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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-18
STONE MASONS

OF FL Qdso Have Incorporated.
Special dispatch to the HERALD.
AUSTIN, July 18.-The stone ma
sons Union of Ell Paso has been char
tered.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-18

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, July 1S.-
The government has made offers for
charsering the following steamers for
use rs transports in the China service
Zaslandia, Ohio, Senator. City of Peru,
City OF Sldney, City Of Pr kin. Col
China, City of Puebls, and Australia.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14

moment. When it does that IL cease.
10 oe DtmOcratic. And il it vcers tC
eaten every favoring breeze it will soor
ne as FAR from its original moorings as
the Republican party Ia from It's.
seven million voters revere the
doctrine OF Jefferson and al yOcate his
principles. These men will not abap.
don their belief to please u mino, ity of
tue party. Tho majority rules in a
repu oiic and in our party. The major
lty will continue to rule.
NO one can say on what issues the
next battle will be fought. The prin-
ciples of our party Are immutabIe /.
issues are created by conditions. The
republican party has been invested
with solemn trust. 1t will be held to
the stricte3t accountability. thas the
PRESIDENT and both branches OF Con.
gress. 1t will make the laws and exc
cute them. Upon it's wisdom and upon
the economic conditions that develop
VIII the issue OF the next battle de pend.
The next Democratic conve ntion
Will consider all pending issues and
SUBJECTS and frame q platform. 1t will
De u Democratic, a Jetrersonian one
ana al true Democrats will stand upon
1t. Those who do not wish to 10 so
can stand on the Rep iblican platform
Undoubtedly the men who call
themselves Democrats, but who have
oSen Republicans during the last two
national campaigns, will not be per.
mltted to detine the Issues and shape
pollGles for the Democratic party.
believe the present organiZ atom
Will control. 1t exists in every hamlet.
Town aud county in the nation. 1t is
honest. 1t will go right ahead, jus. 4,
II has done during the last four ar,.
Mr. Bryan is undoubtedly Il pres
rnt the natural leader OF the pr pie.
tie bas an immense following, to whom
MS sincerity. honesty and patriotism
are an inspiratiOnN
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14

AN AUTHOR WHO is A HEROINE
Halle Ermine iives, the author of the
new sensational novel, "A Furnace of
Earth" Is one Of the few women living
VINO mold life pass over an American
railroad. She gained this distinction
oy an act OF courage and herolsm.
some years ago, when quite a Young
glrl, Miss lS,ves was travelling over the
Monon Route from Chicago to Louis
Vile, whom the train was wrecked.
The engineer, David Pope by name,
was buried beneath the debris OF the
baggage car badly mangled but con-
scious. His face was uncovered but
his body was pinned down by the burn
ing Wreckage. His sufferings were
so terrible that several of the women
passengers tainted and the men turned
sick. Miss Rives alone knelt by him
bathing his face and cheering him
while the trainmen worked desperate
~ to release him. No surgeon was on
the train and she herself with towels
and splinters set his broken leg and sc-
companied the unconscious man and
relief train to ihe hospital. Pope
afterwards recovered. When the az
lalr came to the official knowledge OF
the road the president visited Miss
ltlves to thank her personally and the
directors voted her pass for life upon
that line.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14

replied. | saw the twinkle In his eye
Well" said he, 81 thought that il
you were determined to have it bad
Just as well give 1t to you now" and he
handed me tho certificate with the
transfer already written. don't know
what 81 d, but he enjoyed my embAr.
rassmeut. What - considerete man he
was. remember that few months
alter he sent six OF the family negroes
up To our house one morning before we
got up. We heard them talking on the
front steps and my wife asked me to
get up and see what they wanted
ihey informed me that "old master
told them he had given them to me
ana Miss Octavia and to come up here !"
They were all servants who had long
SAID that when Miss Octavia got mar
ried they were gwine to live with her.
mat WAS the usual patrimony of slave
owners to their children. We had no
use Tor them, and sent them back with
a kind note begging the Judge to keep
them for us awhile longer. Some years
after that Mr.. Lincoln set them free
and to tell the truth | am glad Of 1t,
Tor they were always care and an ex.
pense.
Now, while | writc our train has
reached Union Point and [ RENE m Der
when we college boys used to tako the
tandem mule train from here to Athens.
| was an all day journey, for it took us
eight hours to make the forty miles,
but we rode on top and had lots OF fun
and plenty OF good things to eat that
our mothers had provided. Yes, love
20 ruminate about those good old times
hen everything had rOseate hue
and we wrote love letters to our sweet.
hearts and reveled in loves young
lrcam. BILL ARP.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATloN
me Governor Alludcs to the Good
Feeling Among the People and to
the Progress OF the State I'm Eyary


