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VOL. V. NO. 290.
ATLANTA, GA.,- SATURDAY, JUNE 8,1907.
PPTm?.#. In Atlanta: TWO CENTS.
aLJVLVACj. Oo Train*: FIVE CENTS
SUCKS TO IIS
Coolly Tells How He
Murdered Man and
Hid Gun.
Uannot Locate
TALKS WITH CHIEFS
Defense Unable to Pin Him
Down on Time and Place
of Interviews.
Boise, IdAho, June 8.—Saturday, mar
ket day for the Ada county farmers,
brought a bigger crowd than ever to
the Haywood trial. Interest in Or
chard, the assassin. Increases rather
than diminishes.
Richardson's croys-examlnatlon of
the state’s chief witness Is watched
with acute attention by .everybody In
this section.
Major H. A. Naylor, of Victor, and
A. L. Arnold, of the Cripple Creek
district, arrived on the early morning
train. They are witnesses for the
state.
Rlchnrdson picked up the cross-ex
amination at the miners' headquarters
In Denver.
Under Assumed Name.
Orchard said after he came from
Sllverton. he went to headquarters and
talked with Haywood.
"Were you not at the Belmont Hotel
In 1903 under the name of Dempsey?"
"Yes."'
"Isn't that where you met this man
Vaughn?"
"I met him there.'
Richardson questioned witness con
cerning the changes of hla name. He
had registered at the Belmont Hotel
under the names of Orchard, Dempsey
and Hogan. The latter name, he said,
he took at the suggestion of Pettlbone.
He mat Pettlbono at' hoadqudrtera.
Wers After Peabody.
"Haywood said we had to get rid of
Peabody and that we ought not to use
shot guns,'' testified Orchnrd.
Richardson asked him If It was not
true that at the time Haywood made
this t„lk, based on the ground of the
(allure to get Justice In the courts, that
the application for .Moyer's release was
not yet heard.
"It was Peabody they were complain
ing about,” said the witness.
"But on your direct examination you
said • that Haywood made the remark
that 'we could get no Justice In tho
courts,'" said Richardson.
"Well, that's what he said,” declared
Orchard.
“Now tell us about your attempt to
see Peabody."
"Haywood and Pettlbone, told me to
go up and watch around Ills house. This
conference might have been held at
rettlbone’s store, headquarters or at
Haywood's house." ■
Thera followed a number of ques
tions. Shown a diagram. Orchard re
cited his watching for Peabody. Hay
wood spent a week In watching for the
governor.
“When you returned to Denver, did
not you take Moyer's gun over to Mrs.
Moyer?"
".Vo. ilr, I did not. X took It to head
quarters."
"After stalking Peabody for a week,
you gave It up, did you?”
DOCTOR AND BRIDE NOW FACE
CHARGE OF POISONING MAN
Rowland, Acquitted of
One Charge, To Be
Tried on Second.
Raleigh, N, C„ June 8—Dr. D. S.
Rowland was brought here this morn
ing from Henderson, where late yester
day afternoon he was discharged after
the hearing ot the charge against him
of murdering his little son by poisoning.
Immediately after his release In Hen-
deraon yesterday afternoon the new
warrant Issued here waa served upon
him. This warrant charges the murder
of Engineer C. R. Strange, of Raleigh,
whose widow Dr. Rowland married
shortly after the death of the engineer.
His hearing Is set for next Wednesday,
In this city.
The hearing of Mrs. Lizzie M. Row
land, his wife, on the charge of being
an accessory to the death of Strange,
Is set for Monday. Nothing has been
seen of her for several days. She went
to Henderson after being released on
bond here and remained there up to a
few days ago. She was not at the hear.
Ing In Henderson yesterday and did not
accompany her husband to Raleigh this
morning. It Is generally understood
that so far the chemist who Is examin
ing the stomach of the dead engineer
has found no trace of poison.
