The Holly chieftain., 1899-09-15

1Ork. vice preSiueHt 4ol inc StluuaEu
Oil Company. Mr.. Archbold was on
the stand and replying to statements
made by j. u. Lee of the United Pipe
Company. and other independent com.
panies. Referring to Mr.. Lees state.
ment that the Standard company had
made advances TO the Pipe Line com
pany with a view of buying II out. Mr..
Archbold said: ANY approaches on
that line have come from the o,le,
side" and he proceeded 10 say that
such advances had been made not 0nly
by Lee but by others connected with
the independent lines, including Mr.
| Phillips. I'VE have declined their Of
fers.' he said, because we considered
them illegal and. furthermore. because
of our lack of faith in the men from
whom the proposition came. hayin:
had previous experience with them"
In reply to Mr.. Phillips. he said he
did not claim that the propositions
We're unfair or unjust" but Illegal.
The Navy Department expects 10 be-
! gin the manufacture of smOkelcss pow
der at It's mills Il few miles back from
the Potomac river. near Indian Head,
within the next two or three months.
Work ON the mills has been pushed
energotically and at present about
1.20O men are employed. Already
| about dozen buildings are completed.
the electric light plant said to
be one of the finest in the world
is Installed. and the staud pipe,
100 feet high, is up. There are
ten or twelve other buildings well
along towards completion. Altogether
the group of buildings will number
twenty-four or twenty-five. with a Ca
pacity of 1000 pounds of smokeless
powder daily. This output seems large
at first thought, but one of The big
thirteen-inch guns of the Indiana uses
1000 pounds OF powder at single
shot. The various buildings of the
powder plant cover n wide area about
four miles back from the river. The
general purpose has been to keep the
buildings as far apart as the require
nents Of manufacture would permit,
in order TO avoid the danger of eN-
plOsion. For that reason there Is no
large central building. but many small
ones. each having Il distinct branch of
the powder making. They are also ar
ranged with view to the prevailing
winds. so that the risk of having the
fumes of acids borne hy the wind is
reduced to Il minimum.
Orders will be issued from the War
Department in a day or two announc-
ing the field and staff officers of two
additional volunteer regiments which
will be organized after the manner of
the so-called immune regiments sent to
Cuba last year. their company officers
and privates being exclusively colored
men. 1t Is expected that these regi-
ments will he recruited with greater
iapidity than the white regiments and
that experienced men will ill them so
quickly that the two commands will be
ready to sail for the Philippines early
in November. The addition of these
regiments TO the army almost exhausts
the quota of 3J.0O0 volunteers allowed
by Congress. There will then be TWEEN
ty-fiye regiments of 1.3OO men each.
which, with the Porto Rico naval bat.
talon of 400 men. leaves II margin of
only 1875 in the authorized strength.
or not quite enough for another regi
ment and Il half General Miles had
recommended three colored regiments
while General Otis had reported that
negroes were not desired in the Philip
pines. the friendly natives being
strongly preiudiccd against them 1t is
likely that one of the new organiZa-
tions will have its temporary quarters
! at Richmond and be commanded by
Captain William +. Duvall. First ar
tillery. who WAS major in the iuspec-
tor generals department and lieuten-
ant colonel in the ordnance corps last
year. The other regiment will proba-
bly, be organized ut Admission. A Ia
bama. All the officers have already
been selected for the two organizations
and 1t only remains for the President
to issue the commissions and for the
War Department to direct the begin
ming of recruiting
In an interview w. II. Merriam, di-
rector of the census. said in reference
to the appointment of the cnmncr-
| atOrs: "Our next great undertaking
and any branch of II work which must
reach every nook and corner. farm and
cabin in the United States is great-is
that of selecting about 5000 enumcr-
ators for taking the twelfth census.
| We are trying strenuously to prepare
for complete and reasonably perfect
census. The burden of the work of
gathering the materials for 1t, however
Will fall on the enunerators "In any
important line of private business pre-
liminary training is required of those
charged with conducting its details.
Lawyers and doctors study before they
practice their professions, and mechan-
les are required to serve thorough ap-
prenticeships before asking for Jour
neymen's work or wages. So. in my
view. those who desire to act as cen
sus enuInerators should take M the
study of census laws. schedules and
statistics. thus familarizing them
selves. as far rs possible with the de-
tails OF the work. In This way they
VIII he prepared on the list OF June
next, Ike grent and well-drilled
army. to begin their labors understand
ingly and harmoniously from ocean to