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Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1905-06-09

OK Infants slippers and
/OC, Soft sole shoes. All
the new colors, to fit
the little fat, chubby
feet.
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NEWSY GLEANINGS.

Kaiser Wilhelm II. receives from 6OO
to 100 letters and appeals daily.
A iawless 460-karat diamond has
been found near johannesburg, South
Africa.
A performing monkey named Dolly
is being treated for pneumonia at the
Charing Cross Hospital, London.
The first telegraphic longitude sta
ton in Labrador has been established
at Chateau Bay by DR.. Otto Klotz.
The Government of India will send
four graduate students to Cornell Uni
versity to take special work in agricui-
ture.
Many Chinese in Annoy were pois-
oned. owing to all attempt to smuggle
morphia into the country in q flour
shipment.
The word "smog" has been added to
the language to describe the comblna-
tion of smoke and fog which so often
darkens London streets.
George AIDES farm covers 900 acres.
He has named it "Hazelden," and it is
rear Kentland. Ind. 1t pays him eight
per cent. on his investment.
Texas, in the fiscal years 1906 and
1907, will pay 100000 to Confederate
veterans for pensions. besides expend-
ing S15i, IS for the support Of the Con-
federate Home.
Augustus Saint -Gaudens. the sculp-
tor, has completed his plans and is now
working ON the clay model OF his
statue Of Mark Hanna, which is to be
erected in Cleveland.
A club has been formed by deaf
women of Berlin. A hundred members
meet weekly in Wilhelm Strasse.
where they drink tea as they converse
in the sign language or with the aid OF
ear trumpets.
Mrs. Mildred Dewey. wife Of Ad-
m:-al Dewey, has returned to the
Twenty eighth Alabama Regiment the
flag captured at Orchard Knob during
the Civil War by her first husband
General HaZen.
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Occurrences of Interest in Various
Parts of tho State.
John Miller Convicted of Attempting
Poison.

Laurens. Special.-In the court OF
general sessions John Miller, q young.
negro farm hand, was convicted OF
administering poison with intent to
kill and was given q sentence OF ten
years in the State prison. The IN
dictment under which Miller was tried
charged Wash Carwile and Miller
with attempting to poison an entire
family, consisting of Mr.. E. W. Fer
guson, who resides near Clinton, his
wife, mother, an aunt and some OF
the colored servants and hands en-
ployed on the place, by placing in
the well, from which every one on the
premises used water, bag contain
ing snakes head, frog, lizard
and a quantity of stuff said to have
been a composition of match heads
and other things of poisonous char
acter. The fact that Mr.. Fergucon
and other members of the family be-
came i'll about the same time led to
an investigation which revealed the
presence of the horrible mixture in
the drinking water.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

The German Emperor wrote 1000 let.
ters last year.
Thomas A. Edison is said to contem-
plate an extended tour Of Europe.
Major Robert H. Montgomery, Z. S.
A. Getired), died few days ago at
his home in Washington from Bright's
disease.
Grand Duke Constantine Of Russia Is
said 20 De the most cultured Romanof
now living. He has translated Shakes
peare into his native tongue.
James ]. Hill, the railroad magnate.
celebrated his sixty-seventh birthday
on September 16 at banquet given
by Minneapolis business men.
Harry X. Devereux, Of Cleveland. is
the only living model Of the three who
posed for the famous painting, Yam
kee Doodle" portrayed by Willard.
Justin Mccarthy says that his three
objects in life have been attained.
They were: To write books, to be 4
member Of Parliament and 10 live in
London.
Frederick Theodore Camp. the archi.
tect who designed the Ocean Grove
Auditorium, died recently at his home
in Bloomfield. y. J., Of cirrhosis Of the
liver. He was fifty-siX years old.
John Grant Lawson. Chairman OF
committees and Deputy Speaker Of the
British House of Commons, on his
mothers side is the grandson Of the
original of one Of Dickens "Cheeryble
Brothers"
If Lord 1emplemore, who lately cele-
brated his eighty-fourth birthday. is
not the oldest peer he is without doubt
father" Of the House of Lords. of
which he has been member for sixty
three years.
Professor Theodore \. Schurr, who
has just died in Baltimore, was pio.
neer in the crusade against killing
birds for hat adornment. He had a
collection of birds and butterflies rep
resenting $4,000 specimens, valued ut
ohout S100 0OO
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Palmetto Briefs.

