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('Apt. Julc Anderson. conductor on
tli- Blue Rid^e rood, had a narrow csc.ipo
frcoi being killed by Louis Greer,
at Beltcn. Greer became involved in a
quarrel witn tne negro tram uanu auu
Capt. Anderson tried to separate them.
Greer made a vicious rake at Capt. Anderson's
throat. The knife struck Capt.
Anderson under the jaw and made a
uaiuful wound though uot a serious
oae.
Two shooting scrape? happened at
nu:l near Chester Sunday. One fight
was between two employees of a lumber
concern, in town, bat neither was
hurt. The second was between a negro
ir.an named John Monk and Sallic
Branson, four miles north of Chester.
It started from a discussion over a
church affair. John shot Sallie through
the forehead and the wound will probi
fibly prove fatel.
May Tucker, colored, was killed
Tuesday night near Mt. Zion four
miles north of Spartanburg by the discharge
of a gun in the hands of a negro
man named King Williams, who is now
m jail. From what can be learned 11
appears that the dead negro woman
and Williams had always been on
friendly terms and there is some reason
to think the shooting was aeci dental.
Postmaster Harris, of Charleston
>l:as concluded arrangements with the
Consolidated Company for transportation
in the city of the mail carriers
aud special delivery beys, which will
go into effect on July 1st. The rural
delivery route through St. Andrew's
parish and James Island will also be
inaugurated on that date.
Governor Hey ward Monday received
a letter from Jas. W. McCormick, an
attorney of Syracuse, N. Y., asking il
there are any sons or grandsons o!
John C. Calhoun now living in this
State or elesewhere and bearing the
uame of the great statesman. Mr. Mi -
Cormick's address Is 412 Kirk diock
Syracuse, N. Y.
Rev. J. B. K. Smith, a Georgia vetel
an. appeared on the streets of Columbia
Tuesday in complete suit of the
old butternut, faded and worn from
service in the struggle. He was the
center of an admiring group throughout
the day.
Dr. J. H. Burnett, of Graniteville,
wishes to know if the State of South
Carolina ever aided Eli Whitney, the
inventor of the cotton gin. by appropriating
550,000 to his use. Dr. Burnett
has seen the statement made in a well
known and recently published encyclopedia,
but wishes to have it Verified if
possible.
Carolina Joues, an old negro, was
shot with bird shot near Acton, in
Richland cor.nty, Wednesday morning.
The shot entered his side and his injuries
fortunately were not fatal. Sheriff
Coleman was notified and sent
Deputy Sheriff Cathcart to the scene
with the fine pair of bloodhounds which
the sheriff owns.
With a view of establishing a permanent
colony near Charleston a party
of French Canadians from Fall River
and New Bedford, Mass.. visited
Charleston and inspected the truck
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- other investigations of the advantages
offered to settlers who desire to locate
there and engage in agricultural pursuits.
The Rev. Kltt Jones, colored, of
Edgefield, quite a favorite with the
people, was recently lodged in jail,
< barged with murder. He gave the required
bond and is now free until the
August term of court, when he will be
put on trial.
The Associated Reformed Synod was
orgt-nized at the Old Brick church in
Fairfield county 100 years ago last Saturday.
Sunday services commemorative
of this occasion were held In the
A. R. P. church at Due West.
In the assignment of bishops for
holding the next annual conferences
of the Southern Methodist church
Bishop A. Coke Smith will preside
over the South Carolina conference,
which convenes in Greenville the 9th of
December.
In the United States district court
in Charleston Tuesday Judge Brawiey'refused
the motion for a nev: trial
for James Lang. Charles Rogers, H. B.
Wilson and Walter Wood, convic ted in
Greenville of postofflce robberies.
When the defendants were put on trial
the government claimed they were
members of the Nolan gang, which had
been operating in three States, and
strong proof of their guilt was submitted.
They were promptly convicted.
The disappearance from Greenville
of D. R. Elkin, lineman for the Southern
Eell Telephone and Telegraph
Company, still remains a deep mystery.
