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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
Labor Day Observances.

The Labor Day; parade in Milwaukee was
the largest ever seen there. Public business
in the city was largely suspended, and there
was general observance of Labor Day.
At Kansas City. Mo-, the day was marked
by the greatest labor demonstration ever
held. Fully. 10000 were in line. and the
floats were numerous and magnificent.
At Atlanta. Ga. Labor Day was celebrated
by a parade ;fftncn hundred working men
through the principal streets.
Mobile. Ala, celebrated the day by large
street paradeef the principal labor organiza
tions together with the police and fire de-
At Duluth. MINI. over ] 900 men marched
in the Labor Day parade. One of the fea-
lures was the presence of Mrs. Aiken, a dele
gate to the Trade Assembly, at the head Of
the column. She is Il sister of Roy Good
win. one Of the six American Railway Union
directors who were imprisoned by the Fed
eral Courts for contempt. -, >.
Buffalo. n. y, celebrated the day by a
monster parade in which 5000 working men
took part and by athletic games and speech.
making at Germania Park.
At many other points the day was duly
observed, While at other places no attention
was given it, matters moving along as usual.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
Cotton Picking Started.

In Spartanburg County cotton pick
inc began in very small way this
week. The early lots began to open
and the farmers thought best to gather
it before rain. The ginning Of COT
ton has undergone revolution IN this
county. Fifteen years ago toll was al
WAYS charged. One-tenth was the
price in the old days. Then it dropped
70 onetwelfth and finally when compe-
titiop WIS sharp got down to. one
twentieth. When cotton was lO cents
that raid 50 to S2.5O bale. One gln-
ner now proposes to gin bale and
furnish bagging and ties for IS pounds
of seed cotton. At Atpresent prices that
is ahont s1.S5. The largest gin in the
country proposes to gin at IS cents
bale and furnish baggiDg and ties at
cost. That reduces the price to about
s1.35. The old ginners who twenty
wears ago made about four dollars
bale by ginning do not understand
how it can be done at the. present
prices. The farmers seem inclined to
keep the production ofcotton reduced.
Even the rise in price does not eneour-
age them toplan for larger crops. Ihey
now talk as if they would continue to
buv grain on a small scale and plant
cotton cautiously. They know If they
rush into the business headloDg the
price will drop on them.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
Newsy Southern Notes.

At Hogansville, Ga. Mr.. ". N. Sims sold
the first hale of new cotton on Saturday
evening at 1014 cents.
The Buckeye Marble Mills at Mc1Tillan's
Station, Tenn, was burned. Loss, SO 900;
fully covered by insurance.
The first bale OF this seasons cotton re-
ceived this year at Opelika. Ala. was brought
in by Mr.. L. A. Whatley, of Beat 7. 1t was
classed as middling. and brought cents.
In the delta region Of Mississippi boil and
army worms and caterpillars are playing
havoc with the cotton. The farmers are
fighting them with Paris green and poisons.
At hickman. Ky. on Monday, Will Butcher,
a negro. was taken from the city lookup
early in the morning and shot to pieces by
Whitecaps Sunday night he had killed j
white man while resisting arrest.
At Louisville. Ky. Henry H. Wolfe & Co.,
wholesale clothiers. assigned. The indebted
ness Of the firm is said to be between $780,
900 and $3.50. 900, and it is claimed that the
assets will equal. if not exceed. that sum.
Mr.. Marshall Mcdonald, OF Vest Virginia.
who for the last seven years has held the
position Of United States Commissioner Of
fish and fisheries. died at his residence. in
Washington. Of pulmonary disease. after an
illness Of several months.
At Hot Springs. Ark. the dead bodies of
DR.. L. NJ. Remington and his mother were
found Monday at home by a colored girl.
They were almost urrccognizable. The sup
position is that the son. who has been dis
couraCed for sometime on account of having
no practice, killed his mother and then
himself
The following is the official statement OF
the cotton crop of the United States for the
year ending August 3lst. 1895. as posted at
the Charleston Cotton Exchange on Tuesday:
Port receipts. S,006. III bales; overland.
1,0S7.lol. Southern consumption, s07. 1913;
total crop 9.901 .225 bales. Total Southern
consumption. S62. .S3S bales, including 81. .S65
bales taken from and counted at Southern
outr ori-
szSIso Foreign.
This years pilgrimage to Lourdes is the
largest on record; 5000 persons left Paris in
special trains on one day recently. and were
Joined by 5000 moro from way stations.
An official report has just been issued
shows that there were 2.025 cases of cholera
and lis death from the disease in the gov
ernment OF Volhynia. Russia, between July
18th and August 18th.
In Norway a new law has been passed
which makes girls ineligible for matrimony
until they are proficient in knitting, baking
and spinning. Certificates of proficiency
have to be earned, and without these no girl
may marry.
A dispatch from Shanghai says that tho
sixteen persons sentenced for participation
IN the massacre Of missionaries at Kucheng
have been executed. The dispatch adds that
as yet nothing has been done in regard to
the claims made by the British and American
ministers respecting the attacks on mission
aries at Sechuan
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
THE COTTON CROP, 1901, 900.
The New Orleans Exchange Puts 1t at
That for the Year Ended Aug. 31st.

