERS' MEETING '
Manufactars From All Sections in
Charlotte
PROMINENT MEN AT THE MEETING
The ilembers of the Southern Cotton
Spinners' Association Represent a
Tremendous Capital.
XT P Cnnr<lnl TSo cr-W
cnth annual convent'on of the Somaem
Cotton Spinner3* Association,,
which Is now in session in this e'ty.
has brought together manufacturers
from all the New England States. Thelist
of visiters is largely supplemented
by the presence of a number of cotimission
men and the agents of big su->ply
houses who find this an opportuneseason
to discuss economic matters,
and transact business with the uiiil
people.
In discussing the assembly of manufacturers,
Mr. Clarence C. Bryant, sv retary
of the Ccttoa Spinners' Ass< ?
ciation, said yesterday:
"It is a great and an interesting,
body of men. I do not wish to craggc ate.
but I believe that the mill ne ?
now in Chariottc represent over a
lion dollars in manufacturing cap'.:; 1
and probably lO.OQO.OQQ cotton spin
dies."
Beyond a purpose to emphasize the
good to be derived from close personal
contact and the purely social featmc^~~
of a great organization, the meeting o*
the spinners at this time has no peculiar
significance. "They are deriving,
practical advantage from hearing addresses
made by leaders in the thought
of the industrial world and they awgiving
every evidence of being pleaded
with the good fellowship among themselves
and- the hospitality of this city;
but so far there is no indication that
they will try to affect the market by
any concerted action or recommendation.
This policy is rather opposed to.
the plan adopted at a majority of the
previous meetings of the association.
wnicn usually am not aajourn ueu.e
outlining a new schedule of prices oi
yarns. .
Speaking officially, only one ?iem.>M
of the association has recommend" 1
action on the part of the Southern
Spinners. This was President Geo/ge
B. Hiss, who, in his Initial address, recommended
the general curtailment of
cotton manufacturing. Mr. Hiss declared
that at the present high price of
cotton and the low price of the manufactured
product-!?! is impossible for
the manufacturers to make a reasonable
profit. '
The closing day of the meeting was.
dovoted to business matters. By a.
vote the name was changed to American
Cotton Manufacturers' Assoc hi
ticn.
The action of the association was
taken by the unanimous endoraenu" nt
of the following report, which was
made by a special committee, consist
ing of R. S. Reinhardt. chairman; J..
J. Hooker, Leonard Paulson, J. P..
Leak and L. C. Turner:
"Mr. President and Gentlemen of theConvention:
"Your committee having duly considered
the important subject referred
to them, now beg to submit to
your consideration the following resolution:
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''Tho rnttn-ri mnnnfartm-imr world"'
using American short staplo cotton is
facing conditions that are likely to
continue so long as present artificial
influence dominate the market for
the raw material, and these conditions
pre so serious that action by thcSouthem
Cotton Spinners' Association
is deemed imperative, and your
committee to whom this subject hasbeen
referred, would recommc?d that
the whole influence of the association
be used to:
" '1st. To bring about an entire cessation
of night work.
" '2nd. Operation of mills not overfour
days prr week.
"'3rd. These recommendations to
take effect not later than June 1st to
15th. 1903.'
"Your committee is cf the opinion
that by a proper effort the co-operation
of the majority of the mills in th**
Southern States can be secured and
believe that an appeal shonld also l:e
sent out to banks, as well as commission
houses to throw their influence
in the same direction. If favorable
action is taken by the convention
your committee recommend that the
American consul at Manchester be
cabled to communicate this action toLiverpool
and Manchester exchanges."
The
association elected these new
officers:
President. W. C. Heath, of Monroe.
Vice President, Thomas M. Swift,
of Elberton, Ga.
Secretary and treasurer, C. B. Bryant.
Charlotte.
Board of governors, R. S. Bernhardt,
Lincoln, chairman; Dr. J. H.
McAden, Charlotte. Arthur II. Lowe. *
FItchhurg, M-iss.; J. C. Smith. Newton;
Geo. B. Hiss, Charlotte; II. RRav.
McAdenville; E. W. , Thomas.
Charlotte; A. P. Rhyne, Mt. Moiiya
R. Lang. West Point, Ga.; David
Ciark, Charlotte; Val Taylor. Uniontown.
Ga.; J. P. Leak, Rockingham;
E. A. Smith, Charlotte; T. L. Wainwright.
Stonewall, Mass.; B. E. Willingliara.
Macon, Ga.
The association adjourned with a.
banquet at the Central Hotel on Frl- y<Iav
evening.
The meetings have been largely aitended,
and good work has been done.
Colima In Eruption.
Tuxpan, Jalasco, Mex., Special.?
There was a very violent eruption of
Colima volcano Thursday night, accompanied
by deferring subterranean
r.oiscs, as abundant flow of lava and a
heavy rain of ashes. The eruption continued
all night. People on the haciendas
and ranches in the neighborhood
of the volcano are panic-stricken and
are abpndoning their pueblcs for sai'ei
places.
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