me Governor Alludcs to the Good
fceIing Among the People and to
the Progress OF the State i'm Every
Direction.
The Governor has Issued proclama-
Clon Tor the observance OF Thanksgiv.
ing Day In this State, aud urges that
the people assemble in their churches
ana give thanks to Almighty God for
continued mercies aud blessings. Gov.
MGoweeney' proclamation reads as
follows:
In the Providence of God we have
oeen spared as 8 people and q State
too another year. Peace and prosperi-
W, hea'th and happiness have been
vouchsa!ed to US. We have not been
VISITED by plague or pestilencc. The
iaooF oi our hands has been attended
with success and tho State has grown
IN material wealth. New mapufactur-
Ing enterprises have sprung up and we
are laat becoming q great Manufacture
ing people. The husbandman has boen
perMiIteu to plant and to reap, and en-
JOYS The fruits Of his labor. There Is
good feeling among ali our people and
progross in all good and worthy deeds
Is evidenced on every hand Education
ana Christianity go hand in hand; our
| colleges and schools are filled and the
| cultivation OF the head and the heart is
keeping pace with the material, de-
velOpment Of tho State.
TO the end therefore, that we NAV
with thankful hearts show our appre-
clation OF the many blessings which we
| ENJOY and the tendcr care OF our
Heavenly Father, |, NJ, b. McSweeney,
governor of the State OF South Caro-
lima, in conformity with the proclama
tion of the president OF the United
States, do hereby appoint anG set apart
thursday, the 10Th day of November,
l9OO, as day of thanksgiving and
prayer, to be kept and observed by all
the people Of this State.
| advise that al public Offices be
closed ana all private business and
'aoor OF every kind cease, and that our
people assemble in their respective
peaces OF worship and give thanks t;
him who Is the giver OF every good ant
perfect gilt, for the scedtime aod tn,
harvest, and that they beseech HIM II
humility to continue His goodness an(
gracious foroearanco. That they alst
remember the poor and the fatherles+
Tor we are told that 1T Is more blessed
10 give than to receive, and every gif
, TO these will go to our credit in tn,
great book OF rem entrance.
, In testimony whereof | have here
unto set my hand and caused the grea
seal of the State Of South Carolina Il
be affixed. Done at the capitol. in tn
t city OF Columb bta. this 10Th day OF N
, vem her, a. D., 1900.
BY the Governor:
1 NJ. b. MCSwEENEY.
' NJ r. COOPER,
/ Secretary Of State.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14
COMMANDER HUNTS STAFF.
The New state Organization Of tn,
Sons of Veterans

Ahe new state organization Of the
Sons of Veterans.
At the last annual reunion OF the
Sons OF Veterans, Col. Walter III. Hunt,
OF NeWberry, was unanimously elected
ommander-in-chief OF the South Caro-.
lima division, United Sons OF Confedcr-
ate Veterans. In every sense the hon
or was worthily bestowed. Col. Hunt
was not present at the meeting and
knew nothing OF what his comradcs
had done until a telegram Informed
him OF this high mark of their trust and
appreciation. The Sons of V seran as
did good work when they elected their
commander. Col. Hunt is one OF the
strongest and most Influential OF the
prominent young Carolinians, and he
wants to work to advance the higher
interest OF the organization which he
has the honor to command.
Commander Hunt issued his first
special order announcing his staff as
follows:
Headquarters South Carolina Division,
United Sons Of Confederate Veterans
Newberry, S. c., Nov. 81, 1900.
| Special order No. 1.
L. Having been elected commander
in-chief of the South Carolina Division
! Sons OF Confederate Veterans, hereb,
assume command OF this organization
| III. In accordance with article 5, sec
tion % and article 6 section q OF tn,
constitution, the following division
stsff is hereby appointed and tn,
officers named will at once enter upoI
the duties OF their respective positions
j. E. Norment, Darlington, division
adjutant and chief of staff
w. E. Gonzales, Columbia, divisio
inspector.
ID. g. Hayward, Walterboro, divisio
quartermaster.
j.. Il. Park, Greenwood, division con-
missary.
IL. b. Carlisle, Spartanburg, divisio
judge advocate.
DR.. z. G. Ellison, Newberry, divis o
surgeon.
Rev. w. T. Capers, Anderson, divi
ion chaplain.
WALTER Fl. HUNT,
Division Commander.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14
NEGRO LABOR IN COTTON MILL.
FIRST Years Operation OF the Vesta
Mills In Charleston Under Present
MaDa2ement.

