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Bascom. jHHHHHKsEMGNTS of ^the division iutellet sional amusements, tiling to l?e seen rati pHBp ty for on the one side am |VVV^.. Iy life of eities, which is uDUl to professional amuse the spectators, and n< Hly waiting to be amused become sourceiui in taemselvea and more dej , ?nd the task becomes an increasinj umpbitheatre lay as an absolute law i ministering to popular pleasure. A s r* tive to the participants, gives no satis severe training, a sacyiflce of every < simply that those who play may gi not play. Young men have only about so squandered in ainusemeut. it is nece asm. ought to run in the channels of forward their own achievements, like makes its claims on others, it leave youth who crowded the coliseum, an mean the breaking up of l'ree, pcrst place the strained efforts and xtroi and forward as mobs. The passion f is to be explained, in part, as an of lost in the dispersion of academic wo \ Mysteries of By the Editor of the m&mmm liiftt HEMISTS from oil tional congress at 1 - W , _ ^ reveal, lu a darken. 1 iug weirdly in the 1 T on a piece of paper Jt a of a grain, was of P 1 polonium, the com Ji world's astonishmei _ -jtivbi lously." those say Mm njimt-ip is. Light-bearing as they are. these i through the darkest coiners of the t like radium, is derived from uranium presence has to be imagined with a j ordinarily from pitchblende, which, ii son knows nothing about. Somcwhe of Lake Superior the observant scle "wherever cranium exists it will tur earth, to a green tint. Mystery still resides, uot only for aelves, in these strange now radiant ?f the infinite?but do not let us In. and wonderful knowledge, they tipse Solng on. They seem to conduct us la nature that transcends all the ace lions. There are emanations from Axe these emanations in themselve merely vibrations in a passive modi an uncut little particle, or is it a Strange powers and properties? These are questions that the clien thej' chase these radio-active elemenl through its uraniums and thoriums tjewilderlngl^ vast and lofty problem and others in their speculations and d twwilderingly momentous question ra ns into the presence of the whirling {Watts was when he wrote, 200 years , , "Lord, on a 'Twixt two 'And so far as we can tell from u ns, we must staud there for a little t Fishermen Sh< By Former Proslder fprnmsmmum* OST of us who lisli iu : ' fkiB I pleasures of ou I the apparently uualter A I fisli, under the spur of name of fisherman. JSSkjJSk ? AV,th those who fish f S oatc*1 ^pfi- We have, than this, with the mi fishing is to make larg pursuit is.the gratification of a greed with whom we have so little sympa gravitation, classed together in the Occasionally weak attempts have be tcrnlty under the name of anglers, efforts have always failed. E^ea Is ?f human thought by calling his im It seems, however much those who fi 8ition and character. In motive and nil must abide, to the end of the cln world, within the brotherhood ealle grouping of incongruous elements i those of us who properly appreciate biHty of decent fishing from coming t of congratulation and certain rules o At this season, when the activit fitting that a word should be spokei fort and satisfaction, but may guard even the best of fishermen. We who claim to represent the inclined to complain ou days when ~ Worse exhibition that this of an cut for our benefit. We should always r side thousands of those who claim cause, tn a way, they love to fish, v are contented only when capture is < pleasures of fishing rests upon unin moment upon the consequences of 1 loose upon fish that would bite ever nicely the vicissitudes of fishing ha1 usefully the fatal attack of diseourc days when we catch few or no fish -u should Immediately give way to sat spurious and discouraged fishermen tinder trees or on golf fields, instead of just such unfavorable days. We easily taken at all times the fishing ' populated, a horrfble thing to contem erations as these savor of unchnrita xire only recognizing the doctrine of fishermen, and claiming that these " What has been said naturally lei quires those of us who are right m selves as to the number of fish we s vount should edible fish he caught restraining ourselves in this matter growth of greed, we prevent wicked the fall between what wo may dete luck, or no luck, aud we make ours fishermen. We ought not to forget these tliii summer's fishing. But in any event tackle, good bait and plenty of patie so much the better, but let's go. wbe we shall add zest to our recreation, outing and the recreation?more be) Sained in any other way.?The Indej sements. ge life have undergone a change akin to j tual interests. They have become proves- i L-*\ thr\cA *\f tVft r?irr?ii42 f\f tbofltrp* f?nniP ler than to ho shared, something labored 1 paid for on the other. Crowded life, tin; | at once near and remote, inevitably tends j ments. They call for no