The hearing of Rowland for the mur
der of his son was held yesterday aft
ernoon. •
Dr. K. M. Clark, who was present
when David Austin Rowland died, was
first called for the state. He stated
that he found the child nauseated and
vomiting, pulse - was Intermittent and
much depressed. On one occasion he
vomited a pale greenish fluid. Dr.
Rowland said that he had given him
strychnine and digitalis; at his fath
er's suggestion, he gave him a dose of
morphine and In about fifteen minutes
gave him a small dose of cocaine. The
boy died about ten minutes after this,
very quietly. Dr. Rowland prepnred
both the hypodermics and Dr. Clark
was unable to say, of his own knowl
edge, what they contained.
Mr. Jones, agent for the Virginia Life
Insurance Company, testified that Dr.
Rowland took out a policy valued at
8860 on his son’s life, the latter part of
March, the policy being dated April 1,
1S07. ,
L. P. Kidd, manager of tho Metro-
P nil tan Life Insurance Company, testl
lie,] that Dr. Rowland had a policy
Ills company valued at 8460, which
the maxlmun) for children of that age,
and that he wanted to secure $3,000 on
hla son's life. V
Walter Finch swore that between
and 9 o'clock on the Monday momlm
after the boy's death, which occurre
on Saturday night, Dr. Rowland offer,
ed to sell him a house and lot which
had belonged to his dead son for $1,800,
Professor W. A. Withers, professor of
chemistry at the North Carolina Agri
cultural and Mechanical College, and
chemist for the North Carolina expert-
ment station, testified that he received
the child's stomach from Dr. Tucker
and had tested It for all known poisons
that were possible from thu symptoms
and had found no poison of any char,
acler.
At the request of Mr. Solllcoffer, an
attorney for the prosecution. Dr. Row
land was discharged from the warrant
charging him with the murder of his
ton. Dr. Rowland burst Into.tears when
the court made this announcement.
The trial took place at the court
house before a board of magistrates
composed of Messrs. Oray, Jones and
Wathors. Seldom, If ever, has such In
terest been manifested In a preliminary
hearing In this county. A. C. Solllcof
fer represented the state, while Messrs.
MRS. LIZZIE M. ROWLAND.
With her (tusband, Dr. D. 8. Rowland, she is charged with complicity
In conspiring to end the life of her former husband, Charles R. Strange.
BLACK HAND OF DEATH IN WAKE
OF TORNADO THROUGH OHIO VALLEY
Scores Killed in Great
Storm Through
Ohio Valley.
MANY DWELLINGS
ARE DEMOLISHED
Church Torn Away and Bell
Blown Through Pipe
Organ.
No; I went to Cripple Creek to get Hicks Holton and Wateon appeared for
metre Adams to help me asaaaslnate I t |, e defendant
Mr. Peabody,
Close Questions.
Rlclmrdeon questioned Orchard
closely concerning Ills acquaintance
with -Steve Adams, nnd ■ Orchard an
swered affirmatively the attorney's
questions as to fact of Adams' arrival
ft Cripple Creek on November 20,
m.l, while the Vindicator explosion
occurred on the next day, and that
Adams was arrested, charged with tho
offense, aud lay In Jail 83 ilayB. Dur
ing the train wrecking trial at Cripple
Creek, he aud Adams were constantly
together.
Orchard Keeps His Head.
Orchard Is keeping Ills head remark
ably well, although he Is unnble to
conceal * strong feeling of hostility
watch Richardson's methods of exam
ination arouse.
The ,|u, st Ion of the guns used by
orchard end Simpkins for the purpose
of assassinating Peabody was next
b "ugfit up.
Orchard Insisted that the guns were
ruinlshed them by Pettlbone and that
they were hidden In l’ettibone's yard.
.TKd you ever hide the guns there?
aeked Richardson.
f did after I killed Mr. Gregory,''
•aid,Orchard.'
Confused on Dates,
orchard was Utterly unable to tell
Where and When he talked with Hay-
jr, and Pettlbone, saying always that
, M rtr conferences occurred either at
headquarter* or Pettlbone's store.