It was reported that the young
man had been located in Richmond,
Ya.. a letter having been' received in
Greenville to that effect from the s:s1
i.'Y of the man who had disappeared.'
Coroner Black, of Greenville, however,
has received a letter from the mother
of Elkin. stating that the report that
her son had been found In Richmond
was untrue.
\ swaiai of bees in Barnwell county
settled on a mule's ears while he was
ploughing in a field on Monday. In resisting
their efforts to make a swarming
place of his ears he angered them
and they stung him to death.
Gov. Hevward has granieu a respite
of thirty days to Judson Beck, a negro,
who was convicted of murder at the
recent term of court in Barnwell and
sentenced to be hanged. An appeal in
the case is pending in the Supreme
Court.
Georgia May Farkcr, a little girl
jiving in Bamberg, was poisoned last
week by a druggist's clerk, who, In
filling a prescription, gave the child
voirosivc subllcaat instead of calomel.
Spartanbufg is to have a new ?23,000
Ii.rnJtcre factory.
CONFEDERATES MEET
Splendid (iathering of Veterans in
Columbia.
Columbia, Special.?The convention
of the Confederate Veterans met here
on Tuesday night. The gathering -.vas
large and enthusiastic. The meeting
.-.as presided over by ( apt. Starling.
The afldrcss of welcome was made by
Mr. W. A. Clark, who said in part:
Mr. Chairman and Veterans: It affords
me real pleasure, fellow vete:ans,
speaking for the chamber of commerce
and for the good people of this city, to
extend to you a rust cordial welcome
1 ?.. ? ? ,nnv on 1 nl!>!)S:inf
(1I2U IU Vtldii }'Jil a
reunion. Our doors ar? thrown wide
open ar.d by their authority and a$
i.fceir representative I invite you to enter
and be our guest.
In extending you this invitation ul!ow
ir.e. friends and follow veterans, to
say that any community should esteem
it a privilege to be vcur hest and v.e.
1 assure you. so esteem it.
/s the surviving heroes of the Lost
Cause you are rightfully entitled to
cur estcoxn. admiration and gratitude,
for veteran indeed you are, veterans in
age. veterans in experience, veterans
in war and veterans in pvaee.
Few of you there be who have uot
already passed the sixtieth mi 4 pest
in the journey of life and can npw
look back with experiences pregnant
with great issues. It has fallen to the
lot of few to have borne such vicissitudes
as you.
You are the remnant of a war almost
without a parallel in history, and yet
the peace that followed imposed trials
even more severe than the cruelties
of war itself. These trials you have
borue with more than Spartan fortitude.
This time has been set apart to
celebrate the triumph of your efforts
and I speak no idle words when I say,
we esteem the honor of the occasion.
HEROES OF A GREAT CAUSE.
Ycu are the heroes of a great cause.
You with your comrades, many of
whom gave up their lives on the field
of battle and many of whom have
since met the last enemy and haw
com? off more than conquerors, made
battle for the cause of right and principle.
The groat war in which you .. ere {he
actors, unlike many others which a'c
1 ?oH^erotSf.r rlofpnSiVC.
luntru t, i t, nuo uuw5v.w.x . ?
fought in defense cf rights more ddav
than life itself. History records hut
few waged upon the same piane of exalted
principles. In the conquests of
Alexander the underlying principle
were the subjugation of the world. lu
the campaigns of the Caesars the underlying
principles were new and additional
territory for the Iteman empire
and the enslaving of entire communities
of civilized peoples. In the
wars of the first Napoleon the underlying
principles were nothing mote
elevated than a selfish purpose to
suborbinate all to the indomitable will
of a remorseless ambition.
Not so with the war waged by you.
It. like its great forerunner, the
American revolution, had higher aims
and nobler aspirations.
Constitutional rights end personal
liberties were the great questions at
issue and over which this great battle
was joined. *
The line was drawn and the battle
waged between the two distinctive peoples
who had settled in this country
and by who3? intelligence, industry
and courage it scon took its place
among the foremost nations of '.he
civilized world. People's, each distinguished
for their intellectual vigor,
their high standard of moral and religious
aims, and their unbending loyalty
to the cause of truth and justice.
