The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-15

cotton mill company was organized to-
day and the following officers were
elected: President, Arthur Barnwell;
Secretary and Treasurer, o. P. Jack
son: Directors, A. Parnwell, o. P.
and T. A. Silcox. The new company
has q capital stock of $3.50, ,000-about
one-lhird of the cost of the mill. They
will buy out the old stockholders and
run the mill. 1t rs thought that they
will have gold mine.
South Carolina reports the greatest
increased in cotton mills of any of the
Southern States, since 1880. Then
there were IA mills, now %. The
spindles have increased 188 per cent
and the looms 1S5. There has been
general increase in all the Southern
States and they will spin about 500, 900
bales of cotton this year. If the boom
keeps I'D by 1894 it will take million
bales for the Southern mills.
A commission was to-day issued to
the Capital Cotton Mills, of Columbia.
The following gentlemen are the cor
porators: Messrs IT. G.. Robertson,
John A. Crawford, VIM H. Lyles, JAS
per Miller, w. G. Fisher, r. S. Des-
portes, Willie Jones and w. G. McGre-
gor, all residents of Columbia. The
object of the mills is the manufacture
of cotton aud similar goods. The cap
ital stock will be 100000.
The ancient city of Damascus is to
have railroad lines running through
its streets. This city was a place OF
importance 1900 years B. c., but, until
lately, there never was the necessity OF
having its streets made noisy and
smoky with railroads. 1t may live to
regret the move.
Three roughs, who had evidently
taken offence at Sam Jones preaching,
entered Pallas Hall, Kansas City, after
the meeting on Wednesday night, jan
uary Is bound the assistant janitor to
bench, burned lot of books used in
evangelistic services, and poured kero-
sene in the organ piano. 1t is thought
that their original purpose was to burn
the building.
An extraordinary feature of the re-
cent storm on the Northern Pacific
Coast was the breaking of the glass in
Aillamock lighthouse, at the mouth
of the Columbia River. The light
house tower is 100 feet above sea-level,
yet huge waves, rolled up Ly south
easter swept the top of the lighthouse
and extinguished the light.
A Mrs. Spring, of Liverpool, has
gotten up a jubilee petition of the
women Of England to the Queen on
behalf of closing the saloons on Sun
day. The petition is seven miles long,
and contains l., ,l32,6OS signatures OF
women above sixteen years OF age.
There is no telling what woman can
do.
In Michigan alone there are at least
2225 nei eiglborhoods of from 100 to 500
each, entirely destitute of religious SER
vices by any denomination in Nebras-
ka, 80; in South Dakota, 100.
The General Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church will meet May
/, in the Metropolitan Opera House,
New York City. Itnumbers about 45O
members.
The Pension appropriation Bill, In
troduced in Congress the other day,
calls for $SO,275,5 500, an increase Of
81 900, 900 over last year.
The annual meeting of the College
of Bishops will convene at Nashville on
Tuesday, May l.
Ex-Attorney General Miles has been
appointed by the Governor to succeed
the late II. NJ. Hanckel as one of the
Masters for Charleston County.
The Secretary of State issued COM
mission February II to the corporators
OF a proposed cotton mill in Lancaster.