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THE AMERICAS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER: FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1900.
drift to town.
I, is, unfortunately, much easier to
uJ l jZl) the pauses that have vith us
ilU , r ibuteJ to this state of affairs than
t„ sn .—est a remedy for an evil so full
( peril to the perpetuity of democratic
institutions—the gradual enlargement
0 f the mental horizon and the constant
nltiplicntion of desire,with littleorno
tnerease in the power of attainment. All
together with the meager rewards
,tiered l>y farm life, as compared with
the great prizes of commercial and pro
[esskmal activity, has had its share in
slurping the channel through which the
life-blood of tho nation is so eagerly
pouring itself into tho stony market
places of our great cites. Tho tendency,
however, is one that can never be
checked by preceptor example. Tho
fever must run its course,and not until
the inevitable reaction comes-not until
men begin to perceive that tho true
wealth of the nation and tho only prizes
for which the great masses of our peo
ple ,au profitably compete, are to be
sought, not in the speculative arenas of
the city, but in tho unsophisticated,
primitive life of the country-side—need
*e hope to see tho stream of humanity
diverted from tho course it is now so
blindly pursuing.
RENOMINATED pb^idenis.
Tho reuominntion of President Mc
Kinley for a second term leads tho
Atlanta Journal to recall tho fact
that it has been twenty-eight years
since « president of the United States
been elected to succeed himself,
brant was the last to received such au
honor, t if our twenty-five presidents
only seven have been elected for two
successive terms, namely: Wash
ington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe,
Jackson, Lincoln and Grant. Grover
Cleveland has tho distinction of
being the only man who was ever
elected after being defeated for re
election. Tli-eo presidents who
were nominated for second terms
have been defeated—John Adams,
John iiuiucy Adams and Bonjnmiu
Harrison. Andrew Jackson was de
feated in 1824 by a coalition between
the friends of Henry Clay and John
(Juiucy Adams, bnt was electod over
whelmingly in 1828 and 1832. Mr.
Brvan will bo tho only man, except
Jackson, who after failing in his first
race for the presidency wns put for-
waul by his party at tho next election.
The Chicago Record, discussing
somebody's proposition to foster tho
emigration of negroes from the United
States to the Hawaiian Islands, says:
"Cnfortimattdy for the plan which
contemplates transferring many ne
groes iu a mass from tho states to
Hawaii, tho native Ilawaiinns have an
ineradicable disliko for them. Auy
attempt to nuitonatives and negroes iu
political or social life would meet with
failure, and it is possible that the peace
•ad prosperity of tho islands would
then really suffer.” It is n pity that
Hiis regard for race prejudice was not
considered in Illinois and olsewhore iu
file North thirty odd years ago, when
‘•ke ignorant blacks wero forced as
Political equals upon tbo whito mon of
file South. If the peoplo of tho North
ka l been ns considerate of their own
countrymen —men of thoir own blood
and liuno as this Chicago paper is of
the Kanakas of tho Sandwich Islands,
much bad feeling and bloodshed would
hive been averted. —Savannah Nows.
hi
laid that Jack Chinn, tho well
Kentuckian, was at one time
called on to explain the money ques-
lu “ ,IJ a large meeting of negro vot-
II" is quoteij thus: “Now I take
fithut | Know as much about that
Wcstiun ns any body, remarked tbo
' u -d. "but of course I bad to rnako
'beech intelligible to them niggers,
. ‘Well, boys, it’s this way:
lews have got tho money; the
C 'li have got all the offices aud the
D itch have got all tho saloons. So
*h' r ‘ s nothing to do for the rost of
ia the country bnt for white folks
• J d niggers to stick together.’' And I
added the colonel, “that I hit
“ lt 'piestion about right.”—Augusta
Chronicle.
THE STEREOTYPED HOWL.
Senator Lodge, in his speech before
the Republican convention, raised the
calamity howl to an extent that would
put to shamo the best effort" of the
prairie coyote. He asked if any one
thinks that business confidence would
fiourish with the Democratic party in
power; if every one does not know that
if Bryan were elected tho day after the
news was Hashed over tho country
W'ages would go down, prices decline,
and that “the great argosy of Ameri
can business now forging ahead over
calm waters, with fair breezes and
with swelliug canvas, would begin to
take iu sail and seek tho sholter aud
anchorago of the noarest harbor.”