I The puritans of Nov/ England on tfte
I one hand and the cavaliers and Scotch
of Virginia and the Carolinas on tlve
other; each fighting for constitutional
liberties, as they each for themselves
read and interpreted the law.
It was indeed a battle of principles,
waged by giants. It was desperate aud
it was destructive. It also, from the
very nature of the case, involved the
horrors of fratricidal war. Fratricidal
not only in the broad sense that we.
while one people, were divided and
f-ghting the one against the other. But
true in the narrr.w sense. Yes. it not
unfrequently happened that those so
near and dear as brothers enlisted upon
different sides, each rising to distinction
and high rank in the army of
his choice. It was indeed the case of
a divided house.
It has but recently been my privilege
to see a book of the genealogy of out
of the distinguished families of the
country, who grew to greatness in the
great State of Kentucky.
FOR THE RIGHT.
The record shows that the family
furnished to both the federal army aucl
Confederate army soldiers of distiuc.
tion and of unquestioned courage. The
name appears among the m3jor generals
in each army. From one household
alone of the name three sons were
soldiers in the federal army and two
sons-in-law were soldiers in the Confederate
army. Nor can either he
charged with being traitor to his country.
Each fought for the cause as it
appeared unto him right; and as he
saw it. it was to him right.
For these as well as other reasons it
was a desperate war. It was a conflict
between a great people and upon jgreat
principles.
It has been aptly called an "irrepressible
conflict." And so it was. In the
evolution of this great country and in
' its rapid rise to greatness it could not
be otherwise thau that great Issues
would emerge. Issues that must he
settled quick, so that progress should
not be retarded.
Such issues did in truth arise aua
could not be stopped short of the great
issue which culminated in that war in
which you took so prominent a part.
You. my friends, have a lively remembrance
of it and of the result. Xor have
we cause to regret because forsooth
the result was against us.
Chester Edmunds Sho*.
Wilmington, Special.?A serious
shooting affray is reported from Chadbourn
Wednesday. Two well-to-do
farmers. Chester Edmonds and a man
named Reid, met in the street and as a
result of an old feud about stock running
at large. Reid fired upon Edmonds,
the bullet entering his body
and inflicting perhaps a fatal wound.
Reid boarded a train after the shooting.
hut was arrested. He claims selfdefence.
ssving Edmonds and his
i broth?r were beating him at fbc time
with a piece of iron.
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SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS
Early Planted Vegetables Coming li
Rap'dly?General Review
The week ending 8 a. m., Monday
May 11th. had a mean temperature o
about (15 degrees, which is between I
and 0 degrees below normal. The tern
I nerature for the season since Is
to d&to has i)ocn below norma!. Then
were a few comparatively warm day;
eailv in the week, followed by stead:
low temperatures and fresh easterl;
winds, that had a detrimental effec
cn crop growth, and made germinatioi
slow. This condition prevailed ove
the whole State. There was an exces:
of cloudiness that had a harmful ten
dency. .
The rainfall at the close of the pre
vious week and the beginning of tbli
one, covered practically the entiri
State, but with small localities when
!t was light, or absent, and with hai
over a wide extent of country reachinj
from Anderson county along the Sa
vannah river to Barnwell, and witl
the western limits on a line from Lex
ington t*> Lancaster, thence extendinj
eastward almost to the coast, and int<
the extreme northeastern countries
The hall was heaviest, and most de
structive, in portions of Edgefield
Florence, Darlington. Lancaster, Ches
terfield and Marlboro counties, al
though quite heavy in a few other coun
ties. In the counties named, whol
fields of tobacco and cotton were de
stroyed, as well as much fruit, neces
sitating extensive replanting of the twi
first named crops. Rainy condition
prevailed over the eastern countries 01
the 8th and 9th, with heavy rainfal
along the coast where It was mBs
needed, but none over the westen
counties on these dates, where the nee<
of rain is indicated to soften clay land
that have become hard and break u]
cloddy under the plow.
nlontlnnr to finic'lOtl (PYPPnt 01
bottom lands, and much is up to fairl;
good stands, but is growing slowlj
and looks sickly, birds and worms con
tiiiue damaging especially on botton
lands, and a great deal of replanting i
being done. Much corn has receivei
lis first, and some its second cultiva
tiou.