participation in > social sympathy between them. Those ever more critical and exacting, less re>emlent on thers. They must be pleased, sly difficult one. The commands of the on those whose lives were held cheap in icrult game of ball, no matter how recrca(faction as a spectacle. Football demands ompeting purpose, and incurs serious risk, ve sufficient excitement to those who do much enthusiasm to spend, and if it is ssarily lost to productive labor. Knthusitheir own lives, and so buoy up and bear well freighted vessels. If this enthusiasm s those who generate it, like the Iioman i ignoble hand. Professional amusements )uai, communal effort, and putting in its lg passions which sway men backward or sport which prevails in our universities fort to regain that unity which has been rk.?The Atlantic. jzs JZS the Atom. i Mail and Express. over the world, assembled at an Interna* ierliu, gathered to see a German professor ed room, particles of various metals shiu* light cast by a tiny speck of dark powder . This j>owder. which weighed but lo-lOO the lately discovered element and metal, ipanion of radium as an object of the at. It gives out light and heat, "miraeuwlio have not yet found out what the substances had to be chased for centuries arth before they were found. Polonium, i, where it is so thinly distributed that its great effort; and uranium itself is derived a turn, Is something that the ordinary perre on a lonely spot on the northern shore ntist may stumble on a little of it. Yet n a bit of colorless glass, thrown on the the lay mind, but for the chemists thernmetals. They bring us to the threshold At the same time that they promise new t most or me intones iuut ?? uaic uw-h into the presence and power of an agency epted rules and necessitates new explanamatter which we know nothing about, s a special kind of matter, or arc tlie.v um? And is the atom really an "atom," whirling vortex, possessing all sorts of lists are trying to find the answer to while ;s through the dark corners of the earth? and heliums and radiums. Between the s presented by Dr. Alfred Itussel Wallace lisputes about the starry universe, and the ised by these chemists who are conducting radiant atQm, we?are just where Isaac s ago: narrow neck of land, infinities, I stand." 'hat the scientists have so far revealed to ime yet. /& oikld Be Classified it Grovcr Cleveland. i fair, well-bred and reasonable way, for tion and as a means of increasing the rselves or our friends, may well regret able decree which gives to all those who any motive?good, had or indifferent?the We certainly have nothing in common 'or a livelihood, unless It be a desire to in point of fact, no closer relationship trderously inclined, whose only motive in e catches, and whose sole pleasure In the y propensity. Nevertheless, we. and those thy, are, by a sort of unavoidable law of same fraternity, and called fishermen, en made to classify the best of this fraor by some title of that kind, but such aak Walton could not change the current mortal hook "The Compleat Angler." So sh may differ In social standing, in dispoambltion, and even In mode of operation, ipter, in the contemplation of the outside d "Fishermen." Happily, however, this mder a common name does not prevent the importance of upholding the respecta:o an agreement concerning certain causes if conduct. ies of genteel fishing usually begin. It if i that may not only redound to our con> l us against temptations that easily beset highest fishing aspirations are sometimes the fish refuse to bite. There can be no ire misconception of a wise arrangement emember that we have about us on every membership in the fishing fraternity, be. hen the fish bite?and only then. These constant, and their only conception of the terrupted slaughter. If we reflect for a turning an army of fishermen like these y day and every hour, we shall see how re been adjusted, and how precisely and iging bad luck selects its victims. If on re feel symptoms of disappointment, thes^ isfaction when we remember how many are spending their time in hammocks or of with fishing outfits^ solely on account have no assurance that if fish could be waters within our reach would not be deflate. J/et it not be said that such considbleness and selfishness on our part We the survival of the fittest as applied to nuesi Kuoum uave iue ursi iiiuuir. ids lo the suggestion that consistency reinded fishermen to reasonably limit ourhould take nu favorable days. On no acin such quantities as to be wasted. By we discourage in our own natures the waste, we make it easier for us to beai nrine upon as decent good luck and bad elvjfc at all points better men and better ngs as we enter upon the pleasure of our let us take with us when we go out good uce. If the wind Is in the south or west, rever the wind may be. If we catch fish. If we catch none, we shall still have the* tlthful and more enjoyable than can be pendent. HUNDREDS KILLED