(Great applause from the pit ai.d gal
lery.)
To which tho Baltimore Son re
sponds:
“Of course Senator Lodgo does not
know this, aud ho iB too well-informed
a man even to believe it. Much allow -
anco is to bo made for campaign bun-
lomb aud the exuberance of convention
verbosity. We are perfectly well ac
customed to tho cry of tho stamp
speaker as tho campaigns come around
that if the other party carrios the elect
ion the old ship of state will be
wrecked npou rocks of adversity. The
other party’ always does win and yet
the old shit) of state sails on and the
people continue to do business at the
old stand. During tbo campaigns of
1884 aud 18)12 tho Republican Jere
miahs were prophesying that if the
Democrats were successful the ele
ments would molt with fervent heat
and the heavens would roli up like a
scroll. Just before tho election factor
ies were closed and operatives were
discharged with the notice that in case
of Democratic success their services
would not again bo needed. The
Democrats did succeed, and one after
another of the factories resumed and
continued to do business."
RHEUMATISM and CATARRH CURED
BY A
Johnston’s
Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
SENTENCES ARE ILLEGAL
Irregularities Disclosed In the Cases of
Three Men.
Atlanta, Jane 29.—An investigation
of the state prison records has disclosed
tho fact that there are three men serv-
I ing life terms whose sentences aro illo-
gal. The men wero convicted of crim
inal assault with a recommendation to
mercy. Under the law such a sentence
is an impossibility, as in case of convic
tion the law provides the dnatii penulty.
Where a recommendation to the mercy
of tile court is made tho statute provides
that tlie defendant shall be sentenced ns
ST. LOUIS STRIKERS
TO START STAGE LINE
Workingmen Requested to
Patronize Street Cars.
A Whole Family Cared.
Mrs. C. H. Kingsbury, who keeps a
millinery and fancy goods store at St.
Louis, Gratiot Co., Mich., aud who is
well known throughout the country, i for an assault with intent to outrago,
says: J the penalty for which is from one to 20
*• I was badly troubled with rheuma- years,
ttsm, catarrh and neuralgia. I had, xiie victims of these judicial errors
aro Gordon White, convicted iu Clay
county iu 1890; Albert Johnson, con-
liver complaint and wns very bilious. I
was in a bad condition; every day I be- m i
gan to fear that I should never be a viot( , d iu j oounty iu 1893, and
we woman; that I should have to Willis Greer, oonvicted in Early oounty
settle down into a chronic invalid, and 1 j u J
Kit Bnstou of Coweta county aud
live in the shadow of death. I had
JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA rec
ommended to me. I TOOK FOUR
BOTTLES ANT) IT CURED ME, and
cured mv family both. I am very glad
that I heard of it. I would cheerfully
recommend it to every one. 1 have
taken many other kinds of medicine.
I prefer JOHNSTON'S to all of them."
UICUIGAN unto CO., Detroit, Uleh.
THE GEORGIA PEACH.
Notwithstanding tho fears for the
peach crop which have been caused by
the continued rains, there is the best
of authority for saying that it will be
large, aud fully up to tho standard
which Georgia fruit has won in the
markets of tho country.
Thero has been some damage to the
very early varieties, but the Elbertas
and other standard Georgia varieties
aro growing finely and will soon show
up in the market to speak for them
selves. On this line wo have the assur
ance of such a large producer as Mr.
Hale that the crop will bo good, that
the peach will lie full and juicy, and
that the returns which will come into
the state will justify the investment
which has beon made.
The Georgia peach has bocomo such
a favorite in tho market that a disas
ter to the crop would be as hard on the
consumer as on tho producer, for the
ruit of no othor section can replace i*.
Tne California peach may bo as lino to
the eye, but when it comes to the taste
tho Georgia variety distances it com
pletely. Therefore it will be good nows
to tho people of tho great cities that
when the sweltering days are on iu
full force, that the delightful Georgian
will ho on exhibition aud that it will
bo worth a lifetime to indulge in its
juicy sweetness,—Atlanta Constitution,
When it comes to real hot water as
compared with those at home, the local
Chiueso laend-ymau is not iu it.
A great many missionaries will pro
bably conclude hereafter that China
isn’t worth saving anyway.
$24H y 7oO Cliilnicd to Ho Due.