There ig an improvement in the stan
of cotton, as late plantings are comini
up better than early ones; much of th
latter have been replanted and this i
now coming up to fairly good stands
' Planting is nearing completion. Som
i fields have been chopped. Cotton 1
: growing slowly and looks sickly, froc
I the effects of the easterly, cool winds
Tobacco has fair stands, but con
i tinues small. Transplanting is finished
i and renlantine generally finished
While oats continue poor, and will no
make even a fair crop, there is a gen
eral improvement in condition, espe
I dally where the rainfall was heaviest
! Oat3 are in full head, and ripening ii
' the eastern counties, but the heads ar
| not filling well. Wheat continues pool
; owing to rust and hessian flics. Soin
! fields of grain have been plowed unde
j and planted to other crops. Fruit eon
! tinues promising, although there ar
! numerous reports of dropping. Th
commercial crop of peaches will be a
average one. frocn present indication*
I Rice is doing poorlj\ Melons nec
I warmer weather. Upland pastures ar
I failing in the western counties. Gar
i dens are doing well. Truckers are ship
J ping beans, white potatoes and larg
j quantities of berries. The wester:
! counties need rain, and the whole Stat
j warmer weather.?J. W. Bauer, See
j tion Director.
/ MARKET
QUOTATIONS.
COTTON MARKET.
1 These figures represent prices pai
; to wagons:
Strict good middling 10.7
Good middling 10.6
Strict middling 10.6
Stains and tinges 8% to 10.5
PRODUCE MARKET.
t 7A
VU1UMO . ,f IV
Chickens?spring 15
Hens?per head 33
Eggs 13}
Beecwax 20
Turkeys ' 12}
Corn 60
Ducks 22}*
Wheat 60
Wheat?seed 1 00
Oats 45
Rye 1 00
Sides 9
Skins?calf 40
Hides?dry salt 10
Tallow?unrendered 2
Judge Campbell Bounced.
Richmond. Special.?Final action i
the case of Judge Clarence J. Caihj
bell, of Amherst county, who horsf
whipped Rev. Dr. Crawford, who wa
at the time head of the State Anti
Saloon League, was taken, so far a
the General Assembly is concemei
the House of Delegates agreeing to th
Senate amendments to the resolutio
rmoving the Judge from the bench.
Conductor Attacked.
Anderson, Special.?Capt. Jule Ar
derson, conductor on the Blue Ridg
marl had a narrow escane from bein
killed by Louis Greer, a negro, at Be
ton Sunday night. Greer became ir
volved in a quarrel with the negr
train hand and Capt. Anderson tried t
separate them. Greer, was in an ugl
humor and made a vicious rake at Cap
Anderson's throat with a knife. Tb
knife struck Capt. Anderson under th
Jaw and made a painful wound tlioug
not a serious one. Had the knife bee
sharper or the blow just a little stror
ger it would have proved fatal. Tb
negro fled immediately afterward an
was not caught.
Greenville Veterans.
Greenville, Special.?Camp Williat
Beattie. Sons of Veterans, has electe
the following officers to serve the er
suing year: D. C. Durham, commandei
W. C. Cothran. vice-commander; J. .
McSwain, secretary and treasurer: I
M. Blythe, adjutant. Messrs. D. C. Dui
ham, W. C. Cothran, John H. Earle, .
J. McSwain, Perry Beattie and Jos. )
McCullough w?re elected delegates t
the reunion in Columbia, and Coir
mander Durham was authorized to ai
point alternates.
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WAS IN IKE SOUTH.