IN BATTLE ! ? Terrible Fighting in South American Republic. Soledad. Venezuela, By Cable.? Since the last dispatch was sent to ! the Associated Press at 3 o'clock j Monday afternoon, the battle bei tween the revolutionary forces at Ciudad Bolivar and the Venezuelan 1 government army, commanded by I General Gomez, has raged madly. Block after block was disputed, the government troops entering the city slowly. The city appears to have been struck by a cyclone. At 3 o'clock in the morning, when the inhabitants of the commercial and j foreign parts of the city, near the Alameda, saw the advance of the govI eminent troops, they all abandoned | their homes and sought refuge in ! other parts of the city, crossing the streets amidst a hail of bullets and 3hells. Many men, trying to protect the women, fell, struck by bullets in the middle of the streets. The government troops, however, acted with humanity, especially the forces of General Rivas, who, fighting bravely, was the first to order the attacking forces to be merciful. The government troops soon after V* 0M0 r\f thn Ala. ! IiapiUi CU IIJC UUI IU Oiug VI vuv j meda, the public park of Ciudad BoliI var, which has been defended by a double row of .barricades. Behind one ; of these were found more than thirty dead soldiers lying on .top of each other, while wounded men were seen on all sides. The soldiers on both sides have had no food for two days, no ambulances J j are being used and the fighting still ! continues. The Dalton block, the property of the United States consul. J where all the leading German and I French firms reside, is now being ati tacked. The jail J3 in the center of a | terrible resistance. All the defeated revolutionists have concentrated there. It is estimated that 200 or more have been killed in that vicinity. The capital is still in possession of the revolutionists, but the complete success of the government forces is assured. Wrecked a Train. Roanoke, Va.. Special.?Detective William G. Baldwin, of Roanoke, Tiir-arlov nio-Vif orroctoH larncB W P.fttl. ey and John W. Kennedy near Shenandoah, charged with wrecking a Norfolk & Western passenger train near Greenville on the night of December 28 last, when Engineer Wesley Bailey was killed. The men had a hearing today, pleaded guilty and were sent to Staunton jail without bond. They are charged with .murder. In a sworn confession they say they planned with Mrs. Ellen Painter to wreck the train and kill auy passengers who might escape death in the wreck. Only the engineer was killed and the plan for I wholesale murder was abandoned. Mrs. Painter comes from North Carolina 2nd will be arrested later. Suit Against Un?on. St. Louis, Special.?What is said to be the first suit ever filed in St Louis for damages resulting from a labor strike by employers against eraploves. has been instituted in tne circuit court. The suit was brought by three firms manufacturing bank, bar and office fixtures, against the great union of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America for an immediate writ of injunction restraining the defendants from in any way interfering with the operation of the plants of the complainants and judgment of $40,000 for damages alleged to have already been sustained as a result of the action af the defendants. Electric Road In Virg'nla. Roanoke, Va., Special.?Work was Tuesday begun on an electric road to tun from Christiansburg. on the Norfolk & Western main line, to the United States Arsenic Mines, in Floyd county, a distance of 20 miles. The Westinghouse Company, of Pittsburg, have been awarded the contract for constructing the road, their bid being 175,000. Siung to Death By Bees. Rockingham, Special.?Dr. N. C. Hunter, of this place, lost his horse in a very unusual manner. While making a call the animal was hitched near a bee gum. The bees attacked the horse, and completely covered him. He was cut loose and an effort made to brush the boos off, but so vigorous were the insects in their attack that all efforts at rescue were of no avail and the horse died in a very short time. Fatal Storm In Chicago. Chicago, Special.?Two persons were killed outright as the result of a storm here Tuesday. The doad are: Bessie Jilovie, two years old, crushed to death beneath a piano blown from the hands of movers; Henry Temm, struck by a bolt of lightning while standing on a street corner. Many persons suffered from broken limbs and severe cuts and bruises due to runaway accidents. The storm was accompanied by a hi?h wind and the hail which formed in jagged pieces of ice while flying played havoc with plate glass windows throughout the downtown district Oil Interests in R uniania. Bucharest, Roumania, By Cable.? The Roumanian petroleum interest have secured the consent of the Dos :onto-GeselIschaft, of Berlin, to employ $4,000,000 in the development o the oil industry of Roumania. Strong efforts are being made to interest othe; oowerful