The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-05-25
SOUTHERN COTTON SPINNERs MEET
An Important Gathering Of Mill Men =,
Charlotte,


The third annual session NJ thu
Southern Cotton Spinners' Association
met In Charlotte last Thursday. There
were over 100 prominent cotton mill
men IN attendance, representing every
eecsion OF the South, while q number
OF commission men from Northern cit.
les were also present. About fftv
new members were elected. This was
one OF the most successful and largely
attended convention yet held by the
Association.
The meeting was called to order by
PRESIDENT ID. A. Tompkins, who ad.
dressed the Association AZ follws:
AN association of manufacturers
should be founded upon the basis of a
sentiment expressed by Robert Y.
Hayne, who speaking upon the subject
OF Few Railroad said:
81 know OF nothing except the
Christian religion that can be com.
pared with the influence of free So
cial and commercial intercourse for
soitening asperities, removing prejr.
dices, extending knowledge aud pro.
noting human happiness
"Ihe purpose OF this association is
TO promote free social and commercial
intercourse. 1t is no part of its pur.
pose to undertake any sort of control
OF the business of its members.
Whatever actions may be taken will
relate to general subjects as fey ex.
ample, freight rates, export trade, and
such like subjects. Chambers of
Commerce and Boards of Trade exist
IN all parts Of the world to bring
about cooperation of special manu-.
featuring interests for the general
benefit OF the interests represented,
These organizations do not undertake
to control businesses Of individuals OF
corporations, and yet Legislative bod.
les In this country and abroad confer
with these organizations as to proper
legislation relating to trade and man.
ufacturers.
At the afternoon session the follow
ing officers were elected for the en-
suing year:
President-Dr. j. H. McAden, Char.
lotte.
Vice President-J. P. Verdery, Au
gusts, Ga.
Secretary and Treasurer George B.
Hiss, Charlotte.
Mr.. E. H. Sanborn, representing
the National Manufacturers Associa.
ton, delivered lecture before the
Spinners' Association. He told
how the United States are rap.
idly extending their export
trade to all parts of the world,
and said that gain of S20,OOO,OOO
had been made in our commerce dur
ing the past year. Mr.. Sanborn said
this country is now rapidly approach
ing Great Britain in her commercial
interests abroad. He ehowed steriop-
tican pictures of the goods on exhibi-
ton by the Association in Caracas,
Venezuela, as we'll as the foreign ports
IN which the United States trade is
extending. The convention then,
after some routine business, adjourned.
A banquet was held at the Central
Hotel, at which 200 mill men were
present.
An unusually large attendance at the
Teachers Assembly at Morehead City,
June 1918, is predicted by State Su-
perinteEdent of Public instruction
Mebane, who is deeply interesting
himself in the matter.
The State printers have begun the
the delivery of the laws and Senate
journals of 1899.
Suit has been brought in Burke
Superior Court by Jacob w. Deal
against j. d. Elicit, the Hickory con.
tractor, for $1,000. Deal was injured
by the falling of a stairway in the new
blind institution at Raleigh while
working for Elliott, who was the con-
tractor.
Bill Lone, who went to Cuba with
tn, First North Carolina Regiment
has presented Sheriff Mcdowell. of
Burke county, with fine specimen OF
the Cuban knife. 1t has blade about
10 inches in length. The knife closes
like an ordinary pocket knife, and by
some peculiar arrangement of the lock
spIing the knife makes terrible graf
ing noise when the blade is opened
that gives one cold chill. The han
die is of brass.
Both Legs May Come Off.
Two negro men on Mr.. j. r. Wal
lace's place in Mecklenburg county,
get into q dispute, which ended in jim
Hanes empting two loads of shot into
Doc Johnston's legs. DR.. g. E.
Walker was summoned und he says the
legs will have to be amputated.
President John G. Kilgo preached
the dedicatory sermon of Shiloh churct
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