Oichard, answering questions, said
that Haywood and Moyer did not or-
wfi him to kill Gregory- Richardson
developed that Orchard did not know
yi'egory and that the assassination was
done simply because Gregory was a
detective. Orchard said that the
s Western Federsflen of MRssrs was not
interested In Gregory, except that he I
had been fighting the coal miners.
ORCHARD’S OLD PARTNER
SAY8 HE IS LYING.
Aurora, Mo, June 8.—G. C. Fryar,
‘•'rmerlj- «uperlnt*ndcnt of the Vlndt-
j-utor iQlne in the <’ripple Creel! dletrlct
° r * “lorado. and also formerly a bunl-
*uts partner pf Harry Orchard, was In
h H Cliv yetterdav and talked freely of
the.trial of Haywood at Boise.
own Orchard several
"that Is. I thought that
If what he has told on
S»l l» true, I was very
Ills tale Is false in
The analysis of the stomach of
Strange Is being made by another
chemist at Raleigh, who says It will be
several days yet before It Is finished.
The preliminary hearing of Mrs. Row
land is set for next Monday.
Golfers Contest
Nearing Close
The final rounds In the various
matches of the Southern Oolf Asso
ciation tournament are In progress
over the Atlanta Athletic Club's course
at East Lake.
Eustls and Whitney, of New Orleans,
have been fighting gamely for first
honors and the championship cup, nnd
14 other players have been waging Just
as vigorous golf-warfare for the lesser
prises.
The first holes of the 38-hole matches
were finished about noon.
The results at this time were:
Championship—Eustls and Whitney
are all even.
Dixie—Hill and Daley are all even.
Kennesaw—Morrow 7 up on Smith.
Junior Championship—Byrd •> up on
P Junior Dixie—Marye 1 up on Oliver.
Junior Kennesaw—Nelson 15 up on
St The final eighteen holes will be
played during the afternoon.
DAY SE7 FOR ABDUCTION
HAS PASSED QUIETLY BY;
MISS LOVE SALE AT HOME
Guarded by Detec
tives .at High School
Graduation.
June 6 has come and gone and Miss
Marie Love Is still, safe at her home
with her parents. “Raymond Trustlow,"
or whoever the mysterious Individual
may be who has made life a torture for
the young girl arid.her parents, failed
to keep his vow—to wed her before
June 6 was over, in spite of hfr own
wishes or those of her parents.
When the day of her graduation was
past Miss Love breathed a trifle easier,
for the man who had annoyed her with
notes and telephone messages made no
appearance at her graduation exercises.
Detectives- guarded the 'High School
girls belilnd the 'seenes 'of the Grand
opera house. Thursday night, and Miss
Sargent,».the nWncIpal,' ‘kept a-dose
watch upon Miss Love, ;to guard her
upon
from any possible fright.
The story has been a singular one. A
young girl, still >ln her teens, a student
at the High School, constantly annoyed
by a mysterious stranger whom she
would not recognise If 'she saw him,
called up by the telephone,. given hur
riedly written notes by messengers who
disappeared, even her home Invaded by
unknown men who always-escaped—It
has been a story to puxsle police and
public. • r
The detectives, unable to find a clew
to the Identity of the girl's annoyers,
have been Inclined to treat the affair as
a practical Joke. The public ties been
MISS MARIE LOVE.
divided In Its opinions. But this Is cer.
tain: The girl's father, Dr. Thomas D.
Love, of 287 Whltanall street, Is firmly
convinced that someone Is making an
rffort to abduct his daughter, and says
that, friend or foe, Joker or kidnaper, he
will visit the full penalty of the law
upon tide man If he Is ..ver discovered.
So wrought up hy the strain of the
past few weeks was Miss Love that
when the graduates of the Girls’ High
School posed for their photograph at
the rapltol, she fafn'ed and was unable
to stand with her classmate*. But the
first published picture of her, made
before the annoyances of the myste
rious stranger. Is presented by The
Georgian today.