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Tbe Dynamiter, Rosseau, Had Bought
_f Clothing in Raleigh
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f An American, About Forty Years of
J Age, and Seemingly Well Educated
r ?Police Working on the Case.
New York, Special.?The police tw"
lieve G. Rossean, who, it is alleged,
e sent the package of dynamite to the
2 steamship Umbria's pier last Saturday,
I came from Raleigh. N. C., recently,
! This clue was obtained from an inI
sciipiicu on the tag on the coat of the
~ would-be dynamiter, left with a tailor
a the day he disappeared with a dyna'
mite package. The inscription bears
the name of Cross & Lineham, Raleigh,
N. C. V. Martire, a tailor, said Ros
seau left two suits at his shop to be
- cleaned and pressed. One was blue and
6 the other brown. The blue one bore
the name of a Raleigh concern. Mar9
tire said: "I am satisfied that the man
s who owns the blue suit is the man
i described by the truckmen who took
* the dynamite box from Mrs. Currie's
j house to the pier. He appeared to be
j about 40 years old. He talked like an
s American, with slight Southern accent,
p and had the air of a man of education
and refinement. He was about 5 feet, 8
II Inches in height, and had a thin face.
, He wore closely-cropped, dark brown
mustache and his hair was dark, alii
most black. He took his hat off once
s while talking to me and I noticed thaf
^ his head was slightly bald on top.
wnen in nere ne wore a aara gray
j sack suit and black felt hat." Martire
g says he can positively identify the
e owner of the clothes if he sees him
3 again. Several persons who know
g' Rosseau declare he spoke of being in
a North Carolina a long time. The police
n expect to arrest him at any moment.
' Bought Clothes in Raleigh.
I, Raleigh, Special.?Joseph Bland, a
I. salesman at Cross & Lineham's, sold a
t man of Rosseau'a description a suit of
2 clothes and a stiff Stetson hat April
. 21st, 22nd or 23rd. The man attracted
a attention by examining first a Prince
e Albert and remarking. "I'd be a fool
\ to buy that when I'll be in New York
e in three weeks and tpy tailor can make
one." He finally bought a blue serge
e suit, then came back and got an une
finished worsted, but it is doubtful If
n he returned the serge suit. Milton Vogj
Ier, of Philadelphia, was In the store
e at the time and told Bland he saw the
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_ man in iiui;iv7 muuui auu miuu unu
i- him on the train to Raleigh. Bland
e cannot remember what name the fellow
n gave, but it wasn't Rosseau.
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Employers Organize.
Kansas City, Special.?The 6,000 employers
of labor in this city have abaned
together to fight the members of
labor unions who use the boycott to
3 gain their ends, and have formed the
. Employers' Association. The associa5
tion decided to deliver goods to those
5 places where non-union goods are dls0
criminated against. This action has resulted
from a brewing company employing
union men, refusing to deliver
beer to a hotel bar until the union was
recognized. A member of the associa?
tion retaliated by refusing to deliver
ice to the saloons handling this par
ticular brewing company's beer with
the result that the delivery of beer to
the offending hotel was immediately
resumed. Several persistent boycotts
have been laid agajnst restaurants and
various branches of trade in Kansas
City within the past year, because of
refusal of employers to recognize unions.
Injunction Against Strikers.
n Springfield. 111., Special.?An fnjunction
restraining E. E. Clarke and 200
striking switchmen, yardmen and other
employes of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad
from interfering with the operation
of the road by stopping trains,
^ picketing yards, or assembling in large
numbers or in any other manner inl?
terfering, was granted to the road by
n Judge Humphrey in the United States
Circuit Court here Wednesday.