First Years Operation OF the Vests
Mills In Charleston Under Prcsen,
| Mana3ement.
The Charleston Evening Post saws
tne Vesta cotton mills, the only cotton
MILL that Is operated by negro labor in
thls State. and one Of the few mills
| IN the country that is run with colored
help, Is now running on full tine ang
| IN manner that Is the most satisfac
tory to the management of the com
Dany. There is only one other mill in
the United States that s operated en-
tlrely by negroes. This mill is located
AZ Concord, N c., and it is a success.
AT hrst 1T met with mary difficulties,
but all obstacles have been overcome
and superior grade Of cloth is b.inp
"a manufactured.
The Vesta mills, under it's new man.
agement, has been in operation nearly
year and when the Stockholders
neet, November u, Mr.. l. G Potter.
the manager and treasurer OF the com.
pany, Will doubtless be in position to
make a most favorable report and the
directors In all probability will declare
dividend.
The mill is now In better copdj.
tion than it has ever been and every.
thing Is working along most harmo
nlouSly. More than six hundred bands
are on the pay roll and they seem to
DC perfectly contented. There has
never been any labor trouble between
the operatives and the manager OF tne
mill.
The mill is being operated more suc.
cessfully now than at any time In its
hlstory, aud from what can be learned
Capt. j. II. Montgomery, the president
OF the mill, is perfectly satisfied with
the hrst years work and hopos to bring
the mill to higher state of perfection
during the next twelve months.
President Montgomery, while not q
resident OF Charleston, gives a great
deal OF his time and attention to the
mill. Lie comes down from Spartan.
ourg, his home, very often, thereby
keeping In close touch with the afr Airs
OF the mill. He knows exactly what is
required to keep the mill in successful
operation.
Mr.. l.. G. Potter, the manager and
treasurer OF the mill, resides In Char.
leston aud gives all of his time and az.
tention to the business He is a sue.
cessful mill man, having had many
years exper ience in the Spartan mills,
one of the largest mile in the South,
which ls managed by Capt. Mont.
gomery.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14

sixteen million American citizens
voted last week, larger number OF
electoi than participated In an elec-
tive contest in this country before or
In any country at any time.
The kennebec, Me-, Journal saws
that Christmas trees are already being
cut down in Washington County, Me-,
ana that the seasons output from that
section will amount to 400 carloads,
with 36O punches to a car. Each bunch
consists Of from two to six trees. The
trees are sent to New York city, where
they will retail for about ten times as
much as they are worth on board the
cars In Maine.
In Eagland lamp post has been
introduced which combines fire hy.
drant, tap and fire alarm box. The
hydrant can be used for fire alarm
purposes, filling water carts and for
street flushing, while the small tap
can be used by an individual for do
nestle water supply. There is a water
meter and siphon at the bottom, by
which the water is shut of from the
hydrant, thus preventing 1t from freez-
ing.
Suit has been entered against the
Pope and his legal representative
Rampola by Count Confalsleri for
about 81 600 600 and interest for 40
years Inc Count is the nearest rela a.
tive OF the Cardinal who died without
n will 80 far as his heirs knew. Ac.
cording to the law at that day the pro-
perty was taken by the Vatican. Re.
Gently will has been found and the
Count has entered suit for the recovery
OF the property.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14

The last day OF October closed the
fiscal year OF the State OF New Jersey.
During the year, according to the re-
port of the finance department, forty
one trusts were organized under the
laws OF the State with capital rang
ing from s. 100000 to $3.50, 900 OOO-
none are reported under five millions
and with total capitalization OF
$500 600, 900. During the last two years
the State has received from charters
ior trusts a sum amounting to q mil
lion of dollars, while in other years
the fees received from the same source
amounted to only a few thousands an.
nually. The fee for chartering a trust
company Ia 5000 on the million.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14
OUR GREATEST SPECIALIST,

