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About Wayne County news. (Jesup, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1901)
VOL. V. SHOWERS A RELIEF Portions of the Drontfi Stricken Section Blessed With Rain. TORRID WAVE IS ON A DECLINE Benefit to Crops, However, is of Smell Value and a Further Down¬ pour Is Only Assur¬ ance cf Safety. A speciax Monday from Kansas City, Mo., states that a portion of the drought-stricken southwest has been relieved by rain during the day. Great good has already resulted to crops, and, as there as prospects of a further downfall, it is believed thousands upon thousands of dollars will be sav¬ ed farmers on stock and crops. Nev¬ ertheless, much greater quantities of rain must come betore a lasting bene¬ fit is done. In the portions of central and western Missouri, western Kansas and the territories, still untouched by rain, conditions remained unchanged for Monday, the temperature ranging from 98 to 106, the latter at Hutchin son, ICas. The rain which fell at the end of a drought of from four to eight weeks’ ouration covered souuxwestern Mis¬ souri and portions of one-third of Kan¬ sas, taking in the southeastern corner of the Sunflower State from Riley and Dickinson counties uown to the Okla¬ homa line. The first break came Sun¬ day night, when fairly good rains fell in Barton and Green counties, Missou¬ ri, and on the Oklahoma border in Kansas; in Cowley and Chautauqua counties and along the Union Pacific road tn liley county, 'inese rains, whxxe good, were not sufficient to place the burned crops out of danger. Mon¬ day morning a heavy rain fell in the vicinity of Joplin, Mo., and, traveling west, covered portions of Montgomery, Putter and Sedgwick counties, Kansas. A Gf*nid Joplin there was a heavy fall for ten minutes. At 10:30 o’clock a soaking rain fell in Cherokee county across the line in Kansas, preceded by hail, benefiting pastures and small grains immensely and bringing relief to crushing plants in the zinc mining district. Daring the afternoon a heavy rain fell In the vicinity of Coifeyville, El domdo and Wichita, Kas. At Coffey vtlle the people held a jubilee on the streets during the rain. Two coun¬ ties west from Kansas City, in Jeffer¬ son county, Kansas, a fiix- inch of rain fell In the afternoon, while In Kansas City a temperature of 101 pre¬ vailed and hardly a cloud was visible. “MISTAKE,” SAYS BRYAN. Nebraskan Sarcastically Comments on Aotton of Democratic Convention. In an extended comment on the plat¬ form adopted by the Ohio democratic convention, W. J- Bryan criticises the convention for its failure to reaffirm th* Kansas City platform, and for what he regards as the weakness of some of the planks it did adopt. Mr. Bryan insists that the convention made a mistake in making himself {Bryan) ao issue, and says: “Mr. Bryan is not a candidate for any office, and a mention of him have been construed by some as an indorsement of him for office. The vote should have been upon the naked prop¬ osition *> indorse the platform of year, and then no one could have cused his abandonment of democratic principles by pleading his dislike Mr. Bfyan." Referring to the platform, he tinues: "The convention not only failed, refused to indorse or reaffirm the sas City platform, and from the ner in which the gold element has joiced over this feature of the ti<*i, one would suppose that the object of the convention was not •write a new platform, but to the one upon w-hich the last campaign was fought. The gold pers assume that the convention fused to adopt the Kansas City form because it contained a plank. If so, it would have been jg^urageous to have declared the gold standard. If the Standard is good, it ought to have indorsed; if bad, It ought to have abandoned. To ignore the subejet tirely was inexcusable. "The money question is not yet of politics. Every session of will have to deal with it declare that it is dead, but they working at it.” Mr. Bryan comments on parts of platform, especially those referring state and municipal affairs, He dorses the nominees of the iioa and urges their support. Wayne County JESUP. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. JULY 19. 