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NEWS NOTES.
A shingle factory will be erected at
Palatka, Fla.
An oil TCflnery of 2.000 barrels a day ca
pacity is being erected at Corsicana, Tex.
The York Cotton mills, of Yorkville, S.
C.. will double their capacity by adding
2,500 spindles.
The Cowpens Manufacturing company,
of Cowpens, S. C., have ordered 1,000 new
6pindles to add to their mill.
The Moore Cotton mills, of Taylorsville,
N. C., Is doubling its plant by adding
1,000 spindles and 50 looms.
Imports of Iron ore from Santiago, Cu
ba, have been resumed. A cargo of 3,500
tons reached Maryland last week.
The Watts Iron and Steel Syndicate,
Middlesborough, Ky., has begun grading
for a 22-Inch steel mill addition to Its
plant.
Northern capitalists have purchased
10,000 acres of timber lands near Denny,
Miss., and will erect saw mills to cut t : he
lumber.
The report of the American Cotton. Oil
company for the year ended August 31
will show no debts and about $1,500,000
cash on hand.
The Gholstin-HIrsch Spring Bed compa
ny has been incorporated, with a capital
. 15,000, to manufacture spring beds,
prtc., at Atlanta, Ga
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The FoTt ^^pe, Ala., Milling company
ha^i been. rated; capital stock $30.-
000, to establish and operate a fifty-barrel
flour mill at Fort Payne.
The Drake Mining company, of Gaines
ville, Ga. f are erecting a ten-stamp mill
at their gold mines lately purchased in
Lumpkin county, Georgia.
An English syndicate has purchased
several thousand acres of timber and
mineral lands in Perry and Knott coun
ties, in Kentucky, investing over $100,000.
A now steamer is being built to run on
the Ocmulgee river from Macon. Ga., to
the coast. The Macon Navigation com
pany intends to run a regular line of
freight and passenger steamers.
The Henderson Cotton mills, of Hen
derson, N. C., are building an addition
to their mill? to accommodate 3.000 more
spindles, with the necessary additional
cards, slubbers, core winders, etc.
Parker & McCoy have purchased 2,000
acres of timber land near Greenville,
Miss., and are erecting a saw mill to cut
the timber thereon. As the lumber is cut
the. lands will be put in cultivation.
The Macon Cooperage company, of Ma
con, Ga.. have purchased 1,000 acres of
swamp land on the Oconee river, near
Macon. They will erect a plant at once
for the manufacture of barrel staves, etc.
Crosby & Beckley, of New Haven,
Conn., have purchased a large tract of
land on Holly river, in Braxton and Web
ster counties, W. Va., and the saw mills
of the Holly RWer Lumber company, hav
ing a capacity of 40,000 feet a day.
The land carries 40.000.CCO feet of oak, pop
lar, etc. The price paid was $500,000.
CHANGES IN MOBILE AND OHIO
In a circular recently issued, the Cen
tral railway of Georgia announces that it
intends to give the apprentices in it3
employ an opportunity to educate them
selves to become engineers. At present
over 150 employes will remain apprentices
for four years. At the end of that time
they will be given an opportunity to be
taught the higher branches of mathemat
ics, such as analytic and descriptive ge
ometry. A course of mechanical drawing
is also given. The company realizes that
it can educate the apprentice boys cheap
er than, it can get men from the north.
Effective September 15th, 1898, Mr. E. B.
Blair, city passenger and ticket agent at
Meridian, Miss., is appointed traveling
passenger agent of this company, with
headquarters at Jackson. Tenn., vice Mr.
F. J. Eagan, transferred to other duties.
Mr. Harvey E. Jones, Jr.* is appointed
city passenger and ticket agent of this
company at Meridian, Miss., vice Mr. E.
B. Blair, promoted.
VIEWS OF A SHEEP-RAISER.
A correspondent of The Cotton Plant, a
sheqp raiser in Macon county, N. .C., says
of the sheep industry there: “One of the
most profitable parts of the industry is in
spring lamb rearing for the northern
markets. The lambs here come early in
the winter. The whole cost of feeding my
flock for a year ls 1
.sheep, and that doee' f not j
money outlay except’ for
on the tnpifatains and'.oor
is nece^yry. ‘Jhero'Jsii
qulrejj, ^Ittthe flock.
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SETTLER!