For 20 years DR.. J. Newton Hathaway
has so successfully treated chronic diseas-
es that he is acknowledged today to stadn
at the head of his profession in this line.
HIS exclusive method of treatment for
Varlcocele and Structure, without the aid
OF Knife or cautery cures in 80 per cent. of
all cases. In the treatment of the loss of
Vital Forces, Nervous Disorders, Kidney
and Urinary Complaints, Paralysis Blood
Poisoning, rheumatism, Catarrh, and dis
eases peculiar to women, he is equally
successful DR.. Hathaway's practice Ia
more than double that of aDv other spec.
ialst. Cases pronounced helrIrss by other
physicians readily yield to his treatment.
He makes no charge for consultation or
advice, either at his Office or by mall.
J. Newton Hathaway, NJ. d., 22X South
Broad street, Atlanta, Gar
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14
", F.. DcPass. as attornev ,or Ioi

". f. Dcpass, as attorney !or Joi3y
Brown, has entered suit against the
Southern Railway Company in the sum
OIL 42, COO damages for the killing Of her
husband, Martin Brown, by railway
train of this company on the 18th Of
September. The death occurred at
Blatrs, on the Ashoville and Columb' 8
division.
John JACOB As.or, OF New York,
Will spend the winter in Aiken.
Several houses in Aiken have rented
for the winter for from 81 800 to So. 400.
The total registration OF qualified
voters In Hawaii this year is IL ZIG
about 5000 moro voters than are re.
gistered In the town OF Canton, Presi.
dent McKinley's home.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14
NJ R. COOPER,
Secretary Of State.

ELECTRIC HEADLIGHTS.--Ei electric
headlignts for railway locomotives are
conllng very generally into use AMI are
paying for themselves in saving the
railway companies large sums former.
ly paid for cattle killed on the track.
The light will show COW or horse ut
aquarter OF a mile on a dark night.
With good clean reflector the inten.
sity OF the light is about 600 candle
power. On the front OF the locomotive
boiler, just aft OF the smokestack, is
located small dynamo and steam
turbine, the whole coupled. together
and enclosed in watertight casing
TO light up the engineer simply turns
on steam, the apparatus absorbing
about IL horse power when in opera
tion. With one trimming OF carbons
the headlight will burn eight hours
without further attention.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14

"A company has been formed and
has made application for charter to
build a railroad from McBee, Chester.
field CounEy, to Monroe, NC. Both of
these poinis are on the lines OF the
Seaboard Air-Lin'. The length of the
proposed connecting link is twenty five
miles, twenty OF which are In this State.
q n 80 rC e:D TR. Il n.
Bears tho ~ The Kind You Have Always Bought
''S's'''' . &NIzlzMx
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14

1t Ia stated that evary member Of
the South Carolina Conference, M. f..
Church, will attend the annual con-
ference at Chester, which meets on the
28th inst. Bishop Hargrove will pre-
side. Homes have been found for sll
comers. The Methodists have lately
finished a SIT, 800 church in Chester.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14
Makes
The Food
More
Healthful

and healthfulness of its ingredients.
Royal Baking Powder leavens the
TODD perfectly by its own inherent
power without changing or impairing
any OF the elements of the -four.
Thus the hot-breads, hot-rolls
and mullins, and the delicious hot
grlddle-cakes raised by the Royal
Baking Powder are wholesome and
dlgestible, and may be eaten without
distress, even by persons of delicate
digestion.
Alum baking powders low priced as alum costs but
TWO cents pound but alum is "A corrosive poison and
1t hrenders the baking powder dangerous us. in food
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO. WILLIAM ST.. NEW YORK
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14
A woman will never admit that she
La nRat thirty I'LL ahn Ia nunr oIuhu

III "OrHaH VIII HGVeT HuIHlC tHAt ShG
is past thirty till sho is over sixty.
"A company with half million
dollars capital Is being formed In
Columbia to connect all the indie
pendent telephone lines In the State.
-Thos. G. Scott, who has been fore
man and man OF all work at the
Thornwell Orpha mage, Clinton, for the
past twenty years, has resigned his po.
sition.
@ "a - X q RTA..
Bear. tho ~ The Kind You Hare Always Boueh
''S1a'''' % IrzHZglzMx
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14
Royal Baking
Powder

Royal Baking Pow
der possesses pecu-
liar qualities not
found in other leav-
ening agents, which
arise from the supe-
rior fitness, purity
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-20
Whale & Disturber.