1901. EXPORTS EXCEED THE RECORD. Big Balance For Uncle Sam As Result of Foreign Commerce During the Past Year. The statement of the imports and exports of tho United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901, was completed by the treasury bureau of statistics at Washington Saturday. It shows that the total imports of the year were $522,756,533; total exports $1,437,056,544, and the excess of ex¬ ports over imports $664,900,011. The imports were $27,134,651 below those of last year and the exports are $93,- 173.4G2 above those of last year. The excess of exports over imports exceeds that of last year by $120,358,- 113, and is $49,467,335 greater than the highest record ever before made, that o. 1398. Under the new relations with Hawaii and Porto Rico the commerce with those Islands is no longer Includ¬ ed in the regular statement of foreign commerce of the United States. Had they been so included, as has been the case in former years, the total exports would have exceeded $l,500,00u, as the exports to these islands during the year have aggregated about $25,000, 000 . During the year ended June 30, 1901, the exports of domestic products were as foxiows: Breadstuffs, $267,487,239; increase as compared with year of 1900 of $14, 033,000 Cattle and hogs, $36,537,002; In¬ crease, $7,500,000. Provisions, $179,875,250; increase, $11,000,500. Cotton, $313,283,578; increase, $71,- 500,000. Mineral oils, $69,905,689; decrease, $4,000,000. The annual statement of the imports and exports or the United States for the year ended June $0, 1901, shows as follows: Merchandise, imports, $822,756,533; of which $339,487,153 was free of duty; increase on dutiable merchan¬ dise, $565,062. Merchandise, exports, $1,460,352,266; increase, $89,588,695. Gold, imports, $64,571,852; increase, $19,998,668. Gold, exports, $53,229,620; increase, $4,962,761. Silver, Imports, $96,384,041; in crease, $1,127,739. Silver, exports, $')4,285,180; decrease $2,427,095. MORE STRIKERS GIVE IN. Over Two Thousands Employees of Reading Iron Co. Accept Terms. The strike oi the 2,700 employees of the Reading Iron Company, at Head¬ ing, Pa., including the tube works, the Ninth street and the Oley street mills and the sheet mill is ended after hav¬ ing lasted ten weeks, since May v. The men met Saturday afternoon. when the proposition of Vice President Smink was submitted to them and it was unanimously decided to accept the offer. The new scale of wages is the same as that paid by the company in Au¬ gust, 1899, which was tne "boom” pe¬ riod of Iron prices. The union is not recognized, the company reserving the right to employ any men, but all of the strikers wm be taken back and none will be discriminated against. PERRY MONUMENT UNVEILED. Interesting Ceremony at Kurihama. Japan By Rear Admiral Rogers. The ceremony of unveiling at KuTi hama, Japan, the monument to com¬ memorate the landing of Commodore Perry July 14, 1858, was performed Sunday by Rear Admiral Rodgers, commanding the United States visit¬ ing squadron Viscount Katsura, the Japanese pre¬ mier, delivered the memorial address, and a number of other Japanese offi¬ cials of high rank were present. Threo American and five Japanese warships saluted. Various speeches were made by Americans anu Japanese, alx dwell¬ ing upon the close relations between the two powers. No Strike On Plant System. After debating the matter for sev¬ eral days the machinists on tne Plant Ratlw-ay system at Savannah, Ga.. de¬ cided not to strike for shorter hours. MORE STRIKERS RETURN. Long Contest Is Now Practically Ended at Cincinnati. Two thousand machinists, who have been on strike at Cincinnati since May 20th, returned to work Monday. This practically ends the strike in that city. The strike managers had announced their intention of concentrating attack upon certain plants, while per¬ mitting men to work elsewhere foi the purpose of obtaining funds. At one of the plants designated, however, 600 employees formed in line and marched in a body to their work, thus destroy¬ ing the strongest hope of the strike leaders. TO WATERY GRAVES Six Members of Happy Excarsion Party Swept Down by Waves. BATHERS WASHED OUT TO SEA Five Women and Girls and One Man Were the Unfortunate Victims. Trapped By the Incom¬ ing Tide. A Savannah, Oa., special says: The twelfth annual excursion of the He¬ brew Gaemahl Hasad, commonly known as the H. G. H., had a tragic ending Sunday, six members of the party being drowned. The H. G. H. is a popular society with the orthodox Jews, chiefly from Russia and Poland, being of a benevolent character. One of its features is an annual excursion for the members and their families. The excursion was to Daufuskie is¬ land, twenty miles down the Savannah river on the South Carolina side. The beach at Daufuskie is a poor one, and It has been largely given up as a re¬ sort. This accounts In part for the ac¬ cident. 