German financial Interests ir the Roumanian fields. The Minister c. Finance has promised the completior of the reservoirs, now building at Kus tendji, by January next t i FIGHT IS ABANDONED: Ihe Assistant Foreman Reports For Work. BOOK-BiNDERS NOT TO STRIKE.! I I I | Union Officials State Their Case to I Secretary Cortelyou and Public j Printer Palmer. Washington, Special.?The Bookbinders' Union which has been fighting the re-instatement of W. A. Miller, the j assistant foreman in the government | Printing Office, has abandoned any in- : tention of walking cut even though j Milier has resumed work. President | Tatum, of the International Brotherhood of Book-Binders, is now en route here from Chicago to advise with the local leaders. The latter have decided to abide by the decision of the Public Printer and avoid any clash with the government. Miller reported for duty about 10 o'clock Saturday morning and was assigned to duty. The union officials announced that there would be no ad ion on their part for 30 days, during which time they anticipated that the question would be solved by the Public Printer. It is expected that a national arbitration council will meet to discuss the situation. The union officials called on Secretary Cortelyou and Public Printer Palmer and left with them a statement regarding what was done at the meeting of the book-binders. It stated- that Miller would be permitted under protest to continue in the position to which he had been re-Instated and that there would be nothing done at present by the book-binders that would interf? re with the work of the office. It give j assurance that this action is inspired by a regard for the action of the President and for the Federal statutes, and expresses the belief that the charges against Miller will be substantiated on invesifeation. A similar statement was filed with the Civil Service Commission. The Charlotte Evening News gives this summary of the affair: A man by the name of W. A. Miller, assistant foreman in the Government Printing OfTice, was expelled from a local organization of book-binders and his name was subsequently dropped from fie roll of employes of the Government. Recently he was restored to his i lace in the Government employ, by a special order from President Roosevelt, which reads as follows: "Wm, A. Miller on May 18 last was removed by the public printer from his r osition of assistant foreman in the Government printing office, because he bad been expelled from the local union of the National Brotherhood of Bookbinders. Mr. Milbr complained to the civil service commission, and on July C it requested Mr. Miller's reassignment to duty, his removal being contrary to the civil rules. "Complaint also had been made to ! the President and by his direction Secretary Cortelyou investigated the matter. On July 13 President Roosevelt wrote a# follows: I "My Dear Secretary Cortelyou: In accordance with the letter of the civil service commission of July 6, the public printer will reinstate Mr. W. A. Miller in his position. "On the face of the papers presented Miller would appear to have been re- , 1 moved in violation of law. There is no objection to the employees of the Gov- 1 trument printing office constituting 1 themselves into a union if they so de- i sire, but no rules or resolutions of the union can be permitted to override the laws of the United States, which it is iny sworn duty to enforce. " 'Please communicate a copy of this letter to the public printer for his information and that of his subordi nates."' i Newspaper Change. Philadelphia, Special.?George McCain. for 14 years connected with the editorial staff of The Philadelphia Press, has purchased The Colorado Springs Gazette. Mr. McCain will sever his connection with The Press August 1. and take charge of The Gazette August 15. After the latter date The Gazette will be issued as a Republican irstead of a Democratic daily. Whlt-'slde Will Case. Chattanooga, Special.?After being on trial for thirteen days and being the hardest fought civil case in the history of this section, the contest over the Whiteside will came to an end late last week when Judge Allison charged the jury. A decision will be rendered tomorrow though a mistrial seems probable. This is a contest made by the , sons of the late Mrs. Harriet Whiteside, who was the richest woman in the State and who left her property to her two daughters and her grandchildren. Dnder influence, especially by the use of Christian science, was the ground for the contest. A Woman Burned to Death. London, By Cable.?The St. Petersburg correspondent of The Daily Mail sends a report to the effect that near the village of Schalajifka, in the district of the Don. 33 female field laborers were burned to death in a barn, where they had locked themselves to escape molestation by male laborers, who, in revenge, fired the barn and watched it burn, without heeding the shrieks of the victims. j i . 