Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1901-06-27

cent. ONcI May VI IdSl ,SCtit NiI'i ~
per cent. over May of 1899. y feat
urr OF this improvement Il the FAC
that it il confined to M ole product
but thai the rXpurts are more varlrt
than they have ever been before. -
While cotton naturally Leads, thu
value Of he wheat exports increasct
thrcriuId aud flour iiuuriuiu, and i
WAS tho same all the way down the
line. The exports of cuttUnS"cd UI
doubled in value and those of cotton
seed mad" Il healthy advance. Dur
ing the iuuuth produce was shipped
To II countries. England, IL USUAL
took ulur" than amy ct the uttIrr~
but its commercial prrpuurlrranC'
Was less marked than in the past, amt
ilS -har" IF The New Orleans export.
to foreign countries Wa well uuuGl
nur-lhirrI. Grrunuuy came SECOND
then the Netherlands, Italy, Fraucr
Spain, Denmark and Cape Colony
follow my in The order nuuurd. The
Latin AiurrIrau trade nruuuut"u Il
SOL ,nl9, AhIi;. ;hr yuulio rNpurird Il
Cuba aud Porto liiru Amounted |,
SI:i.. i;G /. thu chief exports being al
Louisiana pruduCta.
SUtI ANAL TEAFFC.-T The Sur1
canal traffic in 1900 Was but LITTLE
less than that Of 1899, which VA, OK
crpliunal. Events ia China Obliged
the powers tn send out many ships
despite the bad economic situation.
The receipts were yi,Onu, ono francs,
or hut 6IO. OIm francs less than last
year. TINS WA, on II capitalization,
Including al! improvements up to tbs
end Of >g9, of :l>G. G79. lbs francs. -
A. the net profit l. ~ UuU, 900 francs,
the >luckhultlrra are evidently get
ting 1t yurd return. The total mum
bier Of vr--riS travCr5ing the canal
was 3,Iil, of which ,935, Or over
one half, were British. The rivals
of England III Cnmmrrcr--the
United State, and GcrUiauy---rnt
through the canal the one -, the
other l62 ships. y loan of $.,nUD,-
OuL Is To- hc issued to provide for i'm
pruvru"mt~.
REV. DH. ID. ). HAMMOND, pre-
siding elder of the N. r.. Church
South, preached at i: mis- h SSsh
on Barren creek, near
Sunday night the 18th. Nltc
vice hr went 10 the home Of Ghas.
Samples. After the family retired
Il gang Of four drunken rutiianS
forced their way into the house and
with chairs ami rluba beat and Srri
uil~ly injured Mr.. Samples and his
sou. Dr. Hammond, hearing lie,
nuio", jumped out ut bed and walled
into the fight. He j. strong and
muscular, aud IN Il few minutes had
two of the men IN their backs plead
ing for mercy, while the other two
fled. His paiatmaI Wcr" covered with
blood, and pools Of il stood on The
floor, but The minister Was unhurl
and preached again the next night
unmul"Stru.
\ STATEMENT given out by the
Cuuni-~lulirr of Pensions shows
that the total number Of claims filed
ON account Of the war with Spain Is
t3,S7i, and thai 1923 of them had
been granted up To May 81. For he
eleven months ending on that date
lbG ucnSiurl- were granted on account
OF wars prcvIuiI- Ia Tho civil Mar,
and :nI,:5bN on arCuuut OF iii" civil
var. rtr fiscal year ending Iun"
80, will show AL increase iii III" total
uu'ut,rr Of names Uu the pension
rolls over the previous year, but the
exact iigurr~ ar" not yet available.
1'h" Cnunnl..:iunrr Of Pensions say
that the al Subtraction Of original
claims. which ware from Il year and
Il half to- two years anal ii half be
hind four years ago, will hc up /"
date toy til" first ri July.
ME CAMrEN's BIZ. SLICE. In
connection with the recent immense
coal deal in the l'airmunt region it
is stated that ex-senator }. y. Cam
den, who had large individual utter
rstS in that field, disposed Of all his
holdings, which arc considered the
most valuable of any tina; were in
rlluled in the deal. IT X stated by
parties no profess to know that the
-tinut.tihIS ,,I' IN. Cntltruf.t hot NL,,Crl