'the day passed pleasantly enough until between 3 and 4 o clock in the afternoon, by which time the excur¬ sionists were scattered all about the Island. A party of twelve or fourteen, mostly women and children, decided to go in bathing on the sea side of the island. Between the shore and tho deep water there is a wash or sluice, then a shoal and then a fairly good shelving beach. The tide was out when the party noticed that the incoming tide had covered the shoal and decid¬ ed to return. They were all right until they reached the sluice, where the wa¬ ter was running like a mill l’ace. Al¬ most the erftire party was caught and a struggle for life began. Some man¬ aged to get back on the shoal and a few got across tho danger spot, but six—five women anil girls and ono man—were caught by the tide and car ried down, Thoir screams attracted those on shore and the alarm was glv en. There were no boats on that side, and by the time word reached the oth¬ er side of i*.e lElands and the boats wero gotten out it was too late. BRIAN'S FRIENDS AROUSED. Ohio Democrats Who Remain Faithful to Nebraskan Will Hold State Convention. On July 31st the o.xio democrats who believe in Bryan, the issues which he represents, and which the recent democratic convention ignored, will as¬ semble in Columbus and make up a state ticket. Ten met met Sunday morning in Cleveland and decided that a bolt should be made, and that a new party could enter the field of Ohio pol itics. The attendance at the conference it was stated, was larger and repre¬ sented a gi-eater area in the state than was expected by those wno called the meeting. A formal statement of principles was submitted to -he conference, and was aaopted. This will be printed and sent throughout the state to those who are known to be faithful to the Ne¬ braskan. A convention was decided upon to be nexd at the Great Southern hotel on the last day of July. TROOPS GUARD MURDERER. Florida Governor Protacts Colored Prisoner In Jail at Lake City. Governor Jennings, of Florida, called out company H, state troops, Friday night to protect T. J. Hampton, cob ored, confined in Columbia county jail at Lake City for the murder of two white men at Fort White. This was on advice of the sheriff who was informed that a mob of se*8 eral hundred was preparing to move toward Lake City from the southern part of the county for the purpose of lynching Hampton. A cordon of sixty soldiers was im¬ mediately thrown around the jail and the prisoner in tne meantime quietlv taken elsewiiei’e. WHEELER ASKS FOR TROOPS. General Is Anxious to Make Fete Day at Newport a Big Success. General Joseph Wheeler, marshal of the coming fete day parade at New¬ port, R. I., has sent to Governor Crane, of Massachusetts, a request that th© Second and Nlntu Massachusetts regi¬ ments be sent to take part in the pa¬ rade, General Wheeler Is anxious for the presence of these two regiments that served with Mm in the bantiago campaign. It is thought there will be 3,000 men in line, including the men from the north Atlantic squadron, na¬ val apprentices, naval brigade, local and state militia. STRIKE ORDER IS EFFECTIVE. Steel Workers Cause Shut Down of Many Big Plants of World's Greatest Trust. Reports received in Pittsburg, Pa., Monday from all sources connected with the gi’eat strike of the steel work¬ ers indicate that the members of the Amalgamated Association had matters well in hand and that the strike order was being generally obeyed. Reports from various points where tho Ameri¬ can Tin Plate Company, the American Steel Hoop and the American Sheet Steel Company are located told of a shutting down cf these plants. In many cases the plants had been shut down by the first strike order, which affected the sheet steel and Uxe steel hoop companies only. The last orber brought cut all of the union plants oi tne American Tin Pla.e Company with the single exception of the new ra¬ in. Monessen, which is stM running. At tho Amalgamated Association headquarters i. was said that the fig¬ ures given out Saturday night regard¬ ing the number of moo who would be actually Idle In the mills o-f the three companies had been proven correct. This number is placed at 74,000. The strike, although one of the greatest that has been declared in recent years, will affect Pittsburg but slightly. The huge steel strike 200,000 men, l-oundly speaking, are throw* out of work. They were employed as fol¬ lows : American Tin Plate company.. 