The New Orleans Exchange Puts 1t at
That for the Year Ended Aug. 31st.
The New Orleans cotton exchange state
ment is as follows:
The cotton crop of the United States for
the year ended August 31st, 1S95,is as follows
the figures being given in round thousands:
North Carolina, 465, 900 bales; South Caroli-
ma. SOC. 900: Georgia. l BOG. 900; Alabama. l.
OOG. 900: Florida. 10000; Mississippi. 1900
O0O Louisiana 100000: Arkansas. Soo.o0o:
Tennessee. $50, ,00O Texas. 3,276.COO. Total
crop, 9.9O1 900.
The Texas crop. which amounts IN exact
figures to 3275.S5S bales. includes 1908
bales. gown in Indian Territory.
The statement of overland this year in
cludes $4,000 bales by two railroads that
have not hitherto been considered as cotton
handlers.
The cotton crop for the United States for
the year ended August 81. 1895, giving port
receipts. overland and Southern consump-
ton. is as follows:
Port receipts. 8.OO6,17O bales Southern
consumption. S07 .973 bales; overland. 1857
1O1 bales; total crop. $50! ,251 bales. The
total Southern consumption was S62. .S3S
nales, and included 54.S65 bales taken from
and counted at Southern outports.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
A COLORED STATE FAIR.
A Local Mass Meeting Decides to Act
With Its Managcmcnt.

a Local NldSS lINNiuSS w ANN
WithIts Enlargement.
Monday night mass meeting of the
colored people in the interest of the
ncNt coIorcd Stmto fair wns held in
:. Columbia, T.. s.. Boatwrisht being
Chairman. Boatwright stated in a
brief address that the railroads would
allow a cent mile each way rate.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Whereas the colored citizens Of the
citv of Columbia and Richland county
have met in mass meeting for the pur-
pose of considering the various indus
trial interests of the colored race and
the State relative to the propriety OF
encouraging an exhibit for the State
fair which is to be held at Columbia,
S. c., beginning November 25th, and
ending Novemberc 29th, 1855, and to
effect such other arrangements as shall
be deemed fit and proper IN carrying
out the purpose and object of the
meeting. Therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the colored cltl-
zens of the city of Columbia and coun-
ty of Richland, in mass meeting as
sembled, do, in view of the present
peace and harmony prevailing among
the people in the various avenues ofin-
dustry, urge and encourage our peo-
pie TO prepare large and credltahie
exhibit for the State fair which will be
held under the auspices of the colored
Agricultural and Mechanical Assocla-
ton of South Carolina.
Resolved, That we recommend that
this meeting appoint a general com
.mittee on attractions and amusements,
to be divided into as mary:!sub-com-
mittees as the chairman oil, the. COM
mittee may deem necessary.
Resolved, That we further recon-
mend that this meeting select two dis
tinguished gentlemen ofacknowiedged
ability to deliver addresses on the ca
pability and progress of the negro at
the State fair.
The committee provided for is to be
appointed at meeting on Monday
night next. George Washington Muir
ray and the Rev. L.: E. Hart were Sc
leeted orators, as provided in the last
resolution.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
The New Jersey Populists.