A large number of the colleges and
high schools of the State opened
last week. All of them report increas-
ed attendance and much interest.
The Southern Power Company an
nounces that it will soon begin the
building of a railroad sixty miles
long, from Harmony, station on the
Seaboard Air Line, to Camden.
A number of people attended the
farmers meeting Monday at Richland
where President Smith and Treasurer
Hyatt made enthusiastic speeches
Mai. VIM. J. Stribling was present
bv invitation and also spoke. The
meeting was we'll attended and inten-
sified the interest that means so much
to the farmers and others.
The Chester county cotton assocla-
ton will stick by their brothers else
where. At the recent meeting reso-
luton was unanimously adopted en-
dorsing the action of the Asheville
committee in fixing II cents as the
minimunl price for cotton wherever
the same is practicable.
The State of Georgia wishes to es-
tablish in this State rifle range for
the use of the troops of that common
wealth. The troops which would use
it are those from the city Of Augusta
and its location in South Carolina IS
because there is no desirable site In
Georgia adjacent to the city just men-
toned.
At a meeting of the stockholders
last week almost an entire new set OF
officers were elected for the Union and
Buffalo cotton mills.
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They as believe due 10
than previous gnerauon o
inevitably marked the most rapid ana
ordinary the world has ever kno" anu
also the artificial character OF commercial machine
caused certain dnuson
responsibility artificial
fiction that moral
which infinite good and evil has
with thousand stockholders does act Whch
while public but the of individual
sockhoder becomes attenud as 10 lose
apprecb existence while its officers who whole or part are o
responsible feel that trustees for the
is right to the "e
the corporation
than that American people have an
than modern
dbauched and that worse tnan our
the ultra Dems can make OF s
applied with infinitely force to preceding o
period national life The evils
credit side Of the ledger wha
distinguish this Industrial age!
than beore Are men ~
the contrary men OF o'her
relation the
fnancier wholly unknown to them
moneyoving people NO peo
cared less for money when earned a We
rather than desire TO hoaru
distinguishing characteristic Of the average American
has amass wealth. III
material for further
To acquire is his ambition
commercial world rests upon a de "
His capital is
unquestonab broken contracts o
with the that are Kept VIII"
scrupuous fidelity.
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Seven Men Arrested For Pendleton 8
Murder.

Abbeville, Special.-John Marion
Ashley, J. R. Moore, Josh Moore, John
Moore, Will Moore, Sam Rigby and
Hugh Bowen. charged with the kill
ing Of Allen Sendleton near Honea
Path. were lodged in the Abbeville
COUNTY Jail last week. Sheriff Lyon
stated that he was informed while OD
his way to make the arrests that the
prisoners were armed with Winches-
ter rifles and would resist arrest to
the bitter end. This did not deter
the sheriff, who proceeded to make
the arrests. which was done without
resistance. The prisoners made no
attempt to escape and submitted
willingly to arrest. All of them were
al the home of J. Marion Ashley, near
Donalds, except Hugh Bowen, who
came to Abbeville and gave himself
up to the sheriff.
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Says Hold Cotton.

Mr.. l.. D. Smith, State president
OF the Southern Cotton Association,
has given out an interview in which
be said:
Il am Just back from trip in the
eastern section of the State and find
that all OF the cotton is practically
open and in some sections gathered.
The ont turn is far below what was
anticipated before picking began.
There is no top crop at all, and the
entire picking with the force of hands
now available, will, according to the
statement of the best posted farmers,
be completed entirely by the 18th Of
October.
"The out turn of the lint from the
seed is shorter than it has been in
years.
81 wish to call attention to the
farmers Of this State to the govern
ment report issued this week, in which
it is said that there was a deterioa-
ton on sandy lands, but that the clay
lands were green and growing. This
will give some idea of the misleading
statements that are sent in officially
and unofficially to the trade, which
help to depress the market temporari-
ly.
"I have travelled over the entire
Piedmont section with the exception
of some few patches too small to be
worthy o. note. There is univer-
sally arrested development. The
squares have been shed, the leaves
are yellow, and the condition Of the
cotton generally is no better than that
in the lower section OF the sandy
lands.
"Reports are coming in that the
farmers are selling their cotton re-
gardless of the price, which is also
untrue. ] am in a position to give a
better estimate Of the South Carolina
crop, l presume, than any other one
man. l hope that l am honest enough
and fair minded enough and truthful
enough not to attempt to deceive my
self or those who have placed conf
dence in me, or trade at large; and I
unhesitatingly say that from the pres
ent indications, this is the smallest
crop that has been made on the same
acreage in four or five years. The fin
ol o,t t,,ro will ,,ro,-a what COW
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-09-28
Lake That Stores Heat.