1 SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Price of Raw Cotton. The Fall River Daily Herald would , not be astonished if it should be made plain that cheap raw cotton and cheap cotton apparel, as compared with values which have long obtained, are ? passing. It says: If the day of six-ccnt cotton or eight- | cent cotton has not gone by, we may realize before many years have been (ounted that it is going by with a rush. This may not mean that coarse cotton cloth is a thing of the past, and it may < nr\t moon thof fha rrtnat OYnanoivo r?nt- ! "** " """ * i fon fabrics will rival silks and satins I in price it may mean, however, that I cotton as a commodity will command considerable more money than has been J asked fo:- it heretofore,and that 15-cent cotton will breed no curtailment or give rise to the slightest astonisment. The Herald elaborates its theory as follows: Although considerably large quantities of cotton may be grown and marketed in the near future, it would not be surprising if all concerned, and particularly 3pinners and individual consumers, were forced to place a much higher estimate upon the value of cotton as a staple. At any rate, a number of indications go to show that the drift is in the direction of higher prices for cotton in the bale and in the finished product. The alvance which has been made in weaving suggests that the demand for cotton fabrics is going to be heavier than it has ever been before it is lighter. What are known as the fine-goods" bills are multiplying, and for countless purposes their output is to be preferred to silk or satin. They are rapidly coming to take the place of material which have long been be- I yond the reach of the average pur- 1 chaser, and that ,too, in the eyes of I ihe more extravagant members of so- c ciety. If this demand enhances the t value of dre8sfabrics, it is clearthat the t value of the cotton of which they are t composed will be Increased. Further- t more, apart from the estimate placed g on the finished product by those who ? spin and weave it and those who wear it, it is evident that the spinners and ( weavers, the great mass of operatives J in civilized countries, must be taken ? into account. If progress is made, and r the cotton industry advances as it must I if it prospers, it follows that the cost I of production must be increased In the ^ matter of wages. Whatever the effect e af improvements in machinery may 1 have upon this cost, it will hardly af- a feet the additions which must be made ^ to the cost of labor. In the long run, c it is idle talk about paring down thati d cost or substituting a cheaper class of t help. - f The call will be for skilled employes t rather than for a class that is lacking s In intelligence and that is content with ? low standards of living. And so, apart c rrom all considerations connected with e the staple or the demand for the out- r put from the looms, manufacturers will I (~ be forced to pay more for what they I ? produce than they are now paying. i e Erwin Cotton Mill. 1 The Erwin Cotton Mills Co. of Dur- v ham, N. C.. has extended its charter \ sixty years and filed notice with the rhartir authorities that its capital stock is increased from $500,000 to $3,000,000, to be issued In both common C and preferred shares. This company b takes this action to cover the invest- e ment being made in mill and town c near Dunn, N. C., where it is building 11 a plant of 70,000 spindles and 2000 t< looms, in accordance with announce-* P ments as detailed previously. Denims ? and cfcmlets will be the product. g Textile Notes. Spartanburg (S. C.) Knitting Mills. H. D. Wheate, receiver, will expend about $5,000 for betterments, including ^ the Installation of twenty additional knitting machines and other equip- o ment. ^ Wampum Cotton Mills of Lincolnton. N. C.. will build plant of 10,000 e spindles. The company was reported tl last ifconth as incorporated with $160,- g 000 capital. _ P Worth Manufacturing (jo., wortnville, N. C.. mentioned last week, will 1 not erect additional buildings, but is e merely discarding some old-style cards e and replacing with more modern equipment; also installing new pickers. ^ Edwald Wolff, Mrs. Ricka Wolff and t Miss Bertha E. Wolff have incorporated the Edward Wolff Cotton Waste & Linter Co. of Macon, Ga., for dealing in cotton yarns, linters, waste and other products. The capital stock is r( S5.000. \ * fi T Lumber Notes. w rpv- Pr.na T.umher Co. of Hag- w I lie U^tu A ? _ erstown, Md., has been incorporated. ^ with a capital of $230,000, to acquire s; timber, coal and oil lands. ii Tho United States Veneer co. 01 muston, N. C., has been chartered, with a capital stock of $15,000. E. E. Gray and others are stockholders. Effective August 15, rates on lumber n will be advanced two cents per bun- f dred pounds from Texas, Louisiana v and Arkansas producing points to SL ? Louis and other Mississippi river points and to poin s