GEORGIA SILVER SERVICE
TAKEN TO BULLOCH HALL
Special to The Georgian.
W.
Norfolk. Va,, June 8.—Joseph Crankshaw, representing the Charles
Crankshaw Jewelry.firm, of Atlanta, arrived here today with the
silver service to be presented on Monday to the battleship Georgia. Mr.
Crankshaw said the service would be moved to .the exposition grounds
today, and that It would be on exhibition at the Georgia building on Mon
day and also on Tuesday.-which Is Savannah Day at the exposition.
!'ars." kc „
knew him.
w v,lines*
>'ucb decal-
uy*.’
i
race results.
GRAVESEND.
First Race—Saylor, M to 1, won;
Herman. 8 to 5. second: Rio Grande. <
to in third. Time 1:4. 1-5.
Second Race-El * uohHOL * *° S. svo"i
Rockett. 8 to 1. second; Dick B.iaw, .
to 5, third. Time 4:5i.
MONTREAL.
First Race—Sir Edward. . to 5, n on;
Dr. -McVean. second; Prenaut, third.
^'second* Race—Columbia Lad. 8 to
B . woT l-awles., A »*"*"
Green, 2 to 1, third. Tiro# .1* 4-5.
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O REAL 8UMMER HERE; Q
PROBABLY RAIN 8UNDAY. O
_ Atlanta experienced real sum- O
O mer weather, the kind that makes O
O one long for Iced libations and O
O electric fans, for the first time O
O Friday. Friday evening was sul- O
o try and close. Cooler Saturday. O
O Forecast; O
O "Showers Saturday night and O
O probably Sunday.” O
O Saturday temperatures: O
Q ? a. m 72 degrees O
O 8 a. m. .. .. ..72 degrees 0
O • a. m 74 degrees O
O 10 a. in 77 degrees O
O 11 a. m 80 degrees O
O 12 noon ..92 degrees O
O t p. m 81 degrees O
C 2 p. m -.82 degrees O
OO0OOOO0OOOOOOOO9OOOOOQOOQ
IN VAT OF HOT WATER
NIGHT WATCHMAN
IS FATALLY BURNED
Charlotte. N. C.. June 8.—At High
Point, N. C, at the Myrtle Furniture
Factory, Charles Hayworth, the night
watchman.' fell Into a vat of boiling
water. Hayworth, was pulled out by a
fellow workman, but died a few hours
Inter. He leaves a wife and one child.
Former At'antan III.
Bpvriiil to The Georgian.
Austell. Ga.. June 8.—Dr. Hamit C.
Timmons, of this place, la critically III
from heart disease. His brothers. Rev.
Thomas H. Timmons, ef Thurman. Oa..
and Rev. R. E. L. Timmons, of Atlanta,
are with him. Dr. Tlmmoni we- for
many year* a popular physician ■: At
lanta. .
Negro Child Burns to Dsath.
HlKi-tnl to The Georgian.
Newberry, S. C.. June As the re
sult of his clothing Igniting from a
piece of burning kindling which he
was carrying to hi* mother, Henry
Farrow, a negro child, was burned to
death near this city. The child hod
been sent to the house for some fire
with which to light the pipe of Its
mclher.
Officer is Woundsd,
County Officer J. T. Swords waa
slightly wounded In the hip Satnrday
mornlng while trying to arrest a negro
man In Browntown, near the Chatta
hoochee river. The bullet only grazed
his hip and the Injury Is slight. The
negro succeeded in escaping.
Louisville, Ky„ June 8.—A terrific
cloudburst at ^Idnlght destroyed the
town of Gradyvllle, 12 miles from Co
lumbia, Adair county. Thirty persons
lost their lives In the storm. Nearly
every houae in the town was demol
ished. Many bodlea have already been
recovered.