26,090 American Steed & Wire Co. 24,000 American Sheet Steel Company. 22,000 American Steel Hoop Company. 14,000 American Bridge Company .... 14,000 National Steel Company 8,000 Federal Steel Company 20,000 National Tube Company 20,000 Carnegie Company..... 50,000 Totai 199,000 SOUTHERN PROGRESS. New Industries Reported in the South During the Pact Woek. Tho more important of the new in¬ dustries reported for the past week include a canning tactory at Ocala, Fla.; coal mining companies at Steven¬ son, Ala., HubbardsvUle, Ky., and Philippi, W. va.; a $1,000,000 coal and coke company at Clarksburg, W. Va.; two $100,000 coal mining companies at Elk horn, W. Va.; a $2,000,000 coal mining and development company at Parkersburg, W. Va.; a $500,000 coal storage plant at New Orleans, La.; a cold storage plant at Staunton, Va.; a $100,000 cotton compress at Little Rock, Ark.; a $2o,000 compress at Ack¬ erman, Miss.; cotton gins at Shiloh, N. C„ and Belton, Texas; a cotton mill at Graham, N. C.; an $85,000 dis¬ tillery at Columbia S. C.; a $30,000 electric light and power plant at Tem¬ ple, Texas; $35,000 extract works at Charleston W. Va.; a fertilizer fac¬ tory at Columbia, S. C.; a -25-barrel flouring mill at Ashwood, Tenn.; a $25,000 furniture factory at North Vvilkesboro, N. C.; a $100,000 hardware company at Pine Bluff, Ark.; a harness factory at Griffin, Ga.; leo factories at Brooksvllle, Fla., Stateville, N. C., and Elan Antonio and StephenviHa, Tex.; a $100,000 lumber oompa*y at Wal¬ dron, Ark.; a $50,000 lumber company at Fitzgerald, Ga.; a $25,000 lumber company at Scarboro, Ga.; a $100,900 lumber company at Manoaester, N. C,; a $25,000 lumber and planing mill com¬ pany at Hattiesburg, Mis*.; a $25,000 marble company at Statesville, N. C.; a $275,000 mining company at Fayette¬ ville, N. C.; a $500,000 mining oom pany at Del Rio, Texas; a $250,000 oil company at Somerset, Ky.; a $250,000 oil company at Alvin, Texas; a $300,. 000 oil company at Beaumont, Texas; a $300,000 oil company at El Paso, Tex as; oil and gas company at Russell¬ ville, Ala., and Somerset, Ky,; a $50, 000 oil, gas and mining company at Lexington, Ky.; a $300,000 ail, asphal turn and mining company at Wheeling, W, Va.; a $50,000 off mill at LaGsange, Texas; a $2,000,000 off refining and asphaltum company at Beaumeat, Tentea; a planing mill at Burk®, 3. O.; a sav mill at Wilmer, Ala.; sewer pips works at Bethlehem, Ga.; a stave fac¬ tory at Trenton, Tenn.; a telephone company at Glasgow, Ky., and a $300, 000 tin plate mill at Clarksville, W. Va. —Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) Mining Strike In Northwest. The biggest strike in many years ameig the miners of the northwest Is on at Rossland, Wash., and 1*200 min¬ ers are idle. The strike affects the Lo¬ ro! sad <*her mines owned by British companies. The trouble started throagh the locking out of union smelt¬ er men Christian Converts Slaughtered. Tie reported uprising on the island of Qielpart, off the Korean coast, and the tilling of several hundred Chris¬ tian converts is confirmed in mail presi advices reaching the Japanese lego Jon at Waabtogtcn. Superiority, Is the distinctive characteristic of our Men’s, Women’s, Boys’ and Children’s SPRING and SUMMER 4 ( CLOTHING \ NO STOCK in the SOUTH \ equals ours In QUANTITY, QUALITY, VARIETY, or general excellence of STYLE and FINISH, and on EQUAL QUALITY $ Our Prices Always Lead. fk $ Ladles’ Tailor-Hade Suits, Waists, Skirts, Neckwear, Underskirts, nil Corsets, Under¬ wear, in especially exclusive selections .... tSKaia. MAIL ORDERS solicited. Careful attention, and shipments C.O.D. ^nqtdi with privilege of examining befo re paying. Correspondence invited.-- B:H.Levy&Bro, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. Plant System. PASSENHEIt SCHEDULES. Arrivals ami Departures at Jesup, Ga. Departures. In Effect, Apr. 14. 1901. Arrivals. For Savannah and point* North, East and Northeast. Train No. 2.4 heaves G 47 a m << tl 32 11 26 a in <« 3G 10 45 i> m • « 73 11 40 p m For Woycross and points So a tlx, West, Southwest and Northwest. Train No. 23 Lau-ves . 