The Gubernatorial State Convention OF the
Peoples party of New Jersey was held at
Trenton on Monday. Wm. B. Ellis, of Tren-
ton was nominated for Governor after sever
al others had declined the honor.
There were thirty-six delegates at the con-
venton, which was presided over by Thos.
q. Proctor, of Cumberland county, chair
man of the State Committee. One woman
delegate was present, Mrs. E. ]. Whitehead.
Of Wstfeld.
There was long discussion ov5r the adoD-
ton OF the party platform. The committee
on resolutions reported long platform re-
affirming the national platform adopted In
Omaha, in 1892, with number OF planks OF
State import.
The chairman was ordered to send the fol-
lowing telegram to Eugene Y. Debs, recently
released from Jail in Woodstock, ILL.,:
"The Peoples party in convention assem-
bled at Trenton, on Labor Day, sends greet
ing to Eugene Y. Debs, champion OF the op-
pressed, and illustrious victim OF the viola
ton of the American citizens con stitutiona,
Right o. trial by jury"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
Character Reading From Teeth.

Character reading from handwrit-
ing, from shoes, and from the face,
has now been succeeded by char
acter reading from the teeth. A
dentist asserts that a careful study
OF teeth will reveal the fact that they
invariably indicate, according to
their shape and setting, the tenn
permanent of their possessors. One
has only to note the teeth Of ones S
friends and relatives to verify his
observations on pointed, projecting,
short, square, tangled, even and
pearly dentures. Those that are long
and narrow. we are assured denote
vanity; those that are long and pro-
iecting indicate grasping disposi-
tion; traachery is shown by the pos
session of small, white separated
teeth and Inconsistency is revealed
by overlapping teeth.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
THE LABOR WORLD.

The latest statistics show that Sweden had
in 1898 4764 factories, employing 1l2.O3l Ia
borers
Thirty labor organizations have drawn up
a platform and are making arrangements to
enter politics this year.
The woolen factories Of this country are
mostly located in New York, New England.
PENNSYLVANIA and New jersey.
Hop-pickers have formed union to en-
force their demand for the restoration OF
their former wages, reduced last year.
The Order of Railway Telegraphers pay to
its grand officers alone SO, 900 salaries each
year and feels that it gets the money back IN
benefits.
The International Cooperative Congress
at London has passed a resolution advocat-
ing greater activity in the establishment OF
cooperative workshops.
The name of every telegraph operator who
figured in the American Railway Union strike
is openly announced by the Western Union
to be on the black list.
The wages of the Etna Mills employees at
Bemis. Mass, have been increased five per
cent. The action is entirely voluntary on
the part Of the mills management.
Seventeen thousand mill workers went on
strike at Dundee, Scotland. They agreed to
resume work if granted five per cent. in
crease in wages. instead of ten per cent.
Mrs. Thomas Lewis, wife of poor coal
miner of Knightsville, Ind, has just heard
that she is the sole heir to 100000 left by
an'uncle in California, Of whom she had not
heard for thirty years.
The Window-Slass Workers Wage Com
mittees Of the Eastern, Western and North
eTn Districts met at Atlantic City, n. j.. and
completed the wage scale. It calls for FL
teen per cent. advance along the entire list
NJ. Thivrier, the French "workngman"
Deputy, has Just died He made it point
to appear in the Chamber in workingman's
blouse. and had once really been a miner,
but long before his election had given up
work.
The Countess Cacilia Plater-Zybeck. one
of the wealthiest women in Russia, has been
enrolled in the guild of master tailors OF War
saw. She is at the head of the cutters
school in that city and does much to help to
the poor.
The Newmarket (N. q. Manufacturing
Company has increased wages ten per cent.
This company has run through the hard
times without a shut down, and has paid its
help in cash every week. The increase af-
fects all operatives.
The Bulletin Of the American Iron aud
Steel Association says thar during the month
of June the steel rail mills Of this country
received orders for no. 900 tons Of steel rails. :
Not for many years have so many rails been
ordered in one month.
The employees Of the Franklin Copper
Mine, Houghton. Mich, have had their
wages restored to the figure paid before tho
cut caused by the panic of 1888. A general
cut was made then in all the copper mines OF
the lake district. The example of the
Franklin was speedily followed by eight
other mines
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
NORTH CAROLINA FACTORIES.
The State Has Twice as Many Cotton
Factories as in 1890.

