The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
KILLED BY EMERY STONE.
Largest Cargo Of Cotton That
Ever Left Wilmington.
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W1LMINGTON,#N n. ca. December 81
The bursting OF an emery stone at the
factory OF Mr.. j. r. Council, in Columbus
county. Tuesday afternoon. was the cause
OF the death Of John Wesley Long. aged
nineteen years. aEwcll known young man
or that section. While grinding some
tools the stone burst, a piece OF it strik-
Ing the young man on the back OF the
neck The blow was Of sufficient force
to break his neck. Death resulted In
stantly.
Mrs: H.. "A. East, Of tits city. left TO-
day for Danyile. Va, on account of the
death Of her brother Mr.. o. G. Minter,
who was killed yesterday afternoon on
the Southern in a head-on collision. near
SIanville. Minter was a fireman on one
of the engines in the collision
Mr.. David Sinclair. Il prominent young
man OF this city. and clerk in the At
slantic Coast Line offices, narrowly cs-
capped n tragic death to-day.HIn attempt
ing to catch a wild Texas pony which had
gotten away from the pen and was dash
Ing up the street. Mr.. Sinclair stepped
out into the street and caught a rope that
was tied or to the animal. No sooner
had he done so than lie was thrown to
tho ground and dragged nearly a hundred
yards Fortunately he succeeded In re-
wrapped around his arm. or he would
have been killed. He escaped with several
severe bruises and his clothes were torn
almost completely from his back.
+ Inc largest cargo of cotton ever cleared
from the port OF Wilmington was shipped
ftc-day&to Jiverpool on the British steam
ship Anglo Saxon The cargo consists Of
17.2:S bales. weighing S417,S46 pounds. and
valued at ss6o, 600. The largest cargo ever
~ 1. tNF ft,r,a
was shipped last Dece nlber on the same
vessel which carried at chat time 1900
bales. One remarkable thing about the
present cargo Is the excellent manner In
which tile staple is slowed In the ship.
The vssHel has a tonnage Of 2.67l, and for
each ton there Is an average of 3.174
pounds. or more than six bales. The cx-
Srorters. Mcssrs, Alex. Spatmt and Son..
have not their equal in this country in
the loading OF a ship with reference to
utilizing every Inch of available space.
Tho Anglo Saxon went over the bar to-.
day drawing twenty-one feet OF water.
THE Angola Lumber Company, of VIII
smington Is doubling the capacity Of Its
plant. Increasing It from 10000 to 1o0, 600
feet a day. The new machinery has ar
rived and Is being installed.
The Waccan1aw Land and Lumber Com
.pany yesterday took charge Of the plant
OF the Chadbourn Lumber Company. of
This city which was purchased by them
about a. month ago for $4,000. The plant
Is to be great ycnlarged at an early date
and the company will begin at once TO-
arrange for cutting timber from their
vast area OF nearly three hundred acres
of land In Brunswick, Columbus and
Bladen counties.
The Weed Dlstlll!ng Manufacturing
Company a new corporation. which has
recently settled here, expects to erect a
lumber mill Of about $1,000 feet capacity.
* portion Of the plant Is already on the
ground and is being put together. The
company will manufacture paving blocks
ana the lumber mill will do the saving.