beyond. P Mr. N. 0. Gray, of Kuttawa, Ky? and Mr. M. C. O'Hara of O'Harra, Ky? a who represent Eastern capitalists, in- g tend to establish a hardwood plant iu Knoxville, Tenn., at a cost of $50,000 g The plant will be erected at one*-. * MAY BE NO WAR A Settlement Between Russia and Japan in Prospect JAPAN AGREES TO WAIT LONGER ??? ????? Impossible to Embark ia War With kti?5 a Single-Handed?Support of England Not Expected. t /-?n/? nn Rv p.n hi p?.tjinan tl/ls de :ided to observe the policy of waiting ind watching Russia, advocated by Jreat Britian. In the meantime she trill urge China to carry out the as'urances given to the United States especting Manchuria and will enlea vor to obtain the opening of adlitionaj porta. At the Japanese lega:ion here the following statement was nade by an official to the Associated Press: "I can assure ycu that the talk of *-ar between Russia and Japan is an nvention. Japan bas not the least in.ention of taking that course. She proxies to wait and maintain her atti:ude of watchfulness. Japan and Vmerica are acting on the same lines ind it would be difficult for any other jewer to withstand the pressure they ind Great Britain could apply." It is said that Japan intends to do^ lothing till October, when the hnal ^ wacuation of Manchuria must occur, ["he failure of Russia to withdraw rora Manchuria would be followed by i serious move on the part of Japan. The Russian cmba33y here regrets he confusion which has arisen in conequence of the publication cf the re>ort that Prince Ching, head of the Chinese Foreign Office, had written to dinister Conger, refusing to open >ort8 in Manchuria. The Russian offl:ials believe with Washington that he note was 3ent before China gave icr assurances and they asserted posiively that Russia intends to carry out o the letter the assurances she has riven and that she will not interpose ibstacles in the way of China observng her pledge to Secretary Hay. A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Company from St. Petersburg, dated uly 20, savs: "The attitude of Japan nd the warlike tone cf the majority if the Japanese press have attracted nuch attention in official circles here, t is declared by the best informed al?a *1 ~ U1/AllkAA/l (tsupie ujul iuvic V? uu iir.cuiiuuu UL var, certainly not upon Russia's intlative. It is stated that Russia has very motive for desiring peace, chiefy for financial reasons, with which ire wound up a desire for extensive lomestic reforms which the governuent considers to be tb-9 most offiacious manner of disarming internal liscontent and nipping the revoluionary propaganda in the bud. "It is believed to bo impossible rom the Russian view point for Jaian to embark in a conflict with Rusia single-handed, and it is thought he will secure the material support of Ireat Britain and of the United A >tates. Nevertheless, Russia is taking w ivery precaution to strengthen her ilitary and naval position in the )rient, believifcg this to be the surest neans of discouraging Japanese agression. VM. Lessar's Port Arthur conferrtr>a ia coM tn hava >1palt rhipflv with hese measures, though thoy are delared to be entirely precautionary, k-ar being the furthest thing from the /ishes of the government of Russia." Aga'n Active. Kingstown, Island of St Vinvent. By !able.?The Soufriere volcano has een slightly agitated since July 19* mitting puffs intermittently which aused electrified clouds and low rumbings. A severe earthquake shock wa3 sit at 1:40 a. m., Tuesday, accomanled by a subterranean sound of racking which shook the buildings ere and threw the populace into a tate of consternation. Pulling Out of Central Union. Philadelphia, Special.?A serious low waa dealt to the Central Union f Textile Workers, which is directing tie textile strike, when the Loom Fix r* 1- -il .Jj T> .fiAt.l A n/v/.ln rs rroiecuve ana Dencutun lon withdrew from that organization, liroilar action is said to be contemlated by the Beamers' and Twisters' Inion, the Warpers' and Warp Dressrs* Union and the Power Loom Fixrs* Beneficial Union, all of which met onight to consider the matter. The IcGrann Mill granted th 5 demands of he strikers. Killed Hl< Wlf?. Carrollton, Gi, Special.?Sews caches here from Whitesburg that lobert Smith, a young farmer, shot om ambush and killed his wife fcursday. They quarrelled and Smith hipped his wife. She left him and 'ent to her father's house. It is sup-*'' osed her father persuaded her to rejrn to her husband, who shot her as he was on the way. A posse i3 huntig for Smith. Condemn Nor'hern Press. Memphis, Special.?The fourth anual meeting of the Industrial Conerence, an ex-slave organization, conened here Friday, with reports of 34 Kates in attendance. Resolutions were assei condemning the Northern press or its attitude on the negro question nd extending a vote of thanks to the louthern press for their stand in reard to the reoent lynching in the lorthern States. \ "* 1