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.njew locations hare eon
negotiating fjjr ■ props
agent: Tfcey %eem to a?
agent. There Is no qu
reliable reat estate, agent let
service to the fiimeeeeker.
estate agent" fif" posted on
methods of transferring proi
gains in hi? t<yfrUpry. The proi
have rpo difficulty . ip, ascerti
standing of"-any a&ent; apd will1
time and expense can ■ be saved bj
through an agent.. Our^dvIce‘t i ’
owner 15 “list your property
ble agent and.pay him a reasond
mission on sales he'makes.’’ Pro
advantage of a responsible and ad
estatrj agency is the prosperity W
tots in the neighborhood where 4
agency operates.
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THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT SYSTEM IN THE SOUTH.
The recent election In Atlanta was conducted under this system, resulting In electing as mayor the Hon. James G.
Woodward. The qualifications necessary to vote under it are general intelligence and the absence of bribery. It was
pronounced the fairest election ever hold in the city. And as Atlanta is the source from which all valuable innovations
spring iu Georgia, it Is confidently expected that a state law will be enacted prescribing it for all elections. ,
SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS.
Robert W. Walker and associates have
purchased gold mining property from J.
W. Woodward, of Dahlonega, Ga., and
organized the Lumpkin Gold Mining Co.,
to develop the mines. They have a capital
of $50,000.
The Flora Swan Boat company, of
Knoxville. Tenn., has contracted to haul
10,000.00“ feet of lumber from the neigh
borhood of Knoxville to other markets.
Most of this lumber will be sawed in the
mountains of Sevier county.
The Morgan gold mines, located in
Oglethorpe county, Ga., have recently
been purchased by a Chicago syndicate
atid will be developed at once. Charles
Cadmus, a practical miner from the west,
is In charge of the work, and finds the
prospect encouraging.
D. M. Steward & Co., of Chattanooga.
Tenn., have received an order from their
New York representative, Robert P. Stew
ard, for 2.500.000 slate pencils, to be ship
ped as soon as possible to Bombay. India.
This is the first order ever .received from
India for Chattanooga goods.
Comparative Statistics of Cotton
Spinning North and South.
During the brief period extending from
June 30, 1890, to June 30, 1608, there were
more spindles added to the cotton indus
try in the south than to that in the
remainder of the country, including the
western, middle and New England states.
Before taking lip the figures of the
south, let us first glance briefly at the
figures for the other sections, beginning
with the New England states. In the
aggregate, the cotton industry in these
states, which have until recently en
joyed the almost exclusive monopoly of
the manufacture of cotton in the United
States, increased from 11,030,458 spindles
in 1890 to 13,238,376 spindles in 189S. making
the gain in eight years only 2,208.918 spin
dles. This is distressingly small in view
of the fact that the great bulk of the
capital employed in the cotton industry
is found in the New England states.
Massachusetts is the only one of these
states in which the cotton industry made
any decided gains. In New Hampshire,
Vermont, Rhode Island ahd Connecticut
only slight gains were made, while Jn
Maine there were marked losses. On
the whole, the status of the cotton in
dustry in the New England states is
well calculated to give the manufacturers
of that section the blues. They realize
that the small gains of the past eight
years are significant of the fact, that the
scepter of industrial supremacy, espe
cially in the manufacture of cotton, is
soon to depart from the ancient heri
tage of the Puritan.
But what of the figures of the middle
states? We find from the data before
us that the cotton industry in the middle
INTERIOR OF ST. PAUL’S CHURCH, RICHMOND, VA.
It Was Here That President Davis Worshiped During the Confederacy, and
From Whence His Beloved Winnie Was Borne to Hollywopd.
states increased from 1,736,318 spindles in
- 1890 to 1,753,471 spindles in 1S98. making the
gain in eight years only 17,153 spindles.
This comparatively trivial gain is divided
between New York. New Jersey, Penn
sylvania and Maryland. In Delaware
the cotton industry decreased from
53.91G spindles in 1890 to 34,552 spindles in
1S98.
With respect to the western states,
which include mainly Ohio. Indiana, Illi
nois and Wisconsin, It appears that the
cotton industry in these states increased
from 170,266 spindles in 1890 to 235,404 spin
dles in 1S98, making the gain in eight
years 65,138 spindles.