Coi.UMMA, S. C., June 27.—South
Carolina is to be sued by the United
States for $248,750, claimed to Ik? due by
the state to the government- The state
is summoned to appear in the supreme
court of the United States at the capitol
in the city of Washington, October 8,
1900, to answer the United States in a
plea of debt for $218,750 and damages as
alleged.
The alleged sums duo the national
government are said to bo on account cf
Indian, Mexican and some other old war
claims ot' the state against the govern
ment.
Suit Against the Governor.
Montoomeky, All , June 29.—A man
damus suit has been filed iu the city
court by attorneys for the Alabama
Grand Trunk railioul and the Myrtle
Wood and Dcmopmi.s railroad versus
Governor Johnston. The plaintiffs al
lege that the general assembly of 1895
passed au act appropriating $1,000 be
tween these two railroads. The pluin-
tiff desires to mandamus tho goveruor
to show cause why ho should not pay
the money into the 2 aud 8 per cent
fund.
Williams Wins His Hrldct
Brunswick, Ga., June 29.—Informa
tion has been received in Brunswick to
the effect that Miss Juniata Cassils,
daughter of Henry Cassils, well known
throughout the south as an Episcopal
clergyman, was married a few days ago
to J. Sydney Williams, the commercial
traveler, whose sensational attempt to
capture hjs present bride set the cities of
Gainesville aud Brtmswtok astir lost
summer. The story has a great deal of
romance connected with it. «
Boy Accidentally Shot.
Dadeville, Ala., June 29. — Two
small boys who are here from Texas on
a visit to their uncle, C. A. M. Pitts,
were out in the woods near town hunt
ing, when one of them let a shotgun go
Hff accidentally, shooting his little
brother through the loft leg above tho
ankle, shattering the leg so that it had
to bo amputated.
Coyvlcted of Manslaughter.
Atlanta, Juno 80.—Isaac Wheeler,
who was charged with tho murder of
John Hambrick, has been declared guilty
of voluntary manslaughter in the crimi
nal branch of the Fulton superior court.
Counsel for the defense stated, after the
verdict had been rendered, that he would
file a motion for a new trial at once.
Kn route to Oklahoma City.
Cleveland, Juno 80. — Governor
Roosevelt passed through Cleveland on
the Lake Shore limited today enroute to
Oklahoma City, where ho will attend
the rough riders reunion.
TRADE AND IMPERIALISM.
St. James Gazette Thinks Former Is a
Forerunner of Latter.
London, June 27.—The St. James Ga
zette expresses the opinion that China
is teaching America tho impossibility of
a great trading nation avoiding impe
rialism, adding:
America's experience will teach her
that it is not the desire to grab distant
lands, but unavoidable destiny that
drives Great Britain ever forward,
Washington has no choice but to protect
the imperi i d American citizens, and
having only mtorterred in Chinn to pro
tect her interests she shall never be able
to shake from her shoes the dust of the
Celestial empire.’*
SOUTH CAROLINA i~S SUED.
„ , ,. „ largo numbers of Hollanders to Holland
Federal Government Seeks to Recover ^ dealt with by their own govern-
Cooper Smith of Muscogee are also serv
ing life sentences for the same crime.
They were convicted aud sentenced to
death, but their punishment was com
muted to life imprisonment by the gov
ernor. The question is raised in these
cases as to whether the governor has tho
power to commute the death seuteuco.
Tho first three will, necessarily, have
to be resentenced.
KRUGER AT^MACH ADO DORP.
British Are Prepajlng For Final Ope
rations Iu South Africa.
London, Juno 29.—Outside of minor
conflicts in the Orange River colony,
showing continued Boer activity iu tho
Senekal district, the news from South
Africa indicates preparations for tho
final operations of tho tediously pro
longed war.
A Cape Town dispatch reports an at
tempt by tho Boers to blow up the artil
lery barracks aud magazine at Pretoria.
It is added that the artilleryman who
frustrated tho attempt by withdrawing
a lighted fuse was killed by a Boer whom
the soldiers afterward tried to lynch.
The British authorities are deporting
ment for not observing tho state of neu
trality declared by tho Netherlands.
President Stoyn is reported to bo at
Bethlehem consulting with General
Dewet.
Capo Town reports that President
Kruger is still at Machadodorp, “afraid
to move for fear tho bridges aro under
mined."