Accused of riurder.
i- Newport, News. Va.. Special.?The
;e dead body of Mr.ggie Harris, a colored
g woman, was found near here WednesI
day. Twg brliets had lodged in the
. Tho noliro arrested on susnieion
o MDr.'*" Samuel Robertson, of Newport
o News, a negro Christian Science pracy
titioner, under whose treatment the
t. woman has been for the past several
ie weeks. Robertson Is an intelligent eolie
ored man. well-to-do, and bears a good
h reputation. He denies having had anya
thing to do with the woman's death
l* and suggests that she committed suid
cide. He was committed to jail. An in
quest will be held tomorrow.
riurdered H -r Child.
n Petersburg, Va.. Special.?Mrs .Tasd
per F. Gwaltncy, a 17-year-old wife
t- and mother, crazed jealousy, today
; killed her nine-months-old infant with
I. morphine and then attempted suicide
by the same means. The attempt failed,
j" ind she was arrested by the police and
L* 's in jail awaiting the result of the
o ?oroner'3 Inquest. The tragedy is the
rtork of gossips who told Mrs. Gwaltj.
oey that .her husband had been seen
walking with a former sweetheart.
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WHITE MAN KILLED BT A MOB
taaurance Agent Shot to Death at
Wilson, North Carolina.
Wilson, Special.?Perry Jones, an
Insurance agent, who came here some ,
time ago. was shot in his room Wed- '
nesday night by a crowd of citizens '
who intended to run him out of towu, j
and as a result died at 7 o'clock Thursday
morning. One of the alleged at- 1
tacking party was also wounded.
Eleven men were arrested on the
charge of participation in the crime.
The objection to Jones was because of
his alleged association with a colored
woman. Jones stated, after being
wounded, that when the men rushed
into his room he fired on them, when
he was shot. Jones came to Wilson
about two weeks ago as an insurance
agent, giving his residence as Little
Rock, Ark. He worked industrial insurance.
A few clays ago he was arrested
with a negro woman, suspicion
having fallen on him about a watch
which was stolen in Goldsboro. The
trial resulted in his acquittal. After
the trial George Whitley, of Wilson,
went to Jones and told him he would
have to leave town. Whitley claimed
to be a representative of a crowd of
men in Wilson who would not have a
man here who associated with a negro
woman. Jones, becoming alarmed,
had Whitley arrested on a peace warrant.
The trial resulted in Whitley's
being put under a $200 peace bond.
Jones received Information that be
would be attacked. He went to Mr. J.
R. Uzzell, a lawyer here, and told of (
his trouble. He advised him to go to
his room and remain there until morn- .
ing, when he would advise him further. ]
Jones was never seen again until he ,
was found Thursday morning in his
room, mortally wounded. Eleven men
have been placed under arrest for participating
in the killing. All those arrested
were placed in Jail.
Wreck of the Vera Cruz.
Washington, Special.?Capt. Slamm,
nf the rpvprmp pntt-pr Rrmtwpl! which
went to the relief of the passengers
and crew of the Vera Cruz III, which
stranded on the 12th inst, on Dry
Point Shoal, N. C.. has made a preliminary
report to Captain Shoemaker,
chief of the revenue cutter service, i
Capt. Slamm says that on his arrival
at the wreck he found that the master
of the Vera Cruz.had left his vessel <
with all his personal effects and in- 1
struments of navigation in the keeping 1
of a "friend and passenger," to go to ,
Wilmington. N. 0., to secure funds ,
with which to pay for the transporta- i
tion of the passengers to New Bedford, 1
Mass.. the destination of his vessel. AH
of the ship's papers including the pas- i
senger list, were turned ever to the i
collector of customs at Newbern, \
whither the passengers and crew were i
taken. The vessel was practically ;
abandoned by her crew. As near as
could be learned the passenger list of
the Vera Cruz called for 240 persons,
while tne Keeper or tne lire-saving
station is reported to have landed 391,
exclusive of the bark's crew. This fact 1
together with the circumstances of the 1
vessel being brought from fresh water !
Into the dangerous harbor where she
grounded, the captain says, appears
suspicious. The vessel is imbedded In
the sand and probably will be abandoned.
Thirty-five barrels of whale oil
comprise her cargo.
Promrt Shipments Impossible.