This brings us down to the figures for
-the southern states. The southern states
engaged in the manufacture of cotton
are Alabama, Georgia. Kentucky, Missis
sippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia, Arkansas. Louisi
ana, Missouri and Texas. Of these
1 states Arkansas, Missouri and Texas
have only recently engaged in the manu
facture of cotton, but they are making
rapid progress. Taking the entire group
of southern states, we find that the cot
ton industry therein increased from
1,613,280 spindles in 1890 to 4,057,444 spindles
in 1S98, making th-e gain in eight years
2.444.164 spindles, or nearly treble. In
North and South Carolina the develop
ment of the cotton industry has been
much greater than in other states, but
in Georgia and Alabama splendid records
have been made. From present indica
tions, Georgia is likely in the near future
to head the list. Cotton factories are
springing up as if by magic in every part
of the state, and the outlook is most en
couraging.
Summing up the figures for the differ
ent sections, we find that the Increase in
the number of spindles in the cotton in-
dustrj* in the New England, middle and
western states from 1890 to 1898 aggre
gated only 2.291,209 spindles, while in the
southern states alone it aggregated
2.444.164 spindles. This is most signifi
cant. If the cotton Industry in the
southern states has trebled during the
past eight years in spite of adverse con
ditions, then surely it is vain for other
sections to hope successfully to compete
against that section which is the home
of the cotton plant and which is thor
oughly adapted on the score of every
consideration to the manufacture of cot
ton, Without the least undue bias of
provincialism, we predict that the day
is not far distant when the southern
states will enjoy the monopoly of the
cotton industry In the manufacture of
the finer as well as of the coarser fa
brics.
STEAMSHIP SERVICE TO HAVA-
NA, CUBA.
The Plant Steamship Line has re
sumed service to Havana, steamship Mas-
cotte sailing from Port Tampa Mondays
and Thursdays at 9 p. m.; arrives Key
West Tuesdays and Fridays at 3 p. m.;
arrives Havana Wednesdays and Satur
days at G a. m. Returning, leaves Ha
vana Wednesdays and Saturdays at 12:30
p. m. All steamers connect with Plant
System trains at ship side without trans
fers. Tickets on sale from, all points. For
any information address R. L. Todd, di
vision passenger agent. Montgomery, Ala.
Berlin has the smallest elephant in the
world. It Is one meter high and weighs
eighty kilograms.
SOUTHERN PINES.
The Beautiful Health Resort on
the Seaboard Air Line in
North Carolina.
•Southern Pines, an important station
on the Seaboard Air-Line, sixty-eight
miles south of Raleigh, is a newly built-
up town of 700 people. Situated In about
the center of and at the highest point
in the North Carolina turpentine belt,
with perfect drainage, delightful, mild,
climate and an atmosphere perfumed with
the delicious and healing odors of the
long-leaf pine, it is destined in the near
future to take high rank among the
southern health and pleasure resorts.
Possessing all the advantages of*resorts
farther south, it is free from many of
the disadvantages there encountered. Its
accessibility to those desiring to escape
the rigors of the northern winters, the
conveniences offered in the way of rail
way travel, no fatiguing changes, no irk
some delays, atmosphere which admits of
outdoor exercise during the entire winter
season, with an elegant new hotel, afford
ing superior accommodations, and with
several smaller hotels and sanitariums,
all offering comfortable and attractive
homes—these are advantages which the
tourist and health-seeker will appreciate.
The average winter temperature is 44 de
grees. The climate is as dry as that of
France and the cultivation of the vine,
cotton, silk, etc., furnishes the practical
truth of that fact. The absence of large
bodies of water, which cause by their
cooling effect the condensation of the va
por in the atmosphere and produce fog,
is most desirable. It precludes the possi
bility of miasma, which is always present
in low lands bordering on streams, as Is
noticeable In many parts of Florida and
Georgia. Is it to be wondered at that
this region has been pronounced by the
best medical authorities as being one of
the greatest natural sanitariums?
The Piney Woods Inn, an c-Iegant and
spacious structure, is now in its second
season. The inn is located upon Shaw’s
ridge, a sandy ridge, with an elevation
of 600 feet above the sea level, which has
a gradual slope towards the village a
mile and a half distant. In the construc
tion of this hotel, which' will accommo
date 250 guests, the greatest possible care
has been exercised that everything should
conserve to the comfort and convenience
of guests. The house has all modern
conveniences The sanitary conditions
are most favorable In every respect.
There Is no possibility of the water sup
ply being polluted, even to the slightest
degree. In all the sanitary arrangements
the greatest possible care has been exer
cised under the immediate supervision of
sanitary experts, that absolute perfection
be attained. The table will at all times
be most bountifully provided for, and all
the delicacies of the season will be sup
plied. An orchestra during the entire
season, a stage and entertainment hail,
a billiard parlor, musicales, readings,
dramatic entertainments, saddle horses,
carriages, etc., will provide ample amuse
ment for guests.