The State Agricultural Department
at Raleigh Issued specially valuable
bulletin giving lists of all manufnctur
ing enterprises in North Garelina.r
That portion of it which is of greatest
interest is in regard to cotton milk.
This shows that, eleven mills ase now
in course of construction, that the
stock in eight more has been sub
scribed and that l49 are now in opera
ton, spinning or weaving. Besides
these, there are twelve knitting mills,
one silk mill, one towel mill, four bag
mills and one mandatory of sash
cord and cording. There are thirteen
woolen mills in operation. The total
. OF all is 1872; Alamance county leads,
having % cotton mills; CASTOR has 81,
Randolph Is and Mecklenburg Is.
There are mills in Al of the 96 coun
ties. There are reported $4,000 looms
and 1856, 600 spindles.
Henry G. Hester, secretary of the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange, has
sent Governor Carr the following tel
egram: 81 congratulate you and the
people of North Carolina on her re-
markable progress in cotton manufac.
ture. She is now practically equal to
South Carolina, the largest cotton
consumer IN the South. By the actual
census of mills North Carolina has
consumed of this years crop 227,00o
bales, All increase of 55, 1000. over last
year. She has new spindles which
may be brought into play in 1S95-'96
which, with fair trade condition, should
increase her total to at least 259, 900.
In 1890, North Carolina consumed
ia, 200 bales. So your State has prac-
tically doubled her cotton manufac-
tures within the rast FIVE years.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
Labor.

At Philadelphia. Pa. the firm of Gaulbert,
McFadden & Caskey. proprietors of the Fair
Hill Iron Works. have announced an increase
of 10 per cent il the wages of their nen, to
go into effect at once. This is the second
advance of 10 per cent made by this Arm
within year, the first having been given
some months since.
The parade at Washington in honor Of
Labor Day occupied the principal streets of
the national capital all the forenoon. Many
thousand representatives Of organized labor
turned out in procession, making display
which. for diversity and attractiveness. has
never been equalled on like occasion in
Washington. Fully two-thirds of the trades
in line were uniformed.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
WEATHER-CROP BULLETIN.
Director Bauer Has Issued the Follow
ing Interesting Bulletin.

ing Interesting Bulletin.
The past week was characterized by
its excessive heat, which, with the wet
condition of the ground and generally
light winds, gave the weather hot.
house condition and with similar
forced growth to crops. Corn profited
by those conditions, and that of latest
planting is now fully or nearly ripe, so
that now the entire corn crop is fully
made and entirely independent of heat,
cold, drought or rain, except so far as
those conditions would affect gathering
and housing it. Cotton in places grew
too mich to weed under forced growth,
and on light sandy land growth ceased
and the plant is turning yellow and
shedding its leaves as we'll as its
shapes. Small field crops made won
derful growth and arc generally in ex-
cellent condition. The showers of the
week hindered rice harvest some.
what
There were two or three local wind
storms that damaged crops, in the
vicinity in which they occurred, to a
small extent; and bottom lands in
Lancaster County were flooded and
some corn ruined. In Aiken County
much swamp corn Was drowned in the
freshet of the previous week, but the
sum total Of the damage to crops is
comparatively Insignificant.
The reports, with but few excep-
tions, state that the weather was I'M.
favorable for cotton which continues
to shed freely in all portions of the
State, the rust has become more
general during the week. Boil worms
are not reported from any but Edge
field County, where, however, they
have done much injury already.
Cotton is opening freely over the
entire State, but picking has not been
actively begun in the western coun-
ties, but will be during the present
week. The bolls are said to be of
large size generally and the staple as
a rule of high grade.
Fodder pulling is fast nearing COM
pletion in all but the extreme north
ern portions of the State. A great
deal of fodder was damaged by the
rains and the weather generally was
unfavorable for curing. The hot
moist weather of the past week
ripened corn very fast and has made
the crop.
The harvesting of rice has been
pushed in the Georgetown and lower
coast regions, but was hindered con-
siderably by showery weather. The
grain is said to be full large and
yielding WE'LL Some4stpland rice
harvested; the crop -11g.sa. very fine
The tobacco crop has about all been
gathered eand~far ezjubilant as
the sales progress, showing remunera-
tive results.
Peas are generally doing finely.
Sorghum boiling well under way and
the yield ofsyrup satisfactory.
Sweet potatoes doing well, but run
ming too much to vine.
Late fruit excellent, and the apple
crop in Greenville county promises to
exceed the best of former years. Pas
turage excellent. Peanuts, turnips,
also good crops.
Lands being prepared for winter
vegetables and oats.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07

Francisco Railway, and was perfectly will
ing to 90 into an arrangement Of that kind.
But in this age OF bloomers and new women
Mrs Stewart promptly put her boot down
on any such policy and declared that she
wanted the Office. 20. can run the Office
with my SON. said Mrs. Stewart. 'He is
now Chief Deputy and can greatly assist
me-"
The Missouri law in regard to women
holding Office is vague. If Mrs. Stewart
should be elected to fill out the uneXpirel
term the legality of her position would come
10 an issue Mrs Stewart is a woman of
about forty-fve. short and rather heavy.
She is Sood-lookins and intelligent. She
has not been identified with any Of the
womens rights movements in Springfield
She is womanlv woman, but can be firm
enough to act as Sheriff If duty demands.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
SIX MEN HELLO RESPONSIBLE.