ROCKEFELLER
Forty-five
WINS FIGHT.
Big Ships Out of Commis
sion oil Lakes.
Cleveland, Juiio 29. — Tho rate
fight of the Bessemer Steamship
company, better known as the Rokefoi
ler fleet, against tho big iron aud steel
manufacturing concerns of the country
to maintain oro carrying rates on tho
great lakes, has resulted in tho put
ting out of commission 45 large steam
ships. It is evident that tho lake freight
situation would be badly demoralized at
this time wore it not for tho bold stand
taken by Rockefeller. His representa
tives have issued un ultimatum to tho
effect that the Bessemer vessels will not
carrry ore down tho lakes at less than
$1.25 per tou.
The rate offered by the big iron aud
steel manufacturing concerns is $1 per
ton.
So pleased are tho vessel owners gen
erally with the stand taken by Rocke
feller that a movement has been inaugu
rated to elect him president of the Lake
Carriers’ association next year.
Queer Freak of Lightning.
Edgefield, S. O., Jane 29.—Daring a
thunderstorm, lightning struck a negro
l.ouse ou Addison street, occupied by
Jordan Oliphaut, tore up t le bureau
anti knocked a lamp off the mantel on
the floor and lighted it. Three negroes
iu au adjacent r>x>m wero rendered
speechless for a time by the shock.
Injunction Is Denied.
London, Juno 29.—The chaucery
court has refused to grant the injunc
tion applied for by Mr. W. S. Gilbert,
the dramatist, to restrain Janette Steer, I
tho American actress, from continuing
the production, at the Comedy theatre,
of tho former’s play of “Pygmalion and
Galatea."
Will Soon Be In Operation.
Eaton ton, Ga„ Juno 30.—Tho Katon-
ton shoe factory will soon be iu full ope
ration. The machinery is nearly all in
place. The factory will employ from 50
to 70 hands regular. The capacity o!
the plant will be 500 pairs of shoes per
day. _
Noakes Arrested In Virginia.
Fkankfokt, Ky., June 30.—Deputy
Sheriff Harrod has telegraphed from
Big Stone Gap, Va., announcing the
arrest of Robert Noakes, the new Goebel
suspect. He has left Big Stone Gap for
Richmond, with Noakes iu custody.
MAY RESULT IN WALKOUT
Cnrbullders Will Bay It Ilofore the
Union — Boycott Has Materially
Changed the Situation — Moulders
May Go on Strlko -Monday.
St. Louis, Juno 29.—Tho work of es
tablishing bus lines by the street car
strikers to compete with the St. Louis
Transit company in carrying passengers
is progressing. The committee that has
the matter in chargo reports that $3,00!)
has been raised for that purpose and
that 22 vehicles are now regularly run
ning. It is the intention to divide the
city into districts and establish regular
lines that will give tho public ample ser
vice to auy part of the city. Au appeal
will he made to the public to assist iu
establishing these lines.
Thero is considerable interest evinced i
in tho decision of tho 1,500 employes of
tho St. Louis Car Company who have
been asked to ride on tho ears of tho
Transit company- Tho request wns
made by President Charles Kohnsch,
who explained that unloss tho men
agreed to ride on the Transit ears, the
chances wero that tho company would
be compelled to chut down tho plant,
which secured its power from the Tran
sit company. The matter will bo left to
a vote of the Curbuilders and Furnish
ers unions, to which tho men belong.
President Kobnsch said:
“We have a contract with the Transit
company involving upward of $700,000.
Tho request was mado by us to our em
ployes because the Transit company is a
customer of ours for whom wo do a great
doal of work, ami of every dollars’
wortli of business thnt the company
docs 40 per cent of it is distributed
among our employes. I feel that if tho
Transit company's money is good euough
for them to earn here the Transit com
pany's cars are good enough for them to
ride in, whether there be a boycott or
no boycott. The request wns not a com
pulsory one. We simply asked them to
rido in tho cars if they had the interest
of the St. Louis Car company at heart.”
Both Sides Are Firm.
Birmingham,Ala.,June 29.—Tho joint
scale committee of tho Alabama miners
and mine operators appointed to prepare
a joint scalo met behind closed doors.
Tlie statement was given out at noon
that no results had been accomplished
and tho conference will be continued.