There is lake that stores the suns
,eat at Medye. in northeastern Tran.
svlvania. Thick beds Of rock salt un.
ierlie the district and similar forma'
ton appears upon the surface in the
shape of mounds, some OF them over
100 feet in height. Amongst these the
lake rests at fully 1900 feet above sea
level. Upon the surface its water Is
almost sweet, four inches below there
Is a twentieth of salt, at two feet there
Is one-ffth and at FIVE feet the water
is practically saturated with salt.
In September, after summers sun.
shine the thermometer showed the
lakes waters to be $50 degrees four
feet down. Even by April, after a
whole season of wintry weather, 1t
had only been reduced to so degrees.
Experiments have proved that this Is
due to absorption and retention OF the
suns heat by the salt-saturated solu'
uon.-Montreal Herald.
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NASHVILLE, TENN.

Joe B. Morgan and his associates
have obtained charter of incorpo-
ration for the Warioto Cotton Mills,
with capital stock of 100000. This
company will take up its proposition
for purchasing and undermining the
Nashville Manufacturing Company
plant, which it has bought under
certain conditions pertaining to the
present lease. The general plan is to
have an equipment of 10000 spindles
and 300 looms. The company was in
corporated by Mr.. Morgan. Joseph III.
Thompson, William Nelson, Edwin
Warner and M. J. Smith.
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Textile Notes.

The Collcton Cotton Mills, at Wal
terbcro, S. C., were sold at auction
in that city recently Under order OF
the United States District Court; for
s5s.O5a. John F. Lucas, president OF
the Coileton Banking Company, &c"
ins iLe purchaser. The upset price
Was liked a: $4,000 by the court
There were two other bi'!'.sis
The Monroe IN. c. Cotton Mills
will add looms and discontinue max
ING warns. 1t is hoped to have the
changed condition in operation by
February 10Th.
The Eastman, Ga, Cotton Mills
have recently been enlarged, and will
be given every advantage possible
On October l they will open up under
reorganization, and their domestic
and export facilities will be augu-
mented because Of the fact that they
have confidence in the approaching
price of cotton.
The Brennan, Texas, Cotton Mil
is being enlarged to the extent OF one
third more than its former capacity.
A prominent capitalist and cotton
mill man from ncishboring town
was in Stasesville recently looking
over the field with view to invest
ing in a new cotton ,nill, with $780,
coo capital, that will, III al probabi-
lity, be organized there soon.
The Hatton Shoals Power Com
pany has been organized at Anderson,
S. c., with capital stock of $l5O,Ooo.
1t will provide electric power from its
plant on the Tuggalee river, l6 miles
from Anderson, for number of cot
ton manufacturing plants in the VI
cinity.
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Towill- God knows what You did

Towill- God knows what you did
when you went to Cincinnati.
Tillman-'I didn't go to Cincin-
natl, besides l had only $4,000 to buy
liquor for the whole State; / had to
buy liquor on credit because | didn t
have the money to pay for it."
''What about the request books, Mr..
Towill 9"-The reply was lost in the
noise which followed.
Senator Tillman then said he had
met Mr.. Towill on the train shortly
after his election on the board and
had congratulated him, telling him
that if he would get in the middle of
the road he would be all right, and
Towill said that was what he intend
ed to do. but that he had played the
devil doing it.
Mr.. Towill arose and said something
which was not heard by the CORES
pondent, to which Tillman replied :
II haven't charged you with steal
ing"
Il am not here for any man, but
for great issue which concerns every
home in South Carolina. The bars
have been let down one by one until
the cows have got in and ruined the
whole business" said Tillman.
When asked for statement after
the meeting, Mr.. Towill said:
"The State board in 1923 directed
attention to the matter Of the excess
of stock in the main dispensary and
in all of the county dispensaries. Nc
action was taken.
"The labels were purchased by rea'
son of the suggestion of Senator Till
man that all cheap case goods be cut
out and the estimate was made that
they would last about 10 months.
"As for the financial condition OF
the dispensary when we went in, the
$250.OOO of old stock was worked OH
by our board. The half million dollars
or more of outstanding obligations
have been paid off and today the dis
pensary is practically out Of debt. "
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-09-28
SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN
Weather Conditions Given Out by the
Department Observer.