The town is situated In the forks of
two creeks. The water rose so swiftly
that It was Impossible for the towns
people to escape. Moat of them were
asleep and were caught, as their homes
Were engulfed by the waters of the
flood.
Recovered Bodies.
The bodies recovered and Identified
so far are as follows:
THE STRONGHILL FAMILY OF
SEVEN,
JOHN MOORE AND FAMILY;
number of dead not known.
MRS. WILMORE AUSTIN AND
DAUGHTER.
DR. M'GILL AND FAMILY OF
THREE CHILDREN.
HATFIELD MOSS. WIFE AND
MOTHER AND SEVEN CHILDREN.
C. MELL, WIFE AND TWO
DAUGHTERS.
MISSES ADA AND MARY MELL.
CARL M. GAIL.
MRS. KELTNER.
It Is thought that Dr. Ellis, a for
mer stnte senator, and all his family
perished.
Nashville. III., June 8.—A tornado
passed over. New .Mlnden, seven miles
north of this city, last night and result-
ed In the death of four people and the
Injury of eevcral others.
The Dead.
MRS. HENRY WEIH AND TWO
CHILDREN.
.A CHILD OF CARL STUHMEYJ£R.
Fatally Injured.
Henry Welh.
Herman Welh, loft nrm nnd leg
broken end Internally Injured.
Probably fatally Injured, Mrs. Carl
Sluhmeyer, back Injured.
Ten-year-old child of Henry Ilese-
man, abdominal Injuries.
* Score Others Bruised.
A acore ot other people were bruised
about the head and body through fall
ing debris. „ . „
In the town Itself the German Lu
theran church was badly damaged, the
steeple being blown down and the roof
blown off. The bell In the belfry
was torn loose and hurled through a
large pipe organ, badly damaging It.
On the north side of the church the
parochial school was blown to spllntem
while the parochial school on the south
side of the edifice was unharmed.
Could Not Reach Cellar.
The Welh houae, In which the four
people were killed, waa about the last
house struck by the tornado. It was
completely demolished. The occupants
attempted to reach the cellar, but the
approach of the storm was so sudden
that they were unable to do so. They
were carried with the debris of the
house and hurled about tbs fields ad
joining their home.
A report also reached hero that a
farmer driving from Hoyleton to New
Mlnden with a farm wagon and binder
had disappeared and no word A trace
had been received from him. It Is be
lieved he was caught In the path of the
storm and carried to hi* death.
THREE BODIE8 FOUND
AT YORK, ILLINOIS,
Terra Haute, Ind., June 8.—York, on
the Illinois branch of the Wabash rail
road, forty miles south of here, was
wiped out by a cyclone last night. Sev
eral lives were lost and a score or more
Injured.
The known dead:
HENRY ROCK, aged 50, crushed by
falling timber*.
FRANK PINKSTON, aged 88, crush
ed by timbers.
MRS. MAI.INDA PINKSTON, found
dead lodged In a tree.
It la thought that others will be found
In the ruins. Fifty buildings, mostly
residences were destroyed.
Mrs. Pinkston was blown from her
home and lodged In the branches of a
tall tree, where she was found with her
body crushed to a pulp.
STORM PASSED OVER
OUQUOINE, ILLINOIS.
Duquolne, III., June 8.—Thousands of
dollars In property was damaged here
early this morning by a tornado, de
stroying residences and crops. Numer
ous Injuries were reported, but none fa
tal. Railroad traffic Is demoralised.
two reportecTdead
AT MARSHALL, ILLINOIS.
Marshall, III., June 8.—A hurricane
and terrific hall storm swept over the
eouthern part of this country early this
morning and ts-o persons are reported
killed and st a town four miles from
here several more were Iqjtired and
many houses and barns demolished.
JEWISH COLONISTS
SAIL FOR TEXAS
FIFTH IS OFF
FOR FAIR AT
Georgia Troops Are to
Head Parade on
Monday.