The miners aro still firm in their con
tention for au advance iu wages and tho
operators are as firmly opposed to this
proposition.
Strike Is Probable.
Cleveland, Jnuo 29.—At a mooting
of the National Founders association it
lias boon decided to reject a demand of
tho moulders for an advnnco of 25 cents
n day iu wages. As a result of tho ac
tion of tho founders n strike involving
several thousand men is likely to bo in
augurated Monday.
FATAL FIRE IN PITTSBURG.
HIS HEAD ALMOST SEVERED
Snell Hanged In Washington For tin
Murder of Lizzie Wlesenberger.
Washington, June 29. — Benjamin J
Hill Snell, agod 44, formerly a clerk in
tho pension ofifioe, was hanged at ths
District jail at noon for the murder of
13-year-old Lizzie Wiesenberger, wbr
was employed at his home, and with
whom he was infatuate,t. Snell was the
lirgcst man ever executed here. When
he was received at the jail August 7 last,
he weighed 296 pounds and measured
6 feet 6 inches in height. When led
to the scaffold his weight was 2?f
pounds. Notwithstanding that the drey
was considerably lessened on account of
his size, the rope nearly severed th«
murderer’s head from his body.
Snell claimed from tho first that h«
had uo recollection of his crime, and bis
actions tended to bear oat the theory of
his lawyers that he was insane. Physi
cians and experts who examined him,
however, pronounced him sane.
Snell came hero from Georgia, whers
he has relatives.
ARRESTED IN NEW YORK.
Prominent South Carolinian Sued fos
$10,000 Damages.
Columbia, S. C., Juno 29.—News has
been received hero of tho arrest iu New
York of W. B. Smith Whaley, a promi
nent business mun of this city. Whaley
is one of the largest holders of cotton
mill stock in tho state nnd was in New
York in the interest of his mills at the
time of his arrest.
His arrest was in a suit for (10,00$
damages brought by William F. and
Henry W. Wendt, of the Buffalo Forge
company. They charge that Whaley
libeled their firm aud caused them t«
lose a contract which they had for put
ting iu ventilating apparatus for. the
Buffalo Cotton mills at Union, S. O.
STRUCK BY A LOCOMOTIVE.
Wagon Wrecked and Three Peopla
Severely Injured.
Augusta, Ga., Juno 29.—An engine
on the Georgia railroad, going to Camak,
ran into a wagon and four passengers at
a crossing 4 miles out from Augusta.
The wagon contained Johp Moore, tfth
negro driver, Miss Ellcu Carter and two
children, Maggie and Richard Heslin,
and was crossing tbo track as tho fingina
rushed past. The front wheels of the
wagon had got across, aud tho horse and
negro drivor escaped unhurt.
Tho other three passengers were la
tlie back of tho wagon, and when the
engine crashed into it they were dashed
considerable distanco, bnt beyond the
railroad track. Miss Carter and the
two children were painfully bruised, but
escaped serious injury.
ALABAMAFARMSRS TO MEET
State Convention to Bn Held at Moot*
gomery July 18.
Montgomery, Ain., Jnno 29.—In re
sponse to tho circulars sout out by the
commissioner of agriculture a state con
vention of the Alabama farmers has been
called to meet in this city July 18.
It is to be a conference of tho planters
and business men as to tho best plan for
securing to tho producer fair and just
prices for the prodnets of the field, and
enable the farmer to get the highest
prices for all that he makes, instead of
having to sacrifico it at rniuonsly low
prices every yoar, and thou have tha
prices raised and some one else make all
tho profit.
Organization will be perfected on plant
similar to the Georgia Planters' ussocia-
One Jinn Kilted and 11 Injured Hy
Fulling Walls.
Pittsburg, Juno 29.—Ono fireman
*1 others injured and Z?%^t£22&15£Z
nearly $400,000 worth of property was
destroyed in a fire that broke out in the
machiuo shops of tho Best Manufactur
ing company on Twenty-sixth street
shortly after 6 o’clock.
About 250 men will bo thrown ont of
employment by the tire. The insurance
will fully cover tho loss. Tho origin of
tho fire is a mystery.
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Not Cures
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Two Slaughter Houses Burned.
Chicago, Juno 29. — Two slaughter
houses occupied by Hess Bros, anil Rudy
Bros, liavo been destroyed by lire. To
tal loss $70,000.