Blame Placed for the New York City
Building Disaster.
TIE inquest into the cause OF the collapse.
in New York City. Of the Ireland building.
through which. on August 8; fifteen men lost
their lives. was brought to conclusion: The
Jury, after consultation lasting more than
four hours. returned verdict fixing the
blame on six Of the men connected with the
erection 0: the building and e1onerating
Joseph Guider. the plasterer. and Jetferds
E. Sitlocs.
The jury found that the building was put
up with a criminal disregard for he1man
life. They charged that the responsibility
for the collapse rests upon the architect.
Behrens: the. builder, Parker; his master
mason. Murray; his general superintendent.
Walker: the assistant to Behrens. ioucate.
and the Building Inspector. Buckley.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
DEATH OF FOUR CHILDREN.
Three From, RattleS 1akes' Bites and One
by DrIwning.

Three From. Rattles aakes' Bites and One
by Dr,wning.
Three children OF widow name jenkins,
living at Sullivan. NJ. While 1T play went
to place ,,ear the barn to gather eggs. The
place was rather out Of the way -aaf danger
Gus. owing to snakes, which are numerous
in that region. One child thrust its hand
into what it supposed was the hens nest and
quickly withdrew it. eXclaiming that the hen
had pecked It's hand. The other two chill
dren put IN their hands with the same result,
and then set upa;loud cry. The mother was
at the we'll with her infant, and the alarm so
excited her that she left the child and ran to
the assistance Of the three older ones, who
hap been bitten by q .rattlesnake. During
the excitement the infant fell into the we'll
and was drowned: The three children died
SOON afterwards
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
LATEST NEWS
IN BRIEF.
GLEAN1NGs FROM MANY POINTS.
important Happenings, Both Home
and Foreign, Briefly Told.
VIII Deliver the Opening Address.

Judge Emory Speer, OF the United States
Court for the Southern District of Georgia,
has accepted the invitation to deliver the
opening address at the Cotton States and In
ternational Exposition. In his letter to
President Collier Judge Speer says: "I beg
you to convey to the boa my high sense OF
the honor they have conferred. I accept
with pleasure their invitation, so kindly and
cordially supported byyour own expressions.
Indeed. am unaffectedly happy to be con-
nected with an occasion auspicious for Geor-
gia and the South, and instinct with the
vitality and patriotism OF your great, broad
minded municipality"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
Wire Rome 1900 Years Ola.

While conducting q series OF testa
with 100 ton testing machine at the
Yorkshire College iu England, which
included the testing of steel wire
rope. Professor Goodman stated that
such ropes were not modern inven'
fion. and that he had recently seen
bronze wire rope one-half inch in
diameter and from twenty to thirty
feet which had been found buried IN
thc ruins Of Pompeii and which must
nave been ut least 1900 years DID,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
FIRST WOMAN SHERIFF.
Mrs. Stewart Has Been Appointed in Mis-
sourl to Succeed Her Husband.

Mrs. Helen c. Stewart has been appointed
by the County Court to succeed her husband
as Sheriff of Greene County. Mo. She will
serve until the unexpirel term is filed out
by the election of Sheriff to take the place
OF her husband. who died in the harness.
The indications are that Mrs. Stewart will
be nominated and elected al the polls I" sue
ceed herself.
An effort was made to have the County
Court appoint her brother to the place. who
would turn over the fees to Mrs. Stewart.
Her brother is William D. Garwood. general
baggage agent Of the st. Louis and SAP
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
Disasters. Accidents, Fatalities.

At Centra! City, Col, the accidental food
ing of the Americus and Sleepy Hollow
mines caused the death Of sixteen miners by
drowning.
Libertyville, small town thirty-iye miles
from Chicago, narrowly escaped total de
struction by fire Saturday morning. Fifteen
buildings burned. Loss, $4,000.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07

The Sauit ste. Marie Canal, between
Lakes Huron aud Michigan. now car
ries 20,000,000 tons year, or twice
the weight that passes Though the
'Suez Canal annually.