The South Carolina section of the
climate and crop service of the De-
partment of Agriculture issues the
following official bulletin of weather
and crop conditions for the past
week:
The mean temperature for the week
ending Monday, September 18th, was
slightly below normal, due to very
cool weather early in the weel: and
warm at its close. The extremes OF
temperature were a maximum OF 10
degrees at Blackville on the 18th and
minimum of 81 degrees at Cheraw
on the 18th. There was slightly less
than the normal amount Of bright
sunshine over the southern and east
ern counties and about normal amount
in the central and western counties.
There were numerous showers over
the eastern and southern counties
and very little rain, in many places
none. over the western ones. Excess
sivc rainfall occurred in Florence and
Darlington counties. IN the latter
there were s inches recorded in q
hours. Lands were washed, streams
flooded and bridges carried away, and
crops were seriously damaged on up
lands as well as low lands. Gener-
| Ally The weeks precipitation was
Needed and proved beneficial. Over
1he western and northern counties the
ground is very dry and LATE crops
are suffering for moisture. Streams
and wells are becoming low. and it
is too dry for fall plowing and for
seeding oats.
Frequent showers interrupted farm
work along the coast and to lesser
degree in few interior southern
counties. while the weather was fav-
orable for continuous work over the
greater portion Of the State.
There was a slight deterioration in
the condition of cotton due, mainly,
to premature opening caused by rust
and drought. On sandy lands the
crop is nearly al open and most Of it
picked while over the Stale generally
it is opening fast. Growth and fruit
age have stopped, but this is i'm
material as what fruitage would be
taken on after this time would not
matur". Caterpillars have appeared
in Berkeley county on cotton, which
is the only report of damage by in
sects this week.
Late corn is in need Of rain. There
is slight deterioration of minor crops
due to want Of moisture. Over tie
western parts and sligh< improve
mrnt in the eastern portions. Fall
track has improved, and recently
planted seeds are terminating well.
Rice harvest made good progress.
Much hay and other forage was saved
in prime condition.
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CHARLOTTE, N. G.

A charter has quite recently been
obtained for another cotton mill here
with capital Of 100000. The in
corporators are Messrs. z. A. Smith
and A. H. Washburn, of this city, and
and T. G. Cox, of Taunton, Mass.
Mr.. Smith is president Of the
Chadwick and Hoskins mills and Mr.
Washburn is the Southern agent Of
the Saco-Pettee Machine shops, the
Crompton & Knowles Loom Works,
and other enterprises and is man Of
affairs. 1t is an enterprise whose sue
cess is assured.
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HOUSTON, TEX.

Inquiries have been receiver from
parties connected with two cotton
mills that are desirious of locating
here, provided the proper encourage
ment is' received. One company is
anxious to erect a $250,000 mill if
$15O,OOO is invested by local capital,
and the other is a 100000 concern,
with $4,000 capital, anxious to re-
ceive assistance from local capital
An investigation of the propositions
is being made, as it is admitted that.
Houston needs large cotton mill.
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The fiscal year 1sO4-O5 was a re

The fiscal year 1904-05 was rec
ord breaking one in commerce ana
industry, observes the New York III
bune. Our foreign trade rose IN
value to $2,635 $40, O,OOO-the greatest
total in our history. Our exports
were larger than ever before, and so
were our imports. Our industrial ac'
tivity was everywhere intensified,
and the demand for labor thus Great
edA drew to our shores an unprece'
deYted pumber Of immigrants.
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FAYETTEVILLE, TENN.

The Elk Cotton Mills, are under
stood to have planned the erection
of dam to develop power which will
be converted into electricity and fur
nishcd to operate 100000 cotton
factory which the company intends,
adding to its present plant.
Charles Iceman, the .well-known
cotton mill manager, living at McColl,
S. c., is interested in plans which are
being formulated at Cheraw, s. c., for
the organization Of cotton mill COM
pany there.
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Theological Seminary.