In addition to the Inn. the Prospect
house, Ozone hotel, Central house, South
ern Pine3 house, Sanitarium home, Grove
Cottage and several excellent private
boarding houses furnish ample and ex
cellent accommodations at very reason
able rates.
A Healthy Man
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hat. the Teestrater, or old style
bam, was the chief factor in the
bment of the Ayrshire, for both
able the Durham, and the common
; of the country indicates such an'
lintH.th* Grip Broke Down HI*
Health — Meoti’e Sarsaparilla
Gave Him Appetite end Sleep.
** tip to the time when I had the grip I
Was e strong, healthy man. After that X
bad no appetite and wee not able’ to
rest' well at bight. I decided to try
Hood’s Sarsaparilla and purchased a-eup-
plyl .lt has done me a vast amount of
gpod. I have a good appetite and can
sleep well.” Jofflsm il. Ward law,
{tome, Georgia.
• *« I have found Hood’s Ssrvsparilla in-
vola&ble for purifying the blood and loss
at appetite. It cures all eruptions and
makes me feel better in every way.”
J$)\. Croel, Brunswick, Georgia.
Wonderful - cures of Scrofula, Salt
Rheum, _ Ulcers, Sores, Dyspepsia', and
other diseoegB, grove the great curative,
blood purifying and enriching powers of
Sarea-
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The best;—in faot the One True Blood Purifier.
Insist upon Boob's; take no substitute.
Hnriri’e Pills eur# UTer 1U *’ eMy *°
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THE SOUTHERN’S NEW LINE.
A ,;'The county of Ayr is, in its climate
and natural resources, ^dmirably calcu
lated to originate and foster a hardy
and enduring race of cattle, being of
naturally strong and productive soil,
but swept by frequent coast storms of
srifecient severity Jo try the constitu
tion of the most hardy cattle. The nat
ural combination of severe climate and
good food and the Scotch method of
compelling the cows to roam over the
heath in^ll weathers was calculated to
develop such traits of constitution and
dairy quality as would fit them for Can
ada and the New'England states.
They were introduced into Canada by
the early Scotch settlers and have ever
been a favorite breed in all that north-
TYPICAL ATT.SHIP.E COW.
era country. At a somewhat later period
they were introduced into New Eng
land by the Massachusetts Society For
the Promotion of Agriculture and by a
few private individuals in New Eng
land and the middle states. They
were found to be a desirable breed of
cattle of wonderful dairy quality and
unnsual hardiness and in every way
adapted to the needs of, the dairyman,
except that they had short teats, the re
sult of selection and breeding in Scot
land where, the milking being done by
women, the preference was naturally
for small teats, but in America the
milking is done by men who want a
long, large teat that they can easily grasp
with the full hand.’ This was a serious
objection to the Ayrshire, and in spite
of her great dairy ability she became
unpopnlar with all but her best friends,
who believed that the defect might be
remedied. Tho Scotch have continued
the general type of the original breed,
with blocky, compact body and short
teats, and the Canadians have closely
followed tho home type of Scotland,
but the breeders of the U ited States
have changed tho objectir at 1 " charac
teristics and produced a type of this
breed that fits them.for the nc"t»of our
dairymen without sacrificing the dairy
quality.
Thsre is today a marked difference
between the F .tch type and the type in
the United -Gates. The Scotch and the
Canadian cattle have whiter, larger
horns, smaller and more compact
bodies, a smaller and better shaped ud
der, with shorter and smaller teats,
while the breeds of the United States
have sacrificed the nonessentials and
built up tho striotly useful. While our
Ayrshires may to afcotchey ,- ok in
symmetry they excel in dairy qualities,
and are what the dairymen demand,
hardy, useful, everyday cows.
Calculating Without the Cow.
Those dairymen who are keeping only
good cows with records of 6,000 pounds
of milk or more in a year and are try
ing to have them come fresh in Ootober
or November that they may have a sup
ply of milk in winter, knowing that
milk and butter sell at higher prices
then, and hoping therefore for better
profits^ must remember that it will not
be so easy to dry off a good cow when in
a good pasture in August and < eptember
as it would be if she were bring fed in
a cold bam on dry hay in February or
March. A belief on the part of the
owner that she should have two months’
rest from milk producing before her
calf is dropped will not persuade her to
stop it if she is built that way and her
feed is such as stimulates milk produc
tion.—American Cultivator.