Iaat year the sardine fishery on tue stseayan coasts was a good deal spoilt by the presence of a large whale, which seemed to have got itself seor- nered" in the wedge of the bay of which the Bidassoa's estuary makes 4he apex. All the sea here, for some thing like 200 miles out. is shallow. so one can imagine the commotion that rather badly flustered whale would make on finding himself threat ened by stranding among the sardfne population. Naturally enough she fishery did not prosper with suea large disturbing influence about. But 1t is not little singular that this year again, so far as the season has gone, little has been doing, and surely this cannot be occasioned by fear of last years whale. But whatever the reason, the fact is too true that the sound of the lookout mans horn has been seldom heard (they post a man on vateh for sardines in the bay whose duty it is to sound his horn on fheir appearance, to summon the fish ermen to the boats), even though the ceremony of the "Interlo de los sar- dlnos'' has taken place. with all it's childish pageantry, in all the Biscayan villages that the sardine fishery con- serRs. Luckily the Basques are not wholly dependent upon their fisher tes; but, of course. their degree of sue cess makes 3 difference to them.- Chicago News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-20
MANY PLAQUES IN AFRICA.
Both Man and Boast Are Made Miser'
 able by Natures pests.

From Ainslee's Magazine. South Ali rica exports hides, wool and mohair. and the ranehman would revei in riches Nere it not for the various pests that decimate his focks and herds
 The most deadly one Is the rinderpest, | cattle plague which in the last ten years has been slowly creeping from Central Africa southward, leaving wake of Whitened bones. In traVellng through Natal I saw fifty oxen lying lead about a spring, so suddenly had the disease attacked them. It was al most impossible to get an untinged piece of steak at a restaurant, though the proprietor resented any such charge, and a p1ethoric German trayei> CT who called out in loud tone for
 roast rinderpest" in the railroad cafe at De Aar Junction, Cape Colony, had 10 be picked up in fragments. Dr. Koch and other eminent specialists tried to stop this plague. The country is now recovering from it slowly. Another pest is the tsetse fly, an insect resembling our common house fly, but three times as large. It's bite will kill horse, COW or any other domestic animal in about ten days, but, strange 10 say, does not affect a wild animal or a human being. A less dangerous, but more troublesome, pest is the white ant, which is about one-quarter of an inch long and ubiquitous in many parts of the country. They live under the ground, and can only be routed by killing the queen, which sometimes reaches the size of one inch in length
 This insect is particularly harassing in Rhodesia. At Buluwayo my travelling companion inadvertently left his boots on the floor after turning in at night, and he arose next morning to find the uppers carefully separated from the zoles. Lucky you didn,s leave your clothes on the floor" was the hotel keepers only consolation. These ants ~iD eat through anything but metal
 and for that reason much of the bui1d
 ing is done with corrugated iron. The anthi1l Is one of the conspicuous land marks in travelling over South Africa.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-20
FOURTH IN POPULATION
Thss Is the Standing Of the United
 States Among the Nations.

EHAD9H AknoHk bhc lN6AAohSs
 There were 62. .e22, ,250 inhabitants in the United States ten years ago, ac- cerding to the last census. Secretary Eages actuary of the treasury, who is Q close guesser in matters of popula- ton, computes the present population between Maine and California, Alaska, and Key West. at 76,f48, ,000 To this must be added the peoples brought un- der the stars and stripes by the war with Spain and, by the annexation of Hawaii, to say nothing of Cuba, Porto Rico, and Guam If the Filipinos can be induced to stand still long enough to be counted they may possibly yiela 3 million or two more, but unless the actuary has made a mistake i'll addi- tion there will yet remain a vide gap between the actual and the magnificent yound number. For decade or two longer. therefore, the United States must be content to remain in the fourth place in point of population among the nations of the earth. China despite the encroachments upon her territory. still holds the lead, with 402 .000 men, women, and chil. dren within her borders; the British empire comes next, with 3S1, 1,037 ,674 subjects, including the dusky fanatics of the Soudan: and the Russian en- pfre is third. 129, ,211. .113 persons owing allegiance to the czar. No other na- ti6n. however. can show such rapid increase as that Of the United States, Geof ge Washington was president of J nation numbering fewer than 3,000, 090 individualg It took 20 years for ehe population to double In 1910 it vas 7,239,8s1. Yn 1920 it had reached onIy 9,638 .822. and 10 years later the tGtaI 12,S86. 020. From this time on it advanced by leaps and bounds Ia 1s40 1t vas 170O9, ,453, in 1850 it was g 191. SIS, tn 1860 it had reached 31,- 44s.321. and 30 years ago the census showed q population of 38, ,558, 37f. 1t asa not pass tho 50,o00,000 mark until asso when it was 50,f55,7 ,783. and the last enumeration. 1890. gave a total CT e2l 622, ,250 Pittsburg Dispatch.