Columbia, Special.-The Columbia
Theological seminary resumed its
work. there being an increased atten-
dance of students. The graduating
class is larger than usual and the low
er classes have an increased atten-
dance. The opening exercises were
addressed by Rev. W. NJ. McPheeters,
D. D., chairman of the faculty, and
Rev. William Morrison, D. D. The
members of the faculty are: DR.. Nc
Pheeters, Rev. VIM. T: Hall, D. D.,
Rev. R. C. Reid, D. D., and Rev.
Henry Alexander White, D. D.
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PAEkEIIU AFFAIR |El||
'IEAllLk AEh5 DFA
Notes Of Southern Cotton q
Other Manufacturing Entsi
MAxToN, N. c.

The Observers correspondent
from a very reliable source OF
out-of-town capitalist who is~JSafy
much interested in building large
cotton mill at this place. if good
site can be had and some stock taken
by Maxton people. This, we are con-
6dent, can be arranged, as there hace
been several land owners who have
<ffered sites for this purpose, gratis,
and this means mill in the near
future. One of the locations men
toned above is adjacent to with the
Seaboard and Atlantic Coast Line
tracks. which would make shipping
easy over either line. We hope to "a
port something defnate on this soon.
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The English Luggage Porter.

On one occasion an excess porter
said to a traveller, Il see as your lug
gage is overweight, sir"
"Ah. your visionary powers are
far too acuteafor me, my friend"
"sir." with grunt like pig.
"I say you can see too we'll for me"
"Ah, to be sure, sir. take YOU"
Gould you see as we'll now If you
had sixpence oyer one eye?"
well, l don't know, sir; but I'm
well sure as 1 couldn't see at all If
I'd another over t'other!"-T. P.'s
Weekly. y.
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Uphesval in Colombia.

Panama, BY Cable.-Unconirmed
reports have reached here to the effect
that General Rafael Reyes. President
of Colombia, declared himself dicra-
tor on September Sth, and imprisoned
the members of the Supreme Court
at Bogota. Mobs, angered by this ac-
ton, attacked the presidential palace
and were fired on by troops, who killed
many Of the rioters. The report says
that revolutions have started In An
fioqula and Santander.
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State News Notes.

A special from Honea Path to
Mondays Columbia State says: About
three miles below here in Abbeville
county Sunday af' 'ernoon just before
sunset Sam and J;/n Moore, two white
men, got into a difficulty with Allen
Pendleton and a>other negro. y fight
followed in whiA Jim Moore was
cut and killed by Pendleton. Pendle-
ton escaped and was captured by a
crowd about half mile below here.
He was carried back to the scene of
the killing and shot by about a dozen
men.
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GASTONIA, N. G.

The new Monena Mill, is now COM
plete, as far as outward appearances
ire concerned. 1t has added consider
ably to the attractiveness of the other
two mills-Modena Nos. l and2-
though the best street on the hill had
to be crossed by the building. The
windows and the roof are now COM
plted and there remains nothing to-
be done but 10 put in the machinery.
This is being brought ir now and Will
soon be installed. The mill will be
ready for operation by the time its
promoters had planned for it to be-
oin.
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To a Child.

Tho leaves talked in the twilight, dear;
Hearken the tale they told:
How. in some far-off place and year,
Before the world grew old.
I was a dreaming forest-tree
You were a wild. sweet bird
That sheltered at the heart OF me
Because the north wind stirred.
How. when the chlding gale was still,
When peace fell soft on fear.
You STAYED one golden hour to NIL
NV dream with singing. dear.
Tonight. the self-same songs are sung
The first green forest heard;
Nv heart and the gray world grow young
To shelter you. my bird.
Sophie Jewett, in Scribners.
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The Piedmont Fair.

Greenville, Special.-The success OF
Mayor Mahon and the directors OF the
Piedmont fair in securing subscrip-
tions to the fair to be held in No.
vember has proven even greater than
their most sanguine hopes and the
mayor made the important announc-
ment that there had been raised or
promised by the merchants and others
the handsome sum of $500 for pur-
ses on the races and for premiums for
exhibits.