The Cows of Europe.
The number of butter producing cows
in various countries has been estimated
by a French economist, who says that
there are in France 6,700,000, in the
United Kingdom 4,000,000, in Germany
6,087,000, in Denmark 1,000,000 and
in Austria 4,254,000.
It Acquires the Carolina and Cum
berland Gap Into the Flourish
ing City of Aiken, S. C.
*The Carolina and Cumberland Gap r.Vl-
way, which ran from Edffefleld. 8. C.. lo
Aiken, 8. C., became on July 1st, by pur
chase, a part of .the system of the South
ern railway.. The line Is 24.1 miles In
length, and brings the total mileage of
the Southern railway up to 5,605.54 miles.
Edgefield Is the county seat of Edge-
field county. It has a population of about
1.200 and has a good trade. A cotton seed
oil mill, brick factory, saw mill, quarry,
and oiuer Industrial establishments, are
located there. A new cotton mill Is Just
beiri completed ana It will be at work in
a very short time. It will employ a num
ber of people. The schools of the place
are good. There has recently been estab
lished at EJdgefleld the South Carolina Co
educational Institute, formerly located at
Willlston.
Aiken, the county seat of Aiken coun
ty. has 3,000 or 4.000 people and is a flour
ishing place. It Is one of the famous re
ports of the south and Is. noted .for its
fine hotels, fine climate, and the class of
people who spend their winters there.
Other places on the new lines are Pitts
burg and Trenton. In Edgefield county,
the latter being at the Junction of the
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta line of
the Southern, and Selgler’s,' Mllledgeville,
Lakeview and Crofts.
The line passes through a sp'lendld far
ming country.
THEY’EL NEVER BE HAPPY
Till they get the new naval parlor game,
‘‘Uncle Sam and Spain.” It amuses your
children, astonishes youd aitnC makes
your grandmother laugh and your moth
er-in-law happy. .Procure this game at
once, therby teaching your children ge
ography, and history while they grin.
Sent postpaid for 20 cents. Address The
Patriot, Box 298, Atlanta, Ga.
THE BEST SOIL' FOR PEANUTS.
The best soli for the peanut is a light
colored, clayey soil, filled with finely com
minuted, cherty, angular gravel, which
makes the ground loose and prevents It
from baking. The ground should be well
drained and light In color, for It Is a sing
ular fact that there is a correlation be
tween the color of the soli and the color
of the nut, black or deep red soils mak
ing a dark eolorednut and light orwhltlsh
soils a light colored nut. The darker
soils may and most frequently do make
a larger yield per acre, but the nuts are
not so marketable and are classed In a
lower grade.
Land with much humus Is not suited to
the growth of peanuts. The soil should be
strong, but with a small amount of veg
etable matter in Its composition. Pea
nuts. therefore, do not yield well after
clover nor In freshly cleared lands. In
such conditions the amount of vine Is ex
cessive, but the quantity of good peanuts
is very small. The best results are ob
tained by planting the crops after com or
tobacco or potatoes or after any crop that
requires clean cultivation.
A GUARANTEED CURE Fop Every
Form of FEMALE DISEASES.
The Great German Remedy
[Dr. Abendroth’s Pastilles]
has gained a NATIONAL reputation on
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tilles Cure, and Dr. Abendroth’s patients
stay cured. This remedy Is never adver
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ritory. Thousands of cured patients all
over the United States are my living wit
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to any address upon receipt of price. 11.00
a box. or G boxes for $3.00. No matter how
hopeless you think your case, write me. X
will CURE YOU. Your money will be re
funded If I fail.
DR. F. ABENDROTH,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Our Fighting Ships
OR
The United Stales Navy.
Containing a full report of the ex
plosion of the Maine; Senator Froc-
tor’-s speech; photographs of U. S.
warships; views in Cuba; photo
graphs of General Lee, Sigsbee,and
prominent naval officers, fortifica
tions, ete. It also contains a fall
description of the Spanish Navy
with photographs; important facts
about Spain and Cuba, making n
book of sixty-four pages, 8x10
inches in size, with over sixty il
lustrations, printed on enameled
paper, and gotten up in a most at
tractive manner, with ontslde cov
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battleships, etc., is given, making
about thirty-five pages of reading
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low, only 25c per copy. Sent post
paid to any one on receipt of 25
cents.
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B1 DR. ROUUMTON, Manager,
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