Washington. Special.?The Depart- |
raent of State lias just received from
the United States legation at Havana
a report which points out the trade opportunities
in the Cuban market in
manufactured cotton. The report says i
Cuba has no advantage in its close
proximity to the manufacturing centra
of the Southern States, as the freight i
is lower on goods exported from Europe
than those exported from either I
New York, Mobile or New Orleans. .As 1
a general rule deliveries can ba made
quicker from the United States than
from Europe, but during the past year
It hes been almost impossible to get
good11 with any promptness frort the
United States and this has caused a
loss to our trade.
Was the Naronic Blown Up ?
New York, Special.?Among the effects
of the man who sent the infernal
machine to the Cunard Line dock, last
week, was a piece of paper, on which
was written in French: "The destruction
of the Naronic wa3 complete. Mr.
LeBrun, who made the box, has this
moment gone to Chicago." The Naronic
left Liverpool on the morning of
February 11, 1903, with 4,000 tons of
freight, a crew of flfty-flve passengers
who had gone to England on the previous
trip in charge of a cargo of cattle.
She was never seen after she left
th? Mersey, and to this day no word
of her fate has reached the owners of
thi line.
Fire in Suffolk.
Richmond, Special?Fire which started
in the restaurant of Robert Tate,
colored, in Suffolk, spread rapidly and
destroyed the offices of the Gay Manufacturing
Company, burned all the
buildings 011 a block on East Washington
street, some four or five, belonging
to the Suffolk & Carolina Railway
Company, and burned four or five
other buildings, including Keller's
Hotel. There was little insurance. The
loss was about $15,000.
Engineer and Fireman Killed.
Washington Court House, Ohio,
Special.?The Cincinnati & Pittsburg
Express, on the Midland division of the
Baltimore & ?o Southwestern, was
wrecked 5 miles east of Washington
Court House. Two persons were killed
and several seriously injured. The
killed are: Engineer John May, Newark,
Ohio; and Fireman J. A. Leighton,
Newark, Ohio. The accident was
caused by spreading rails.
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SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL. Progressive
Wilmington,
The report of Mr. James H. Chad.
bourn, retiring president of the WTU
mington (N. C.) Chamber of Com-,
merce, at its fiftieth session. Is a noli/
worthy summary of good rosol&a low-;
Ing from persistent, energetic and
well-directed efforts of business men'
for the upbuilding of their community.
Mr. Chadboyrn shows bow tho'Qham*
ber has a general oversight of the ^
business of the port, establishing relee
governing trade and shipping; he describes
the methods for keeping a
thorough record of all commodities
dealt in by the city's merchants, the V
liberality of the Chamber in spending
money to promote Wilmington's interests,
noting especially the prepfnuttba
of a volume setting forth the many ad- ' i
vantages of Wilmington and JtA vieini-*' 1
ty for manufacturing, for business and
for residence, and its interest in attracting
new industries and sustaining
those already established. He said <
that .never before were the prospect* \
of the city so bright, and he revealed
the reason for that in his additional
statement that the merchants of WJlmington
have more public splri; than
ever before, are more united In their
public efforts and present a solid front
In bringing Wilmington forward aa
commercial center and as an export j
city.?Manufacturers' Record. t!
Ginning Statistics. ' -','i
The census office announces from reports
of cotton ginners that there wee*
ginned of the crop of 1902.
running bales, equal to 10,63t,HS ba|ee
of the 500-Dound standard, or ernstlM
round bales as half-bales,
vauled at $501,897,134. The of l- - ?
raw cotton exports In 1902 Is giro* Ot ;
$290,651,819, malting it the leading ar- ( J
tide in American exports, and Jkbm' <
value of the cotton crop of isdk pro- -j
duccd in the Stafes Included U the p
Louisiana purchase Is given S( $13,885.044,
an amount greater hy were
than $3,000,000 than the original price paid
to France for the territory, with. &
compound interest at 2 per eeA
Textile Notes. t o
Messrs. J. B. McCord and Q, A, Red-> '
sell of Morristown. Tenn., will cstab-i','^
lisb a knitting mill.