With the cheers of hundreds of
friends ringing In their ears, the offi
cers and men of the Fifth regiment
left Atlanta Saturday afternoon In two
special trains -for Jamestown and the
big exposition, where they will partlcl.
pate In the Georgia Day exercises.
The military train left in two sec
tions. the first special pulling out at
12:30 o'clock, while the second train
left at 1 o'clock. Headed by Colonel
Clifford L. Anderson and his staff, were
the pick of Georgia’s military, and they
made an Imposing appearance.
In the two specials there were ten
companies, with a complement ot about
446 officers and men, and In Jamestown
they will be Joined by Captain Wil
kins and company E. of the First reg
iment, of Waynesboro, so that the
be
about 500 officers nnd men.
Commanding Officers.
The delegation contains Colonel
Clifford L. Anderson and his staff of
Captain Harry Melkleham, adjutant;
Captain J. D. Dunwody, commissary;
Captain O. H. Hall, quartermaster
Major J. W. Duncan, hospital corps;
Captain Sum Gt-een, hospital corps;
Lieutenant- A. H. Llndorme, hospital
corps, and Major V. H. Shearer, of
the First battalion; Mujor K. E. Pom
eroy, of the Third battullon; Captain
O, Palmer, of company A; Captain H.
N. Flckett, company H: Captain I. T.
'stron,, company C; Captain W, T.
Ipratt, company D; Captain Claude
Smith, company K; Captain L. D.
White, company L; Captain W. J.
Preston, company M: Captain Fred
Morris, company E. of Marietta; Cap
lain W. O. Traywlclt, company G, of
Codartmvn: First Lieutenant E.
Will Issue $2,000,000
as Bonus on
Bonds*
kins,
Wayne
Bremen, .eruuiny. June I.—Great .Igntt-
ranee la stturhed in tie- aalliax today of
the .n-nnirr I'sstel for Gnlreston. Tex.,
tvlfh the first taihiur ef Jews Co lie oKfeli-
llshed In the Moelliern .rates nnder the
auspices of the Territorial Jewish Organi
sation.
Dunwody, of Atlanta, will
have positions of honor In the parailr,
and will act as outriders to President
Rooaovelt. Lieutenant H. J. Weaver,
quartermaster and commissary of the
Third battalion. Is already at the ex
position and has mode arrangements
for the quartering of (he regiment.
Councilman's Special.
The city council and Chamber of
Commerce special over the Beaboard
left at noon, and the firemen's drum
cores, which went with the party, were
giving a rousing send-off. In addition
to the regular train leaving at 11:30
o'clock, and which was crowded, the
8eaboard handled oil the specials which
followed, and will handle the Georgia
Weekly Press Association Saturday
night on the regular train.
Governor and Mrs. Terrell loft with
a large party of prominent Georgians
und Governor Terrell's staff on a spe
cial over the Seaboard Friday night.
The special waa composed of six Pull
mans, a dining car and a baggage car.
CHARGEcTwiTH ATTEMPTING
CRIMINAL ASSAULT.
Lexington, N. C„ June 8.—Carl May
nard, of Spencer, a brakeman of the
Southern railway, Is being held hereon
the charge of attempted criminal as
sault upon a white girl named Molly
Everhart.
An Increase In capital stock from
$24,351,400 to $35,000,000 of tile Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic rallro.nl was
granted Saturday by the secretary of
the state through a charter, amend
ment.
Of this Increase of $10,613,600, -the
amount of $2,000,000 will bo issued at
once, as a bonus to $8,000,000 In bonds
Issued some time ago. This amount
will be distributed In both preferred
and common stock. Of this Increaso
$1,818,300 will be par voluo non-cumu-
latlve preferred stock, bearing 5 per
cent; $8,829,300 will bo par valuo com
mon stock.
Under this Increase the company nmv
has $10,000,000 preferred stock and $25,-
000.000 In common. The application fin-
amendment was signed by Vico Presi
dent P. S. Arkwright and Secretary R.
F. Culllnnne,
Meeting on Thursday.