Itlg Fire Near Hufl'alo*
Buffalo, June 29.—Tlie Milson Ren
dering works, near Chcuktowaga, liavo
boon burned. Loss $300,000.
GREAT RACE IS PROMISED.
No One Will Venture to Same the
Winning Crew,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Juno 29.—A
smashing of intor-collegiato records for
varsity 8 oared shells it wind and
weather are favorable, or at tho least
one of tlie most hotly contested races
over rowed by eollegiuto crews iu this
country, is promiseiL
For tho first time in tho history of
this cour.e, now 3 yoars old, four races
will he rowed iu one day aud iu the last
race tlie varsity eight’s fivo crews will
row side by sido for supremacy. Those
who make pretensions as experts say
that never have crews shown themselves
so evenly matched, and this opinion is
♦specially shared by the coaches, far not
one of them will make a definite predic
tion that his crew will win the raco.
Lieutenant Draper Drowned,
Washington, June 29.—General Mac-
Arthur has cabled tlie war department
the following account of the death of
Lieutenant Draper: "Second Lieuten
ant Paul Draper, Twenty-second infan
try, was drowned Jauo 28 working oil
ferry near Ban Antonio, Neuva Eciju,
Luzon. Body not yet recovered.”
Roosevelt Goes West.
New York, Juno 29. — Governor
Roosevelt came Into tho city from Oys
ter Bay. Tho morning was spent in ar
ranging some private business matters
about the city. At 5:30 o'clock he left
on a Lake Shore train for Oklahoma, to
attend the Rough Riders' reunion to cel
ebrate the battle of San Juan.
Imperial Decree Issued.
Ttmu, June 29.—As an ontoome of
a parliamentary impasse an imperial de
cree has been issued authorizing tho
government, in virtue of tho emergency
manse of the constitution, to continue
levying taxes to’ meet the state ex
penditure until the close of 11)00.
HOMICIDE NEAR BACONTON.
Dr. Tinsley Shoots and Instantly Kills
Constable Jones.
Albany, Ga., June 28.—Nows has
been received here of tho killing, at Ba-
conton, 16 miles below Albany, of Con
stable John Jouos by Dr. Oscar Tinsley.
Dr. Tinsley had been arrested,charged
with having shot soino hogs belonging
to a man named Cochran. Cochran made
a proposition for a settlement, which
was accepted by Tinsley. Tinsley is said
to have remarked that Constable John
Jones had stolen u bridle from him. The
remark, it seems, was repeated to Jones
and when lie mot Tinsloy an altercation
took place botwecu them, and before
they could be Mqmratcd Tinsley drew
his revolver and shot Jones dead.
ELEVATION OF~FORT~ DODGE.
Advlees Aro Expected Soon From
Home Replying to the Petition.
Washington, Jane 29.—Advices are
expected at the papal legation soon con
cerning tlie petition which a contingent
of Iowa Catholics recently brought here
for transmission to tho popo and which
Archbishop Martinoili forwarded. Its
object is to secure the elevation of Fort
Dodge, where the petitioners reside, to a
bishopric, instead of Sioux City, as the
authorities in Rome contemplates^
The petition was brought here daring
the absence of Archbishop Mar.inelli in
Oregon, which caused a little delay In
its transmission to the popo, before
whom it mnst come for final settlement
after the authorities of the propaganda
examine it.
Commissions Issued.
Columbia, S. 0., Juno 29.—The seo- ]
retary of state has issued a commission
to the Pickcus Bending company. The
capital is to be $3,200. The Manchester
Cotton mills of Rock HiU filed notico of
an increase of its capital stodk to $250,-
000. A commission was issued to the
Anderson Fertilizer company, tlie capi
tal stock of which is to be $100,000. A
commission was also issued to the Hones
Path Lumber company, with a capita!
stock of $5,b00.
Prisoners Break Jail.
Jasper, Ala, Jnne 29.—Seven white
prisoners and ono negro have escaped
from jail here. Two of them were
awaiting trial for capital offenses, while
the others were charged with petty
crimes. ■ _
Will lie Sent to Nashville.
Raleigh, Jnne 30.—It is learned from
federal officials that all tho federal con
victs now in tho North Carolina peni
tentiary here are to bo removed to the
penitentiary at Nashville.