3 47 a m r 53 . 6 27 a m (4 i 35 . 9 10 a xu (( ~ 33 (( . 4 40 p m «< : 25 »* . 0 60 f m For Jacksonville and points South. Train No. 13 Leaves ........ 5 30 a m Solid train Cineiunatf to Jacksonville. Trains 24, 86 73, 32,23, 13, 53, S3, 33 and 25 arc dully. Peninsular aud Oeoi Conneotlou madt) at Port Tainpn with U. H. Mall .Steamship of Tampa Tuesdays, dontal Steamship Lino for Key West and Havana, leaving Port Thursdays and Sundays at 11 03 p. in. For further information, through oar service, trains making local stops, and sched¬ ules to other points, apply to Station. A. W. TRIPLING, Ticket Agent, Passenger J. H PO HKMUS, Traveling Pass. Agent. B. W. WBTSNN, Passenger Traffic Manager, Savannah, Ga. application Illustrated playing cards <ian he secured at 25 cents per deck upon to agents of the Plant System. Porto Rican Mails Looted. A cablegram received at the post office department in Washington from San Juan announces the arrest of Ricardo Navare Rivera, assistant post¬ master at Mameyes, on the charge of embezzling letters of value. LOUISIANA NAVAL MILITIA Makes Pop Call at Pensacola, Fla., and Receives Royal Welcome. The United States ship Stranger, having on board fifty men and officers the Louisiana naval militia, also W. W. Heard, of Louisiana, at Pensacoia, Fla., on annual Sunday, Mayer Jones and a party of distin¬ officials and citizens made an visit to the vessel Monday and a reception was tendered the evening. BODY OF PIGTAIL BOILED. Unique Process to Get Bullets Out of Dead Chinaman’s Corpse. At San Jose, Cal., Friday night, uxe body of Lee Wing, a Chinese who was last March By highbinders, boiled in an iron cauldron by or¬ of the county authorities. This was considered necessary in to obtain the sixteen bullets were fired into the man. They be used as evidence In the trial Look Lee, alleged to be one of the CONDUCTOR SHOT TO DEATH. His Negro Slayer dumps From Car and Also Meets Death. On an excursion train returning to S. C., from Charlotte, N. Sunday night, W. Dexter Kirby, on the electric railway, was and instantly killed by a negro, Wallace Haynes. The murderer jump¬ off the train and was instantly Kirby wag trying te stop a fight at time between Haynes and another •‘That make* me soar,” remarked the mverrtor as he looked at his flying urn- NO. 8. From Savannah and points North, East and Northeast. Train No. 23 Arrives ........ 3 47 a m : 53 ........ 6 27 a m : “ *5 ........ 9 10 a in : 33 ........ 4 40 p m : “ 25 ........ 6 50 p nx From Wxxyoross and points South, Most, Southwest and Northwest. Train No. 24 Arrives .... . G 45 am 14 “ 32 .11 25 a m 38 10 45 p m “ 78 II 11 40 p in Cuthbert’a Third Bank Opens. The Bank of Randolph, the third banking institution at Outhbert, Ga., opened its doors for business Monday. The building was only completed Sab urd.uv. Lightning Destroyed Factory. The Gardner Motor works, one the largest factories of its Kind in New Orleans, was struck by lightning Mon¬ day nisht. and ^completely destroyed. Loss, $200,000. Strike at Newark Ended. The strike of the machinists in New¬ ark, N. J., which has been prolonged for many weeks, came to an end Mon¬ day. All the men returned to work at the terms offered by the bosses. DEADLY VOLCANIC OUTBURST. Hundreds of Lives Are Lost in Java From Sudden Eruption of Mt. Kloe. Oriental advices give details of a terrible destruction of human life which occurred in nortixern Java by a sudden and terrific outburst of the volcano Kloe. All the coffee planta¬ tions and other estates for forty miles around were destroyed by showers of ashes and stones, together with great streams of lava and mud. Hundreds of natives and a numntr of Europeans perished. * PRAYED FOR RAIN. All Church Denominations Join In Supplication to the Most High. At all the churches in Jefferson City, Mo., prayers were made for rain. At the Raman Catholic churches prayers were said at each mass Sunday, while the Methodist, Baptist, Christian and Presbyterian congregations united in a union service at the Presbyterian church, and prayers for rain were of¬ fered. Natives Fight Missionaries. The Cologne Gazette (Berlin) pub¬ lishes a dispatch from Seoul, Korea, saying that bloody conflicts have oc¬ curred on the island of Quelpart, be tween the Roman Catholic missiona ries and their pupils and the populace of the island.