The increase In capitalisation was
authorised at a meeting of'the board of
directors and of the stockholders held
June 6, In the offices of the company In
Atlanta. Statement was mode that
work of constructing the Atlanta, Birm
ingham and Atlantic Is progressing
rapidly, and of the 650 miles a largo
percentage has been completed. Pro
ceeds of the additional stock Issue will
be applied to completing the system,
furnishing terminals and other facili
ties and equipment. According to the
plan, as announced, spoclnl attention Is
being paid to terminal facilities, pass
ing tracks nnd rolling stock with the
end In view of removing all congestion
und delay In the handling of traffic. It
Is stated that the road Intends to pro
vide Itself with more facilities of this
kind, nnd rolling stock in proportion
to its mileage, than any other steam
road In this territory.
Trains by October.
It Is expected that trains wllrbo run
ning over the road Into Atlanta not
later than October 1, of the presont
year, and Into Birmingham not . later
than March 1, 1908. Contracts wero let •
a few days ago for a large amount of
rolling stock. Bids wero opened Batur-
day morning for the construction of tho
lost section of the main line, consisting
of heavy work through tho mountains .
of Alabama. The city council of Bosse- ,
mer, Ala,, also granted a franchise to,
the road at a meeting last Tuesday
night, giving the right to occupy, ,
change and close a number of streets. .
Work has already commenced In Bes
semer. Work Is now going on on every I
part of the road with a forco of more
than 7,000 men. The officials nro put- i
ting forth every effort to complete tho j
system within the time flxod. so ns tod
have trains operating over the entire i
system as early as possible.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING
MLi-tu bt wh|LE DRIVING COW. .
H peels! to The GeoriUn.
Waynesboro, Ga., Juno 8.—Near Me- I
Bean Thursday a negro woman named I
McKerson. while driving a cow. from
the pasture, was jitruck and Instantly
killed b; ' "IWt
by lightning. The cow was un-
firowth and Progress of the New Sooth
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
It Is currently reported that the Elk Cotton Mills, of Fayetteville,
Tenn., has definitely decided to add 6,000 ring sptndles to Its present equip
ment ot 6,000 spindles.
The Southern Cloth Company, of Baltimore, Md„ manufacturer of
woolen cloth, has provided during the past week for an issuance of bonds
to the amount ot $100,000.
The Edenton (N. C.) Cotton Mills Is reported to have contracted for
and placed In position two spinning frames of 224 spindles each; pre
vious equipment 18,760 spindles, manufacturing high-grade two-ply yarns.
Messrs. A. F. Ruff,.W. H. Harris and W. S. Adams will establish a
textile mill, a* reported last week. They are of Rock Hill, a C, and, It
Is understood, will Invest from $30,000 to $60,000. No details as to charac
ter of plant have been stated.
The management of the Union-Buffalo Cotton Mills, of Union, S. C„
Is stated to be brglnnlng preliminary work In connection with general
betterments, on which It Is proposid to expend about $100,000. This com
pany operates 159,000 sptndles and 4,404 looms.
The Elisabeth City (N. C.) Mills Is reported as having placed con
tract for a 100-horse power boiler and considerable new spinning machin
ery, and as having plans prepared for erection of a 14xl<-foot office build
ing. The company has been operating 16,504 spindles.
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$100,000
and Mr. Davidson to subscribe $60,000.
It 1* reported that the McDowell Manufacturing Company, of Con
cord, N. O, will build a cotton mill to be equipped with 4,064 ring spln-
I dies. This company was referred to In April as organised and taking over
the Catawba Cotton Mills, a plant of 1,400 sptndles. Its president Is S. M.
Robinson.
completing the Installation of the new'machfnery contracted for several
months ago- It la Installing 10.000 spindles and accompanying apparatus,
the prrvluus equipment having been 10,750 spindles sad $80 looms. The
company’s original mill building, two stones high and 120x326 feet, has
been added to by the erection of a second structure 130x200 feet In sice.
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