Union Oil Co., Union Point, fia., w? >'
not operate as a cotton mill tlte 9>art&
Cotton Mills at Sparta. Qa., reported. %
last week as purchased. <
Middle Georgia Cotton Mills, Baton- |
ton, Ga.. mentioned last week as add
Ing fiew spindles, has completed the 1
Installations. The new spindles number
2112. an increase in the "plant'*
total to 5440. Messrs. C. H. Makepeace :
& Co. of Providence, R. I., wean
engineers in charge of the ImfMVftNew
Iberia (La.) Cotton Mill wwrjj
sold during the week to W. R. BntfcJal
as agent. It is reported he vfll m^l
the mill in operation. There am
teen knitting machines in the
producing underwear.
Walter Brown, recently of Baltl- j
more, Md., has leased Dr. J. T.
lamy's cotton mill, now idle, near En.
field. X. C. He will repeair the dam*^
enlarge the building and install zn*4,.tj|
chinery for manufacturing single an# - ,
double yarns, hall twine, vope
Messrs. .T. FI. Price, Sam R. Stherens, ,
C. H. Stevens, E. W. Reld. J. H. Wolfe, '
A. C. Cherry, P. C. Andrews ant
ciates will organize a $5000 stock com
pany for manufacturing cotton goods.
They propose equipping a plant.
twelve looms for producing fahcy
sheeting and novelty gooda. The plank
will be located at Magnolia, Mlna.
About $25,000 has been rabeerfbad is
the proposed $100,000 cotton-mRI com- 'J
pany at Salley, S: C., mentioned lasf
week. W. S. Peterson is interested ilk
the enterprise, and hopes to make' air
rangements for permanent organise* *\.
tion. Outside capital will be invttod to
invest. A water-power is available for ;
development in this connection.
Dispatches state that B. Prank Mo- vg *
bane and German capitalists fcaye twnMS
chased 4(J00 acres of land at Snrajr. H.
C., as site for the establishment of & - >
cotton mill that will contain XMjDdl |jj
spindles and 14,000 looms, amd of &.
large mill for manufacturing wooieat^j
blankets. Mr. Mebane is well known
as beinct largply interested in the several
mills at Spray.
Lumber Notes. '-aM
, G. W. Hinshaw of Winston, N. CE^yJ
has purchased, probably for develop^;*
ment, 4,000 acres of timber land near $
Wilkesboro.
The Blue Ridge Lumber Co,
Greensboro. N. C? has completed lir
ganization with G. E. Holton, pied 3
dent. The company has a capital
$20,000. and has begun the erection at j
a saw-mill plant.
13. ?i. vu&viii ouu ii mi ii imhi m
Boydton. Va., have purchased and 'irtKg '
operate sawmill and timber lands d^T'la
T. & F. B. Roberts.
R. M. Smith of P&rkeraborg, w4ji|
Va., has purchased the ExcehriaiSfli
Lumber Co.'s property near VSUgmjK^
and will operate the milling plant 'J
The Licking Coal & Lumber Cbi.-tfKjq
Ashland, Ky... has purchased abodjfll 1
fi.000 acres of ccal and timber
in Morgan county, and will begin mB !velopments
at once. ^
The shipments of lumber and
ber from the port of Pensacola for the ; * .
month of April were unusually, heavy. 4|
The total shipment amoanted to M.' JJ
060.000 feet, of which 11,670,009 feofSgJ
was lumber and 20.391,000 feet tlatt-j,'.
ber. besides 60.000 miscellaneous.
it is Rmtftii tnat Messrs# roaenftg '
Bros. & Co. of Hagerstown, Md.,
rebuild their rim and spoke factory
burned at a less of $20,000.
Tlio Southern Development C?4 i
020-21 Colonial Building, Boston* M
Mass,, la arranging to establish nitoat^r
at Lakevicw, N. C., for the a&tnufae^g
turc of cypress and juniper shinglgjV
The Atlantic Shook & Yxa&fiT^B
cf Norfolk, Va., started *np wjap**
last week In order to cspertsteq^^lth
the machinery. There Is conjjPi nhl?~_
work to be done yet before 4m plant^'"
li complete and ready for offtation.
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